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(gauges can be used in limited manner on the website as well).
This article deals with most interesting ones that you may consider for above purposes.
There's also a great looking speedometer, but here we only have a gist code and PNG screenshot, and when it is actually run in the browser, it does not work and it throws maximum call stack size exceeded error in polymer.min.js. So it can have some nasty bugs in it or it does not work at all.
The biggest and the most painful problem is, that D3.js is huge. Even minified, it has 168 kB. So it probably might only be considered for the website, not for the mobile client.
morris.js can be considered a light-weight option (it has 10 kB minified size + it requires 91 kB minified+gzipped Raphael 2.0). For the website (loczilla.com only!) -- charts -- another plus is, that it comes with ready Yii plugin.
For mobile client -- gauges -- it can be considered only, if it works on Zepto (officially, it supports jQuery only). morris.js by itself does not provide anything about gauges, but Raphael 2.0 behind it does and can be used for drawing gauges according to this article and this Stack Overflow answer.
justgage.com produces nicer, better looking gauges and draws them on pure SVG, so mades them available in very large range of browsers, including very old ones, like IE6 or old Android native browser. But, it is based on Raphael 2.0 (more code needed), so, it might be slow in mobile client, especially on old Android 2.x devices.
gauge.js produces not so pretty (but still cool) gauges and it is written in native code (no library dependency), so is very small, quick and customizable. But uses canvas and we had some problems with it on old Android 2.x devices.
So, both need to be tested in war environment, when we're talking about mobile client.


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Sofia Budget in 2017 at 1.27 Billion Levs
Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova on Monday said that Sofia municipal budget in 2017 is 1,275 million leva. The town hall has budgeted 612.5 million leva in own revenues. Capital expenditures are set at 397. 34 million leva. Of these, 275 million leva will be tapped under EU-backed programmes. Fandakova presented Sofia's governance programme and draft budget for 2014 at a seminar in Pravets.
The Mayor said that local taxes and fees won't be increased. The Sofia town hall will continue to make investments in transport and educational infrastructure, upgrading public transport and the development of the metro network. In 2017, there are plans to renovate streets in residential areas, spaces between residential buildings and develop the network of bicycle lanes. The main priority will continue to be Sofia's development as a green city through improving air quality.
Innovations and the use of new technology for resolving some of the city's key issues will be in the focus of the town hall policy in 2017, said Fandakova.
Next year, the construction of the third metro diameter will continue along with the modernization of the public transport. Under the Operational Programme for Regional Development 11 new trams will be purchased, along with 30 new buses.
PM Kiril Petkov pays visit to North Macedonia
Bulgarian police launches probe into public gas supplier
The Covid measures will depend on the intensive care bed occupancy rate, government says

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Today the road is filled with cars and trucks using Grote lighting components and the nation's highways are safer thanks to Grote safety systems. In fact, Grote pioneered many of the manufacturing processes that we take for granted today in America.
1901 – William Grote founded the company through a lens of original thinking and visionary leadership. Early in the life of the growing young company, William Grote demonstrated his capacity for innovation.
1922 – The nation's first injection molded plastic products are introduced by William's son, Walter F. Grote, Sr. and shifted the company's focus to making products for the automotive market. At that point, Grote embarked on a program of research and development that has led the industry in vehicle safety equipment and carried on the innovative spirit with a number of breakthrough designs and processes.
1929 – First fully automatic plastic injection molding machine introduced, along with the world's first retro-reflective reflector, the universal basis for today's reflectors.
1936 – Grote is responsible for the first commercially-available injection molding material.
1965-Grote engineers develop the Turtle-Back Marker Lamp, the industry's first all non-metallic lamp, as well as the first no-splice wiring system.
1977-Introduction of the industry's first repairable, long-life lamp.
1983-Grote brings the world's first modular trailer wiring system, Ultra Blue Seal, to the market.
1989-Introduction of the first LED marker light.
1992-Grote Electronics is founded in Waterloo Ontario with an emphasis on high technology, long service life and increased efficiency for Grote's LED products and sophisticated tractor-to-trailer communications systems, meeting the needs of the dynamic heavy truck industry.
Today-In this day of mega-mergers and absentee ownership, Grote customers can still call the main office and talk to Mr. Grote. In fact, there are quite a few Grotes working in all aspects of the business. The tradition of strong customer service has been passed on directly from one generation to the next — and to all Grote employees — helping to deliver complete customer satisfaction. In a very real sense, the history of Grote Industries is still being written every day.


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A life-changing connection
Three years ago, Kyril Calsoyas, the principal of a Navajo elementary boarding
school in Winslow, Ariz., wanted to get Internet access for his school and
five neighboring Navajo Chapter Houses.
With no cable television, no local radio or TV stations, limited cellular
phone services and a depressed economy, getting an Internet hookup in the
region would be no simple task. But what started as a small project for
several little communities spurred the entire Navajo Nation to enter the
Digital Age.
Through a U.S. Department of Commerce grant and donations from the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation, 170,000 Navajo citizens — scattered across
26,000 square miles in three states — gained access to computers and the
World Wide Web last fall.
"A year ago, we were sitting here thinking that technology is not going
to arrive 20 years hence," said Benjamin Jones, director of the Navajo
division of community development, which oversees computer use and provides
training for the Navajos.
Jones and other Navajo government officials said technology could help
their citizens develop skills, facilitate better communications between
communities and spur the economy.
The introduction of computers and the Internet is significant because
they could provide economic development for the Navajos, government officials
said. The per capita income is slightly more than $4,000, and nearly 60
percent of all Navajo families live below the poverty level, according to
the grant proposal. Of the 92,000 people 16 years old and older, about
28 percent are unemployed and 75 percent use Navajo as their "primary
means of communication."
Half of all houses lack complete plumbing and kitchen facilities, and
nearly 80 percent lack telephones, according to community leaders. "Since
only a handful [less than 1 percent] of the few families that have electricity
and a phone actually have had the financial resources to purchase their
own computer, this project will play an integral role in closing the disparity
gap," Navajo government officials wrote in their proposal.
In 1997, Calsoyas, who was unavailable for an interview, contacted several
individuals to be advisers and help connect the Seba Dalkai Boarding School
and the five surrounding Chapter Houses. Chapter Houses are local governance
units that handle voting, administrative matters and the dissemination of
health information. They serve anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand
people in their area.
Ed Groenhout, vice president for strategic initiatives at Northern Arizona
University (NAU), was one such adviser. Since local phone service was unreliable,
he said they looked into satellite service.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, the federal agency that administers programs
to federally recognized Indian tribes, considered connecting all BIA schools
with two-way satellite service. But Calsoyas, tired of pressing BIA on
that initiative, decided to pursue his project, called the Navajo Nation
Virtual Alliance, through a local nonprofit agency, Developing Innovations
in Navajo Education.
Calsoyas applied to the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications
and Information Administration and received a $475,000 grant in fall 1999
to connect the five Chapter Houses and boarding school through a very small
aperture terminal satellite system.
The idea was to install interactive, touch-screen kiosks at the Chapter
Houses in both English and Navajo to provide governmental and other information.
But the cost was prohibitive — about $18,000 to install the equipment plus
$780 a month for only six hours of Internet access a day.
"When I saw that information, I called the guy working for Kyril [Calsoyas]
and said, "You can't do that,'" Groenhout said.
On that same day, Groenhout flipped through a satellite industry report,
Skyreport.com. It had a story about Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. starting
a joint venture with EchoStar Communications Corp. and Microsoft Corp. The
new venture, called Gilat-To-Home Inc., would be the "first consumer, always-on,
two-way, high-speed satellite Internet service provider." He contacted
a friend at EchoStar who put him in touch with Nick Putz, Gilat's director
for strategic business relationships.
After providing Putz with background material and history, Groenhout
arranged for him to fly to Arizona to meet with tribal government officials
and Calsoyas. Groenhout said there was a "synergism" between Putz and Calsoyas.
Because the Gilat technology was new, Putz offered it at a greatly
reduced price. "Kyril said, "I can do every Chapter House for that amount
of money and pay three years of their bills,'" Groenhout recalled.
Soon after, the NTIA grant was amended to include the Navajo Nation's
110 Chapter Houses. Gilat — which has since changed its name to StarBand
Communications Inc., based in McLean, Va. — signed on. In a parallel project,
the NAU Foundation helped underwrite the computers and satellite installation
for 500 members of the Havasupai Tribe who live at the bottom of the Grand
Canyon, and the First Mesa Hopi Police Department.
StarBand donated the equipment and significantly subsidized installation
costs and Internet service. As a result, each Chapter House, outfitted
with a computer and state-of-the-art wireless system, gets free Internet
service for the next three years. Satellite Internet speed is equivalent
to cable modem data transfer rates.
Through a separate project, the Gates Foundation is donating and installing
two to four computers per Chapter House and is linking them to the satellite
Internet system. That proj-ect will be completed by June 2001. The foundation
is providing up to five days' worth of training to the entire community
and offering technical support through interns recruited from local community
colleges.
The community development division, headed by Benjamin Jones and part
of the Navajo nation's executive branch, is responsible for issues such
as infrastructure, roads, transportation, solid waste management, housing
services and Chapter House projects and communications. His division is
also concerned with securing financial independence, promoting respectful
mutual partnerships, government reform, technology and preservation of culture
and language.
Jones said the StarBand computers can be used by anyone and for administrative
matters, but the Gates Foundation machines are restricted to exclusive
use by community members. His division is coordinating orientation sessions
with residents at Chapter Houses. For now, residents are being taught basic
computer skills, such as Web browsing and using e-mail.
"The level of skill out there in the chapter is pretty low compared
with the national average because we haven't had access to this technology,"
said Norbert Nez, systems analyst.
Appeal varies, Nez added. He said Chapter Houses with a large percentage
of young people encounter more people with interest and eagerness to learn.
But more remote Chapter Houses with limited resources, such as phone lines,
are slower to pick it up, he said.
"The majority of them are really looking forward to the technology,"
Nez said.
For a culture used to processing information manually, or driving,
mailing or phoning the Navajo central government in Window Rock, the technology
offers some great benefits, namely better communication and dissemination
of information. Jones said people might drive for hours to take care of
business at Window Rock.
"If you don't get it done, you may want to come back the next day or
the next day," he said. "Physically, you jump in the car for three to four
hours not knowing whether you'll get the answers or not."
The Local Governance Act of 1998 empowered Chapter Houses to make more
locally based decisions and to facilitate more day-to-day administrative
functions that the central government had been doing. Jones said the technology
would eventually enable them to manage administrative functions and share
data more efficiently.
One aim is to create a database of financial and project information
made available via the Web. He said geographic information systems could
be integrated to provide census information from each Chapter House to Jones'
department and straight to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Videoconferencing is an appealing future possibility, said officials,
because of the large distances between Chapter Houses. Accessing educational
programs via the Web is another hope. But Jones said the Navajos would need
to develop partnerships with higher education institutions and other organizations
to fully use the technology.


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Little Women (Chapter 35)
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Whatever his motive might have been, Laurie studied to some purpose that year, for he graduated with honor, and gave the Latin oration with the grace of a Phillips and the eloquence of a Demosthenes, so his friends said. They were all there, his grandfather—oh, so proud—Mr. and Mrs. March, John and Meg, Jo and Beth, and all exulted over him with the sincere admiration which boys make light of at the time, but fail to win from the world by any after-triumphs.
"I've got to stay for this confounded supper, but I shall be home early tomorrow. You'll come and meet me as usual, girls?" Laurie said, as he put the sisters into the carriage after the joys of the day were over. He said 'girls', but he meant Jo, for she was the only one who kept up the old custom. She had not the heart to refuse her splendid, successful boy anything, and answered warmly…
"I'll come, Teddy, rain or shine, and march before you, playing 'Hail the conquering hero comes' on a jew's-harp."
Laurie thanked her with a look that made her think in a sudden panic, "Oh, deary me! I know he'll say something, and then what shall I do?"
Evening meditation and morning work somewhat allayed her fears, and having decided that she wouldn't be vain enough to think people were going to propose when she had given them every reason to know what her answer would be, she set forth at the appointed time, hoping Teddy wouldn't do anything to make her hurt his poor feelings. A call at Meg's, and a refreshing sniff and sip at the Daisy and Demijohn, still further fortified her for the tete-a-tete, but when she saw a stalwart figure looming in the distance, she had a strong desire to turn about and run away.
"Where's the jew's-harp, Jo?" cried Laurie, as soon as he was within speaking distance.
"I forgot it." And Jo took heart again, for that salutation could not be called lover-like.
She always used to take his arm on these occasions, now she did not, and he made no complaint, which was a bad sign, but talked on rapidly about all sorts of faraway subjects, till they turned from the road into the little path that led homeward through the grove. Then he walked more slowly, suddenly lost his fine flow of language, and now and then a dreadful pause occurred. To rescue the conversation from one of the wells of silence into which it kept falling, Jo said hastily, "Now you must have a good long holiday!"
"I intend to."
Something in his resolute tone made Jo look up quickly to find him looking down at her with an expression that assured her the dreaded moment had come, and made her put out her hand with an imploring, "No, Teddy. Please don't!"
"I will, and you must hear me. It's no use, Jo, we've got to have it out, and the sooner the better for both of us," he answered, getting flushed and excited all at once.
"Say what you like then. I'll listen," said Jo, with a desperate sort of patience.
Laurie was a young lover, but he was in earnest, and meant to 'have it out', if he died in the attempt, so he plunged into the subject with characteristic impetuousity, saying in a voice that would get choky now and then, in spite of manful efforts to keep it steady…
"I've loved you ever since I've known you, Jo, couldn't help it, you've been so good to me. I've tried to show it, but you wouldn't let me. Now I'm going to make you hear, and give me an answer, for I can't go on so any longer."
"I wanted to save you this. I thought you'd understand…" began Jo, finding it a great deal harder than she expected.
"I know you did, but the girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it," returned Laurie, entrenching himself behind an undeniable fact.
"I don't. I never wanted to make you care for me so, and I went away to keep you from it if I could."
"I thought so. It was like you, but it was no use. I only loved you all the more, and I worked hard to please you, and I gave up billiards and everything you didn't like, and waited and never complained, for I hoped you'd love me, though I'm not half good enough…" Here there was a choke that couldn't be controlled, so he decapitated buttercups while he cleared his 'confounded throat'.
"You, you are, you're a great deal too good for me, and I'm so grateful to you, and so proud and fond of you, I don't know why I can't love you as you want me to. I've tried, but I can't change the feeling, and it would be a lie to say I do when I don't."
"Really, truly, Jo?"
He stopped short, and caught both her hands as he put his question with a look that she did not soon forget.
"Really, truly, dear."
They were in the grove now, close by the stile, and when the last words fell reluctantly from Jo's lips, Laurie dropped her hands and turned as if to go on, but for once in his life the fence was too much for him. So he just laid his head down on the mossy post, and stood so still that Jo was frightened.
"Oh, Teddy, I'm sorry, so desperately sorry, I could kill myself if it would do any good! I wish you wouldn't take it so hard, I can't help it. You know it's impossible for people to make themselves love other people if they don't," cried Jo inelegantly but remorsefully, as she softly patted his shoulder, remembering the time when he had comforted her so long ago.
"They do sometimes," said a muffled voice from the post. "I don't believe it's the right sort of love, and I'd rather not try it," was the decided answer.
There was a long pause, while a blackbird sung blithely on the willow by the river, and the tall grass rustled in the wind. Presently Jo said very soberly, as she sat down on the step of the stile, "Laurie, I want to tell you something."
He started as if he had been shot, threw up his head, and cried out in a fierce tone, "Don't tell me that, Jo, I can't bear it now!"
"Tell what?" she asked, wondering at his violence.
"That you love that old man."
"What old man?" demanded Jo, thinking he must mean his grandfather.
"That devilish Professor you were always writing about. If you say you love him, I know I shall do something desperate;" and he looked as if he would keep his word, as he clenched his hands with a wrathful spark in his eyes.
Jo wanted to laugh, but restrained herself and said warmly, for she too, was getting excited with all this, "Don't swear, Teddy! He isn't old, nor anything bad, but good and kind, and the best friend I've got, next to you. Pray, don't fly into a passion. I want to be kind, but I know I shall get angry if you abuse my Professor. I haven't the least idea of loving him or anybody else."
"But you will after a while, and then what will become of me?"
"You'll love someone else too, like a sensible boy, and forget all this trouble."
"I can't love anyone else, and I'll never forget you, Jo, Never! Never!" with a stamp to emphasize his passionate words.
"What shall I do with him?" sighed Jo, finding that emotions were more unmanagable than she expected. "You haven't heard what I wanted to tell you. Sit down and listen, for indeed I want to do right and make you happy," she said, hoping to soothe him with a little reason, which proved that she knew nothing about love.
Seeing a ray of hope in that last speech, Laurie threw himself down on the grass at her feet, leaned his arm on the lower step of the stile, and looked up at her with an expectant face. Now that arrangement was not conducive to calm speech or clear thought on Jo's part, for how could she say hard things to her boy while he watched her with eyes full of love and longing, and lashes still wet with the bitter drop or two her hardness of heart had wrung from him? She gently turned his head away, saying, as she stroked the wavy hair which had been allowed to grow for her sake—how touching that was, to be sure! "I agree with Mother that you and I are not suited to each other, because our quick tempers and strong wills would probably make us very miserable, if we were so foolish as to…" Jo paused a little over the last word, but Laurie uttered it with a rapturous expression.
"Marry—no we shouldn't! If you loved me, Jo, I should be a perfect saint, for you could make me anything you like."
"No, I can't. I've tried and failed, and I won't risk our happiness by such a serious experiment. We don't agree and we never shall, so we'll be good friends all our lives, but we won't go and do anything rash."
"Yes, we will if we get the chance," muttered Laurie rebelliously.
"Now do be reasonable, and take a sensible view of the case," implored Jo, almost at her wit's end.
"I won't be reasonable. I don't want to take what you call 'a sensible view'. It won't help me, and it only makes it harder. I don't believe you've got any heart."
"I wish I hadn't."
There was a little quiver in Jo's voice, and thinking it a good omen, Laurie turned round, bringing all his persuasive powers to bear as he said, in the wheedlesome tone that had never been so dangerously wheedlesome before, "Don't disappoint us, dear! Everyone expects it. Grandpa has set his heart upon it, your people like it, and I can't get on without you. Say you will, and let's be happy. Do, do!"
Not until months afterward did Jo understand how she had the strength of mind to hold fast to the resolution she had made when she decided that she did not love her boy, and never could. It was very hard to do, but she did it, knowing that delay was both useless and cruel.
"I can't say 'yes' truly, so I won't say it at all. You'll see that I'm right, by-and-by, and thank me for it…" she began solemnly.
"I'll be hanged if I do!" and Laurie bounced up off the grass, burning with indignation at the very idea.
"Yes, you will!" persisted Jo. "You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house. I shouldn't. I'm homely and awkward and odd and old, and you'd be ashamed of me, and we should quarrel—we can't help it even now, you see—and I shouldn't like elegant society and you would, and you'd hate my scribbling, and I couldn't get on without it, and we should be unhappy, and wish we hadn't done it, and everything would be horrid!"
"Anything more?" asked Laurie, finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst.
"Nothing more, except that I don't believe I shall ever marry. I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man."
"I know better!" broke in Laurie. "You think so now, but there'll come a time when you will care for somebody, and you'll love him tremendously, and live and die for him. I know you will, it's your way, and I shall have to stand by and see it," and the despairing lover cast his hat upon the ground with a gesture that would have seemed comical, if his face had not been so tragic.
"Yes, I will live and die for him, if he ever comes and makes me love him in spite of myself, and you must do the best you can!" cried Jo, losing patience with poor Teddy. "I've done my best, but you won't be reasonable, and it's selfish of you to keep teasing for what I can't give. I shall always be fond of you, very fond indeed, as a friend, but I'll never marry you, and the sooner you believe it the better for both of us—so now!"
That speech was like gunpowder. Laurie looked at her a minute as if he did not quite know what to do with himself, then turned sharply away, saying in a desperate sort of tone, "You'll be sorry some day, Jo."
"Oh, where are you going?" she cried, for his face frightened her.
"To the devil!" was the consoling answer.
For a minute Jo's heart stood still, as he swung himself down the bank toward the river, but it takes much folly, sin or misery to send a young man to a violent death, and Laurie was not one of the weak sort who are conquered by a single failure. He had no thought of a melodramatic plunge, but some blind instinct led him to fling hat and coat into his boat, and row away with all his might, making better time up the river than he had done in any race. Jo drew a long breath and unclasped her hands as she watched the poor fellow trying to outstrip the trouble which he carried in his heart.
"That will do him good, and he'll come home in such a tender, penitent state of mind, that I shan't dare to see him," she said, adding, as she went slowly home, feeling as if she had murdered some innocent thing, and buried it under the leaves. "Now I must go and prepare Mr. Laurence to be very kind to my poor boy. I wish he'd love Beth, perhaps he may in time, but I begin to think I was mistaken about her. Oh dear! How can girls like to have lovers and refuse them? I think it's dreadful."
Being sure that no one could do it so well as herself, she went straight to Mr. Laurence, told the hard story bravely through, and then broke down, crying so dismally over her own insensibility that the kind old gentleman, though sorely disappointed, did not utter a reproach. He found it difficult to understand how any girl could help loving Laurie, and hoped she would change her mind, but he knew even better than Jo that love cannot be forced, so he shook his head sadly and resolved to carry his boy out of harm's way, for Young Impetuosity's parting words to Jo disturbed him more than he would confess.
When Laurie came home, dead tired but quite composed, his grandfather met him as if he knew nothing, and kept up the delusion very successfully for an hour or two. But when they sat together in the twilight, the time they used to enjoy so much, it was hard work for the old man to ramble on as usual, and harder still for the young one to listen to praises of the last year's success, which to him now seemed like love's labor lost. He bore it as long as he could, then went to his piano and began to play. The windows were open, and Jo, walking in the garden with Beth, for once understood music better than her sister, for he played the 'Sonata Pathetique', and played it as he never did before.
"That's very fine, I dare say, but it's sad enough to make one cry. Give us something gayer, lad," said Mr. Laurence, whose kind old heart was full of sympathy, which he longed to show but knew not how.
Laurie dashed into a livelier strain, played stormily for several minutes, and would have got through bravely, if in a momentary lull Mrs. March's voice had not been heard calling, "Jo, dear, come in. I want you."
Just what Laurie longed to say, with a different meaning! As he listened, he lost his place, the music ended with a broken chord, and the musician sat silent in the dark.
"I can't stand this," muttered the old gentleman. Up he got, groped his way to the piano, laid a kind hand on either of the broad shoulders, and said, as gently as a woman, "I know, my boy, I know."
No answer for an instant, then Laurie asked sharply, "Who told you?"
"Jo herself."
"Then there's an end of it!" And he shook off his grandfather's hands with an impatient motion, for though grateful for the sympathy, his man's pride could not bear a man's pity.
"Not quite. I want to say one thing, and then there shall be an end of it," returned Mr. Laurence with unusual mildness. "You won't care to stay at home now, perhaps?"
"I don't intend to run away from a girl. Jo can't prevent my seeing her, and I shall stay and do it as long as I like," interrupted Laurie in a defiant tone.
"Not if you are the gentleman I think you. I'm disappointed, but the girl can't help it, and the only thing left for you to do is to go away for a time. Where will you go?"
"Anywhere. I don't care what becomes of me," and Laurie got up with a reckless laugh that grated on his grandfather's ear.
"Take it like a man, and don't do anything rash, for God's sake. Why not go abroad, as you planned, and forget it?"
"But you've been wild to go, and I promised you should when you got through college."
"Ah, but I didn't mean to go alone!" and Laurie walked fast through the room with an expression which it was well his grandfather did not see.
"I don't ask you to go alone. There's someone ready and glad to go with you, anywhere in the world."
"Who, Sir?" stopping to listen.
Laurie came back as quickly as he went, and put out his hand, saying huskily, "I'm a selfish brute, but—you know—Grandfather—"
"Lord help me, yes, I do know, for I've been through it all before, once in my own young days, and then with your father. Now, my dear boy, just sit quietly down and hear my plan. It's all settled, and can be carried out at once," said Mr. Laurence, keeping hold of the young man, as if fearful that he would break away as his father had done before him.
"Well, sir, what is it?" and Laurie sat down, without a sign of interest in face or voice.
"There is business in London that needs looking after. I meant you should attend to it, but I can do it better myself, and things here will get on very well with Brooke to manage them. My partners do almost everything, I'm merely holding on until you take my place, and can be off at any time."
"But you hate traveling, Sir. I can't ask it of you at your age," began Laurie, who was grateful for the sacrifice, but much preferred to go alone, if he went at all.
The old gentleman knew that perfectly well, and particularly desired to prevent it, for the mood in which he found his grandson assured him that it would not be wise to leave him to his own devices. So, stifling a natural regret at the thought of the home comforts he would leave behind him, he said stoutly, "Bless your soul, I'm not superannuated yet. I quite enjoy the idea. It will do me good, and my old bones won't suffer, for traveling nowadays is almost as easy as sitting in a chair."
A restless movement from Laurie suggested that his chair was not easy, or that he did not like the plan, and made the old man add hastily, "I don't mean to be a marplot or a burden. I go because I think you'd feel happier than if I was left behind. I don't intend to gad about with you, but leave you free to go where you like, while I amuse myself in my own way. I've friends in London and Paris, and should like to visit them. Meantime you can go to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, where you will, and enjoy pictures, music, scenery, and adventures to your heart's content."
Now, Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness, but at the sound of certain words which the old gentleman artfully introduced into his closing sentence, the broken heart gave an unexpected leap, and a green oasis or two suddenly appeared in the howling wilderness. He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone, "Just as you like, Sir. It doesn't matter where I go or what I do."
"It does to me, remember that, my lad. I give you entire liberty, but I trust you to make an honest use of it. Promise me that, Laurie."
"Anything you like, Sir."
"Good," thought the old gentleman. "You don't care now, but there'll come a time when that promise will keep you out of mischief, or I'm much mistaken."
Being an energetic individual, Mr. Laurence struck while the iron was hot, and before the blighted being recovered spirit enough to rebel, they were off. During the time necessary for preparation, Laurie bore himself as young gentleman usually do in such cases. He was moody, irritable, and pensive by turns, lost his appetite, neglected his dress and devoted much time to playing tempestuously on his piano, avoided Jo, but consoled himself by staring at her from his window, with a tragic face that haunted her dreams by night and oppressed her with a heavy sense of guilt by day. Unlike some sufferers, he never spoke of his unrequited passion, and would allow no one, not even Mrs. March, to attempt consolation or offer sympathy. On some accounts, this was a relief to his friends, but the weeks before his departure were very uncomfortable, and everyone rejoiced that the 'poor, dear fellow was going away to forget his trouble, and come home happy'. Of course, he smiled darkly at their delusion, but passed it by with the sad superiority of one who knew that his fidelity like his love was unalterable.
When the parting came he affected high spirits, to conceal certain inconvenient emotions which seemed inclined to assert themselves. This gaiety did not impose upon anybody, but they tried to look as if it did for his sake, and he got on very well till Mrs. March kissed him, with a whisper full of motherly solicitude. Then feeling that he was going very fast, he hastily embraced them all round, not forgetting the afflicted Hannah, and ran downstairs as if for his life. Jo followed a minute after to wave her hand to him if he looked round. He did look round, came back, put his arms about her as she stood on the step above him, and looked up at her with a face that made his short appeal eloquent and pathetic.
"Oh, Jo, can't you?"
"Teddy, dear, I wish I could!"
That was all, except a little pause. Then Laurie straightened himself up, said, "It's all right, never mind," and went away without another word. Ah, but it wasn't all right, and Jo did mind, for while the curly head lay on her arm a minute after her hard answer, she felt as if she had stabbed her dearest friend, and when he left her without a look behind him, she knew that the boy Laurie never would come again.
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Irische Sweathouses () sind kleine, nicht selten bienenkorbförmige vorzeitliche Strukturen aus Feldsteinen mit Kraggewölben. Sie haben Durchmesser und Höhen, die selten mehr als zwei Meter betragen. Die Zugänge sind Kriechgänge. Die meisten von jenen, die überlebt haben, boten nicht mehr als drei bis vier Personen Platz. Sie gleichen kleinen in Wällen errichtete "Höhlen", in denen laut Berichten im 17. Jahrhundert viele Iren sogar gelebt haben sollen.

Der erste detaillierte Bericht über irische Sweathouses kam im späten 18. Jahrhundert von Latocnayem, einem Mann, der kein irisch sprach.

Lage
Sie liegen oft abseits an eher versteckten Orten, weit weg von Wohnhäusern und oft auch von Wegen, in der Nähe von kleinen Bächen und/oder in kleinen Wäldchen oder Gebüschen. Das unterscheidet sie von den Kalköfen (lime kilns), die auch in den zentralen Countys Leitrim und Cavan vorkommen und einen ähnlichen Aufbau, aber kleinere "Zugänge" haben.

Sweathouses wurden sorgfältig gebaut, oft mit Kraggewölben, manchmal aber auch mit Plattendächern. Einige Townlands hatten mehrere Sweathouses, und auch heute haben drei von vier Townlands mehr als ein intaktes oder  zerstörtes Sweathouse.

Nutzung
Sie werden anhand völkerkundlicher Vergleiche meist als Saunen interpretiert. Einige haben Spalten für den Rauch oder Lüftungskanäle. Wo diese zu groß waren, wurden sie mit Grassoden oder mit Mörtel gestopft. Sie wurden oft mit Plaggen abgedeckt. Dass sie befeuert wurden, ist sicher, da bei einigen Anlagen an den Decken Ruß anhaftete. Damit unterscheiden sie sich von nordamerikanischen Inipis, die selten, wenn überhaupt, aus Stein gebaut waren und durch heiße Steine aus einem nahegelegenen Feuer erhitzt wurden.

Verbreitung

Die gegenwärtig festgestellte Verteilung bevorzugt die Regionen Mittelirlands:

Cavan (Legeelan, Tullynafreave), Leitrim (Annagh upper, Cleighran More, Gubnaveagh) und County Roscommon (Ardmullen, Carrownrarriff, Cartonperagh, Cornageeha und Eskerbawn) – wobei "Ausreißer" im Fermanagh (Scribbagh), County Londonderry (Tirkane), County Tipperary (Doonane), Tyrone (Sweathouse von Cadian), County Sligo (Inishmurray) und Wicklow (Annacarney) erkannt wurden.

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Über Europa verbreitet gibt es eine große Anzahl Kraggewölbebauten aus Trockenmauerwerk wie etwa die Kuppelbauten der Hebriden, die den Sweathouses sehr ähnlich sind. Alle anderen Typen haben jedoch richtige Türen, im Gegensatz zu den winzigen Eingängen der irischen Sweathouses.

Literatur
 Raffaello Battaglia: Ricerche Paleontologiche e Folkloristiche Sulla Casa Istriana Primitiva. In: Atti e Memorie della Societa Istriana di Archeologia e Storia Patria. Bd. 38, Nr. 2, 1926, , S. 33–79.
 Gerhard Rohlfs: Primitive Kuppelbauten in Europa (= Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Abhandlungen. N. F. 43, ). Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München 1957.
 Jürgen E. Walkowitz: Das Megalithsyndrom. Europäische Kultplätze der Steinzeit (= Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte Mitteleuropas. Bd. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3.

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This video from 2004 of Jorge Ramos, the Univision news anchor, with Charlie Rose offers a great insight into America today. It is hard for us to realize that we are a mult-cultural country. It is hard for us to value people from different backgrounds and see them as truly American.
At this point, many staff members with Campus Crusade that are thinking about working with Destino may be facing a similar situation. For so long we have done ministry in a way that treats everyone the same. We don't talk about race or ethnicity. But in so doing we have unknowingly and unintentionally communicated that everyone needs to be white.
What can you do today to begin to get to know someone from a different cultural background? How can you begin to value their cultural identity and how that is shaping the new American identity?


HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2019) – The world's richest and largest startup business competition is now open for applications from students around the globe.
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship is Rice University's nationally recognized initiative devoted to the support of technology commercialization, entrepreneurship education and the launch of technology companies. Since inception, more than 2,300 early stage companies have participated at the 185-plus programs hosted by the Rice Alliance and raised more than $9.1 billion in funding.


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Silk velvets were the pre-eminent luxury textile in many parts of the Islamic world and Europe, especially from the 15th century onwards. They were used for clothing, carpets, spreads, bolsters, hangings, and exchanged as diplomatic gifts.
The 11 textiles in this exhibition are selections from a private New York collection, providing a glimpse into the richness and diversity of Iranian, Indian and Turkish silk velvets. Spanning three distinct cultural areas with their own design sensibilities and tastes, this group of textiles showcases the different techniques of velvet production and their varied uses.
Of special note are the two complete 17th-century carpets from India and Iran, each measuring nearly 6 by 4 feet and retaining not only their design elements but also their vibrant colors. These, along with nine other substantially sized textile fragments, show the cultural exchange between the Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman empires—linked by shifting political, religious and economic ties.


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What: Shares of social network MeetMe Inc. jumped on Tuesday following the company's announcement that it was acquiring Skout. At 2:45 p.m. EDT, the stock was up about 11.5%.
So what: The deal for Skout values the company at $54.6 million, comprised of $28.5 million in cash and 5.37 million shares of MeetMe stock. Skout generated $23.8 million of revenue in 2015, with 3.5 million mobile monthly active users as of May. Following the close of the deal, MeetMe will boast 8.5 million mobile monthly active users, a 69% increase.
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2015 was MeetMe's first profitable year, and the acquisition of Skout could make 2016 even better.
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The National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies is pleased to announce the 25th Annual Memorial March on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 7pm.
The Memorial March and Service started in 1995 has become a signature event during Police Week activities in Washington DC. The march starts at 6 pm at on Capitol Hill at New Jersey Avenue and F street NW. The march proceeds along E street and enters the NLEOM on the south side at E Street. The march procession will include; Pipebands, Emerald Societies, Honor Guards, antiques police cars/motorcycles from across the United States and Canada.
At 7 pm, a Memorial Service will begin with opening tunes from public safety pipebands to include members from; police/ fire//law enforcement/sheriffs and emerald societies. This is the largest contingent of mass pipebands during the Police Week activities. The 2019 host pipband is the Irish-American Police Officers Association of Massachusetts Pipes & Drums. Various political and law enforcement dignitaries will speak at the service. At the end of the service, two wreaths are placed at the badge at the center of the memorial.
The Memorial Service not only pays tribute to fallen Irish-American Law Enforcement Officers but all officers that have made the ultimate sacrifice. Over the years, Members of Congress, Chiefs of Police, as well as local, state and Federal leaders have been in attendance. The service has also received nationwide media attention by being featured on a special edition of "America Most Wanted" hosted by John Walsh.
The National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies (NCLEES) which sponsors the Memorial March and Service was started in 1995. Lt. Michael Newton is the current President of NCLEES, is a 38-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police Department and is currently assigned as a Shift Commander of the Homicide Unit. NCLEES has over seventy chapters comprised of law enforcement and firefighters from around the country. NCLEES also has chapters in Canada and United Kingdom.
On May 14, 2019, at 10am, The National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies will host its 25th annual conference at the Hyatt-Regency Hotel (Capitol Hill) at 415-New Jersey Ave.
Step Off at 6pm. March route is New Jersey Ave;. E street NW to the NLEOM.
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I avoided cavities during the sugar crazed adolescent years, late night snacks while studying during college and the sweet tooth I developed when joining co-workers for lunches that always ended with a decadent dessert. Yes, I was pretty proud of my choppers only to have my streak end with my second pregnancy.
I try to always see my dentist every 6 months to keep my pearly whites healthy. My visit was near the end of my pregnancy when I learned that I had not, one, but four cavities (two on each side that mirrored each other). I was horrified (I really was). Immediately I started to figure out the culprit. I had severe morning sickness that lasted almost to my seventh month. I was on a prescribed medication to keep food down and I had concocted a drink mixture of part Gatorade, part water, and ice to prevent dehydration. Sipping on this all day couldn't have helped but I later learned that if you're a woman, your hormones can have a big effect on your oral health at different times in your life — puberty, menses, pregnancy, and menopause all have an impact.
Apparently it is very important to be conscious of your dental health during pregnancy.
Bleeding gums. During puberty, increased levels of female hormones cause an increase in blood supply to your gums and can affect your gum health. This can lead to greater sensitivity and more inflammation from food particles and plaque. Similar responses can occur during menstruation, when taking oral contraceptives, and during pregnancy. Gums may become swollen and bleed easily.
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Dental health is often the last thing on an expectant moms list of to do's and concerns. You're doing great already, just being aware of things will cause us to make any necessary changes for our health and baby.


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Reflector Teacher includes the ability to live stream your devices directly to YouTube. This means that your device screen is sent to YouTube while you are mirroring to your computer. By connecting your device to Reflector, then clicking on the Broadcast button in your Reflector menu the mirrored screen can be shared with anyone in real time!
The mirrored screen is sent to YouTube and is viewable by others while you are making the video. While this is happening, there will be a short delay between your device and what is seen on YouTube. When you are finished, the video will be saved for later viewing as well. You may include any device that is compatible with Reflector, and you may also add a webcam or audio only feed with the video as well.
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The Entertainment Industry Development Corporation (EIDC) is best known as the public/private sector partnership that oversees the Los Angeles City/County Film Office. In recent months, the EIDC has been widely referenced as the body reporting the declining level of spot location shooting activity...
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With 100 companies showcasing streaming media, numerous booths touting interactive television, and a slew of Internet-based exhibitors, last week's National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) convention in Las Vegas underscored the fact that new creative challenges are fast emerging for the...
Advertising aimed at kids has come under increasing scrutiny, and deservedly so. It's also a genre to which a creative stigma has been attached over the years, perhaps not so deservedly. But this week's entries in "The Best Work You May Never See" gallery (see pg. 15)—The Peace Council's "Hole"...
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R7 260x defective no more downclock option?
The GPU/drivers or something hangs during gameplay, and the application freezes and has to be closed by force(all the time). I was able to more or less solve the issue by dowclocking the GPU frequency and the card was stable. The problem is, AMD software no longer seems to support going below the minimum frequency, what can I do?
Sure it's not your power supply?
That was it, now it works without crashing. The PSU was replaced a while ago, but the problem persisted. Any idea why it comes to this?
After I read your thread, I feel silly for even asking, it is so simple. Too bad I didn't get the same answer on countless other forums before I came here.
Glad you have it sorted...game on!


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Don't Doubt Others When It Comes to Publishing a Cover
I was working with my co-author and now that the books have been sent to the editors, there was more work which needed to be done. It's not hard to write a book but it's a lot harder to decide on book covers, they covey a powerful message that one would normally not see, being too close to the source. In a way we needed others to have a good look at it, and take some time to think about what it was telling us.
Our book, which is currently being edited and re-worked, my blogging partner, Sabrina, from Things About Transylvania, and we had three covers to choose from after going through many of them. We also used the method of having people look it over to see if this worked for them or not, so the risk was decreased.
We gave them three choices: one, or two or three and we asked them which one of these should be the cover and why?
For us, the results were interesting, most people liked the last choice, number three because it gave a good sense of what the book on Transylvania was about. It also reminded them of Bran Castle, and Dracula, which worked for them. It gave them a good grasp of what too look for and what we wanted to show a potential reader. Out of the ten people we asked, nine loved the last one, and one said that number one should be the choice.
We asked them why not number two: for most people, it was too busy. It looked very much like someone had thrown it together and didn't want to spend the needed time working on a cover, which probably meant they weren't keen on trying to write a great book either. This is one of these times when it became important to find out exactly what didn't work with this cover and what did work. For most people, the blue was a sticking point. We could change it.
But again, even the option of changing the colour was not something that the beta readers liked. It didn't covey our message and the focus was on our names and not with the title of the book. Bram Stoker and Vlad Tepes could, and should be the focus.
A cover colour can be changed. That's not a problem. For others, the majority, the problem was it was too busy, you could not tell what the picture was in the background the cover didn't show it. They understood it was a castle, and by default it was Bran Castle (aka Dracula's Castle.) However it was not as clear. and the forest drew attention away from the message.
The last one is by far the favourite of all of them. It showed the famous landmark, Bran Castle in all of its glory, and had a bit of a wintery feel to it. The front was also much easier to read, and the potential reader can get an idea about it very quickly. The title was the focus and people could see it along with the subtitle and the author names.
What made people like it the most, was it was bold, but also very simple. Most people liked the cover, and liked that it was simple.
When we asked why number one- the cover itself just as simple- wasn't as liked, someone said to them it was too simple, there was nothing that drew them to the book, the picture in the last one drew them there, and made them want to pick it up and read it.
No matter how we felt about our books, it is important to let someone else have a say. I am pleased with the last cover, and it seems it is the best of the group, but now, we are going to let our readers have their own say on it as well.
So tell us which of these three you like, and why.
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Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > Sword shops in Quebec City?
Posted: Wed 15 Jun, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: Sword shops in Quebec City?
I'm in Quebec City for a few days and I have a feeling there might be a few shops around the Old City that would sell swords or other weapons. Would anyone know of any? An internet search proved near useless. Also, if anyone knows of some really good museums with a focus on swords I would love to know about those, too!
Posted: Wed 15 Jun, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Sword shops in Quebec City?
They have a lot of " Ren Fair stuff " and walhanger swords but they do have some better quality stuff like the Hanwey/Tinker swords and maybe some Windlass swords also. Also some GDFB armour.
Some of their prices may be a little higher than one can find on-line but this may vary from thing to thing.
Anyway, if you ever go to Montréal it's a nice store depending on what you are looking for.
Mostly Paul Chen, Cold Steel, and a couple of others. Nothing extraordinary but an honest selection.
As for sword related museums there are unfortunately none. You would think a city with a military past as big as Quebec would have some, but no. Your best best is to visit the Citadel, which has an honest selection of 19th century stuff from their regiment. The problem is that most rich people left Quebec City in the late 19th century, so that when all the big collections were built it was too late for us. I even suspect that many were sold off to the States.
Really the best place in the province is the Stewart museum in Montreal, a very good selection which is underrated. Unfortunately they will only reopens by the end of June. Other than that it is the War museum in Ottawa, or even the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, but then that might be totally out of your way.
Oh and do visit our site though if you are in Quebec. The Morrin Centre, first prison in Canada (still as it was 200 years ago) and splendid Victorian college. We just finished restoration and opened a new exhibit you won't regret the visit, few people even in the city know about this place: www.morrin.org (sorry for the shameless plug but it is for a good cause) !
Thanks for the replies! Unfortunately I'm only in Quebec City and won't be able to make it to Toronto or Montreal, but they're on my list! I'm not sure what my itinerary will be for tomorrow, I'll have to check and see what my friends are up for, but the prison sounds really cool!


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ONE Championship - September 29, 2018
Kiwi-Malaysian lightweight star Ev "ET" Ting stands just one win away from earning a second shot at the ONE Lightweight World Championship.
To get to the mountaintop, he has to defeat one of the legends of Asian mixed martial arts.
Ting faces off against former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki at ONE: KINGDOM OF HEROES in Bangkok, Thailand on 6 October. And the charging contender says he's honoured to face the Japanese icon.
"I would have loved for this fight to have been the one for the title, but that's not the case," the 29-year-old Malaysian admits.
"I'm still honoured to take on a true legend, and in many ways, this is a bigger fight for me, so I'm super excited. I'm putting in the work, and I'm building up my body to peak on fight night again. Shinya's credentials and his name speak for themselves."
Aoki is renowned worldwide as one of the best exponents of the grappling arts in mixed martial arts today. The Japanese veteran has defeated a host of World Champions, top contenders and big-name opponents from across the world.
Armed with black belts in judo and jiu-jitsu, Aoki's ground game is one of the best in the sport. The 35-year-old demonstrated that in his wins over Rasul Yakhyaev (by submission) and Shannon Wiratchai (via ground and pound TKO) earlier this year.
Despite his opponent's illustrious career and well-respected credentials, Ting says he's ready to stand up to the challenge and come through victorious.
"There's no secret he is going to work his grappling, and I'm going to defend it," the Malaysian explains.
"If it does go to the ground, I'm training very smartly to embrace the chaos, and hopefully take him to deeper waters than he's been to on the ground.
"If I was to face him in a grappling match right now, I would put my whole bank account on the line, because that's how confident I am in my training, my team, my coaches, and all the work that I've put into this training camp. I have nothing to fear from Shinya."
Ting has been sharpening his skills in training at Auckland MMA in New Zealand, and his belief in sticking to the fundamentals of the sport has helped him to victory in each of his last three bouts as he has surged into title contention.
"I just went back to the basics," he explains.
"I was working on my footwork, my timing, and just being able to beat opponents in a game of chess rather than being that beast-mode fighter everybody loves.
"I've tried to be that. I've tried to be an exciting fighter, but sometimes it's just better to be calculated and smart, and take care of the task at hand."
Training and competing with a clear head and a sound approach, Ting believes he has the ability to defeat Aoki.
He stated that belief on social media, and explains his proclamation was not meant to be disrespectful – it was more of a statement of his confidence ahead of the bout.
"Some people thought I was being disrespectful, but it was just a way to express that I'm in a position in the lightweight division where I'm almost a gatekeeper," he says.
"I'm facing all these veterans in the game, but I'm not getting any of the shiny things to show for it. I'm just going to try to express myself a little bit more."
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Distillers consider English whisky's global rank
29 March 2022 By Alice Brooker
Producers seeking a geographical indication (GI) for English whisky have come together to consider the spirit's place in the world whisky landscape.
The GI proposal was submitted by 16 distillers on 14 February
By Alice Brooker
On 14 February, 16 distillers came together to submit a proposal for a GI for English whisky to the UK government.
This newly formed group, known as the English Whisky Guild (EWG), presented the GI to the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
Written by Tagore Ramoutar, director of the EWG and non-executive director of The Oxford Artisan Distillery, the proposal seeks to establish protection for the English whisky industry.
One major consideration is the perception of English whisky compared to older whisky categories.
"There was a desire to ensure that English whisky was viewed and understood as the same quality as other emerging markets," Ramoutar commented.
"We recognised this new region sandwiched between the two biggest regions: Scotch and Irish whisk(e)y.
"If we weren't careful, it would be very easy to undermine their standards and also not have a recognisable English dram industry itself. They are historically bigger and older."
In writing the proposal, Ramoutar was aware of the growth of new world whiskies as well.
"There has been a growth in the last 20 to 40 years of new world whisky producing areas, such as the Japanese. Lots of interesting things are happening in Australia and Denmark – we are a new world whisky producing area in this regard."
World whisky: breaking down barriers
Andrew Nelstrop, owner of The English Whisky Company, also considered other world whiskies when looking to the future of his firm's namesake spirit.
"The global belief that Scotch is the only whisky was broken quite a long time ago by Japan, with their Yamazaki whisky," he said.
"Overnight it broke down barriers of the belief that whisky had to come from Scotland. Since then, the world makes amazing whiskies – from Sweden, to America, to Japan, and obviously Scotland and Ireland. I don't think English whisky can take credit for breaking down the barrier of Scotch only."
Yet, despite affirming that English whisky as a category is "without question seen on the same level" as other drams, the spirit still does not have the privileges enjoyed by other nations' producers.
Without a GI, the liquid is vulnerable to fraudsters claiming bottles are sourced, produced and packaged in England when they are not.
"We have to stop the imported, blended whisky being labelled up as English," Nelstrop stated.
"All our neighbours have stopped it. You can't get all sorts of random whiskies, bottle them up and call it Scotch, just because you bottled it in Scotland. They'd have you in court so fast your head wouldn't spin. The same applies to every other country.
"It's only because we're a new industry," he concludes.


Anyway, I started looking at long exposures and the reciprocity failure compensation values for the films I use. I still need some more time experimenting before I get there, but when I was scouting for locations to use around where I live, I came across this small copse that didn't look too attractive on account of a farm being behind it and a modern shed distracting the view on the other side. But I realized that with my 165mm lens on my Pentax 67II camera, I would be able to crop the photo such that none of these appeared. Not a long exposure of this copse just yet, but certainly a shot I do like.
I guess it is old news for many already but the Efke IR 820 and ADOX CHS films have been discontinued due to a problem in the very old machine that does the coating at Fotokemika in Croatia and it is not economically feasible to repair it. I guess that for infra red film I need to turn to the Rollei film. I'm still contemplating what film to choose as replacement for the ADOX CHS film. The new ADOX Silvermax film that has just been announced at the Photokina 2012 is very temping but will only be released on 135 format, not on 120 format. Otherwise the ADOX Silvermax would have been perfect with its rich silver content and tones. It is rumoured to handle up to 14 zones.
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In Review 2022: Store openings, refurbs and pop-ups
2022 has seen a variety of store openings across the beauty industry, from nationwide retail expansions to UK store debuts.
As we approach 2023, TheIndustry.beauty has highlighted the top store openings, refurbs and expansions of 2022, as well as some of the beauty pop-ups from the past year.
New stores, refurbs and expansions
Penhaligon's makes Welsh debut at St David's Cardiff
British perfume brand Penhaligon's opened its first Welsh store at St David's Cardiff. The 420 sq ft store features a bespoke interior, designed to "inspire and delight on every visit".
In Pictures: Diptyque opens new UK flagship boutique
Diptyque opened a UK flagship boutique on Sloane Street in London. The boutique is Diptyque's largest store in the UK and the second boutique to be designed in the brand's new retail concept.
Read our interview with Diptyque's UK MD on its new flagship boutique.
In Pictures: H&M's revamped Regent Street store with Beauty Bar
H&M's flagship store at 324 Regent Street reopened with a revamped look, complete with a new Beauty Bar concept in partnership with Dashl and the launch of H&M Rental in the UK.
In Pictures: Townhouse opens new salon concept in Notting Hill
Townhouse opened a salon in London's Notting Hill, showcasing the brand's local salon concept for the first time. Designed for the local community, the 'Petit Townhouse' concept offers the brand's usual elements in a "smaller, local package".
Sephora confirms 2023 UK store openings
Sephora returned to the UK market, taking over the former Feelunique website, which was acquired by the beauty retailer in September 2021. It also confirmed the 2023 opening of four new stores in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
In Pictures: Charlotte Tilbury's new 'Beauty Wonderland' at Liverpool ONE
Charlotte Tilbury opened a store at Liverpool ONE, marking the brand's first standalone UK store outside of London. The store provides an "all encompassing beauty destination" with beauty services, expertise and artistry.
Ted's Grooming Room opens on Sloane Stanley Estate
Ted's Grooming Room opened on the Sloane Stanley Estate. The barbershop, designed in-house with a 1920's cinema theme, features the brand's traditional barber chairs and eclectic décor to provide an "immersive and intimate" experience.
Forest Essentials to open first UK store
Ayurvedic skincare brand Forest Essentials opened its first UK store at London's Covent Garden. The store marks the brand's first international store and was designed with minimalism in mind.
Rituals to open flagship wellbeing hub in London
Rituals opened its first premium store and flagship wellbeing hub in the UK, located at Battersea Power Station. As part of this, the store includes a in-store skincare consultation station.
Oh My Cream opens first UK store
French beauty retailer Oh My Cream opened its first-ever UK store at Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill. This was later joined by a second store opening on King's Road in London.
In Pictures: Molton Brown's revamped Regent Street flagship
Molton Brown opened its refurbished flagship store on London's Regent Street, creating an interactive space that celebrates the brand's roots and champions sustainability.
Read our Secret Shopper of Molton Brown's Regent Street Flagship.
New sustainable department store opens in Mayfair
A 6,000 sq ft department store with a focus on sustainability, called The Good Store, opened in London's Mayfair. The store carries a selection of sustainable products and brands across clothing, accessories, health and beauty, furniture, homeware, tech and books.
Aesop unveils new Regent Street store
Luxury skincare brand Aesop opened a new store on London's Regent Street. The store features the brand's complete range of skincare, haircare and bodycare products, with trained consultants available to offer advice.
In Pictures: Diptyque's revamped Spitalfields boutique
Diptyque opened its remodelled Spitalfields boutique, marking the brand's first UK store to feature its new retail concept. The store was reimagined to create a marriage between the brand's Parisian roots and the East London location.
Justmylook opens flagship store with interactive TikTok space
Justmylook opened its debut store in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. The shop features an interactive area, showcasing a hand-picked selection of TikTok's most viral products, inspired by the #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt trend.
In Pictures: Lush Bluewater doubles store size to offer new customer experiences
Lush revealed a new look for its store at Bluewater Shopping Centre, doubling the size of its original unit with a retail area of 145 sq metres.
Flannels opens new Liverpool flagship location
Flannels opened its Liverpool flagship store, which fuses retail and leisure under one roof, with a blend of top brands, dining options and in-house experiences.
Space NK opens upsized Covent Garden store
Space NK opened its first-ever double-level store at 3 Neals Yard in Covent Garden, spanning 2,000 sq ft and offering a larger edit of beauty brands than ever before.
Read our interview with Space NK's CEO on its first-ever double-level store.
In Pictures: H Beauty's new Bristol store
Harrods opened its fourth standalone H beauty store in the UK, with a 25,300 sq ft space at Bristol's The Mall Cribbs Causeway.
In Pictures: Next opens first clothing, home and beauty department store
Next opened its first store in the UK to combine home, fashion and beauty under one location. The 94,478 sq ft department store is spread across three floors at the Atria Watford shopping centre.
Skin Laundry opens third London store
Skin Laundry opened a store and clinic in Chelsea, London. Located on 69A Kings Road, the space offers two private treatment rooms and a physical store for its range of skincare products.
Highlight pop-ups moments
Lush opens wellness pop-up at Westfield London
Lush opened an immersive pop-up experience at Westfield London, called The Lush Lounge. The pop-up featured a variety of wellness-inspired activities, including mood-based galleries, massages, complimentary gifting and bespoke services.
Harry Styles' Pleasing to open festive London pop-up
Harry Styles' beauty brand Pleasing opened a month-long pop-up in London to mark the brand's first anniversary and festive season. Located at 19 Foubert's Place, the London pop-up was joined by two other openings in New York and Los Angeles.
Cult Beauty opens festive 'The House of Thrills' pop-up
Cult Beauty opened a pop-up in London's Soho, called The House of Thrills. The shop showcased some of the retailer's most-loved brands ahead of the festive season.
'First of its kind' beauty festival for Women of Colour announces launch
The Beauty Beat, a beauty festival celebrating Women of Colour, held its first-ever event in London. Powered by Instagram and supported by The British Beauty Council, the festival was labelled as the "first of its kind in the UK".
Listen to our podcast with Donna Dia, Founder, The Beauty Beat.
In Pictures: Shiseido celebrates 150 years with first UK pop-up
Shiseido opened its first UK pop-up at Covent Garden in London. To celebrate the brand's 150th anniversary, the pop-up hosted a series of creative workshops, expert masterclasses, panel talks and influencer meet and greets.
'Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner Glam Park' to come to Covent Garden Piazza
Kylie Cosmetics opened an immersive beauty experience in London's Covent Garden to celebrate its makeup and skincare launches, as well as summer glam looks.
Benefit Cosmetics announces Mayfair pop-up
Benefit Cosmetics launched The Benefit Brunch pop-up to celebrate its brow products. The pop-up allowed visitors to sample the brand's range of brow products, from new launches to bestsellers.
Lookfantastic to open first physical pop-up shop
Lookfantastic hosted its first pop-up at Manchester's Trafford Centre. The shop showcased some of the retailer's bestselling, TikTok viral products through a custom-made, built-in conveyer belt.
In Pictures: Beauty Pie's Covent Garden Pop-up
Beauty Pie opened a "Warehouse of Dreams" pop-up shop in Covent Garden. The pop-up was designed to emphasise Beauty Pie's transparent approach to pricing.
Luxury skincare brand Tatcha to launch debut UK pop-up
US-based beauty brand Tatcha opened a pop-up store in London's Covent Garden, following the skincare brand's UK launch at Space NK.
Trinny London to open first London pop-up
Trinny London opened its first-ever interactive experience, with a three day pop-up at The Vinyl Factory in Soho. The Trinny London Land shop celebrated the launch of the brand's skincare collection.
The Inkey List to open first ever pop-up in London
The Inkey List opened its first pop-up in London's Covent Garden, offering consumers the chance to experience a unique integrated physical and digital event and build their own skincare.
Jamie Genevieve's beauty brand Vieve to open London pop-up
Vieve opened its first-ever pop-up at Covent Garden in London. The shop offered visitors the opportunity to discover and shop the brand's products, receive a complimentary touch up with a Vieve makeup artist and attend a series of events.
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