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Suffolk Dog Day returns to Helmingham Hall on July 28th … Did you know that every penny raised over the last decade, over £500,000 has all been donated back to Suffolk charities and community groups?
Suffolk's Youth Intervention Fund, launched this week, was founded by an initial match fund pledge of £50K from Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore. With the support of Suffolk Community Foundation, a further £100,000 has been raised so far from...
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Hont András (Budapest, 1975. július 14. – ) magyar újságíró, publicista, volt fideszes önkormányzati képviselő.

Tanulmányai
Jog, valamint történelem szakot végzett a Pécsi Tudományegyetem (PTE) Jog- és Államtudományi Karán, illetve a Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem (PPKE) bölcsészkarán.

Pályafutása
Dolgozott a Magyar Rádiónál, az Almássy téri Szabadidőközpontban, továbbá magáncégeknél foglalkozott reklámszervezéssel és lapkiadással is.

1994-ben önkormányzati képviselővé választották Budapest VII. kerületében, az Erzsébetvárosban. 2000-től tagja a Fővárosi Önkormányzatnak. 2002-ben a Fidesz erzsébetvárosi polgármesterjelöltje.

A Fidesznek 1990-től, 15 éves kora óta volt tagja. Rövid ideig a KÖSZ (a Fidesz ifjúsági partnerszervezete) tisztségviselője. Előbb a párt erzsébetvárosi szervezetének alelnöke, majd 1995-től 2001-ig elnöke. A Budapesti Választmánynak 1994-től 2001-ig, az Országos Választmánynak 2001-től tagja. Az 1994. és az 1998. évi országgyűlési választásokon Deutsch Tamás, 2002-ben Rockenbauer Zoltán kampányát vezette.

Az aktív Fidesz-politikusok közül 2003-ban elsőként bírálta a Fidesz és az ezoterikus jobboldali értelmiség kapcsolatát, majd 2005-től Orbán Viktor vezetési módszereit. 2005-ben minden tisztségéből visszahívták, hivatalosan 2007 márciusában  zárták ki a pártból. A helyi fideszesek szerint viszont azért zárták ki, mert együtt szavazott a szocialistákkal az ingatlanprivatizáció ügyében.  Ezt követően négy évig az SZDSZ-MSZP-koalíció által vezetett Terézváros tanácsadója volt.

Ezt követően elsősorban közíróként lett ismert, miközben saját cégén keresztül kulturális-jogi szakértői munkát végzett. 2007-től sajtótörténetet tanított a Bálint György Újságíró Akadémián. 2008 óta a Hírszerző portál állandó szerzője, később szerkesztője. 2011 és 2021 között a HVG munkatársa. Előbb a Hvg.hu véleményrovatát, majd a Hvg.hu-HVG hetilap integrált véleményrovatát vezette. 2021. április 1-jétől az Átlátszó.hu munkatársa. 2021 májusától Spirit FM műsorvezetője.

Publicisztikai tevékenysége
A kétezres évek eleje óta rendszeresen publikál különböző napi- és hetilapokban, folyóiratokban. Írt a Népszabadságba, a Magyar Hírlapba, a Magyar Nemzetbe, a Heti Válaszba, a Magyar Narancsba, a Mozgó Világba, illetve helytörténeti, sajtójogi és -történeti tárgyú írásai jelentek meg szaklapokban.

Rendszeresen szerepel különféle közéleti rádió- és tévéműsorokban.

Családi háttere
Hont Ferenc unokája.

Jegyzetek

Források
 Választás.hu

További információk
 Hont András cikkei az Átlátszó.hu-n
 Interjú Hont Andrással a Partizán YouTube-csatornáján, 2022. június 27.

1975-ben született személyek
Élő személyek
Magyar újságírók
A Fidesz korábbi tagjai

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It must be nearly spring! Houses are selling in our neighborhood quickly, and lots of families are out doing beautification projects. When I was driving around our neighborhood, I was noticing that there were a lot of pretty mailboxes, and I started thinking that we needed to replace ours. After pricing them, and realizing the cost, and acknowledging that all my mailbox needed was a little TLC, I decided that a mailbox refurbishment rather than a replacement was in order. I thought I'd share how I went about refurbishing our mailbox, as it takes only a couple of hours, spaced over a weekend. With the springtime weather, this is such an easy DIY to spruce up your outdoor home!
Okay, so let's start with the BEFORE shot, so you can see what my challenges were. The black paint was dusty and faded. There was dirt, and even some green (algae?) growing on it, and our house number wasn't on the mailbox.
Important thing to remember– before you get out your spray paint, clean your surface!!!
I used an old sponge, warm water and Dawn Dish Soap(affiliate link for reference). Then I rinsed everything with a rag and warm water, and let the mailbox dry in the sun. I also removed the flag, and cleaned it. It was really grubby too!
The first step, that I started midday Saturday, after the mailbox dried in the sun was priming the mailbox with Rustoleum Gray Primer, as I wasn't sure about how evenly the adhesion would be across the mailbox.
While this was drying, I went ahead and painted the flag separately with bright red, Rustoleum Apple Red in gloss. I also started working on my vinyl house numbers with my Cricut Explore Air.
Before you cut your Vinyl design with your Cricut, make sure that you measure the mailbox, so that you get it the right size. There are lots of different fonts and frames depending on the look that you are going for in Design Space. I wanted a more traditional, classic style.
You'll have to create two of these designs, and because you are working outside, make sure that you select vinyl that is appropriate for outdoor use, and is permanent. The removal vinyl isn't the best choice, unless you want to change your house numbers every month or two.
I spaced the two coats out by several hours, and then waited a bit longer before adhering the Street numbers. I want to tell you that this takes a bit of patience, and it actually the hardest part of the mailbox refurbishment. Be patient. You might even want to have someone help you by holding up the transfer paper. Make sure that you use your Cricut Scraper to burnish your vinyl into place. Go slow. Remove the transfer paper carefully!
The very last step is to reattach the flag. Now that everything is done, I drive up to my house, and I'm proud at how nice it looks. Next step is planting a few flowers around the base to complete my mailbox refurbishment.
What projects are you working on this spring? Need some inspiration?
Oh wow, I would have never thought to do this! You are so creative! Great job! & it was fun to do this blog hop with you!!!
This is such a great way to update your mailbox! Easy spring refresh – I love it! I'm also a Cricut girl – so fun to find other bloggers with Cricuts! So glad to be doing this spring home your blog hop with you!
Your mailbox looks great this way, maybe I should tackle ours this summer! Love the design around the numbers.
That design looks great on your mailbox! It looks brand new. My husband has redone ours twice, once when he started working for John Deere (bet you can't guess what color it was 😉 ) and most recently when he went to work for New Holland, yep now it is blue, lol! it is across the road so the color doesn't interfere with the gray siding on the house, lol! Or my yellow door!
Just love how your mailbox turned out Emily!! From the colour, all the way down to the lettering you popped in it with your Cricut!! I bet you are getting orders from the whole street to come and give their mailboxes a new look!!
What a great update to your mailbox! Perfect for added curb appeal! I am a fellow Cricut owner & lover too!


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace gov.va.medora.mdo.domain.sm.enums
{
    [Serializable]
    public enum SystemFolderEnum
    {
        Inbox = 0,
        Sent = -1,
        Drafts = -2,
        Deleted = -3,
        Completed = -4,
        Escalated = -5,
        Reminder = -6
    }
}

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Q: Delphi XE2: Debug a 64 bit dll through a 64 bit app Has anyone had success in debugging a 64 bit dll by running/attaching to a 64 bit application? I have Delphi code for both the application and the dll. I can debug the application in 32 bit and 64 bits. I can also debug the 32 bit dll by using Run -> Parameters to select the 32 bit version of the app.
However, I cannot appear to debug my 64 bit dll by running the 64 bit app, has anyone got this to work?

A: As per @evdkraan's answer
"Steve, there is a bug in XE2 with 64bit debugging when using an converted dproj file. See http://qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=100309. This should be fixed in Update 2, but haven't tested it yet"
"I don't know whether this was fixed in Update 2 but it does now work in Update 3."

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CGM(Congressional Gold Medal) – $1,500.00
Company Logo on Social Media platforms to include Newsletter, Facebook for 3 months,
Sponsorship Level plaque, Full page Journal ad for the upcoming Journal, Framed picture print
MPM (Montford Point Marine) – $2,500.00
Company Logo on Social Media platforms to include Newsletter, Facebook for 6 months, 18 X 24 Original Framed picture, Chapter 38 Montford Point Marine Framed Picture, Sponsorship Level plaque, Full page Journal ad for the upcoming journal, Framed picture print
SgtMaj Huff – $1,000.00
Company Logo on Social Media platforms to include Newsletter, Facebook for 2 months, Sponsorship Level plaque, Full page Journal ad for the upcoming journal, Framed picture print
SgtMaj Johnson – $500.00
Company Logo on Social Media platforms to include Newsletter, Facebook for1 month,
WWII – $3,000.00
Company Logo on Social Media platforms to include Newsletter, Facebook for 1 year,
18 X 24 Original Framed picture,
Chapter 38 Montford Point Marine Framed Picture, Sponsorship Level plaque, Full page Journal ad for the upcoming journal, Framed picture print
Dear Veteran Supporters:
The National Montford Point Marine Association, Inc.(NMPMA) NC Triad-Triangle Chapter 38 would like to invite you to become one of our Sponsors.
NMPMA NC Triad-Triangle Chapter 38 is a non-profit veteran service organization established to perpetuate the legacy of the first African Americans who entered the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Their counterparts in other branches of the U.S. Armed Forces are the Tuskegee Airmen, Buffalo Soldiers and Triple Nickels.
Approximately, 20,000 enlisted into the USMC from 1942 through 1949 and received basic training at a racially segregated Montford Point Camp, Jacksonville, NC. They went on to serve in World War II, Korean and Vietnam wars. They "Fought for the Right to Fight".
Membership within our Association is open to veterans and active members of all branches of the U. S. Armed Forces regardless of race, creed, or national origin. We support educational assistance, veterans' programs, and community services. The chapter works to improve the social conditions of veterans, local families, youth, and the growing population of senior citizens.
To do all of this, we rely on the generosity of individuals and businesses like yourself. Your support would further strengthen our abilities to continue in the fight to honor our WWII Veterans who were honored about sixty years later when former President Barack Obama signed into law awarding them the Congressional Gold Medal.
The following opportunities will give your business recognition locally and throughout the state of North Carolina to include visibility throughout our chapters. We aim to provide value to sponsors by:
- Providing opportunities for you to market your services to our stakeholders- Providing you with opportunities to become actively involved in community event
- Helping to enhance your profile as an active supporter of a worthwhile initiative that promotes diversity, community involvement and the welfare of our Veterans.
Each Sponsorship level will have a different plaque that you will be able to display on your wall. We are committed to working together and developing partnerships for the betterment of our communities.

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Geraint THOMAS | Olympic Channel
– Track Cycling
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All videos and stories
25 May 1986 Cardiff, Great Britain
183 cm / 70 kg 6'0'' / 154 pounds
Although he had won numerous championships at the junior level previously, it was in 2004 that Geraint Thomas first captured the headlines when, in the space of a few months, he captured the scratch race title at the World Junior Track Championships and the junior version of the classic Paris-Roubaix road race. He then joined the Under-23 British Olympic Academy and moved to Manchester where he shared a house with Ed Clancy and Mark Cavendish. Unfortunately, a serious training crash in Australia at the start of 2005 necessitated the removal of his spleen and ruined his year, but he returned...
Although he had won numerous championships at the junior level previously, it was in 2004 that Geraint Thomas first captured the headlines when, in the space of a few months, he captured the scratch race title at the World Junior Track Championships and the junior version of the classic Paris-Roubaix road race. He then joined the Under-23 British Olympic Academy and moved to Manchester where he shared a house with Ed Clancy and Mark Cavendish. Unfortunately, a serious training crash in Australia at the start of 2005 necessitated the removal of his spleen and ruined his year, but he returned in 2006 and won a bronze medal in the points race at the Commonwealth Games, representing Wales. Thomas won his first world senior title in the team pursuit at the World Championships in Palma de Mallorca in 2007, and, at 21, was the youngest rider in that year's Tour de France. The British team, with Thomas as an important part of their success, retained the world title in 2008 and then put in a world record-breaking performance to take Olympic gold in Beijing.
Thomas became a founder member of Sky Pro Cycling team (now Team Sky) at the end of 2009 and concentrated on road racing. He won his first national road race title in 2010 and then had an excellent 2011 season where he won his first stage race (the Bayern-Rundfahrt) and finished a creditable 31st in the Tour de France. Thomas won a gold medal with the four-man British pursuit team at the 2012 World Championships. The new foursome of Thomas, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh were favourites to retain the Olympic gold medal on home soil, and they set the fastest time in qualifying with a world record, and then broke it again in the final against their old rivals Australia as they won by nearly three seconds. Thomas won the gold medal in the road race at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, and also won bronze in the individual time trial. He competed in his third Olympics in 2016, finishing 11th in the road race and 9th in the individual time trial.
Geraint in numbers
Gold medal:2 Silver medal: Bronze medal:
Individual Time Trial
Road Race, Individual
1 Gold medal
Team Pursuit, 4,000 metres
The top 20 Olympic athletes of 2018
NewsTrack Cycling
Replay: Rohan Dennis and Australia win track pursuit silver at London 2012
Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome to miss Road World Championships
Geraint Thomas seals Tour de France, Simone Biles' winning return: The weekend's talking points
Olympic champs Thomas and Doull pay special visit home
NewsRoad Cycling
Kittel claims 10th career Tour stage win
Cycling Road: Men's Time Trial | Rio 2016 Replay


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require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe(BrowserifyPipeline::Configuration) do
  let(:configuration) { BrowserifyPipeline::Configuration.new }

  describe 'generate_source_map' do
    it 'allows setting a source map preference' do
      configuration.generate_source_map = true
      expect(configuration.generate_source_map).to be_truthy

      configuration.generate_source_map = false
      expect(configuration.generate_source_map).to be_falsey
    end

    it 'defaults to something falsey' do
      expect(configuration.generate_source_map).to be_falsey
    end
  end

  describe 'transformers' do
    let(:transformer) { BrowserifyPipeline::Transformer::Base.new('name') }

    it 'allows adding a transformer' do
      configuration.add_transformer transformer
      expect(configuration.transformers).to eq [transformer]
    end

    it 'throws an error when passing a non-Transformer::Base subclass instance' do
      expect { configuration.add_transformer Class.new.new }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
    end

  end

  describe 'node_path' do
    let(:path) { 'path/to/node' }

    it 'allows setting a NODE_PATH' do
      configuration.node_path = path
      expect(configuration.node_path).to eq path
    end

  end
end


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Drones Deter Polish Railway Thieves
Posted By: Jason Reaganon: September 10, 2015
In cinema and literature, the "railroad dick" character has always evoked images of a club-wielding, cigar-chomping sentry hell-bent on protecting cargo and ousting hobos. In reality, modern railway security has dropped its rough edges, trading clubs for an HD camera and airborne rotors in place of brawn.
In fact, one of Poland's largest freight rail carriers has deployed drones to deter cargo theft. PKP Cargo began testing its drone security force in one of the nation's most theft-heavy provinces, resulting in a 60 percent drop in stolen goods.
By quietly flying and recording around areas where thieves – especially coal thieves – tend to strike, drones provide high-res evidence enabling police to quickly identify bandits, which in turn deters would-be miscreants.
"The use of drones certainly has had a substantial effect on such good result and it is worth remembering that it was only the period of testing the devices," Maciej Borecki, PKP Head of Security said.
"The drones are practically inaudible in the air — moreover, they are difficult to spot due to small size and color. It definitely makes them more effective," he added. "The machines can be used also at night and during bad weather conditions as they are equipped with high quality thermal vision cameras enabling human detection from more than one kilometer."
The drones mainly patrol the Silesia region – a high-traffic area responsible for 60 percent of PKP's domestic traffic and 70 percent of exports. Also, nearly three-fourths of all coal thefts happen within the territory. Overall, coal thefts have declined by 36 percent thanks to the drone patrols while stolen scrap metal pilfering dropped by 62 percent.
Typically, a gang of bandits will place an obstacle across the tracks, forcing the crew to stop. "In order to avoid the disaster, train drivers are forced to stop the train and inform competent services about the event," PKP spokesperson Mirosław Kuk said. "In a matter of minutes, thieves manage to siphon off coal. During a single incident they are able to steal as much as several tons of coal." Having drones scout ahead for trouble puts thieves on notice.
"Drones will surely find many other applications – we will use them, for example, to check whether the wagons returned by our customers were emptied properly. This will significantly shorten the time of such inspections, necessary for smooth work," Borecki said.
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Civilian Drones Search and Rescue
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package com.atkafasi.model;

import java.util.List;

public class Repository {

	private int rowsCount;
	private int columsCount;
	private int dronesCount;
	private int maxTurns;
	private int maxPayload;

	private List<Integer> productTypeWeighMap;
	private List<Warehouse> warehouseList;
	private List<Order> orderList;

	public Repository(int rowsCount, int columsCount, int dronesCount, int maxTurns, int maxPayload) {
		super();
		this.rowsCount = rowsCount;
		this.columsCount = columsCount;
		this.dronesCount = dronesCount;
		this.maxTurns = maxTurns;
		this.maxPayload = maxPayload;
	}

	public void setProductTypes(List<Integer> integerList) {
		productTypeWeighMap = integerList;
	}

	public void setWarehouseList(List<Warehouse> warehouseList) {
		this.warehouseList = warehouseList;

	}

	public int getItemWeightByType(Integer itemType) {
		return productTypeWeighMap.get(itemType);
	}

	public void setOrderList(List<Order> orderList) {
		this.orderList = orderList;

	}

	public int getRowsCount() {
		return rowsCount;
	}

	public void setRowsCount(int rowsCount) {
		this.rowsCount = rowsCount;
	}

	public int getColumsCount() {
		return columsCount;
	}

	public void setColumsCount(int columsCount) {
		this.columsCount = columsCount;
	}

	public int getDronesCount() {
		return dronesCount;
	}

	public void setDronesCount(int dronesCount) {
		this.dronesCount = dronesCount;
	}

	public int getMaxTurns() {
		return maxTurns;
	}

	public void setMaxTurns(int maxTurns) {
		this.maxTurns = maxTurns;
	}

	public int getMaxPayload() {
		return maxPayload;
	}

	public void setMaxPayload(int maxPayload) {
		this.maxPayload = maxPayload;
	}

	public List<Integer> getProductTypeWeighMap() {
		return productTypeWeighMap;
	}

	public void setProductTypeWeighMap(List<Integer> productTypeWeighMap) {
		this.productTypeWeighMap = productTypeWeighMap;
	}

	public List<Warehouse> getWarehouseList() {
		return warehouseList;
	}

	public List<Order> getOrderList() {
		return orderList;
	}

	public void isValid(int productTypeCount, int wareHouseCount, int orderCount) {
		System.err.println("productTypeCount:" + productTypeWeighMap.size() + ":" + productTypeCount);
		System.err.println("wareHouseCount:" + warehouseList.size() + ":" + wareHouseCount);
		System.err.println("orderCount:" + orderList.size() + ":" + orderCount);
	}
}


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All Healthy News
Clean Air. Pure Water. Healthy Home.
HEALTH BEGINS WITH:
Clean Air. Pure Water. Healthy Homes.
HEALTH NEWS/TRENDS
Phase 2 water supply scheme to start in Daltonganj
January 20, 2022 by Staff Reporter
Work on phase 2 urban water supply scheme in Daltonganj has been sanctioned by the State government. BJP MP V D Ram at his press conference here today said the scheme is worth Rs161.77 crore and the Asian Development Bank is to provide funds.
Terming this as a very ambitious urban water supply scheme he said tender of it would be floated in a week or so and work on it is to be completed in two years. Asked as to from where water is to be arranged for this scheme the MP said our own river the Koyal.
Again reminded that this river the Koyal is a rain fed river and goes a total dry in the summer to which the MP said this issue has been well taken care of. JIUDCO made the plan for this scheme.
The urban water supply scheme will cater to one lakh twenty thousand households in the corporation area at the rate of 135 litres of water a household a day.
Sources said the secretary of the urban development and housing department Vinay Choubey saw the scheme through.
Sources said as the secretary Vinay Choubey had had his stint here as DC Palamu he knew the pains of the residents here for the drinking water in the summer.
Water is bought in buckets and marriages in the summer are arranged as per the availability of pure drinking water. The MP said a company SMS Paryavaran which was to complete this urban water supply scheme here just flopped only to get itself black listed by the government further plunging this water starved Medininagar or Daltonganj craving for drinking water for little over four years.
Mayor Aruna Shankar, BJP district president Vijayanand Pathak and senior BJP leader Vijay Ojha took part in the press conference of the MP.
Originally Appeared Here
Filed Under: PURE WATER
Sonoma County well owners advised to test water for contaminants as a result of two-year drought
Concern over 'naturally occurring contaminants' in about 45,000 private wells
With groundwater levels lower than normal after two years of drought, Sonoma County and state officials are recommending private well owners test their water for natural contamination.
"Well owners should test their well water to ensure it is safe to consume," Christine Sosko, county director of environmental health, said in a news release.
Shrinking aquifers that caused some wells to run dry last year may have increased concentrations of substances that "can be harmful to human health," Sosko said.
Testing for "naturally occurring contaminants is highly recommended," she said, adding that residents should contact a private water treatment expert for assistance if tests detect any unhealthy substances.
There are about 45,000 water wells in the county, the most per capita of any California county, officials said in the release.
Most residents who depend on wells are beyond the reach of city and special district water systems fed largely by Sonoma Water, the county agency that serves more than 600,000 residents in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties.
"Testing the quality of private drinking water wells is a critical component to protecting public health," Matt St. John, executive director of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, said in the release.
Private wells should be checked every year for the presence of coliform bacteria, nitrates and any other contaminants of local concern, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website says.
Arsenic, nitrates and hexavalent chromium are naturally occurring contaminants in Sonoma County groundwater that also have links to industrial and agricultural processes, according to the state water board.
"Those three are on our list," confirmed Tyler Judson, president of Sebastopol-based Weeks Drilling & Pump, which does groundwater testing.
When underground water tables are high these substances can be diluted to a point below the maximum contaminant level set by the Environmental Protection Agency, said Christoper Watt, a senior engineering geologist with the water board.
The contaminant level can rise when there is less dilution from rainwater, he said.
Judson said there has been no recent uptick in requests for water testing, which he thinks might make sense now.
"If your water hasn't been tested in a few years it's never a bad idea," he said.
Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment and also comes from industrial and agricultural activities including pesticides, while nitrates — found naturally in mineral deposits, soil and water — also come from fertilizer, feed lots and sewage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Hexavalent chromium, a toxic and carcinogenic metal, was the object of consumer advocate Erin Brockovich's successful lawsuit in the 1990s faulting PG&E for contaminating the water in Hinkley, California.
Stanford scientists in 2018 announced a finding that naturally occurring chromium affects more wells and more Californians than industrial sources of the toxin from faulty industrial waste disposal.
Arsenic is by far the most prevalent of the three groundwater contaminants exceeding federal safety levels in Sonoma County private wells, according to maps posted online by the Community Water Center, a nonprofit aimed at providing safe drinking water.
There are impacted tracts in Sonoma Valley, west of Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa and surrounding Healdsburg. Visit the interactive maps at https://bit.ly/3tEu3CV.
Along the coast from Jenner to about halfway north toward Sea Ranch are numerous tracts where arsenic concentration is more than double the federal standard for drinking water.
Nitrates and hexavalent chromium appear in small, isolated tracts, including a lone pocket of the latter north of Windsor.
Despite heavy rains in October and December that have turned the landscape green and recharged local reservoirs, officials are also urging private well owners to conserve water for sustenance should the drought continue this year.
Since the start of the dismal 2019-2020 water year on Oct. 1, 2019, Santa Rosa has received only 54 inches of rain, 30% short of its historic average, the release said.
The city would typically get an average of 77 inches of rain during the same period.
You can reach Staff Writer Guy Kovner at 707-521-5457 or [email protected] On Twitter @guykovner.
Top drop: NSW's Richmond valley takes out best tap water in Australia title | Water
A competition to find Australia's finest drop of water has announced the Richmond valley council water plant in NSW as its winner.
The 2021 Best Tasting Tap Water competition, hosted by the Water Industry Operators Association of Australia (WIOA), pitted water authority state winners from metropolitan and regional areas around the country against each other.
Taking home the national title, the Richmond Valley Council Casino Water Treatment Plant will go on to represent Australia at the 32nd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting Competition, held in West Virginia, United States.
David Timms, representative of the Richmond valley council plant, said: "I'm a little bit shocked to be honest."
"We were absolutely rapt just to have won the NSW competition, let alone to win the Australian one."
Judged on clarity, smell, taste and "feeling in the mouth", Craig Mathisen, WIOA chief operations officer, explained each water sample is judged on particular criteria.
"We make sure it is translucent, then we smell the sample, because odour is important," he said.
"But ultimately, it is a test of one's palate."
Judging today's event, which was livestreamed on Facebook from Risdon Brook dam in Hobart, were TasWater CEO Mike Brewster, Derwent Estuary Program CEO Ursula Taylor, and guest judge George Bailey, who is the national chairman of selectors for the Australian Men's International Cricket Team.
"It is like tasting wines," Taylor said.
Bailey shared that he could not pick much difference between the six samples' clarity or colour, suspecting the glasses were too clean. Brewster added that the difference between taste is also "very fine".
The judges' rankings of each sample were then aggregated, and the winner announced.
Mathisen explained that different treatment processes and sources of water can vary taste, "and some facilities have unique processes".
Victoria's Rossarden water, international winner of 2020, for example, comes from a "stream off the back of a mountain environment". In Marian, Queensland, a newer site established in 2014 uses "clarification filtration and chlorine disinfection". Their water won silver at the 2019 international competition.
On the other side of the country, Western Australia water facilities include a "cocktail mix" of sources and technologies, including "groundwater and desalination". And in South Australia, water from the Murray River "gets pushed" across the state, and "will sometimes travel 600km before getting to its destination".
"There's a whole range of different processes," Mathisen said. "We are the driest country, with some of the greatest water, but a lot of people don't give the water industry much thought."
The national competition "is about raising awareness of the industry, and the work people do, that often goes unnoticed," he said.
The line up of state finalists included SA Water's Anstey Hill Water Treatment Plant; WA Water Corporation's Wyndham Water Treatment Plant; Westernport Water's Ian Bartlett Water Purification Plant in Victoria; Tasmania's TasWater Rocky Creek Water Treatment Plant and Queensland's Mackay regional council Marian Water Treatment Plant.
Timms, of the winning Richmond valley council plant, said that the crew "out at the water treatment plants [have had] a lot of challenges over the last two years. But we've got a great bunch out there who have persevered."
Mathisen said workers in the industry are "working in public health, removing contaminants, making sure we have safe drinking water, ensuring sewage is distributed back to the environment in a kind way".
"Australia is a hard country," he said. "They're doing their job all of the time. Battling through floods and fires and the millennium drought."
"And at the end of the day, we turn on the tap and expect water to be there."
Hungary Drinking Water Quality in Line with EU Rules, says Hungarian Water Utility Association
The quality of drinking water in Hungary is "comfortably" in line with European Union regulations, the Hungarian Water Utility Association (MaVíz) said on Thursday.
In the statement issued in response to an EU decision to monitor the levels of two substances impacting the human endocrine system in Hungarian drinking water, MaVíz said the review was not a response to irregularities in water samples.
The level of beta-estradiol and nonylphenol have to be monitored on a regular basis to enable water providers to act swiftly in case of growing trace quantities, the authority said.
In line with the decision and Hungarian regulations, water providers check water quality daily in Hungary, the statement said.
Featured photo illustration by Tamás Kovács/MTI
When To Stop Drinking Water Before Bed For Better Sleep
Of course, you shouldn't banish your water bottle from the bedroom entirely—if you're especially thirsty, go ahead and take a sip! Plus, some people take evening medications or wish to dabble in sleep supplements, which typically require some gulps of water to make swallowing easier. Harris agrees: "That's fine, but try to limit [the water] to eight ounces max," she says. In our humble opinion, taking advantage of powerful sleep-promoting ingredients (like our blend of magnesium bisglycinate, jujube, and PharmaGABA®) outweighs the potential effects from the extra fluid.* And anyways, you only need a couple sips to swallow a couple capsules (way less than eight ounces).
Again, just remember to prioritize adequate hydration throughout the day: "I encourage everyone in the morning, if you've had a rough night of sleep, start your day with a big glass of water," says Harris. "I always have water with a lemon slice in it."
Enumclaw citizens deserve better water quality
We re-elected the mayor, now it is time for him to do something for us.
Enumclaw's tap water is in compliance with federal health-based standards for drinking water, but is that good enough for the citizens of Enumclaw? The federal standards are outdated, and legal doesn't necessarily mean safe. There are eight contaminants in Enumclaw's water that exceed the Environmental Working Group's health guidelines.
Could you in good conscience give your family members such water to drink? And what about those babies? We pay enough taxes to provide for pure drinking water, don't you think?
My source for these shameful statistics is the tapwater database on https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/.
Inez Somerville Petersen
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WSSP replacing rusted water supply pipes1,000 families to benefit in 4 UCs
PESHAWAR: The Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has started replacing the old and rusted water supply line and modernizing tube-wells to provide clean drinking water to over 1,000 families in four union councils of the provincial capital.
The project is being carried out with the financial assistance of UNICEF. Besides, a geographic information system (GIS) mapping and designing of the water supply system will also be carried out in three union councils. The project was launched in union councils Sikandar Town, Deh Bahadur, Nauthia Qadeem and Nauthia Jadeed that will be completed at a cost of Rs86.5 million under which 4,800 meters pipeline would be replaced.
"The iron water supply line in these union councils has completed its lifetime that will be replaced with high-quality HDPE pipe," said WSSP Chief Executive Officer Dr Hassan Nasir. He said that the replacement of rusted pipes would help control waterborne diseases in the localities and urged the people to cooperate with the WSSP teams to ensure timely completion of the project.
A team of Project Department led by General Manager Projects Dr Mehbood Alam will supervise the project and would ensure its completion before the deadline.
The company will replace old machinery of 23 tube-wells with new and modern ones that will not only supply water to tail-end consumers but consume less electricity. The company has already completed the replacement of an old and rusted pipeline that is supplying clean drinking water to hundreds of households in different localities.
It replaced 18.28 kilometres (60,000 ft) under Sustainable Achievement Goal Programme, a federal government-funded project, while 6.4 km (21000 ft) under the Unicef-funded project in different localities of the city last year. "Access to clean drinking water is a basic right and we want that everyone could get it," said Dr Nasir.
The company has already replaced 300 kilometres pipeline since its inception. "Access to clean water is a basic right and WSSP is trying its best to supply clean drinking water to all of its consumers," he said.
Boil water advisory issued for a mobile home park in Hutchinson
/ Updated: Jan 19, 2022 / 05:31 PM CST
RENO COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – A boil water advisory has been issued by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) for the Western Acres Mobile Home public water supply located west of Hutchinson, Kansas in Reno County.
The KDHE said it issued the advisory because of an equipment malfunction that helps maintain chlorine residuals. That can lead to a loss of chlorine residuals, putting the water at risk for bacterial contamination.
The KDHE notes that this advisory is not related to COVID-19.
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The community is asked to observe the following precautions until further notice:
If your tap water appears dirty, flush the water lines by letting the water run until it clears.
Boil water for one minute prior to drinking or food preparation or use bottled water.
Dispose of ice cubes and do not use ice from a household automatic ice maker.
Disinfect dishes and other food contact surfaces by immersion for at least one minute in clean tap water that contains one teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water.
Water used for bathing does not generally need to be boiled. Supervision of children is necessary while bathing so that water is not ingested. Persons with cuts or severe rashes may wish to consult their physicians.
The advisory took effect on Wednesday, Jan. 19, and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved.
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Here are some commonly asked questions regarding boil water advisories and answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Can I wash my hands?
In many cases, you can use tap water and soap to wash your hands. Be sure to wash them for at least 20 seconds. If soap is not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
Can I wash my dishes and/or surfaces?
It is reccommended that you use disposable cups, plates, and utensils. However, you can wash dishes and/or surfaces under certain conditions.
Can I use water filtering devices?
If you use water filtering devices, they may not be sufficient enough to take out all of the bacteria out of the water. That's why the KDHE recommends that you don't use ice from those appliances.
What about my pets and farm animals?
These precautions need to be followed for animals.
May I brush my teeth with tap water?
It is recommended that you do not use tap water to brush your teeth. Even if you do not swallow water while brushing your teeth, you are still going to ingest some of the water that lingers.
Can I still wash my laundry?
You can use tap water to run your laundry.
Can I water my plants?
You can use tap water to water plants, including gardens and vegetables.
Only the KDHE can rescind a boil water advisory. That will happen after a certified lab gives the all-clear on water samples from the towns.
For consumer questions, the KDHE asks you to contact the water system or KDHE at 785-296-5514. For consumer information, please visit KDHE's Consumer Information webpage.
Restaurants and other food establishments that have questions about the impact of the boil water advisory on their business can contact the Kansas Department of Agriculture's food safety & lodging program at [email protected] or call 785-564-6767.
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James, L.; et al. (2015). "Effect of Electrolyte Addition to Rehydration Drinks Consumed After Severe Fluid and Energy Restriction". (source)
New scheme to supply drinking water
179 habitations in Radhapuram union, 181 villages in Valliyoor union stand to benefit
The Radhapuram Assembly segment, which recently got ₹ 271 crore for implementing a drinking water scheme for the benefit of 8 town panchayats in the constituency, is all set to get one more drinking water project. The new scheme, to be implemented under the Jal Jeevan Scheme, will benefit 179 habitations in Radhapuram union and 181 villages in Valliyoor union.
"A detailed project report has been submitted to the Collector for his approval and forwarding it to the Department of Rural Development for the final nod. Since this region, which is close to the seashore, villages of this area are facing seawater intrusion threat so that these villages are badly in need of a drinking water scheme," Speaker Appavu said on Wednesday.
Another drinking water scheme, to be implemented under the Minimum Needs Programme (MNP) fund on an outlay of ₹12.80 crore, is expected to benefit Kaavalkinaru and the nearby Vadakkankulam village panchayats.
"We've planned to sink the drinking water supply wells for this project at Kannimaaraathoppu near Panagudi, which will be a perennial source," he said. The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board) will implement these projects.
When asked about the failed Tsunami Drinking Water Scheme that has its drinking water source in the Tamirabharani at Ponnankurichi near Srivaikundam in Thoothukudi district, a TWAD Board official said the drinking water pipes were being damaged by the residents of Kaalvaai village for drawing water illegally.
"Though we've taken so many measures to check this menace to ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply to the coastal areas of Tirunelveli district, the villagers continue to damage the pipes of Tsunami Drinking Water Scheme and draw water illegally. So we've designed an alternate route to lay drinking water pipes so as to take the water to the beneficiaries effectively," said the official adding that this project would need ₹ 6 crore.
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These are great tips. Our customer could use this for sure.
WOW!! Thank you! These are great I've jotted many down!
if softening water… do not soften the drinking water or the hose water, omit those lines.
a whole house water filter.
low VOC paint and carpet etc.
and make sure the exhaust vents OUTSIDE… So far all the homes I've lived in did no exhaust outside… so turning on the kitchen fan means spreading the "love" all over the room. OK for cookies. Not okay for fish and collards.


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Garry Winogrand Challenge
by Xue Faith
ART & ARTIST NETWORK – GROUP NOTICE
SUBJETCT: Garry Winogrand Challenge
FROM: FaithXue Resident
Avatars Illustrated – Visual Culture Magazine, is challenging SL Photographers to create an in-world image set "in the spirit of" Garry Winogrand.
The best entries will be featured in next month's issue of Avatars Illustrated!
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Kerry Streeter wrote:
Hi Faith,
Wonderful idea! When's the deadline? I have quite a lot going but would like to enter.
Kerry Streeter
Hi Kerry,
What rocks about Robert Redford is that he created the Sundance Film Festival so that we could hear more voices.
What sucks about Pablo Picasso is that he ripped off African culture and claimed it as his own genius.
So now I"m asking you to rip off Garry Winogrand — ha ha ha — A lot of people hate him. Or maybe they don't find his work compelling enough to "hate," maybe they just don't see that much of a "mind," or an "eye" at work. A little bit there seems to have been a certain Exit-Thru-The-Gift-Shop-ful-ness to Winogrand's obsessive, massive, running of film frames through his camera. But for those who find his work good… for those who find it great… I think they find an aliveness, a realness, a spontaneity, a truth, to the moments of life he found on the streets of the city.
I like to think of photographing as a two-way act of respect. Respect for the medium, by letting it do what it does best, describe. And respect for the subject, by describing as it is. A photograph must be responsible to both.
— Garry Winogrand
I don't know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs. — Garry Winogrand
A lot of photographers do snap "candids" in SL, but in part because of the limitations / dynamics of movement / animation in SL, many images are tightly posed and crafted. The idea of finding some of Winogrand's raw power and honesty in our world seems, well, "indescribably delicious" to me.
In answer to your original question, "Deadline" — well — Avatars Illustrated, visual culture magazine, is a new publication, our 1st issue just hit the newsstands today. I'm pretty sure that future issues will be wildly divergent from that initial offering. I know I'd like to have it be about half from virtual worlds (mostly but not exclusively SL) and about half from physical worlds. We've announced that April's loose theme/inspiration will be "Nautical But Nice" and May will be "El Radar." But I think that's already out the window.
I'm not certain that Black Swan was a "great film," but I am certain that it was a film that culture was SO ready for… so pregnantly, explosively longing for. It has been a tremendous success and has resonated powerfully throughout culture. And so I think April wants to be AI's "Black Swan" issue.
Also, as we diversify to incorporate work from both the virtual and physical worlds, I have found an exciting Asian photographer who creates amazing, deep, rich, sometimes dark images with dolls. Including a doll "Black Swan Poster." The photographs of "dolls" in the "physical world" are absolutely compelling in their own right, and for us I believe they serve the additional significance of becoming a conceptual bridge to unite the physical and the virtual worlds… the tactile and the cerebral worlds…
Garry Winogrand's last Leica M4
The answer to "what's the deadline" may change over time. For today, I think it is that we are going to publish an issue a month; we are going to throw a lot of balls up in the air, and pluck the ripest ones as our various issues coalesce into being.
Garry Winogrand clearly had a powerful, specific way of taking frames… but given the relentless volume of his production (at his death in 1984 he left behind nearly 300,000 unedited images, and more than 2,500 undeveloped rolls of film) it also seems fair to say that his vision was as much a photo editing or curatorial vision as a live production vision.
So, Avatars Illustrated will photo edit, we will curate, we will pluck from the womb of the air currents of cultural creativity those issues and articles that most urgently demand that they be brought forth into being and be presented to the world.
And, now that I've typed all this, if it is ok with you, I will let it be "brought forth" as a blog post.
Thank You Kerry Streeter,
— Xue Faith
Editor, Avatars Illustrated
Bill Moyers, Garry Winogrand, Kerry Streeter, Leica M4, Street Photography
About Xue Faith
Student in the Culture, Media and Creative Industries programme at King's College, London. Curator at Gallery Xue. Webmaster for avatar bloggers. View all posts by Xue Faith →
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After the wasabi debacle, beer was needed to wash away all of that burning pain, so we headed to the pub and let the guys set up camp (setting up camp involves trying out three different tables before finally settling on 'the table'). The Six Nations was kicking off that afternoon, first with Ireland vs. Wales and then, England vs. Scotland and we settled in for a long afternoon of rugby fun.
Two hours of rugby fun was plenty for Mrs. London and me, so after Ireland beat Wales (thanks for the birthday present guys), we popped around the corner to get our hair done for dinner.
And when we asked them to play nicely with each other (that means no stabbing each other with forks, no pulling out chairs or attempting atomic wedgies), that photo above is what happened (there were two couples at our table that night, just not the two you would think).
The next morning, we were on the road out of Avignon and bidding adieu to my birthday weekend. Since it was early, and why not, we popped by Gordes on the way home. We had some time to kill before the France vs. Italy match (oh what a disaster that was) and the Superbowl much later that night.
Mr. London was sure that the 49ers would win, but The Husband said it would be the Ravens (not because he's a fan, or he knows anything about American football, but because the Ravens are the team that the kid from the Blind Side plays for and The Husband is a sucker for a happy ending) so naturally, all of the bickering back and forth, resulted in a bet. Whoever's team lost, would have to give the other a pedicure. A pedicure! (I really don't know what goes through their heads. I mean really, whatever happened to betting €20 or something).
Well we all know how that bet turned out and I for one cannot wait for The Husband to have pretty, pedicured tootsies. And of course I will be documenting it for posterity (that really means for you guys).
I almost threw some colouring books (I have some lying around, as childless people do....) in your package, and decided not to at the last minute. Regretting that now.
I'm very much looking forward to the pedicure pictures. Sparkles should definitely happen.
Fun post! I was rooting for the Ravens! They beat our Broncos, and they had so much heart! Have a good week!
Literally giggled out loud at your describing the guys' antics. They might get on our nerves sometimes, but, geez. They're so dang funny!!
that view is incredible, and that desert looks yummy!
If you guys were able to make our wedding, I would have totally asked you to bring along Mr. and Mrs. London! The four of you together really know how to have a good time! I love your stories with them.
Oh and activity packs! Hahaha!
And your fox purse...I love it sooo much!
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Heating Up Romance! It's been four months since dating rumors of Ross Lynch and Jaz Sinclaire surfaced and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina stars were now spotted kissing.
The former Austin and Ally star, 23, and the Paper Towns star, 24, were caught getting cozy and locking lips on Wednesday, April 3, at a screening of the Netflix hit series at The Roxy Hotel in New York City.
An eyewitness exclusively told Us Weekly, "They were sitting on a couch together, his arms were around her waist."
Noting that the pair kissed "on the couch together," the onlooker added, "They were looking into each other's eyes … noses touching and giggling."
Lynch and Sinclaire, who portrays Harvey Kinkle and Rosalind Walker on the Netflix show, are pretty secretive about their offscreen romance.
They sparked their relationship rumors in December 2018, when the actress shared a picture of herself and Sinclaire on his 23rd birthday on Instagram.
Happy Birthday to my favorite. I'm really happy you were born. Here's to many more good chats, belly laughs and dances in the new year.
Ross previously had an affair with her Status Update co-star Courtney Eaton. They are no longer dating, however, they remain friends. The actress, 23, celebrated her 23rd birthday back in January with Ross and Jaz.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2 will be available on Netflix on Friday, April 5.


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Yo Soy [I am]: Miguel Machado
5 March - 8 May 2021
Miguel A. Machado Suárez, Canasí, 2020, 200 × 170cm / 78 3/4 × 66 7/8in, Oil on canvas
"One of the attractions of painting, is to have the possibility of not thinking, while doing it. For me it is something natural, necessary and vital. The sheer existence allows me to paint, and painting helps me to exist."
The solo exhibition Yo Soy [I am] by Cuban artist Miguel A. Machado Suárez testifies to a very particular and constant theme in Cuba's search for identity: the need to define oneself. Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez defines himself in what he does in his making – and in his paintings. He refers to the exhibition as "Yo soy esto y esto soy yo." [I am and therefore I am]. As much as a statement, the exhibition theme is centered on the notion of "experience", Yo Soy is an invitation to enter the world of the Cuban painter Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez.
The exhibition unites different work groups, dating from 2016 until 2020, demonstrating the artist's virtuosity and skill of technique in Cuban Art. By mixing comic elements with historical painting, traditional three-layer or post-impressionist techniques, the artist addresses universal as well as pictorial questions, thereby fostering vision and thought. For Miguel A. Machado Suárez, being a painter means actual being: "One of the attractions of painting, is to have the possibility of not thinking, while doing it. For me it is something natural, necessary and vital. The sheer existence allows me to paint, and painting helps me to exist." – Miguel Machado
Miguel Machado took up painting as a philosophical practice in the socio-political context of Cuba which is opposed with a pseudo-conceptual dogmatism that has been undermining art education on the island from the late 1990s to the present day. The vast imagery by Miguel Machado suggests an alternated view on the world in an attempt to express freedom, liberation and transformation.
Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez – Yo Soy
5 March – 17 April 2021
Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez, born 1990 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. His work was awarded various prizes, among them the award of the Asociacion Hermanos Saínz. Miguel A. Machado Suárez lives and works in Havana. The exhibition Yo Soy is his first solo show in Europe.
The monograph »Miguel Alejandro Machado Suárez« presents a detailed study of his work, the publication is released on the occasion of the exhibition. The publication focuses on four work periods from 2013 until today. The extensive image section is complemented by a comprehensive essay, an interview and biography as well as indicative statements on the working method of the artist.
Release date: 5 March 2021
Curated by Liatna Rodríguez López
This exhibition is supported by Stiftung Kunstfonds as part of their NEUSTART KULTUR program
Miguel Machado


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New Italian Fintech Startup Bitsa Adds XMR Support to Its Prepaid Card
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Italy's new crypto-powered debit card supplier Bitsa has just expanded its prepaid card with major privacy-focused altcoin Monero.
By enabling Monero support on its Bitsa Card, the company unclocks "All types" of XMR-based card transactions in physical stores and online, including card-to-card transfers and Monero conversion to euro, Bitsa announced on Feb. 21.Launched in Q3 2019, Bitsa Card supports a total of 12 cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin alongside EUR bank transfers and payments so far, Bitsa CEO Luis Vaello said in an email to Cointelegraph.
Bitsa Card is one of the world's first crypto card providers to unlock MoneroAs suggested by some online users, Bitsa Card might be the first prepaid crypto card to have enabled privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Monero.
"We do not know 100% if we are the first card to support Monero, but we are definitely ones of the first and at least the only one fully functional. Our idea is to make Bitsa recharged with as many funding methods as possible."
Bitsa CEO says that Bitsa is not subject to any specific regulationHeadquartered in Monaco, Bitsa provides both a card and full electronic account, allowing its users to transfer funds and pay for services in countries in the Single Euro Payments Area.
Since the launch, Bitsa Card issued about 30,000 prepaid cards, expecting to have more than 150,000 users in 2020, the executive noted.
Asked by Cointelegraph about how Bitsa is regulated, the firm's CEO Vaello answered that "There is no specific regulation or license for prepaid electronic accounts such as Bitsa."
Vaello, who is also CEO of a similar Spanish financial service, Bitnovo, noted that Bitsa is operating in compliance with major European laws like the European Union's Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which came into effect in January 2019.However, Vaello pointed out that some countries like Spain haven't adopted the new law so far, noting that it will take a long time to bring it fully into force.
"All countries should have transposed the directive by Jan. 10, 2020. Unfortunately this has not happened in countries like Spain where there are big industry players like Bitnovo selling cryptocurrency gift cards in thousands of stores. Regulation is not fast in every country. Nevertheless companies like Bitsa, Bitnovo and many other exchanges are fully prepared and compliant."
In November, Bitsa rolled out Bitsa Young, a prepaid Visa card that allows Spanish teenagers between 14 and 17 years old to conduct major operations like online purchases, ATM cash withdrawals without being associated with a bank account.


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Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport celebrates production milestone by drifting
It's not every day that you see a Bugatti Chiron drifting, but to celebrate reaching the halfway point of production of the Chiron Pur Sport, Bugatti sent a driver out in one to smoke some tires. On Thursday, Bugatti released the footage.
Focused more on road-course readiness than top speed, the Pur Sport was unveiled in 2020, underwent testing, and started production toward the end of that year. Bugatti said in a press release that it's now delivered 30 of the planned 60 cars, which have an estimated price of approximately $3.5 million each. At least nine Chiron Pur Sports have been delivered to the U.S. so far.
To mark the production milestone, Bugatti had its lead development and chassis engineer drift a Pur Sport for the cameras. A short video released by Bugatti shows the driver inscribing a giant "C" in the pavement, referencing the Bugatti "C-line." That's the curve framing the rear of the Chiron's doors, and also housing some of the many radiators and ducts used for engine cooling. The design feature is also meant to recall classic models such as the Type 57, according to Bugatti.
Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport
The Chiron Pur Sport gets numerous changes from the standard Chiron to make it more track-capable, including increased downforce, increased negative camber, and a 110-pound weight savings over the standard Chiron. Engineers shortened each gear ratio in the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission to bring the ratios 15% closer together. The Pur Sport also wears a model-specific version of the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tire, with a softer rubber compound.
Because of the softer tires, increased negative camber, and increased downforce, engineers capped the Pur Sport's top speed at 217 mph, compared to 261 mph for the standard Chiron. The Pur Sport boasts quicker acceleration, though, reaching 62 mph in 2.3 seconds and 124 mph in 5.9 seconds, versus 2.4 seconds and 6.1 seconds, respectively, for the standard Chiron. Bugatti also claims the Pur Sport is two seconds quicker than the standard Chiron when accelerating from 37 mph to 75 mph.
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Bucos, outrora S. João Batista de Bucos, é uma freguesia portuguesa do município de  Cabeceiras de Basto, com 17,8 km2 de área e 469 habitantes (censo de 2021). A sua densidade populacional é .

A freguesia inclui os lugares de Bucos, Vila Boa, Carrazedo e Casares. Situa-se no sopé da Serra da Cabreira sendo por isso cercada de montanhas e constituindo zona propícia à criação de gado caprino e ovino.

Demografia
A população registada nos censos foi:

A Freguesia
Localizada perto da serra, pode-se encontrar com certa abundância as perdizes, os coelhos e os javalis. Bucos é uma região com campos bastante grandes e planos, tem abundância de água oriunda de vertentes vizinhas, que forma pequenos rios ou ribeiros dos quais o mais significativo é o Peio, um afluente do Tâmega, que alimenta os verdes e abundantes pastos. Tal como o resto do concelho, a maior parte do rendimento da sua população é a criação de gado bovino, com destaque para a raça Barrosã e minhota, o gado ovino e caprino. No que toca à agricultura, esta é de autoconsumo que se baseia no cultivo de batatas, couves, milho e centeio (este último hoje em dia é já diminuto), possui também alguns castanheiros e vinhas.

Os seus invernos são mais rigorosos, bastante frios e agrestes, invernos tão típicos do interior de Portugal, os quais tornavam, desta forma, as vidas particularmente difíceis. Por tal facto, a população recorreu desde sempre à emigração, estima-se, até, que 50% das pessoas estejam emigradas, principalmente na França e no Brasil. Receberam, também, muitos imigrantes nos séculos passados para trabalharem nas pedreiras.

Apesar de ser, nos dias que correm, a criação de gado bovino a sua maior riqueza, não se pode deixar de referir o artesanato de lã, que é um dos mais ricos e variados do concelho e da região. Antigamente, a produção de roupas de lã era uma atividade apenas para o consumo próprio, já que estas ajudavam a suportar os invernos mais rigorosos. Como ainda hoje a criação de gado ovino marca a vida da população desta freguesia, tirando proveito da lã do mesmo, direcionaram a confeção das peças de vestuário de autoconsumo para a venda ao público. Um dos exemplos destas confeções são as mantas de cores bizarras tão conhecidas por mantas do barroso.

No que diz respeito às vias de comunicação, Bucos é das freguesias mais privilegiadas do município cabeceirense. No seu interior, todos os caminhos de acesso aos diferentes lugares encontram-se calcetados. Dispõe, também, de fácil e relativamente rápido acesso à sede do concelho.

História
A história do concelho perdeu-se no tempo. Pouco se sabe do seu primitivo povoamento, embora se admita que remonta a épocas pré-românicas devido à existência de vestígios e construções dolménicas. Sendo esta povoação muito antiga e próspera, com origem no ano de 670, apenas em 1514 é que se instituiu como concelho, através do foral de D. Manuel I.

Geografia
Encaixada na extremidade noroeste do concelho de Cabeceiras de Basto, Bucos é uma freguesia serrana onde se respiram já os ares da serra da Cabreira.

Património histórico, arquitetónico e cultural
As principais riquezas da região são o vinho verde, o milho, o azeite e a pecuária, com destaque para a raça bovina-barrosã e maronesa. Também o artesanato é rico e variado. Aqui poderemos encontrar o artesanato de lã, linho, cestaria, tanoaria, tamancaria e latoaria. Já as principais especialidades gastronómicas da região são a carne de vitela, o cabrito, os enchidos, o bacalhau com batatas a murro, os rojões à moda do Minho, as papas de sarrabulho e doces variados. No que toca à etnografia, esta manifesta-se nas feiras, festas, romarias, folclore e jogos tradicionais.

A documentação histórica do concelho, incluindo a de Bucos, perdeu-se, sabe-se apenas que a origem desta terra remonta por volta do ano de 1753. Esta freguesia é também um repositório etnofolcolórico.

A nível arquitetónico pode-se destacar a igreja paroquial, situada no centro da freguesia, o cruzeiro, o espigueiro de Carrazedo, as casas em cantaria de traça rural e o Pisão de Bucos, outrora um local de bastante interesse turístico e o qual está associado às artes e ofícios praticados neste local (a tecelagem de lã e do burel).

Na igreja paroquial pode-se encontrar no altar-mor o padroeiro desta terra: S. João Batista; na parte da Epístola, num lado, está a imagem de São Domingos e no outro a imagem do Apóstolo São Pedro e ainda outra do Santo António de Pádua, no mesmo altar encontra-se o sacrário do Santíssimo Sacramento, no meio do retábulo o qual é de madeira entalhada e os altos são dourados e os baixos de vermelhão fino. Para além disso, tem ainda o altar com a imagem da Nossa Senhora do Rosário. No chão, em frente à entrada da igreja, é possível ver algumas pedras tumulares que datam ao ano de 1800.

Já os sinos desta possuem detalhes e inscrições em latim relativas ao catolicismo. Há ainda duas capelas, uma no lugar de Casares com a invocação de Santa Maria e outra no lugar de Carrazedo com a invocação de Santa Ana. Para além disto, há ainda a serra da Cabreira, a qual contém evidências arqueológicas do tipo megalítico.

O espigueiro, localizado num lugar desta freguesia, conhecido por Carrazedo, mede 29,40 metros de comprimento e está dividido em 11 quarteirões irregulares (quatro maiores e sete mais pequenos), assenta em 12 pés (singelos) e possui um ripado na vertical e telhado de duas águas com capacidade para 30 carros de milho. Este espigueiro, datado de 1853, possui a inscrição MLA e é ainda considerado um dos maiores de Portugal. Graças também ao lugar de Carrazedo, Bucos já andou nas bocas do mundo pois este lugar foi considerado, em 1938, uma das aldeias mais portuguesas de Portugal.

O Jogo do Pau
O jogo do pau é uma técnica de luta em que a arma é um simples pau direito e liso com uma altura aproximada à de um homem. Habitualmente é manejado pelos contendores, que procuravam, por um lado, atingir o(s) adversário(s) e, por outro, defender-se dele(s) o melhor possível. Dizia-se que o homem sempre teve necessidade de se defender (luta pela sobrevivência) dos animais selvagens, que eram uma ameaça, pondo em risco os mais desprevenidos. Assim, começou por utilizar o que a natureza lhe punha à disposição como pedras, paus, etc.

Em Portugal, havia duas áreas distintas onde ele se praticava, uma nortenha, compreendendo as províncias do Minho, Douro Literal, Beira Alta e Beira Litoral e uma outra mais a Sul, compreendendo o Ribatejo e a parte de Estremadura (incluindo Lisboa.)

Há quem tente encontrar a origem deste tradicional jogo português no Minho. Do Minho ter-se-ia estendido a Trás-os-Montes e às Beiras. Depois, com as migrações para a capital, os minhotos também terão levado o jogo, tendo este se espalhado pela Estremadura e pelo Ribatejo.

Todavia, o jogo do pau, do ponto de vista da sua natureza, do seu significado cultural e do contexto geral em que se integrava, apresenta-se sob duas formas perfeitamente distintas: uma como jogo-combate, que era uma luta propriamente dita, autenticamente dura e rude e que visava dominar ou inutilizar efetivamente os adversários (predominante no Norte); outra, como jogo-desporto, um torneio atlético, combativo, exibicionista, mas sem intuitos agressivos (dominante no Sul).

Com efeito, o homem rural nortenho, geralmente, não possuía armas de fogo. Apesar disso, vivia numa atmosfera de violência e de perigo latente em que as agressões e os ataques eram sempre de recear. Em tempos mais antigos, houve uma onda de crimes à mão aramada, principalmente nos lugares mais solitários e ermos. Por tudo isto, o pau era a companhia, apoio e arma de defesa e ataque, utilizada em rixas e contendas constantes.

Na verdade, as oposições e rivalidades entre as gentes das aldeias próximas deviam-se normalmente a razões mais ou menos graves, por vezes insignificantes até: mulheres, águas, cães…

Pelo que se tem vindo a dizer ao longo dos tempos, o jogo do pau integrava-se não só num determinado contexto geográfico, mas, essencialmente, num contexto sociocultural específico. Entretanto, os tempos mudaram, as condições socioeconómicas e culturais também, pelo que, hoje em dia, já não se pretende "varrer feiras", nem "ajustar contas", mas sim dominar uma técnica, educar a mente e o corpo, desenvolver capacidades de precisão e agilizar os reflexos.

Gastronomia
O concelho de Cabeceiras de Basto não tem uma gastronomia específica, porém, é influenciado pela gastronomia minhota, e como em qualquer terra minhota, comer e beber bem são condições imprescindíveis.

A especialidade da região é a carne de vitela barrosã e maronesa, tendo em conta a importância da pecuária no concelho.
Entre os vários pratos típicos da região minhota, destacam-se as couves com feijão, o cabrito da serra assado, o cozido à portuguesa, o bacalhau com batatas a murro, os rojões à moda do minho, as papas de sarrabulho, a bôla de carne ou de sardinha e o caldo de castanhas, e enchidos, como as alheiras, o salpicão e presunto. Há ainda uma enorme variedade de doçarias e, como não poderia deixar de ser, o vinho verde.

Festas Populares
As romarias com mais relevo realizadas na freguesia de Bucos eram a festa em honra de S. João Baptista, a Festa do Senhor e a Senhora do Alívio.

Atualmente, a única festa que se realiza na freguesia de Bucos é a Festa de Bucos. Esta é uma festa anual, que se realiza em agosto, junto à praia fluvial de Bucos. A festa é organizada pela Associação Bucos Viva, a associação de jovens da freguesia de Bucos.

A lenda da ponte de Cavez
As pessoas de Bucos narram há anos uma história antiga sobre a Ponte de Cavez. Conta-se que foi feita numa noite pelo diabo com o seu rabo, pois as suas águas, só no 24 de agosto dia de S. Bartolomeu, sabe a enxofre e cura as doenças derivadas do frio.

De verdade são muitas as histórias em torno da ponte. A fonte de água sulfurosa que nasce junto da Ponte de Cavez na margem direita do Tâmega atesta a existência aqui de um local para onde vinham os doentes do Hospital de S. Marcos de Braga. Tem a sua origem numa grande penedia no sítio das caldas, donde por canos de pedra vem a cair num pequeno tanque, deixando um resíduo que quando seco é combustível.

Nas outras aldeias vizinhas o povo atesta que, quando bebida na manhã de 24 de agosto, antes que o sol raie, livra de todas as moléstias e doenças presentes e futuras.

Freguesias de Cabeceiras de Basto


After becoming a one-car, one-cargo-bike family, the family made another change. "We found we were going in different directions depending on our schedules. Both my husband and I preferred to take the bike and we got into discussions about who would bike and who had to take the car. So we invested in a second cargo bike, a long-tail XtraCycle." That's a bike with an extended wheel base that looks like a skateboard that children sit on behind the pedaler.
"We're in a transition, where my boys have their own bikes," Armstrong says, adding, "It is heavy to haul two 10-year-olds on the back of a bike." But she says her boys ride their bikes on the street only on weekends when there's less traffic.
Kidical Mass cofounder Shane MacRhodes says he got involved when a friend with kids suggested a group ride. "I wanted to do something legal and more mellow" than Critical Mass, he says. He didn't even have kids at the time, but was program manager of a Safe Routes to School program in Eugene, Oregon, a federally funded program to create the infrastructure to make it safe for kids to walk or bike to school. The first ride was in April 2008, before his own children were born. Now, he has three under age three, including twins.
The cargo-bike-for-kids movement has hit the big time with its own documentary by Liz Canning, Less Car More Go. She is also the mother of twins—one of the best double motivators for cargo biking.


We are well and truly impressed with this year's submissions to the online Short Film Competition! Ranging from exploration of social issues to questions of loss, using drama or animation, being realistic or surreal – these films will open your eyes to the myriad of experiences and expressions that the people of Africa have to offer.
These are the 5 best films submitted to the Digital Short Film Festival – now it is up to you to vote for the one you like best. The winner will receive £100 courtesy of the MMBF Trust!
A girl discovers that not all stories are myth.
A gambler discovers that it takes more than fast hands to fool people.
What do you do when you encounter someone hungrier than you?
Do you miss your wife?