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@interface PodsDummy_Pods_MYAlbum : NSObject
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Q: Why is my new list outputting an empty one when I should be getting an answer I'm having problems with my code where I'm trying to add to a new list all words that match a given list (in order at the end to have a basic sentiment analysis code). I have tried passing it through Python Tutor but have had no success. In short, I'm expecting an output of the word great but instead get an empty list.
def remove_punc_and_split (wordlist) :
    punc = '.!?/:;,{}'  #the punctuation to be removed
    no_punc = ""
    for char in wordlist :
        if char not in punc :
            no_punc = no_punc + char.lower()
    new_word_list = no_punc.split() #dividing the words into seperate strings in a list
    return new_word_list

def sentiment1 (wordlist1):
    positive_words = ["good","awesome","excellent","great"]
    wordlist1 = remove_punc_and_split (comment_1)
    pos_word_list = []
    for postive_words in wordlist1 :
        if wordlist1[0] == positive_words :
            pos_word_list.append(wordlist1)
            print(wordlist1)
    return pos_word_list

comment_1 = 'Good for the price, but poor Bluetooth connections.'
sentiment1(comment_1)

A: One approach can be to use set.intersection method for this to find common values between positive_words and the input list. I also updated it to pass the lowercased sentence wordlist1.lower() to the remove punc function, because you want to do a case-insensitive match against positive_words; so first you will need to lowercase all characters in the sentence before you can check if there are any positive words.
def sentiment1(wordlist1):
    positive_words = {"good", "awesome", "excellent", "great"}
    wordlist1 = remove_punc_and_split(wordlist1.lower())
    pos_word_list = list(positive_words.intersection(wordlist1))
    return pos_word_list

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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
National Zoological Park
Photographs, 1972
0.58 cu. ft. (1 tall document box)
This accession consists of photographs documenting the Rock Creek flood of 1972 and its effect on the National Zoological Park and the surrounding park. The prints were compiled by the Office of Exhibits and divided into topical sections. The photographs may have been used as justification in an attempt to secure funding for flood protection. Materials also include a small amount of documentation.
National Zoological Park (U.S.). Office of Exhibits
Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-164, National Zoological Park, Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Album Title Page
Flood of 1972 - High Water Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Damage to Shop Area Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Clean Up Shop Area Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Damage to Flood Plain Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Damage to Creek Bank Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Area Presently Protected from Flood Damage Photographs
Flood of 1972 - Duplicate Photographs
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Shreddage is the hit guitar virtual instrument by Impact Soundworks used by thousands of composers and producers worldwide. Armed with this ReFill, you can write and perform virtually any rock or metal rhythm riff, from the fastest galloping palm mutes, to spacey vibrato, massive powerchords, or anything else you can think of.
Designed with heavy amped genres in mind, Shreddage was recorded clean (direct in) so you can add whatever tone you would like, or even use it totally unprocessed. The included all-in-one Combinator patches have an excellent chain built right in already, which you can use as a basis or add your own pedals and amps.
To achieve the greatest possible realism and the heaviest sound, a 6-string electric guitar was recorded starting at an insane Drop Ab (!) and going up three octaves. Monster power chords, multiple intensities of palm mutes, full chokes, harmonics, vibrato, scrapes, slides, tremolo, and other key playing techniques were all captured, with the core sustains and mutes of the library including up to 8x RR variations (4x up and 4x down strokes).
Playing Shreddage can be done without any complex MIDI commands or special layering. Just load one of the master Combinator patches, adjust the tone to your liking, and all articulations are available at once. The left hand is used for power chords, the right hand for single notes, and then lower velocities for more muted notes and higher velocities for more open and aggressive ones. Tapping and holding keyswitches or the modwheel are used to trigger other sounds like slides, harmonics, and squeals.
Whether you are mocking up a rock and metal track, creating one from scratch, or you just want to add powerful electric guitar rhythms to your soundtrack, pop tune, or EDM hit, Shreddage is your ideal tool.
The ultimate guitar library for rock/metal rhythm!
Note: These demos showcase the AMPED sound of the library using a variety of virtual amp tools! All samples included are clean (direct in), so you can customize the tone to your liking.


The global voice communication equipment market is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period. This surge in demand can be attributed to factors such as stringent government norms along with technological advancements.
Various applications of voice communication equipment include Wi-Fi, VoIP, telecom operators, wireless outgrow wire lines, wireless technologies, hardware and telecommunication equipment.
Significant increase in demand for smart-phone, tablets and VOIP has led to substantial rise in market demand. Further, the rising demand of convergence services for e-mail, voice mail, instant messengers, audio conferencing, telephones PBX (Private Branch Exchange), instant messaging and video conferencing is projected to positively elevate market growth.
Growing number of internet-users has increased the demand for this technology. Modern voice communication equipment market provides more security and more flexibility as compared to the traditional voice communication equipment.
Implementation of various policies by several regulatory bodies across the globe is expected to trigger the global industry. Need for quick connections, regular up-gradation and advancements in technology are expected to offer significant opportunities for market growth. Improving network infrastructure along with rising consumer demand for affordable communication services is anticipated to offer lucrative growth opportunities through to 2022.
The transition from circuit switched networks to packet switched networks along with considerable shift from traditional telephony such as GSM or CDMA to VoIP services through cellular networks using 3G and 4G technology is anticipated to accentuate the market growth over the next six years.
Voice communication equipment market can be segmented on the basis of terminal and network equipment. The terminal equipment consist of smartphones, tablets, soft phones and IP phones whereas network equipments include switches, router and private branch exchange (PBX). Momentous increase in the number of smartphone users and adaptability is anticipated to drive the market over the next six years.
VoIP primarily function is focused on long-distance voice services. Regular innovations and development in the VoIP has led to the implementation of new applications in VoIP. Voice over IP technology allows effective connection between multiple communication system including VHF and UHF radios, intercoms and radios. The hardware required to provide VOIP service ranges from standard networking equipment such as routers, and switches to gateway to IP phones.
High infrastructural requirements along with heavy network and bandwidth management are projected to act as a challenge for the voice communication equipment market.
North America is expected to dominate the voice communication equipment market owing to the availability of technologically advanced infrastructure. Asia Pacific is expected to an emerging region for the market owing to rising population along with increasing demand for voice communication equipments in countries such as India, China and Japan. Europe is expected to be an emerging marketplace due to its rising subscriber base in the VoIP segment which is further projected to elevate the voice communication equipment market.
Key players in the market are 8×8 Inc., Ericson-LG, ADTRAN Inc., MDS Gateways, IBM Corporation, Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Corporation, Outsourcery plc, Roc Tel International, PanTerra Networks, Siemens Enterprise Communication, Speedflow Communications Ltd. Telecom operators with their own access network have been the prime customers of suppliers such as Siemens, Nortel and IBM.
MDS Gateways supplies and designs ISDN, PSTN, VoIP communication and broadband equipment for home and enterprise workers. Outsourcery Plc offers business communication and cloud based IT solutions. Several companies are undertaking mergers and acquisitions to excel in the voice communication equipment market.


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Japanese industry bolsters nuclear safety cooperation
The Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI) has been launched to improve the safety of Japan's nuclear industry by sharing operating experience and safety knowledge among the country's nuclear companies.
The new body represents an evolution of cooperation in nuclear safety that started after the 1999 Tokai criticality accident. At that time, electric power companies, along with enterprises involved with the nuclear industry established the Nuclear Safety Network (NSnet). The network's main activities were to enhance the safety culture of the nuclear industry, conduct peer reviews, and disseminate information about nuclear safety.
"Based on lessons learned from insufficient efforts in the past and with a renewed commitment to make ongoing improvements, we will constantly strive to achieve the world's highest level of nuclear safety."
Makoto Yagi,
Chairman of FEPC
In 2005 this was incorporated into the Japan Nuclear Technology Institute (JANTI), as the Safety Culture Division. Peer reviews 'tailored to the corporate structure' were implemented periodically for members of NSnet involved in the nuclear fuel cycle of Japan. JANTI's Operating Experience Analysis Division collected and analyzed operating experience information that was previously handled by the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) Nuclear Information Center.
JANSI has now been established on the foundations of JANTI, which currently has 123 member companies. Launching the reorganized organization, Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC) chairman Makoto Yagi said that JANSI's aim is to improve safety at nuclear power plants "by ensuring the completeness of measures including severe accident management based on lessons learned from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station."
"With independence and strong leadership, JANSI will collect and analyze the latest inputs from domestic and overseas sources that are relevant to the improvement of safety, evaluate the technical aspects of the safety improvement activities of electric utilities, and firmly guide the utilities' activities by offering advice and support," Yagi said.
He noted that if problems are identified at individual companies, they will "be assumed to be industry-wide problems". He said that Japan's nuclear industry aims to improve safety "by jointly solving any issues in a spirit of friendly rivalry."
Yagi said that, as Japan has very few energy resources of its own, the country must seek diverse energy options while maintaining safety, energy security, economic stability and environmental protection. This, he stressed, "requires the continued use of nuclear power as an important generation option, premised on nuclear safety."
"Based on lessons learned from insufficient efforts in the past and with a renewed commitment to make ongoing improvements, we will constantly strive to achieve the world's highest level of nuclear safety," Yagi announced.
JANSI is expected to operate in a similar manner to the USA's Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), which was set up after the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 to share operating experience and safety knowledge among US nuclear companies. It was supplemented by an international version - the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) - after the 1986 Chernobyl accident. WANO and other organizations will provide guidance for JANSI's operation, as well as peer reviewing the institute's recommendations.
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The "Screening 12 Test" is an identification test with 12 different everyday smells. It can be used to find a rough answer to the question whether a patient has normal or diminished olfactory capability. This smelltest was developed for the ENT specialist or neurologist in private practice or for the general practitioner.
In addition to the 12 Sniffin` Sticks for testing the normal olfactory capability this test contains Tatse Strips for testing the four basic taste qualities (sweet, sour, salty, bitter).
With the "Extended Test" a detailed examination of the olfactory sense may be performed. This smell test was developed for the clinical use (ENT, neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, etc).
The test contains three modules: threshold test, discrimination test and identification test.
The threshold test has 48 Sniffin' Sticks (32 blanks and 16 dilutions n-butanol or 2-phenyl ethanol). This module can be used to ascertain the patient's olfactory threshold.
The identification test consists of 16 Sniffin' Sticks with everyday smells which the patient has to name using a selection card containing four definitions each.
The Taste Strips are a validated test method for ascertaining tasting performance.
The Strips are used to check the tasting performance of the whole mouth by placing a Taste Strip on the tongue and closing the mouth, or for testing certain parts of the tongue by placing the Taste Strip on the respective part of the tongue while the mouth stays open.
The smelltest consists of: 16 containers with 4 concentrations of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and 3 containers with blanks. Every box includes 19 containers with 50 strips each. In sum these are 950 strips.


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US Judge Wants to Ban Hyperlinks
Sadly, the United States judicial system is a complete and utter failure. America's entire legal system is an utter failure, actually - but that's outside the scope of this post. The reason? Well, it's because of judges like Richard Posner. Posner has suggested banning, not only hyperlinks to copyrighted material, but "paraphrasing" copyrighted material, as well!
As regular readers know, The Weirding joined the small crusade against the Associated Press (AP) when they decided to back this idea of disallowing "paraphrased" articles. The AP charges sites for carrying their syndicated content and frequently changes URLs so their content cannot be used properly. While a case for plagiarism can be made from posts which include too much of the original information, "paraphrasing" articles is literally what one does when one reads source material, then puts it into one's own words!
Of course, any post based solely on one article or source is not a quality post; even we bloggers have to remain at least as consistent as to require two sources - the original source and a second source to back it up. For the most part, bloggers who actually know their subject(s) are unlikely to plagiarize a news article or other post, and proper form dictates including a link to the original source if it is important enough to warrant further reading. If it is not, then "paraphrasing is not only acceptable, it's expected - it is actually correct form!
To be sure, we bloggers depend on actual reporters and their stories to feed our posting frenzies. After all, I certainly cannot be in Iraq to cover the war, as well as in Washington, to cover how politicians there are responding to it; if I write a political blog, this would be a serious problem, were it not for the regular articles and reports on these matters I find, both online and off-. Yes, I am "paraphrasing" a lot of the stuff I read, but I am also tempering it with my personal outlook(s) on the matter and its related subjects.
Of course, this assumes the blogger is doing it right: bloggers are not reporters. Bloggers may write articles, but mostly, they post entries. While actual articles provide substantive information concerning a topic, entries are not subject to such strict decrees. In better blogs, these are actually divided into such departments.
While Weird Ink maintains a very specific definition of "Blogging," not everyone adheres to it (yet) - though they should; since people continue to confuse journalism with journaling, such confusion as to plagiarism and content theft persist. Given our definition, the process simply does not allow for paraphrasing to become plagiarism, as the information itself is but a portion of the entire document, serving only to explain the subject at-hand. In the above example, Weird Ink assumes the blogger is not only passionate about the subject(s) he is covering, but knowledgeable; basically every post will be tempered by that knowledge, making it nearly impossible to simply "reword" someone else's article.
All of that aside, there is the matter of legalities and the Web, and Posner's delusional "ideas" perfectly illustrate why no one wants the government policing the Net. This Posner obviously has no fucking clue how the Web works and is just regurgitating someone else's nonsense - probably in exchange for a substantial donation to his political funds. Hyperlinks are the very foundation of The Web - it's why it's called the Web! As in, "a web of information, logically or casually connected for further exploration." When employed correctly, these links lead visitors to more information on subjects mentioned in the text.
Sometimes this information is crucial to the topic(s) at-hand, while other times, it's just a little more detail. In some cases, the links are purely gratuitous. Hyperlinks, more than any other method or medium, can set the mood, and provide the tone, for whole websites - such as Suck.com, which really pioneered the Blogosphere. Beginning as a hidden partition on an employer's servers, Suck.com used hyperlinks as absolutely crucial sidelines to the main event; you had to follow the hyperlinks to know what was being said. Many times, the links Suck authors provided were snarky, pointed jabs only other dot.Geeks were likely to get. Toward the end, more of these links became sponsored.
Suck.com went through the tragic, modern-day blog's life-cycle some 10 years before The Blogosphere even existed. Their clever use of hyperlinks to enhance and enrich their original content made Suck a prominent dot.Com during the Dot-Com Boom. Unfortunately, Suck.com was also a high-profile dot.Com Bust, and that's even more interesting:
Suck.com actually sued someone for deep-linking to their content! That was basically the end for the snarky up-and-comer. Suck.com helped shape the Web as we know it, bringing deep-linking issues and the art of hyperlinking to the fore, yet few people online today even know this - even die-hard dot.Geeks and Cyberculturalists are apt to overlook this point. Their eventual fall stood in stark contract to their rebellious beginnings, as in the end, Suck.com exploited their pioneering design for minimal profit, then turned to "creative" litigious means to stave-off the inevitable.
The site's rise and fall is quite possibly the least-reported and most important footnote to all of Web history. In its too-short time, Suck perfected the snarky observational quality of today's blogs, showed the world how to use hyperlinks, and then sold themselves out harder than those parents did that Japanese girl they pimped to pay her phone bill! It was an entire (if somewhat accidental) social statement which perfectly manifested the Net, itself. Posner and people like him have absolutely no idea as to any of this and this is the most important story in Web history; this constitutes the non-legal "precedent," where the Web is concerned. This is why we don't want them making laws regarding it: they don't know from Shinola about it.
The Weirding encourages deep-linking, providing technical information for all pages published, which includes hyperlinked Name Tags, allowing webmasters and posters to link directly to the relevant information within a page. For example, by clicking the link "http://weirdink.theweirding.net/2009/07/us-judge-wants-to-ban-hyperlinks.html#1", you will come directly to this paragraph! This makes it much easier for Netizens to use the information we provide, not just see it. That's how the Web was always supposed to be used! More and more sites these days are embracing this ideology, providing APIs to webmasters who want to incorporate the API providers' content into their websites. This is the direction in which we, the Netizens, are moving and we do not need brick-and-mortar lawyers fucking it up, thank you.
While Posner's arguments have met with a resounding thud across most of the Web, there's nothing new here. This "deep-linking copyright violation" nonsense has been posited before and only flies in places like Texas.
Tags: blogging, censorship, content, form, legal, web design, writing


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Q: RSS/XML/JSon based Translation Service Is there such web service to request translation of the word and get the result in some more structured method rather than HTML, like mentioned in subject.

A: and the google translation API does not fit your needs?

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*http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#Translation
eg, querying:
 http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/language/translate?v=1.0&q=hello%20world&langpair=en|it

results nicely in:
{
   "responseData": {"translatedText":"ciao a tutti"},
   "responseDetails": null,
   "responseStatus": 200}


I know, I know, I haven't had time to post. Been editing, and trying to keep up with everything else. Here are two new videos. Again, as always, I learned a lot in the process, but until I catch up I won't have time to post any notes or discussion.... Maybe soon.
Frugal Traveler: The Grand Tour. Week 2: Paris, France.


Lesotho wordt geheel omsloten door Zuid-Afrika. Bij de onafhankelijkheid op 4 oktober 1966 kreeg het toenmalige Basutoland de naam Koninkrijk Lesotho. Een gekozen regering werd in ere hersteld in 1993. De hoofdstad van Lesotho is Maseru. Het land is lid van het Gemenebest.
The tiny country of Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa, yet it remains one of the most remote and unexplored areas in the region. The reason for this isolation is the mountains -- row upon row of serrated peaks make this the country with the highest 'low point' in the world. But the mountains that give Lesotho its dramatic landscapes have also played a crucial role in creating a country with a unique history. It's a stirring story of courage and cunning, featuring remarkable individuals such as King Moshoeshoe -- founder of the Basotho nation -- who first gathered people together on the flat-topped hill Thaba Bosiu, the mountain of night. Today, Lesotho is an irresistible lure to adventurous travellers who want to head off the beaten path and tackle the mighty mountains. But Lesotho isn't as inaccessible as it seems. The country is bisected by a number of tarred and gravel roads and these lead the motorist on jaw-dropping drives through some of the highest mountains this side of Kilimanjaro. Small rural villages nestle on the slopes, much as they have done for over 200 years, and delightful lodges are tucked away in secluded valleys. All in all, it's a land of secret vistas and pristine scenery. This book is the first travel guide dedicated solely to Lesotho. It will give the traveller an insight into the remarkable history of the country. Suggested itineraries are included, along with accommodation options, leisure activities and other useful information for trip-planning.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)
(Redirected from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain))
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (MAEUEC) is a department of the Government of Spain in charge of planning, managing, carrying out and evaluating the country's foreign policy and the international cooperation for development policy, paying special attention to the ones in relation to the European Union and Ibero-America as well as coordinating and supervising all actions done in this areas by the other Ministries and Public Administrations. Likewise, it is responsible for promoting international economic, cultural and scientific relationships, taking part in suggesting and carrying out the migration policy, promoting cross-border and interterritorial cooperation, protecting Spaniards abroad and preparing, negotiating and processing the international treaties which Spain is part of.[1]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación
The main headquarters
November 30, 1714; 304 years ago (1714-11-30)
as "First Secretary of State"
Government of Spain
Santa Cruz Palace (Madrid)
Minister responsible
Mr. Josep Borrell, Foreign Minister
Agency executives
Fernando Martín Valenzuela Marzo, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Marco Aguiriano, Secretary of State for the European Union
Juan Pablo de Laiglesia, Secretary of State for International Cooperation
Irene Lozano, Secretary of State for Global Spain
Child agencies
Escuela Diplomática
Cervantes Institute
Academia de España en Roma
exteriores.gob.es
The Foreign Ministry is the nationwide department who oversees the Foreign Action of the Spanish regions and other administrations as well as overseeing the Foreign Action of the constitutional bodies. In this sense, from the Ministry depends the State Foreign Service, the set of individuals, bodies and institutions with competence in foreign matters. The Foreign Service is composed for more than 215 diplomatic missions around the world, including embassies, consulates, and other facilities.[2] Not including the 48 cooperation units of the AECID and the 87 Cervantes Institute centers.
The MAEUEC is headed by the Foreign Minister, who is appointed by the King of Spain at request of the Prime Minister, after hearing the Council of Ministers. The Minister is assisted by five main officials, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for the European Union, the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, the Secretary of State for Global Spain and the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
The current Foreign Minister is Mr. Josep Borrell who is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3]
Early periodEdit
Diplomacy was born with the first Nation-States, being Spain one of the oldest Nation-States that continues to exist today. The first diplomatic relations of Spain as a unified entity began to be carried out with the Catholic Monarchs, but strengthened by Charles I and Philip II because of the need to protect the interests of the Empire.
International relations are born with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which, in addition to supposing the end of the Thirty Years War, meant the reinforcement of the Nation-State as a sovereign entity in its internal affairs and with sovereignty to maintain international relations. The ambassadors already existed and little by little they were reinforcing their duties, placing themselves as essential pieces of foreign policy, a foreign policy controlled by The Crown.
At the beginning of the reign of Philip V, in 1714, the King created the Office of First Secretary of State, a kind-of Prime Minister entrusted with foreign relations and the Marquess of Grimaldo was appointed the first Secretary. This is considered the start of the current Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]
Late periodEdit
The position of First Secretary of State remained unchanged until the first third of the 19th century. After the Napoleonic Wars, the international relations changed and do so the foreign relations of Spain. In 1833 the Office was modified and renamed Ministry of State, with Francisco Cea Bermúdez as minister. With this change, Spain was endowed with an analogous institution to which the rest of European nations had in which two new bodies worked on, consular officials and the diplomats, who would eventually merge in 1928.
It was precisely in 1928[5] that the Ministry of State merged with the Office of the Prime Minister returning to the times when the First Secretary of State was a king-of Premier with foreign affairs responsibilities. This just lasted two years because in 1930 the offices were split again.[6]
The Palace of Viana, official residence of the Foreign Minister since 1939.
In spite of the continuous Spanish political instability, international relations and the Ministry remained stable, suffering the biggest change in 1938 when it was renamed Ministry of Foreign Affairs[7] and the current headquarters are established in the Palace of Santa Cruz. A year later the Palace of Viana in Madrid was established as the official residence of the Foreign Minister and in 1942, the Diplomatic School was created. During the Spanish transition to democracy, the Foreign Ministry was a fundamental institution, since it was in charge of transmitting to the world the political change that Spanish society was living and promoting relations with Ibero-America and other priority regions for Spanish foreign policy.
Other important role that the Ministry assumed during this period was managing entry into the European Community. During the short period of 1979-1981 the responsibilities on foreign affairs were share between the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry for Relations with the European Communities (which mainly focused on the negotiations for the entry) and after 1981 the second merged into the first Ministry as a Secretariat of State.
In 1988 the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) was created[8] and in this sense in 2004 the Ministry was renamed «Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation» with the aim of highlighting the role of Spain as a country committed to supporting the most disadvantaged peoples through cooperation for development. In 2000 the headquarters were moved to a 50,455 square meters building in Madrid but because of environmental and conditioning problems led to the return to the Palace of Santa Cruz in 2004-5.
In 2016[9] the Government approved the reform of the old headquarters of the Ministry and the move it is planned to early 2020.[10] Currently, the employees of the Department work on two buildings, the central headquarters at the Santa Cruz Palace and the Ágora Towers, two rented towers in the north of Madrid.
The last change took place in 2018, becoming the «Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation», thus emphasizing the Europeanist vocation of Spain and the primary importance that Spanish foreign policy grants, through this Ministry, to the European Union.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation is organised in the following superior bodies:[1]
The Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Directorate-General for Foreign Policy and Security.
The Directorate-General for the United Nations and Human Rights.
The Directorate-General for the Maghreb, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
The Directorate-General for Africa.
The Directorate-General for North America, Eastern Europe, Asia and Pacific.
The Directorate-General for International Economic Relations.
The Secretariat of State for the European Union.
The Directorate-General for Integration and Coordination of General Affairs of the European Union.
The Directorate-General for the Coordination of the Internal Market and other Community Policies.
The Directorate-General for Western, Central and Southeast Europe.
The Secretariat of State for International Cooperation and for Ibero-America and the Caribbean.
The Directorate-General for Sustainable Development Policies.
The Directorate-General for Iberoamerica and the Caribbean.
The Secretariat of State for Global Spain.
The Global Spain Office.
The Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.
The Technical General Secretariat.
The Directorate-General for the Foreign Service.
The Directorate-General for Spaniards Abroad and Consular and Migratory Issues.
The Directorate-General for Diplomatic Communication and Information.
The Introducer of Ambassadors.
The Analysis and Forecast Office.
The Migration Affairs Office.
List of Foreign Ministers of Spain
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^ "Historia del Ministerio". www.exteriores.gob.es. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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The 2008 Saint John River flood was considered the worst flooding of the Saint John River in 35 years. Flood levels reached 27 feet and 4 inches in Fredericton on May 1, almost reaching the previous record of 28 feet and 3 inches, set in 1973. Flooding was attributed to the melting of record snowfall from the 2007-2008 winter and heavy rain during the melting season. Fifty streets in Fredericton area were closed as a result of the flooding. The flooding caused severe damage in areas of northern Maine and western New Brunswick including international bridges and hundreds of homes and buildings.

By May 3, the Canadian Red Cross had registered 680 residents who had been forced to evacuate from their homes. An additional 600 residences were evacuated in Maine.

See also
1973 Saint John River Flood

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I'm back with another post on Dublin, this time it's all about the main reason why I was there and to give you a glimpse into the best weekend ever! I still can't come to terms with how amazing it was!
The C2C Country to Country festival is something I've looked at for the past few years and always thought one day I will go there! So when James surprised me with these tickets for Christmas you can only imagine my reaction, tears included! The line up this year was unbelievable all my favourite country artists under one roof - so the excitement of waiting to go here was unlike any other!
I've been to so many concerts before from a young age, but nothing gets me like country music does, it's a huge part of my life, so this weekend was right down my street and I pretty scared on how I would react haha!
So here's a few pictures of the line up of each night - nothing compares to the atmosphere and feeling of being in the arena, but I thought I'd give you a little insight into my weekend!
Chris Stapleton and his wife were amazing, such soulful voices you could hear a pin drop in the arena!
Kacey Musgraves - so much glam and glitter on one stage, I love her!
Eric Church - such an amazing performer, definitely need to see him again soon!
Ashley Monroe - beautiful voice and music!
Thomas Rhett - another unbelievable performer, I can't stop listening to him and Eric Church since I've came back!
Dwight Yoakam - such a great musician and vocalist!
Miranda Lambert - I was so excited to see her, one of my all time favourite artists and she was fantastic, I cried, danced and non-stop smiled when she was on stage, so effortless and amazing!
Sam Hunt- such a different country artist, from RnB to Country - I love him!
& last but definitely not least my idol, Carrie Underwood - I sound like such a fan girl right now but honestly she was beautiful, she was even more amazing live, I seriously couldn't get over how talented she was and such a humble person - all in all she blew me away!
Seeing all my favourite artists on stage definitely made me feel ten times more passionate about country music (which I never thought could happen) & it certainly inspired me to come back home pick up my guitar and write more songs! If you have the opportunity to get to this festival, go you won't be disappointed, I can't wait to see the line up for next year and it makes me so excited to go to USA in the summer that's for sure!


STORY: Two gangs – Bhaiyaji and Qureshi – fight each other over complete control on Varanasi and after a lot of bloodshed, one does gain jurisdiction of the holy city but it is not the way both the parties would have wanted things to end.
REVIEW: Portrayed as an out-and-out gangster with a long rap sheet, titular character Railway Raju (Sunny Shaw) is quite evidently a chic magnet but the love of his life Maya is in dilemma whether to take the plunge because of his involvement with Bhaiyaji gang. If you thought the names of both the underworld mafia groups sound funny and take away from the seriousness of the plot, wait till you watch the movie.
To begin with, 'Railway Raju' is inexplicably long, senseless, and hilarious (which, of course, is not a compliment). With due respect, all the actors should have at least tried to put on a slightly bearable show. And the director-cinematographer Dinkar Rao should have tried to make it watchable at least under the influence of some magical substance(s).
The protagonist and his two love interests – the philandering bhabiji Maya and the wannabe dancer Rosey – look like they have been forced to be romantically involved at gunpoint. The parallel characters have no idea what they are doing and neither does the scriptwriter.
There are few things in life that are not supposed to add up under any circumstances and 'Railway Raju' is one of them (in the world of cinema). Take a U turn…scoot!


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The Great Courses: Linguisitics
Language A to Z
Delivered by: Professor John McWhorter (Columbia University)
Release Date:11-12-13
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With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it's no wonder that linguistics, the study of language, has a reputation for being complex and inaccessible. But here's a secret: There's a lot that's quirky and intriguing about how human language works—and much of it is downright fun to learn about.
Every day, linguists ponder and try to solve some of the most intriguing scientific, historical, and sociological puzzles behind the inner workings of language—how it emerged, how it evolved, how it's used, and where it's going in the future.
What's the deal with slang like "baby mama" and "LOL"— where does it come from and can it actually be OK to use?
Why don't English speakers use words like "thou" and "thee" anymore?
What makes "mama" and "papa" the first words spoken by children in many languages?
These and other curious questions (and their surprising answers) are all part of what makes linguistics a field of study that's anything but dry and dull. But with so many languages and so many potential avenues of exploration, it can often seem daunting to try to understand it. Where does one even start?
Look no further than Language A to Z, in which acclaimed linguist and celebrated Great Courses professor John McWhorter of Columbia University creates a delightful way to get accessible, bite-sized introductions to language. These twenty-four 15-minute lectures by one of the best-known popularizers of language use the English alphabet as a unique, offbeat way to let you hopscotch through some of the field's major topics, hot-button issues, curious factoids, and more. Filled with humor, whimsy, and no shortage of insights, this course is a fast-paced tour of the same territory linguists tread each and every day.
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The Story of Human Language
Delivered by: Professor Seth Lerer (University of California at San Diego)
Language basics. In Lecture 1, you start by comparing human language to animal communication and ask, how valid are claims that animals such as chimpanzees have rudimentary language skills? Then you look at intriguing evidence that links a specific gene to the ability to use language. The first appearance of this gene in humans has been calculated and gives a surprisingly early date for the birth of language.
Chomsky's revolution. In Lecture 2, Professor McWhorter notes that linguists are often mistakenly thought to be translators or experts on word histories. But their work takes them far deeper into language. For example, Noam Chomsky and his coworkers have been searching for the grammatical properties common to all languages—an effort that has revolutionized linguistics, though not without controversy.
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Mixing it up. In Lectures 20–22, you study the phenomenon of language mixture. The first language's 6,000 branches have not only diverged into dialects, but they have been constantly mixing with one another on all levels: vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and usage. As a result, English comprises a vocabulary of largely borrowed terms.
How English got that way. In Lectures 23–25, you learn how processes of change lead some languages to develop more grammatical machinery than they need, while others become streamlined, shedding such complexities. English is an interesting example of the latter tendency.
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New languages from old. In Lectures 27–32, Professor McWhorter focuses on pidgins and creoles. When people learn a language quickly without being explicitly taught, they develop a pidgin version of it. Then if they need to use this pidgin on an everyday basis it becomes a real language, a creole. Some people argue that Black English is a creole, and Professor McWhorter devotes a lecture to this issue.
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Conclusion. In Lectures 35 and 36, you explore artificial languages, including Esperanto and sign languages for the deaf, and conclude by examining a single English sentence etymologically. In the process, you learn how word histories reflect the phenomena of language change and mixture worldwide.
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
Is English broken? Do bad grammar, slang, and illogical constructions signal a decline in standards of usage? Do e-mail and text messages corrupt the art of writing? In short, is our language going to the dogs?
It's easy to think so, just as it's easy to listen to people speaking a foreign language and think that they're doing something more complicated and interesting than we're doing in speaking English. But English is complicated and interesting too. Consider the real truth behind these widespread beliefs:
English is in crisis: False. English has been undergoing fundamental change for centuries. Novelty and caprice have created not just slang but the very foundations of what we think of as the best parts of English.
Latin is more perfect than modern languages: False. By historical accident, Latin became the standard for grammatical rigor. But countless languages, including English, are Latin's equal in precision and expressive power.
Grammar should be logical: False. A double negative is unacceptable in standard English because it implies a positive. But many languages use it without misunderstanding, along with other constructions that defy strict logic.
Texting degrades writing: False. Text messages and e-mail are not crowding out other forms of language. Instead, they fill an important niche—informal writing—that until now had no adequate outlet.
The modern attitude toward English is filled with such misconceptions that obscure the true picture of what a marvelous language it is. Far from being a language in decline, English is the product of surprisingly varied linguistic forces, some of which have only recently come to light. And these forces continue to push English in new directions—in defiance of those who long for an age of formal perfection that never existed.
Taught by acclaimed linguist, author, and Professor John McWhorter of Columbia University, Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage dispels the cloud of confusion that clings to English, giving you a crystal-clear view of why we use it the way we do and where it fits into the diverse languages of the world. After completing these 24 lectures, you will think about how you use English in a new way, listen to others with discernment and fascination, and take joy in speaking such a wonderfully idiosyncratic tongue.
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The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
Delivered by: Professor Seth Lerer (University of California, San Diego)
Sixteen centuries ago a wave of settlers from northern Europe came to the British Isles speaking a mix of Germanic dialects thick with consonants and complex grammatical forms. Today we call that dialect Old English, the ancestor of the language nearly one in five people in the world speaks every day.
How did this ancient tongue evolve into the elegant idiom of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Twain, Melville, and other great writers? What features of modern English spelling and vocabulary link it to its Old English roots? How did English grammar become so streamlined? Why did its pronunciation undergo such drastic changes? How do we even know what English sounded like in the distant past? And how does English continue to develop to the present day?
The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition, is Professor Seth Lerer's revised and updated investigation of the remarkable history of English, from the powerful prose of King Alfred in the Middle Ages to the modern-day sermons of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Writing and Civilization: From Ancient Worlds to Modernity
Narrated by: Professor Marc Zender (University of Calgary)
Can you imagine the world—or your life—without writing? From emails to street signs and newspapers to novels, the written word is so ever-present that we rarely stop to consider how it came to be.
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The fundamental role and impact of writing in our civilization simply cannot be overstated. But the question remains: Who invented writing, and why?
Like any event from our prehistoric past, the story of writing's origins is burdened by myths, mysteries, and misinformation. For the past two centuries, however, dedicated scholars have used rigorous methods to uncover a tale of intrigue, fascinating connections, and elegant solutions to the complex problem of turning language into text.
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Mpanga Cultivation; This site, a mixture of farm bush with scattered trees on the edge of Mpanga forest has been counted for several years and regularly gives good totals of species. This trend continued with 58 species recorded. Highlights included 5 Chestnut-winged Starling, Cassin's Honeybird, Yellow-spotted Barbet 6 Weyn's Weaver and a Golden-breasted Bunting.
Lukaya Flats; Situated in the extensive, seasonally flooded grassland to the north east of Lukaya town, the small islands of shrubby habitat helping to increase the species diversity. This BPM is a traditional two Km transect, i.e. two kilometers out then walk back to the start! The main highlights this visit being a flock of 5 Wattled Starling, Lead coloured Flycatcher and good numbers of Black-headed Gonolek. Unfortunately a worrying aspect is the increased amount of barbed wire fencing which has sprung up since the last visit.
Kayanja; Another long standing BPM which is a mixture of grass and low shrubby bush islands, a problem here is charcoal burning which is removing some of the islands, although it does appear that in places they are now only cutting branches and leaving the main trunk to re-grow. Bird highlights here are good numbers of Sooty Chat and Rufous-naped Lark while 3 Madagascar Bee-eater and 3 Orange Weaver were a bonus.
Nabugabo Grasslands; as the name suggests this BPM is purely grassland and rarely does the species list reach 20. Good numbers of Grassland and Plain-backed Pipits are always present along with Zitting Cisticola while good birds this visit was a single Saddle-billed Stork and 4 African Quailfinch. Occasionally we have recorded specialties including Great Snipe and Forbes Plover while traditionally the Blue Swallow can be found just to the north of the site.
Kyotera South; some two miles south of Kyotera town is an area of quite dense bush with small patches of grassland, these grassy areas get heavily rutted by cows crossing when wet. A hazardous habitat for walking, which involves your eyes being concentrated downwards rather than looking for birds. Fortunately the bird calls are frequent and a good number of species are logged. Birds seen included Black-chested and Brown Snake Eagles, while heard only were Moustached Warbler and Mourning Dove.
Kyegegwa; another area of grassland with islands of shrubby bush, with a large section of taller Acacia present. Traditionally cattle country this site suffers from the same furrowed ground. While areas close by are being planted up with Eucalyptus and Pines. Mainly grassland bird species are recorded, predominantly weavers and babblers. Of interest this visit was 5 African Stonechat and Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike.
Marabigambo Grassland; Situated on the edge of the Marabigambo Forest these seasonally flooded grasslands often have high numbers of Fan-tailed Widowbird and Grassland Pipit. This visit the flooded area held 2 Rufous-bellied Heron and African Jacana, while the drier grass had some very accommodating Black-chinned Quailfinch. Although we often hear forest species, we do not count them to keep the counts predominantly grassland species.
returning back through the scrub and grass area back to the start. This count has suffered recently due to the arrival of some 20,000 refugees from Tanzania. These people have nowhere left to go and are surviving in a makeshift camp on the edge of the old airstrip. First noted during the January count the numbers of people have increased to saturation point and it was thought that the birdlife would diminish, but fortunately this has not been the case and bird numbers and species remain relatively stable. Highlights include a Brown-chested Lapwing with Senegal and Crowned Lapwings, 6 Wattled Starling and good numbers of Banded Martin.
Airstrip Ponds Waterfowl Count; After the January count I was expecting the numbers to be low, but they were quite productive and did not appear to have very much disturbance. These seven ponds were created during the General Amin era when he wanted an airstrip created. The seven artificial ponds have varying degrees of water present, with accompanying vegetation, mainly typha and water lilies. Two of the ponds are usually quite dry but water levels have remained high and all seven had water. Interesting birds noted include 3 Lesser Jacana, 2 Rufous-bellied Heron and a Little Bittern, also present where three pairs of White-backed Duck with one of the pairs having three ducklings in tow, the first breeding record since 1941.
Musambwa Islands Waterfowl Count; these three Islands have been counted for over 15 years and we have a good account of number of birds and species. The January count revealed a reduction of Grey-headed Gull to approximately 60,000 down from the previous 90,000 and well below the peak of 120,000. Also noted in January was a reduction in breeding birds on the main Island. This July the count of Grey-headed Gull has reduced even further to just over 30,000 and more disturbing was the amount of juvenile birds, estimated to be about 1% of birds present. On landing on the main Island a small area behind the fishing community was found to contain the bodies of over twenty dead gulls, they were almost fledged. Whether this is due to a food shortage or something more sinister I could not ascertain. Of interest were the colony of Northern Brown-throated Weaver which were utilising discarded fishing line to weave their nests!
residence. Located in tall roadside trees 73 occupied nests were counted with a good percentage having large young. Unfortunately also counted were the 'bodies' of four Pelicans hanging from branches with mono-filament fishing line, a cruel and unnecessary death as surely the fisherman can dispose of their unwanted line by burning or burying? Perhaps a sensitisation project should be evolved?


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Ян I Ратиборский (, ок. 1332 — между 1380 и 1382) — князь Ратиборско-опавский (1365—1377) и князь Ратиборско-крновский (1377—1380/1382).

Биография
Ян был старшим сыном ратиборско-опавского князя Микулаша II от его первой жены Анны Ратиборской. Отец отправил его в Прагу ко двору Карла IV, и потому Ян, став приближённым Люксембурга, участвовал во многих политических событиях своей эпохи.

После смерти отца в 1365 году Ян был опекуном младших сводных братьев и фактическим правителем Ратиборско-опавского княжества. В 1372 году он предоставил магдебургское право городу Опава. Когда в 1377 году самому младшему из братьев (Пржемыслу) исполнилось 12 лет (что по тогдашним меркам считалось достаточным для вступления во владение), под давлением родни и дворянства Ян был вынужден разделить наследство отца с братьями. Яну досталось Ратиборско-крновское княжество, в которое вошли Рацибуж, Крнов, Брунталь, Миколув, Пщина, Водзислав-Слёнски, Рыбник и Жоры. Второму брату Микулашу III было выделено самостоятельное Глубчицкое княжество, а младшим братьям Вацлаву и Пржемыслу достался город Опава с окрестностями, образовавшие новое Опавское княжество.

Ещё в 1375 году из-за финансовых затруднений Ян был вынужден продать Пщину и Миколув Владиславу Опольчику, а Жоры в 1378 году были переданы в залог цешинскому князю Пшемыславу I Носаку (и в 1384 проданы тому же Владиславу Опольчику). Впоследствии наследство Микулаша II его потомки собирали обратно вплоть до середины XV века.

Точная дата смерти князя Яна I Ратиборского неизвестна, однако это должно было произойти между 16 февраля 1380 и 28 октября 1382 года. Похоронен он был в доминиканском монастыре в Рацибуже.

Семья и дети
В 1361 году по рекомендации короля Карла Люксембургского Ян Ратиборский женился на Анне Жаганьской, дочери жаганьского князя Генриха V Железного. У них было два сына и дочь:
 Ян II Железный (ок.1365 – 1424), князь Ратиборско-крновский
 Микулаш IV (ок.1370 – 1405/1407), князь Ратиборско-крновский
 Маргарита (1380—1407), замужем первым браком за князем Пшемыславом Освенцимским, вторым браком за князем Болеславом I Цешинским

Литература
 Ludwig Petry et al.: History of Silesia, Volume 1, Sigmaringen, 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5.
 Hugo Weczerka: Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Schlesien, Stuttgart, 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3, Genealogical tables on pages 600-601.

Ссылки
 Miroslav Marek Генеалогия Силезских Пржемысловичей
 Charles Cawley SILESIA, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Пржемысловичи
Князья Ратиборско-крновские
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Expensive lease terms from out-of-town commercial property management companies can often keep a store vacant. Finding the right tenant for the site of the former Thriftway grocery store, which stands apart from the downtown commercial district, complicates matters further. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
Bringing Business Back to Haddon Township
By Matt Skoufalos on	 July 3, 2014 Government, Haddon Township
In efforts to revitalize its commercial sector, Haddon Township is leaning on recruitment, redevelopment, and a healthy dose of alcohol.
By Matt Skoufalos
Because of its unusual boundaries, which include the exclave West Collingswood Heights and West Collingswood Extension, "We don't have the same footprint that other towns do," said Kate Burns, Director of the Haddon Township Business Improvement District (BID).
Yet within the less than three square miles it occupies, Haddon Township packs a commercial punch.
From auto parts to party supplies, yoga instruction to tax preparation, its BID is home to 174 businesses assessed at nearly $75 million annually.
It generates about $150,000 to $160,000 in annual revenues, which pay for practical needs—sidewalk repair, curb striping—beautification efforts—landscaping, holiday decorations, façade improvements—and hosting town-wide events.
"I think the biggest impact we can make is in marketing the town," Burns said. "You want it clean, safe, and attractive."
But in a down economy with strict real estate and lending markets, what residents are noticing more than the condition of the sidewalks in Haddon Township is often the darkened storefronts beyond them.
'Not the mom-and-pop story anymore'
By a rough calculation, there are at least 12 commercial vacancies on Haddon Avenue alone, Burns said. That figure is complicated by the way the properties are subdivided (prospective tenants could choose to merge smaller units into a single space, for example).
Yet as much as local leaders work to recruit new entrepreneurs to the community, there are limits to what can be done from the governmental side, Burns said.
It's not even a question of finding a new partner that could somehow connect all the dots: the township already is home to a variety of businesses that run the gamut from retail to dining to professional services.
"We're the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker," Burns said. "I would just like to know what we don't have.
A key element that separates Haddon Township from its neighbors is access to alcohol. With a handful of liquor stores, gastropubs, and bars, the municipality has crafted a response to Collingswood's B.Y.O.B. restaurant scene and the broad sidewalks of the Haddonfield shopping district.
But there are only so many liquor licenses to go around, and more than a few commercially zoned holes to plug.
Some of the shopping-center vacancies remain that way because commercial rents are "astronomical," Burns said, and can range into the tens of thousands of dollars, even excluding other leasing charges.
"People just don't seem to understand that it really basically comes down to the investor," she said. "I can suggest places [to a prospective tenant, but]if you don't have the cash flow, you're not going to make it."
The longest-lasting businesses in town are often those whose operators own their own real estate, Burns said, although knowing that still doesn't really help recruitment efforts.
"You can go through that whole dialogue with everybody," she said, "but I do not have the authority to go to a building owner and say, 'Would you lower your rents a little? Your businesses may stay open longer.'
"It's not the mom-and-pop story anymore," she said. "Businesses can't get loans like they used to."
The township is hoping that redevelopment efforts will drive an influx of new residents who might rent apartments in the Albertson Village or Haddon Town Center and spend their disposable income in town.
"You need bodies," Burns said. "You need people on the avenue. [The] Russell Cast Stone [site]is going to be a great punch in the arm."
Bark Tees owner Mark Concannon says that if local residents want to see a stronger retail presence, they need to patronize existing stores more frequently. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
'Stop going to the mall'
Even with new blood and a stiff drink, operating a brick-and-mortar retail storefront in the age of e-commerce is challenging, said Mark Concannon, whose Bark Tees just celebrated its second anniversary in Haddon Township.
"The walk-in business, unless you're a destination store, is pretty difficult," Concannon said. "You've got to have a well-researched idea and some money to ride out the rough patches.
"Unless you have a commercial side to what you do or an online presence to offset your expenses, it's difficult," he said.
"You've got to come into an area like this and engage the public on multiple levels."
Bark Tees, which produces small-batch graphic t-shirts, doesn't rely exclusively on foot traffic at its Haddon Avenue address. The business also provides screen-printing services for custom orders and fundraisers, and offers its products at wholesale prices for other vendors to re-sell.
What frustrates entrepreneurs like Concannon, however, is hearing chatter about how the business district needs more commercial space from "the people I don't see shopping around here.
"You talk about local business, you've got to stop going to the mall," he said.
Community-wide events put on by the BID help drive foot traffic too, Concannon said; but in the end, he also credits alcohol with doing the yeoman's share of the work.
"Thank God [P.J. Welihan's owners] the Platzers are here," he said. "They bring a lot of people to town."
Even though it has fallen into disrepair, the historic Westmont Theater is still a viable commercial opportunity for the investor with enough capital, says Mayor Randy Teague. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
'We've come a long way'
Haddon Township Mayor Randy Teague is no fan of the darkened commercial spaces in his town, but points out that some of the more visible vacancies—the Westmont Theater and the former Crystal Lake Thriftway grocery—are special cases.
"The theater is somewhat of a different type of a situation because that is on the state historic registry and we can't do anything with that building inside or outside," Teague said.
"We'd have to restore it to its original look, which is very costly."
In addition, environmental cleanup at the site will include remediating asbestos within the building as well as an underground oil tank.
These specific expenses are "limiting the potential tenants or owners for that building," Teague said, "because the construction cost is so high and you don't have a lot of flexibility."
Nonetheless, he said, "We do have somebody very interested in that and we have to look at the numbers."
As for the former grocery store, Teague said it "has to fit the right niche."
"That's a little different because it's not in the center of town; it's a larger space, but it's not real large," he said.
Teague also agrees with Burns that some of the asking prices from companies managing the higher-rent commercial properties could be a little friendlier in the current business climate.
"If you're saying that you need to get a certain amount of rent as a landlord to make it financially viable for yourself, and nobody's willing to pay that, then you don't have a market for your space," said Teague.
Overall, the mayor believes Haddon Township has improved its commercial district in recent years. Alcohol sales continue to fuel the food business, he said, citing the St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl and Philly Beer Week as larger opportunities to highlight the local restaurant industry.
"That in itself has spurred additional growth," Teague said. "I think that we have come a long way over the last seven years."
At a certain point, however, local government can only do so much to entice commerce, the mayor said.
"We'll do what we can to give the businesses everything they need to succeed," he said, "but ultimately it's up to them to succeed, and ultimately it's up to them to invest the capital.
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