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Icon NOW: Nikki Lohitnavy Busts Tropical Wine Myths
Thai wine icon Nikki Lohitnavy talks about her passion for tropical viticulture and adapting to the COVID-19 crisis.
Rachel Kwok
In this interview series, Icon NOW dives into the moments that have shaped our icons' lives, speculates on the future of their industry in Thailand, and shares advice for anyone who might aspire to follow in their footsteps.
Nikki gets her hands dirty demonstrating how to get full-flavour red wines.
Nikki Lohitnavy's plunger punches down effortlessly into the small fermentation tank of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, breaking the cap of red grape skins that float to the top as the result of the carbon dioxide generated by the yeast.
"You need to get dirty when you're making wine. Otherwise, the wine is not good," Nikki chuckles as she gently mixes the cap back into the liquid. As the juice and skins are fermented together in red wine, the skins tend to rise to the surface forming a cap on top of the tank. This punch down process is the hard-and-fast rule to a full-flavoured red as it loads up the juice with colour and flavour from the skins.
"You shouldn't wear a light-coloured shirt, but it's too late for me now," as she begins to pump over the skins and solids to help extract that bright ruby colour.
While she cautions for stubborn wine stains in easy chatter, Nikki's immaculate motions in these moments betray her immense passion for winemaking.
Nikki inspecting the vineyards at the GranMonte Estate.
The Oenologist and Winemaker of GranMonte Estate, Nikki Lohitnavy, explains that wine is not a traditional industry in Thailand for it does not fall within the wine belt; in other words, roughly between 30 and 50 degrees north or south of the equator. However, GranMonte has shattered the old belief that one could only grow grapes within the wine belt.
Her father, Visooth Lohitnavy, saw the potential in a 12-hectare plot of land nestled in the foothills of Khaoyai in the Northeast of Thailand in 1999. Once a cornfield and cashew nut plantation, the nearby limestone and granite mountains yield similar calcium-rich soil conditions in Europe and Australia.
"My dad likes doing challenging things," Nikki laughs, as she speaks of how her father combines his fearless spirit and keen taste in wine to realize this brilliant and crazy idea to grow grapes in the tropics.
Nikki Lohitnavy posing in the vineyard with her father, Visooth Lohitnavy, and mother, Sakuna Lohitnavy, who serve as GranMonte CEO & MD and President, respectively.
In 2005, Nikki leapt to Australia to pursue a bachelor's degree in Oenology and graduated with Honours in Viticulture at the University of Adelaide. In becoming the first Thai, overseas-trained oenologist, Nikki was eager to get her hands dirty from day one.
"I started adapting things in the vineyard since the first year of university," says Nikki as she recounts the beginning of GranMonte. With her newfound knowledge year after year, Nikki led the family vineyard and estate to embrace innovative techniques and expand into one of the leading wineries in Thailand.
Although the Huai Sai Royal Research Project did some groundwork for Thai winemakers and discovered that the varieties of Syrah and Chenin Blanc thrive in the local climate, GranMonte continues to experiment with countless rootstocks and clones. Today, GranMonte's research and development team cultivates up to 40 varieties including Durif, Grenache, and Viognier, and produces about 100,000 bottles of wine a year.
Winemaking is fascinating in the sense that there are no right answers. Fine wine is not only made with quality grapes, but also many decisions in planning, plotting, and fermenting. Moreover, each year is different. The fruit can be good this year, and then not in the next.
Huai Sai Royal Research Project works to inclusively develop sustainable agriculture in the region. Source: https://huaysaicenter.org
To beat the unpredictability that comes with global warming, Nikki has invested heavily in advanced climate technologies and monitoring tools to ensure the quality of her crops. With that said, the return of this meticulous care in winemaking requires tremendous patience.
"The popular grape variety of Cabernet Sauvignon is very difficult to grow, especially in Thailand. It takes such a long time for the vines to grow. The first harvest took six years. Normally, it takes about three years. And very low yield, too," says Nikki as she recalls the sweat and tears behind the making of GranMonte's icon wine, Asoke 2014.
"It's definitely not what they expect."
Aged for 14 months in new French and American oak barrels, the Asoke 2014 is a full-bodied, fruit-driven Cabernet Sauvignon with a small percentage of Syrah. "Asoke is a wine that would surprise," as most connoisseurs expect big, jammy wines from the warm, tropical climate of Thailand.
Contrary to popular belief, the cold winter snaps in the Khaoyai region bring the temperature down to 10 to 11 degrees at night. This comes through in all the wines at GranMonte, and most prominently in Asoke through the layers of red berries, bell peppers, and spices on the palate. "It's definitely not what they expect."
A row of award-winning GranMonte vintages.
Helmed by Nikki, GranMonte has gained international recognition by winning over a hundred medals in wine competitions and festivals such as AWC Vienna, FBAT Wine Challenge, and Decanter Asia. The COVID-19 crisis has not stopped GranMonte from submitting their wines overseas for tasting in ongoing contests in France, Austria, and Hong Kong.
"We give importance to these competitions because it's our way of letting people know that our wines are of international standards. We're not just saying that ourselves, [the quality of our wines] are proven by the judges. They blind taste it and prove that our wines are at this level," explains Nikki.
When asked about the future of viticulture in Thailand, Nikki describes that the industry has grown over the past six to seven years as the perception of Thai wine begins to change in the local market and on a global scale. With the establishment of the Thai Wine Association, new wineries began to emerge and challenge one another to improve grape-growing and winemaking techniques, as well as on the marketing front.
The VinCotto restaurant, where people can enjoy GranMonte vintages paired with Western and Thai cuisine.
However, the deadly curveball of COVID-19 has ultimately prompted GranMonte to explore new tactics to cope with the losses caused by the lockdown procedures and travel restrictions. While GranMonte retains close ties with its hospitality and F&B partners, the winery has decided to focus its energy on promoting Khaoyai as a domestic destination with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and nearby local businesses.
"We want to build upon the hospitality side of the business, to offer a meaningful experience for everyone," says Nikki, revealing her plans to grow wine tourism in Thailand. For instance, GranMonte Wine Cottage now offers attractive packages for individuals, couples, and families to make new discoveries in Khaoyai. Not only can guests wake up to a beautiful sunrise over lush green vineyards, but they can also learn the secrets behind grape-picking during harvest and easy tips for matching food and wine at the family restaurant VinCotto.
Throughout her career in viticulture of 15 years, Nikki has enriched GranMonte and the Thai wine industry with her know-how and dedication in the care of the vine. While her mother's infectious enthusiasm brought the winery to curate a namesake rosé, Nikki resonates with the family vineyard's Elements Syrah. Much like the traits of this rustic yet complicated wine, Nikki is a humble and charming winemaker with a stubborn goal to make the most delicious, stimulating Thai wine.
The GranMonte vineyard framed by the verdant Khao Yai mountains in Nakhon Ratchasima.
On that note, Nikki invites everyone to visit GranMonte to try new wines made of new exciting varieties from Marsanne to Petite Verdot. In boosting sustainability and longevity of the wine business, GranMonte has also kick-started a line of zero-waste projects: fruit for wine, grape seeds for oil, and now grape skins for grappa, a liquor originating in Italy. With these green efforts in place, Thai viticulture is destined for graceful aging.
As a copywriter, editor, and translator, Rachel prides herself on delivering clear, concise copy for a range of audiences, with work spanning the hospitality, lifestyle, and medical industries. After earning degrees in English literature and Japanese language and culture from the University of British Columbia, she has gone on to serve as managing editor for acclaimed wine critic James Suckling and LifestyleAsia.com.


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El término Varaha puede significar varias cosas:

 Varaja ('jabalí'), tercer avatar del dios hinduista Visnú.
 Varaja-purana (primer milenio d. C.), texto sagrado hinduista que cuenta la historia de la encarnación Varaja.
 Varaja Mijira (505-587) fue un astrónomo y matemático hinduista que vivió en Ujjain (India).
 Varaja, la moneda de curso legal del antiguo Imperio vijayanagara (1336-1646).

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Asset Tracker for Networks is an inventory software tool intended to audit software and hardware components installed on the computers over the network. This asset management tool will collect your network inventory information, provide the Network Administrator with the detailed comprehensive reports and allow to export assets details to external storages, such as SQL database or web site.
Network inventory tool intended to audit software and hardware components installed on the computers over the network. This asset management tool will collect your network inventory information, provide the Network Administrator with the detailed comprehensive reports and allow you to export assets details to external storages, such as SQL database or web site.
Asset Tracker for Networks does not require any software to be manually installed on each and every user workstation. After installing the program on your own PC for the very first time, you click File|InventoryNetwork menu item and... get the complete inventory of your network computers in a half an hour!
Asset Tracker inventories not only Windows computers, but also network equipment, such as routers, switches or network printers! After the inventory process will be completed, you will be able to view devices information, build consolidated reports and export device inventory information (see below).
Report Builder is an additional tool included into the Alchemy Network Inventory installation package. Using Report Bulider, you can modify any of the existing reports or create a new one if necessary. Report Builder uses SQL queries as data source, it has powerful built-in macro language and rich formatting features that allows to create complex reports meeting any requrements. Having powerful capabilities and rich features, Report Builder is a pretty simple and easy-to-use application.


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Fish Update
They all hatched, and they're all dead. The father appears to have eaten them. Peter told this to Josh, a former lower school science teacher, who shook his head sadly and said, "I could have told you that would happen."
This is the blog for Salt Magazine.
2007.02.27 in Science | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
I just finished getting my latest fix of American Idol. It was heartwrenching, as always (all those dedications to the grandmas? Boys, you're killing me). But that's not what I want to write about. What I want to write about is the show that came on next, a new game called "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.
Has anyone else seen it? The show features an ethnically diverse (and very cute) class of 5th graders, all of whom try to help the adult contestants answer questions gleaned from lower school textbooks. The adults all have to promise, if they lose, to look into the camera and say, "I'm not smarter than a 5th grader." If they can't answer a question (which no one on tonight's program could), they have three options to cheat: look at their 5th grade counterpart's answer, copy their answer without looking at it, or get "saved" by the 5th graders.
Okay. So given the fact that most American fifth graders can like, hardly read, it's a little horrifying that they all do much, much better than their adult counterparts. Especially given the questions. What month do we celebrate Columbus day in? (October, unless you're in Berkeley, where it turns into "indigenous people's day.") What was the name of the ship the pilgrims sailed over in 1620? (The Mayflower) What is REM? (The band responsible for "Orange Crush.")
But what I really couldn't figure out is what the audition process for the show must be like. You clearly need to get yourself some dorky fifth graders (which prompts the question of why this show wasn't started in 1990). But the adults? I mean, you can't just get idiots--that would be too easy. The first guy graduated from UCLA. But do they have psychologists on hand to tell which personality types are the most likely to crack under the intense scrutiny of 10-year-olds? Do they make them take social studies tests and then pick the people who fail? I'm very confused. And a bit depressed about America.
In other words, I want to be on the show.
2007.02.27 in Television | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Pablo Neruda [Hearts] Salt
Whoah. I had no idea -- no idea that Pablo Neruda cared about Salt magazine, let alone was writing poetry for us. But Nazli just alerted us to our newest, famousest contributor (to this blog, at least):
Ode to Salt Magazine by Pablo Neruda
This salt
in the saltcellar
I once saw in the salt mines.
you won't
believe me,
it sings,
salt sings, the skin
of the salt mines
sings
with a mouth smothered
by the earth.
I shivered in those solitudes
when I heard
the voice of
the salt
in the desert.
Near Antofagasta
the nitrous
resounds:
a broken
voice,
a mournful
In its caves
the salt moans, mountain
of buried light,
translucent cathedral,
crystal of the sea, oblivion
of the waves.
And then on every table
in the world,
salt,
we see your piquant
sprinkling
vital light
our food. Preserver
of the ancient
holds of ships,
the high seas,
of the unknown, shifting
byways of the foam.
Dust of the sea, in you
the tongue receives a kiss
from ocean night:
taste imparts to every seasoned
dish your ocean essence;
the smallest,
wave from the saltcellar
reveals to us
more than domestic whiteness;
in it, we taste infinitude.
The Mixed Up Messages of AAA
Just to keep you all posted on the riveting details of my car "accident" (i.e. scraping paint off of someone's bumper in a parking lot), I think I've reached a resolution:
1. The paint scrape-age -- and by paint scraping, I do just mean paint scraping, nothing more -- is estimated to cost $414 to fix. Yes, you heard that right. I'm like, why don't you bring the car over here and I'll use a little soap and nail polish and only charge you $50. But whatever.
2. I figured out that I can have the whole thing covered by insurance, and that if the claim is not more than $750, it won't raise my rates. I had this confirmed by two people. I felt a sense of relief. Then a woman from AAA called me this morning to confirm the claim, and she said, "And just so you know, this might raise your rates."
"Wait a second," I said. "I thought that if the claim was under $750, my rate wouldn't go up."
"You're right. It won't go up," she told me. "But I just need to inform you that your rates might go up."
This was very confusing to me, so I asked her the same question again.
"Yes," she said again. "Your rate won't go up. But I need to inform you that your rate might go up."
This, for any employee training program leaders out there who might be reading this blog, is why I think it's important to tell people that sometimes it's okay to go off script, just a little bit. I eventually got her to say the same information I had before, that it wouldn't raise my rate if the claim were under $750. So I think I'm okay. But it was a very weird Alice in Wonderland interaction.
In other news, my roommate's fish are having sex. It's really weird. He came down the other day and told me about the process: first, the male goes up to the surface and takes big gulps of air so that he can create a "bubble nest" at the top of the water. Then he chases the girl fish around for a while, eventually convincing her to let him curl his body around hers as they float around the tank. Then they both go totally still and look like they're dead. It is not in any way apparent that mating is occurring. Then they separate, and the female fish drops four or five eggs out of some undetermined orifice, which start sinking to the bottom as the male fish swoops beneath them and collects them in his mouth. You heard that right. After checking to make sure he didn't miss any, he takes his precious mouthful up to the waiting bubble nest and spits the eggs out into the bubbles, tucking others around so as to protect them.
When Peter first told me about this, I thought he was just regurgitating something he read on Wikipedia. But then I went upstairs and watched it, and it was exactly as he described it. Very weird. Even weirder is that apparently they've done it like 35 times, which means the whole top edge of the tank is coated in bubbles with little fish eggs in them. This means, conceivably, that he's going to end up with about 300 siamese fighting fish babies in a matter of weeks. It's going to be interesting.
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[Don't] Do The Right Thing
You know, I thought I'd gotten away with that bumper scraping from last week. It was Tuesday, after all, and I hadn't heard anything back about it. Surely my note had flown away, I told myself, leaving my conscience light *and* my wallet intact.
Not so. Yesterday I got a call about the car, and guess what? It turns out it was a rental. A rental! My guilt at not leaving a note was entirely predicated on the idea that I was going to ruin the day of some unfortunate elderly shopper who now would have to reach into their own pension fund to pay for a paint touch-up. Instead, I got some guy named Rich (who was quite nice, for what it was worth) asking for my insurance information.
Want to know how much he said he thought the repair might be? SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
To be fair, he said that he doubted it would be that much. But still, people. When I ripped my entire bumper off it cost $300 to have it repaired. Then I scrape a paint job and it's probably more? Ridiculous.
Angry Catherine, however, did not come out to play. We had a cordial conversation and I called my insurance company to see what the risk was of actually, you know, *using* my car insurance, and she said that if the cost was over 750, it could add three hundred dollars a year onto my premium. That warrants a "holy shit" -- not to mention the question of why I felt the need to be so honest.
Knitta, Please
Oh my god. Thank you to Natalie for alerting me to this, a group of crafty people in Houston who go by the name "Knitta Please!"
For reasons I still don't entirely understand, they've taken it upon themselves to knit garments for inanimate objects around Houston, including street poles and trees. (The pictures are very funny.) But even better, they've blended two of my favorite things: crafts and gangsta rap. I mean, what could be better than a group of people with names like "The Notorious N.I.T." and "P. Knitty"?
Nothing. Nothing could be better.
Huh. Well, it's a lazy Friday afternoon here in Berkeley, where (in contrast to the frigid east coast) it's like, 65 degrees and sunny. It's the sort of day that makes you feel guilty about sitting inside, writing a blog post. But whatever. Several quick updates:
1. I was thinking about that story with my dad and the jellybeans. And it occurred to me that I missed one of the funniest parts of it: he almost got kicked out of Bloomingdale's. I was wondering why security would have done that, and then suddenly had this image of what it must have looked like to someone who doesn't know my dad: a guy in a puffy red jacket standing in the foyer, likely unshaven, eating a box of jellybeans one by one while laughing to himself. And all this while wearing an eye patch. I'm surprised they didn't arrest him.
2. Those people whose car I bumped into yesterday have not yet called. They're either busy calculating whether they can possibly use this accident to repay their mortgage, or my note blew off the car. Here's hoping it's the latter.
3. The Deciders, formerly known as "The Jewgrass Boys" before they decided to make a lame name change, have posted about me on their blog under the subject heading, "It's On, Bitch."
Oh, is it ever. Let's just hope you "decide" to send me some MP3s.
My Dad and Jelly Beans
And then there's this story about my dad, whom I love so much that he got his own category heading on this blog. If I had to boil down the essence of my father into one story, this one would be a good choice.
First, some background: my dad has had a lot of nasal operations, and can't smell very well (which means he also isn't very good at tasting). Because of these nasal operations, he's got scar tissue up near his eye, which has started giving him double vision and necessitates him wearing a patch, which he, understandably, is not happy about. He also loves candy.
So, being the loving and sometimes mean daughter that I am, I thought it'd be really funny to send him a box of Harry Potter Jelly Bellies--you know, the ones that some regular flavors, but also some really nasty ones. Earwax, for example. Or sardine, vomit, and rotten egg.
I warned him ahead of time that he needed to read the box before eating them. "Please dad, make sure you read the box," I remember saying to him. "It's very important. Promise me you'll read it."
So I get a call from him this morning on my cell phone and have the following conversation:
Dad: Catherine, I wanted to thank you for the box of jelly beans you sent me. I was feeling depressed and they really cheered me up. I ate all of them.
Me: That's great--but did you notice anything weird about them?
Dad: There were a lot of flavors. There were supposed to be 40 but I only counted 35.
Me: You counted the flavors?
Dad: Yes. There were only 35 of them that I could tell. But you know, you don't get all the flavors in every box.
Me: What about the vomit flavor? Did you notice that one?
Dad: (In the same unconcerned tone one might use to say that there hadn't been any cherry) No, I don't remember a vomit one. Maybe it wasn't in there.
Me: But did you notice that there were weird flavors? What did you think about ear wax?
Dad: I don't remember that one.
Me: It would have been the one that tasted like ear wax.
Dad: Well, I've never tasted ear wax, so I don't really know.
(Side note: who out there has never tasted their own ear wax? Am I alone in this?)
Me: But what about sardine? Did you get that one?
Dad: Oh, yes. That one tasted like fish.
Me: What did you think of it?
Dad: It wasn't particularly good.
Me: But so there wasn't like, a moment when you realized that there were disgusting flavors?
Dad: Well, I didn't read the box--I just looked at each bean carefully before I ate it and tried to memorize what it looked like. Then I put it in my mouth and tried to identify the flavor, and if I couldn't get it, I looked at the back of the box and tried to match up its description with what it looked like. I nearly got kicked out of Bloomingdale's.
(Note: why he was doing this in Bloomingdale's is also unclear.)
Me: And the dirt?
Dad: I don't remember that one specifically. But I don't really mind dirt.
Me: Soap?
Dad: I didn't notice that one. But my teachers in Catholic school used to make me wash my mouth out with soap for saying bad things, so maybe I'm used to it.
Me: (really struggling now) What about the bacon?
Dad: Oh, that one was GREAT. I would buy a whole bunch of those. You know me and bacon.
(I do know him and bacon. He would definitely buy those beans.)
So that's pretty much it in a nutshell. My father is:
-really into candy
-can't taste too well
-enjoys trying new things, especially when doing so involves eating
-apparently doesn't mind if his daughter sends him jellybeans that taste like booger
2007.02.15 in Daaad . . . | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Maybe there's a reason it costs $6.
I have many things to post about, mostly having to do with my father. But first, an update on the tofu situation: if you buy extra firm tofu, sprinkle it with salt and lemon and add cilantro, you're not going to end up with something that tastes like the six-dollar stuff from the farmer's market. See, the thing I forgot is that when I eat most extra-firm tofu varieties, something about the texture sort of makes me want to vomit. The stuff from the farmer's market, on the other hand, has a chewier consistency and makes me want to eat more. So color that a failure.
In other news, as I was parking at the grocery store, I accidentally scraped the bumper of the car next to me. Nothing major--I got some paint on it and most of it is probably easy to rub off -- but I didn't know what to do about it. I wanted to leave a note but feared I was going to end up with one of those people who lies awake at night hoping someone will scrape their bumper and leave a note so that they can claim thousands of dollars of damages.
I decided to give myself some time to contemplate my own morality, parked in a different spot (I mean, I've got a white car--they would have figured me out in a heartbeat) and shopped for my tofu. And felt so guilty that I realized that I had to leave a note, regardless of consequences.
So I did so, Salt readers. I left a note apologizing, and gave the person my phone number. Then I surreptitiously sauntered over to the car, giving money to all the homeless people I passed along the way (I was feeling very guilty) and tucked the note behind the windshield wipers.
But here's the thing: I didn't tuck it too tightly. And it was a sort of small piece of paper. And I haven't heard from them yet. So let's just say, hypothetically, that they drove away from the store without noticing my piece of penance and oh, whoops, it blew away. Am I still going to hell?
Yes, yes, and then I'll make my own soap.
So here's my issue with my local farmer's market: it's like, really expensive. Every week I trot on over to Derby street, ready to buy some fresh carrots straight from their growers and guess what? They're $2 a bunch. I'm not necessarily saying that the food should be cheaper than it is (Americans food is cheaper than it should be, I should be supporting local farmers, etc, etc) -- but considering how paltry my salary is these days, I need to figure out a way to eat well without spending $6 a pop on organic tofu salad with cilantro.
I was thinking about this dilemma today as I sat in my kitchen, eating my organic tofu salad with cilantro, and came to the perhaps not-so-brilliant conclusion that I could probably make some of this stuff myself. Not the carrots, mind you, but the tofu salad? How hard can that be?
Then I started thinking about how annoying it is that grocery stores only sell cilantro in bunches because, let's face it, how much guacamole and cilantro tofu salad can one girl eat in a week (I have the same issues with celery)--and then one thing led to another and I started to imagine myself as a baker of olive bread, a streak of flour carelessly dashed across my cheek.
All this probably harkens back to a field trip we took in second grade to a "living farm" where we all got assigned a different task, based on what people did during colonial times. I really wanted to be assigned to be a cook--like, really, really wanted it, but instead was told that for that day, I'd have to be . . . a miller. Yup. A miller. Who the fuck wants to be a miller? What does that even MEAN today, to be a miller? I don't know. All I remember is that the second time we went to the farm, I refused to repeat my miller duty and instead got assigned to the dairy (a close second to being a cook), where we spent a lovely afternoon learning how to make butter.
It resulted in a six-month streak wherein every Friday night I would insist that my mother buy heavy whipping cream and dill, so that I could make butter for dinner. A rewarding--if fattening--habit. That, combined with my maple syrup streak in the winter of 1990 (wherein I forced my dad to help me tap a sugar maple, then spent countless hours at the stove boiling sap down into what amounted to about a 1/8 of a cup of maple syrup), is probably why I am getting so into this olive bread idea. Especially if I get to wear my hair in braids, with a colorful bandana.
This is going to be amazing.
And this is the blog for Salt Magazine.

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The quest by members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to fill various national executive positions is heating up, although the date and venue is unknown.
One position being keenly contested is that of the National Organizer, which is currently occupied by Opanyin Yaw Boateng Gyan, and being eyed by the current Deputy General Secretary, Kofi Adams, Spokesperson of ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, who is also the founder of the NDC.
But it seems Mr. Adams is on his way to a catastrophic defeat as party insiders indicate that his popularity has dwindled, especially because of the many roles he played in forming groups to oust the then President, John Evans Atta Mills, by Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, wife of the NDC founder.
Mr. Adams, is said to be the favourite of the Flagstaff House; the seat of government, but it appears even appointees of President John Mahama, some of who have held positions within the party, don't find him attractive for the National Organizer position as depicted in a picture pasted on social media, over the weekend.
The picture, first spotted on the Deputy Minister for the Ashanti Region, Joseph Yamin's facebook wall, had a monkey holding plastic bottled water which had Mr. Adams' picture embossed on it. It has the inscription "Vote Kofi Adams as National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress".
The picture, appears to be saying only monkeys would be voting for Kofi Adams, and that Opanyin Yaw Boateng Gyan, is the favourites of human beings.
The monkey sitting comfortably on a tree, aside holding Mr. Adams' sponsored-bottled-water in its left hand, had a chicken bone in it right hand, indicating to watchers that it had been fed with fried chicken.
It is clear the ex-Youth and Sports Deputy Minister, was making fun of Mr. Adams' campaign strategy.
Indeed, friends and party supporters, who visited Mr. Yamin's facebook page and saw the picture, had a good laugh about the picture, while a few others expressed concern about where Mr. Adams got the money for that venture.
Some of the comments read: "winner", "all love NDC leadership", " what a wow", "using taxpayers money to feed monkeys, shame", "even the monkeys love Kofi Adams how much more you human being" and "Kofi Adams nooo size".
Mr. Yamin, was once alleged to be a member of Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings (FONKAR) in the Ashanti Region, where he is currently the Regional Secretary of the NDC.
Meanwhile, information available to The Herald, indicates that few leading members who formed the National Democratic Party (NDP) owned and financed by Nana Konadu Agyeamn Rawlings, are on a collusion cause to foil Mr. Adams' ambition of remaining an executive member of the NDC.
According to the NDP executives namely, Joseph Bediako and Ernest Kofi Owusu Bempah, who claim to have formed both FONKAR and NDP, they cannot watch Mr. Rawlings' Spokesman to rundown the NDP and contest executive position in the NDC, when they were so much against that same party few years ago.
They explained that Mr. Adams was so instrumental in the formation of the NDP and that he at a point proposed the colours, symbol and name of the party.
They accuse him of dishonesty and also engaging in politics of convenience following his claim that the NDP is a two member political party, which needs to be disbanded.
Bediako, for instance has threatened to release some damning tapes about Mr. Adams, which will dent his image for life.


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package test.bunkr.core.interfaces;

import org.bunkr.core.inventory.IFFContainer;
import org.bunkr.core.inventory.FileInventoryItem;
import org.bunkr.core.inventory.FolderInventoryItem;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.equalTo;

/**
 * Created At: 2015-12-02
 */
public class TestIFFContainer
{
    class FakeFFContainer implements IFFContainer
    {
        final List<FolderInventoryItem> folders = new ArrayList<>();
        final List<FileInventoryItem> files = new ArrayList<>();

        @Override
        public List<FolderInventoryItem> getFolders()
        {
            return folders;
        }

        @Override
        public List<FileInventoryItem> getFiles()
        {
            return files;
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testInventoryIterator()
    {
        FakeFFContainer f1 = new FakeFFContainer();
        f1.files.add(new FileInventoryItem("thing1"));
        f1.files.add(new FileInventoryItem("thing2"));
        FolderInventoryItem f2 = new FolderInventoryItem("f2");
        FolderInventoryItem f3 = new FolderInventoryItem("f3");
        FolderInventoryItem f4 = new FolderInventoryItem("f4");
        f2.addFolder(f4);
        f1.folders.add(f2);
        f1.folders.add(f3);
        f2.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f2.1"));
        f2.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f2.2"));
        f3.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f3.2"));
        f3.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f3.1"));
        f4.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f4.2"));
        f4.addFile(new FileInventoryItem("f4.1"));

        Iterator<FileInventoryItem> it = f1.getIterator();
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("thing1")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("thing2")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f2.1")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f2.2")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f3.2")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f3.1")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f4.2")));
        assertThat(it.next().getName(), is(equalTo("f4.1")));
    }
}


A $2 million hole in funding to complete a downtown Novato SMART station could be filled by a cash advance from increased tolls recently approved by Bay Area voters.
When it meets later this month, the Transportation Authority of Marin will consider sending a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission asking for an advance of money from Regional Measure 3, a $3, phased toll increase passed by regional voters during the June 5 election. Marin voters gave the measure 59 percent approval.
The letter would "request an urgent advance of Regional Measure 3 funds for SMART's station in downtown Novato," according to a TAM report.
Novato has already invested $2.4 million for a first phase of work, including a platform, at the city's historic train depot site in Old Town. The second phase will make the stop functional by adding the necessary electrical systems and signals.
But part of that second phase includes "Positive Train Control," a system that essentially controls movements on the rails electronically to slow or stop trains before accidents could occur. The cost of the second phase has gone from $3.1 million to $5.2 million, officials said.
While funding for a downtown Novato station was not specified by the toll measure, there is $100 million set aside for general North Bay transit access improvements. Metropolitan Transportation Commission officials say they are open to a discussion about the downtown Novato rail station.
The MTC has been a strong supporter of SMART, providing millions of dollars to the rail line.
TAM is also eyeing a second letter to the MTC, this one aimed at getting $4 million in the new toll money for design work toward completing the Marin-Sonoma Narrows widening.
Various segments of the Narrows — so named because lanes narrow from three to two, causing a bottleneck — have been widened piecemeal in the two counties over the past several years. The overall project has a price tag of $743 million and would increase total lanes from four to six by adding carpool lanes in each direction.
"While MTC doesn't start collecting new tolls until 2019 and will need time to prepare a financing plan and raise funds, their staff have indicated they may have the flexibility to 'front load' a limited amount of funds to TAM that would keep the design effort going," a TAM report reads.
If that were to happen, the widening through the entire Marin-Sonoma Narrows "can be opened in year 2022," according to the TAM report.
The toll increase will be phased in over a six-year period. The first dollar will be added Jan. 1, 2019, then Jan. 1, 2022, and finally Jan. 1, 2025. The increase will occur on the seven state-operated bridges in the region, including the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
The current toll is $5, with Bay Bridge tolls rising and falling during peak and off-peak hours. Tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge will not rise under the plan because it is not a state-operated bridge.


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Pleconaril (Picovir) is an antiviral drug that was being developed by Schering-Plough for prevention of asthma exacerbations and common cold symptoms in patients exposed to picornavirus respiratory infections. Pleconaril, administered either orally or intranasally, is active against viruses in the Picornaviridae family, including Enterovirus and Rhinovirus. It has shown useful activity against the dangerous enterovirus D68.

History
Pleconaril was originally developed by Sanofi-Aventis, and licensed to ViroPharma in 1997. ViroPharma developed it further, and submitted a New Drug Application to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001. The application was rejected, citing safety concerns; and ViroPharma re-licensed it to Schering-Plough in 2003. The Phase II clinical trial was completed in 2007. A pleconaril intranasal spray had reached phase II clinical trial for the treatment of the common cold symptoms and asthma complications. However, the results have yet to be reported.

Mechanism of action
In enteroviruses, Pleconaril prevents the virus from exposing its RNA, and in rhinoviruses Pleconaril prevents the virus from attaching itself to the host cell.
Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) contain four structural proteins labeled VP1-VP4. Proteins VP1, VP2 and VP3 are eight stranded anti-parallel β-barrels. VP4 is an extended polypeptide chain on the viral capsid inner surface. Pleconaril binds to a hydrophobic pocket in the VP1 protein. Pleconaril has been shown in viral assembly to associate with viral particles. Through noncovalent, hydrophobic interactions compounds can bind to the hydrophobic pocket. Amino acids in positions Tyr152 and Val191 are a part of the VP1 drug binding pocket.

In Coxsackievirus, Pleconaril efficiency correlates to the susceptibility of CVB3 with the amino acid at position 1092 in the hydrophobic pocket. Amino acid 1092 is in close proximity to the central ring of capsid binders. The binding of pleconaril in the hydrophobic pocket creates conformational changes, which increases the rigidity of the virion and decreases the virions' ability to interact with its receptor. Drugs bind with the methylisoxazole ring close to the entrance pocket in VP1, the 3-fluromethyl oxadiazole ring at the end of the pocket and the phenyl ring in the center of the pocket.

Clinical trials
The results of two randomized, double blind, placebo studies found Pleconaril treatment could benefit patients with colds due to picornaviruses. Participants in the studies were healthy adults from Canada and the United States, with self-diagnosed colds that had occurred within 24 hours of trial enrollment. Participants were randomly given a placebo or two 200 mg tablets to take three times daily for five days. To increase absorption it was recommended to be taken after a meal. To monitor the effectiveness of Pleconaril, participants recorded the severity of their symptoms and nasal mucosal samples were obtained at enrollment, day 3, day 6 and day 18. The two studies had a total of 2096 participants and more than 90% (1945) completed the trial. The most common reason for a participant not finishing the trial was an adverse event. Pleconaril treatment showed a reduction in nose blowing, sleep disturbance, and less cold medication used.

Another study showed over 87% of virus isolates in cell culture were inhibited by pleconaril. Virus variants were detected in 0.7% of the placebo group and 10.7% of the pleconaril group. Of the two isolates a subject from the placebo group had a resistant virus in cell culture to pleconaril. The other strain was susceptible to the drug. The pleconaril group had 21 virus strains, which remained susceptible. Resistance strains were found in 7 pleconaril patients.

A Phase II study that used an intranasal formulation of pleconaril failed to show a statistically significant result for either of its two primary efficacy endpoints, percentage of participants with rhinovirus PCR-positive colds and percentage of participants with asthma exacerbations together with rhinovirus-positive PCR.

Resistance
In human rhinoviruses mutations in amino acids at positions 152 and 191 decrease the efficiency of pleconaril. The resistant HRV have phenylalanine at position 152 and leucine at position 191. In vitro studies have shown resistance to pleconaril may emerge. The wild type resistance frequency to pleconaril was about 5×10−5. Coxsackievirus B3(CVB3) strain Nancy and other mutants carry amino acid substitutions at position 1092 of Ile1092->Leu1092 or Ile1092->Met in VP1. The Ile->Leu mutation causes complete resistance to pleconaril. The study found resistance of CVB3 to pleconaril can be overcome by substitution of the central phenyl group. Methyl and bromine substitutions created an increase of pleconaril activity towards sensitive and resistant strains. Amino acid substitutions in the hydrophobic pocket and receptor binding region of viral capsid proteins were shown to have an effect against the sensitivity of capsid binding antivirals.

Side effects of pleconaril
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected pleconaril in 2002 due to the side effects. The most commonly reported side effects were mild to moderate headache, diarrhea, and nausea. Some women were having symptoms of spotting in between periods. Menstrual irregularities were reported by 3.5% of the 320 pleconaril treated women using oral contraceptives and by none of the 291 placebo treated women. In the clinical trial two women became pregnant due to the drug interfering with hormonal birth control by activation of cytochrome P-450 3A enzymes. Other patients have described painful nasal inflammation.

References

Anti–RNA virus drugs
Isoxazoles
Phenol ethers
Oxadiazoles
Trifluoromethyl compounds
Experimental drugs


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Q: Airflow:Cannot open Admin UI by specified url I've finished installation and configuration of Airflow with no error or warning occured.
While I'm trying to start airflow webservice,something strange were happened.

click here is the webservice log
4 worker threads are always trying to do something and then exit while there are no error!
At the very beginning, I've considered it as a succeed starting webservice.
But when I'm trying to see what's in the web UI, I just can't open the web page: 110 error time out.
here is my installaion setps and configuration of airflow.cfg,the only difference from the default config is DB url
install:
#setuptools install
wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-19.6.tar.gz#md5=c607dd118eae682c44ed146367a17e26
tar -zxvf setuptools-19.6.tar.gz
cd setuptools-19.6
python setup.py build
python setup.py install

#pip install
wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/11/b6/abcb525026a4be042b486df43905d6893fb04f05aac21c32c638e939e447/pip-9.0.1.tar.gz#md5=35f01da33009719497f01a4ba69d63c9
......... the same way like setuptools

pip install paramiko

yum -y install zlib-devel bzip2-devel openssl-devel ncurses-devel sqlite-devel readline-devel tk-devel gdbm-devel db4-devel libpcap-devel xz-devel

pip install apache-airflow

#wait....
vim /etc/profile
#add the environment variable

airflow db init

airflow webserver

Even though I did nothing to change default configuration, by using default SQLite, the webserver seems not working at all...
I've tried several times by removing airflow from pip then install it again.
Even using the official guide, Nothing is going wrong, but, after all, when I started airflow webserver with command
 airflow webserver
 then visit 192.168.18.60:8080(the test server ip + port),there is response 110 time out
the server has no firewall and the port 8080 is clean to run application.
Although I tried command airflow webserver and then visit 192.168.18.60:8080

#even I tried this:
 telnet localhost 8080

#it returns:
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 193

    <title>Bad Request</title>

Bad Request

    Invalid Request Line 'Invalid HTTP request line: '''

#my server do not have any firewall restrictions,all the ports are accessible from outside...

so there must be something wrong with my airflow environment...
so I've confused in this situation. I don't know what going on.

A: ahhhhhh.....problem solved,I forgot to shutdown my VPN, 192.168.18.60 is not accessible from chrome........

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Against all odds: Farm couple reopens gutted abattoir
TOPICS:Crysler
Above, Brian Vandenberg poses at Desormeaux Meats, a local Eastern Ontario abattoir recently recovered from a fire and reopened for business just as large industrial meat packing plants — hard-hit by COVID-19 outbreaks — are looking like a weak link in the food-supply chain.
Tom Van Dusen
Nation Valley News
CRYSLER — It feels good to be wanted. Brian and Elizabeth Vandenberg have been feeling the love since reopening Desormeaux Meats, one of Eastern Ontario's few remaining slaughterhouses, April 21 with a retail take-out window in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions.
Customer after customer social-distancing up to the window have been thanking the couple for jumping the financial and regulation hurdles to get the abattoir up and running after a devastating fire a year ago. Although they applied under three OMAFRA funding programs, the Vandenbergs were turned down for government assistance. The project was entirely self-financed.
During the project, they routinely heard from overseeing officials about what they couldn't do, not what they could do. The job included caulking every seam front and back to the tune of 40 cases, each holding 12 tubes.
"I couldn't get any support in properly designing it," Brian Vandenberg revealed. "One Ontario company offered its expertise for $20,000, which I declined. The best help I got came from Googling slaughterhouses in Australia."
The slaughter side of the operation has been just as busy as retail since reopening, with Desormeaux handling a pent up demand for that service. Vandenberg said customers who promised to be back if and when he reopened are returning in droves. Social media has been lighting up with praise for the Vandenbergs and their herculean efforts in rising from the ashes.
Area producers have been complaining for years about the shortage of slaughter capacity in the region, citing the situation as a limiting factor to their businesses. Several abattoirs have closed due to retirement of aging owners as well as increasingly strict OMAFRA regulations and municipal bylaws.
A Winchester-based farmer and Christian Farmers Federation activist, Vandenberg allowed it felt good to be wanted and to supply such an essential service to the farming community. Not only is that true in a general sense, but the facility has been deemed essential under COVID-19 exemptions.
The positive response, he said, has justified the decision to rebuild after a fire broke out about a month after the purchase from Jean-Guy Desormeaux. He knew it would cost big money and be stalled by unending requirements; in the end, he said, it was worth it.
Eight jobs have been preserved, not including the Vandenbergs' who come to work every day with Brian serving as manager and Elizabeth as counter and office staff. They're ably assisted by Pat Harper with 17 years in the business.
The Desormeaux reopening isn't the only good news on the Eastern Ontario meat processing front.
The United Counties of Prescott & Russell recently announced it's planning a $36 million food hub and federal slaughterhouse with construction to begin next year. To date, a site hasn't been selected and the money isn't in place; counties leaders are hoping the federal and provincial governments will add $12 million to the $2.5 million they plan to commit, with the private sector anteing up the rest. Part of the reasoning for the hub is that COVD-19 has shown that local food supplies shouldn't depend on the Canada-U.S. border remaining open.


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Herman Cain Wins GOP Straw Poll in Washington State
According to SeattlePI.com, "Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and radio talk show host Herman Cain was a surprise victor in a straw poll of GOP presidential candidates held at State Republicans' 29th Annual Spring Gala on Friday."
"Cain took 54 votes of 357 votes cast. He edged out former Massachusetts Gov. Willard 'Mitt' Romney (52) and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (51). Daniels has yet to decide whether he will run. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has said he will not run, took 39 votes. Ex-Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty had 28, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin 22, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich 14, and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also 14. Trailing were Rudy Giuliani with 12 votes, Donald Trump and Rep. Ron Paul with 10, Rep. Michele Bachman at 9 votes, Jeb Bush and Sarah Palin at 8 votes apiece, ex-Sen. Rick Santorum with 7 votes."
"Cain has roused Tea Party rallies and worked as a business pundit for the GOP-leaning Fox News Channel. He shared the stage with Pawlenty and Ron Paul in South Carolina last week when Fox staged the first forum for Republican presidential hopefuls. He is an outspoken advocate of restoring the gold standard."


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A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR)
Wai Lok Lai, Ray K.W. Chang, Janet F.C. Sham
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Blind test/experiment is widely adopted in various scientific disciplines like medicine drug testing/clinical trials/psychology, but not popular in nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDTE) nor near-surface geophysics (NSG). This paper introduces a blind test of nondestructive underground void detection in highway/pavement using ground penetrating radar (GPR). Purpose of which is to help the Highways Department (HyD) of the Hong Kong Government to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale and nationwide application, and examine the ability of appropriate service providers to carry out such works. In the past failure case of such NDTE/NSG based on lowest bid price, it is not easy to know which part(s) in SWIMS (S – service provider, i.e. people; W – work procedure; I – instrumentation; M – materials in the complex underground; S – specifications by client) fails, and how it/they fail(s). This work attempts to carry out the blind test by burying fit balls (as voids) under a site with reinforced concrete road and paving block by PolyU team A. The blind test about the void centroid, spread and cover depth was then carried out by PolyU team B without prior information given. Then with this baseline, a marking scheme, acceptance criteria and passing mark were set to test six local commercial service providers, determine their scores and evaluate the performance. A pass is a prerequisite of the award of a service contract of similar nature. In this first attempt of the blind test, results were not satisfactory and it is concluded that 'S–service provider' and 'W–work procedure' amongst SWIMS contributed to most part of the unsatisfactory performance.+
Journal of Applied Geophysics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
Air-filled void
10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
Lai, W. L., Chang, R. K. W., & Sham, J. F. C. (2018). A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 149, 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
Lai, Wai Lok ; Chang, Ray K.W. ; Sham, Janet F.C. / A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR). In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 2018 ; Vol. 149. pp. 10-17.
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title = "A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR)",
abstract = "Blind test/experiment is widely adopted in various scientific disciplines like medicine drug testing/clinical trials/psychology, but not popular in nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDTE) nor near-surface geophysics (NSG). This paper introduces a blind test of nondestructive underground void detection in highway/pavement using ground penetrating radar (GPR). Purpose of which is to help the Highways Department (HyD) of the Hong Kong Government to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale and nationwide application, and examine the ability of appropriate service providers to carry out such works. In the past failure case of such NDTE/NSG based on lowest bid price, it is not easy to know which part(s) in SWIMS (S – service provider, i.e. people; W – work procedure; I – instrumentation; M – materials in the complex underground; S – specifications by client) fails, and how it/they fail(s). This work attempts to carry out the blind test by burying fit balls (as voids) under a site with reinforced concrete road and paving block by PolyU team A. The blind test about the void centroid, spread and cover depth was then carried out by PolyU team B without prior information given. Then with this baseline, a marking scheme, acceptance criteria and passing mark were set to test six local commercial service providers, determine their scores and evaluate the performance. A pass is a prerequisite of the award of a service contract of similar nature. In this first attempt of the blind test, results were not satisfactory and it is concluded that {\textquoteleft}S–service provider{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}W–work procedure{\textquoteright} amongst SWIMS contributed to most part of the unsatisfactory performance.+",
keywords = "Air-filled void, Blind test, Ground penetrating radar",
author = "Lai, {Wai Lok} and Chang, {Ray K.W.} and Sham, {Janet F.C.}",
doi = "10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010",
journal = "Journal of Applied Geophysics",
Lai, WL, Chang, RKW & Sham, JFC 2018, 'A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR)', Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 149, pp. 10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR). / Lai, Wai Lok; Chang, Ray K.W.; Sham, Janet F.C.
In: Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 149, 01.02.2018, p. 10-17.
T1 - A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR)
AU - Lai, Wai Lok
AU - Chang, Ray K.W.
AU - Sham, Janet F.C.
N2 - Blind test/experiment is widely adopted in various scientific disciplines like medicine drug testing/clinical trials/psychology, but not popular in nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDTE) nor near-surface geophysics (NSG). This paper introduces a blind test of nondestructive underground void detection in highway/pavement using ground penetrating radar (GPR). Purpose of which is to help the Highways Department (HyD) of the Hong Kong Government to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale and nationwide application, and examine the ability of appropriate service providers to carry out such works. In the past failure case of such NDTE/NSG based on lowest bid price, it is not easy to know which part(s) in SWIMS (S – service provider, i.e. people; W – work procedure; I – instrumentation; M – materials in the complex underground; S – specifications by client) fails, and how it/they fail(s). This work attempts to carry out the blind test by burying fit balls (as voids) under a site with reinforced concrete road and paving block by PolyU team A. The blind test about the void centroid, spread and cover depth was then carried out by PolyU team B without prior information given. Then with this baseline, a marking scheme, acceptance criteria and passing mark were set to test six local commercial service providers, determine their scores and evaluate the performance. A pass is a prerequisite of the award of a service contract of similar nature. In this first attempt of the blind test, results were not satisfactory and it is concluded that 'S–service provider' and 'W–work procedure' amongst SWIMS contributed to most part of the unsatisfactory performance.+
AB - Blind test/experiment is widely adopted in various scientific disciplines like medicine drug testing/clinical trials/psychology, but not popular in nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDTE) nor near-surface geophysics (NSG). This paper introduces a blind test of nondestructive underground void detection in highway/pavement using ground penetrating radar (GPR). Purpose of which is to help the Highways Department (HyD) of the Hong Kong Government to evaluate the feasibility of large-scale and nationwide application, and examine the ability of appropriate service providers to carry out such works. In the past failure case of such NDTE/NSG based on lowest bid price, it is not easy to know which part(s) in SWIMS (S – service provider, i.e. people; W – work procedure; I – instrumentation; M – materials in the complex underground; S – specifications by client) fails, and how it/they fail(s). This work attempts to carry out the blind test by burying fit balls (as voids) under a site with reinforced concrete road and paving block by PolyU team A. The blind test about the void centroid, spread and cover depth was then carried out by PolyU team B without prior information given. Then with this baseline, a marking scheme, acceptance criteria and passing mark were set to test six local commercial service providers, determine their scores and evaluate the performance. A pass is a prerequisite of the award of a service contract of similar nature. In this first attempt of the blind test, results were not satisfactory and it is concluded that 'S–service provider' and 'W–work procedure' amongst SWIMS contributed to most part of the unsatisfactory performance.+
KW - Air-filled void
KW - Blind test
KW - Ground penetrating radar
U2 - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010
JO - Journal of Applied Geophysics
JF - Journal of Applied Geophysics
Lai WL, Chang RKW, Sham JFC. A blind test of nondestructive underground void detection by ground penetrating radar (GPR). Journal of Applied Geophysics. 2018 Feb 1;149:10-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.12.010


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Eireannach Co-operative Society Ltd (spiritual & heritage community) is a registered co-operative, since May 2010. Its registration number is 5542R, and is a non-profit organisation.
It has many aims and levels of participation and this introduction seeks to provide a view of those organic projects, aims and ideas.One of which is to try to introduce a Community Interest Company (CIC) supported by cooperatives and if possible a Deed of Trust. To simplify matters a community interest company could/will become a legal entity in Ireland, but until then a merger of three types of company would be required, A deed of trust further protects the rights of landowners,
It is estimated that up to 1500 national monuments and historical artifacts are being destroyed in Ireland every year, this helps to erase its identity. This is why heritage needs protecting.
Another main aim is to build and finance a building project or projects, and the oisintrust is a part of that aim. With many ways to raise finance for projects, the co-operative and its members can participate as one more route. It is an aim of any project to be stress free and enjoyable, and projects are primarily for Irish needs but can also be for international projects. (therefore please forgive this long explanation).
Many Woman's groups (and men of course) around Eireann could form charities and/or co-operatives to complete many unfinished projects a town or village requires. Under this umbrella it could assist financially assisting town or village local authorities, and could also assist spiritually.
Eireannach aims to help the unemployed and impoverished, purchase land, encourage interest and preservation of heritage, encourage crafts and community, and develop spirituality (although the latter is optional). It also encourages trade union membership, and whenever possible, pay above the national minimum pay level. Please note we are a non-profit organisation, and project development, depending on the need and skill level will require participation in building, land management, food production and rearing of animals and livestock. Initially projects will require a high degree of professionalism, but Eireannach co-operative members are not excluded from other projects, paid or otherwise. All co-operative members will be entitled to communal accommodation or an individual dwelling
Its seven founding members have now grown into three thousand people, and we are looking to extend the membership domestically and internationally (worldwide). If you wish to join you can do so in the following ways;
1) by joining the social networking sites & links (fb, bebo, p2p etc).
2) By emailing me or any of the seven founding members requesting to join, eventually http://oisintrust.org/ will have a community builder list to store member details.
With membership extended all over Ireland, people can join to affiliate with erinannach as a co-operative of your own, with seven founding members of your own. In this way the unemployed can extend their aims to forming their own co-operative, either branching out to be independent or affiliating as (for example) eireannachforestry, or eireananchcrafts etc. (contact us for details). It is of course open to anyone unemployed or employed, and the fee for registering with the registrar of friendly societies has been paid. As such it is free to join.
Further to this we are also a spiritual community (if you choose to be) wherever you live, and if you wish to protect heritage you can join to align yourself with a spiritual community (indigenously, at home in Ireland, and/or worldwide) in your locality, town or city. No belief is excluded and none is favored, but attention to history and ancient history is explicit in formulating your own view, within this spiritual community.
To obtain an outline of eireannach's spirituality, existing in ancient tradition as today, look to your top right on this page "Surveys. Letters, PDF's & Articles" and observe a pdf conservation plan. (second pdf down) Once it is opened scroll to page 14 and read forward. Alternatively read all of its contents. In tradition it spans 4 ages, that we can record archaeologically and scientifically, 1) Gemini, Taurus, Aries (megalithic or pagan) and our current age Pieces (Christian age) as we move into Aquarius (new age as some term it)
You can of course join and have no spiritual, metaphysical or cultural beliefs or views. Atheism or agnosticism for many is a religion in itself. (for example), any and all religions or beliefs are welcome.
We therefore fulfil traditional economic aims for a cooperative and also any spiritual aims members may have within it.
Within any planning system heritage costs, it costs the price of the land and the inflated price of the land and any "other" payments involved or what would have been received as payment for the lands, in order not to develop or destroy it. Many preserved heritage sites often add prosperity in the longer term, increasing land values, and of course large sites attract people from all over the world.
With this in mind a co-operative has to be registered with the the Registry of Friendly Societies, and is based in Parnell House (Tel 00353 (o) 1-804 5499, 1890 220 225) In Dublin, you can do this yourself directly for a fee, or via ICOS (Irish Co-operative Organisation Society ltd)who also charge a fee. ICOS is a coordinating body for cooperatives in Ireland. As stated eireannachs fee has been paid.
To be registered as a co-operative you require a form with attached rules (which can be kept to a minimum) from either body and a statement of purpose. These rules are a public document and can be ordered and you are required to make one statement within those rules the rest are standard, but rule 4b for example, also standard, deals with land tenure).
Eireannach Co-operative Society Ltd (spiritual & heritage community) rule 4a
"To develop an interest in spiritual matters, heritage and crafts, arts and craft making, eco-living, music and sustainable economics. To develop a religion of indigenous people nationally and internationally"
The word "religion" has connotations for many, but we are a spiritual community, it is not organised for spiritual matters as of course spirituality can never be organised. We have complied with the rules and we are the second co-operative of its kind in Ireland.
ICOS and the registrar have corresponded to state they have no objection to erinannach co-operative society ltd being a "religion" and registering with the World Interfaith Council and /or the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum of Indigenous peoples.
The World Interfaith Council has said of the Eireannach cooperative society ltd (spiritual and heritage community) " We have received your documents and all are legible. You are qualified to be registered. Admin informs that you will have to submit the prescribed application. This form is being sent to you for your action".
With this encouragement we will submit details as we develop them, although tradition and ancient heritage always form a background and basis for the World Interfaith Council requirements i.e. Information required about your religion/faith/spirituality. (see below)
"Religion name, Religious Prophet/Master/Teacher/Guru, symbols/logos, Slogans/Proverbs, Flag/Colours, Religion Precepts/Philosophy/Beliefs/Teachings, Holy Book, Holy Temple, Holy Songs, Membership, Brief History of the Religion, Its Geographical reach"
We aim to have no Master only spirituality and as advised by the world Interfaith council we will place our best foot forward. Of course our requirements are paramount, spirituality and materially.
To summarize much of the above, please look to the "Surveys. Letters, PDF's & Articles" section on this page and examine the surveys, then articles within our social network sites, and our links also on this page. From out of these ideas and historical traditions we hope to fulfil any criteria without too much formality. Many members have suggested however that it would be difficult to encapsulate Tir Na Og, Shangri la, Avalon, Shambala, or Elysium (etc) into any formal earthly order, yet any belief or spirituality has this problem or benefit depending on how you feel about it.
We have also been invited to the next permanent forum on indigenous issues at the United Nations, in May 2011. Having contacted the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which is also an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council, they have corresponded to say,
"if you or any other members of Eireannach wish to participate in the next session of the Permanent Forum (May 2011) then you can register for that particular session next February" http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/
As the conservation plan document (surveys, letters pdf's section) states, many in Ireland wish to see changes in planning within Ireland, not so much in domestic housing (although this is a huge social problem, financially and socially, as well as issues with family wishing to build housing on their own land when they are blocked, or conversely when there lands are (cpo) compulsory purchased order ) but in its wider approach.
As a spiritual community and a member of Eireannach Co-operative Society Ltd, you can have spiritual reasons of faith for wishing to protect heritage, wherever you live, through the current planning system and any new system introduced. This can be added to submissions and/or development projects. This is easier by joining the coop- and other heritage bodies. Celtic peoples have always been indigenous without formalities of course.
Eireannach Co-Operative Society (spiritual and heritage community) as stated, in its rules 4a and 4b (see above) also aims to develop a community to encourage the following; "To develop an interest in spiritual matters, heritage and crafts, arts and craft making, eco-living, music and sustainable economics. To develop a religion of indigenous people nationally and internationally"
The best way to achieve this is too obtain lands and build villages. Many people within Ireland and internationally have already achieved this solution, for instance Cloughjordan in Tipperary. The aim of erinannach would be to develop such projects to accommodate all income levels. A place where a school and shops and children (children especially) and families are considered first and not last. Dwellings as such should be magical places to live within, both in the eye of the beholder and its spirit.
No matter how much you contribute any eventual development has removed the price of the land for you with this project. With communal and single ecological dwellings a village can be built. We will receive notifications of all contributions. Each design or village will differ according to taste and geography and mood.
Without discrimination but with an interest in national culture, "access" will be observed to disabled, orphaned and low income living. Any project will of course reflect all levels of society, financially and socially.
A much needed project concerns a large school and facilities to be based centrally for Ireland, for special needs and disabled children and adults. As such the Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon border, from Inishfree to the beach may appeal.
http://oisintrust.org/ has been devised to achieve these aims and its trust fund will also facilitate these aims. Members of the Eireannach co-operative can contribute to these aims both financially but more importantly with their skills in architecture, building, agriculture, crafts, art, music, finance, sustainability. Therefore please join our co-operative through the social networking and multiply. https://www.facebook.com/erin.annach
Please also read the charity donations oisintrust.org page and consider contributing.
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Der Fluss Songkhram (Thai  - Lamnam Songkhram) ist ein Zufluss des Mekong und der einzige ohne einen größeren Staudamm. Bei einer Länge von 420 km hat er ein Einzugsgebiet von 12.367 km².

Der Songkhram entspringt in den Hügelketten zwischen der Amphoe (Landkreis) Nong Han, Provinz Udon Thani, und Sawang Daen Din, Provinz Sakon Nakhon, (Nordost-Thailand). Von dort aus fließt er zunächst in die Provinz Nong Khai (Amphoe Seka), um dann wieder nach Sakon Nakhon in die Amphoe Wanon Niwat zurückzukehren und schließlich durch die Amphoe Si Songkhram bei Chaiburi in der Amphoe Tha Uthen (Provinz Nakhon Phanom) in den Mekong zu münden.

Während der Regenzeit zwischen Juni und August schwillt der Fluss bedeutend an und bildet überflutete Marschlandschaften und kleinere und größere Seen. Einer dieser Seen erreicht typischerweise eine Fläche von etwa 108 Hektar. Nach der Überflutung fließt das Wasser langsam, aber stetig in den Mekong ab.

Das untere Tal des Songkhram ist besonders wichtig für zahlreiche Tier- und Pflanzenarten, die hier siedeln. Mehr als 17 Fischarten finden sich hier, von den einige auf der Rote Liste gefährdeter Arten stehen. In den Überschwemmungsgebieten zählt man mehr als 150  Pflanzenarten.

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 Beschreibung in englischer Sprache (letzter Zugriff am 19. Januar 2010)

Fluss in Thailand
Provinz Sakon Nakhon
Provinz Udon Thani
Provinz Nong Khai
Provinz Nakhon Phanom
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A BIGGER BOAT
JAWS, based on Peter Benchley's high-end pulp fiction bestseller about a great white shark on a feeding spree off the shore of a seaside town, was released in cinemas in 1975.
We put on the blu ray just a few weekends ago, on the exact day of the 45th anniversary of the film's original release. It was the first time my wife had seen it, but it's something I've viewed on countless occasions. Though I am old enough to be a member of the inaugural 'Star Wars generation', it is JAWS I tend to return to from that particular era. Steven Spielberg's film has been a fixture in my life for as long as I can remember.
I was six when it first came out and I remember some buzz. JAWS was a big deal, even before it became a big deal.
I recall my Mum and Dad going to see the first showing at the local flea-pit, and the next day me proudly relaying news of their cinema trip to my infants school teacher Miss Dawson.
I remember staying in the classroom one play-time and crudely replicating the film's iconic poster artwork in coloured pencils in an exercise book. The beast in grey and his environment in blue… and red.
I remember somebody – perhaps my Dad or my Grandparents – buying me the Official Magazine. I just checked, and it was a whopping 40p in its day. It's scarce… and if it ever appears on Ebay it can sell for approaching one hundred times the original cost.
I remember reading Benchley's novel when I was about ten years old, and being thrilled to find there was 'naughty stuff' in it. Swearing, death and sex. In that order.
I also remember seeing the film for the first time. Its UK TV premiere, in October 1981, was a bona fide event which attracted 23.25 million viewers, despite it being broken up by adverts. Blood and washing up liquid! It remains one of the largest British TV audiences ever.
Alas, there were no domestic video recorders in those days. Well, there were some, but in very few UK households. Not in ours for another four years, and it was actually five or six before I saw JAWS again.
The film is still a bit of a thing in our family. My stepdad (who has sometimes gone shark fishing in a tiny boat off the coast of Scotland, and has some awe-inspiring photos) loves it, too. If not James Bond or golf, his birthday and Christmas presents from us are always to do with sharks. So I don't doubt that JAWS will end up chewing itself into our child's life at some point, too.
For a start, there are cartoon-like four-inch figures of Chief Brody, Hooper and Quint on display in our bathroom. No shark. Just the Orca triumvarate. They're there, bold on a shelf above the toilet, to bring a moment of amusement to anyone whose recognition dawns. To take the piss out of anyone taking a piss.
In 1979, film critic Andrew Britton essayed on JAWS. His summary was that at a fundamental level the story concerned the "vulnerability of children and the need to protect and guard them", and that that in turn generated a "pervasive sense of the supreme value of family life".
Even if there is a smidgen of dysfunction, Spielberg's films regularly present family in a wholesome way – whether that is as a traditional unit (Jaws, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind) or single-parent (Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial). His films not only amplify "the supreme value of family life", they also represent children themselves wonderfully.
"Never work with animals or children," they say – and while some directors would have found their auteur ink smudged by the potential chaos of kids on set, Spielberg always had half an eye on the margin. He would sometimes 'keep in' bits of unscripted action or dialogue uttered by his child actors during takes.
From the mouths of babes and all that.
Think of the drawled "I hate these potadoes! There's a dead fly in my potadoes!" by the four-year old daughter during the family dining scene in 1977's Close Encounters of The Third Kind… And think of Chief Brody's son at the dining table in JAWS, silently mimicking his Dad's gestures in a scene which bonds generations so sweetly. Neither moment was planned.
Spielberg films have regularly featured kids in prominent and positive roles. Off the top of my head I recall alien-befriender Elliott in 1982's E.T., Indiana Jones's precocious eleven-year-old Chinese sidekick Short Round in 1984's The Temple Of Doom, and Richard Attenborough's character's grandchildren in 1993's Jurassic Park. Several others.
Of course, there has been horror lurking beneath the surface on occasion. Think of the child slaves working the jewel mine in The Temple Of Doom (though ultimately there is hope, as Indiana Jones liberates them).
And think of Alex Kintner, the other most memorable child from JAWS. Poor Alex Kintner, the boy savaged by the great white shark as he paddled on a lilo in the sea. Alex's cruel death prompted an extraordinary 'pull focus' shot of Roy Scheider and black-veiled heavyweight grief for Mrs Kintner.
The killing of a child was anarchy. A brutal signifier of the adults' total lack of control. A shocking plot device to trigger the audience's primal fear, and panic. To stimulate acceleration of dread to terror.
The filmmaker's dynamic gear-change storytelling and on-the-fly style of direction paid off, and since 1975 Spielberg has been recognised as one of the greats. His work is woven in heavy threads throughout pop culture, and so he has therefore influenced a couple of generations.
Think of the premise, tone and pace of the recent Netflix series Stranger Things. It is, basically, a love letter. A carefully crafted distillation and bottling of all that is great about the romp and childlike enthusiasm of Spielberg's family / fantasy movies.
His stories have certainly also provided much source material for aspiring minds to debate. The brother of an acquaintance wrote his University dissertation on a theory he'd developed. It was that E.T. was an allegory for the second coming of Christ, and a demonstration of how the establishment would be threatened by that and militarise it down.
The Kintner kid aside, I think Spielberg has always presented a quite hopeful view of, and for, children and young people. When the right time comes for our child, the films could be really useful tools for my wife and I to press into service. For, in a safe 'Sunday afternoon family TV session' sort of way, they are empowering.
They offer constructive examples of children developing the courage to ask questions and the confidence to take on challenges. Getting on with the brain-work or the action that the 'grown ups' are too distracted or too lame or too stiff to get on with. Thinking smart. Showing pluck. Doing the right thing.
And, perhaps most importantly of all, they encourage the open mindedness to accept magic…
… even if, sometimes, magic just means a mechanical shark.
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In the medical field, B-mode imaging was used in conjunction with Doppler to evaluate blood flow in arteries and veins. This technique had several drawbacks. The Doppler sound analysis was based on the operator's hearing and mental evaluation of the sound, making the technique extremely operator dependent. Because of this it was impossible to accurately determine the degree of stenosis. The results of studies were not scientifically reproducible. Also, no information was available about the direction of blood flow.
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The ANGIOSCAN was used to develop many Doppler applications, including the first transcranial Doppler developed by Dr. Rune Aaslid. MULTIGON also pioneered the use of Umbilical Doppler Velocimetry, a non-invasive blood flow test that has become a standard in prenatal care. Today, spectral analysis is found on most ultrasound systems.
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