Zingiber officinale, or Common Ginger, is the main source of ginger root in commerce today. Common ginger is native to SE Asia. The plant has slender reed-like stems with dark glossy green leaves arising from tuberous rhizomes. Plants will reach about 20 inches (45 cm) tall and the lanceolate leaves reach 7 inches (17.5 cm) long. The spice known as ginger has been used for centuries as flavoring and as a treatment for all sorts of ailments from motion sickness to athlete's foot. They easy to culture and are hardy from USDA zones 8-12.
Blooming: The inflorescence is a small cone-like, dense spike arising from the rhizome in summer. The entire spike is about 3 inches (7.5 cm) long; flowers are yellow-green with a purple lip and cream-colored spots. They are very inconspicuous and not showy at all. Some cultivars of Zingiber officinale are sterile and very rarely produce flowers.
Culture: Zingiber officinale need a fertile, moist soil, partial shade and warm temperatures. In the greenhouse, we use a soil mix consisting of 2 parts peat moss to 2 parts loam to 1 part sand or perlite. During the growing season, the plants are kept moist but not overly wet and fertilized on a monthly basis with a balanced fertilizer. Rhizomes planted in the spring will spread enough to fill a 5-gallon container in one season. During the winter month, the plants should be rested. We lift the rhizomes out of the soil in fall and store them in vermiculite for the winter, replanting them early in the spring.


Beta flight, What is it?
Most people involved in this hobby of ours have heard of BetaFlight, but for those that haven't BetaFlight is an experimental fork of CleanFlight which is optimised for acrobatics and racing. Betaflight is rapidly changing and advancing, as a result, by flashing it to your flight controller you get a cutting edge experience and access to new and developing features. Because it is experimental there are occasionally bugs, these are usually fixed very quickly.
– On F1 targets no need to disable acc anymore to get same performance. Gyro readings get priority when in acro mode.
– Easy to no tuning. Stock settings for PID1 and PID2 should be very well flyable on most machines. The optimised filters do good job on feeding the cleanest gyro traces to the pid controller loop, which gives better flight experience and easier tuning.
– Cooler motors and ESC's. Better for equipment due to clean filters.
– Quaternion logic for Level modes. More precision, less drift and faster performance!
Air Mode – This makes it considerably easier to do acrobatic manouvers. Conventionally below mid throttle the effect of stick movements is gradually listened until at zero throttle they have no effect (and frequently the props are stopped anyway). This is great for landing and slow accurate proximity flying as it prevents stick movement at low throttle causing the quad to move aggressively, however, for acrobatics such as flips and rolls, it is exactly the reverse of what is required, for these, the pilot chops the throttle when inverted so the quad is not driving its self into the ground at full throttle, however he wants the quad to manoeuvre aggressively to complete its flip or roll. Air mode addresses this with full impact of stick movement being applied even at zero throttle (the quad should have its props spinning even at zero throttle – something not all pilots currently do and takes a little getting used to). The net result is the quad can flip and roll quickly with the minimum loss of altitude.
ESC Pass through Flashing – BetaFlight and recent releases of CleanFight allow the pass through flashing of ESCS using the USB connection to the Flight controller, removing the requirement to use flashing tools and disassemble the quad to update the ESC firmware.
**WARNING** Betaflight is exactly as the name suggests, BETA software. This means that it is experimental. We do not recommend that beginners to the hobby flash Betaflight. We recommend that newcomers stick with Baseflight or cleanflight.
This is a step by step guide to flashing your flight controller with BetaFlight including the new Air mode, followed by pass through flashing of BLHeli ESCs.
In this blog entry we will go through a step by step flash of BetaFlight followed by a BLHeli Firmware Flash. The examples used are based on a Sparrow Racing 270mm frame with a Naze32 rev6a acro flight controller, an OSDoge, a FrSky X4Rsb and FVT Littlebee 20a ESCs, other components are irrelevant to the steps shown.
Although the configuration used has Arm and Air Mode on separate switch settings it is possible to activate air mode before take-off as Air mode will not take effect even though enabled until a short delay after the quad receives input on both the throttle and Pitch/roll.
In the interest of safety Props should be removed from the quad during the entire process.
In order to flash your flight controller with BetaFlight you will need the CleanFlight configurator application from the Google Chrome store.
Select "Flash Firmware", the task bar will show the progress of the install.
Select the channel map appropriate to the radio being used and if RSSI is being passed in a channel, select the correct channel. Click Save.
On the modes tab set up the channels as required (it is important if Air mode is going to be used that Arming is on a switch, not by stick).
In the example picture a three position switch (AUX 2) is used for Disarm/Arm/Air mode, a second three position switch (AUX 1) is used for flight mode (Angle/Horizon/Rate) and a third (AUX 3 – not shown) has Beeper and Gtune on it.
Betaflight supports pass-through of BL Heli firmware by simply plugging in to the flight controller with a USB lead.
Download the latest zip and extract the contents to an appropriate folder.
Click on "OK" on the dialogue box then click "Flash BLHeli". The software will then flash each of the ESCS in turn (one after the other). For each ESCthe same series of dialogue boxes will appear requiring confirmations.
Great write up, I found out the hard way about having Motor Stop enabled when using Airmode, I had Motor Stop on and Airmode assigned to a radio swithc, but when I flicked the air mode switch in flight and backed the throttle right back the motors stopped and resulted in a sudden and painful impact with the ground.
Having learned a valuable lesson I went back and disabled Motor stop and now when I enter airmode and back the throttle right off the motors continue to spin at idle and all is well in the world.
Motor stop OFF = Good, excellent, you beauty.
I've solved a pb with my setup, naze rev5 Betaflight 216, CF 1.11, little bee 20A blheli 14.3, µminiosd (MWosd 1.5), PPM rx. Unable to change CF page still "waiting" when lipo and usb is plugged. When I unplugged lipo battery, it works again. I also can't "reach" the esc with the passthrough feature.
Just found why passthrough doesn't work with µminimosd plugged in. It's an UART conflict ! So, there's basically two ways to fix that : reasign µminimosd to UART 2 on pins 3 & 4, OR unplug µminimosd during esc programming. Note that µminimosd will conflict also with USB, when COM is open in CF, the reason why CF is still "waiting".
Your problem was that the USB connection on the Naze (and other boards such as the SP3) uses UART1. You shouldn't connect your OSD to UART1 as when you apply the flight battery during ESC calibration UART1 immediately starts talking to the OSD and doesn't listen to the motor command from configurator. BUT if you are using serial RX your UART2 is connected to that so you may have to use UART 1 and unplug your OSD to calibrate ESCs.
so only way to fix it that i have found is to try to soft mount the fc which is a naze32 rev 6 or turn off dampen light mode. for some reason when i have tried this process of turning off dampen light mode in the past the esc never show up on the software and it states it cannot read them?? i do this step by step. only difference is that im using a Power OSD Pro. however it acts as a pdb as well. so my question is what am i doing wrong. do i really have to unsolder my esc from the pdb install a regular pdb in order to use this pass through method? AGAIN PLEASE HELP I WANNA GET FLYING but cant becasue my quad does whats seen in the video above.
yes you are bumping against a common problem at the moment.
the vulnerability seems to vary from gyro to gyro, I have seen people with the problem fix it by replacing the flight controller (and thus gyro) with another of exactly the same model and type.
Using vibration isolation is by far the best solution as it has no adverse effect, you can try changing dither settings in BLHeli which should change the frequency of the noise, hopefully to one which the Flight Controller is less vulnerable to, people have also suggested using the software lowpass filters to get rid of the problem, however this seems unlikely to work as the noise is not present in the signal the flight controller sees, just the erroneous signal.
Turning off dampening is really not a great idea, it will have an adverse effect on the way the quad flies, I would change my motors personally rather than turn off damping.
you don't mention what ESCs you are using, however would recommend upgrading to the latest BLHeli, it has some bug fixes.
Hello the first time I used Betaflight with a kingkong 125 drone I had no problem and after changing 1 setting on my radio I think to put it back on betaflight the parameters was good but the mode 2 engine was going up but was not falling in decreasing gasses the big problem I plug it again and beta does not recognize it any more setting I have then change the usb key mode from usb vcp to the last of the list since beta no longer connect could you help me?


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Morphological composition of nouns.
The United States has a capitalist mixed economy, which is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity.
Mining. The United States is a major contributor to the global mining industry – petroleum, natural gas and coal.
Agriculture – is a major industry in the United States and the country is a net exporter of food. The country is a top producer of corn, soy beans, rice, and wheat. Beef cattle rank as most valuable product of American farms. Other leading farm products, in order of value, include milk, chickens and eggs, cotton. US farms also produce large amounts of hay, tobacco, turkeys, potatoes, tomatoes, apples and peanuts.
Fishing. The greatest quantities of fish are taken from the Gulf of Mexico (shrimp, oysters). The Pacific Ocean supplies Alaska Pollock, cod, crabs, herring, salmon, tuna. The Atlantic yields cod, flounder, herring and other fish.
Manufacturing. The value of American manufactured goods is greater than that of any other country. The leading categories of US products are, in order of importance, transportation equipment, food products, chemicals, nonelectrical machinery, electrical machinery and equipment, fabricated metal products, printed materials, primary metals, paper products, scientific and medical instruments.
Services: finance, insurance, real estate, commodity and security exchanges.
Creative industries: include more than 12,000 stations, about 1,550 television stations, and more than 1,400 cable TV systems. Hollywood film industry and popular music also make a great contribution to the country's economy.
Transport. The backbone of the nation's transportation infrastructure is a network of high-capacity highways. America created car culture, so don't be surprised by the fact that nearly everyone of legal driving age has a car and uses it at every possible opportunity.
The rail network is among the world's best, though the passenger rail network is underdeveloped by European and Japanese standards. For a country that owes so much to the penetration of railroads and that has such a potent railroad mythology, the US has a train system that can be surprisingly impractical and not always comfortable. Ticket prices vary in value, but the earlier you make a reservation, the cheaper the ticket.
Air travel is the preferred means of travel for long distances. Most visitors arrive by air, and heavy competition on popular routes means that inexpensive flights are often available. The main international airports are in Boston, New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. There are connecting flights from these airports to hundreds of other US cities.
IT. The major centres for technology in the USA are the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Northwest.
Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, United States. The term originally referred to the region's large number of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, but eventually came to refer to all the high-tech businesses in the area; it is now generally used as a metonym for the high-tech sector. Despite the development of other high-tech economic centers throughout the United States, Silicon Valley continues to be the leading high-tech hub because of its large number of engineers and venture capitalists. Geographically, Silicon Valley encompasses the northern part of Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities.
5. Washington, D.C. – the capital city of the United States
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides. The District has a resident population of 591,833.
Washington replaced Philadelphia as the nation's capital in 1800.
The District has a total area of 177 km2, of which 159 km2 is land and 18 km2 (10.16%) is water. The District is no longer 260 km2 due to the retrocession of the southern portion of the District back to the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1846. The District's current area consists only of territory ceded by the state of Maryland. Washington is therefore surrounded by the states of Maryland to the southeast, northeast, and northwest and Virginia to the southwest.
Washington, D.C. is a planned city. The design for the City of Washington was largely the work of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born architect, engineer, and city planner who first arrived in the colonies as a military engineer with Major General Lafayette during the American Revolutionary War. In 1791, President Washington commissioned L'Enfant to plan the layout of the new capital city. L'Enfant's plan was modeled in the Baroque style, which incorporated broad avenues radiating out from rectangles and circles, providing for open space and landscaping. In March 1792, President Washington dismissed L'Enfant due to his insistence on micromanaging the city's planning, which had resulted in conflicts with the three commissioners appointed by Washington to supervise the capital's construction. Andrew Ellicott, who had worked with L'Enfant surveying the city, was then commissioned to complete the plans. Though Ellicott made revisions to the original plans, including changes to some street patterns, L'Enfant is still credited with the overall design of the city. The City of Washington was bounded by what is now Florida Avenue to the north, Rock Creek to the west, and the Anacostia River to the east.
Major sights of Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. Although not in the geographic center of the District of Columbia, the Capitol is the origin by which the quadrants of the district are divided. Officially, both the east and west sides of the Capitol are referred to as "fronts". Historically, however, the east front was initially the side of the building intended for the arrival of visitors and dignitaries.
The building is marked by its central dome above a rotunda and two wings, one for each chamber of Congress: the north wing is the Senate chamber and the south wing is the House of Representatives chamber. Above these chambers are galleries where visitors can watch the Senate and House of Representatives. It is an example of the neoclassical architecture style. The statue on top of the dome is the Statue of Freedom.
Underground tunnels (and even a private underground railway) connect the main Capitol building with each of the Congressional office buildings in the surrounding complex. All rooms in the Capitol (540) are designated as either S (for Senate) or H (for House), depending on whether they are north (Senate) or south (House) of the Rotunda.
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the home in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades which were meant to conceal stables and storage.
The White House is made up of six stories – the Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The term White House is regularly used as a metonym for the Executive Office of the President of the United States and for the president's administration and advisors in general. The property is owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park.
The Washington Monument (also known as Pencil) is the most prominent structure in Washington, D.C. and one of the city's early attractions. It was built in honor of George Washington, who led the country to independence and then became its first President. The Monument is shaped like an Egyptian obelisk and offers views in excess of thirty miles. It was finished on December 6, 1884.
The Lincoln Memorial stands at the west end of the National Mall as a neoclassical monument to the 16th President. The memorial is designed by Henry Bacon, after ancient Greek temples. It is surrounded by a peristyle of 38 fluted Doric columns, one for each of the thirty six states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, and two columns in-antis at the entrance behind the colonnade. The north and south side chambers contain carved inscriptions of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and his Gettysburg Address. Lying between the north and south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. The statue was carved in four years by the Piccirilli brothers under the supervision of the sculptor, Daniel Chester French. The statue of Lincoln weighs 175 tons. The original plan was for the statue to be only ten feet high, but this was changed so that the figure of Lincoln would not be dwarfed by the size of the chamber. A commission to plan a monument was first proposed in 1867, shortly after Lincoln's death. The design for that plan called for six equestrian and 31 pedestrian statues of colossal size, with a huge statue of Lincoln in the center.
That project was never started for lack of funds. Congress approved the bill to construct this memorial in 1910. Construction began in 1914, and the memorial was opened to the public in 1922. The Memorial is visited by millions of visitors each year and is the site of many large public gatherings and protests. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd by the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. Damaged over the years by heavy visitation and environmental factors, the Lincoln Memorial is currently undergoing a major restoration.
The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books. The head of the Library is the Librarian of Congress, currently James H. Billington.
Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D.C., stretching easterly in front of the U.S. Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential communities in Washington, and with roughly 35 000 people in just under two square miles, it is also one of the most densely populated.
As a geographic feature, Capitol Hill rises in the center of the District of Columbia and extends eastward. Pierre L'Enfant, as he began to develop his plan for the new Federal City in 1791, chose to locate the "Congress House" on the crest of the hill, facing the city, a site that L'Enfant characterized as a "pedestal waiting for a superstructure".
The Capitol Hill neighborhood today straddles two quadrants of the city, Southeast and Northeast, and a large portion is now designated as the Capitol Hill historic district. The name Capitol Hill is often used to refer to both the historic district and to the larger neighborhood around it. To the east of Capitol Hill lies the Anacostia River, to the north is the H Street corridor, to the south are the Southeast/Southwest Freeway and the Washington Navy Yard, and to the west are the National Mall and the city's central business district.
The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C. Oficially termed by the National Park Service the National Mall and Memorial Parks, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and often is taken to refer to the entire area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a division slightly west of the center.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that "the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives." She kept the design elegantly simple to "allow everyone to respond and remember".
The Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Ying Lin, is made up of two black granite walls 75 meters long. The walls are sunk into the ground, with the earth behind them.
Inscribed on the walls with the Optima typeface are the names of servicemen who were either confirmed to be KIA (Killed in Action) or remained classified as MIA (Missing in Action) when the walls were constructed in 1982.
The Jefferson Memorial. Situated on the South side of the Tidal Basin, in West Potomac park, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial is one of the cities most picturesque landmarks. Dedicated in 1943, on the 200th anniversary of Jefferson's birth, this simple circular classical white marble monument is in keeping with a style much favored by the third U.S. president, architect, scholar and political thinker. At its center, a towering bronze portrait statue (the plaster one, in position until after WWII, is in the basement, too large to be removed intact) stands on a pedestal. Panels are inscribed with excerpts of Jefferson's writing, including one that best sums up the man: "I have sworn upon the alter of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man". The view from the steps is magnificent, especially at night when a halo of blue light crowns the structure.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington DC is next to the Tidal Basin.
The Roosevelt Memorial dedicated on May 2, 1997 traces twelve years of American history through a sequence of four outdoor rooms. Each is devoted to one of President Roosevelt's terms of office.
The memorial has several statues with one showing Roosevelt in a wheeled chair and another depicting him riding in a car during his first inauguration.
Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. joining the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street", it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests. Moreover, Pennsylvania Avenue is an important commuter route and is part of the National Highway System.
arid lacking sufficient water or rainfall
blazon official symbols of a family, state, etc.
cede relinquish possession or control over
chinook warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
conterminous/ contiguous connecting without a break; within a common boundary
die (n) mold into which molten metal or other material is forced
inuit member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo ("eaters of raw flesh") but they call themselves the Inuit ("the people")
median value below which 50% of the cases fall
perseverance persistent determination
talon sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
tincture heraldic metal, color, or fur
valor qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
vigilance vigilant attentiveness
Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps in the following text with proper names:
The United States of America (also known as the _________, the _______, the _______, and __________) is a country in ________ that shares land borders with _______ and _______, and a sea border with __________. Extending from the __________ Ocean to the __________ Ocean, the United States is a federal republic, with its capital in _____________.
Exercise 2. Answer the following questions bout the state symbols of the United States:
1. What is the flag of the US called? Describe it and the symbolic meaning of its parts.
2. What fulfills the functions of the coat of arms in the US? Describe it.
3. What is the bird symbol of the country?
4. What is the national anthem of the USA called?
Exercise 3. Indicate the surrounding waters and major terrain features of the US mainland on the outline map (p. 104)
Exercise 4. Fill in the table about the USA:
Major rivers
Major lakes
Exercise 5. Fill in the gaps in the text with sentences below. There is one sentence you don't need:
Due to its large size and wide range of geographic features, the United States contains examples of nearly every global climate. (1) Average annual temperatures range from -13 °C in Barrow, Alaska, to 25.7 °C in Death Valley, California. The highest temperature ever recorded in the country was 57 °C. (2) The lowest recorded temperature was -62 °C. It was registered at Prospect Creek, Alaska, near Barrow, on Jan. 23, 1971.
Precipitation varies from a yearly average of less than 5 centimeters at Death Valley to about 1,170 centimeters at Mount Waialeale in Hawaii. (3) The Midwest, the Middle Atlantic States, and New England experience warm summers and cold, snowy winters. In the South, summers are long and hot, and winters are mild. Along the Pacific Coast, and in some other areas near large bodies of water, the climate is relatively mild all year. (4) In the West, for example, the mountainous areas are cooler and wetter than the neighboring plains and plateaus. Parts of the West and Southwest have a desert climate.
The United States is affected by a large variety of natural disasters yearly. (5) Deadly and destructive hurricanes occur almost every year along the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. The Appalachian region and the Midwest experience the worst floods, though virtually no area in the U.S. is immune to flooding. The Southwest has the worst droughts; the West is affected by large wildfires each year.
A In general, however, most parts of the United States have seasonal changes in temperature and moderate precipitation.
B The climate is temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska.
C In central portions of the U.S., tornadoes are more common than anywhere else on Earth.
D It was registered at Death Valley on July 10, 1913.
E The uninterrupted flat grasslands of the Great Plains also leads to some of the most extreme climate swings in the world.
F Mountains also affect the climate.
Exercise 6. Answer the following questions:
1. What mineral resources does the US have?
2. What other natural resources is the country rich in?
3. Where are the main deposits of these resources?
4. What are the main sources of energy for the country?
5. What is the population of the US?
6. What are the major ethnic and national groups living in the country?
7. What languages are spoken in the US? Is there a state language?
Exercise 7. Characterise the branches of the country's economy, say where the major centers are:
· mining
· agriculture
· fishing
· manufacturing
· services
· creative industries
· transport
· (IT) information technology
Exercise 8.
A. What is the history of Washington, D.C., how is it different from other American cities?
B. What do you know about the following places in Washington, D.C.?
l United States Capitol
l White House
l Washington Monument
l Lincoln Memorial
l Library of Congress
l Capitol Hill
l National Mall
l Vietnam Veterans Memorial
l Jefferson Memorial
l Roosevelt Memorial
* Founding father Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be adopted as the US bird symbol. He wrote in a letter to his daughter: "For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him… ".
* The world's longest river is the Nile, which is located in Egypt. It is almost 6 670 km long!`
According to their morphological composition we distinguish simple, derivative and compound nouns.
1. Simple nouns are nouns which have neither prefixes nor suffixes. They are indecomposable: chair, table, room, map, fish, work.
2. Derivative nouns are nouns which have derivative elements (prefixes or suffixes or both): reader, sailor, blackness, childhood, misconduct, inexperience.
Productive noun-forming suffixes are:
-er: reader, teacher, worker -ist: communist, telegraphist, dramatist
-ess: heiress, hostess, actress -ism: socialism, nationalism, imperialism
-ness: carelessness, madness, blackness
Unproductive suffixes are:
-dom: freedom -merit: development -hood: childhood, manhood
-ty: cruelty -ance: importance -ship: friendship, relationship
-ity: generosity -ence: dependence
3. Compound nouns are nouns built from two or more stems. Compound nouns often have one stress. The meaning of a compound often differs from the meanings of its elements.
The main types of compound nouns are as follows:
(a) noun-stem + noun-stem: appletree, snowball;
(b) adjective-stem + noun-stem: blackbird, bluebell;
(c) verb-stem + noun-stem: pickpocket; the stem of a gerund or of a participle may be the first component of a compound noun: dining-room, reading-hall, dancing-girl.
The USA economic geography | Classification of nouns.

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We gather in the teepee yet again, this time to honor our ancestors and ask to feed and be fed by the living legacy of this northwest coastal region. We will call to the spirits to animate our masks and to help us embody the beings whose stories need to be told. Already dressed in our costumes , we prepare to put on our masks.
But wait – this makes no sense. We're putting on masks to expand our experience of our selves… How can that be?
Don't masks hide our true identity? Don't I, don't we wear masks every day?
My Mother taught me to put my best foot forward, whatever that means. When I was young, she suggested I bleach my hair to make me more attractive, wear rouge and mascara to make myself pretty, as if my DNA hadn't made me pretty enough, match my sweater to my skirt and wear matching socks. And though I fought it, I also complied to the best of my ability, whatever that means.
What are these false faces that we wear everyday?
An attempt to keep the world engaged with me, that's what my mask is. Pimples and smells, creamy colored teeth instead of snow white, any deformity at all and even simply being plain don't cut the mustard. Habits of personality have frozen our faces into certain configurations. We are all petrified versions of our natural spontaneous and warm hearted selves. Luckily, my sagging face has lots of laugh lines but for many, disdain, anger, fear and depression have left unappealing tracks.
I never even knew I wore a mask – until it fell off.
Like mosaic shards crumbling off an old stone wall, my face shattered on the ground at my feet. There was a replica underneath that sort of looked like my old face but with more vulnerability, more realness. I burst into tears of shock. For hours I cried. Each heaving breath brought a sense of new possibilities and I became aware that I was undergoing an unbidden, uncontrollable deep cleansing of old cultural and familial habits of thinking about myself. A blessing!
So the mask of propriety and perfection is one kind of mask many of us have been taught to wear in our modern, urban world. There are myriad variations – pretending to be fine when we're not, of being nice when we're not feeling very generous or kind, of looking 25 when we're 55, of saying what we think wants to be heard not what we really want to say, all false faces that dishonor our souls, hide our authenticity.
Then there masks worn by both hero and villain. Robbers, rapists, the lone ranger and superman all hide their identities behind the mask.
But today, the masks we are about to put on our faces reveal our deeper/wider selves. Masks crafted with the help of invisible energies and expansive ideas, masks which stretch our limits and enlarge our sense of self… revealing aspects of ourselves that we didn't know belonged to us. These masks allow us to be more fully who we are and in service of something larger than our short lived selves.
It is these masks which we don now.
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The cultural masks we learn to wear are an important part of living together compatibly; extending courtesy when we may not be feeling courteous, minding the manners that our grandparents taught us, and yes, even to dress and look appropriate. These seem to be the basics of belonging. The basics to avoiding a collaps of our social network. Many of us, me included, learn all too well how to fit in. Individuality was not encouraged in my house while growing up and so I became completely identified with my persona…well mannered, pretty and unable to say "no". It was all I knew of how to be. It was how I functioned in the world. Gratefully Spirit/Life would later play interference and bring me two near-death experiences that would finally wake me to the greater reality (I was a tough nut to crack) and I would come to study under the guidance of a Jungian therapist. Early in my seven year journey with him I had dug my heels in when it came to dropping my persona in order to find a bigger Self. So, once again, Spirit stepped in and brought a horrific "accident" that literally tore my face up. I took thirteen stitches to the face along with astonishing bruising, a broken vertebra and a wholelotaroadrash. In short, my persona was ripped away FOR me. At first I wanted to hide my face but was gently encouraged not to. Therapy took a profound turn and I eventually strode down sidewalks and into busy airport terminals with…..pride. I was wearing a new mask because I was so unrecognizable behind the cuts and bruises. I came to feel as if I wore the mask of the warrior because behind it, where no one could see, I was fighting for me. The greater me. I was still indentifying with my face but at least I was more. Then Spirit/Life brought a mask maker onto my path who taught me to make a mask out of a plaster cast of my face. I painted dream images all over that mask. I became "in awe" of my Self as I looked at it and "took it in". Time, hard work and three more masks in the course of the following six years, with the help of my therapist, would bring me a Life I could only have dreamed of. Literally.
Today I have many faces that still amaze me. I have learned to choose the one necessary or desirable in the moment without sacrificing propriety OR Self. I have learned the dangers of over-identifying with any one face and that these faces have no real edges, no definable beginning or end. That means that I participate in this space and this face with you; the you that is God so that God may know itself.
Oh my Shannon, this is a rich reply. Taking in the awe of your own Self. You say that so beautifully and I wonder about all the people who say they don't know who they are…what they care about, what they like and don't like…if only we would value creative exploration and dream work the way you have…what a different culture of humans we would be. thank you for sharing.


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Q: How to save a json from dataframe with specific format? i'm trying to save the following pyspark dataframe to json:
ID VARIABLE_1
1      1
2      0
3      0
4      1
5      0

but i need the json to be like:
{ "1": {"VARIABLE_1": 1} }
{ "2": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }
{ "3": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }
{ "4": {"VARIABLE_1": 1} }
{ "5": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }

When saving to json i get the following:
{ "ID":"1", "VARIABLE_1": 1}
{ "ID":"2", "VARIABLE_1": 0}
{ "ID":"3", "VARIABLE_1": 0}
{ "ID":"4", "VARIABLE_1": 1}
{ "ID":"5", "VARIABLE_1": 0}

i'm trying to save with
df.write.mode("overwrite").format("json").save(json_path)

i tried using create_map and got a dataframe like this:
NEW_COLUMN_NAME
{ "1": {"VARIABLE_1": 1} }
{ "2": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }
{ "3": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }
{ "4": {"VARIABLE_1": 1} }
{ "5": {"VARIABLE_1": 0} }

But when i try to save this new dataframe to json i get:
{"NEW_COLUMN_NAME":{"1":{"VARIABLE_1":1}}}
{"NEW_COLUMN_NAME":{"2":{"VARIABLE_1":0}}}
{"NEW_COLUMN_NAME":{"3":{"VARIABLE_1":0}}}
{"NEW_COLUMN_NAME":{"4":{"VARIABLE_1":1}}}
{"NEW_COLUMN_NAME":{"5":{"VARIABLE_1":0}}}

I don't really know what to do, someone have any idea?
Thanks!

A: How i fixed the issue:
-Used collect() to collect the create_map dataframe
-Used for to make a dictionary with every row of the dataframe
-Used json.dumps with the dictionary
-Saved using open(path, "w")

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Employment growth for Machinery Operators and Drivers over the past five years was below the average for all occupations. Lower demand from the Manufacturing and Mining industries in recent years is likely to have affected employment of these workers.
The number of jobs advertised on the Internet for Machinery Operators and Drivers increased steadily over the past two years but remains almost half the level recorded in 2008.
Post-school qualifications are generally not required, but tickets or licences are mandatory for many positions. This occupation group is mostly male and the age profile is relatively old.
Employment in this group is projected to grow by 3.6% over the five years to May 2022 (below the 7.8% growth projected across all occupations).


Joel Mason, Collin College student and president of the Texas Junior College Student Government Association, speaks to fellow community college students on the steps of the Capitol on Tuesday. Hundreds of students from community colleges around Texas rallied to talk about issues such as the rising price of education.
Freezing rain did not stop hundreds of Texas community college students, many of whom hope to transfer to four-year institutions like UT, from meeting outside of the Capitol to discuss their policy priorities for the 84th legislative session.
Austin Community College students attended a rally Tuesday to tell legislators about the issues most important to them, especially the affordability of higher education. If approved, the proposed House and Senate budgets would cut funding for community colleges by about $80 million dollars.
"What we are doing here is empowering you, ordinary community college students, with the understanding that we have the ability to make real positive changes for our society," said Joel Mason, Collin College student and president of the Texas Junior College Student Government Association.
Daniel McFarlane, UT Transfer Student Association president, said while his transition from ACC to UT was difficult, going to community college first allowed him to save the money he needed to ultimately make the switch.
McFarlane said students who transfer from community colleges represent an important population on campus because of their dedicated attitude toward education.
At the rally, state Sen. Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) said it is important to find innovative ways to solve legislative challenges regarding community colleges.
According to Daniel Chitty, president of ACC's honor fraternity, many community college students — himself included — have to work their way through school, and higher tuition costs would set them back."If we're starting out already having a lot of debt in the first couple of years, it becomes a burden," Chitty said.
Chitty said he hopes to transfer to UT's electrical engineering program pending acceptance.
According to John Gizdich, ACC's Student Government Assocation president, decreased state funding for community college could lead to increased tuition. Gizdich said he would like free community college to be widely available in Texas.
"Some politicians will say increase minimum wage, but I believe we really need to make community college cheaper or even free," Gizdich said.
In a proposal last month, President Barack Obama said he is in favor of providing tuition-free community college and said he thinks students who work for their education and maintain a certain GPA should be provided with college options without financial constraints.
Kevin Potter, ACC transfer student and biology sophomore, said he is concerned free community college would bring an increase in the number of students who do not care about school and, in turn, decrease the quality of education.
Community college students also advocated for other legislative priorities, such as program development, college readiness and common course numbering, at the rally.
"I think it's important that legislators see what a force community college students really can be in the state, for the economy and in our communities," Chitty said.


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Q: Load css on angular application based on subdomain Todo :

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*css file based on subdomain loaded. For e.g: I have abc.css, xyz.css and these css should be loaded based on subdomains like if abc then abc.css must be loaded and so on.

Tried Cases :

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*Dynamically load css from angular-cli.json (Couldn't found a way to
load dynamically)

*Loading css on index.html (MiME type issue encountered)

*Use style-loader on app init e.g require("style-loader!./style.css");

Used version :  Angular 4.4.6 version.
Can anyone help me on this?
I am open to all suggestions, please suggest.
Thank You.

A: Try this:
In the HTML template:
<link rel="stylesheet" [href]="getCssUrl()">
In the component.ts:
constructor (private sanitizer: DomSanitizer) {}

getCssUrl() {
    // Implement your code to return CSS url based on sub-domain
    const cssURL = xxx;
    return sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl(cssUrl);
}


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import org.ocpsoft.logging.Logger;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.annotation.RewriteConfiguration;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.Configuration;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.ConfigurationBuilder;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.Direction;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.config.Log;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.config.HttpConfigurationProvider;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.config.Path;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.config.Resource;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.config.ServletMapping;
import org.ocpsoft.rewrite.servlet.config.Forward;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

@RewriteConfiguration
public class PushStateConfigurationProvider extends HttpConfigurationProvider {
    @Override
    public Configuration getConfiguration(final ServletContext context) {
        return ConfigurationBuilder.begin()
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                        .andNot(ServletMapping.includes("/hawkular-ui{path}")))
                .perform(Log.message(Logger.Level.DEBUG, "Page not found: /hawkular-ui{path} This may be due to " +
                        "html5mode routing in AngularJS. Falling back to index.html.").and(Forward.to("/index.html")))
                .where("path").matches(".*");
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This book will be essential reading for all practitioners concerned with developing good practice in early years settings. It provides one hundred practical and engaging ideas covering aspects such as creating an effective learning environment and developing the children's social, emotional and learning skills.
Chapters on creating the ethos, organization, social development, skills for learning, and imagination and play.
Provides a practical, dip-in resource to help early years teachers meet the requirements of the Personal, Social and Emotional area of the framework.
This book shows that an early childhood setting can be described as a learning place in which children develop learning dispositions such as resilience in the face of uncertainty, confidence to express their ideas, and collaborative and thoughtful approaches to problem-solving. These dispositions provide the starting point for life-long learning.
The author asks: How can we assess and track children's learning in the early years in a way that includes learning dispositions and avoids the pitfalls of over-formal methods, whilst being helpful for practitioners, interesting for families, and supportive for learners?
The book describes a way of assessment that stays close to the children's real experiences and provides an alternative to mechanistic and fragmented approaches, shows how practitioners can assess what really matters: those learning dispositions (interest, involvement and perseverance for example) that provide a foundation for life-long learning.
The book is about weaving theory and practice: theorizing development and learning as reflected in assessment practice. The author also argues that unless we find ways to assess complex outcomes in early childhood they will be excluded from the teaching and the learning. Simple and low level outcomes and goals will take their place. The theoretical ideas and arguments are illustrated throughout by transcripts and stories of children in a range of early childhood settings. At every turn in the journey it asks: How is this reflected in a real life context? It documents the voices of children, practitioners and parents as the learning story develops.
Provides a comprehensive clinical-developmental framework for understanding and treating behavior problems. Offering a highly readable account of the developmental tasks and transitions that young children face in cognitive, social, and family contexts, the book helps readers distinguish between typical, age-appropriate behaviors and those that may signify a more persistent problem. in early childhood.
Particular attention is given to the critical question of how certain children manage to successfully overcome difficult transitions, while others face the risk of serious, ongoing problems. Epidemiological and diagnostic information is presented: risk and protective factors discussed: and intervention approaches reviewed. Including a wealth of case examples, many chapters in the second edition have been entirely rewritten and all have been substantially updated to reflect new directions in the burgeoning field of developmental psychopathology. Incorporated are important new findings on family and peer influences on development: data from longitudinal outcome studies, prevention trials, and treatment studies: and recommendations for improving the quality and availability of child care and early intervention programs.
Why do kids do the things they do? What can teachers do to manage it all? The truth is that there isn't a simple 1-2-3 method for understanding and managing "all" behaviors or "all"children. There is, however, a way to give young children the tools needed to grow and thrive on their own.
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Appendices include reflective questions and charts, as well as scripts for interacting with children and adults.
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To ensure that young children are ready for school, elementary schools are becoming increasingly involved in early childhood education (ECE), and more and more principals have to deal with ECE issues. Now this practical manual shows principals what successful ECE programs look like�and how to achieve quality results in their schools and communities.
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This important volume comprehensively explores the development of psychiatric disorders in 2- to 6-year-olds, detailing how the growing empirical knowledge base may lead to improved interventions for young children and their families. Leading contributors examine advances in the conceptualization and diagnosis of early-onset disruptive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, eating and sleeping disorders, autism, and other clinical problems. Promising treatment strategies are described, including developmentally specific behavioural and play therapies, and available evidence for their effectiveness is presented. The literature on preschool psychopharmacology is also reviewed. Throughout, the discussion is grounded in the many recent advances on normative developmental processes in the preschool period.
This user-friendly resource provides early childhood educators with a comprehensive overview of the most common kinds of behavioral disorders and learning disabilities in children ages 2 to 5, with guidelines for meeting students� needs within an inclusive environment.
This ready-to-go guide is packed with hundreds of easy-to-implement strategies, tips, and techniques for managing behavioral disorders�from ADHD to Tourette's syndrome. Each chapter covers one or more disorders and includes a wealth of checklists to help teachers succeed with and understand hard-to-handle children.
Illustrates ways to help young children learn how to: Develop the ability to regulate their own behavior, Solve problems, Replace negative behaviors with positive ones, Handle their emotions appropriately, Succeed in the classroom and in everyday life.
Empowers teachers with the tools necessary for transforming a negative, disruptive classroom into a positive environment for learning.
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These are questions that most pre-school and child-care staff, at some point in their careers, will have to face. Based on the lives of real children and typical situations in early years settings, early years practitioners will find this book invaluable in helping them care for and educate young children with additional learning difficulties.
Attention Deficit Disorder, dyspraxia, dyslexia and autism are some of the difficulties explained in depth, with detailed suggestions to help support children with these special needs.
Each chapter has an explanation section supported by a set of practical strategies to support both the child and the practitioner. Throughout this lively book, the author uses case studies to highlight the importance of listening to young children and shows how making time for listening is key to providing exactly the right level of help.
With community insistence on quality early childhood programs in a time of increasing accountability, skilled leadership is essential in early childhood services. Leadership in Early Childhood is a practical resource for early childhood practitioners who want to understand how to create successful childcare and early education settings.
This third edition has been fully revised and reflects important changes affecting leaders in early childhood: increasing flexibility required of children's services, working in multidisciplinary teams, and an increasing emphasis on the importance of early education. This edition also includes new case studies and examples based on an extensive international study of early childhood leaders.
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Discover the chemistry of love between you and your child...how touch, laughter and play stimulate hormones that boost the capacity to love life.
Find out the truth about childcare strategies from research into how a baby's brain is moulded by experience.
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Laura Jane Beauchamp, 95, of Bay City, our loving, caring, and most wonderful mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend was born into eternal life on the evening of Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Heartland – Hampton. Laura was born in Detroit on December 31, 1922, the daughter of the late Charles and Gladys (Burrows) Miller. Through her brother, Charles, she met Fred Beauchamp. They dated, fell in love, and were united in marriage on December 30, 1943. Laura was a parishioner of All Saints Parish (St. James Church) and enjoyed reading, knitting, cooking, and in her younger years, camping in the Upper Peninsula. Laura leaves to cherish her memory, her children: Dianna Beauchamp of Bay City, Susan (Paul) Christe of Bay City, and Robert (Cindy) Beauchamp of Bay City; sisters, Helen Brothers of Traverse City, Barbara VanLaan of Houston, TX, Mildred Gingerich of Bay City, and Nancy (Ken) Thome of St. Charles, 17 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren with several on the way and one great-great grandchild on the way, along with many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Laura was welcomed home to heaven by her husband, Fred in 2003; beloved granddaughter, Jeannie Marie Christe at the age of 10; sister, Betty Green, and brothers, Charles and Richard Miller. Laura's family will be present to receive visitors on Sunday, October 14, 2018 from 3:00 PM until 8:00 PM with a 7:00 PM Vigil for Laura at Skorupski Family Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 955 N. Pine Rd., Hampton Twp. On Monday, October 15, 2018, Laura will be taken to All Saints Parish (St. James Church), 710 Columbus Ave., Bay City, where visiting will continue from 10:00 AM until Laura's 11:00 AM Funeral Liturgy. Fr. Jose Maria Cabrera will officiate with the Rite of Committal to be held privately in Floral Gardens Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the wishes of the family. Expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family online at www.skorupskis.com.


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Eva Koudelková (* 6. března 1949 Náchod) je česká spisovatelka, nakladatelka a vysokoškolská pedagožka.

Životopis

Vysokoškolské vzdělání
Vystudovala obory český jazyk - anglický jazyk na Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Karlovy v Praze.

Zaměstnání
Po vysokoškolském studiu se věnovala pedagogické činnosti, učila na Střední ekonomické škole v Berouně a na jazykové škole v Liberci. Od roku 1990 působí na Pedagogické fakultě Technické univerzity v Liberci, kde vyučuje regionální literaturu, literaturu světovou a meziválečnou českou. Zabývá se pověstmi z Liberecka a Náchodska. Od roku 2000 je editorkou a majitelkou rodinného nakladatelství Bor.

Činnost nakladatelství
Spolupracuje s redakcemi časopisů Ladění, Rodný kraj, Tvar, Tvořivá dramatika či s česko-polským časopisem Ziemia Kłodzka. Zájem o regionální literaturu proměnila v založení nakladatelství Bor zaměřujícího se na Liberecký, Královéhradecký a Pardubický region. Účastní se přednášek a besed pro veřejnost, kde představuje knihy i tematiku regionální literatury.

Zaměření
Koudelková se věnuje regionální próze, zaměřuje se na žánr pověstí, sbírá lidová vyprávění. Její tvorba začala v 90. letech 20. století. Věnuje se zejména Liberecku, Broumovsku, dále  Frýdlantsku a Jizerským horám, Kladskému pomezí, její činnost obsahuje i pověsti z Orlických hor. "Ve svých odborných pracích i ediční činnosti se místně zaměřuje převážně na náchodský a liberecký region, tematicky na problematiku lidových vyprávění českých i německýchhttps://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/kultura/1407081-ve-smrzovce-se-slozili-na-knihu-zapomenute-spisovatelky Ve Smržovce se složili na knihu zapomenuté spisovatelky, Česká televize, 24. 5. 2009 obyvatel obou regionů". Ve svém odborném působení se zabývala i fenoménem Krakonoše a vydala monografii o této regionální postavě.

Tvorba (výběr)
 KOUDELKOVÁ, Eva. Krakonoš v literatuře: Kapitoly k literárnímu ztvárnění látky o Krakonošovi. 2006. 336 s. .

Literatura
 MEIER, Jan. Eva Koudelková představila Broumovsko v pověstech. Náchodský deník, 2. 12. 2009 [cit. 2020-03-31]. Dostupné z: https://nachodsky.denik.cz/kultura_region/eva-koudelkova-predstavila-broumovsko-20091201.html

Odkazy

Reference

Externí odkazy

 Nakladatelství Bor [online]. [cit. 2020-03-31]. Dostupné z: http://www.naklbor.cz/autori

České spisovatelky
Čeští nakladatelé
Vyučující na Technické univerzitě v Liberci
Absolventi Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy
Lidé z Liberce
Narození v roce 1949
Narození 6. března
Narození v Náchodě
Žijící lidé
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A retraction, an apology and a task management app you have to try.
Some time ago I wrote a post that called out an application for, at least in my opinion, completely replicating an extremely popular Mac task management app called Things.
This post is to officially retract what I'd originally said, make an official apology and introduce you to a todo list app you'll find difficult not to love.
First off, the retraction, why? Well I've just received an invite to the service. My initial review was based solely on screenshots placed on the sites homepage and "features" page. Thanks to the wonders of the web – I have the power to do this, and I have deleted my original post and with any luck, the cached version will be unavailable before long too.
Secondly, a sincere apology. Despite the app I'm about to introduce you indeed being a web based take on Things, the team behind it have created a tool that in some respects outshines Things – at least for now. Design and UI are very similar, but it's clear that the application developers have put a great deal of passion into creating something unique (at least in the online sphere), and the care and attention to detail is undeniable.
Nirvana is an elegant, web based task management app based on David Allen's "getting things done". Offering a great way to view and organize projects, its also a wonderfully simple way to tag, file and schedule tasks for the future.
Nirvana provides a wonderful number of keyboard shortcuts to make adding and navigating its interface possible without a mouse, that said I'd love to see a desktop app, if only to let me add tasks without needing to visit the site.
Nirvana's most useful feature is it's ability to manually reorder tasks place. Again, this is also possible with Things, but not on any other online task management app I've seen and for me personally, it's a deal breaker. Being able to organise tasks due today is critical to my ability to get things done. I'm constantly changing the order of stuff I need to do, and being forced to change a todo "priority" (when ordering by priority) or having rename the todo to ensure it appears near the top of a todo list (when ordered alphabetically by name) is just too much trouble. With Nirvana it's as simple as dragging and dropping.
Now, the missing ingredients. Aside from not being to assign tasks (something it does say you can do on its 'features' page) and no repeating tasks, the most notable missing ingredient is a decent mobile application. The tool does have a gorgeously designed iPhone (web) application with a great deal of functionality, but boy am I looking forward to something that stores my tasks locally and syncs them when I have an internet connection available.
Despite blatant comparisons with the likes of Things, Nirvana has managed to provide a feature many Things users have been craving for for some time – web based access.
From my perspective, this is now a race. Either Things creates a web based interface and/or cloud sync (they've publicly stated they are working on this), or Nirvana creates a splendid mobile app (iPhone, Android and ideally Blackberry and Windows Mobile too).
Nirvana is currently in private beta but bookmark this page because with any luck I'll be back with invites shortly.


After a quick look at all of today's headlines it dawned on me that it really is a toss up over which headlines are winning out.
News about Kim Jong-Un and his nuclear war threats, or hurricane Irma both seemed to be running neck to neck.
For good reason of course, both are extremely worrisome.
Way to go Trump for just taking away with the wanting to "work" things out, bravo.
Although Trump claims that he is willing to work something out, the reality is that Trump has really given no sign of even wanting to bother himself with knowing what it is that Kim Jong-Un wants.
Rather, Trump and his administration are bullying other nations to impose some pretty heavy sanctions upon North Korea to try to get them in line.
They are in essence attempting to get other nations to cut North Korea off while the White House and the Trump Administration lift not one finger in any attempt to try to "work" things out and improve relations with North Korea.
Great plan, if it had been utilized years ago because let us not forget that North Korea already has nuclear weapons and they are ready to fire them at will.
The point is, they have nothing to lose by starting a war.
Trump and his dream team are trying to get nations to pick sides by doing America's bidding, the problem here is that not all of those nations are ready to jump on to Team America and just cut North Korea off, if they were, they'd have done it already.
Kim Jong-Un, well he is not an idiot and see's that pretty clearly.
On the flip side, simply assassinating Kim Jong-Un would not resolve the issue either. Did everyone watch season 3 of Narcos yet?
Remember the line in episode 6 at the beginning about the Cali Cartel being an almost perfect organism? They cut the head of the snake but, the body kept going?
That's pretty much the regime in North Korea, sure you can kill Kim Jong-Un, but don't ever kid yourself into actually believing the body won't just keep going.
On the other side of all of this, we are looking at hurricane Irma making her way towards Florida, she's eating and getting bigger and stronger.
Then behind her, we might be looking at Katia and Jose.
If I were Kim Jong-Un and if I were really ready to go to war, I would actually choose to strike when America is facing a weaker than normal moment, for instance when a massive hurricane hits US land and starts destroying everything in it's path.
In particular if it hits Florida because hurricanes tend to build up strength rather than dissipate when marching through Florida and could go on and potentially destroy other parts of this nation, and because Harvey just destroyed parts of Texas and we haven't even touched the tip of what's happening in the mid-west.
When you force the hand of a nation that is already in crisis mode from several natural disasters and fires no less, you force that nation's leader to make split second decisions, decisions that seal the fate of that leader.
I am willing to bet, Kim Jong-Un has been paying very close attention to what is going on here in America waiting for the precise moment to strike first and when he sees it, he is going to take it unless Trump and his team are actually willing to sit down and negotiate.
That means stopping with the trying to get other nations to impose sanctions for the US.
It means Trump and his team, being capable of sitting down and negotiating with Kim Jong-Un face to face.


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El Dorado Special Reserve 21 Year Old Rum (700ml)
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Delivers a kind of finesse that's almost unmatched in the rum pantheon.
First class.
The El Dorado rums are created from a combination of eight stills, some of which are the world's oldest in operation. Their different construction and size means each yields different distillates that allow for a maximum range of styles. The 21 year old is produced in three: the Enmore wooden Coffey still, the Versailles single wooden pot still and the Albion Savalle still with an emphasis on the latter. This original, four-column, metal French beauty was inherited from the 18th century Uitvlught Estate on the west coast of Demerara county. The rums it produces are characterised by a pronounced sweet, sugar cane nose combined with a dry medium-bodied flavour. The result is an alternative to the uber-exuberance of the 15 Year Old in which the Port Mourant contributes most. This is no powerhouse, rather you get serious complexity, persistence and a kind of finesse that's almost unmatched in the rum pantheon. Described as "monumental" and "one of the world's greatest rum drinking experiences" by the Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago, it's for the enthusiast who has the patience to appreciate it.
Tasting note: A blend of select aged rums between 21 -25 years old. Deep topaz / polished mahogany colour shows moderate viscosity. Drier styled aromas open mildly varnishy, developing with raisin slice, dates, banana cake, cinnamon, raw sugar and apricot brandy over 5-10 minutes; the sweeter notes are countered by woody, resiny aromas suggesting cigar box, cane and wax polish. Final pass accents toffee, rock lollies and heightens the dried fruit notes. Entry is light, dry, woody, unfolding with understated elegance, coating the mouth with a film of banana cake, dates, light molasses, caramel and vanilla. Builds in slow motion, peaking with a superb crescendo of sugars and zero burn, closing with liquorice allsorts and residual molasses through the aftertaste. Resonates and rebounds in the mouth over several minutes, the wood contributing almost as much as the spirit, the whole coming together in a way that sets it apart from almost any other rum. If you hurry this, frankly you'll be wasting your money. Demands extended breathing to reveal its best. One to savour. 40% Alc./Vol.
Gold - Golden - 2017 International Wine & Spirit Competition
Other reviews... Aeration allows aromas of oak, winter holiday spice and vanilla cake frosting to emerge. Supple palate entry, moderately honeyed; midpalate highlights include the buttery/creamy texture and tastes of cocoa, fiber, ash and beans. Sophisticated and world-class. 92 points - wineenthusiast.com


In 1980, Robert Balentine, then a 23-year-old fresh-faced wealth manager, was sitting in the Atlanta Merrill Lynch office when a prospective client walked in with a suitcase full of bearer bonds, the equivalent of cash at the time, and announced he wanted to open an account. Balentine whipped out the forms and prepared to have his day made. The first order of business was a proof of purchase, which the prospective client did not have. The saddened young financial investor had to send his prospect out the door.
Balentine is a second-generation wealth manager, one of a cadre of credentialed professionals who guide and advise clients in financial planning and investing. He seems to have been destined for a career in the field. "Wealth management is what I grew up hearing around the dinner table at night," says Balentine, now chairman of Balentine, an independent Atlanta wealth management firm.
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Forecasts for 2013 have the North American value of investible assets set to reach $12.7 trillion, up by a third over 2008.
Wealth managers, say the experts, are becoming a part of the family as the baby boomer generation ages into retirement, many with inheritances from their Greatest Genera-tion parents. As if gearing up for more boomer business, several 2012 online job search sites listed more than 200 available positions in 100 financial and wealth management firms in Georgia, from assistant portfolio officers to directors.
The prominence of wealth managers in Georgia today is a far cry from the time up to the 1950s when wealth management was largely handled by local banks as part of their menu of services. In fact, there was a time when independent wealth management was absent from the financial landscape of bustling Atlanta, but that changed in the 1960s, according to Balentine.
For Robert "Bucky" Leach, assisting in the management or growth of wealth for his clients can involve a wide range of assets. "We help everybody, [from someone] saving for college at $50 a month to the person who retires from a Fortune 500 company with $5 million or whatever it may be. They're all different," says Leach, a senior vice president at Albany's HeritageBank of the South and an advisor with LPL Financial, the brokerage firm that processes his client investments.
While Leach was pondering investment strategies and tax consequences for clients in Southwest Georgia's rural zip codes, Russell Jacobs III, a founding partner in the Glynn County wealth management and financial advisory firm of Jacobs, Coolidge & Co., was mapping his own investment strategy for his clients, who live in some of Georgia's wealthiest zip codes on the Golden Isles of the coast.
Most wealth managers urge a conservative approach when advising clients on how and where to park their investment money. But there is another portion of wealth investment targeted for charities, the nonprofits that offer services to causes potential donors may find appealing. That's when Alicia Phillipp likes to sell her organization's resources.
"We help them develop a philanthropic plan, help them go on site visits and see organizations that may be [focused] around their passion and interest and establish meetings for them so their kids can get involved," says Phillipp, president of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, a kind of nonprofit brokerage house representing charities in 23 Metro Atlanta counties.
Phillipp usually comes into contact with a wealth manager and client via what she calls a trigger event.
Such questions often lead to the creation of a donor-advised fund, a Community Foundation device to help the wealthy in directing some of their wealth to an appropriate charity. The Foundation can offer a menu of charitable organizations covering a variety of causes. "The $72 million we took in last year tells me the wealthy are really digging deep to give back," Phillipp says.
And just how is success measured by wealth managers across the spectrum? Having managed billions of dollars in his more than 30 years in the business, Balentine says it's pretty simple. "You measure success in our industry by finishing your career with the same clients you started with," he says.
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The Leesport Lock House Foundation unveiled and dedicated a historical marker at the Leesport Lock House on Nov. 21. Sen. Judy Schwank presented a citation on behalf of the Senate to Elaine Strause, president of the Leesport Lock House Foundation.
Elaine Strause, president of the Leesport Lock House Foundation, receives a House of Representatives citation from Rep. Barry Jozwiak congratulating the Foundation during the dedication a historical marker at the Leesport Lock House on Nov. 21.
Following the dedication ceremony, about 100 people throughout the day came out for the annual Holiday Open House held at the Lock House.
Beverly Miller, former president of the Leesport Lock House Foundation, spoke during the dedication ceremony.
The Schuylkill Navigation Company transported anthracite coal and lumber to the Philadelphia area. The Lock House was built for the lock tender and his family to live there and operate the locks so that the canal boats could navigate the terrain of the land. Samuel Lee's Port was the place to load and unload goods.
Leesport Lock House dedicated as national historic site
Historical marker unveiled and dedicated
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Joined by about 40 community members, the Leesport Lock House Foundation unveiled and dedicated a historical marker at the Leesport Lock House on Nov. 21.
The Leesport Lock House has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977 but did not have a historic marker so the Leesport Lock House Foundation applied for a $1,100 grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. After approval, the Leesport Lock House Foundation purchased and installed the marker.
"It shows people that pass by that the building is important and that it is listed on the National Register," said Elaine Strause, president of Leesport Lock House Foundation. "The Leesport Lock House is proud to share this treasure of important history. The Borough honors the house and canal, using it on the borough seal."
An important part of the Leesport and the Schuylkill Canal System in the 19th century, Leesport Lock House Foundation volunteers restored and maintain the Lock House.
Throughout the year, Lock House volunteers hold open houses for guided tours and host special events to inform the public of the importance of the canal system and the property.
Explaining the history of the local lock house, Strause said, "The Schuylkill Navigation Company needed to transport anthracite coal and lumber to the Philadelphia area. The Lock House was built for the lock tender and his family to live there and operate the locks so that the canal boats could navigate the terrain of the land. Samuel Lee's Port was the place to load and unload goods. Wagons were lined for miles to transport and receive goods."
State Rep. Barry Jozwiak (R-Berks) and Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11) presented citations on behalf of the House of Representatives and Senate.
"This historic marker will draw more attention to the Leesport Lock House and further raise the profile of this local asset," said Jozwiak. "We are blessed to have this national historic site in our area. The Schuylkill Navigation Company, which owned the Schuylkill Canal, played an important role in Berks County history. We want more people to hear and learn about the Leesport Lock House and its historic significance."
"The new plaque represents Leesport Lock House Foundation's dedication to preserving our history for future generations," said Schwank. "There is so much more to history than just words to be read on a page, and preserving buildings like the Leesport Lock House is what makes history real."
Following the dedication ceremony, about 100 people throughout the day came out for the annual Holiday Open House held at the Lock House. The event featured home-baked cookies and warm cider, country and bluegrass music by the band Days of Old, and Christmas-themed crafts to take home and create.
Schwank shared photos on Facebook from the event.
"Lots of folks turned out for the event including many dedicated volunteers. Elaine Strause, President of the Leesport Lock House Foundation, did a fine job organizing the dedication and open house," posted Schwank. "My old friend and former president Beverly Miller gave me a private tour of the house. It's been lovingly restored over the years and it truly looks like the last family that tended the locks on the Schuylkill Canal still lives there."
Lisa Mitchell is an editor for Berks-Mont Newspapers, covering news and events in the Northeast Berks County area.
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Rant and Rave: 'Rock of Ages'
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Three years ago, a Broadway musical hit New York; Rock of Ages captured the best and the worst of 1980's Hollywood. Written by Chris D'Arienzo, the musical made its way to the silver screen with the help of musical director, Adam Shankman, the same person behind Hairspray. Shankman, however takes a different approach, far from the preppy good times of Hairspray into the more hardcore genre of metal and glam rock.
Rock of Ages was just so over the top that it pushed the vote for an overall 2.5 rating to scrape a 3. The switch from "Not so great" to "Great" is because of the following reasons:
First of all, the performances were as ridiculous as they were entertaining. Julianne Hough (Footloose, Burlesque) plays young and optimistic Sherrie, who moves into the Paradise City, Los Angeles, California to live where the action happens, hoping to get a big break as a singer. Along the way, she meets Drew, played by Diego Boneta (90210, Pretty Little Liars), a waiter for the renowned Bourbon Club on Sunset Strip. The two definitely have chemistry, both physical and vocal. In other words, Sherrie is the small-town girl (from Oklahoma) and Drew is the city boy (from LA) that the song "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey revolves around, and yes, that is the show's main theme. Do not, however, be disheartened. The Rock of Ages cover (of any song in the movie) is definitely better than the Glee renditions. Standout performances include Mary J. Blige in "Any Way You Want It" by Journey and the mash-up of "More Than Words" by Extreme and "Heaven" by Warrant.
Sherrie and Drew, the two strangers in the night, hit it off in a whirlwind romance while working at The Bourbon Club. No, I am not referring to the "falling in love montage" that has already run its course in cinema. I am referring to The Bourbon Club, the dirtier LA version of the Abbey Road Studios where rock stars get their first records done, and where all the hot gigs happen. It is a melting pot of booze, loud music, and screaming fans, and it is also the stage for the concert of the greatest rock icon of that time, Stacee Jaxx, played by Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible, The Last Samurai). The owner of the club, Dennis Dupree, played by Alec Baldwin (30 Rock, The Departed), and his right-hand man, Lonny, portrayed by Russel Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Arthur), make a hilarious tandem; their screen time never fails to click with the audience.
The third reason is the use of Stacee Jaxx, Patricia Whitmore, and Dennis Dupree. Patricia Whitmore, played by Catherine Zeta-Jones (The Legend of Zorro, Chicago), is the uptight wife of the Mayor of LA who vowed to rid the streets of wretched Rock and Roll, which has been called anti-Christ. The casting department threw in a really interesting mix of actors for the supporting characters, with roles very different from what the actors normally take. Tom Cruise has always been an action hero, Alec Baldwin is usually in suits, and although Catherine Zeta-Jones has a musical background with Chicago, we have not seen her in that setting for a long time.
The movie is fun to watch because it defamiliarizes us from the conventions we have associated with these actors. Though it was very awkward to see Cruise, Baldwin, and Zeta-Jones onscreen at first, they did manage to break into the characters.
Who would have though that Cruise could play Stacee Jaxx, eternally intoxicated rock star/that cowboy wanted dead or alive; Baldwin could play Dennis with the unquaffed mane and studded bracelets; and Zeta-Jones could play the middle-aged suppressed wild child.
Last, the movie all comes down to the big three – Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll. The film's storyline is lacking, and characters do not have depth. The plot is very straightforward, quite predictable, and the attempts at making the characters grow into more than one dimensional beings are rushed, if not forced. The entire movie is a two hour piece, but perhaps only 25 percent was dedicated to the actual writing. The remaining 75 percent engulfs the audience in perfectly shot concert or music video footage that really is worthy of praise. Now, as for the sex and the drugs, the movie was rated R-13 in the country. There are no scenes with illegal substances, just tons of alcohol and its repercussions.
Rock of Ages was just what its tagline promised: "Nothin' but a good time." Do not watch this movie if you're after plot twists, engaging dialogue, or reflective moments on the meaning of life or love. Watch this movie because you want to ride on the consistent high note of fun with some of the greatest songs that shaped a generation.
If you want to draw more comparisons between the film and stage version of Rock of Ages, you could catch both right here in Manila. The movie is currently out in all major cinemas. If you woudld rather see it live and on stage, check out the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium at RCBC Plaza, Makati City. Catch their performances on June 17 and 23 (3 PM; 8 PM), June 29 (8PM), June 30 and July 7 (3 PM; 8 PM), and July 8 (8 PM).
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Peak Charles National Park
This is our last post on our journey east from Bunbury to Esperance where we are hoping to spend the summer. Like always though our plans and adventures are never quite set in stone! Sometimes I feel our attention span is too active. There is so much to see around Australia. We have now been travelling on and off for 3 ½ years, and I feel we have barely scratched the surface.
We have mentioned climbing and walking over granite outcrops. Many of these walks took less than an hour, some closer to 30 minutes. Before all of these, we went bushwalking all day at Wellington Dam which was great and kickstarted our journey with oomph but after all of these smaller walks, we were starting to feel like we were just ticking the boxes, doing the walks, taking the photos. We wanted to do a longer bushwalk or climb again, one that took us more than an hour to complete. At Norseman we saw a picture of a mountain named Peak Charles located in Peak Charles National Park. It looked like a smaller version of Japan's Mount Fuji, or purhaps Walsh's Pyramid in Far North Queensland upon which we climbed this time last year, October 2015. It is smaller than both of these landmarks, but very similar structure to both of them, and looks like a big triangle. Mount Fuji is 3776m, Walsh's Pyramid is 922m and Peak Charles is just a baby in comparison coming in at only 651m high but still 20m taller than the 2nd tallest building in the world, Shanghai Tower, which is 632m. We decided we wanted to climb Peak Charles as it would give us a sense of achievement after all of the other walks and climbs we had done recently.
From Norseman there are two ways to get to Peak Charles National Park, and Peak Charles. As you head south from Norseman the first road you will come across is heavy 4WD. Although we have Rocky we felt a little uncomfortable on this road, but thankful for 4WD. It was 50km to Peak Charles but it took us 2 hours! It had heavy corrugations, large ruts that were muddy, and it was very stony many of which looked sharp. The first 29kms were the worst as this section is 4WD and the other is supposedly 2WD (still quite large ruts though) as it links to the other entrance to the highway which is closer to Salmon Gums. Needless to say that the following day we took the smoother road back to the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway and it was much better. The reason we went on the rough track was to check the conditions for a friend who was curious about it. The 4WD road continues to King Lake which we were considering doing but 29kms was enough for us and our mates have a caravan so they won't do it either now that they know how bad the conditions are! If we end up visiting King Lake it will be via the sealed roads.
Once we arrived at Peak Charles we read the information signs. There are three sections of this walk/climb. It is rated as difficulty grade 4. The following information is taken from http://trailswa.com.au/trails/peak-charles-walktrail/print.
Moderate incline, rough surfaces, very slippery when wet.
Height: 295 metres Total distance from here: 600 metres return (allow 45 minutes)
The start of the trail is well defined and has no markers. It takes you through open woodland across mildly undulating terrain with loose rocks to exposed rock at the base of Peak Charles. From this point the trail is marked by white-tipped poles. Some high stepping onto rocks is required. This section of the trail ends at Mushroom Rock, one of many intriguing rock formations on the slopes of Peak Charles.
CENTRAL RIDGE
Steep incline, rough, unstable surfaces. Very slippery when wet. Strong winds.
Height: 460 metres Total distance from here 2.2km return (allow 2 hours)
PEAK CHARLES SUMMIT
Exceeds walktrail classification as this section requires frequent rock scrambling.
Very steep, exposed incline. Rough surfaces. Very slippery when wet. Strong winds.
Height: 651 metres
Total distance from here: 3.4km return (allow 3 hours)
This section of the trail is very steep and requires foot and hand placement in crevices to pull yourself up in places. You must be able to lift your own weight several times. There are no markers and you mst be able to find and assess appropriate hand and foot holds. On the descent you have to crab crawl on your hands and feet with your back to the rock. If you are short you may need to be pulled up in a few places on the ascent by another person and you will have to slide down some short sections of steep on the descent. The summit is largely bare and marked by a tall rock cairn.
When we got to Peak Charles it was late in the afternoon. There is a campground right at the base of it which our plan was to stay here and set off early the next morning. The campgrounds have drop dunnies, fire pits and some picnic tables.
The walk was challenging but great fun. It took us the recommended time of 3 hours. We took our time, and we enjoyed ourselves. We took about 3.5L of water with us and some snacks. Being granite there were many times we had to scramble to get around, up or down the rocks. This was fine until we came down as we had a brief shower. The shower did not last long and was not heavy, but it was enough to make the granite very slippery, so upon coming down there was a lot more crab walking on our hands and feet.
The final section says 'exceeds walktrail classification'. We got to the final section and continued on. It was more difficult than the 2nd section but achievable up until the final 200m. The final 200m is tricky and requires rock climbing skills. You have to boulder (climb without ropes). For me going up was not a problem but coming back down was difficult even for me who has rock climbing experience. Even if you do take ropes and equipment there is not many places to attach safely to. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ROCK CLIMBING EXPERIENCE DON'T ATTEMPT THE FINAL 200M. While I went to the top Cameron waited for me at a nice cave and lookout. I'm glad he trusted his instincts and knew his limits, but was happy for me to finish it for the both of us. I think I worried him though, as you can't see the very top and I was gone for about 15-20 minutes as I navigated and climbed my way to the top.
Peak Charles can be seen for up to 50km away as the land is quite flat bar some sand hills so the view as we climbed was fantastic. We could also see Peak Eleanora but to get there was also heavy 4WD so we decided against it. There were many clouds around and it was beautiful to see the shadows sweeping the land, changing the colours rappidly.
We returned to the highway that afternoon and the road came out north of Salmon Gums. We decided to camp at Salmon Gums where there is a community run caravan park that only costs $15 per night. It is even powered! Salmon Gums is a tiny country town, but all of the locals are friendly. It was a freezing cold night (the temps went negative) so we decided to warm ourselves at the local pub which had a wood fire. The owners were good for a yarn. Despite being tiny and freezing, we enjoyed our time in Salmon Gums. This was our final night of our journey from Bunbury to Esperance. The next few posts will be about Esperance and the surrounding areas.
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Labels: 4WD, bush walks, WA
Location: Peak Charles, North Cascade WA 6445, Australia
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Dallas woman dead after Saturday morning wreck in Jim Wells County
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Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers are investigating what caused a two-car fatal wreck in Jim Wells County.
The wreck, which happened about 6 miles south of Premont, killed an 88-year-old Dallas woman, according to a DPS news release.
At about 2:04 a.m. Saturday, troopers believe a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe occupied by three people was traveling south on State Highway 281 in front of a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix occupied by five people. Because of the slick conditions caused by rainy weather, the Tahoe's driver lost control of the vehicle and went into a side skid in front of the Pontiac.
The Pontiac's driver tried taking evasive action, causing it to go into a side skid as well. Troopers believe both cars rolled multiple times.
Felipe Lucio, a passenger in the Tahoe, was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial via Halo Flight, where she died. The other passengers in the Tahoe were taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Alice, and the occupants in the Pontiac were taken to Christus Spohn Hospital .