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New Belgium Brewing Co.
What started out as a beer brewing hobby fueled by a passion for great tasting craft brews, has turned into one of America's best multi-million dollar success stories.
New Belgium Brewing Improves Performance with the help of Apex Manufacturing Solutions and AVEVA.
To increase the company's ability to fully take advantage of manufacturing capabilities
Achieve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to produce a quality product, manage production efficiency, and ensure production line availability through scheduled downtimes, package changes, and scheduled maintenance activities
To operate the brewery at full production capacity and double case production
The brewery lacked real-time information on unscheduled downtimes at various equipment areas which caused production slowdowns
Production staff were continually reacting to unscheduled downtime at equipment areas
Management needed to address gaps in methods and processes to drive improvements
The bottling operation lacked the ability to predict capabilities to effectively commit brewery staff to specific production goals
OEE increased from 45% to 65% in just over 2 years
Decreased downtime by more than 50%
Efficiency of scheduled run time increased by 25% - 30%
Achieved record production weeks producing 190,000 to 200,000 cases consistently, successfully meeting customer demands
Extended packaging area capacity to about 1.3 million barrels each year
The brewery was able to delay capital investments, enabling it to maintain lower operating costs
FORT COLLINS, Colorado, USA – What started out as a beer brewing hobby fueled by a passion for great tasting craft brews, has turned into one of America's best multi-million dollar success stories. Producing some of the world's most popular craft brews, including Fat Tire and a multitude of other popular IPA, Pilsner, wheat beers and ales, has the folks at New Belgium Brewing Co. tapping into the world's demand for great tasting American craft brews.
Ability to discover, validate and quantify opportunities for future capital investment
So how does a company maintain its position as the nation's third largest craft brewery and eighth largest overall brewery in the U.S. since 2012? Give the people what they want — more great tasting beer.
To ensure its discerning beer loving fans receive only the highest quality beverage, New Belgium implemented a series of manufacturing automation initiatives over the last five years to streamline and improve its brewing and bottling facility in northern Colorado.
"New Belgium's brewing operations were rapidly reaching capacity, and we needed to identify both efficiencies and inefficiencies in our bottling lines so the brewery could maintain its operating schedule," said Joe Herrick, packaging systems manager at New Belgium Brewing. "With such a rapid growth of our business year after year, and sometimes at a pretty fast clip, this was a good problem to have, but still a problem we needed to address.
"The operations management team realized it was time to expand our current AVEVA automation software capabilities to take advantage of its full Manufacturing Execution System (MES) capabilities in order to find more time in the day to bottle, as well as to free up time to focus on fun employee activities, a mainstay of our corporate culture," Herrick said.
Based on the suite of automation software products from AVEVA, and with the technical assistance of Apex Manufacturing Solutions, New Belgium has achieved record levels of efficiencies in scheduled and nonscheduled downtime throughout its operations with the implementation of MES Performance Software.
As Customer Demand Grows – How to Find More Time to Bottle
When New Belgium's operations management team began taking a close look at its bottling line and measurement of cases produced based on the equipment's capability, they realized that its existing lines were capable of producing 294,000 cases a week, but in reality were only producing 150,000 cases each week.
"After ramping up the work week of our bottling line and sacrificing some of our fun employee activities that our corporate culture is known for to meet growing customer demand, we were disappointed to find that brewery was producing only about half of the product the line was truly capable of producing," Herrick said. "That's when we realized it was time to look at how to rectify this situation, so we called on Apex and their team of software engineers to help determine next steps in achieving full production capabilities."
After completing an audit of its production line and the data being gleaned from system operations, New Belgium determined that valuable packaging time was being lost during both scheduled and unscheduled downtime. Its longtime manual data recording process, which involved managing paper production logs and spreadsheets, was just not enough to keep up with the level of bottling production New Belgium was now required to achieve.
The management team realized it was time to take the next step in its plant automation strategy to implement a software strategy that would increase operational efficiencies, quality, compliance and overall performance.
"We had been using the paper-based system for a long time around here, but with the product volumes our staff was now faced with managing, this system could no longer cut it," Herrick said. "With the various changes in beer mixes and packaging options, the chance of error when maintaining these records manually significantly increased the chance for human error. It was time to step up to the next level of automation so that we could accurately manage scheduled and unscheduled downtime."
With the implementation of a AVEVA MES software solution, Apex enabled New Belgium to use the data collected by the MES software to increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
Improved Visibility Brings Increased Production Capacity
The brewery's existing systems provided huge amounts of data, but with no context. New Belgium's management team needed a way to effectively collect and analyze that data in order to turn it into actionable information.
With greater visibility and a true understanding of actual production capacity for predictable order fulfillment, New Belgium can maintain its production and sales targets. Management also is able to effectively reduce production costs, while at the same time improve overall product quality.
"At one point our filler was experiencing a significant amount of micro stops (30 sec., 20 sec., etc.) due to some bottles coming down the line that were falling down, or getting hung up on rails," Herrick said. "The AVEVA software was able to provide us specific information related to these downtimes, so we had our team complete a Kaizan evaluation to figure out what we needed to do to improve it."
"We decreased our downtime by more than 50%. This is very significant for our business."
By identifying the sources and the quantity of scheduled downtime, as well as unscheduled downtime events, New Belgium could accurately track, record, and address bottling performance. In addition, the operators can maintain accurate packaging production schedules, and effectively manage the supply chain of materials needed during the packaging process such as bottle and can sizes, labels coinciding with each type of brew, as well as specific order requirements.
The software also provided for smoother transitions between shift changes by enabling the new shift to easily view what went on during the previous shifts, which help them identify potential issues that need to be addressed by the staff.
"MES Performance Software coupled with New Belgium's continuous improvement strategy, has increased our packaging line efficiency by 30%, saving us more than $400,000 annually in previously planned labor expenditures," Herrick said. "It also has extended our packaging area capacity to about 1.3 million barrels each year. At this point, our approach to higher volumes is 'bring it on.'"
Achieving Continuous Process Improvement through Flexibility and Scalability
The flexibility and scalability of the AVEVA MES software has enabled New Belgium to customize its product packaging systems to meet its unique requirements for the efficient flow of captured production management data from the plant floor systems.
The combination of AVEVA MES Performance with the brewery's existing installations of System Platform and InTouch HMI provides New Belgium the opportunity to ramp up automation process as necessary.
"The model-driven approach of AVEVA System Platform gives us the ultimate platform for expansion when the customer wants to extend their MES system up, down, or sideways," said Sam Vail, chief strategy officer at Apex Manufacturing Solutions. "With this unique scalability, we can start small without having to worry about switching to a different technology when the solution heads into uncharted territory. Application Server allows the Apex team to have a 'can do' attitude, regardless of the situation or industry."
The AVEVA software solution at New Belgium Brewing can now quickly and easily replicate these automation processes at other areas of the company with its reusable engineering application. This provides for the customization of the same approach and design to align with New Belgium's unique look and feel across multiple locations.
Reusable engineering in regards to objects and graphics allow Apex to provide a scalable solution that's economical in scale for the customer as new areas of the plant are introduced into the reporting and graphics infrastructure concerning performance.
"The ability to customize the graphics provided by the AVEVA MES enabled Apex to develop a system that could effectively communicate the line status and production capacities in the New Belgium bottling and packaging lines, while at the same time illustrate the company's unique company culture with engaging graphics," Vail said. "Screen data shows what order is being worked on, what is coming next, and how the current rate compares to their standard.
Enabling New Belgium to React More Quickly to Unscheduled Downtime
Unscheduled downtime means loss in production time and a loss in profits. AVEVA MES was the catalyst that enabled New Belgium to take control of its operations processes. As a result, the brewery realized that it needed to increase its maintenance staff to more quickly address equipment repair issues.
Increasing the maintenance team by 60%, adding a process improvement and analysis team, educating key staff in Kaizen processes, and training others in Six Sigma has allowed the company to more quickly react to gaps in production methods to drive overall process improvements.
The bottom line — New Belgium Brewing needed information and an effective way to process and evaluate that information to benefit its overall business. The AVEVA MES Performance software has delivered on their expectations by effectively increasing New Belgium Brewing's OEE.
"With the scalability provided by the AVEVA MES solution, we are able to continuously improve operations incrementally by deploying various aspects of the solution one step at a time," Herrick said. "All of our jobs are changing, including how we go about our day-to-day business because of the data now being delivered by the AVEVA MES Performance software. We now have mechanics on each shift 24/7 to support the bottling line and we have lead techs that are addressing issues identified in trends noted by the software. Access to this real-time information enables our team to work on things ahead of time by performing preventative maintenance, enabling us to get out in front of potential issues."
Tapping the Future
Evolving and effectively maintaining best practices with AVEVA MES software allows for the expansion of this system across multiple areas of New Belgium, as well as at its new plant currently under construction in Asheville, N.C.
"By increasing our operations efficiency, we now can free up time to get back to focusing on our corporate culture," Herrick said. "When our operations were running so quickly, we had to eliminate some of our popular employee extracurricular activities, such as our annual volleyball tournament. Today as we gain momentum in production, our people see the benefits and we are now very much in control of production processes."
New Belgium is now meeting capacity, surpassing production of 200,000 cases a week, and having time left at the end of the day for "fun." Taking advantage of the full capabilities of its existing resources at the plant enabled the executive management team to delay funding of additional capital investments, reduce overhead, and make commitments to new things. This includes focusing on building the second New Belgium Brewery in North Carolina.
"With AVEVA MES Performance Software coupled with New Belgium's continuous improvement strategy, we have extended our packaging area capacity to about 1.3 million barrels each year. At this point, our approach to higher volumes is 'bring it on.'"
– Joe Herrick, Packaging Systems Manager, New Belgium Brewing Co.
MES Performance software enables New Belgium Brewing Company to increase packaging production capacity, and decrease downtime by more than 50%.
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Duane Morris is pleased to announce that several of the firm's attorneys will be presenting at the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, to be held on March 2–5, 2016, in Tucson, Arizona. Duane Morris is a sponsor of the program and partner Terrance J. Evans is serving as a seminar co-chair. In addition, partners Philip R. Matthews, Ray L. Wong, Lida Rodriguez-Taseff and Jessica E. La Londe and associate Audra L. Thompson will all be presenters at the seminar.
For more information about the seminar, please visit the Duane Morris website.
Duane Morris congratulates partner Philip R. Matthews on being elected a Fellow of the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel (ACCEC). The ACCEC is composed of preeminent coverage and extracontractual counsel in the United States and Canada, representing the interests of both insurers and policyholders. As the most selective class of ACCEC membership, Fellows must be licensed to practice in the highest court of their respective state and must have at least 15 years of experience in insurance law. For more information, please visit the ACCEC website.
Matthews, of the firm's San Francisco office, has nearly four decades of experience and has been involved in representing insurers in some of the largest exposures facing the insurance industry during his career, including representing insurers in some of the largest trials and appeals in California. He practices in the area of general civil litigation and insurance counseling and litigation with an emphasis on complex cases, as well as resolving complex insurance coverage disputes through alternative dispute resolution procedures.


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…an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute's climate program strategy. It contained information about their funders and the Institute's apparent efforts to muddy public understanding about climate science and policy. I do not know the source of that original document but assumed it was sent to me because of my past exchanges with Heartland and because I was named in it.
…solicited and received additional materials directly from the Heartland Institute under someone else's name. The materials the Heartland Institute sent to me confirmed many of the facts in the original document, including especially their 2012 fundraising strategy and budget.
Gleick goes on to apologise for what he calls "a serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics".
As you might expect, the usual suspects are all over Gleick's admission like a rash, but it's important to retain some perspective here. The people so ready to decry Gleick's actions were notably silent about the theft and release of private emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. The Heartland Institute was central to promoting discussion of those emails, and continues to paint their contents as a scandal. Their hypocrisy, and that of Watts, McIntyre and the rest of the Heartland fellow travellers, is breathtaking.
Nevertheless, Gleick should not have done what he did. However valuable the public service he performed in exposing the reality of Heartland's climate lobbying and the roots of its funding — and that information is hugely important to any "rational discussion" of why, more than 20 years after the problem was first identified, the USA and the world remains unable to take meaningful action on emissions reductions — the means he chose were not those we would expect from a respected senior scientist.
However this plays out in the longer term, it's clear that Peter Gleick played the role of whistleblower, bringing the attention of the world to the nefarious activities of a well-funded right wing lobby group with mysterious "anonymous donors" and zero accountability for their actions. It's a job that any worthwhile investigative journalist would have loved to have done — and which should have been done long ago.
Together with the sterling efforts of John Mashey, the leaked documents confirm in detail what many had suspected. Heartland have made a career out of subverting the truth, the law, and the democratic process.
Gleick might pay a heavy price for his indiscretion, however laudable his goals. Heartland, its funders and the pet "scientists" on their payroll must be made to pay the higher price. Their actions have condemned future generations to far worse than any lapse of judgement or ethics. The real price of Heartland's policies will be paid in human suffering, and for that there will be no forgiveness.
See also; The Guardian, George Monbiot on why We need to know who funds these tinktank lobbyists, Union of Concerned Scientists report on How Corporations Corrupt Science at the Public's Expense, Josh Rosenau on parallels between Heartland's climate "education" tactics and that of creationists, plus Peter Sinclair on Heartland's abject pleading for tobacco money as recently as 1999 — and let's not forget they arer still getting it today, and are happy to have a "smoker's lounge" on their web site.
It's been a bad week for the Heartland Institute — the US lobby group recently shown to have funded New Zealand climate denialists. Documents leaked this week expose Heartland's fund-raising and climate strategies to the cold light of day, and a major new piece of research by John Mashey demonstrates that Heartland has been acting outside of the rules governing the tax-exempt status it claims for itself.
Documents relating to a Heartland board meeting held in January were sent to a number of bloggers earlier this week, and have been made available by DeSmogBlog. The papers give a very full account of Heartland's budget and plans for 2012, right down to individual staff salaries, and provide details of funding streams from players big and small. The largest — described as the "anonymous donor" — provided Heartland with $8.6 million over 2007-11 for its climate campaigns (see pps 20 and 21 of this document).
Heartland plans to create a "Global Warming Curriculum for K-12 Schools" that "isn't alarmist or overtly political", and plans to pay Dr David Wojick $25,000 a quarter to develop the materials.
Heartland is planning to fund Fred Singer's Not the IPCC project to the tune of $1.5 million over 2010-13, and is budgeting monthly payments of $11,600 to Craig Idso, $5,000 to Singer and $1,667 to Bob Carter during 2012.
Anthony Watts (of µWatts fame) is being funded to the tune of $88,000 to develop a web site featuring US temperature data.
Current funders include tobacco companies, fossil fuel interests, and even Microsoft.
…honest disagreement should never be used to justify the criminal acts and fraud that occurred in the past 24 hours. As a matter of common decency and journalistic ethics, we ask everyone in the climate change debate to sit back and think about what just happened.
Those persons who posted these documents and wrote about them before we had a chance to comment on their authenticity should be ashamed of their deeds, and their bad behavior should be taken into account when judging their credibility now and in the future.
The release of these documents creates an opportunity for reporters, academics, politicians, and others who relied on the IPCC to form their opinions about global warming to stop and reconsider their position. The experts they trusted and quoted in the past have been caught red-handed plotting to conceal data, hide temperature trends that contradict their predictions, and keep critics from appearing in peer-reviewed journals. This is new and real evidence that they should examine and then comment on publicly.
Meanwhile, the news that Bob Carter is retained by Heartland to undermine the work of mainstream science through the NIPCC is making waves in Australia (Graham Readfearn, SMH), but hasn't yet been picked up in New Zealand. Carter's role as a "science advisor" to the Heartland funded NZ Climate Science Coalition and its ICSC spin-off, as well as to Nigel Lawson's secretive Global Warming Policy Foundation raises serious questions about just how lucrative denial can be, as well as illuminating the international web of climate denial.
BOMBSHELL An absolutely disgusting string of communications that shows the tribal attempt at getting an editor of a journal fired on made up issues – all because he allowed a publication that didn't agree with "the Team". This is ugly, disturbing, and wrong on every level.
This is outright malicious interference with the scientific process, and it's damned ugly. I can't imagine anyone involved in professional science who could stand idly by and not condemn this.
Unfortunately for Watts and the anonymous (and low profile) NZ blogger who wrote the article, a new analysis by John Mashey of 700+ papers published at Climate Research reveals that the tribalism on display came from a cabal of sceptical scientists, with Auckland University academic Chris de Freitas safely shepherding their papers — however poor the science they contained — through peer pal review.
For Hot Topic's coverage of the original email theft, start here, then go here, where I discuss the framing of the non-scandal. See also Skeptical Science's excellent overview of 2009's events and the fallout.


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How do you sing like Amy Lee?
To sing somewhat like her (or at leat like her long, high vibrato notes) you would want to probably use your head voice and mixed voice. To do that you would want to explore your sound when you sing and try a lot of things and see what sounds like the voice you are trying to achieve.
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Q: Escaping parenthesis in jquery find Here's what I have:
item.find('div:contains(' + name + ')')

However, in some cases, name contains parenthesis. In one case, name has this value:
"brown (ok xl (1))"

And item.find('div:contains(' + name + ')') doesn't work. The parenthesis are the problem. How to escape them?

A: To use any of the meta-characters ( such as !"#$%&'()*+,./:;<=>?@[\]^'{|}~) as a literal part of a name, it must be escaped with with two backslashes: \\ For example, an element with id="foo.bar", can use the selector $("#foo\\.bar").
Here is a function to escape special characters and return a valid jQuery selector. Pass your string to this function before use:
function jqSelector(str)
{
    return str.replace(/([;&,\.\+\*\~':"\!\^#$%@\[\]\(\)=>\|])/g, '\\$1');
}

A: I had same problem few days ago, but for some weird reason @Zeta's solution didn't work for me so I came up with
name = name.replace(/(\(|\)).*/g,"");
item.find("div:contains(" + name +")");

It isn't perfect but it works :)
EDIT
A better RegEX:
name = "(d)test thingie(assaf)(asdads".replace(/\(([^\)])*\)/g,"$1 ").replace(/\(|\)(.)*/g,"$1 ");

If you want to eliminate everything in between parenthesis so that contains work you can use:
name = "(d)test thingie(assaf)(asdads".replace(/\(([^\)])*\)/g,"").replace(/\(|\)(.)*/g,"");

A:
As with attribute value selectors, text inside the parentheses of :contains() can be written as a bare word or surrounded by quotation marks. (source)

So simply use
item.find('div:contains(\'' + name + '\')')
/* or */
item.find('div:contains("' + name + '")')

Note that you need to escape additional quotation marks inside name if you have any.

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Q: Why can't I get the return value from a method in another class if it isn't static? I am just learning about interfaces, and I am trying to toy around with them a bit. I noticed that you cannot make a method static in an interface. I went along my happy way, but when I tried getting the return value of one of my methods from another class, I noticed I couldn't. Consider this a dumb question if you will, is it applies to Java in general as well, but I am not exactly advanced when it comes to programming in this languages. This is my interface:
public interface Item
{
     boolean organia();
}

Class implementing the interface:
public class Car
{
     @Override
     public boolean organia()
     {
         return false;
     }
}

Class with main method:
public class Main
{
    static Car car;

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        System.out.println(car.organia());
    }
}

A: To call an instance method, you need to make an instance.
System.out.println( new car().organia();

Frequently you'll want to keep a reference to the new instance.
car mycar = new car();
System.out.println( mycar.organia() );

A: You need to initialize your variable:
static car car = new car();

Then your code will run OK.

A: Dude, where is your instance for the class? You can't call an instance method without the instance :)
Car car = new Car();
System.out.println(car.oragania());

should do what you want.
Or you can also initialize your static car variable
static Car car = new Car();

A: *

*Your Car class needs to implement your Item interface

*Car name usually is uppercase by convention

*When you want to call organia method, you need to either create a new Item() or new Car()
public class Car implements Item {
       @Override
       public boolean organia() {
            return false;
}

public class Main {

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        System.out.println(new Item().organia());
        System.out.println(new Car().organia());
    }

}

A: An interface is simply a description of what a class should implement
public class Car implements Item {
       @Override
       public boolean organia() {
           return false;
}

Even if you create a static version of the class (you don't need to, you can just create it in your Main method:
public static void main(String args[]) {
Car car = new Car()
    System.out.println(car.organia());
}

Good luck!


Irish television presenter Rachel Wyse is an epitome of the expression that life offers enough chances to those who can bear to take risks and work hard to overcome them. Rachel had to work in several programs before landing a secure career on the British sports channel.
Rachel Wyse works as a presenter for Sky Sports and covers the news of Gaelic games. She is popular for presenting London Olympics 2012 and Wimbledon. Before joining the Sky Sports team in 2010, Rachel worked in Ireland, hosting sports shows and her cultural program on the City Channel. Other sports shows that she presented include Show Jumping Ireland Premier Series and Country TV.
Rachel Wyse is now at the height of career. Working at the Sky Sports channel has not only given her fame and recognition, but she is also provided with a decent salary. Even though the exact figures are unknown, it can be estimated that she earns about $100K per year.
Rachel has been linked with few names in the past. There were several rumors about Rachel dating horserider George Scott. However, those rumors blew out when it was revealed that George was actually dating Rachel's sister.
In 2016, the stories of Rachel and GAA star Joe Canning seeing each other gained a lot of speculation, but Rachel denied it.
However, in an interview in 2017, Rachel revealed that she only had two boyfriends in her entire life. In the same interview, she also disclosed that she was not single at that time.
Rachel Wyse found love in 2005 when she met multimillionaire showjumper Tim Gredley at a horse show in Cavan. Because both of them were in different time zones with different things going on in their lives, they could not be together. After 13 years, destiny played its role as they met again and started dating in 2016.
Very much smitten by each other, Rachel and her partner got married on 12 January 2019. Rachel posted a lot of pictures of the wedding on her Instagram which revealed her in a beautiful lace high-neck a-line gown with the capped sleeve.
The wedding was definitely costly and beautiful judging the lavish dinner, navy linens, large floral centerpieces, tea lights, and 360-degree spinning bar serving drinks. The couple danced to Can't Help Falling in Love with You for their first dance. The wide smiles on the face of newlywed assure that they are looking forward to a blissful married life.
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Rachel's biography reveals that she was born in 1985 in Dublin, Ireland. She blows out her birthday candles every 22 January. She was passionate about horse riding from a young age. Rachel grew up in a happy family with her parents and spent her childhood around horses as her father was a judge in the Dublin Horse Show.
After her graduation from Institute of Art, Design, and Technology in Dún Laoghaire in Business, she took an internship at local Dublin City Channel. The course blossomed into a successful reporting career for Rachel Wyse.


Havana will be 500 years old next year. I have been coming here for 30 years, and while I have experienced just a small part of the city's history it has had an outsized impact on my life. I fell hopelessly in love on the spot – hooked by its openhearted people and weathered beauty. No one looks you more in the eyes than the Habaneros. It is the city of stares, of sincerity and of kindness. Come here to be mesmerised by the eclectic architecture, with a surprise around every corner; to sway to the Cuban rhythms in surround sound as you stroll; to be inspired by cutting-edge contemporary art; and to taste the creative cuisine of the next gastronomic capital of the world. And whatever you do, explore beyond the borders of beautiful Habana Vieja (Old Havana), to discover the city's distinct neighbourhoods.
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The Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, Vladyslav Manher, has been notified that he is considered a suspicious person in the murder of anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handziuk, Ukrainiain Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko wrote.
Handziuk was attacked with sulphuric acid on July 31, 2018, and died from her injuries on Nov. 4.
Last week, the Kherson regional organization of the Batkivshchyna Party excluded Manher its party members.
On Jan. 31, Manher suspended his membership in the Batkivshchyna Party for the period of the investigation of Handziuk's murder.
Earlier, Handziuk's father, speaking at a meeting of the interim investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada, alleged that a suspected crime lord, Oleksiy Levin (Moskal), worked with Manher and Chairman of the Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev and his deputy Yevhen Ryshchuk.
Hordeyev rejected the allegations of involvement in the murder of Handziuk and called on the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, chief of the Security service of Ukraine and the interior minister to verify the facts set forth in Viktor Handziuk's appeal.
After Handziuk, who was a member of the Kherson City Council, was attacked with acid last summer, she suffered severe chemical burns and partially lost her sight. She underwent over ten operations before dying in the hospital at the age of 33.
Five people have been detained on suspicion of being involved in assassinating Handziuk. On Nov. 12, the arrest of Ihor Pavlovsky, the ex-assistant to MP Mykola Palamarchuk, hit the news.


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Rediff.com » Business » Demand for office space slows down in India
Demand for office space slows down in India
Hit by global economic downturn, the Indian property market witnessed a slowdown in the leasing activity of office space during the third quarter of 2008 that led to a fall in rental values in key markets, real estate consultant CB Richard Ellis said in its latest report.
"Leasing activity in India has slowed down during the third quarter. This was because businesses began to feel the impact of financial turmoil overseas," CB Richard Ellis South Asia chairman and managing director Anshuman Magazine said.
The low volume of leasing led to a marginal correction in quoted rentals for the central business districts (CBD) of the national capital, the consultant said in a statement.
Rentals across premium buildings in Mumbai, the financial capital of the country, also underwent a correction while rentals in Bangalore remained static, it pointed out.
The report 'Asia Pacific Office Market Review for the third quarter of 2008' noted that the Asian office market has slowed further in the wake of global economic crisis.
"The quarter saw the further easing of momentum in office leasing and the remainder of 2008 is likely to see the end of the upward cycle as potential occupier grow cautious about committing to premium space," the consultant said.
The prime office rentals in the third quarter were static in major CBD's including those in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Ho Chi Minh City and Singapore.
Tokyo recorded its third consecutive quarterly drop in rentals, while average prime office rents began to consolidate in New Delhi, Shanghai, Philippines, Manila and Bangkok.
CBRE pointed out that in China also, the positive effects of hosting the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics could not prevent the office rental growth from slowing as leasing activity took a backseat to the games.
In Shanghai, the office rentals in Pudong recorded their first downward movement since 2005 as the large quantity of new supply launched over the past nine months began to impact the market.
"These trends in the Asian office market reflect the deterioration of overall business sentiment across the region. Confidence has taken a hit despite the fact that corporates bankruptcies and job cuts in Asia have been less severe that those in the US and Europe.
"The impact of this change in business confidence is therefore reflected in the commencement of a period of consolidation in the region's prime office markets," CBRE said.
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James Willett: Revolutions are fueled by postings on YouTube.
Are our political leaders really the dithering, self seeking personalities that this film makes them out to be? We are all familiar with the few being sacrificed for the greater good; this film implies once the few become familiar, the decision process is marred.
However, this is overall a very good and well intentioned movie, probably the finest that Gavin Hood has ever made. Of course, he is on familiar ground back in the continent of Africa and his empathy with the way this continent is used for the evil ends of extremist groups shines throughout.
Generally speaking, I was more engaged with the first part of the film when the plot is set up, and Helen Mirren as a dedicated army colonel is chasing down Al Shabab in Kenya. The army has tracked down extremists to Nairobi and is sending in a drone to investigate a group of people heading for a house in the suburbs. Mirren wants to blow it up, the drone identifies a group of wanted terrorists, including British nationals, and slowly politicians get involved in the decision making process, and worse still, it looks as if a suicide bombing mission is about to happen.
I really found all this most engaging. The birds eye view of the drone turned out to be fascinating, as Hood lets the cameras explore through the eyes of hummingbird and bug drones.
Then the suits, i.e. the politicians start dithering.... and dithering... and changing their minds, often. The plot is further complicated by the need to reduce collateral damage, and when a child becomes involved in this, its a bit like Hood's old Tsotsi movie again, with a bigger and more dramatic subject.
The finale is stunning and almost redeems the pain that has gone on for about forty five minutes previously. Hood does a superb job of directing and the able cast, headed up by the no nonsense Mirren, graphically show us their emotional perspectives on the whole incident. Its just a pity that the story line gets caught up in a sort of time warp as the dithering goes on.
Despite its flaws, its well worth watching, and I really would have liked to have given it a better rating.
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package org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap;

import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Set;

import org.ontoware.rdf2go.exception.ModelRuntimeException;
import org.ontoware.rdf2go.model.node.Node;
import org.ontoware.rdf2go.model.node.Resource;
import org.ontoware.rdf2go.model.node.impl.URIImpl;
import org.ontoware.rdf2go.vocabulary.OWL;
import org.ontoware.rdfreactor.runtime.ResourceEntity;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class TypeUtils {

	private static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TypeUtils.class);

	public static Resource toResource(URL url) throws ModelRuntimeException {
		try {
			return new URIImpl(url.toURI().toString());
		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
			throw new ModelRuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public static Resource toResource(ResourceEntity re) throws ModelRuntimeException {
		return re.getResource();
	}

	public static Resource toResource(Object o) throws ModelRuntimeException {
		if (o instanceof URL)
			return toResource((URL) o);
		else if (o instanceof ResourceEntity)
			return toResource((ResourceEntity) o);
		else
			throw new ModelRuntimeException("Could not convert to an RDF2Go node, class: " + o.getClass());
	}

	public static Node toNode(Object o) throws ModelRuntimeException {
		return toResource(o);
		// TODO more
	}

	/**
	 * @return all 'real' super classes, ignore restrictions
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public static org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass[] getAllRealSuperclasses(
			org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass owlclass,
			Set<org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass> wanted) {
		java.util.List<org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass> real = new ArrayList<org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass>();
		for (org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass c : owlclass.getAllSubClassOf_asList()) {
			if (c.isInstanceof(OWL.Restriction)) {
				// do nothing
				log.debug("Restriction as supertype");
			} else if (wanted.contains(c)) {
				real
						.add((org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass) c
								.castTo(org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass.class));
			} else
				log.debug("un-wanted class " + c.getResource());
		}
		return real.toArray(new org.ontoware.rdfreactor.schema.bootstrap.OwlClass[0]);
	}

}

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When I was 15 I was a gawky Camden, Maine high school sophomore who was a swim geek, theater geek, and D&D geek...the trifecta of high school social doom. I was also the new kid on the block, having arrived in state from the United States Virgin Islands just the previous year. All of which culminated in a young man in a strange, and cold, environment desperate for friends.
I tell you all of this to stress just how cool and important my first new friend in Camden was to me. Thom was 2 years ahead, a senior for heaven's sake, who was a model, theater program star, ladies man, and nationally ranked high school athlete in track and field. In other words, he was on the exact opposite end of the recognized social structure that I was on. Why did he befriend me? Why did he let me sit with the cool seniors at lunch? Why did he stand up for me when kids teased me for my Virgin Islands accent? At the time I had absolutely no idea. What I did know, without a shadow of a doubt, is Thom was my hero. I idolized that dude! I know for a fact my parents were completely fed up with hearing about how cool Thom was...how awesome Thom was. I even added choir geek to my resume just so I could hang out with my idol just a little bit more. Oh yeah, did I not mention he also had a stunning baritone singing voice?
So, knowing all of this, imagine my flabbergasted surprise when one early morning before school, in the library, Thom said to me, "I can't believe you are an atheist. You're such a good person. I would be so bad if I didn't believe in God". I sat in the tiny orange plastic library chair in stunned silence. One, I had never related the qualities of moral people to their religious beliefs. Two, here was Thom, my hero, my idol basically admitting that he would be a bad person if he did not have the shadow of spiritual doom hanging over him. I wasn't sure what to say or where even to start. After getting myself together I related to him that I wasn't "good" out of fear or some sense of obligation to be so. I behaved the way I did for two reasons. One, I had been raised to do so by my Mom. Two, and much more importantly, it just felt right. It was who I was at my core. I didn't need any reminders or "benchmarks" to keep me reigned in. I provided those for myself. He answered, in totally awesome Thom fashion, "well I would be really bad", gave me a grin, and walked out the library door to his first class of the day.
What are the qualities of moral people and where do they come from is an age old question and debate. Many religions are at least partially formed on the concept that humans are born bad, are sinners, and thus must have some kind of standardized, regulated structure keep them on the right path. Of course, each religion has its own "true" method and system as what exactly that path is. I maintain to this day, as I did with Thom all of those years ago, each person has there own individual, unique moral compass. Part of it is derived from their environment, both current and past. The rest of it however comes directly from them, from their own being....from their soul. Does it feel right? Do you feel compelled to behave in a certain manner?
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Das Erweiterte Kognitive Motivationsmodell nach Heckhausen und Rheinberg besteht aus vier Grundbausteinen, durch die sich untersuchen lässt, wann eine Person handeln wird, um ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen:

 die wahrgenommene Situation
 eine mögliche Handlung
 das Ergebnis dieser Handlung
 die Folgen, die aus der Handlung mit einer bestimmten Wahrscheinlichkeit resultieren

Handlungstheoretische Darstellung
Die Situations-Ergebnis-Erwartung ist die Annahme einer bestimmten Person, wie das Ergebnis ausfallen wird, wenn sie in einer bestimmten Situation nicht handelnd eingreift. Die Handlungs-Ergebnis-Erwartung ist die Annahme, mit welcher Wahrscheinlichkeit das eigene Handeln zu dem gewünschten Ergebnis führt. Das Besondere an Heckhausens Theorie ist der vierte Baustein. Denn nicht nur das Ergebnis ist wichtig, sondern auch der Glaube daran, ob das Ergebnis auch relevante Folgen nach sich zieht (die Ergebnis-Folge-Erwartung). Als Beispiel nehmen wir einen Schüler, der in einer Woche eine wichtige Matheklausur schreiben wird. Er weiß, dass er eine schlechte Note schreiben wird, wenn er nicht für diese Klausur lernt (Situations-Ergebnis-Erwartung). Wenn er jeden Tag eine halbe Stunde lernt, glaubt er eine gute Note erreichen zu können (Handlungs-Ergebnis-Erwartung). Die gute Note wird dazu führen, dass er das Schuljahr auf jeden Fall schaffen wird (Ergebnis-Folge-Erwartung).

Aussagenlogische Fassung
Die aussagenlogische Fassung des Erweiterten Kognitiven Motivationsmodells stellt einen Fragenkatalog zur Verfügung, aus dem man ableiten kann, ob der Schüler handeln wird.
 Erscheint mir das Ergebnis durch die Situation bereits festgelegt? Nein, denn ich bin in der Lage das nötige Wissen zum Bestehen der Klausur zu erlernen.
 Kann ich das Ergebnis durch eigenes Handeln hinreichend beeinflussen? Ja, denn ich habe noch eine Woche Zeit zu lernen.
 Sind mir die möglichen Folgen des Ergebnisses wichtig genug? Ja, denn wenn ich eine gute Note schreibe, werde ich auf jeden Fall versetzt.
 Zieht das Ergebnis auch die erwünschten Folgen nach sich? Ja, die Versetzung!
Da alle Bedingungen erfüllt sind, wird der Schüler handeln, um die erwünschte Note zu erreichen. Würde die Antwort auf die erste Frage Ja oder auf Frage zwei, drei oder vier Nein lauten, würde der Schüler voraussichtlich nicht handeln.

Literatur
 Falko Rheinberg: Motivation (= Grundriss der Psychologie. Bd. 6 = Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher 555).  5., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-17-018464-4.
 Heinz Heckhausen, Falko Rheinberg: Lernmotivation im Unterricht, erneut betrachtet. In: Unterrichtswissenschaft. Bd. 8, Nr. 1, 1980, , S. 7–47.

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The Tax Foundation has posted new tables to its website that show where the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) hits hardest. Specifically, there are three new tables that show the impact of AMT by county, by congressional district and by major city area. The county table looks very similar to the property tax by county table that was released two weeks ago. This is largely due to the fact that AMT disallows the deduction for state and local taxes paid, including property taxes. Another reason is that the demographics of those living in areas with high taxes on owner-occupied housing tend to be similar to those who are in the prime AMT zone (making between $200,000 and $500,000).
Note that these tables are derived from data for tax year 2005 that was just recently released by the IRS. This year (2007), the AMT is set to hit millions more taxpayers due to the dropping of the exemption level. (Read more about that on our FAQ here.) Therefore, these tables are likely to be better indicators of which areas would see the biggest tax cut if AMT was permanently repealed. With regard to an AMT patch (also discussed in FAQ), these tables are likely to be less reliable in terms of predicting which areas would save the most.


One of the signs and symptoms that sufferers of sinusitis encounter is the painful stress in the facial area specifically in the forehead, cheeks, and nose. This particular sinusitis pressure brings about discomfort and may even have an effect on daily productivity. Here are some tips and information that will assist you inside minimizing the signs of this condition.
This sinusitis pressure will be due to the build-up of mucus in the cavities or gaps between the cosmetic bones and also the head. These gaps are known as the sinuses. When the liner in the walls of the tooth decay get infected, a build-up of the membrane causes a blockage in the passages creating the pain in the area. This particular irritation can really be two forms: acute and chronic. These types are differentiated simply by the length of time these people last. The acute form only lasts for a week and can go away with easy remedies. The chronic condition on the other hand lasts for a longer period of time, generally for more than three months, and requires long-term treatment. Both the acute and chronic forms of the inflammation may be due to allergies, infections, or excessive growth of the nasal cavities.
Treatment of your situation depends on what causes it.
Sometimes, the remedies simply help in minimizing the pain or the pressure in the affected areas.
If the signs worsen or linger for longer periods of time, medical aid becomes essential.
Usually in the case of acuteflare-ups, self-care or natural home remedies can perform the secret of lessening the actual signs and symptoms as well as treating the situation. Bed rest and drinking a lot of water are some just to name a few remedies. The use of comfortable compress in the face or taking a warm shower also aids in opening the nasal passages helping in the drainage of the trapped mucus in the sinuses. In so doing, the pressure created by the mucus build-up may be decreased.
If such occurs, there is a likelihood that it is persistent sinusitis and it is essential that a physician be conferred with to be able to know the cause of the inflammation and to point-out the proper and most appropriate action to be able to pursue.
Managing the situation, there are four things to consider based on Mayo Clinic.
First is to reduce the swelling, then strain the mucus, point-out the cause, not only that is actually to prevent future recurrence.
What can be done to relieve the swelling?
There are various anti-inflammation medications that are available in the market as Otc.
They could be oral, sprays, or perhaps injectibles.
Once again, before taking any medications, seek advice from a physician.
Aside from the inflammation, another thing to take care about for the problem is the way to drain the mucus.
This is the main cause of the pain and the pressure in the face.
There are number of ways in order to induce the irrigation in the nasal cavities.
You are with the use of saline solutions.
These solutions aid to make the mucosal membranes thinner hence help make it easier to drain out.
Another method is by means of steam.
It can help in clearing the passages making way for the irrigation.
Decongestants may also be used but instructions needs to be followed carefully because prolonged use of such meds may slow down the process of depleting. It is important to ask a doctor first before opting in order to use these medications.
Failure to do so may worsen the case of the inflammation. If as an example the cause of the infection is bacterial and you instantly turn to consuming anti-fungal meds, you will actually are unsuccessful to take care of your own sinusitis. That is why the diagnosis of a doctor is essential just before considering any kind of action.
When the situation is the result of a bacterial infection, then an antibiotic is preferred. If it is a yeast infection, anti-fungal meds needs to be taken. Simply speaking, there is an appropriate action for a specific cause.
There continues to be a tendency for it in order to flare-up. Preventive measures should be considered for example practicing good hygiene, making use of humidifiers, as well as developing a cleaner environment.
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April 18, 2012: Mark Wayne Wiles, 49, white, was executed in Ohio.
It was Ohio's 1st execution in 5 months because of a legal battle about the state's lethal-injection procedures.
Gary C. Mohr, director of the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said this morning that because the Wiles case is being so closely watched by the courts, it is "the most documented execution in the United States."
Wiles was convicted and sentenced to be death for the fatal stabbing of Mark Klima, 15, white, on Aug. 7, 1985 during a robbery of a farmhouse. Wiles fled to Savannah, Ga., but quickly turned himself in to police and confessed to the crime.
During his original trial, Wiles did not want to be defended.


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The panels below show the numbers of people on bikes counted at each point in the past month.
We have begun installing electronic bike counters at various points around the city. The monthly total above represents the number of times we have counted people on bikes. Depending on where you are going you may be counted by more than one counter or counted by the same counter again. However we currently only have a small number of counters so there are many more trips that are not counted.
Month by month, the numbers from our electronic counters will vary a bit – but what's the trend overall?
Seasonally, it's quite easy to spot a trend. Fewer people cycle in the cold winter months but we always see a rise in the numbers of bike trips in spring and summer.
Overall, the trend is up: the figures show the number of people commuting by bike in Wellington has more than doubled since we started our annual morning-peak cordon counts in 2000. Why not join them?
Manual cordon counts have been happening throughout Wellington since 2000. Since late 2017, we've been installing electronic eco-counters around the city to more accurately record the numbers of people making trips by bike.


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Ranchen har også sin egen brandstation, flere biografer og et observatorium. Stedet fylder mere end 19 km2 og i hovedbygningen har Lucas et omfattende bibliotek med sin private bogsamling.

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Export expansion continues to new markets--Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia.
Crocodille enters the Croatian market.
The new York Deli brand product lines are introduced. Export to Slovenia begins. The Panini Retail line is launched.
Export to Russia and Romania begins. Production of frozen panini begins. Crocodille defends its position among the Top 100 companies in the Czech Republic. Crocodille participates in its first ever trade fair at the Sandwich and Snack Trade Fair in Paris.
Our position on the European market is strengthened. We acquire the German sandwich producer Bakestreet. We expand our product range to include our first hot meals--baked Panini in five flavor varieties.
The second foreign branch is opened--a distribution center in Vienna. We expand our range to include the "Sladká tečka (Sweet Endings)" product line of desserts.
The first step toward expansion into Europe. Opening of the first foreign branch--a distribution center in Budapest. The first sandwich to be sold abroad under the Crocodille brand is sold in Hungary.
The Flood of 2002 – Crocodille is forced to leave Holešovice and move our production outside of Prague into our own facility--a previously purchased old canning factory in Žiželice in the Czech region of Kolín--which essentially means that we have to begin once again from the ground up.
By the end of the 20th century, Crocodille was a stable company with a fully-functional modern assembly hall, its own bakery and more than 250 employees. The distribution centers in Prague and Brno supplied the whole country.
An important milestone for us that at the same time dealt a huge blow to our competitors - we built and fully equipped our own small bakery directly connected to the assembly hall.
Our first modern factory in Prague's Holešovice district witnesses the transformation of production from small-scale table-top delicacies to assembly-line production – representing a massive shift in our perception of productivity.
The Crocodille logo is created and Žizkov Baguettes is officially re-branded.
Žižkov - our first own place for baguette production is called Žižkov Baguettes according to its location in the Žižkov district of Prague. The newly appearing networks of modern fuel stations become our newest customers.
The first small car for the distribution of goods is purchased. Our original customer base, mostly night clubs, is expanded to include small grocery stores and kiosks.
For the first time in his life, Peter becomes the strict employer of his classmates in the rented kitchen of a diner in Mala Strana and distributes his own "rolls" to the newly emerging nightlife and music clubs.
As a 17-year-old student, founder of Crocodille company sells sandwiches to tourists in Prague's Mala Strana district as a part-time job.


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Bristol Airport fire station handed over
Mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy McCann and Partners completed the MEP design for a £5m state of the art fire station at Bristol Airport, which has now been handed over.
This is the latest in a series of developments that McCann and Partners have and will be undertaking at Bristol Airport, which has planning approvals in place to handle 10 million passengers per annum.
As well as the new fire station, which is located next to the runway and the existing fire training ground, the upcoming developments will include an immigration hall and new airline building, the first of which has recently commenced.
Jeff Price, Mechanical Director at McCann and Partners, said:
"Bristol Airport is going through such an exciting period of growth at the moment and we are delighted to have been involved in its expansion over the past few years.
"The airport team are continually investing in sustainable, low carbon systems and we've been working closely with them throughout 2018 to ensure that this building is extremely energy efficient.
"Working on this state of the art development has been a huge opportunity for us at McCann and Partners, and we look forward to expanding on this in the coming months."
Andrew Goodenough, Development Director at Bristol Airport, said:
"We are currently completing a variety of development projects at the airport to meet the growth in passenger numbers. Sustainability and energy efficiencies are key factors and decision drivers for all projects and it is great to work with a business like McCann and Partners, who share the same approach in promoting state-of-the-art technology and design in development."
McCann and Partners specialise in providing the full range of building services associated with mechanical, electrical and public health engineering systems - developing innovative and bespoke design solutions. Working across multiple sectors, its commitment is to developing exemplary, sustainable buildings through a collaborative approach to design.


Cooke and Dowsett was founded in 1992 by Scott Dowsett and subsequently restructured in 2008 with new director and owner Chadd Cooke coming on board. The result is a combined 40 years of plumbing expertise and industry knowledge. The company specialises in commercial plumbing, design and construct, project management and all plumbing services. Our clients include many of the 'tier-one' contractors throughout Australia whilst maintaining close and long term relationships with multiple mid-tier contractors.
At Cooke and Dowsett we think laterally to deliver cost effective plumbing solutions that meet our clients' needs. Our highly qualified and experienced team work closely with relevant authorities, architects engineers and clients to ensure a seamless design that is responsive to all relevant plumbing and drainage issues. We have a "can do" attitude and through innovative thinking we provide design alternatives that best suit the build.
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Uyuni is pretty boring and very touristy (like San Pedro de Atacama). I saw one restaurant with a "vegetarian food" sign. The maps say that there is a bus terminal, but the "terminal" is just a street with travel agencies on both sides.
Whenever I asked for bread in La Paz, they said it was without anything. I asked a few street vendors in Uyuni and they all said the bread contained "manteca" (which could refer to anything from lard to butter, or vegetable shortening - not sure). The bread below had only oil and was very oily. Either this bread or some mildy cooked vegetables on the one day tour I did caused me some digestive problems later.
I did a one day tour with CRISTAL, it was 180 Bs. To my surprise when I booked the tour, they asked if I wanted vegetarian food or "normal". I asked what the vegetarian food was, and they said it was avocado and and salad of just vegetables. I asked whether this had any eggs or dairy or meat or fish, and they said no. So I ordered vegetarian. The stops of the tour where the train cemetary just outside of town (boring as expected), a village with gift shops (To pass the time I asked the vendors whether the synthetic "alpaca" hats they were selling were wool or synthetic. They all replied "100% alpaca". They also sold real alpaca clothes which looked very different from the (I assume) completely synthetic ones (that are probably from China). Maybe one day they'll start using a plant to make clothes instead of killing animals to make ugly hippie sweaters and hats for rich 20 somethings on world tours. At this village we also had lunch. I said I had ordered vegetarian food and the driver said, no, no one had told him, and there was nothing, and if I wanted chicken. He also said that they would always forget everything. I had expected this, of course, and had my own food anyway.) - the third stop was the actual salar which was all under water (amazing).


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