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Kasteel Henkenshage (of: Henckenshage) is een kasteelachtig gebouw in Sint-Oedenrode,
in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Brabant. Oorspronkelijk was het een van de vele slotjes die in deze streek voorkwamen, een versterkt herenhuis of edelmanswoning zonder militaire functie. Het is waarschijnlijk in het begin van de 14e eeuw gebouwd. In de 15e eeuw heette het Huis Strijpe of Streepen, maar de naam Henkenshage kwam al in 1387 voor, onder meer als Haenckenshage. Haencken verwijst vermoedelijk naar een persoon en is een verbastering van Johannes.

Bewoners
De oudste familie van eigenaars was de familie Van de Velde. In 1399 werd Jacop Gheroy genoemd, die kanunnik was te 's-Hertogenbosch en pastoor te Dinther. Vervolgens was Aert Vrient van Waderle (Waalre) de eigenaar. Deze stierf in 1409. Zijn vijf dochters erfden de bezittingen. Dan werd Gielis uten Camp de eigenaar. In 1456 vindt men Goyart van den Heesacker als bezitter. Deze verkocht het huis aan Leunis van Lanckvelt, die stierf in 1531 waarna de bezittingen werden verdeeld onder zijn kinderen. Hierna brak de Tachtigjarige Oorlog uit, en bezitters uit deze periode zijn niet bekend.

In de 2e helft van de 16e eeuw was Henkenshage eigendom van jhr. Jan Willem de Gruyter. In 1621 werd het gekocht door jhr. Nicolaas van den Oetelaar, die gehuwd was met Barbara le Lion. Het echtpaar bezat ook de ridderhofstad Ten Bogaerde, bij Dinther.

Toen Nicolaas overleed, erfde zijn zoon, Willem van den Oetelaar, het kasteel. Deze was gehuwd met Agnes van Merode, en was gedeeltelijk heer van Asten. Zijn schuldeisers verkochten in 1682 het kasteeltje aan jhr. Frans van de Velde van Honselaar. Na hem erfde zijn zoon, Jacobus van de Velde van Honselaar, het kasteel.

Omstreeks 1730 was het kasteel in bezit van Marcel Wellens, en zijn zoon Jan Wellens verkocht het in 1748 aan Willem van Haren. Deze maakte op 4 juli 1768 een eind aan zijn leven. Zijn schoonzoon, luitenant Tissot de Patot, woonde sinds 1756 met zijn gezin ook op het kasteel. Hij verkocht het kasteel in 1787 aan mr. Benjamin de Brueys uit Den Haag.

In 1801 vestigden zich de Augustijner kanunnikessen van het klooster Mariëndaal zich in het kasteel. Zij waren uit Diest verdreven door de revolutionaire Fransen. In 1818 vertrokken zij naar Kasteel Dommelrode, eveneens in Sint-Oedenrode.

Henckenshage werd kort na 1818 aangekocht door jhr. Christiaan Diderik Emerens Johan Bangeman Huygens, die hoge functies bekleedde en Nederland vertegenwoordigde aan het Deense hof. In 1843 ging het over op zijn zoon Rutger Bangeman Huygens van Löwendal. Enkele jaren later verkocht hij het kasteel aan Pieter J. de Girard de Mielet van Coehoorn (1824-1871). Deze was getrouwd met Antonia op ten Noordt. Na Pieters dood bleven zijn vader, zijn weduwe en zijn kinderen op het kasteel wonen.

In 1850 werd het kasteeltje sterk verbouwd. Was het eerst een sober omgracht gebouw zonder verdiepingen geweest, nu kreeg het zijn kasteelachtige uiterlijk omdat er hoektorens, stallen en dienstwoningen werden gebouwd. De gracht werd verlegd en er werd een binnenplaats toegevoegd.

Toen Antonia stierf in 1904 werd het kasteel verkocht aan Theodoor Rogier Cornelis Alphons Marie van Gulick uit 's-Hertogenbosch. Deze liet het kasteel renoveren door Jos Cuypers en ook liet hij tuinen aanleggen door Leonard Springer. In 1940 werd het kasteel en de tuinen gekocht door de gemeente Sint-Oedenrode. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog deed het dienst als distributiekantoor en in september 1944 als hoofdkwartier van de 101e Airborne-divisie. Daarna raakte het kasteel weer in verval en dreigde zelfs sloop, maar het werd opgeknapt vanaf 1956, waarbij de familie De Girard de Mielet van Coehoorn een aanzienlijke schenking deed onder voorwaarde dat het kasteel een publiek doel moest blijven dienen en niet meer verbouwd mocht worden. Ook de tuinen moesten intact blijven. Ook moest de herinnering aan de familie levend worden gehouden.

Van 1962-1976 werd de bibliotheek in het kasteel gehuisvest. Daarna zat, tot 1997 de afdeling Sociale Zaken van de gemeente in het kasteel. Sinds 1998 worden er bedrijfsfeesten en dergelijke in het kasteel gehouden en is het in gebruik als trouwlocatie. Er is een openluchttheater en een museum.

Het gebouw
Hoewel het kasteeltje nog enig muurwerk uit 1450 vertoont, wordt de huidige aanblik gedomineerd door de quasi-middeleeuwse veranderingen die in 1850 zijn aangebracht. Verdere restauraties waren die van Jos Cuypers in de jaren '20 van de 20e eeuw, en het herstel van 1962.

Het kasteel bestaat uit een voorgebouw dat aan twee kanten een binnenplaats omsluit. De voorpoort wordt geflankeerd door twee ronde torens. Ook op de hoeken zijn uitspringende torens te vinden. Het kasteel staat op een eiland. Er is ook een vooreiland, waarop onder meer het openluchttheater is te vinden.

Het museum
In de ontvangsthal bevindt zich een portret van Menno van Coehoorn. De kleinzoon van diens broer was Conrad Gideon van Coehoorn, de eerste die met Sint-Oedenrode was verbonden, daar hij op Kasteel Dommelrode woonde.

In de Van Coehoornzaal, die ook als trouwzaal wordt gebruikt, hangt een uitgebreide stamboom van de familie De Girard de Mielet van Coehoorn. Er zijn aquarellen te zien van de verschillende Franse bezittingen die aan dit geslacht toebehoorden.

De Jean Philippe Zaal bevat een kast met de ridderordes van Jean Philippe Baron de Girard de Mielet van Coehoorn.

Tuin
De tuin, waarin prachtige oude eiken te vinden zijn, is omstreeks 2002 gerenoveerd door Arda van Helsdingen, waarbij ook het ontwerp van Leonard Springer weer is hersteld. In de tuin bevindt zich ook de kapel van Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Troost, uit 1949. De tuin is vrij toegankelijk.

Externe link
Website van kasteel Henkenshage
Artikel over kasteel Henkenshage op Brabantserfgoed.nl

Henkenshage
Sint-Oedenrode
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Historic murals could adorn buildings
Published 8:17 pm Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Bainbridge City Council has opened up the possibility for the painting of historical outdoor murals with city limits.
The city of Colquitt, Ga., 20 miles north of Bainbridge on U.S. 27, is home to several high-quality murals reflecting the rural, farm-centered past of Southwest Georgia. The small city even hosted the international mural art festival in 2010. The city of Dothan, Ala., has numerous murals, including one about the history of Fort Scott that depicts Decatur County's own Jack Wingate.
But there was nothing in the Bainbridge zoning ordinance that specifically addressed murals, City Planner Dustin Dowdy told the council at its Tuesday meeting.
As a result of inquiries about murals, Dowdy requested and the City Council approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance that defines murals and allows them as a conditional use in all commercial zoning districts, including downtown.
Before murals could be painted, a formal request would have to be made to the city government. City staff would evaluate the request; mural projects would have to gain the approval of the city's Planning Commission and the City Council before moving forward.
Requirements for acceptable murals include that they be professionally painted with appropriate materials, reflect a period of historical relevance and be adequately maintained. Murals should not serve as an advertisement for an adjacent business—in which case they would violate the sign ordinance— but can contain the name of a business as long as they otherwise have historical relevance, Dowdy explained.
"The old Pepsi sign on Bob Henderson's store [on South West Street] could be considered a mural," Dowdy said. "It reflects a historic period and is the kind of mural I think people would enjoy having around town."
Dowdy added city staff would ask to look at an artist's rendering of any proposed mural before the larger painting could be done.
Councilwoman Roslyn Palmer asked how the city would enforce the maintenance of the mural's quality as they age. Palmer said that in her opinion, there are some buildings in the city that are supposed to be kept in good shape under zoning requirements but are not.
Dowdy said he believed the best way to enforce quality is for multiple groups of city officials to evaluate each application and make judgments on a case-by-case basis.
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The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, wasted no time in starting its new mission at Khe Sanh: saturation patrols in the TAOR within range of the supporting artillery. Battalion commander Lt. Col. Donald D. Newton began Operation Crockett on 14 May 1967. He stationed one rifle company each on Hills 861 and 881S, put a small detachment on Hill 950 to guard the radio relay station, and kept the rest of the battalion at the combat base for security and reserve. The infantry from the hilltop outposts patrolled continuously, ranging out as far as four thousand meters.
For the balance of May and into June, 1/26's patrols found plenty of evidence that the NVA 325C Division still roamed the area, but they rarely saw an enemy soldier. Then, at 0100 on 6 June, the security detachment on Hill 950 frantically radioed the base that it was under a ground attack. A reaction force saddled up at the airstrip, but the radio calls grew more desperate: The enemy was in the lines; the enemy was overrunning the position; please send help. Then silence.
By the time the reaction force arrived, the fight had ended. Of the seventeen Marines on Hill 950, six were dead and nine were wounded. If 1/26 needed a reminder that the NVA still held the upper hand in the Khe Sanh hills, they had it.
The next day the enemy repeated that lesson. About two kilometers west of Hill 881S, a patrol from Bravo 1/26 was hit by NVA mortars and small-arms fire. Before the Marines recovered from that attack, a strong force of NVA soldiers poured out of a nearby tree line. A desperate close-quarters fight raged across the hillside for several hours before a reinforcing platoon from Alpha Company reached the scene and forced the NVA to break contact. Eighteen Bravo Marines died; another twenty-eight were wounded. Sixty-six dead NVA lay among the Marine casualties.
As a result of these vicious contacts, Maj. Gen. Bruno A. Hochmuth, the 3d Marine Division commander, ordered Lt. Col. Kurt L. Hoch's 3/26 to Khe Sanh. It arrived on 13 June and headed into the hills.
There was little contact until the early morning hours of 27 June, when the NVA sent more than fifty 82mm mortar rounds flying into the combat base. The rounds killed 9 Marines and wounded 125. The combat base had barely secured from that attack when the NVA struck again. Just before dawn they launched fifty 102mm rockets at the base. Another Marine died and fourteen more were wounded in this attack.
At noon that same day, India 3/26, on a search west of the base for the enemy mortar positions, bumped into two NVA companies. The fight lasted all afternoon. Not until 1900, when Lima 3/26 arrived by helicopter, did the enemy flee. India lost eight killed, including a platoon commander, and thirty-five wounded; Lima lost its commander and thirteen others, plus fifteen wounded. An estimated twenty-five NVA died in the firefight.
After this action the enemy seemingly vanished. The two battalions continued their extensive patrols but found few NVA. As a result, 3/26 received orders on 16 July that sent it east, where enemy activity had heated up around Con Thien.
That left one battalion, 1/26, now under Lt. Col. James B. Wilkinson, the sole defenders of the northwest quadrant of Quang Tri Province. As had Lieutenant Colonel Wickwire of 1/3 before him, Wilkinson sent his men out on patrols every day. And just like Wickwire's Marines, Wilkinson's men rarely spotted the enemy. Throughout the rest of the summer and into the fall, the Marine patrols searched far and wide, but the NVA remained out of sight. Yet no one doubted they were out there.
In November, intelligence sources reported that two NVA divisions, the 325C and 304, had entered the Khe Sanh area. This convinced General Westmoreland that his long-hoped-for major battle with the North Vietnamese Army loomed just over the horizon. Determined to engage his foe in a decisive battle, the MACV ordered III MAF, now commanded by Lt. Gen. Robert E. Cushman, Jr., to reinforce Khe Sanh. Cushman passed the orders to the 3d Marine Division. That headquarters tapped 3/26 for a return trip to Khe Sanh. Three of its rifle companies landed at the improved airstrip on 13 December; the fourth arrived the next day. Operation Scotland began on 14 December, and the Khe Sanh hills once again felt the pounding of Marine jungle boots.
All remained quiet until just after dusk on 2 January 1968. In response to an alert Marine sentry's warning, a quick-reaction team shot and killed five enemy soldiers dressed in Marine utilities who had been reconnoitering the western end of the combat base. A search of the enemy bodies revealed that the team had slain an NVA regimental commander and members of his staff. The corpses yielded a rich supply of documents indicating that the enemy had planned a major attack on the base. Colonel David E. Lownds, CO of the 26th Marines since August, passed the data up the line.
When the intelligence reached General Westmoreland, it convinced him he had been right all along. In his mind, the NVA hoped to duplicate their stunning 1954 defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu. Westmoreland ordered a major buildup for the base. Two more Marine battalions (2/26 and 1/9) arrived at Khe Sanh in mid-January; the ARVN sent its 37th Ranger Battalion. By the end of January, five full infantry battalions, three batteries of 105mm howitzers, a battery each of 4.2-inch mortars and 155mm howitzers, and a variety of track-mounted weapons defended the base and the nearby hills.
Fearful that the NVA would have an unobstructed invasion route into South Vietnam's two northernmost provinces if Khe Sanh did fall, Westmoreland shifted more infantry battalions north. By the end of January 1968, half of all U.S. combat troops—nearly fifty maneuver battalions—were in I Corps.
The Second Battle of Khe Sanh began on 17 January 1968 under circumstances deadly similar to those that triggered the first battle. A recon team on the southern slope of Hill 881N walked into an ambush. The patrol commander and his radioman died in the initial blast of fire; several more Marines were wounded. They and the others fell back and frantically called for help.
A platoon from India 3/26, which garrisoned Hill 881S, happened to be nearby. In response to the desperate radio calls, the platoon rushed to aid the recon team. When it arrived, the NVA fire stopped. Medevacs flew in and carried the wounded recon team members back to Khe Sanh. The India Company Marines returned to Hill 881S.
Two days later, another India Company patrol, sent to recover some radio codes left behind by the recon Marines, came under fire in the same area. After a brief firefight, the Marines withdrew.
These two contacts convinced Colonel Lownds that the NVA had reoccupied Hill 881N. Captain William Dabney, CO of India 3/26, received orders to conduct a company-size reconnaissance-in-force of the hill. India set out at 0500 on 20 January, after Mike 3/26 replaced it on Hill 881S. The Marines moved in two platoon columns along parallel ridge fingers leading to Hill 881N's crest. To flush out ambushers, Dabney walked artillery up the hill in front of his men. It did not work.
Halfway up the hill, a vicious blast of automatic weapons fire and rocket-propelled grenades ripped into the right-hand column. Dabney ordered the left-hand platoon forward to flank the ambushers. That did not work either. The platoon made all of twenty feet when a flurry of hot lead erupted from a nearby tree line, decimating it.
For the rest of the afternoon, supported by artillery and air, Dabney continued his efforts to move up Hill 881N. Not until 1730, with seven dead and thirty-five wounded to care for, did Dabney throw in the towel. He ordered his battered company back to Hill 881S.
That same day an enemy deserter revealed that both the NVA 325C and 304 Divisions were, indeed, in the hills outside Khe Sanh. In fact, he said, his former comrades planned an attack on Hills 861 and 881S that night. Colonel Lownds immediately sent word to the outposts to be prepared.
At thirty minutes past midnight on 21 January, the first of several hundred NVA rockets, mortar shells, and rocket-propelled grenades slammed into Kilo 3/26's positions on Hill 861. When the barrage ended, bursts of enemy machine gun fire raked the hillside. Deep in their bunkers, Kilo's Marines gripped their weapons and prayed.
At 0100 more than 250 enemy soldiers started up Hill 861's southwest side. Despite the Marines' best efforts, the enemy soldiers breached their perimeter and poured into Kilo's positions. The CO, Capt. Norman J. Jasper, Jr., went down from a direct hit on his command bunker. Unable to continue, he turned command over to his exec. The close-quarters, ferocious fight drove the Marines from their prepared positions to higher ground along the hill's crest.
From his CP on Hill 881S, Captain Dabney watched the nearby battle unfold. Because he anticipated an attack on his position, he could only wait. However, after several hours of quiet around Hill 881S, Dabney decided he was not in the bull's-eye that night. He ordered his mortars to fire in support of Kilo.
Despite the beating they had taken, Kilo's Marines had a lot of fight left. At 0500 they counterattacked. Down the enemyfilled trenches they went, taking on the NVA in the most vicious hand-to-hand combat imaginable. The Marines won. At 0700 they radioed Colonel Lownds that they still held the hill.
Lownds had but scant minutes to savor the good news. From Hill 881N the enemy launched more than sixty 122mm rockets and one hundred 82mm mortar shells at the base. Dabney's Marines witnessed a rare spectacle, akin to a world-class fireworks display, as the rockets headed toward the Khe Sanh Combat Base, trailing showers of sparks across the morning sky. Seconds later, explosion after explosion erupted throughout the base. The blasts ripped the runway's steel matting to shreds, tossed helicopters about like toys, collapsed bunkers, destroyed tents, and zinged shards of red-hot shrapnel into human flesh.
Worst of all, one of the first rockets landed in the middle of the ammo dump. A colossal secondary explosion rocked the entire east end of the base as the bulk of more than fifteen hundred tons of pyrotechnics went up and sent flaming debris down on the base. To add to the destruction, numerous barrels of aviation fuel burst from the heat and poured rivers of fire onto the base.
That same night, NVA infantry attacked the South Vietnamese troops who garrisoned Khe Sanh village. Colonel Lownds had to turn down their plea for help. He told them to abandon the village and come to the combat base.
With the enemy now between the combat base and Lang Vei and in control of Route 9, Khe Sanh was truly cut off. The comparisons to the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu increased, but General Westmoreland remained optimistic. Indeed, he welcomed the presence of the NVA around Khe Sanh, for he had one advantage the French had not had: airpower. With the massive destructive power available from the sky, Westmoreland could easily destroy his foe. He also began to plan for the relief of Khe Sanh. He would leapfrog the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) down Route 9 from Ca Lu and reopen the highway. He would then send the cavalry into the hills and annihilate the NVA.
Then the Tet Offensive erupted.
On 30 January 1968, well-coordinated attacks by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army units were launched all across South Vietnam. Over the next two days, thirty-six of forty-four provincial capitals were attacked. Every major airfield was bombarded by mortars. And enemy sappers nearly overran the massive U.S. embassy complex in downtown Saigon.
It would be some weeks before Westmoreland accepted the truth—that the NVA movement on Khe Sanh had been the diversion. The NVA wanted to pull allied troops away from the cities and the populous coastal areas. Only then could their General Uprising–General Offensive succeed. That it did not is a testament to the valor of the individual American fighting man, backed by a nearly unlimited supply of supporting arms.
The relative quiet at Khe Sanh lasted until 2 February. On that date more rockets fell on the base. One hit an Army Signal Corps communications bunker, killed four, and temporarily cut the base off from the rest of the world.
Two days later, super-secret electronic sensors detected a large body of men near Hill 881S. By carefully calculating their route, the Fire Support Control Center (FSCC) at Khe Sanh identified a target box north of Dabney's position. On signal, five hundred high-explosive artillery shells pummeled the target box. When no attack developed against Dabney, the men of the FSCC congratulated themselves.
Shortly after 0400 on 5 February, the NVA dropped a tremendous volley of mortar rounds on Echo 2/26, newly ensconced on Hill 861A. As soon as the last of the 82mm shells erupted, an NVA force estimated at battalion size, about four hundred men, threw themselves at the freshly strung barbed wire barrier. Sappers blasted passageways through the wire, and enemy infantry poured through the gaps.
The Echo Marines gave ground as they fell back to the center of the perimeter. Echo's CO, Capt. Earle G. Breeding, called down massive quantities of artillery around his position. But the enemy kept coming. By 0500 they held a quarter of the hill.
The surviving Marines summoned a reservoir of courage few men knew they possessed, and they counterattacked. At close quarters, too close in most cases to use the M16, the plucky Marines stormed down the trenches and killed NVA with grenades, bayonets, and bare hands until they reclaimed the lost positions. By 0630 it was over. No less than 109 enemy bodies lay on the hill. Given the ferocity of the fight, Echo suffered relatively light casualties: 7 dead and 35 wounded.
At 2000 on 6 February, U.S. Army Special Forces sentries at Lang Vei heard the unmistakable rumble of approaching diesel engines. "Tanks in the wire!" The panicked cry echoed throughout the camp.
Seven enemy tanks supported by several hundred NVA infantry overwhelmed the Green Berets and their indigenous charges. At 0400 on 7 February, the camp commander radioed Colonel Lownds and asked him to execute a long-established relief and rescue plan.
Lownds refused. As far as he was concerned, a night movement to Lang Vei amounted to suicide because there were NVA between the base and Lang Vei. Also, the combat base had been under a mortar and rocket attack since 0100. Even if he had had a spare rifle company to send, dispatching it would have seriously weakened his own defenses. The Green Berets were on their own.
By late afternoon, the fight for Lang Vei ended in victory for the NVA. Of more than 500 defenders, only 175 survived. Only 14 of 24 Americans reached safety, and 11 of those were wounded.
Over the next seven weeks, the defenders of Khe Sanh endured daily artillery and rocket attacks. Each day at least a hundred shells, and on some days more than a thousand, hit the base or its outposts. Every day men died or were wounded. In the first four weeks of the siege, more than 10 percent of the defenders became casualties. Although soldiers in earlier wars had endured heavier shelling, the defenders of Khe Sanh suffered more because of the persistence of the barrages and their inability to stop them. Even B-52 Arc Light missions failed to halt the enemy artillery.


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Michael Router (* 15. April 1965 in Rahardrum, Virginia, Irland) ist ein irischer Geistlicher und ernannter römisch-katholischer Weihbischof in Armagh.

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Michael Router studierte am St. Patrick College in Maynooth und empfing am 25. Juni 1989 das Sakrament der Priesterweihe für das Bistum Kilmore. Später erwarb er einen Diplomabschluss in Erziehungswissenschaft an der National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

Nach der Priesterweihe war er in der Pfarrseelsorge, als Lehrer und Schulseelsorger tätig. Von 2003 bis 2010 leitete er die religiöse Erwachsenenbildung im Bistum Kilmore und von 2010 bis 2013 das diözesane Pastoralzentrum. Nach einem Jahr als Dompfarrer der Kathedrale in Cavan wurde er 2014 zum Pfarrer in Killann (Bailieborough) und zum Dekan von Bailieborough ernannt.

Papst Franziskus ernannte ihn am 7. Mai 2019 zum Titularbischof von Lugmad und zum Weihbischof in Armagh.

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Economic theory and technical progress
Pasinetti, Luigi Institute of Economic Theory, Università Cattolica S.C, Milano, Italia
English Economists' recent outburst of interest in technical progress follows upon a widespread feeling of inadequacy of current economic theory. The author traces back the origin of this inadequacy to the historical circumstances that led an influential group of English economists in 1815 to put forward the "Law of diminishing returns" to land cultivation, jointly with the theory of rent. He shows how technical progress, though not denied in principle, was eliminated by assumption for analytical reasons. That choice - he argues – arose from historical circumstances specific to a particular country in a particular time. Yet it has influenced the development of economic theory ever since. Later on, neoclassical economists have further exacerbated the effects of that initial choice. The author argues in favour of going back to the origin and reversing the Classical choice.
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'Make Space for Cycling' say Lib Dems
On the same day as the Tour of Britain came through parts of Gloucestershire unanimous support was given to a Lib Dem proposal to promote cycling in the county by improving cycle routes and cycle parking.
At a full Council Meeting in Shire Hall yesterday, the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Highways and Flood, Cllr. Paul Hodgkinson (LD: Bourton-on-the-Water & Northleach) successfully put forward plans that would see cycling be given a much higher priority in Gloucestershire.
Cllr. Paul Hodgkinson said: "I'm delighted that we got cross-party support for wanting to promote cycling across the county. We know the health benefits of cycling and especially now as the council has a public health remit.
"I now look forward to seeing the start of a proper strategic overview that links cycle paths together and looks at how someone cycles safely from A to B. There are some lovely areas around the county and a more joined up approach is what 's needed to really get Gloucestershire on its bike.
"My calls for a study through existing resources to identify those routes where there are barriers to safe cycling and the costs involved with removing such barriers have been recognised as important by all members of the council. Once the study has been undertaken it will then be reported back to the Environment & Community Scrutiny Committee of which I am a member. I will then be keen to work with colleagues on this committee in suggesting ways how this study might be taken forward.
Cllr. Iain Dobie (LD: Leckhampton and Warden Hill) who seconded the Lib Dem motion said: "Cycling provision should not be an add-on or an afterthought.
"Safe and well connected routes will get people out of their cars and onto their bicycles.
"Let's make space for cycling."


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Q: Error: Call to a member function post() on null in WooCommerce Rest API I am trying to add WooCommerce products through my own plugin. My form is displayed, but when I submit it, then an error is thrown.
This is my form which is displayed:

After submitting above form error below is coming (details of the error):

This is my code:
/**
  *Plugin Name: Product Form
  *Description: This my First Plugin
 **/

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

use Automattic\WooCommerce\Client;
use Automattic\WooCommerce\HttpClient\HttpClientException;
$woocommerce = new Client(
    'http://httpsjaymodi873626907wordpresscom.local/',
    'my ck',
    'my cs',
    [
        'wp_api' => true,
        'version' => 'wc/v3',
        'verify_ssl' => 'false'
    ]
);

<?php
    function product_form_menu_option()
    {
        add_menu_page('Form', 'Product Form', 'manage_options', 'product_form_menu', 'product_form_page', '', 200);
    }

    add_action('admin_menu', 'product_form_menu_option');

    function product_form_page()
    {
        ?>

Product Form

            <form action="" method="post">
                Product Name
                <input type="text" name="name" required="">

                Price
                <input type="text" name="regular_price">

                Description
                <input type="text" name="description" required="">

                Short Description
                <input type="text" name="short_description">

                <button type="submit" name="submit">Submit</button>
            </form>
        <?php
    }

    if(isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
        addProduct();
    }

    function addProduct()
    {
        echo $_POST['name'];
        $data = [
                'name' => $_POST['name'],
                'type' => $_POST['regular_price'],
                'regular_price' => $_POST['regular_price'],
                'description' => $_POST['description'],
                'short_description' => $_POST['short_description'],
                ];

        print_r($woocommerce->post('products', $data));
    }

?>

A: it seems like your <?php open tag should be on the first line. the error basically says the $woocommerce variable is null.
Also, it would probably make sense to initialize that variable inside the relevant function, or you are likely to have scope visibility problems

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Nicholas "Kiki" Teno, 82, of 240 W. Ridge St., Coaldale, died Sunday (November 16) in the Skilled Nursing Facility of the St. Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital, Coaldale. He was the husband of Martha (Lorchak) Teno. They observed their 57th wedding anniversary on Sept. 23.
He was a mill rite for the former Bundy Tubing Company, Hometown, for 32 years before retiring in 1981, and previously was a truck driver for the Charles Riebe Construction Company.
Born in Coaldale, he was a son of the late Michael and Sophie (Stetesko) Teno, and was a lifelong resident of the community.
He was a member of St. Mary Russian Orthodox Church, Coaldale, where he formerly sang in the choir and was a past council member. He was the janitor of the church for many years.
A 1943 graduate of the former Coaldale High School, he was a Navy veteran of World War II, having served as a sonarman third class.
He was a volunteer at the former Coaldale State General Hospital and a member of the American Legion and V.F.W. posts and the West Ward Rod and Gun Club, all of Coaldale.
The deceased was a member of the Russian Brotherhood Organization of the U.S.A., where he served as secretary for many years.
Surviving in addition to his widow are two sons, Michael of Spring Hill, Fla., and Nicholas Jr., and his wife, Tiven (Steigerwalt), of Mahoning Valley; a daughter Barbara of Hometown; a sister, Helen Scheese of Coaldale; six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by four brothers, John, Andrew, Steve and Michael; and a sister, Mary Mateyak.
The Sverchek-Blazosky Funeral Home, 340 E. Bertsch St., Lansford, is in charge of the arrangements.


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Q: How to let Spring Boot configure RabbitMQ configuration based on externalised config? I am trying to find ways to declare queues etc in a way that they are automatically created when the applications starts up. I know that this can be done by adding the creation of the queues via Java code but ideally it would be nice if Spring Boot would configure my RabbitMQ environment based on an xml configuration. I tried creating a resources.xml file with no luck so far. So i am wondering if this is even possible?
Any hints on how to proceed or some example how this could be done?

A: To allow to Spring AMQP to populate AMQP object on application startup you must declare them as beans and use <rabbit:> namespace for XML configuration to simplify your life.
Somethis like this:
<rabbit:queue name="my.queue" />

<rabbit:direct-exchange name="my.exchange">
    <rabbit:bindings>
        <rabbit:binding queue="my.queue" key="my.routingKey" />
    </rabbit:bindings>
</rabbit:direct-exchange>

When you have that config in the resources.xml, you will be able to import it to the main Boot config:
@Configuration
@EnableAutoConfiguration
@ImportResource("classpath:com/my/proj/configs/resources.xml")
public class MyConfiguration {
}

Thanks to Spring Boot Autoconfiguration, it produces RabbitAdmin bean for us to populate those AMQP objects on start up.


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Rafael Nadal: Can He Lose at the Slam Level While Healthy?
By Anders Lammers
Rafael Nadal is currently the reigning champion in three out of the four Slams.
Going for his fourth consecutive Slam title, the Rafa Slam, he lost in straights to David Ferrer in a match in which Ferrer played great, but Nadal was hobbled in his movement from a leg injury early on.
Nadal, a man who many a fan has declared unbeatable in a five-set match while healthy, has in fact not lost a Grand Slam match for the last three years without there being some reason for it.
The last time he did? Well, that was in 2008, just prior to him reaching his first period of dominance at the top, against as hot a player as one can imagine.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Nadal 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, Nadal's worst loss in a Slam since the US Open in 2004 against Andy Roddick. Against Tsonga, Nadal could do nothing, he himself stated in the reports.
'"I was playing fine," Nadal said. "He played unbelievable. Congratulate him."
Tsonga didn't face any break points until the third set, when he saved three in one game.
"I can't believe some of his volleys," Nadal said. "I tried to play little bit slower; I tried to play a little bit faster; I tried to play more inside the court, behind the court. No chance. Not today."'
That was just how good Tsonga was.
Since then, few have been able to upset Nadal in the Slams, and as I will argue, none have done it without it being possible to presume some reason for Nadal losing other than his opponent simply having a good day.
With just a tiny bit of spin, it is possible to prove that a healthy Nadal hasn't lost a Slam tournament after entering his prime at 22 years old at the French Open in 2008.
As we know, he won both the French and Wimbledon in 2008, respectively crushing and winning a nail-biter against Federer in the process.
Come US Open, and Rafa f...


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L'arrondissement de Tournon-sur-Rhône est un arrondissement français situé dans le département de l'Ardèche et la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Composition

Composition de 2007 à 2015

L'arrondissement de Tournon-sur-Rhône est composé de 12 cantons, dont les 9 cantons de la deuxième circonscription de l'Ardèche :

ainsi que 3 cantons parmi les 10 cantons inclus dans la première circonscription de l'Ardèche :

L'arrondissement comprend :
 3 communes de plus de  habitants : son chef-lieu Tournon-sur-Rhône, Annonay, commune la plus peuplée du département et la seule de l'arrondissement découpée sur plusieurs cantons, et Guilherand-Granges ;
 29 autres communes de plus de  habitants ;
 94 communes moins peuplées.

Composition depuis 2015
Le redécoupage cantonal de 2014 conduit à la création de cantons situés sur plusieurs arrondissements, ce qui n'était pas possible auparavant. L'arrondissement de Tournon-sur-Rhône contient depuis lors 6 cantons entiers et 2 partiels :
 Annonay-1
 Annonay-2
 Haut-Eyrieux (33 communes ; les autres sont dans l'arrondissement de Privas)
 Guilherand-Granges
 Lamastre
 Sarras
 Tournon-sur-Rhône
 La Voulte-sur-Rhône (9 communes ; les autres sont dans l'arrondissement de Privas)

Découpage communal depuis 2015
Depuis 2015, le nombre de communes des arrondissements varie chaque année soit du fait du redécoupage cantonal de 2014 qui a conduit à l'ajustement de périmètres de certains arrondissements, soit à la suite de la création de communes nouvelles. Le nombre de communes de l'arrondissement de Tournon-sur-Rhône est ainsi de 126 en 2015, 126 en 2016, 120 en 2017 et 118 en 2019. Au , l'arrondissement groupe les  suivantes :

Démographie

Administration

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Arrondissements de l'Ardèche
 Liste des circonscriptions législatives de l'Ardèche
 Liste des cantons de l'Ardèche
 Liste des communes de l'Ardèche

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Tournon-sur-Rhone
Tournon

Tournon-sur-Rhône


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Q: Power Bi DAX - sum with filters I am a Power Bi beginner, trying to solve the following issue.
I have got the following table:
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I would like to get this result :
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Basically the new measure should show sums for each project forecast.
Any help will be appreciated.

A:
To get the final table you have to choose Table on Visualizations and organize columns in this way (see the screenshot). Then right click on Forecast in Values and check Don't summarize.
If it doesn't help, please check the data types.


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Home / Disease and Condition / Blood Pressure
How Effective Is Hypertension Treatment Device?
By Armen Hareyan G+ Jun 18 2008 - 9:05am
InterCure announced the findings of new studies and analysis highlighting RESPeRATE -- the only medical device cleared by the FDA and CE-approved for the treatment of hypertension. Five posters will be presented at the European Society of Hypertension meeting (ESH) in Berlin beginning June 14, 2008. Two of the five posters focus on RESPeRATE's effect on blood pressure as measured by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. Three of the posters also present new findings in the emerging field of obtaining vascular risk parameters from blood pressure measurements. The fifth poster demonstrates the benefits of RESPeRATE in patients with chronic heart failure.
"InterCure is making great strides within the European marketplace and has received a tremendous response from both the scientific and consumer communities," says Erez Gavish, president and CEO of InterCure. "The continued clinical interest is producing a constant drumbeat of validation for RESPeRATE, paving the path for the successful charge into retail outlets in Europe and the U.S. and building on the more than 100,000 hypertension sufferers who have already adopted RESPeRATE as a treatment for their hypertension."
Results of the findings related to RESPeRATE are being presented as posters at ESH and are as follows:
-- PS26/WED/05 -- A study performed in Turkey, led by Prof. Erdine, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University, demonstrated that the RESPeRATE device provides daytime and nighttime blood pressure reductions as measured by 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. The study also demonstrated that patients were compliant with the device and that no adverse side effects were reported.
-- PS33/THU/01 -- Pooled results from two separate studies led by Profs. Rosenthal and the Erdine study (above), utilizing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring demonstrated that RESPeRATE benefits uncontrolled-hypertension sufferers. The analysis demonstrated a clinically significant blood pressure reduction throughout both daytime and nighttime. RESPeRATE was also found to independently reduce high values of a risk-associated arterial property (S-D slope/AASI) derived from the relationship between systolic and diastolic pressures.
-- PS34/MON/08 -- Data analysis led by Dr. Benjamin Gavish, chief scientific officer, InterCure, Ltd., of a study performed in Italy, conducted by Prof. Gianfranco Parati, explored, for the first time, the linear relationships between systolic and diastolic blood pressure from beat-to-beat measurements. The derived risk-related parameters (S-D slope and AASI) are acutely influenced by breathing patterns and neck suction.
-- PS34/MON/18 -- An Israeli study, conducted by Dr. Iddo Ben-Dov and Prof. Michael Burzstyn from Hadassah Medical Center, and Dr. Benjamin Gavish, concluded that the ratio of systolic to diastolic blood pressure variability is shown to be a blood pressure-independent predictor of mortality, associated with the linear relationship between systolic and diastolic pressures.
-- PS18/WED/58 -- An Italian, randomized controlled study, led by Prof. G. Parati from the University of Milan-Bicocca concluded that device- guided paced breathing at home is feasible and improves prognostically relevant clinical and instrumental parameters in heart failure patients. It is recommended as an additional long-term treatment program for these patients.
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What's the fastest and easiest way to document a changing and challenging construction site with multiple floors and tight spaces? Walking the site with a backpack mapping system offers a solution. This video shows a three-story building that was fully mapped and georeferenced in 25 minutes using a Leica Pegasus:Backpack. The data was processed in less than two hours, with no targets or registration needed. Where will these capabilities take the construction industry, and what applications do you envision for this technology? Watch the video and share your comments.


The book revolves around two characters, Germaine Spencer and Martin O'Malley. After coincidently meeting several times the two fall in love and get married. Their relationship seems like the perfect love story; Martin O'Malley is a black Irish-South African who is trying to make his mark in the finance sector in London, whereas Germaine works as a ceramicists and art lecturer. As the reader you are taken on a journey through these cities that constitute important stations in the life of the main characters. Beginning with their first meeting and early relationship in London (1994–1998) and continuing to their move to Cape Town (1998–2008) and finally to Johannesburg (2008–2011), the reader gets an insight into the experiences of Germaine and Martin, culminating in the suicide of their teenage son Zuko.


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AmericasCOVID-19News
CLIA MANDATES 100% COVID TESTING FOR PASSENGERS AND CREW IN AMERICAS
Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), which represents 95% of global ocean-going cruise capacity, announced the adoption of mandatory core elements of a strong set of health protocols to be implemented as part of a phased-in, highly controlled resumption of operations.
A critical next step, now that initial sailing has begun effectively with strict protocols in Europe, is the resumption of operations in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America (the Americas), which encompass the largest cruise market in the world.
Informed by leading scientists, medical experts, and health authorities, the core elements are the product of extensive work by CLIA oceangoing cruise lines and their renowned teams of science and medical experts, including the recommendations from the Healthy Sail panel established by Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. released this week, as well as MSC's Blue Ribbon group and Carnival Corporation's collection of outside independent experts. Other considerations included the effective protocols developed for the successful sailings in Europe by MSC Cruises, Costa, TUI Cruises, Ponant, Seadream, and others.
The CLIA Global Board unanimously voted to adopt all of the listed core elements for an initial restart of limited operations in the Americas and, most important, operations related to US ports. These core elements will be continuously evaluated and adjusted against the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the availability of new prevention, therapeutics, and mitigation measures.
Coinciding with the release of the core elements agreed to by CLIA ocean-going cruise line members, the Association issued the following statement:
Guided by world-class experts in medicine and science, CLIA and its ocean-going cruise line members have outlined a pathway to support a phased-in, highly-controlled return to passenger service in the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America with protocols that promote the health and safety of passengers, crew and the communities visited. The core elements mirror the successful resumption of cruising in other parts of the world and include 100% testing of passengers and crew prior to boarding — a travel industry first. Initial cruises would sail on modified itineraries under stringent protocols that encompass the entirety of the cruise experience, from booking to debarkation. With support and approval of regulators and destinations, cruises could feasibly begin during the remainder of 2020.
The core elements, which are applicable to CLIA member ocean-going cruise ships subject to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) No Sail Order, will also be submitted by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) on behalf of its members in response to the CDC's Request for Information (RFI) related to the safe resumption of cruise operations. CLIA's response to the RFI also details other measures that address the entire cruise experience from booking to disembarkation.
· Testing. 100% testing of passengers and crew for COVID-19 prior to embarkation
· Mask-Wearing. Mandatory wearing of masks by all passengers and crew onboard and during excursions whenever physical distancing cannot be maintained
· Distancing. Physical distancing in terminals, onboard ships, on private islands and during shore excursions
· Ventilation. Air management and ventilation strategies to increase fresh air onboard and, where feasible, using enhanced filters and other technologies to mitigate risk
· Medical Capability: Risk based response plans tailored for each ship to manage medical needs, dedicated cabin capacity allocated for isolation and other operational measures, and advance arrangements with private providers for shoreside quarantine, medical facilities, and transportation.
· Shore Excursions: Only permit shore excursions according to the cruise operators' prescribed protocols, with strict adherence required of all passengers and denial of re-boarding for any passengers that do not comply.
Implementation of these elements on board every ocean-going ship subject to the CDC's No Sail Order is mandatory and requires written verification of adoption by each company's CEO. These elements do not preclude additional measures that may be adopted by individual lines. Measures will be continuously evaluated and adjusted against the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the availability of new prevention and mitigation measures.
Leaders representing governments, destinations, science and medicine responded favourably to the core elements announced by CLIA, including the following:
The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, who co-chairs the Americas Cruise Tourism Task Force, said: "Cruise tourism is incredibly important to our regional economies and we are eager for its safe return to help revitalise our economies and share the beauty of our destinations. As part of the Americas Cruise Tourism Task Force, government leaders in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, have been working productively with the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA), CLIA, and the cruise lines to implement guidance for cruise resumption and good progress is being made. The cruise lines' commitment to conduct 100% testing for all passengers and crew is significant and unique as compared to any other sector. Having this core element in place as part of an initial phase of operations adds a layer of confidence for us as we continue to work together developing guidelines and protocols so we may safely welcome cruising back to our regions."
Gloria Guevara, president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council, said: "As the Travel & Tourism sector continues in its fight for survival, the cruise industry is proving the importance of testing as effective tool to resume travel. The core elements of the approach, developed by the cruise industry are in line with WTTC's Safe Travels protocols, which were designed to enable travellers to identify destinations around the world that have adopted our health and hygiene global standardised protocols. An industry wide testing programme is the key to recovery and the cruise industry is leading by example, testing all passengers and crew prior to boarding. Implementing this comprehensive programme, and adopting these enhanced measures, serves to demonstrate the commitment of this industry to uphold the highest standards of health and safety. We are impressed with the level of detail that has gone into the planning process and look forward to seeing the continued progress as cruises resume on a limited basis and phased-in approach."
CLIA president and CEO Kelly Craighead offered the following comment: "We recognise the devastating impact that this pandemic, and the subsequent suspension of cruise operations, has had on economies throughout the world, including the nearly half a million members of the wider cruise community and small businesses in the Americas who depend on this vibrant industry for their livelihoods. Based on what we are seeing in Europe, and following months of collaboration with leading public health experts, scientists, and governments, we are confident that these measures will provide a pathway for the return of limited sailings from the U.S. before the end of this year."
According to CLIA's most recent Economic Impact Study, cruise activity in the United States supported over 420,000 American jobs and generates US$53bn annually in economic activity throughout the country prior to the pandemic. Each day of the suspension of US cruise operations results in a loss of up to $110 million in economic activity and 800 direct and indirect American jobs. The impact of the suspension has been particularly profound in states that depend heavily on cruise tourism, including Florida, Texas, Alaska, Washington, New York and California.
Photo – top of page – cruise ships in Miami – by Marc Averette
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HomeAIBaidu robocar claims to have achieved L5 autonomy
Baidu robocar claims to have achieved L5 autonomy
The vehicle can now be operated without the help of a human intervention
30/08/2021 TechOnShow AI, Auto Tech, News
Baidu is claiming that its robocar has achieved level 5 (L5) autonomous driving functionality. The vehicle can now be operated without human intervention. It also need not have a steering wheel. The company claims that the self-driving vehicle will have the same efficiency as that of human drivers. The company takes its claims a step forward by stating that driving could be safer than that of human drivers. Self-driving efficiency is categorized into 5 levels with level 5 at the top. This means that level 5 is the most efficient and intelligent technology. Until now, there were no vehicles with L5 efficiency on the road. Most of the robotaxi services offer an L4 rating for self-driving. It restricts autonomous driving to select circumstances.
Baidu CEO Robin Li stated in a recent conference held by the company that robocars will take up the car industry with its autonomous driving. He added that robocars can become an efficient assistant as well as a friend. The company has designed the robocar, unlike the conventional car designs. It also varies significantly from other autonomous cars available now. It has a transparent glass roof along with automatic gull-wing doors. These are all incorporated with sensors. On the interior side, it lacks a steering wheel and foot pedals. It is provided with zero-gravity seats and an intelligent display that comes with a control pad.
The robocar has enhanced voice and facial recognition. It also provides improved AI technology. All the sensors enable robocar to sense the external and internal circumstances and act accordingly. Baidu has said that the robocar will not just be a vehicle but a driver and an assistant. It will be able to respond to the users' needs and learn from them to provide a personalized experience. The company added that Apollo, which is its autonomous driving service has completed more than 400,000 rides.
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The Wells Fargo Community Mural Program celebrates the history and diversity of local communities by creating custom murals for Wells Fargo branches. I collaborated with researchers in designing murals for banks across the country to tell communities' stories through historical photographs and documents. I also designed legends explaining the significance of each image.


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Financial professionals are constantly on the move, and for many, downtime isn't easy to attain. Whether you have a long transit or are trying to unwind after a long day- we've compiled a list of 11 great apps to relax, unwind, or pass the time with.
Ananda describes themselves as "your personal sound sanctuary". They offer a soothing background for multiple activities, including relaxation, meditation, and focus.
The app creates a custom blend of sounds each time it is used. It also lets you tailor the soundtrack to your preferences: control background noise, adjust the volume of each track for individual sounds, and add new sounds.
Here is a short sample featuring binaural beats, rain sounds, and monk chants.
Aura offers 3-minute meditation sessions that can be customized to your mood. Track your emotions and mindfulness to help the app create an AI-driven meditation program suited to your needs.
Set reminders throughout the day for mindfulness, and record small things you're grateful for. For those who appreciate gamification, Aura enables you to challenge yourself by leveling up as you learn.
Spotify is a great way to listen to music on mobile or tablet. Search for any track, artist or album, or browse by genre and moods. Make and share playlists while you build your collection, and view what your friends are listening to in real-time. Spotify creates ready-made playlists based on your music preferences that update daily and weekly.
Spotify premium offers the ability to skip ads and disable the shuffle mode on mobile devices. Build yourself a music library to download and listen to offline.
Worry Watch gives you a platform for staying grounded. It logs the triggers in life that cause worry and stress by enabling you to categorize them. The app checks in later to see if the outcome turned out to be as dire as you anticipated. It also keeps track of the parts of your life causing the most worry.
The idea is that once you have data-backed insights into your concerns, you'll find it easier to stay calm and maintain perspective. Worry Watch is more about deciphering and staying in front of the things that throw you off your game.
10% Happier is the meditation app designed for skeptics, built to help keep the focus going. It offers a clear, simple approach to meditation designed by some of the most respected (and cool) meditation teachers on the planet. 10% Happier is more of a mind training app, built to teach as you apply what you learn.
This app provides offline use and free access to a real-life coach.
Sky Guide provides an interactive experience with a beautiful user interface. Hold your mobile or tablet up to the sky for the app to automatically align itself to constellations, planets, and satellites.
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SNES Super Copa
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by Link June 25, 2008, 8:09 am 17 Comments
This is by far, one of the hardest SNES games to acquire. There's only one copy of each existing in sealed and complete condition that is confirmed, and there are only a handful of loose copies as well.
Super Copa is essentially a Spanish and Portuguese version of Tony Meola'a Sidekicks Soccer (a game which I've played and find fairly horrible).
The seller also has International Superstar Soccer and International Superstar Soccer Deluxe available, which are not exactly common either.
Many people argue these aren't a true NSTC release, and I understand their reasoning. I wouldn't want to have to pick up these title to complete my set either.
What they forget is that Nintendo released their games by region. In this case- North America (Mexico, USA & Canada).
ISS and ISS Deluxe both appear on the official Nintendo Super Nintendo release list. That means they are official North American releases. They have ESRB ratings. The warranty info is all in US and directs the user to call numbers in the USA or write to the company in the USA. Granted more than likely the release was limited to Mexico, there was coverage in Nintendo Power on these as well. Super Copa is in Spanish, but the manual is also in English. That also has a ESRB rating.
(Thanks DreamTR & SNESCentral for some info)
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portnoyd says:
I'm not getting into this again so I'll say it once: NOT AN US RELEASE, PERIOD.
Suppafly says:
Hey those are my auctions! 😀
Chanda says:
they not there no more…did u sell them? How much did u get?
badinsults says:
Just a note, that this game was produced by an American company, and they also made games like Chavez II, and some TNN fishing games for the PS1.
jcalder8 says:
No one is saying it's a US release. It's an NTSC, North American release.
I love how people try that North American crap to try and fit this in. It has no business being in a complete US collection. If you did that for NES, you'd be up to your ears in Canadian variants.
As far as my opinion is: as long as they are in the official SNES release list by NINTENDO of AMERICA, how can you not say theyre official releases for the region? :p
jointhiway says:
Hey Suppafly, I hope you're willing to ship to Canada! It looks like the guy in the yellow shirt is getting smoked in the groin! That's enough for me to put it in my collection 🙂
Portnoyd, as for Canadian variants, I can understand the way you feel. What you want to collect is your business. But, some Canadian variants are pretty cool(some of you may remember the Mario 1 and 2 double pack I had a while back, or the Final Fight Guy that Nintendo of Canada sold for the United Way that is very different than the one I bought in Maine). Of course, I can understand why someone may not have any interest in a French language Zelda: A Link to the Past (as was popular in Quebec).
Another example is Electroplankton for the DS. Good luck finding it in the USA, though in Canada EB sold it. If I had the attitude that games are no good if they didn't come from my country then I would miss out on cool stuff like Chaos Wars for the PS2.
People have to decide whether they want to collect US only or NTSC. It's nothing to fight over, it's just a matter of taste. If you're like me and live in Canada then it's really a non-issue.
@joinintheway: yeah sure dude. I ship worldwide.
yeah says:
don't worry suppafly, that portnoyd guy is just jealous because he does not have one!!
Port is completely right. A lot of people assume a US and NSTC set is the same for any collection. It's not. Simple as that.
I don't get the Pokemon mentality these days anyways. I was like it once, but I'm enjoying playing my games more now.
I agree with you about the pokemon mentality. I used to buy a game for my collection simply because I didn't have it. All of a sudden I had piles and piles of junk. I've whittled my SNES collection from 500 games to about 40 in the past year. For the most part, I only want the stuff that I am going to play (and that goes for any system) or use as a conversation piece (I may not play Michael Jackson's Moonwalker very often, but it really makes people laugh when I crack it out).
jointhiway: That scream on the Gensis version of moonwalker made people laugh every time. 😀
Hey suppafly, what's ur ebay user id? I'll go look at ur auctions 🙂 My email is contacttopshop@aol.com and I'm topshop712 on ebay
Suppafly, you made a mint on that Super Copa. I was going to bid $300, but someone did before me. Impressive finds, I bet we won't see another collection like yours for awhile!
Monge Cravos says:
Hi there! I live in brazil and I have the Brazilian version, which has a different label than the one listed. I just put it on ebay, along with a rare snes gold controller.
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/mcravinhos
BTW, very useful information, I linked this page on my auction!
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'Watch the Throne' #1 on Billboard 200
Last week, Jay-Z and Kanye West set an Itunes record when they sold 290,000 in digital downloads. This week, combined with physical sales, Watch the Throne is the number one album on the Billboard 200 with 426.661 total albums sold.
Another notable debut on the charts is Ace Hood's Blood, Sweat and Tears. The Miami rapper's album debuts at the #10 spot with a little over 25K sold. Adele and Beyonce both remain in the top 10; Adele sold an additional 73,000 copies of the record shattering 21 and Beyonce's 4 sits comfortably in the #8 spot with 27K sold.
Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame's Ferrari Boyz debuts just outside the top 20 at the #24 spot with about 15K copies sold.
Whose album did you buy?
August 17, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: 21, 4, ace hood, adele, Beyonce, billboard 200, blood sweat and tears, ferrari boyz, gucci mane, jay-z, Kanye West, waka flocka flame, watch the throne | Leave a comment
Kelly Rowland's 'Here I Am' Makes Top 3 Debut
Congrats are definitely in order for Kelly Rowland. The "Motivation" singer made her highest solo debut yet with her third solo album Here I Am. The album debuted at the #3 spot on the Billboard 200 chart with 77,000 copies sold.
Her first album, Simply Deep, debuted at the #12 spot with 77,000 units back in 2003. Miss Kelly moved 83,000 units at the #6 spot back in 2006.
Honorable mentions go to the late Amy Winehouse, who's groundbreaking album Back to Black came in at #4 with 54,000 copies sold. As predicted, her album sales spiked enormously following her death.
Adele 's reign still won't let up. Her album 21 sits comfortably in the #2 spot with 83,000 units sold. Beyonce's 4 drops from the #2 spot to the #6 spot with 41,000.
Are we surprised that all of these beautiful divas are running the charts? NO!!!!
August 3, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: 21, 4, adele, Beyonce, here i am, kelly rowland | Leave a comment
Performers Announced for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards
Three of music's biggest stars will grace the Nokia Theatre stage at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Adele, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown, all multiple nominees, will have their chance to showcase their talent to millions around the world.
This will be British powerhouse Adele's first time on the VMA stage. She is up for seven nominations for "Rolling in the Deep," including the biggest award of the night, "Video of the Year."
The "best rapper alive," Lil Wayne, will also tear down the stage in what he hopes will be an unforgettable performance. He is nominated for mutiple moonmen ("6 Foot 7 Foot"). In a statement released today, Wayne has this to say about his upcoming performance:
"Being a nominee and performer on the VMAs once again is an honor because everyone doesn't get that opportunity. Looking forward to performing on the show, and having The Carter IV drop the same week!" <<Carter IV drops August 29.
Chris Brown, who's having an incredible comeback year, will also perform at the show for the first time since 2007. "Look At Me Now" is nominated for moonmen. In his own statement Brown says: "I am excited about my nominations and to be back on the VMA stage. I have a special performance planned for my wonderful fans."
The VMA's will air LIVE on Sunday, August 28 from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles at 9pm EST. Will you be tuning in?
July 28, 2011 | Categories: Music, TV News | Tags: adele, chris brown, lil wayne, MTV VMA's | Leave a comment
Amy Winehouse Tributes: Adele & Melanie Fiona (Video)
Celebrities continue to unveil their own Amy Winehouse tributes since the famed singer was found dead in her apartment this weekend (7/23). There is no doubt that Amy paved the way for Adele, who has a tight grip on the Billboard charts with her record breaking album 21. Today, the "Rolling in the Deep" singer wrote a blog post dedicated to Ms. Winehouse. Read below:
"Not many people have it in them to do something they love, simply because they love it. "With no fuss and no compromise. But she knew what she was capable of and didn't even need to try. If she wanted to do something she would and if she didn't she'd say f— off. It came easy to her and that's why we all loved her so much. We believed every word she wrote, and it would sink in deep when she sang them. Amy paved the way for artists like me and made people excited about British music again whilst being fearlessly hilarious and blasé about the whole thing.
I don't think she ever realised just how brilliant she was and how important she is, but that just makes her even more charming. Although I'm incredibly sad about Amy passing I'm also reminded of how immensely proud of her I am as well. And grateful to be inspired by her. Amy flies in paradise xx."
Canadian songbird Melanie Fiona also paid tribute to one of her favorite artists through song, posting a video she made some time ago:
"Earlier on this year, I made this video and never posted it. Today, it's all I can do to express my gratitude to one of my favorite artists. May your music live on to inspire others, as it has inspired me. R.I.P. AMY WINEHOUSE. xo."
The song Fiona sings is "Wake Up Alone" from Winehouse's Back to Black. Girl can sang! Watch below:
In related news: Coroners today came to inconclusive results on Amy's autopsy. All that's known is that she was found lying in bed by her bodyguard and that there were no drugs present in the room. We'll keep you updated as more info is unveiled.
July 25, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: adele, amy winehouse, amy winehouse autopsy, amy winehouse death, melanie fiona | Leave a comment
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees
Late last night, MTV announced the nominees for this year's VMA Awards…and it looks like the ladies run the show. Pop princess Katy Perry leads the pack with nine nominations, while Kanye West and Adele follow with seven nominations each. Other honorable mentions include newcomers Big Sean, Kreayshawn and Tyler, the Creatorwho have their own nods.
The show will air live on Sunday, August 28 at 9pm. Click here to vote for your favorite artists. The nominees below:
Tyler, the Creator – "Yonkers"
Katy Perry – "Firework"
Bruno Mars – "Grenade"
Beastie Boys – "Make Some Noise"
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Beyoncé – "Run the World (Girls)"
Nicki Minaj – "Super Bass"
Lady Gaga – "Born This Way"
Cee Lo Green – "F*** You"
Eminem feat. Rihanna – "Love the Way You Lie"
Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi – "All of the Lights"
Justin Bieber – "U Smile"
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Lil Wayne feat. Cory Gunz – "6 Foot 7 Foot"
Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – "Look at Me Now"
Lupe Fiasco – "The Show Goes On"
Wiz Khalifa – "Black and Yellow"
Big Sean feat. Chris Brown – "My Last"
Kreayshawn – "Gucci Gucci"
Foster the People – "Pumped Up Kicks"
BEST POP VIDEO
Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Nayer & Afrojack – "Give Me Everything"
Katy Perry – "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
Britney Spears – "Till the World Ends"
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The Black Keys – "Howlin' for You"
Foo Fighters – "Walk"
Mumford & Sons – "The Cave"
Cage The Elephant – "Shake Me Down"
Katy Perry feat. Kanye West – "E.T."
Nicki Minaj feat. Drake – "Moment 4 Life"
Lady Gaga – "Judas"
Kanye West – "POWER"
Death Cab for Cutie – "You Are a Tourist"
Bruno Mars – "The Lazy Song"
LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – "Party Rock Anthem"
Katy Perry – "Teenage Dream"
Thirty Seconds to Mars – "Hurricane"
Manchester Orchestra – "Simple Math"
BEST SFX (SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Linkin Park – "Waiting for the End"
Chromeo – "Don't Turn the Lights On"
July 21, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: adele, Kanye West, katy perry, MTV VMA's | Leave a comment
divaTunes: Lil Wayne- "Sorry For The Wait"
Lil Wayne has sampled the beat from Adele's dynamic hit "Rolling In The Deep" for his track "Sorry For The Wait". Putting these two names in the same sentence sounds wild but it WORKS. Wayne raps:
Ain't nobody f*ckin with me/first degree murder/you can get your degree muthaf*cka
The beat has a fast tempo and Weezy matches it with clever rhymes and wit. Take a listen, this is definitely a hawt track!
July 13, 2011 | Categories: divaTunes | Tags: adele, lil wayne, sorry for the wait | Leave a comment
Adele Returning to the Road; Reveals Plans for Next LP
Adele is on the mend after taking a break from her tour dued to laryngitis. The "Rolling in the Deep" singer will hit the road in August to make up her US dates and in September for a new round of dates in the UK. She tells BBC Radio 1 (about her laryngitis):
"It's basically a hole in your vocal chord, but I sang through it, so that's why it popped…But I'm better now. It's fine—I got the all-clear."
Woo hoo! She also tells the UK Magazine Q about plans for her next album:
"I've accumulated some things to write about again. I'd go into the studio tomorrow if I could."
"It won't be a big production. I want it to be quite acoustic and piano-led. I want to write it, record it, producer it all and master it on my own."
"I think it'll take a lot longer because I want to do it this way. When I move house in the summer, my sound engineer is going to come and help me install a studio and teach me how to use it."
"I don't really care about expectations. There was enough of it with this record. If you deliver the songs I think you get away with it. I'm not bothered. I'm not expecting my next record to be as big as this one. That's impossible."
I love that she's keeping it real. Are you excited to hear Adele's new sound in the future?
July 5, 2011 | Categories: Music | Tags: adele, adele laryngitis, adele new album, adele tour | Leave a comment
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A new national report found that participation in online and blended learning schools is increasing, despite evidence that students are struggling in them and performance and school outcomes are consistently below traditional public schools.
The National Education Policy Center's fourth annual report, released Wednesday, found that students enrolled in virtual and blended schools are performing poorer in key subject areas — such as English Language Arts and math — than their counterparts at brick-and-mortar schools.
Also, students at blended (or hybrid) schools, which combine face-to-face instruction in classrooms with virtual instruction, scored the same as or worse than those at virtual schools full-time on performance measures, according to the report. This may be owing to the higher number of low-income students in blended schools, compared to virtual schools, the report said.
Despite the poor results, the study also found that enrollment has increased in virtual and blended schools over the last few years. The authors of this year's "Virtual Schools Report 2016: Directory and Performance Review" argued that the enrollment growth has been caused by vigorous advertising campaigns, corporate lobbying and favorable legislation.
Gary Miron, professor of evaluation, measurement and research at Western Michigan University and Charisse Gulosino, assistant professor of leadership and policy studies at the University of Memphis, are the authors of the report. The National Education Policy Center is located at the University of Colorado Boulder's School of Education.
The report includes a comprehensive directory of the country's full-time virtual and blended learning schools. In 2013-2014, 447 full-time virtual schools enrolled close to 262,000 students, and 87 blended schools enrolled 26,155 students. Thirty-three states had full-time virtual schools, and 16 states had blended schools. Those numbers have been increasing, the authors wrote, and data from the 2014-2015 school year has been included in the study, Miron said.
For-profit, educational management organizations (EMOs) dominate the full-time, virtual school sector and are increasing their market share, the report indicated. However, they are playing less of a role in the blended sector.
Relative to national public school enrollment, virtual schools have substantially fewer minority students and fewer low-income students. In relation to national averages, blended schools have a similar proportion of low-income students, but a substantially higher average of Latino students.
Of the 121 virtual schools for which data were available, 22 (18.2 percent) had proficiency rates in English Language Arts and mathematics above the state average; 81.8 percent had proficiency rates below state averages.
In independent virtual schools and those operated by for-profit EMOs, only 16.7 percent and 14.3 percent, respectively, had proficiency rates above state averages. That means 83.3 percent and 85.7 percent had proficiency rates below state averages.
The on-time (or four-year) graduation rate for full-time virtual schools and blended schools was half the national average: 40.6 percent for virtual schools, 37.4 percent for blended schools, and 81 percent for the nation as a whole. The graduation rates for virtual schools have worsened by 3 percentage points over the past few years, even as graduation rates in the country have been improving by 1 percentage point each year.
Policymakers should slow or stop the growth in the number of virtual and blended schools and the size of their enrollments until the reasons for their relatively poor outcomes have been identified and addressed.
Oversight authorities should specify and enforce sanctions for virtual and blended schools failing to demonstrate that they are doing a good job with their students.
Policymakers should require virtual and blended schools to devote more resources to instruction, particularly by specifying a maximum ratio of students to teachers.
State agencies should ensure that virtual and blended schools fully report data related to the population of students they serve and the teachers they employ.
State and federal policymakers should promote efforts to design new outcome measures appropriate to the unique characteristics of full-time virtual and blended schools.
Policymakers and other stakeholders should support more research to identify which policy options — especially those impacting funding and accountability mechanisms — are most likely to promote successful virtual and blended schools.
The full, 38-page report is available at nepc.colorado.edu.


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Why Use Ice Breaker Games At Your Baby Shower?
They create a positive fun atmosphere.
Help people to get acquainted with each other.
Keeps guests occupied while waiting on others to arrive.
If you have a large guest list, choose ice breakers that will encourage your guests to mix and mingle. This will motivate them to step outside their comfort zone and socialize with people outside their circle of friends.
Baby Shower Taboo is a great ice breaker since its perfect for a large group and can be played individually as well. Take some preparation before but if you are looking to pump up the excitement level a few decibel then this one is a must play.
There is nothing like a little fun wager to break the ice and spur on some friendly competition among guests. Play the baby shower pool game to see which lucky guest will get the baby's birthday correct. Its the perfect opportunity to get people talking while waiting on others to arrive.
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A sure way to get people talking and moving around the room.
Who Am I? Ice Breaker- Prepare a card for each of your guests and write on it a baby item such as "dirty diaper". On entering pin a card on the back of each of your guests, who then must go around the room asking questions of each other to find out their identity. When they guess correctly the card is then pinned on their front for the remainder of the shower. That will be their name for the remainder of the shower.
Who Dun It?- This is a popular ice breaker game that gives people a chance to go around and get to know each other. Provide guests with a list of phrases such as "has a twin or Was a cheerleader". Guests then are asked to go around and talk to each other to see who fits the phrase by writing in their names beside the phrase.The person who has the most names at the end of the shower is the winner.
You Said Baby Ice Breaker Game- This ice breaker is a variation to the don't say baby game. Provide guests with small items such as ribbons or clothespins when they arrive. Whenever someone says "baby" they then have to hand over their item to the person who heard them. The person with the most items at the end of the shower wins a prize. This is a lot of fun because guests have the opportunity for getting back into the game easily.
Nursery Rhyme Line- Write down a line or two from a nursery rhyme and give it to guests when they arrive. When all the guests arrive tell them to find the other half of their rhyme by approaching someone and saying their rhyme aloud to them. That person in turn will say their rhyme. The two guests that finishes their rhyme first wins.
Baby Name Tag Ice Breaker Game- Give persons name tags with a question on one side and the answer on the other side, persons should memorize the question and answer. Pin the side with the question showing on their clothes. Persons will read your question, if they give the correct answer then they win a prize.
An example of a question could be What do babies wear?" with a possible answer being diaper.
But wait this ice breaker game is not over yet! Let quests know the answer on their tag is their new name through out the rest of the shower. If a guest forgets and calls anyone by anything other than the name on the name tag then they have to donate a dollar towards the baby diaper fund.
M&M 20 Questions- Pass around a bag of M&Ms. Let each person take as much as they want. Tell them not to eat them...not yet anyways. When everyone has some M&Ms break them up into pairs or small groups. Hand them each a paper which contains one word for each M&M color. Let them ask a question for each color M&M they have in their hand. The trick is if they have five red M&Ms then they have to ask five different questions which contains that word. For each question they get answered they get to eat a M&M. The group that finishes all their M&Ms wins a prize.
My Name Is- Have each guest introduce themselves. The trick is that their names have to rhyme with something, for eg Billy could be "silly Billy".
Another way to play this game is to have them introduce themselves by adding an adjective that begins with the letter of their name to their names, eg nerdy Ned.
Shower Line Up Game- This is a classic ice breaker you can adopt for your shower. Break up guests into small groups and give them a list of tasks to complete. Have the group form a line in order of questions given. The group that finishes first wins and gets a prize.
Another fun line up game is the Nursery Rhyme line Up Game. Print out two or three nursery rhymes depending on how many guests you have at your shower. Cut out line by line of each nursery rhyme and then put them all in a container or hat. After all guests have arrived tell them to each take a line from the hat. Have them try to find the person who has the next line to their nursery rhyme until everyone is lined up and their rhyme is complete. The team that is lined up in order of their rhyme is the big winner.