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What Asbury Solomons Residents Say …
You can expect the highest level of care and services at Asbury Solomons, but that's just the start of what makes this community extraordinary. Whether you want to watch the sunset with friends along the river (a tradition here) or get active volunteering, there are always opportunities for both personal growth and fun. Keep reading to see what our residents have to say about life at Asbury.
"We can't get over how friendly the staff is."
Discover friendly staff and neighbors at Asbury Solomons, a community where you have the freedom to make the most out of each day. Enjoy a scenic riverfront view now that the worries of home maintenance have faded away.
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"I feel like I'm on a constant vacation."
Explore a variety of engaging daily activities and events that bring an extra fullness to life. Have the option to cook a homemade meal for visiting family or reconnect with friends over lunch in our dining room.
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"I have always felt passionate about protecting the Bay."
Sue and Dick Hu have left an indelible stamp on Asbury Solomons thanks to their drive to protect the environment, and specifically, the Patuxent River which runs behind their cottage. By moving to the community, they found a group of like-minded people eager to make things happen.
In five years, the Go Green Committee has revitalized recycling efforts campus-wide, identified projects to reduce run-off into the Patuxent, and added close to 2 million water-filtering oysters to this Chesapeake Bay tributary.
"I have always felt passionate about protecting the Chesapeake Bay. The range of species that live in and rely on these waters is staggering," says Sue, a former science teacher. "Everything in an ecosystem is connected, and if we lose the water, we lose a tremendous amount. Far more than just the crabs that sit on someone's plate for dinner. Stewardship of the bay and its tributaries needs to become part of our value system"
Sue and Dick Hu
"I haven't regretted a day of my decision to move."
Peggy Hovermale was drawn to Asbury Solomons by her love of the water and childhood memories of fishing on Solomons Island with her father. Now, she loves it when her grandchildren visit and they all head down to the river to kayak, fish off the pier, or net fish along the beach.
"They think this is the greatest place to live! So do I. Asbury welcomes you onto a campus, but they also give you many opportunities to join the larger community," Peggy says.
"I haven't regretted a day of my decision to move. My house would lose shingles or I'd need to get the chimney repointed. There was always something. I figured up what it would cost me to move versus stay in my house and it was actually less to move to Asbury Solomons. If I lived in my old neighborhood, I would be paying to go to the gym. Here, you have a pool and classes of any kind - yoga, zumba, balance. And you can take the high-impact aerobics here and get completely out of breath. They don't take it easy on you!
And eating in the dining room with its river view always feels like a luxury to me. You see some spectacular sunsets."
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"We've made so many friends."
Cottage residents Jeannette and Dick Findley loved their waterfront home complete with dock and sailboat. With several acres, property taxes, and maintenance, though, they were ready for a 'lock-it-and-leave' lifestyle. What they got was far more.
"We knew it was time to downsize, and we still had the energy to do it," Jeannette says. "We wanted to be able to close the door and go on vacation. It was time to simplify."
"I had not anticipated the community feeling in moving here," Dick says. "We've made so many friends through going to fitness classes and because everyone here is so welcoming and friendly. Enjoy the amenities, but enjoy the new friends, too."
"We're still connected to our Leonardtown community," Jeannette says. "We can still attend our same church and see our doctors."
"One of our favorite aspects of moving is the gift we have given to our sons," Dick says. "Each of us dealt with the stress of caring for our parents long distance and figuring out what to do with their possessions. Ours won't have that burden."
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I have already offered a foster place for Willow, and I know most of you will come forward to foster, but Ian, her owner, would dearly like to rehome her from home. She is used to living with a terrier who has already been offered a forever place.
She was a stray when Ian got her and has been dearly loved and this is a heartbreaking decision to rehome her. But because of personal reasons Willow is being left for long hours and for an elegant elderly lady this is not good.
She has no heart or water works problems and her only fault seems to be that she takes up a bit of space on the sofa.
She will not be rehomed to dogs under the age of 2 as she just wants a bit of peace in her life.
Please contact me or Barney and if you meet the requirements we will give your information to Ian.
Was this the one you had in mind for me Jenny? She is beautiful but I think Lola might drive her mad!
Oh Jenny, she'd only take up a tiny space - you wouldn't know she was there. I agree, she IS totally gorgeous!!!!
If all goes according to plan I should be meeting the lovely Willow & taking her under SLR's wing on Thursday night.
are you looking for a home for her still though?
Indeed we are - a very special one.
It wouldn't be too difficult to fail with this lovely old lass!
Willow is totally gorgeous, & much smaller than I'd expected from her photos - in fact she's the smallest hound currently in the home-kennel, at only about 22" to the shoulder.
She travelled well in the houndmobile, & was totally unfazed by the attentions of the Harlow Hooligans whilst exploring the house & garden.
Winnie has been 'mothering' her, as she does with all new arrivals.
All in all, first impressions are that this is a lovely, gentle old lady with a good bit of spark about her.
She's obviously been well cared for & very much loved - she will only be allowed to go to a very special forever home.
Well done barnacles. I hope you get some dinner soon.
Willow had a good, undisturbed night, having chosen to sleep on the dog bed in the living room, where she'd previously also explored the crate. I elected to sleep on the settee, just to make sure that she was o.k. in her new surroundings, but in the event I needn't have worried.
We were forewarned that Willow is an inveterate countersurfer, & all indications so far are that this is absolutely correct, although she was as good as gold when I finally had summat to eat last night.
The lass is a total chatterbox, not barking, but keeping up a more or less constant stream of 'talking.' ;D I'd hazard a guess that this has a lot to do with her change in circumstances & that she's seeking reassurance that all's well. She'll take all the fuss that's on offer, (I've just been the recipient of yet another face-licking ;D ), & continues to be an evidently happy little soul.
I'll post an update as the day unfolds, hopefully with some pics.
When I got to Uncle Barney's I got a shock. I expected a big deerhound x, expecting greyhound/deerhound and looking at her piccies she looked big. I had to look down from my usual eye-line, and there she was. The most adorable 22 inch dot of a deerhound/whippet x. She doesn't stop wagging her tail and she has a garble voice to say hello.
I am in love - totally. Smitten.... She is so lovely Ian..
Well, Barney had some banking and things to do this morning so little Willow came on board the Polo with Elly and Mim and came home for a while.
The gang greeted her and only Miss Elly had her nose out of joint. All bravado though. Willow just ignored her. Sofi and Mims love her and Tag and Meg got her to chase in the garden.
Just a couple of photos at ours as she doesn't stay still for long.
She is so so happy and lovely.
Here she is. Saying hello to Sofi and getting an ear licking.
Ignore Elly, we all do.
Not hungry just now thanks.
No wonder Mummy Chook would give her eye teeth to have this gorgeous little lass for her own if only she had the room!


This assessment hub contains the assessment policies and tasks used to determine a student's progress.
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This document has been developed to make clear the procedures, expectations and rules about assessment at Chester Hill High School. It also outlines what a student will study in each subject throughout the year and how a student will be assessed.
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I'm so anxious that it's hard to swallow. Later this morning, my mom is coming to bring me to get my lab work. The list of ordered tests has lengthened but I keep putting off getting it done. It's pathetic how frightened I get for bloodwork and how much I let this phobia blockade the diagnostic progress of my medical health. Each blood draw experience seems more scarring than the last, so instead of trending positive, I fear increasingly the procedure. At this point, I desperately need a favorable, or at least tolerable, experience to lob off some of the extreme magnitude my brain associates with getting my blood drawn. I picture a sound recording with a tracing of my anxiety level bouncing up and down. The threshold line over which my fearful brain decides the threat is too great for the perceived benefits and therefore registers a resounding "no" in my decision-making process, stay put, albeit in its low height for blood work. The anxiety reading, on the other hand, keeps climbing up and up, the peaks reaching much greater amplitudes with each negative experience. I need to trick my brain into turning down the volume on that tracing or changing the scale with which the graph is displayed so that the peaks look minuscule (or at least surmountable!). I pray that my mom's company will not only distract me and provide comfort, but that she can help facilitate a more positive experience by advocating for my needs and smoothing the procedure. As I tend to completely clam up and just sit silently on the chair with tears streaming down my red cheeks, I fail to verbalize my sensory needs or suggest strategies that the phlebotomist can employ to increase my comfort. That's where my mom's presence today will hopefully make a difference.
Cognitively, I know that my fear is irrational. Nothing bad will happen to me during such a routine, low-risk procedure. Daily life is fraught with more dangerous events. I'm not afraid of needles, as evidenced by my very recent dog-bite-associated tetanus shot in which I was totally relaxed. I do hate the sight of my own blood these days (a problem I developed post-attack), but by not looking during the draw, that problem can mostly be eliminated (except when they leave the tubes strewn about the desk after filling and then I see them while packing up to leave). The rubbing of the alcohol wipe and the needle insertion in the antecubital space—my most sensitive skin—simply drives me bananas. The sensitivity of that region, thanks to sensory processing disorder and thin Ehlers-Danlos skin, is so severe that even the thought of it brings tears to my eyes and puts a pit of nausea feeling in my stomach. I can't even touch that skin myself unless I provide very firm deep pressure. Light touch or friction there sets my skin on fire.
In an effort to curb my anxiety before it escalates even further, I'm going to try and focus on something else for the next few hours and distract my mind. I'll get through this and will do my best to be brave and stoic during the process. I've learned that it's not okay to cut myself slack and be forgiving with my anxieties; I used to chide myself so severely and criticize my babyishness, but ultimately, there's no need for that. Even if I struggle and cry, I can conquer this and be proud of myself just for doing it, however "well" I do.


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In R (LF) v Buckinghamshire County Council (2019) EWHC 1817 (Admin) a judicial review challenge failed to a decision by the Council, by its Cabinet, to close 19, and retain 16, of its Children's Centres, whilst ensuring the continuing use of the closed Centres for early years and community benefit. Andrews J was satisfied that the Council had carried out a fair Consultation before Cabinet made its decision, that it took the responses properly into account, and that it complied with all its relevant statutory duties.
There was an obligation on the Council under Section 5D of the Childcare Act 2006 to "secure that such consultation as they think appropriate" was carried out before any change was made in the services to be provided through a Children's Centre or before the closure of any such Centre. Andrews J said (paragraph 34) that gave the Council "a wide discretion as to what the consultation should comprise", subject only to the requirements of statutory Guidance.At paragraphs 35/36 Andrews J summarised the requirements of a procedurally fair and lawful Consultation. At paragraph 37, she said that: (1) the Council was entitled to consult on the proposals which it had approved for consultation, rather than on something it did not propose; (2) it is lawful for a proposer to indicate in the Consultation document what his preferred option is; (3) fairness does not necessarily require the provision of information about options which have been rejected; and (4) the information that must be provided is the information that is necessary in order for the consultees to express meaningful views on the proposal(s).
At paragraph 38, Andrews J distinguished Moseley in the Supreme Court; and at paragraph 42 she said that the present case was not similar to Moseley, "because there was nothing misleading about the Consultation documents". At paragraph 43 she rejected the Claimant's criticism that the Consultation document failed to give sufficient reasons to permit of intelligent consideration and response. There was she said a "frank explanation" of why the Council was not consulting specifically on "no change", and there was not an indication of a closed mind.
At paragraph 49, Andrews J referred to the submission on behalf of the Claimant that the Section 5D duty obliged the Council to consult on the "in principle" question whether to make changes to the existing provision of Children's Centres, and not just on how to make such changes. In rejecting that submission, Andrews J said: "…that is not what s.5D says. It gives the Council a wide discretion as to the nature and scope of the consultation, whilst making it clear that the consultation must take place before any changes are implemented. It does not need to consult before reaching a provisional decision that there should be some change. But even if Ms Morris' submission were right, the Council did not need to include maintaining the status quo as a specific option, in order to have included it within the Consultation. Consultees were given a fair opportunity to tell the Council that they wished to keep the status quo and that it should make its £3.1 million savings in some other way, and many of them did just that".
Andrews J did not accept that there was any predetermination, or an appearance of predetermination, or that the consultation took place at a time other than the formative stage. The only determination was as to the scope of the consultation, and no inference could be drawn that conscientious consideration would not be given to the responses from consultees at the critical stage, i.e. the time when the decision came to be made.
Andrews J concluded, at paragraph 52, that it was not until the March 2019 Meeting that Cabinet ultimately decided to make a change, the Consultation process was entirely fair, and its results were taken into account when the final Decision was made.
Not only did the Consultation ground of challenge fail. So did challenges based on other statutory provisions, including the sufficiency duty under Section 5A of the 2006 Act and the PSED. As regards the sufficiency duty, Andrews J said:-
"21. The discharge of the sufficiency duty … involves the Local Authority considering and assessing three things: the need for children's centres in their area; what provision would be enough to meet that need; and what number of children's centres it would be reasonably practicable for the Local Authority to provide, taking into account such matters as affordability, and practical considerations such as the availability of appropriate buildings, geographic location and accessibility. Provided all three of these matters are taken into account, there is no obligation to consider them in any particular order."
"58. It is a matter for the local authority concerned to assess and decide what would be sufficient provision of children's centres to meet local needs, and what is reasonably practicable to achieve this provision. Neither the 2006 Act nor the Guidance specify any methodology to be adopted. It was plainly sensible for the Council to have one Consultation on the proposed revision of its overall Early Help Strategy, of which children's centres were one important component. As children's centres provide both universal and targeted services, the assessment methodology adopted by the Council covered both. The research carried out prior to the Consultation was in-depth and comprehensive; the Consultation itself was well-structured and wide-ranging, and provided more data which would help the Council to assess need and sufficiency (as well as drawing its attention to adverse impacts) before it made its final Decision.
The re-named "family centres" were not ceasing to be children's centres; they were children's centres which provided additional services for older children and families with both older and younger children – like the Claimant's family. The Council rationally formed the view that it was not reasonably practicable to keep 35 children's centres open without making a huge reduction in services, and moreover, that maintaining the status quo would not enable it to give the better support to families that it wanted. … Therefore, the real question for the Council when focusing on its duty under s.5A at the time of the Decision was whether the 16 centres it proposed to retain and use to deliver the existing and enhanced services would meet the need of families with young children in Buckinghamshire. In making that assessment it was entitled to take into account the proposed use of those buildings which would cease to be used as children's centres which included continuing to use them for early years provision.
The Council plainly concluded that the 16 family centres would suffice. It did not need to spell this out in terms, so long as it performed the duty in substance, as I am satisfied it did. There was no single line addressing sufficiency, which gave Ms Morris's submission a certain superficial attraction; but as Mr Goudie submitted, consideration of sufficiency to meet local need was pervasive through every stage of the decision-making process. …
The model that was eventually adopted … plainly had the duty well in mind. … the fact that the Council had regard to a wider range of needs does not mean that it failed to address the needs of young children and their parents."
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Jennifer Lawrence confessed that she "lost a sense of control" early on in her career due to her meteoric rise to fame.
"Between 'The Hunger Games' coming out and winning the Oscar, I became such a commodity that I felt like every decision was a big, big group decision," the actress, 32, said during a "Screen Talk" at the London Film Festival on Saturday, per Variety.
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The same year, the movie star appeared opposite Bradley Cooper in David O. Russell's film "Silver Linings Playbook" — which later earned her her first Oscar win in 2013.
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She then remarked on winning an Academy Award at age 22, "I keep thinking 'when will it hit me?' I don't think it ever will."
Lawrence starred as Katniss Everdeen in the smash-hit "Hunger Games" franchise.
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In 2017, Nicky Holland filmed the music video for her song "New York Inside My Head" on Sony's New York City rooftop. Check out a French television interview with the artist from 1992 (not to worry, she answers questions in English).
British songwriter, singer, and pianist Nicky Holland broke into the Britpop scene in the 1980s with an atmospheric compositional style that positioned her as a post-disco darling. She commanded the keys and sang background vocals during Tears for Fears' 1985 global tour and cowrote songs for its album The Seeds of Love. She served as musical director for Fun Boy Three, collaborated with artists from Cyndi Lauper to Tina Turner, and worked on scores for movies such as She's Having a Baby. In the '90s, Holland made strides as a solo artist before turning her focus to raising two children. Now, she's settled on Sullivan's Island with her husband, Peter Koepke, and last summer, Legacy Recordings released Nobody's Girl, featuring 13 songs selected primarily from her solo albums.
CM: What's a song you're especially pleased about sharing on Nobody's Girl?
NH: I love the remix of "On the Stairs," which I wrote when I first moved to New York City from London in 1988. It's about living in an apartment building, surrounded by people, but knowing no one.
CM: Can you talk about past creative collaborations?
NH: I think one of my most meaningful and rewarding collaborations was with Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears on The Seeds of Love. Writing a body of work with another artist is unusual because you transcend the hit-oriented approach and become co-creators of something more artistic.
CM: In 1983, you arranged Gershwin's "Summertime" for Fun Boy Three. Since the song has roots in Charleston, do you think about it differently today?
NH: It resonates with me in a whole new way now that I've experienced the "easy living" and watched fish actually jump!
CM: What appeals to you about Sullivan's Island?
NH: I love the combination of history, nature, and the eclectic group of people I've come to know. I planned my kitchen to accommodate multiple cooks, so friends and family can create feasts with me. A house near the beach is a magnet for those in need of R&R, and I love when it's full of life.
CM: What's your project with Nashville indie-pop artist Rebecca Roubion?
NH: Under the name "Clementine," Rebecca and I have written, produced, and performed songs together that we hope to release by the end of this year.
Discography: Nicky Holland (1991); Sense and Sensuality (1997); "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," from the My Best Friend's Wedding soundtrack (1997); and Nobody's Girl (2017)
Wrote songs for: Oleta Adams, Lloyd Cole, Celine Dion, Cyndi Lauper, Tears for Fears, Tina Turner, and many more
Collaborated with: Songwriters including Hal David, Roland Orzabal, and Andy Partridge
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Berklee College of Music will be visiting cities around the U.S. from November though March as part the Berklee World Tour, where the college conducts live auditions and interviews with students interested in pursuing their dream of studying at Berklee. The college's unique audition and interview process is designed to identify students who are most likely to succeed in Berklee's dynamic environment: applicants who are passionate, entrepreneurial, motivated, and who display talent and potential.
Upcoming auditions in San Francisco are scheduled for February 25, 26, and 27, 2012. For a full schedule of audition cities and dates, please visit Berklee.edu/bwt. For more information on applying to Berklee, visit Berklee.edu/admissions. The application deadline for Fall 2012 admission is January 15, 2012.
Each year, Berklee visits more than 40 cities around the world in search of talented instrumentalists and vocalists—an effort that is supported with $25 million in scholarship funds. All applicants who audition and interview for admission are also considered for a host of scholarships that Berklee awards annually, including the Presidential Scholarship, the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship, the Africa Scholarship, the Slaight Family Scholarship, and the Berklee City Music Scholarship.
In August, Berklee and Lollapalooza announced the founding of the Berklee Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship at the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza in Chicago. The four-year, full tuition scholarship will be awarded annually to a talented musician in financial need and is being endowed by Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised fund. This exciting partnership is the first educational initiative of its kind for Lollapalooza.
The first Berklee Lollapalooza Endowed Scholarship recipient will be chosen at the end of March and announced at Lollapalooza 2012. Citizens and residents of the U.S. are eligible to be considered for the scholarship.
Berklee College of Music, for over 65 years, has evolved to support its belief that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through contemporary music education. The college was the first in the U.S. to teach jazz, the popular music of the time. It incorporated rock n' roll in the 1960s, created the world's first degree programs in film scoring, music synthesis, and songwriting, and, in recent years, added world music, hip-hop, electronica, and video game music to its curriculum. With a diverse student body representing over 80 countries, a music industry "who's who" of alumni that have received 250 Grammy Awards, Berklee is the world's premier learning lab for the music of today – and tomorrow.


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Home Biology New virus in bats linked to AIDS-like disease decimating koalas
New virus in bats linked to AIDS-like disease decimating koalas
Devastated by summer's unprecedented firestorms, Australia's koalas are facing a potentially more serious and enduring existential threat from a fellow mammal – the bat.
Devastated by summer's unprecedented firestorms, Australia's koalas are facing a potentially more serious and enduring existential threat from a fellow mammal—the bat.
A new collaborative study led by Burnet Institute and CSIRO scientists reveals bats as a reservoir for a family of deadly viruses that cause an AIDS-like disease in koalas, a finding with important implications for the conservation of the iconic marsupial.
The study also identified a new addition to the retrovirus family, the first infectious retrovirus found circulating in bats, discovered by co-lead author, Mary Tachedjian, a Senior Experimental Scientist at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency.
Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the research reveals Australian and Asian bats to be carriers of multiple gammaretroviruses very closely related to the koala retrovirus, known as KoRV.
By depressing the immune system in a similar way to HIV in humans, KoRV renders the koala susceptible to cancers and infections including chlamydia—a cause of infertility, blindness and kidney failure—and is estimated to infect the majority of Australia's koalas.
Co-lead author of the study, Burnet Research Officer, Dr. Joshua Hayward, said retroviruses like HIV are known for being transmitted between different species, and the presence of infectious KoRV-like viruses in bats raises concerns for other Australian animals which could become infected.
"This could explain how KoRV-related viruses originally got to Australia from South-East Asia in the first place, and it highlights the role of bats as really important reservoirs of viruses that can be transmitted to other animal species," Dr. Hayward said.
"Our nation is trying to conserve koala populations decimated by the fires, but how can they be protected from viruses? The existence and spread of KoRV and other infectious threats is something likely to concern conservation scientists."
Able to host but remain unaffected by viruses deadly to other mammals—including Ebola, Hendra and Coronaviruses—bats transmit viruses through their droppings and bodily fluids, putting animals that share their habitat, including the koala, at risk.
The new retrovirus discovered by the study that's closely related to KoRV, named Hervey pteropid gammaretrovirus (HPG), was found to be capable of replicating in human and bat cells in laboratory cell cultures.
"These viruses cause some nasty diseases—leukemias, lymphomas, and immunodeficiency—and while this particular one can infect human cells in the laboratory, whether it can establish infection and cause disease in humans is unknown and would be surprising given current knowledge of this class of retrovirus," Dr. Hayward said.
Corresponding author of the study, Burnet Institute Head of Life Sciences, and President of the Australasian Virology Society, Professor Gilda Tachedjian, said: "The further we encroach into bat habitats, the greater the chance of a spillover of viruses from bats to animals and humans, so the identification and characterisation of what viruses might be out there is really important."
The study was published in Burnet Institute
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Look-wilgenroest (Melampsora allii-fragilis) is een schimmel behorend tot de familie Melampsoraceae. Het is een biotrofe parasiet die voorkomt voor op Arum maculatum, Muscari comosum, Allium en Salix (Salix x fragilis, Salix pentandra).

Kenmerken
Aecia
Aecia komen voor op beide zijden van het blad, bladstelen en bolrokken. Ze zijn 2 mm heldergeel en zonder peridium. De sporen zijn dicht-wrattig.

Uredinia
Uredinia zijn oranje en bevinden zicht meestal aan de onderzijde van het blad op rode bladvlekken. De sporen zijn 22-38 x 14-18 µm. Tussen de sporen bevinden zich veel, deels kegelvormige en dikwandige parafysen.

Telia
De telia bevinden zich met name aan de bovenkant van het blad. Zijn zijn subcuticulair en vormen kussentjes van 0,2 mm groot. De sporen zijn eencellig en meten 30-48 × 7-14 µm. De wand heeft een dikte van 1 µm en is glad, zonder poren en bleekbruin van kleur.

Voorkomen
In Nederland komt het zeer zeldzaam voor.

Op look zijn Melampsora allii-fragilis, Melampsora allii-populina en Melampsora salicis-albae niet van elkaar te onderscheiden.

Melampsoraceae
Schimmelsoort

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accumulated poems spanning the years 2010 - 2014 pertaining to restoration, love, loss, and self-awareness.
John Bowker's poems and translations were released in lots of locations. they're collected the following in one quantity for the 1st time. The translations are made of poems that come from diverse components of the area, starting from the center East to India, China, and Japan.
Via Painted phrases is a poetic trip into the guts and brain of Coralia Vallas. As she struggles throughout the soreness of the lack of family, she's going to lightly take your hand. she's going to provide you with a glimmer of wish in the bleak darkish valleys of lifestyles till you eventually locate your individual position of shelter.
A set of the 2 years of affection letters and poems that I wrote to "Victoria". this can be a tribute to her existence. and that i desire it offers her solace while she reads the phrases out loud.


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"Heartbeat" is a song performed by Latvian singer Justs. The song represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and was written by previous Latvian Eurovision entrant Aminata Savadogo. The song was released as a digital download on 3 February 2016 through Aminata Music.

Music video
The video was directed by Andzej Gavriss who also directed Aminata Savadogo's video for "Love Injected".

Eurovision Song Contest

On 31 January 2016, Sirmais was announced as one of the twenty competing acts in the second season of Supernova, with the song "Heartbeat". In the first heat on 7 February, Sirmais advanced to the semi-final after winning over 40% of the televote. He competed in the semi-final on 21 February and advanced to the final through televoting. He later won the final on 28 February with 20,725 votes. Justs represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, performing in the first half of the second semi-final, and received enough points to perform at the finals. There, the song achieved 15th place out of 26 finalists.

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Charts

Release history

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Eurovision songs of Latvia
Eurovision songs of 2016
2015 songs
2016 singles
Songs written by Aminata Savadogo


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The number of vegetarians is increasing as many people decide to adopt a new lifestyle. Years ago, veggies were practically unheard of and finding a restaurant with suitable veggie dishes turned into a nightmare rather than an enjoyable, chilled evening.
Long gone are the days where non-meat eaters had to survive on salads and/or a side portion of chips, as there are now vegetarian/vegan restaurants popping up all over the place.
Tibits 12-14 – Heddon St.
This restaurant also doubles as a boutique and a drinks venue. It's associated with the Zurich-based vegetarian restaurant, Hiltl, which is still going strong after 100 years so it must be doing something right! Tibits boasts Asian, Indian and Mediterranean delicacies and you can even have the food to go. They're very big on healthy food and they show that through their slogan, which is 'food that loves you back'.
If you want a calm, chilled environment then this is the place to be! It's on 2 floors and even has outdoor seating for those summer days (of which there aren't many, unfortunately).
The food is buffet-style so you just fill up a container and pay by weight. With over 40 dishes to choose from, there's something for even the pickiest of people.
Food For Thought – 31 Neal St.
This restaurant opened in the 1970s and the over-sized stoneware plates and pine furniture still give it a 70s feel. The menu (which is Mediterranean and Asian) changes daily and always offers a choice of three hot main dishes as well as quiche and soup. The food is marked so this makes it a lot easier for vegans and those with gluten and wheat intolerances.
This place gets really full so just hope that you'll find somewhere to sit. If all else fails, the food is also available to take away.
(source – Flickr: Kake Pugh).
Vanilla Black is more of an up-market restaurant, which began serving veggie haute-cuisine in 2008. This restaurant is perfect if you're looking for something a little more sophisticated and would be a good choice for a romantic date, surrounded by chandeliers, flower arrangements, and fancy tablecloths. The menu offers dishes such as mushroom mousse, pea purée and even burnt orange marshmallow (without gelatine, of course!) as a dessert option.
The set menus are great value for this top-of-the-range cuisine; £26 for 2 courses, £35 for 3 courses.
The Gate – 370 St. John St.
The gate is being refurbished at the moment, but why not be one of the first to try out the new and improved restaurant when it reopens in October? Here you can order a mezze selection which gives you the option of trying a little bit of everything so you can work out which you prefer the most. As the restaurant is near the theatre, it's a great place to go for a quick bite to eat before the show starts. Their signature dish is the wild mushroom risotto so give it a try! The place can also be hired for wedding, dinner parties and other special events.
222 Veggie Vegan – 222 North End Rd.
If you're vegan or have vegan acquaintances then this is the place for you! This restaurant is 100% vegan. Raw foodists are also catered for. It was featured in the top ten vegetarian restaurants in London so go see what the fuss is about! The restaurant tries its best to recreate vegan versions of what everyone loves, for example, chocolate gâteau and cheesecake. The place has also been praised for its friendly service. You can obviously order à la carte, but the £7.50 all-you-can-eat lunchtime buffet is a favourite amongst many diners.
You don't have to be vegetarian to go to a veggie restaurant! With the dishes being so tasty you'll find that even the most faithful of meat-eaters will find nothing to complain about.
This has been a guest post by Will Thoms from British Explorer and hungryhouse, the UK's leading online takeaway platform that features restaurants across the country including London, Nottingham and Glasgow.


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Mumbai rains: 2000 passengers from Mumbai-bound Shatabdi Express and Vadodara Express rescued
Mumbai | Published: July 11, 2018 12:17:38 AM
Around 2000 passengers of two Mumbai-bound long distance trains that got stuck between Nallasopara and Vasai stations of Western Railway early today due to water-logging of tracks had a harrowing time before they were rescued in a joint operation by the NDRF and police.
The Vadodara Express (12928) which departed Vadodara Junction last night was expected to reach its destination Mumbai Central at 4:45 AM today. (Representative image: IE)
Around 2000 passengers of two Mumbai-bound long distance trains that got stuck between Nallasopara and Vasai stations of Western Railway early today due to water-logging of tracks had a harrowing time before they were rescued in a joint operation by the NDRF and police. In a joint operation, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the police and fire brigade personnel have rescued all the 2000 passengers from Mumbai-bound Shatabdi Express and Vadodara Express, a Palghar district official said. The Vadodara Express (12928) which departed Vadodara Junction last night was expected to reach its destination Mumbai Central at 4:45 AM today.
Palghar district residential collector Dr Navnath Jare told PTI that water level between Nallasopara and Vasai stations rose to more than two metres due to heavy rains and a high tide this mornning. "We have called an NDRF team comprising 43 personnel along with six boats to the spot. They are helping personnel of police and fire brigade," Jare said. He said some passengers were stuck in Vadodara Express since 4 this morning. "As of now we have rescued almost all 2000 passengers from both the trains," the officer said. Palghar district had received extremely heavy rainfall at 240 mm from 8.30 AM yesterday to 8:30 AM today, which collided with a high tide.
Jare said more than 30 state transport (ST) buses arranged for moving out the stranded passengers broke down due to water-logging in Vasai and neighbouring areas. The NDRF team and local authorities are taking all the rescued passengers to Vasai station from where they are being shifted in local trains, he said, adding that special buses have also been arranged to transport these passengers. Another district official said that more than 400 people who were marooned in various villages in Palghar district due to water-logging have been rescued by personnel of fire brigade, police and local people since yesterday.
Areas like Vasai Mithagar (salt pan), Bhoidapada, Wagralpada, Rajavali were inundated due to incessant rains that pummelled the district in the last two days. Among the rescued people was a pregnant woman who needed urgent medical attention, the official said, adding that the woman was rescued from Mithagar area in a boat and was shifted to hospital by police and fire brigade personnel. Various authorities have rescued 400 people from Mithaghar, 66 from Manickpur area in Vasai town, and around 60 people from Rajavali village today, said the spokesperson of Palghar Police.
"They are shifted in safe shelters like schools, colleges, temples and community centres. Local authorities are providing food to them," he said. The electrical sub-station in Vasai is under water due to which power supply in the town has been affected. Around three lakh residents are affected due to the power shutdown, a district official said. He said the lack of electricity is hampering rescue operations as authorities cannot operate the equipment that run on power. In a multi-agency operation, authorities of the state disaster control room are tackling coordination.


BBC Midlands Today anchorman, also presenter & chat show host, Nick Owen, says he loves the Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts.
«The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts., was the scene of my first kiss – Nick Owen reveals. – I was sitting in the back row watching the Elvis Presley film Kid Galahad with my first girlfriend Philippa. She was 5'5" and I was 5'3" but, even then, size didn't matter!
I slowly plucked up courage to put my arm around her shoulder. Then, I went inexorably to that first, momentous and historic kiss. It was like being plugged into an electric socket! What a buzz that I'll never forget».
The cinema itself was an interesting Art Deco building. So unusual was it that it's been the subject of a long-running battle to save it. It has now been preserved as a cinema, amongst other things, and was recently described as 'possibly the most beautiful cinema in the land'. For me as a youngster, it was just about the only place for entertainment in my small hometown, within walking-distance of home and, to this day, remains jam-packed with wonderful memories.
The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted, Herts.


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The Hublot King Power Oceanographic 1000 Shines under the Surface
A few days of diving with the Hublot Oceanographic 1000 proved that it's a big watch full of small details — which should garner new respect for a brand with its fair share of critics.
By Jason Heaton
At 600 feet long, the SS Cedarville was once one of the largest ships to ply the Great Lakes. Built in 1927, it hauled limestone for nearly four decades until in 1965, a collision with a Norwegian freighter sent it to an icy demise in the Straits of Mackinac. 50 years later, it is the third-largest shipwreck in the Great Lakes and, in 100 feet of water, the easiest to dive. Swimming arounds its massive stern, which is permanently heeled over on its starboard side, I kick through the blown-out skylights of the engine room. There, in the beam of my torch I see a panel of gauges, still intact after all these years, as they were on the day she went down. This is where the Cedarville's engineers toiled as the ship was sinking, trying vainly to push her to shallow water, and ultimately losing their lives in the process.
Shipwrecks, for all their foreboding size, hide their secrets on a smaller scale, beckoning the diver to come closer, peer in and learn their real stories. The same is true for the dive watch on my wrist, the Hublot Big Bang King Power Oceanographic 1000. It is a watch that at first glance is all about massive dimensions but upon closer examination, reveals some surprising details.
Hublot is an easy target for both scorn and admiration, and not only because most of its watches are gargantuan bullseyes. Watch enthusiasts like to criticize the brand for its shiny dinner-plate-sized timepieces that it parades on the wrists of hip-hop moguls and basketball stars. But at the same time, it's hard to look away because Hublot isn't mere bling; beyond its oversized watches and marketing budget is a company that is building some of the most interesting and innovative timepieces in the business. Its resurrection at the hands of watch industry guru Jean-Claude Biver in the early 2000s and the subsequent introduction of its in-house UNICO chronograph movements have produced a powerhouse brand with watches that no one else would dare build. The Big Bang King Power Oceanographic 1000 is one of those bold watches that gives the wearer as many reasons to look closer as it does to look away.
The Oceanographic 1000 is part of a small family of dive watches Hublot named for the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, with which the company is partnered. The "1000" stands for the water-resistance rating of the watch in meters, a healthy kilometer into the abyss where no human outside of a submarine will likely find himself, much less survive. But depth ratings are the dive watch equivalent of the space race, with everyone aiming for the bottom. To withstand 100 atmospheres of water pressure requires a strong case and watertight construction. For the Oceanographic, the former comes courtesy of its three-part 48mm titanium and carbon-composite case, while the latter is thanks to the ingenious screw-in crowns and pushers that give the watch its distinctive appearance.
The engineering and manufacturing of the push-pieces alone are enough to reset opinions about Hublot.
A chronograph is inherently at higher risk of water leakage simply because it has two extra holes in the case. To mitigate this risk, the push-pieces on the Oceanographic lock down firmly to seal them and prevent accidental actuation while diving. While locking push-pieces are nothing new, these go a step further. The collars are spring-loaded precision-fit teeth that engage when pushed and then screw in with an action that not only inspires confidence but is a pleasure to operate. The engineering and manufacturing of the push-pieces alone are enough to reset opinions about Hublot.
On the left side of the angular case is another protruding appendage, the crown that operates the inner timing flange. Like the chronograph push-pieces, it too locks in and is further protected by a flip-open guard; once unlocked, the crown ratchets the timing ring counter-clockwise. While the engineering here is impressive, it represents a fatal flaw of this watch, at least as a working diver. Inner timing rings are inherently inferior due to their more finicky ergonomics, but this one is impossible to use with gloves on since the guard must be opened with a fingernail and the crown is too small to grip in order to operate. Thus, this dive watch's calling card, the timing ring, is rendered impotent and the watch, impressive in other regards, becomes nothing more than underwater jewelry. Had Hublot fitted the watch with the simpler external rotating bezel, it would have both proven eminently more usable and cleaned up the aesthetics that earned it the nickname "Frankenstein's watch" on the dive boat.
Similarly, the chronograph itself, which could be used to track elapsed time in lieu of the timing flange, suffers the same fate due to the need to unscrew the (albeit lovely) push-pieces, an impossible task with gloves on. That's a shame, because this is a central minutes chronograph that uses a large centrally mounted hand to track minutes rather than a tiny subdial.
One feature of the Oceanographic 1000 that is friendly to divers is the strap. The watch comes fitted on a black rubber strap which, like most Hublots, can be quickly swapped with only the push of a button on the lug to release the strap, while another one can be clicked into place. My test piece was fitted with an extra-long dive strap made from rubber and Nomex (the same flame-resistant material jumpsuits for pilots and race car drivers are made from) that easily fit around my thick drysuit sleeve. The beefy engraved buckle itself is a work of industrial art.
The Oceanographic is a big watch full of small details. Look closer and you see that the start/stop push-piece is made from a blue composite material while the reset one is polished black titanium. The crown has a rubber insert that makes it easier to grip. And all the little screws that hold the bead-blasted bezel to the case are shaped like small stylized letter H's. These details may seem inconsequential but are examples of this watch being more than meets the eye, and the refinement of a company that is about more than just marketing bling.
Even in a drysuit, 40-degree water has a chilling effect and though I had plenty of air left, I was cold and nearing my no-decompression limit. I swam out of the engine room, leaving behind a cloud of silt, and angled towards the mooring line to begin my ascent. At 15 feet, I paused for a three-minute safety stop, giving me time to study the Hublot on my wrist. After a few days and a few dives with it, I learned to look past its massive dimensions and outrageous styling to see it on a smaller scale, one that reveals a level of refinement and innovation, imperfect as they may be. Like the wreck of the Cedarville, the real story of this watch is in its details.
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La Congregación de Hermanas Dominicas de Malta (oficialmente en latín: Congregationis Sororum Tertii Ordinis Sancti Dominici a Melita; cooficialmente en inglés: Congregation of Dominican sisters of Malta) es un instituto religioso católico femenino, de vida apostólica y de derecho pontificio, fundado por la maltés Karolina Cauchi, en 1889, en Rabat. A las religiosas de este instituto se les conoce como Dominicas de Malta y posponen a sus nombres las siglas O.P..

Historia
Los orígenes de la congregación se remontan al monasterio de monjas dominicas, fundado en 1889, por Karolina Cauchi, en Rabat, en la isla de Malta. En 1916 este monasterio abrió primero una casa filial en Lija y luego, en 1954, una comunidad misionera en Ceylon.

El instituto fue agregado a la Orden de los Predicadores en 1893 y recibió la aprobación pontificia, mediante decretum laudis de 1966, del papa Pablo VI.

Organización
La Congregación de Hermanas Dominicas de Malta es un instituto religioso de derecho pontificio, internacional y centralizado, cuyo gobierno es ejercido por una priora general. La sede central se encuentra en Rabat (Malta).

Las dominicas de Malta se dedican a la pastoral de la salud, a la educación y a las misiones. Estas religiosas forman parte de la familia dominica y visten el hábito tradicional dominico: túnica, escapulario y esclavina blancos y velo negro. En 2017, el instituto contaba con 137 religiosas y 23 comunidades, presentes en Australia, Italia, Malta, Pakistán, Reino Unido y Sri Lanka.

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Enlaces externos
Página web oficial de la congregación

Bibliografía

Familia dominica
Congregaciones religiosas católicas femeninas
Organizaciones católicas fundadas en Malta
Organizaciones religiosas fundadas en 1889
Sociedades e institutos aprobados por Pablo VI


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Q: Opening link to facebook page from facebook crashes I am sharing a feed on wall. The link is a link to some facebook page.
When the link is pressed from chrome, the page opens properly,
but when I try to open it in iPhone, the page crashes.

Here is the code:
...
NSMutableDictionary *params = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
    @"name",@"name",
    @"description", @"description",
    [NSString stringWithFormat: @"https://www.facebook.com/Kyoto.sushi"], @"link",
    @"caption", @"caption",
    [NSString stringWithFormat:pictureUrl], @"picture",
    @"message",@"message",
    nil];
[facebook requestWithGraphPath:@"me/feed"
                         andParams:params
                     andHttpMethod:@"POST"
                       andDelegate:self];
...

I pressed copy the URL, and got this one:
fb://faceweb/f?href=%2FKyoto.sushi%3Fid%3D100616296685390%26_rdr guess Facebook recognizes that it is a Facebook link and converts it to something. And this something doesn't really work.

A: Your URL has http:// and https://
http://https://www.facebook.com/Kyoto.sushi

that should be
https://www.facebook.com/Kyoto.sushi

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Bonus Content • Market Profile • Store News • West
Nevada Market Profile: 'Good' Year Expected For State In 2019
Treva Bennett
by Treva Bennett/staff writer
For the state of Nevada, 2018 was a good year. And according to Stephen Miller, Ph.D., director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2019 is looking to follow suit.
"We racked up some of the fastest employment growth in the country," Miller said of 2018. "Our population, once again, is growing quite rapidly."
Prior to the economic crash in 2007-08, Nevada was growing at "a little bit over 4 percent a year in population, which is a crazy, crazy number," Miller said. He recalled when he moved to Las Vegas in 2001, 12 new public schools were being built each year. "That's hard to keep up with," he said.
Since the crash, the population stopped growing for a number of years but is now back at an increase of about 2 percent per year, Miller said.
He attributed the growth to Baby Boomers who are retiring and moving to the Southwest or Florida.
"We're picking up our share," he said. "We get a lot from Southern California. They sell their house and cash in their equity and then they buy a house in Las Vegas, of equal quality, and they take money out because of the differential in housing prices. People are going to Phoenix, coming to Las Vegas, and then on the East Coast they're going south to the Florida area."
Another sector that is booming in Nevada, particularly the Las Vegas area, is sports entertainment. Miller said with the Golden Knights hockey team placing second in its division in 2018 and an NFL team—the Raiders—coming to the state in 2020, the area of sports entertainment is growing. A new Raider stadium is being built on the west side of I-15, near the Las Vegas strip—a $1.9 billion project, Miller said.
Another large project under construction is a new Resorts World offering with an Asian theme, which will feature a replica of the Great Wall of China, he said. The resort project is estimated at $4 billion.
"We've got a lot of construction going on," Miller said. "It was estimated about three months ago that we were 10,000 construction workers short to do what we plan to do. The problem is that there is a lot of construction going on all over the West."
While traditionally a construction boom would draw people from out of state to take those jobs, there is so much ongoing construction in the region it is hard to fill all the available jobs. Miller said, as a result, "wages are bound to go up in construction."
It is not only the Las Vegas area that is seeing growth. Reno—in northwest Nevada—also is booming, Miller said.
"It's not gaming that's booming up there; it's diversification of their economy," he said. "They have the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center and they have all kinds of project going on in there." One of the main industries, Elon Musk's Tesla Gigafactory, "is huge," Miller said.
As a result of the population growth and economic boom in the state, the housing market is in a crunch, Miller said.
"Rental prices are going up," he said. "We're experiencing some of that in Las Vegas, but Reno is ahead of us in that game."
The retail industry also is doing well and is being supplemented by the sale of marijuana, which was legalized about a year ago, Miller said.
More industry, population increase food demand
As for as the grocery industry, more people mean an increase in demand for food, and several companies either opened new stores or remodeled existing locations in 2018 or are planning to do so this year.
In 2018, Raley's purchased five Scolari's Food and Drug locations and one Sak 'N Save in northern Nevada.
"I am pleased that Raley's will reach and serve even more customers. Making healthy and affordable food available to more people aligns with our purpose to infuse life with health and happiness, by changing the way the world eats, one plate at a time," said Michael Teel, chairman and CEO of West Sacramento, California-based Raley's.
Raley's has operated grocery stores in Nevada since 1959. It currently operates 11 Raley's banner stores and one Food Source in Nevada.
"The network of Scolari's stores offers great synergies in a market we already operate," said Raley's CFO Ken Mueller at the time of the acquisition.
Raley's transitioned the five Scolari's locations to the Raley's banner. The Sak 'N Save kept its name and is operating as part of the Food Source division of Raley's, which comprises warehouse-format stores focused on savings.
Raley's completed the stores' transition in June 2018.
The stores were remerchandised with Raley's products, including enhanced offerings in fresh meat, produce and foodservice.
In the Reno area, the Raley's in Mira Loma saw its product offerings expanded, while the store on Caughlin Parkway expanded its product offerings in addition to getting a new décor package.
The investment in the two locations also included new shelving that created more shelf space on each aisle. The Mira Loma store increased its center-store offerings with more than 8,000 new products, many of which were customer requests.
Raley's on Caughlin Parkway's refresh included new décor, new bakery and deli cases, new checkstands (including self-checkout), an expanded liquor department and more than 9,000 new center-store items.
Both redesigned stores offer products in a format tailored to complement the local community.
"We are excited to share our improved shopping experience with our customers," said Paul Gianetto, SVP of sales and merchandising. "From the newly added products to our freshly prepared food, we hope these changes make Raley's the food destination for the Reno community."
Raley's e-commerce service is available as well, allowing customers to shop online and pick up at the store. Raley's eCart customers can specify their produce/ shopping preferences for their orders, which are hand selected by a Raley's personal shopper.
The Raley's on Caughlin Parkway was set to hold a customer appreciation weekend to celebrate the new remodel Jan. 12-13.
Raley's also has plans to remodel three of the former Scolari's locations on the outskirts of Reno—in Fernley, Tonopah and Yerington, Nevada—this spring. These stores are in areas considered to have limited options for food, according to Chelsea Minor, corporate direc- tor of consumer and public affairs for Raley's.
Like the first two remodels in the Reno area, Raley's will install new shelving and add 8,000-plus new products, Minor said.
Scolari's Food & Drug employees were encouraged to apply for employment as Raley's team members and, of those who applied, 95 percent were hired. In addition, four of the stores are managed by the same leadership.
Other grocers on the grow
Sprouts Farmers Markets opened new stores in Nevada in 2018, including three in Las Vegas and one in Sparks. The Nevada stores were part of several new Sprouts stores opened across the country in 2018.
A new Sprouts store also is scheduled to open in Las Vegas in March. The more than 30,000-s.f. store, located at 771 South Rainbow Boulevard, will open at 7 am. Wednesday, March 27.
"As we continue to enter new markets, we're pleased with the customer response to Sprouts' unique combination of health and value," said Sprouts Chief Development Officer Ted Frumkin.
Each store brings approximately 140 new career opportunities to its local neighborhood. Sprouts continues to accelerate investments in team members, including enhanced pay, benefits, leadership development and recognition.
As part of the healthy grocer's commitment to "zero waste," the new Las Vegas Sprouts locations will donate unsold and edible groceries to Three Square Food Bank through the grocer's Food Rescue program. The Sprouts in Sparks will donate unsold and edible groceries to Food Bank of Northern Nevada.
In 2017, Sprouts stores and distribution centers donated 23 million pounds of product, equivalent to 19 million meals. Food that is not fit for donation is provided to local cattle farms and composting facilities. Sprouts' evolving "zero waste" initiatives help minimize food waste while reducing the impact of hunger and the company's environmental footprint.
Smith's Marketplace, a banner of The Kroger Co., opened a new store in June 2018 in Skye Canyon, according to a story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The new store is 125,000 s.f., which is about three times the size of Smith's traditional footprint, and employs 250 people.
A Smith's store in Warm Springs also opened in June, replacing longtime independent grocer Glazier's, the Review-Journal reported.
Both stores offer online shopping with curbside pickup or home delivery. The Warm Springs location allows customers to use scanners or a cellphone app to scan and bag products to check out more quickly.
In June 2018, Walmart announced its intention to remodel four stores across Nevada. According to a report from Las Vegas News 4, several in-store and online innovations were to be added to make shopping faster and easier for customers across the state.
"At Walmart, we're consistently looking to invest in new technology and innovations that will improve the retail experience," said Brad Hodsden, VP and regional GM for Walmart in Nevada, in the News 4 report. "That commitment has continued this year by enhancing our stores and adding innovative technology that will allow Nevada customers to continue to save money while providing convenient services that save them time."
The Las Vegas Sun reported in early December that La Bonita, a popular Hispanic supermarket chain with six Valley locations, will open its first store in Henderson in summer 2019.
The new store, north of Green Valley Parkway and Sunset Road, will be 50,000 square feet and employ about 150 people, Armando Martinez, La Bonita's GM, told the paper.
"Every time we opened up a new store, people were asking when we were going to open in Henderson," the paper quoted Martinez as saying. "We finally took a look at the demographics and we liked what we saw out there."
La Bonita has operated stores in the Las Vegas area for 27 years.
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Will the President reverse national monuments?
Jonathan Wood May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017 Antiquities Act, libertarian environmentalism, regulation
President Trump issued two executive orders last week opening up the possibility that the President will reverse a national monument established by one of his three most recent predecessors. This has launched a debate on whether the President has authority to reverse a monument designation. I have an article at Reason contributing to that debate.
Photo courtesy of Daniel Schwen
The Antiquities Act, under which these monuments were created, doesn't provide an obvious answer. It doesn't expressly say he can, but statutes rarely say that a President has discretion to undo a discretionary action. Yet it is always assumed and Presidents regularly exercise such authority.
For instance, Congress routinely delegates discretionary authority to issue regulations without explicitly saying that the regulations can be amended or repealed later. But, unless Congress indicates that it intentionally withheld that power, courts infer it all the time. So that weighs somewhat in favor of the President's authority.
Professor John Yoo and my colleague Todd Gaziano recently published a paper with the American Enterprise Institute making the case that the President has this authority, based on the statute, history, and legal tradition. Several critics have argued that this must be wrong because the power to revoke a monument would be inconsistent with the Antiquities Act's purpose.
In the American Thinker, I also have an article agreeing with the Yoo/Gaziano argument. There, I explain:
On one level, the argument that the president has this authority is obvious. Suppose, for instance, that a monument was created to protect an artifact that has since been excavated and taken to a museum, removing the monument's justification. Or imagine a president designates a monument to protect what he later learns was a hoax. What sense would it make to forever forbid the use of federal lands in such circumstances? And what if a president declares a monument that violates the Antiquities Act? Are subsequent Presidents forever bound by that illegal action?
Some "lands owned or controlled by the Federal government." Photo courtesy of NOAA.
One type of monument ripe for reconsideration are the ocean monuments designated over the last ten years. These monuments are huge and highly disruptive to sustainable fishing. The largest monument is in the Pacific Ocean and is more than twice as large as Texas. Another monument in the Atlantic Ocean is the size of Connecticut. [Disclaimer: I'm representing commercial fishermen in a challenge to that monument.]
These monuments can't be reconciled with the Antiquities Act, which expressly limits monuments to "lands owned or controlled by the Federal government." Their large size can also be disruptive of existing sustainable fishing efforts.
To address overfishing, the United States has embraced the use of catch shares—a form of property right for fishermen that give them some incentive to responsibly manage the fishery and avoid overexploitation. The evidence indicates that this approach has been wildly successful and may even help reduce bycatch.
I've previously written about how the process for designating monuments stinks from a libertarian point of view. The Antiquities Act permits monuments to be designated by the President unilaterally, without any public input or requirement to support the determination with evidence. The result is that some monuments are extremely controversial with the communities in which they're located and remain so for years.
Somewhat sensitive to this concern, Presidents have begun using a nonbinding public comment process for monuments. But this hasn't mollified those affected because (1) the boundaries and size of the monument may be withheld from them during the comment period; and (2) the President has no obligation to listen to what they say or respond to it.
What do monument reversals mean for the environment? It's not clear. The Antiquities Act was not intended to be a broad environmental conservation statute. But many environmentalists like it because it gives the President carte blanche to prohibit industry and productive use of these lands (although they don't like this carte blanche now that President Trump may use it to reduce monuments).
Areas removed from monument status will remain federal owned lands and subject to the full fleet of environmental laws. So, in the short term, the environmental impacts are small. But if the President undoes a monument and successfully defends that action, it could lead to broader reform of the Antiquities Act that allows monuments and many other federal lands to be managed more effectively for both people and the environment.
Antiquities Act, Antiquities Act abuse, environment, federal lands, libertarian position on national monuments, national monument, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, Trump
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Sandra Dawn Goode says:
Please do not destroy our federally protected monuments and lands. If you DONT care about the clean air and water they contain think of tourist dollars now and in the future.


Recently I went to an illuminating Côte-Rotie tasting at Roberson, an excellent wine merchant on Kensington High Street, one of a series of high cost but high reward evenings they host there. Côte-Rotie is an appellation in the Northern Rhone that produces syrah-dominated red wines, often brightened with a splash of the white grape viognier. Like pretty much everything from the northern Rhone it's normally too expensive for me to buy – at Majestic the cheapest version costs £40; at Berry Bros it's £32.65; the Wine Society, to be fair, has three between £20 and £30 (and I actually bought one there a few weeks back for £25); Roberson themselves have a small selection that starts at £300 a bottle and ends on £1,020 (reduced from £1,335). The upshot was that I tried more Cote-Roties in this single evening than in the entire rest of my life.
We tried 10 wines in all, served in three flights and ranging in retail price from £49.95 to £395, for the most famous and celebrated wines of the appellation. With my inexperience in wines of this style, and at this level, I was a little nervous about how my poor tastebuds would shape up. But things started pretty well as we were given a few minutes to quietly try the first three wines, and my conclusions broadly mirrored the consensus of my presumably rather more experienced co-tasters. Of these, a 2001 Rene Rostaing "La Landonne" was rather brilliant, in a complex but still understated way, and smelt rather a lot of zatar, I thought. My favourite of the second flight, again in line with popular opinion, was a 1998 Delas "La Landonne", made from fruit from elsewhere in the same vineyard, even though it smelt rather a lot of damp swimming goggles.
My confidence buoyed by these minor successes, the final flight and unrivalled highlight of the evening was served: a full line-up of 1998 Guigal's "la-las", the nickname for three single-vineyard Côte-Roties, La Landonne (again), La Mouline and La Turque – incredibly famous wines that I never thought I'd get my mitts on, and the wines most often awarded a maximum 100 points by notorious wine critic Robert Parker. Though only one of the three 1998s – La Landonne – had got the full haul, this was my first chance to taste a 100-point wine.
And I must say I was baffled. Of the three I preferred La Turque, but I found them all a bit unyielding and unlovely. Give me the Rostaing Landonne, for a "mere" £80 a bottle, over these £400-a-pop leviathans. Perhaps I lacked the experience to judge how they will evolve, because they're certainly not at their peak yet – but I couldn't find enough fruit to make them particularly interesting either now nor in the future. I'm prepared, though, to accept that I am wrong. Pretty much everyone else disagreed.
And so my conclusion has to be that I either need to drink many more 100-point wines, or no more at all. And that, while the best of Côte-Rotie is pretty excellent, if you want to drink some syrah there's much, much better value to be had elsewhere.
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