Well it's been a while since we've posted anything and part of that has to do with non-whisky related busy-ness and part of that has to do with a general sense of gloom from the news. But alas we have found inspiration in a worthy cause!
Anyway, on to the raffle!
One bottle of 1980 vintage O.F.C. Bourbon released by Buffalo Trace Distillery (valued at $10,000). The O.F.C. Bourbon range was released by Buffalo Trace to commemorate the original distillery at the site (then named O.F.C.) which was established in 1870 by Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. The bottles have been made available exclusively for charities for fundraising purposes. For more information on the O.F.C. bourbon range click here (short description) and here (long description).
For more information on the raffle and to purchase tickets, visit the Meals on Wheels site.
There are only 300 raffle tickets in total with a price of $100 per ticket. So the chances are pretty good! Contestants must be at least 21 years old. Prizes will only be delivered within the continental USA.
Ticket sales will stop at noon PST February 28th, 2017 and the winner will be drawn at 3pm PST on the same day.
The 2015 Edinburgh Whisky Stramash is coming soon!
Although tickets for the first two sessions have been sold out, if you keep your eye out on the forums, you might be able to snab an extra ticket.
For more info and ticket purchases see their website.
The Edinburgh Whisky Solstice 2015 hosted by the Whisky Lounge will take place on June 20th from 12-5pm.
Once again we've teamed up with those great guys and gals at The Scotch Malt Whisky Society and we're gearing up to put on an absolute belter of a day. A real summer celebration of all things whisky, proving once and for all that whisky really can be a drink for all seasons.
Amazing whisky from all over Scotland and the world (and plenty of it) amazing food, a smattering of delicious ale and a light dusting of cocktails all in the stunning surroundings of Edinburgh's beautiful (and normally private) Queen St Gardens.
Yes indeed this will be a day to remember, oh and did we mention that this year we will be outside? That's right! Outside! Here's hoping for good weather.
Simply approach any of the exhibitor stands, ask politely for a dram and you shall receive a tasty glass of whisky (it really is that simple) Every exhibitor should know their whiskies inside out and it's well worth taking advantage of this knowledge. They'll be able to answer all and any whisky related questions you may have and will happily explain why their whisky is so damn tasty.
The vast majority of whiskies on show are available to taste within your ticket price.
However, 'Under the Counter' Token drams simply allow you access to some of the rare and more exclusive whiskies in the festival. More details to follow.
MASTERCLASSES – To be be announced soon.
For ticket purchases and more info click here.
The folks at Royal Mile Whiskies have posted the ticket sale date for the 2015 Whisky Fringe.
7th, 8th & 9th August 2015.
Tickets are NOT available to reserve or buy in advance of the May 27th release date.
Tickets are not available to purchase through royalmilewhiskies.com, telephone sales or from any of our shops.
4 tickets maximum per customer.
Tickets are non refundable and will not be replaced if lost or stolen.
Please note, we strongly recommend you purchase tickets via a desktop or laptop computer rather than with mobile devices.
At the event, look after your free snifter glass. It's yours to keep and we will give you a box at the end to carry it, but if you misplace or break it you will be charged if you want a replacement. You have been warned!
Exhibitors are well within their rights not to serve anyone who is rude, threatening or intoxicated. Event management reserve the right to refuse entry or eject anyone who is out of order. Please drink responsibly – don't ruin it for everybody else or, more importantly, yourself.
This event is only available to those of legal drinking age in Scotland (18 years old). We will be checking ID at the event in accordance with the Challenge 25 initiative. If you look young please bring ID.
The popularity of our event means that once again we will undoubtedly be oversubscribed for tickets and unfortunately some people will miss out. We would love to accommodate everybody, but the reality is that this is simply not possible. Part of the success of our event is due to the wonderful venue, there really is nothing comparable to the Mansfield Traquair.


The Art of The Brick – Is here in Singapore!!!
I first read about Nathan Sawaya and his Lego bricks exhibition last year Aug 2012 and in my blog post, I wished he would someday hold his exhibition here and it came true! He finally came to Singapore on 17 November 2012 and you are in luck for the exhibition is extended till 26 May 2013! I am so in awe with his creations and captions behind each piece.
I am also loving the background effects that were incorporated, making his art piece even more outstanding. For instance, on this swimmer piece, I love the reflections used to create the water effect. It brings out the entire feel, as though the swimmer is really swimming in a pool. By the way, can you believe Nathan took only 15 days to finish this piece?!!
In this critically acclaimed and the first major museum exhibition to use LEGO bricks as the sole art medium, Sawaya transforms them into awe-inspiring and thought-provoking sculptures, elevating the toy to the realm of art.
The Art of the Brick at ArtScience Museum will be the biggest yet, showcasing 52 sculptures including the iconic sculpture Yellow, a 6-meter long T-rex dinosaur skeleton, and – to be unveiled for the first time – a sculpture of ArtScience Museum.
I would love to show you every piece he created but decided to tempt you with some so that you will head to the exhibition instead! Enjoy!
There is also the LEGO foot reflexology that you should totally try! It is so fun and yes, PAINFUL!


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Bert Hoppe (* 1970 in Gevelsberg) ist ein deutscher Historiker, Journalist und Verlagslektor.

Leben und Wirken
Hoppe studierte von 1992 bis 1999 Geschichtswissenschaften, Volkswirtschaftslehre und Kunstgeschichte an der Technischen Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) und Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder. Von 1999 bis 2004 war er Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der HU Berlin und am Lehrstuhl Heinrich A. Winklers. Im Rahmen eines Projekts der Gemeinsamen Kommission für die Erforschung der jüngeren Geschichte der deutsch-russischen Beziehungen wurde er 2004 promoviert. Seine Doktorarbeit wurde 2007 unter dem Titel In Stalins Gefolgschaft. Moskau und die KPD 1928–1933 veröffentlicht.

Seit 2004 arbeitet Hoppe als freier Wissenschaftler und Autor, unter anderem für die Berliner Zeitung, den Deutschlandfunk und die Süddeutsche Zeitung. Hoppe ist Mitarbeiter des Editionsprojekts Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland 1933–1945. Von Anfang 2012 bis 2014 war er Sachbuchlektor beim Rowohlt Verlag in Berlin.

Schriften
 Auf den Trümmern von Königsberg. Kaliningrad 1946–1970 (= Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Bd. 80). Oldenbourg, München 2000, ISBN 3-486-64580-3
 In Stalins Gefolgschaft. Moskau und die KPD 1928–1933 (= Studien zur Zeitgeschichte. Bd. 74). Oldenbourg, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58255-0 (Zugl.: Berlin, Humboldt-Univ., Diss., 2004) (Volltext digital verfügbar).
 (Bearbeiter mit Hildrun Glass) Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland 1933 – 1945. Bd. 7. Sowjetunion mit annektierten Gebieten. – 1. Besetzte sowjetische Gebiete unter deutscher Militärverwaltung, Baltikum und Transnistrien. Bearbeitet von Bert Hoppe und Hildrun Glass. Oldenbourg, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58911-5
 Geschichte Russlands. Theiss, Stuttgart 2009. ISBN 978-3-8062-2175-6

Weblinks

 Rezensionen von Werken Bert Hoppes bei perlentaucher
 Bert Hoppe auf den Seiten des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte München−Berlin (ifz)
 Deutschlandfunk Kulturfragen. Debatten und Dokumente vom 24. April 2022: Bedrohte Kulturgüter in der Ukraine. "Es gibt eine deutsche Arroganz gegenüber der Ukraine". Osteuropahistoriker Bert Hoppe im Gespräch mit Anja Reinhardt

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Mauricio Bustamante is currently studying towards a physics undergraduate degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, in Lima, Peru. Together with César Guerra (also in attendance at the NKS 2005 Summer School) and another physicist, he has been studying complex systems theory, particularly cellular automata, and doing NKS research for about two years. He is currently interested in statistical mechanics, specially in how self-organisation and other emergent features can be incorporated into the existing theory.
In this work, I have tried to group CA rules into classes that exhibit the same kind of behavior. The criterion chosen for clustering was the rules' stability against slight perturbations in the initial conditions. Four different classes are found (related to Wolfram's). Also, a numerical measure of stability is proposed for the periodic and linear-growth classes. The experiments carried out have shown that most CA can be grouped in one of the following stability classes: stable, periodic, chaotic, and linear-growth. Rules that belong to a particular stability class will remain in that class for almost any initial condition that they are provided with. The stability of linear-growth difference patterns for a particular rule is very uniform across a large sample of initial conditions; i.e., it is possible to assign a stability figure to a rule.
I chose this rule becomes it resembles the well-known seashell pattern, more closely than ECA rule 30.


The earthquake resistant hostel building is in a class of its own. All the requirements needed for a comfortable stay and uninterrupted studies of the students have been meticulously taken care of. Besides housing the students, the multi- storey building has added to the panoramic view of the campus. A well qualified and experienced chief warden supervises the strict vigil of the students and ensures timely solution to their problems, if any. One assistant teacher has been deputed on every 50 students.
Each child is allotted with a bed and a mattress along with an almirah in the dormitory.
Experienced and mature caretakers are deputed to take care child's daily requirements including home work, timely food, clothing and cleanliness and treat them with love and affection.
Each dormitory has children of similar age group who are taken care and supervised by the Caretakers.


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Sports / The Prairie Fire / Uncategorized / May 15, 2019
Top prospects garner special treatment
Addison Russell hits a ball in a game against the Orioles on July 15, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons)
Wrigley Field often gets called the "friendly confines." From loveable losers to World Series champions, the Cubs have often stayed out of the media spotlight for the wrong reasons Ñ save the Aroldis Chapman trade. After a slow 2-7 start to the season, the Cubs have bounced back and currently seem to have found that swagger that was at the heart of the 2016 team. Despite the success, the talk of the town has been shortstop Addison Russell.
The 2012 first-round pick was seen as a surefire talent when the Cubs traded fan favorite Jeff Samardzija to the Oakland Athletics for him in 2014. The GM of the A's told Cubs President of Basketball Operations Theo Epstein "You just got Barry Larkin," referencing the Hall of Fame shortstop who played his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds.
That one comment would heap a whole lot of hype around Russell, which he hasn't lived up to. The 25-year-old shortstop, however, was going to get every chance in the book to tap into his potential. The Cubs made a significant investment in Russell, and they aren't going to give up on him when he's shown flashes, especially defensively. The Russell dilemma would become more complicated towards the end of the 2018 season.
Russell's ex-wife, Melisa Reidy-Russell, posted a blog post detailing and accusing her ex-husband of physical and mental abuse. The allegations started in June 2017. At the time, Russell responded via a statement to NBCsports.com that "Any allegation that I have abused my wife is false and hurtful." Major League Baseball investigated Russell after the June 2017 Instagram post, but Melisa Russell didn't want to speak on the allegations.
Epstein was quickly asked to speak about the suspension, saying that "He accepted this discipline, and I want to talk to him about what that means and find out more Ñ and the victim, first and foremost, deserves our outreach and our support, and that will be forthcoming very quickly."
The first domino to drop occurred when the Cubs front office elected to tender the former top prospect a contract. The move was never going to be popular among fans or journalists. But a guy with Russell's pedigree as a player doesn't get left for dead that often. As a top prospect, Russell is going to get chance after chance to prove himself, despite the issues he is dealing with off the field. Epstein, being in an MLB front office since 2002, knew that better than probably anyone.
"After a very thorough process, we have chosen to take action to try to become a small part of the solution for Addison, his family, Melisa Reidy and the larger issue of domestic violence prevention," said Epstein via MLB.com. Though he gave the right answer on giving Russell another contract, the move still was not welcomed around Chicago.
Russell isn't the first player to be investigated for domestic violence under the Cubs' watch. During the 2016 season, the Cubs traded for Aroldis Chapman of the New York Yankees. Chapman was accused of choking his girlfriend and then firing gunshots throughout his house. Epstein addressed the claims that they were sacrificing their morality by saying, "I don't feel like we compromised integrity in making this move," Epstein said. "We approached it as thoroughly as we did Ñ and gave it as much careful consideration as we did and had a genuine debate about it for weeks Ñ because we wanted to make sure we preserve our integrity as an organization," via nbcsports.com.
From a baseball perspective, Russell's absence allowed Javier Baez to take over the SS position, and he's excelled. Baez has proven to be a more than a capable defender, and he has the offensive punch (currently he's batting .325, 11 HR, and 29 RBIs) that Russell has not consistently shown. Baez's ascent to the top forced Russell to spend his suspension in Triple-A learning how to play second base. The Russell issue is more important than how he produces on the diamond.
Russell was called back up to the major league roster on May 8 due to Ben Zobrist being out because of personal reasons. Russell returned to a crowd that once supported him, now showering him with boos.
Russell is a father of three children by three different women. Melisa Russell seems to have forgiven him and moved on according to her recent Instagram post. However, has Russell changed? Is he ever going to change? Would the Cubs be sticking by his side if he weren't a former top prospect? These are all questions that need to be answered, but most likely won't. For the sake of Addison Russell and his children, I hope he's started down the right path to making a change.
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Televangelist Pat Robertson: Alabama abortion law 'has gone too far,' is 'ill-considered'
Longtime televangelist Pat Robertson, who opposes abortion, criticized Alabama's near-total abortion ban that is now the nation's most restrictive.
Televangelist Pat Robertson: Alabama abortion law 'has gone too far,' is 'ill-considered' Longtime televangelist Pat Robertson, who opposes abortion, criticized Alabama's near-total abortion ban that is now the nation's most restrictive. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/16/pat-robertson-says-alabama-abortion-law-has-gone-too-far/3690680002/
Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Published 6:40 a.m. ET May 16, 2019 | Updated 12:33 p.m. ET May 17, 2019
Longtime televangelist Pat Robertson, who opposes abortion, criticized Alabama's near-total abortion ban that on Wednesday became the nation's most restrictive and one expected to face legal challenge.
"I think Alabama has gone too far," Robertson said Wednesday on "The 700 Club" before the bill was signed into law by Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. "It's an extreme law.
"They want to challenge Roe v. Wade, but my humble view is that this is not the case that we want to bring to the Supreme Court, because I think this will lose."
Robertson cited the law's lack of exemptions for rape or incest and its punishment up to 99 years in prison for performing an abortion in the state.
Near-total ban: Alabama governor signs near-total abortion ban into law
25 men voted to ban abortion in Alabama: Do they reflect the rest of America?
Pat Robertson is seen at a Regent University event in Virginia Beach, Va., in 2015. (Photo: Steve Helber, AP)
The law, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Terri Collins, makes performing an abortion in the state a felony punishable by 10 to 99 years or life in prison. Attempting an abortion would be a felony, with a prison sentence of one to 10 years.
The only exceptions to the ban would be a threat to the life of the mother; a mental illness where a birth might lead to a woman's death or the death of her child; or in the case of fetal anomalies where a child might be stillborn or die after birth.
Where is abortion legal? Everywhere. But ...
"I think it's ill-considered," Robertson told viewers on the Christian Broadcasting Network. The televangelist continued by criticizing the Roe v. Wade decision and emphasizing the need for strict abortion laws in the country.
"But the Alabama case, God bless them. They're trying to do something, but I don't think that's the case, and I don't want to bring it to the Supreme Court," Robertson said.
Collins and other supporters of the law said it is designed to take a challenge to Roe vs. Wade to the Supreme Court.
Legal experts, however, say the court might not reverse the 1973 decision by taking up cases on strict laws like Alabama's – even with the addition of conservative justices added by President Donald Trump. Taking on cases with lesser restrictions to chip away at abortion rights is more likely, experts say.
Will it go to SCOTUS? Strict anti-abortion laws like Alabama's are aimed at Supreme Court, which may prove to be an obstacle
Contributing: Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser, and Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
Follow USA TODAY's Ryan Miller on Twitter @RyanW_Miller.
The day in pictures
A man stands on a beach during stormy weather at al-Shati camp in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed, AFP via Getty Images
A worker arranges flowers ahead of the Lunar New Year in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nhac Nguyen, AFP via Getty Images
Central Industrial Security Forces take part in the rehearsal for the upcoming Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Money Sharma, AFP via Getty Images
Protesters participate in a demonstration against pension reforms in Versailles, France. Unions representing railway and transport workers protested against French government's reform of the pension system, as President Macron met with businessmen during the Choose France Summit in Versailles. Yoan Valat, EPA-EFE
Jacquiline Bukid looks inside her house after heavy volcanic ash from Taal's eruption destroyed the structure in Laurel, Philippines. Ezra Acayan, Getty Images
A girl smiles while posing for photos on the edge of Shibuya Sky observation deck overlooking Tokyo's Shibuya district. Located on the rooftop of Shibuya Scramble Square, a 47-story high-rise that opened in November, 2019, the observatory is Tokyo's newest open-air observation deck, overlooking the famous Shibuya crossing. Jae C. Hong, AP
An anti-government protester runs from tear gas fumes at the scene of clashes with security forces in Baghdad, Iraq. Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP via Getty Images
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Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries
EAC calls for progress update on assessing environmental impact of trade deals and domestic tax measures
The Environmental Audit Committee is keeping the pressure on the Government to fulfil its recent commitments on assessing the environmental impact of trade deals and domestic tax measures.
Letter from Chair to Secretary of State for DEFRA
Environmental Audit Committee
The Government's recent assertions on trade deals and exploring how to monitor the impact of tax measures came as it responded to the Committee's reports within its Biodiversity and Ecosystems inquiry. The Committee yesterday wrote to the Environment Secretary seeking an update.
Free Trade Agreements: Assessing environmental impact and environmental net gain
Within its response to the Committee's report on the UK's footprint on global biodiversity, the Government confirmed that it will assess the environmental impact of new free trade agreements. The Committee has requested how its assertion differs from its previous approach, and for an update on the Government's commitment to consider how environmental net gain can be delivered in trade deals. This ask follows the welcome UK-New Zealand trade deal which was signed earlier this week and that the Government has hailed as being one of the "greenest deals ever".
Biodiversity net gain and the planning system
The Committee has also expressed its concern that local authorities lack the expertise and resources to ensure the planning system supports biodiversity net gain. With the Government yet to address issues within the policy, such as deciding who will monitor and enforce biodiversity net gain, and how it will be delivered, this laudable initiative could be rendered futile for environmental protection if not rapidly resolved. An explanation has been requested on how these policy issues can be concluded.
Applying a 'net zero stress test' on fiscal events
In the Government's response to the Biodiversity in the UK: Bloom or Bust? report, the Government rejected the Committee's recommendation that fiscal events, such as the Budget Statement, be subject to a 'net zero stress test'. However, the Government did state that it would explore the "monitoring, evaluating and quantifying" of environmental impacts of tax measures, and the Committee is keen to receive an update as to the proposed improvements.
Mandatory reporting on procurement
The Committee stressed that the Government must lead by example in ensuring its procurement meets high standards of environmental sustainability. As such, it was pleased when the Government committed to reinstate mandatory reporting on sustainable procurement. The Committee is now seeking an update on the proposed timeline of the Government's sustainable procurement commitments.
Chair's comment
Environmental Audit Committee Chairman, Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, yesterday said:
"World Wildlife Day is as good a day as any to reflect on what more we can do to support biodiversity and ecosystems all around the world. Our Committee has spent much of the last 18 months considering biodiversity in the UK and overseas, and were shocked at the alarming rate at which we are losing habitats and species. We must put the brakes on biodiversity loss.
"From putting the environment at the heart of trade deals to prioritising nature in the planning system, there are ample measures we can make at home and abroad. While sentiments in the Government's responses to our recent reports were welcome, we are today keeping the pressure up for ministers to deliver and report back on progress made.
"A healthy and thriving world is dependent on the survival of nature and critical ecosystems: we cannot stand idly by."
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International procurement, and uncertainty of long-term pipeline, risks prosperity of Scottish military shipbuilding sector
The future prosperity of Scottish military shipbuilding is at risk through the lack of a clear drumbeat of orders exacerbated by opening procurement up for international competition, the Scottish Affairs Committee warns today as it publishes its report, Defence in Scotland: Military shipbuilding.
Saving for later life: Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government Response to Report
The Work and Pensions Committee has published the Government, Financial Conduct Authority and the Money and Pension Service Responses to its Report on saving for later life.
More support needed to halt damaging decline of local journalism, DCMS Committee warns
The quality and coverage of local news will continue to decline without new support from the Government, MPs say today, in a report that warns of the damage a reduction in provision can cause to democracy and society.
Treasury Committee approves appointment to Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee
The Treasury Committee today publishes its report on the appointment of Randall Kroszner to the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC).
Women being let down by "glacial" Government progress on menopause
The Government response to the Women and Equalities Committee report on menopause and the workplace is a "missed opportunity to protect vast numbers of talented and experienced women from leaving the workforce."
Treasury Committee: Fuel duty fiction clouds fiscal forecasts
The Treasury Committee today points out the fiscal fiction that clouds fuel duty forecasts.
Government inaction leaves women harmed by medical intervention adrift without support, say MPs
Ministers must act urgently to enable women and children avoidably harmed by medical intervention to receive compensation and care, MPs say in a report published today.
Emergency health services are in crisis
Government urged to strengthen draft Mental Health Bill
The Government's draft Mental Health Bill must be strengthened to address rising numbers detained under current legislation and tackle unacceptable and inexcusable failures on racial inequalities, say MPs and Peers.


A photograph taken during the 1950 flood, showing 5 Dewdney Avenue. Item is 8 of 8 photographs on page 76 of scrapbook.
A photograph taken during the 1950 flood, showing 336 Glenwood Crescent. Item is 1 of 7 photographs on page 77 of scrapbook.
A photograph taken during the 1950 flood, showing 330 Assiniboine Avenue and 340 Assiniboine Avenue. Item is 3 of 8 photographs on page 79 of scrapbook.
A photograph taken during the 1950 flood, showing 356 Assiniboine Avenue and 358 Assiniboine Avenue. Item is 4 of 8 photographs on page 79 of scrapbook.


Are You Taking Full Advantage of AdWords Callout Extensions?
In September of 2014, Google introduced call-out extensions to make it easier to highlight key information about your product or service in order to help your ads stand out.
This includes things like free shipping, a price match guarantee, or anything else that makes your product or service special, as evidenced in the screenshot seen below.
As soon as call-out extensions were announced we began experimenting with them here at iSpionage and have gotten some pretty good results.
In this post, we're going to explain why ad extensions are so effective, how we've used them to get better results, and how you can implement them to boost your own campaigns. We'll also mention one of the mistakes we made that taught us a valuable lesson along the way.
The primary reason call-out extensions are so effective and so valuable is that they allow you to extend your ad copy more than the 95 characters normally allowed by Google's 25-character title and 70-character body content limit for ads. With so few characters allowed in the first place, any additional phrases you can add to boost your copy is a bonus and presents a huge opportunity.
Another benefit is that your ad will take up more space and thereby attract more attention by using call-out extensions. The extra line of content means your ad will be taking up slightly more space which means it has that much more opportunity to attract attention as seen in the screenshot below.
As we all know, AdWords advertising is highly competitive which means every extra pixel and character can add makes a difference in the effectiveness of your ad and campaign.
As mentioned, we've used call-out extensions to get better results here at iSpionage. With April as an example, our ads using call-out extensions have nearly double the conversion rate of our ads without any call-outs and more than double the click-through rate.
We've been quite pleased with these results but do need to mention that there are other factors involved.
Call-out extensions only show up when an ad is shown at the top or below search results which means the click-through rates will likely be higher for these ads even without the extensions.
There's no way to know exactly how much of an impact that extensions have, but with the benefit of taking up extra space in the SERPs along with the great results evidenced in the screenshot above, we're willing to give call-outs the benefit of the doubt as a valuable addition to our PPC campaign.
The one mistake we made was to add a call-out extension that actually decreased performance. We tested "Only $59/month" as a call-out, and it had nearly half the CTR of the ads with the other call-outs and only a .40% conversion rate.
The idea behind this call-out was the thought that showing our lowest price point would generate clicks from people with a high-buying intent which in turn would boost conversions. Since that proved not to be the case, we've since removed "Only $59/month" from our call-out extension arsenal.
To add call-out extensions to your campaign, first click on a campaign, and then click on an ad group.
After clicking on an ad group, find the tab for "Ad Extensions," and then click.
At this point, you can add any and all call-outs to extend the length of your ad and to make it more appealing to searchers. Here are a few examples to provide a little more inspiration.
Are you ready to begin taking advantage of AdWords call-out extensions? Go ahead and log into your campaign now to add some call-outs and to start taking advantage of this great new feature that's been proven to boost performance for Google AdWords campaigns.


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Nelson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
Nelson Township,
United Church of Nelson
Map of Tioga County Highlighting Nelson Township
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Tioga County
11.23 sq mi (29.08 km2)
(2016)[2]
49.84/sq mi (19.24/km2)
Eastern Time Zone (North America)
42-117-52960
2010 571 −2.7%
2016 (est.) 559 [2] −2.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]
Nelson Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 571 at the 2010 census.[4]
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Geography[edit]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 11.3 square miles (29.2 km2), of which, 11.3 square miles (29.2 km2) of it is land and 0.09% is water.
Nelson Township is bordered by the Town of Tuscarora in Steuben County, New York to the north, Lawrence Township to the east, Farmington Township to the south and Osceola Township and Elkland to the west.
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 587 people, 231 households, and 176 families residing in the township. The population density was 52.0 people per square mile (20.1/km2). There were 252 housing units at an average density of 22.3/sq mi (8.6/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.47% White, 0.17% African American, 0.17% Native American, and 1.19% from two or more races.
There were 231 households, out of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the township the population was spread out, with 26.2% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $32,083, and the median income for a family was $36,563. Males had a median income of $28,333 versus $26,563 for females. The per capita income for the township was $15,818. About 12.4% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.8% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.
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Elkland – A borough just south of the New York state line on Pennsylvania Route 49. It is located between Nelson and Osceola Township.
Nelson – A village in the eastern part of the township, upstream from Cowanesque Lake. The village was relocated in the late 1970s as part of the Cowanesque Dam project of the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers. The former village site is still accessible via the Tompkins Trail at the Corps. project, and a number of remnants of the village are still visible while hiking in this area (including the former main street). Most of these sites area in close proximity to the Nelson Cemetery, which was the location of one of the two churches that formerly occupied the village (one of which was relocated to the new town site just west of the original location).
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Meet Keechant Sewell: First black female to become NYPD Commissioner
Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell has been appointed the first ever New York female NYPD Commissioner, overseeing the nation's police force.
The appointment to the esteemed position was announced by mayor elect Eric Adam who was full of praise for Adams' 25 years of experience.
Keechant Sewell, 49, chief of detectives of the Nassau County Police Department becomes the first woman and the third black to lead the NYPD in its 175-year history.
"She's the woman for the job," Adams declared as he appeared with Sewell at a news conference in her native Queens.
"She carried with her throughout her career a sledgehammer and she crushed every glass ceiling that was put in her way," Adams said in a statement on Tuesday. "Today, she has crashed and destroyed the final one we need in New York City."
"Keechant Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve,"
"Chief Sewell will wake up every day laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving our city, and I am thrilled to have her at the helm of the NYPD."
Chief Sewell's appointment was seen as one of the most important decisions for Eric Adams, the incoming mayor, as he begins to fill out his administration.
"We are at a pivotal moment in New York. As our city faces the twin challenges of public safety and police accountability, they are not mutually exclusive," Sewell said.
Even before he was elected mayor, Eric Adams promised to name a woman of color to lead the largest police force in the country.
She replaces Dermot Shea, who is retiring from the NYPD after 30 years, having spent the last two as commissioner.
"We wanted to get under her skin. We wanted to ask her difficult questions. We wanted to see if she would be shaken. We wanted to see how do you deal with being under the big lights of New York City," Adams added.
Sewell in reaction stated:
"I stand here today because a man boldly and unapologetically made a decision well before his monumental and successful election, a decision that gave women in policing across this country an opportunity, not a favor, but a chance to work with him."
Chief Sewell aims to stop violent crimes.
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Villivakkam residents set to finally get their road overbridge
The proposal to construct a road overbridge (ROB) at Level Crossing 1 (LC1), located between Villivakkam railway station and Perambur Loco station, was announced in 2012. When the Chennai Corporation announced the proposal, it brought a lot of cheer to the residents of Villivakkam and Kolathur.
However, more than 6 years have passed and the residents are yet to see the ROB commissioned. LC1, located between LC2, where a subway has been constructed, and Perambur Loco bridge, has been a long-pending demand of residents of several residential areas spread across north Chennai. The areas located on either side of Villivakkam and Kolathur have limited infrastructure facilities for operating public transport buses and last-mile connectivity for train users is absent. So many residents use personal transportation, and they often find themselves delayed for work, waiting for the gate to open.
LC1, located adjacent to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), links a number of residential areas on the Kolathur side including GKM Colony, Rajaji Nagar and Shastri Nagar. But motorists face severe hardships, especially at peak hour, when the LC1 gate is closed for operating trains, leading to heavy traffic congestion.
T. Harikrishnan, a resident of GKM Colony, said thousands of residents living on either side of the track near Villivakkam railway station are unable to cross the railway track once LC1 gate is closed. He complained that the residents are forced a take detour via the LC2 subway or the Perambur Loco bridge to reach Villivakkam, Anna Nagar and other areas.
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Former DMK councillor and a resident of GKM Colony, Deva Jawahar, said that Corporation officials had forgotten about the project. He said while the railways has completed its portion above the tracks, the civic body has not started construction on its side. Only recently has the civic body decided to acquire lands on the southern side of the gate to complete the ROB project. A senior official of the Bridge department of the Corporation said construction work on the southern side of the ROB would be started once the acquisition of land belonging to ICF was completed.
The official said the flyover project estimated at a cost of ₹59 crore would be completed in 18 months' time. The total cost of the project includes the land proposed to be acquired from ICF on a 35-year lease. The bridge work alone would cost ₹26 crore.
The official said: "Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami had cleared work on the ROB project recently."
The ROB will have a total of 11 pillars along its length of 460 metres and width of 8.5 metres, with carriageway of 7.5 metres. The ROB would connect East Seeyalam Street with Villivakkam East Railway Crossing Road in Kumaran Nagar.
A senior official of ICF, confirming the proposal to acquire a portion of its land, also highlighted the need for removing encroachments on East Seeyalam Street for a broader access way.
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Condoleezza Rice urges Pakistan to fight terrorism
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United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday to urge the nation's government to fight terrorism. Rice, who flew to Islamabad from New Dehli after meeting with India's leaders in light of last week's attacks in Mumbai, said the "global threat of extremism and terrorism has to be met by all states".
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced trip to Pakistan on Thursday to urge the Pakistani government to take a "tough line" on terrorism in the wake of last week's militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai.
"The global threat of extremism and terrorism has to be met by all states, taking a very tough and hard line, and so that is what I am going to discuss," Rice told reporters travelling with her from New Delhi to Islamabad.
"Pakistan has to determine its own response here. It just needs to be a robust response and it needs to be effective," she said.
India has blamed groups based on Pakistani territory for the attack by a band of gunmen which killed nearly 200 people, including six Americans, in the country's financial capital.
Rice was going to meet army chief General Ashfaq Kayani first at army headquarters in Rawalpindi, before holding talks with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, the leaders of an eight-month-old civilian government.
She said she was not acting as a go-between with New Delhi, and said the onus was on the Pakistani leadership "as a whole" to tackle the threat of terrorism.
"I am going there to talk about a Pakistani response, not to carry messages," she said. "This is not a matter of the international community somehow in juxtaposition, or against, the Pakistani government."
Rice's visit to Islamabad followed one by the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, on Wednesday.
America's top military officer urged Pakistan to investigate all possible links between the Mumbai attacks.
In a thinly veiled reference to the Kashmir-focussed militants suspected of carrying out the attack on Mumbai, Mullen also encouraged Pakistan to act against jihadi groups everywhere, not just in regions bordering Afghanistan, where Pakistani security forces have been fighting tribal militants, the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Rice met Mullen for breakfast in New Delhi, to hear his impressions from meetings with Pakistani officials.
"He really, I think, got a sense of the commitment of the Pakistani government to the public messages that they have been issuing," Rice said.
Pakistan has condemned the assault, denied any involvement by state agencies and vowed to work with India in the investigation.
A confrontation between the South Asian rivals would undermine U.S.-led efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan and defeat al Qaeda.
Pakistani security officials have said they could feel forced to abandon the campaign against militancy and take forces away from the Afghan border, where they are fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban, and move them to the Indian border if tension increases.
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AUSTIN, TX – April 1, 2008 – Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions today announced the LinkTheater High Definition Digital Media Player (LT-H90LAN). Buffalo's new LinkTheater HD brings your stored videos, pictures, and music to life on your entertainment system, regardless of whether the content is on your computer, NAS, USB hard drive or DLNA media server.
In addition to streaming content from your Windows or Mac computer as well as other devices, the LinkTheater HD is uniquely equipped with an Auto-Backup feature which automatically backs up any content stored on a flash memory based video camera or any USB drive by simply plugging it in to the front USB port.
"With multimedia becoming such an integral part of our daily lives, consumers tend to look for mediums in which they are able to enjoy the photos taken from last month's vacation or recently purchased music or movies," said Takayuki Nishioka, CEO of Buffalo Technology, USA. "The LinkTheater HD allows users to share their digital life right in their living room, rather than tuck it away on a computer, NAS or USB hard drive."
With its simple, easy-to-use setup and responsive interface, the new LinkTheater HD seamlessly integrates into your entertainment system, pulling content from a Mac or Windows computer, NAS unit, USB hard drive or DLNA media server to playback on your living room TV or stereo system. The LinkTheater can access USB, DLNA, WMC and SMB content sources as well as play WMV and WMA files purchased from online vendors. It allows users to create personalized play lists comprised of the hottest artists or slideshows of your favorite vacation moments when users access DLNA CERTIFIED(TM) content.
Additionally, the LinkTheater comes with a remote control so you can control what you see and hear from the comfort of your couch. It supports 720p and 1080i High Definition video output as well as 480i and 480p video modes. Supported image formats include JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF, and supported audio formats include MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital (AC-3), AAC-LC, and AAC-HE. It also supports DRM10 to allow for the playback Windows Media-based protected content. Other features of the LinkTheater HD include built-in USB 2.0 and 1.1 port, 10/100 LAN port, analog audio/video connectors, D4/component video connectors and optical audio connectors.
Backed by a limited one-year warranty and toll-free 24/7 technical support, the LinkTheater HD Digital Media Player (LT-H90LAN) will be available in April for $199 and can be purchased through distributors, online resellers and Buffalo's web site. For more information about Buffalo Technology and its products, please visit the company's Web site at www.buffalotech.com.
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Year 2022: The truce brought no progress toward lifting siege on Yemen's Taiz city
A key member of Yemen's national Enquiry Commission into Human Rights Abuses has said the UN-brokered truce in Yemen has been superficial during the year 2022 and brought no progress toward lifting the Houthi siege on the central city of Taiz.
In a statement to media Tuesday, Eshral Almaqtari said, "The truce was superficial, if not unreal, this year, because there was no fulfillment of any of the truce agreement's terms, especially ending the [Houthi] siege on Taiz and opening key roads between different provinces."
"There is also the continued targeted attacks on civilians and more than 103 casualties were recorded in the first four months of the truce," she said. "There were also 97 landmine blast-caused casualties."


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Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets; Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable.
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'Rough Night' is light, fluffy, and incredibly problematic
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Rough Night is a movie that I really, really wanted to transcend the premise that was presented in the trailers. In a culture that already dehumanizes sex workers through objectification and by turning a blind eye to the violence visited upon them, it seems like a pretty tasteless move to build a movie around a privileged cast of characters accidentally killing a stripper and then comically attempting to dispose of the body. The hook of Rough Night, of course, is that the genders of the players are reversed from what you would normally expect from a farce like this, with privileged women in the protagonist roles and a male stripper as a corpse prop. There's lots of potential for subversion in that set-up, and with a writing team pulled from the hilarious Broad City (Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello, who also directs) it seemed like this might not be just another tone deaf attempt to wallpaper women into a problematic trope without further examination. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.
Jillian Bell, Zoë Kravitz, Ilana Glazer, and Kate McKinnon play BFFs to Scarlett Johansson, who is unwinding from her stressful campaign for mayor by engaging in a bachelorette party down in Miami with said besties. In their night out on the town, they do some cocaine and tensions start to rise as members of the group compete for one another's affections, and that's where the Craigslist-ordered stripper (Ryan Cooper) comes in. As the dancing gets heated, the women accidentally inflict a fatal head wound on the stripper, and supposed hilarity ensues as they figure out how to dispose of the body without getting caught.
The main problem with Rough Night is tonal, as it attempts to spin the dark reality of these women having killed a guy and trying to cover it up as an intrinsically comical situation, but the fact of the matter is that the movie's tone doesn't match the gravity of what it portrays. The humor floats around as light and bubbly character work that is meant to evoke empathy and encourage a feeling of camaraderie between these women and the audience, but those jokes don't work when placed in such stark contrast to the dead body of a stripper occupying the same space. If the film portrayed its protagonists as comically flawed people that we were meant to laugh at, rather than with, more jokes would stick the landing because the script's sympathies would deservedly be with the dead guy, not with the clearly guilty women whom we're supposed to like just because they're such nice people.
But even putting the uncomfortable implications of the premise aside, Rough Night is rather hit and miss with its delivery. Glazer and McKinnon are comic highlights, as is a B-plot involving the bride-to-be's fiancé (played by Downs) driving across the country to declare his undying love after he mistakenly believes their wedding to be in jeopardy. However, Bell is a pretty stock-standard clingy best friend archetype, and though Johansson's character is designed to be a wet blanket, acting the straight-woman is not among Johansson's gifts. Kravitz gets the shortest end of the stick, though, as her character seems to exist solely to (a) provide a love interest for Glazer's unapologetically queer character—which, don't get me wrong, is a positive—and (b) to be molested by the creepy swinger next door neighbors (Ty Burrell and Demi Moore) in a scene that is meant to be played for laughs but comes across as disturbingly nonconsensual.
So in case it wasn't apparent, I really didn't care for Rough Night. It has its moments, to be sure, and I won't pretend that I didn't laugh at some of the better jokes at play. However, the tonal disconnect between what the film wants to be and the subject matter it portrays is jarring at best and completely disregards the explicit dehumanization of its chief comedic prop at worst. The movie is at its best when it cracks jokes completely divorced from its premise, and even then it only works some of the time. If the Broad City pedigrees of Downs and Aniello are what have you sitting on the fence for this one, I regret to inform you that they tipped this movie to the wrong side of that fence, and it's best that you don't jump after them.
If the 'Broad City' pedigrees of Downs and Aniello are what have you sitting on the fence for this one, I regret to inform you that they tipped this movie to the wrong side of that fence, and it's best that you don't jump after them.
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Q: jQGrid, how to make a column editable in the add dialog but not during (inline) edits I have a jQGrid with a column that I only want to be editable when adding a new row.
I've seen examples of how to do this when edits and adds are both happening in a dialog but is there a way to do this with in-line editing?
I've tried using grid.setColProp() in beforeShowForm:, but this doesn't work ( the column remains read only and is not present in the add dialog).
Example of dialog based column enable/disable:
http://www.ok-soft-gmbh.com/jqGrid/CustomFormEdit.htm

A: Because you use the example from my old answers (this and this) I feel that I should answer also on your question.
In the old example all fields, which can be modified during Add or Edit dialogs, has property  editable:true. The fields which should be shown only in the Add dialog will be made hidden inside of beforeShowForm event handle. In the same way we can temporary switch some fields to editable:false before call of the editRow method and reset back to the editable:true immediately after the call:
onSelectRow: function(id) {
    if (id && id !== lastSel) {
        grid.jqGrid('restoreRow',lastSel);
        var cm = grid.jqGrid('getColProp','Name');
        cm.editable = false;
        grid.jqGrid('editRow', id, true, null, null, 'clientArray');
        cm.editable = true;
        lastSel = id;
    }
}

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UPDATE: Free jqGrid allows to define editable as callback function. See the wiki article. It allows to make the column editable in some rows and holding non-editable for other rows.

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John Starkey (by 1503–1554), of Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician.

Family
Starkey was the son of Thomas Starkey of Canterbury. He married a woman named Agnes, and they had one son.

Career

Starkey, a yeoman, was active in local politics and was a common councilman of Canterbury by 1529, Sheriff of Canterbury for 1529–30, an alderman by 1534, chamberlain from 1534 to 1537 and mayor of the city for 1538–39.

He was elected a Member of Parliament for Canterbury 1539, during the reign of Henry VIII.

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1554 deaths
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Liliovité (Liliaceae Juss. s. str.) je čeleď jednoděložných rostlin z řádu liliotvaré (Liliales).

Pojetí čeledi
Tento článek pojednává o čeledi liliovité v užším pojetí (Liliaceae s. str. [sensu stricto]). Některé starší taxonomické systémy prezentovaly čeleď v mnohem širším pojetí (Liliaceae s. l. [sensu lato]) a řadily do nich druhy mnoha dalších menších čeledí, z nichž některé systém APG II řadí do jiných skupin, hlavně Asparagales. Jsou to např. tyto čeledi: Alliaceae J. G. Agard (česnekovité), Alstroemeriaceae Dum, Amaryllidaceae Jaume St.-Hil (amarylkovité), Anthericaceae J. G. Agard (bělozářkovité), Aphyllanthaceae G. T. Burnet, Asparagaceae Juss (chřestovité), Asphodelaceae Juss (asfodelovité), Asteliaceae Dum, Blandfordiaceae Dahlgren and Cliffor, Colchicaceae DC (ocúnovité), Convallariaceae Horan (konvalinkovité), Eriospermaceae Endl, Hemerocallidaceae R. Br (denivkovité), Herreriaceae, Hostaceae B. Mathe (bohyškovité), Hyacinthaceae J. G. Agard (hyacintovité), Hypoxidaceae R. Br, Melanthiaceae Batsc (kýchavicovité), Ruscaceae Spreng (listnatcovité), Tecophilaeaceae Leybol, Trilliaceae Lindl (triliovité).
Z tohoto důvodu se mohou popisy, rozšíření a výčty zástupců čeledi liliovité v závislosti na pojetí v publikacích značně lišit.

Popis
Jedná se zpravidla o vytrvalé pozemní byliny, převážně s cibulemi, jsou jednodomé s oboupohlavnými květy. Listy mohou být nahloučeny na bázi, jsou jednoduché, přisedlé nebo řapíkaté, střídavé (jen výjimečně vstřícné nebo v přeslenech), uspořádané nejčastěji střechatě, s listovými pochvami nebo bez nich. Listy zpravidla dobře vyvinuté, vzácně jsou redukované. Čepele listů jsou celokrajné, ploché, žlábkovité, svinuté nebo oblé, čárkovité, žilnatina je souběžná. Jazýček chybí. Květy jsou oboupohlavné, jsou jednotlivé nebo v květenstvích, zpravidla v hroznech, latách nebo okolících. Květy jsou pravidelné nebo vzácněji souměrné (zygomorfní). Okvětí je vyvinuto, zpravidla 6 okvětních lístků ve 2 přeslenech, vzácně jsou květní obaly rozlišeny na kalich a korunu, lístky jsou volné, různých barev. Tyčinek je 6, ve 2 přeslenech, nejsou srostlé s okvětím ani navzájem. Gyneceum je složeno ze 3 plodolistů, je synkarpní, čnělka je 1, blizna 1 nebo 3, semeník je svrchní. Plod je suchý, pukavý, převážně tobolka.

Rozšíření
Je známo asi 15 rodů a asi 610 druhů, které jsou rozšířeny na severní polokouli, v Evropě s přesahem do Severní Afriky, v Asii a v Severní Americe. V případě širšího pojetí čeledi je však počet zástupců i rozšíření nesrovnatelně větší.

V ČR rostou ve volné přírodě a jako původní pouze zástupci čtyř rodů z čeledi liliovitých v užším pojetí (Liliaceae s. str.), celkem asi 11 druhů. Rod křivatec (Gagea) je zastoupen 7 druhy, všechny jsou žlutě kvetoucí, časně jarní rostliny. Rod lilie (Lilium) je zastoupen 2 druhy: lilie zlatohlavá (Lilium martagon) a lilie cibulkonosná (Lilium bulbiferum), další se pěstuji jako okrasné rostliny. Kandík psí zub (Erythronium dens-canis) roste na kopci Medník u obce Pikovice v Posázaví. Jeho původnost je zde sporná. Čípek objímavý (Streptopus amplexifolius) je rostlina horských lesů. Zástupci rodů tulipán (Tulipa) a řebčík (Fritillaria) jsou v ČR pouze pěstováni jako okrasné rostliny a občas zplaňují.

Zástupci

Seznam rodů
Amana, Calochortus, Cardiocrinum, Clintonia, Erythronium, Fritillaria (včetně Korolkowia, Rhinopetalum), Gagea (vč. Lloyida), Lilium (vč. Nomocharis), Medeola, Notholirion, Prosartes, Scoliopus, Streptopus, Tricyrtis, Tulipa

Odkazy

Reference

Literatura
 Chrtek - Kaplan - Štěpánková, Květena ČR. 8. díl, Academia Praha 2010.
 Nová Květena ČSSR, vol. 2, Dostál J. (1989), Academia, Praha

Externí odkazy

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 Den virtuella floran (švédsky)
 Flora Europaea (anglicky)
 databáze rostlin západní  Austrálie -vyhledávání na florabase (anglicky)

Botanické čeledi
Liliotvaré


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Maybe it's just the mass-media professor in me who is used to chanting "technology shapes content." But, you know, I sort of see a link between the following two stories in those radically different Washington, D.C., daily newspapers. First there is the Washington Times piece on what could be called iPod theology among the young 'uns. You know, the tendency to get a stack of religious texts and punch up "shuffle."
It may mean the rise of "orthodoxy a la carte," where, as with IPods and music, young Americans take a "mix and match" approach to religion, said Bill Galston, a domestic policy adviser in the Clinton administration.
. . . "Thefts) of digital music players are rising, police say, putting [Sara] Scalenghe and others through the emotional trauma of losing something that has become an increasingly important and personal part of their lives. Victims said they felt the thieves got an illicit glimpse at their musical tastes and even their "souls."
See what I mean? I wonder if anyone is preaching on these trends?


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Home UNCG University Archives [Alumnae House Byrd Parlor]
[Alumnae House Byrd Parlor]
Title [Alumnae House Byrd Parlor]
Topics Alumni House
Description The Byrd Parlor in the Alumni House. The photograph shows a set table with a portrait of Clara Booth Byrd, former director of the Alumnae House, hanging on the wall.
Source collection UA104 Photographic Prints Collection
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Folder 13: Alumni House - Interior
Folder description This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was designed by Penrose V. Stout of Bronxville, New York, and modeled after Homewood in Baltimore, Maryland. The building was called the Alumnae House from 1937 to November 1972, when the name was changed to the Alumni House. An extensive renovation of the interior and exterior of the building began in 2007 and was completed in 2008.
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