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#pragma once
#include <aws/securityhub/SecurityHub_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Utils
{
namespace Json
{
  class JsonValue;
  class JsonView;
} // namespace Json
} // namespace Utils
namespace SecurityHub
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   *
Contains information about the access log configuration for the load
   * balancer.

See Also:
   AWS
   * API Reference

   */
  class AWS_SECURITYHUB_API AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog
  {
  public:
    AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog();
    AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& operator=(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue Jsonize() const;

    /**
     *
The interval in minutes for publishing the access logs.

You can
     * publish access logs either every 5 minutes or every 60 minutes.

     */
    inline int GetEmitInterval() const{ return m_emitInterval; }

    /**
     *
The interval in minutes for publishing the access logs.

You can
     * publish access logs either every 5 minutes or every 60 minutes.

     */
    inline bool EmitIntervalHasBeenSet() const { return m_emitIntervalHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The interval in minutes for publishing the access logs.

You can
     * publish access logs either every 5 minutes or every 60 minutes.

     */
    inline void SetEmitInterval(int value) { m_emitIntervalHasBeenSet = true; m_emitInterval = value; }

    /**
     *
The interval in minutes for publishing the access logs.

You can
     * publish access logs either every 5 minutes or every 60 minutes.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithEmitInterval(int value) { SetEmitInterval(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
Indicates whether access logs are enabled for the load balancer.

     */
    inline bool GetEnabled() const{ return m_enabled; }

    /**
     *
Indicates whether access logs are enabled for the load balancer.

     */
    inline bool EnabledHasBeenSet() const { return m_enabledHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
Indicates whether access logs are enabled for the load balancer.

     */
    inline void SetEnabled(bool value) { m_enabledHasBeenSet = true; m_enabled = value; }

    /**
     *
Indicates whether access logs are enabled for the load balancer.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithEnabled(bool value) { SetEnabled(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetS3BucketName() const{ return m_s3BucketName; }

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline bool S3BucketNameHasBeenSet() const { return m_s3BucketNameHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketName(const Aws::String& value) { m_s3BucketNameHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketName = value; }

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketName(Aws::String&& value) { m_s3BucketNameHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketName = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketName(const char* value) { m_s3BucketNameHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketName.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketName(const Aws::String& value) { SetS3BucketName(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketName(Aws::String&& value) { SetS3BucketName(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The name of the S3 bucket where the access logs are stored.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketName(const char* value) { SetS3BucketName(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetS3BucketPrefix() const{ return m_s3BucketPrefix; }

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline bool S3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet() const { return m_s3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketPrefix(const Aws::String& value) { m_s3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketPrefix = value; }

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketPrefix(Aws::String&& value) { m_s3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketPrefix = std::move(value); }

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline void SetS3BucketPrefix(const char* value) { m_s3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet = true; m_s3BucketPrefix.assign(value); }

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketPrefix(const Aws::String& value) { SetS3BucketPrefix(value); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketPrefix(Aws::String&& value) { SetS3BucketPrefix(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
     *
The logical hierarchy that was created for the S3 bucket.

If a prefix
     * is not provided, the log is placed at the root level of the bucket.

     */
    inline AwsElbLoadBalancerAccessLog& WithS3BucketPrefix(const char* value) { SetS3BucketPrefix(value); return *this;}

  private:

    int m_emitInterval;
    bool m_emitIntervalHasBeenSet;

    bool m_enabled;
    bool m_enabledHasBeenSet;

    Aws::String m_s3BucketName;
    bool m_s3BucketNameHasBeenSet;

    Aws::String m_s3BucketPrefix;
    bool m_s3BucketPrefixHasBeenSet;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace SecurityHub
} // namespace Aws

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Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
(Click the character infographic to download.)
In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's entire life is devoted to the faint hope of rekindling his old love affair with Daisy. But what's so great about this Daisy, anyway?
Well, to start, she's got a killer voice. Literally. Check out how Nick describes it, early in the book:
I looked back at my cousin, who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice. It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down, as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget: a singing compulsion, a whispered "Listen," a promise that she had done gay, exciting things just a while since and that there were gay, exciting things hovering in the next hour. (1.33)
There's a "singing compulsion," an "arrangement of notes" that makes men wild. It's full of promises, hints that wonderful things are on the horizon.
Thinking about Gatsby stretching his arms out to the green light across the water, we can't help thinking of the Sirens: the mythical island dwellers whose singing was so seductive that sailors would throw themselves into the sea and drown trying to reach them. To Gatsby, Daisy's seductive voice speaks of wealth, social status, glamour, family, and of course Daisy herself—everything that Gatsby wants.
We're pretty sure it's not a coincidence that Gatsby dies in a pool.
Daisy's voice makes her sound untouchable. Nick thinks of it as "full of money," and that it sounds like it belongs to someone who lives "high in a white palace, the king's daughter, the golden girl […]" (7.99). You know, the prom queen, the sorority president, the pageant winner: exactly the kind of girl that neither Gatsby nor Nick would ever have a chance with.
But Tom does. And Daisy may marry him at first because she feels like she has to, but she does end up falling in love with him. (Or at least lust.) Jordan clues us in:
If he left the room for a minute she'd look around uneasily, and say: "Where's Tom gone?" and wear the most abstracted expression until she saw him coming in the door. She used to sit on the sand with his head in her lap by the hour, rubbing her fingers over his eyes and looking at him with unfathomable delight. (4.143)
This doesn't sound to us like a girl living "high in a white palace." It sounds like a pretty normal 20ish year old, head-over-heels in love with her husband. What we learn from this is that Daisy isn't just a frivolous rich girl—or, she wasn't always. She has a deep capacity for love, and she wants be loved.
And if that's what she wanted, it's pretty clear that she married the wrong guy.
Poor Little Rich Girl
Or maybe she didn't marry the wrong guy; maybe she just likes to think that she did. One of the things Gatsby and Daisy share is an idealized image of their relationship, a rose-colored view makes everything in the present seem dull and flat in comparison. She longs for the innocent period of her "white girlhood," before she was forced/forced herself into her marriage to Tom. Though the Daisy of the present has come to realize that more often than not, dreams don't come true, she still clings to the hope that they sometimes can.
And to Daisy, most of this trouble comes down to one fact: she's a girl. In her mind, women (or girls—Fitzgerald never uses "women" when he could use "girls") need to be foolish. They need to be as careless as Nick ends up thinking that she is, because the world is cruel to women. When her child is born, she tells Nick, she weeps: "'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool'" (1.118).
If Daisy had been a fool, she would have accepted her fate. She would have married Tom—her right, as the beautiful Southern belle that she was; she would have had kids and ignored them; and she would have turned a blind eye to Tom's philandering with the housemaids. But she didn't.
Daisy the Child
Daisy may be a married woman with a child, but she doesn't seem like she's managed to grow up very much. She can't live with the consequences of her actions, trying to (drunkenly) change her mind on the night before her wedding (4.120), and then being unable to make up her mind between Tom and Gatsby: "I did love him once," she says, "but I loved you too" (7.266). This girl is more fickle than Taylor Swift. (Burn! J/K Taylor, we love you.)
Pure-hearted Gatsby can't understand this kind of indecision. But to Daisy, it's just part of the girlhood: she's never learned how to be a woman, and we get the feeling from this novel that she's never going to. There's no one to teach her. She's expected to be a "beautiful little fool," just like every other girl of her social class.
And ultimately, like a kid, she lets Tom make the decisions for her. She's used to her life being a certain way – she follows certain rules, she expects certain rewards – and when Gatsby challenges her to break free of these restraints, she can't deal. Ultimately, Daisy returns to Tom because facing a life without a $300,000 pearl necklace is even worse, apparently, than facing life with her "hulking" brute of a husband.
Do we blame her? Is she responsible for her poor choices? Or is she just living her life in the best way she knows how to live it?
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Tiffany Brownlee - WRONG IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS
Please join us for the launch of debut YA author Tiffany Smith's WRONG IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS.
An attraction between foster-siblings sets fire to forbidden love in this contemporary YA debut re-imagining of Wuthering Heights.
Everything in Emma's life has always gone according to her very careful plans. But things take a turn toward the unexpected when she falls in love for the first time with the one person in the world who's off-limits–her new foster brother, the gorgeous and tormented Dylan McAndrews.
Meanwhile, Emma's AP English class is reading Wuthering Heights, and she's been assigned to mimic Bronte's style in an epistolary format. With no one to confide in, she's got a lot to write about. Emma and Dylan try to constrain their romance to the page–for fear of threatening Dylan's chances of being adopted into another home. But the strength of first love is all-consuming, and they soon get enveloped in a passionate, secretive relationship with a very uncertain outcome.
Tiffany Brownlee is a recent college graduate working as a middle-school English teacher in the New Orleans area. Wrong in All the Right Ways marks her debut.
Saturday, August 25, 2018 - 5:00pm
Octavia Books - 513 Octavia Street - New Orleans, LA 70115
Wrong in All the Right Ways: A Novel (Hardcover)
By Tiffany Brownlee
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - July 17th, 2018
"Brownlee writes with all the breathless excitement and excruciating longing of a first love, further complicated by the forbidden nature of their romance. . . One of the most believable love triangles on the page in ages."--Entertainment Weekly
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Archive for month: July, 2013
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Know someone who would benefit from a PRSA Chapter membership?
July 31, 2013 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Andrea Hunt
Whether it's volunteering, participating in events or stepping into leadership roles, members dedicate their expertise to the PR profession. In August and September, PR professionals will receive a FREE one-year Greater Fort Worth Chapter of PRSA membership when they join PRSA with promo code AUG13.
This special membership promotion is for a limited time only. Click here for more information.
PRSA members enjoy benefits including:
60 FREE webinars, live and on demand, throughout the year
Jobcenter, which provides career-advancing tools for all career levels
Opportunities to connect with over 21,000 PR pros committed to excellence and ethics
The PRSA Code of Ethics and opportunities for Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) that offer practical guidelines for defining professionalism and success
Leadership and volunteer opportunities
Visit http://www.prsa.org/joinus/memberbenefits for details.
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Westerman Named to 2013 College of Fellows
July 31, 2013 /0 Comments/in APR, blog, PRSA Members /by Andrea Hunt
Gigi Westerman, president of Strategic Image, Inc., has been selected for induction into the College of Fellows in 2013 by the PRSA Board of Directors.
The College of Fellows, founded in 1989, is a community of more than 300 senior PRSA members who have advanced the public relations profession and distinguished themselves through their experience and leadership in the public relations industry. Admission is open to public relations practitioners or educators with 20 years' experience or more, hold the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential and have demonstrated exceptional capability and accomplishment in the practice or teaching of public relations. College of Fellows members also must exhibit personal and professional qualities that make them role models for other practitioners or educators.
A selection committee consisting of current College of Fellow members oversees the nomination of new Fellows. The committee solicited and reviewed applications and recommended this year's group of candidates to the 2013 Board of Directors. The purpose of the College of Fellows is to recognize notable public relations leaders and to further the professionalism and reputation of public relations practice and education. College members provide mentoring for public relations professionals and students, support PRSA in the execution of its strategic plan specifically in the areas of advocacy and education, and create and sponsor a continuing education "Master Class" for advanced professionals each year during the PRSA International Conference.
The new Fellows will be formally inducted into the College at a dinner to be held Oct. 26, during the PRSA 2013 International Conference in Philadelphia.
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President's Column – August 2013
July 31, 2013 /0 Comments/in blog, President's Column /by Andrea Hunt
Chris Smith, Greater Fort Worth PRSA President
csmithcommunications@gmail.com
If you haven't heard the big news, our chapter recently added yet another member to the esteemed national PRSA College of Fellows.
PRSA announced July 17 that Greater Fort Worth Chapter's Gigi Westerman, APR, was approved for recommendation to this prestigious community. With her October formal induction, that will make six Fellows from our chapter. Truly, this is a huge accomplishment.
Consider just some of the membership criteria for becoming a Fellow: current PRSA membership; minimum of 20 years' public relations experience; accredited in Public Relations (APR); demonstrated superior professional capability in the practice/teaching of public relations; contribution to the profession through service and leadership, and more.
Then there's the arduous task of completing the application. It's a rigorous process that requires six letters of recommendation and an in-depth summary of one's career. The applicant also must give five examples for each of the following criterion: Superior Professional Capability, Advancement of the Profession, Leadership and Service, and Role Modeling. When possible, the applicant must provide contact information for those involved in these examples. Gigi verified that indeed, these contacts are called.
All of this seemed to me a bit overwhelming. However, when I asked Gigi about the application process and the many hours it took to get there, she replied, "Like anything worth doing, this requires a great deal of thoughtful effort. Essentially, a candidate is demonstrating a career of strategic thinking and outcome-oriented work. It is a recognition of the value provided to clients, employers and others in our profession. The process is very difficult and time consuming, but it is also a powerful retrospective. "
Congratulations Gigi on this most impressive accomplishment, and thanks for the contributions you have made to our profession and to our chapter. Well done! Thanks also to our other Fellows for their many ongoing contributions:
Carolyn Bobo, APR, Fellow PRSA (Class of 2001)
Mary Dulle, APR, Fellow PRSA (Class of 2004)
William M. Lawrence, APR, Fellow PRSA (Class of 2005)
Douglas Ann Newsom, PhD, APR, Fellow PRSA (Class of 1990)
Dr. Amiso George, APR, Fellow PRSA (Class of 2010)
Finally, one of our former presidents, Kristie Aylett, APR, was also named to the College of Fellows. Congratulations to Kristie and to all of our chapter members throughout history who played a part in all of our success.
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What PR Professionals Can Learn from Improv Comedy
July 24, 2013 /0 Comments/in Fort Worth, PRSA Luncheons, public relations /by Andrea Hunt
Join the Greater Fort Worth chapter of PRSA for its August luncheon and learn from renowned comedy group Four Day Weekend how the "yes, and" concept central to improvisation can help PR and communications professionals create and support a healthy corporate culture.
The group will offer a guide for how to combine creativity with commerce to create harmony in the workplace. The "yes, and" concept can empower professionals to be positive role models and change agents, and to be more productive both at work and at home.
Wednesday, August 14 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Colonial Country Club (3735 Country Club Circle, Fort Worth, TX 76109)
Complimentary valet parking provided!
GFW PRSA Members – $25
National PRSA Members – $30
Non-members – $35
Students – $20
Walk-ups: Add an additional $5 to the above prices
To account for additional costs associated with walk-ups and other meeting services, the Greater Fort Worth Chapter of PRSA uses the following reservation policy: Online reservations are due no later than 5 pm the Friday prior to the luncheon, and cancellations must be made by 5 p.m. the day before the luncheon. No-shows will be billed or a representative may attend in that person's place at no additional charge. Walk-ups are accepted for an additional $5 if space is available.
Four Day Weekend is a renowned comedy troupe specializing in interactive entertainment, performing scenes, sketches and songs based on audience suggestions and participation. In addition to its weekly live public performances at the troupe's comedy theater in downtown Fort Worth, Four Day Weekend offers a variety of corporate event services, from keynote speaking and emcee work to team-building seminars and private shows.
The longest running show in the southwest, Four Day Weekend has engaged audiences in Sundance Square for 16 years with its members' quick wit and clever humor. Critically acclaimed both locally and nationally, the group is a recipient of the Key to the City of Fort Worth; was invited to be a keynote presenter for the United States Congress Democratic Issues Conference in Washington, D.C.; has performed along with keynote presenter President George W. Bush on the anniversary of 9/11; was named "Best Entertainment Experience in Texas" by The Official Best Of organization; and has recently published its first book, "The Art of ImproviZEN."
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GFW PRSA Social Photos
July 2, 2013 /0 Comments/in pictures /by Andrea Hunt
GFW PRSA members gathered for a social on May 23 at the Live Oak on Magnolia.
Pictured left to right: Lisa Albert, Chrissy Madison, Gigi Westerman, Caroline Strand, Melody Fritz and Sandra Brodnicki
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Gays Debate Republican Rule
By John Wagley, April 6, 1995
Three speakers at the Institute of Politics last night debated the future of gays and lesbians in politics and whether they could ever hope to gain equality by voting for a Republican.
The speakers hailed from three of the nation's largest gay and lesbian political organizations--Tim McFeeley, former executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, Melinda Paras, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Abner Mason, national president of the Log Cabin Federation.
McFeeley spoke about the danger which the new Republican Congress presents for the gay and lesbian community.
"Having the Republican party in Congress cannot possibly help gays and lesbians," he said. "I don't think Log Cabin or the Messiah can effect what Republicans do in Congress."
"Gingrich has never voted for us, and he never will," he added.
Mason, however, who is president of the nation's largest Republican gay and lesbian organization, stressed that achieving equality does not mean voting for a particular party.
"We will not achieve equality through a legislative act," he said. "We have to communicate to the majority of Americans who we are."
But McFeeley insisted that "laws are important" and Democrats will be the ones to pass the laws needed to improve and protect gay and lesbian rights.
"We still have to pass legislation to gain our rights," he said. "But that's only the starting point, to have to get to the hearts and minds of the people."
Republican Threat?
Paras also said that the current Republican Congress is a threat to the gay community.
"It cannot help to have [Republicans] in Congress," she said. "[We cannot ignore] what [Gingrich] is doing to poor people, liberal people and minorities.. and our liberation is intimately connected to theirs."
But Mason said that times had changed with the new Republican-controlled Congress and gays and lesbians need to work within the current political context.
"If you want to make a difference in this movement the battle is on [the Republican] side of the aisle," he said. "Having achieved equality in much of liberal America, for us to achieve equality means making progress in conservative areas."
Mason also said that the 1990s has been a time of "highs and lows" for the gay movement.
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Description : •	Responsible for developing risk management framework and mechanisms, to identify, assess, monitor, measure and control a broad spectrum of risks faced by Sub-K. • Create risk analytics tools and provide objective insights to business, product, IT and finance teams from time to time on trends and forecasts. • Facilitate the development of clearly defined & updated policies & procedures for risk management. • Assist in the establishment of a limits structure for the company and for managing the risk concentration. • Lead and guide the Risk Department annual planning and budgeting processes. • Establish a mechanism for reporting of excess/exceptions to approved limits. • Overall responsibility for the timely review of process/products/systems/applications. • Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the compliance function as and when required. • Advise senior leaders on key business decisions based on risk outlook for the company based on market, technology, political and regulatory trends. Required Skills: • Should be from BFSI / NBFC background handling Risk Management in his current / previous role. • Possess good writing, communication and presentation skills. • Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking. • PGDBM or MBA from a reputed B School will be preferred.
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Archive for the 'european union' Category
Backpackers take green vacations on European farms
SANTA EULALIA DEL MONTE, Spain – Backpackers pining for European adventure have discovered life on the farm, shoveling manure, feeding pigs and making butter as a recession-beating way to sate their wanderlust.
Their ticket to an earthy taste of the Old Continent is an innovative Web site that connects travelers with a network of organic farms stretching from Portugal to Turkey and around the world.
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, an organization founded in Britain, has been around since 1971 but has lured many more volunteer farmhands in recent years as hard economic times forced people young and not so young to seek a cheap way to take a European vacation.
This year 15,700 of them are scattered across Europe getting their hands good and dirty, compared to 6,400 in 2004, WWOOF says. The number of hosts is up, too, roughly doubling to 2,240 in that same time span. The organization also offers farm stays in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region.
For a few hours of work a day — other chores include milking goats, collecting honey and making compost — volunteers get a place to stay, fresh food to eat and a bargain.
"I didn't have enough money to stay on any other way," said Alex Mansfield, 21, a guitar-toting philosophy student from Massachusetts who traded in the city life of his study-abroad experience in Salamanca, Spain, for a few weeks on an isolated farm. "It gets expensive, having to eat and sleep under roofs."
Along with three other Americans and an Argentinean, Mansfield spent part of this summer on an ever-changing volunteer force at Centro Ammehula, a ghost hamlet transformed into an organic farm, tucked away on a craggy mountainside of Spain's northwest Galicia region.
The setting was scenic but the accommodations modest: several metal trailers and tents surrounding a bonfire area, all of it 9 miles from the nearest supermarket. But the volunteers, feasting on fresh lettuce and lip-staining strawberries from the farm, don't seem to mind.
"It feels so good to be right near the food you're about to cook," said former New York schoolteacher Talia Kahn-Kravis, 23, as she squirted milk from a goat's udder into a plastic bucket.
Like Kahn-Kravis, supporters of the slow food movement, which began in Italy as a backlash against fast food, are praising the return to the farms.
"It's one of the ways of recovering relationships with food," said Cinzia Scaffidi, director of the Slow Food Study Center in Italy.
Centro Ammehula's owner, Martin Verfondern, 51, said WWOOF is not just about growing fresh produce. More importantly, he says, it fosters cultural understanding.
"WWOOF is the perfect anti-discrimination device," said the Dutchman born in Germany, who has lived on the Spanish farm for 11 years. "We have Germans and Israelis sitting at a table together without problems. It's a really great way of getting to know more of a country than only the national prejudices."
While Spain is seeing an increase in foreigners eager to take a stab at farming, it is hardly the only European nation attracting attention.
"It's a way to spend time in places without spending money," said WWOOFer Elliott Smith, 21, who has traveled to Italy and Belgium during vacations from an organic Beaujolais vineyard outside of Lyon, France. "Everybody wants to travel a bit and the big thing is to do it without going totally broke."
Aside from having a travel base camp among a crop of thin-skinned Gamay grapes, the linguistics student from Texas said his "farmer French … increased tenfold."
Recent graduates and college students like Smith and Mansfield make up a significant portion of WWOOF's volunteers, although farmhands come from walks of life as varied as the chores they do, said Chemi Pena, spokesman for WWOOF in Spain.
"The profile of farms is really diverse," he said.
Julie Bateman, a mother of two and slow food advocate, packed up her 10- and 13-year-old children and left her home in Charleston, S.C., for a volunteer farming stint in Italy this summer.
"WWOOFing with the two children is certainly a twist on the normal travel and WWOOFing in general," said Bateman, 42.
For many volunteers, WWOOF is creating a class of green-thumbed do-gooders, more conscious of their carbon footprints.
"A lot of people maybe come here to do a cheap Eurotrip," said New York native Kahn-Kravis, as she picked strawberries. "But in reality, you can't do this without learning a bunch and having a more holistic approach to life."
WORLDWIDE OPPORTUNITIES ON ORGANIC FARMS: http://www.wwoof.org. Food and lodging at an organic farm in exchange for volunteering to work at the farm. Annual registration fees vary by country, but are typically around $30-35 (20-25 euros). Opportunities on every continent.
By JEANNIE NUSS, Associated Press Writer
Article from: news:yahoo.com
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Q: Pandas Line Plotting with Multi-Index After reshaping my dataset, I'm having some trouble trying to create my intended line plot.
data
How can I create a subplot that looks like this the one below for each canton with a for loop ? (The x axis would be the years, the y axis would be the value of the tax rates and we would have multiple lines for each value of income and this ---> for each canton)
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Thanks !
taxrates_short.set_index("year")
taxrates_short.groupby(["canton","income"])["avg_tax_rate"].plot(ax=ax, x="year", xlabel="year", y="avg_tax_rate", ylabel="avg tax rate", legend=False)

A: group the dataset by canton, then plot each canton on the graph
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# create df ...

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

dk = df.groupBy('canton')
for cantonValue, groupedDF in dk:
  # plot groupedDF based on cantonValue
  groupedDF.plot(ax=ax, x="year", xlabel="year", y="avg_tax_rate", ylabel="avg tax rate", )

in order to get each group colored correctly, it'll be easier to use a different approach

df.set_index("year", inplace=True)

df.groupby("cantonValue")["avg_tax_rate"].plot(legend=True)

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Odón (o Eudes) (también Odonus) fue el conde de Tolosa desde 872 hasta 918 o 919, cuando murió.
Era hijo de Raimundo I de Tolosa y Berta o de Bernardo II de Tolosa.

Se casó con Garsenda, hija de Ermengol de Albi, y probablemente tuvieron tres hijos. Sus hijos fueron Raimundo II, a quien asoció a su condado dándole Rouergue (antes de 898), y Ermengol, quien heredó esa misma provincia. Se ha sugerido por razones onomásticas que Odón fue también el padre de Garsenda, mujer de Wifredo II de Barcelona.

Notas

Fuentes
Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
 Fuente autopublicada.

Condes de Tolosa del siglo IX (casa de Tolosa)
Condes de Tolosa del siglo X (casa de Tolosa)
Condes de Rouergue del siglo IX
Condes de Rouergue del siglo X

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Check Out an Extract From Our Fab Article in Yorkshire Consumer Title Huddersfield Eye magazine
We don't need much of an excuse to buy clothes and Christmas is the perfect opportunity to hit the shops! So what are your colours at Christmas time and what do they say about you? All colours have a certain amount of symbolism and psychology. Colours can reflect our personalities and characteristics, so whatever you choose to wear this Christmas time make sure it embodies your style.
Be sophisticated in black; The colour black is timeless and elegant; displaying a sense of power and independence. Black is sexy and seductive, so if you want to impress a certain someone this year, then black could hold the key to success!
Draw attention in red: the colour of energy gets heart rates pumping! It's flirty, fun and carefree making it an ideal Christmas colour – to avoid looking like a Christmas tree, don't team red and green together during the holidays!
Succeed in gold; Gold exudes luxury and quality. It is a warming colour that draws all the right attention due to the optimism and confidence it helps to convey. Gold can be shiny, glittery and happy – perfect for this time of year.
Illuminate in silver; Silver is modern and glamorous and holds a certain amount of prestige. Silver will help dazzle everyone this Christmas due to its alluring qualities and charm.
Be playful in green; Green often creates a harmonious balance and is an extremely relaxing colour. But don't be fooled! Wearing green reflects positivity and strength.
Noel Asmar from Asmar Equestrian knows just how important colour choices are when it comes to clothes. "Colour makes life beautiful and meaningful. It enables us to showcase our feelings, emotions and personalities. If everyone wore the same, it would make for a pretty boring world wouldn't it?! Asmar Equestrian understands how important the right colour can be when it comes to clothes. Not only can colours be individual, but they can help a person's complexion appear healthy and smooth, or highlight certain features such as someone's hair or eyes. Christmas is a great time of year to choose a colour you might usually shy away from. It's the perfect opportunity to be fun, daring or sexy. Whatever your mood or style there is a colour to suit you."
Asmar Equestrian is an innovative clothing manufacturer inspired by the outdoor lifestyle. The entire clothing range incorporates classic beauty with hints of fashion.
Stand out from the crowd – visit www.asmarequestrian.com
Posted in Advice, Christmas gift ideas, clothing, clothing range
Tags: asmar, equine clothing, fitness wear, gym wear, merino wool, noel asmar, sports fashion
Your Horse Magazine Features The All Weather Rider Jacket By Asmar Equestrian
The Asmar Equestrian All Weather Rider Jacket has been put to the test in this month's Your Horse Magazine.
The buyers' guide offered by the magazine looks at and compares products provided by leading retailers. This month brought about the assessment of a range of Waterproof Jackets and we are pleased to declare the All Weather Rider Jacket stood up well to the competition!
Reviews reported the All Weather Rider to be "slim fitting, flattering and looks smart" with testers saying the jacket is "well worth the money" and that "the hidden skirt and riding vent are fantastic, and make this jacket really comfortable for riding in whilst keeping your legs nice and dry." To read the full review pick up a copy of Your Horse magazine today.
We know our jacket is nothing like anything else on the market providing a true connection between style and functionality, but it is nice to know our testers agree!
The design of the All Weather Rider is unique. This award winning jacket contains both front and back zips which unveil a hidden skirt. The skirt innovation fits comfortably and easily over your legs and saddle keeping you warm and dry, whatever the weather brings! When not in use the skirts simply snap back into place providing a truly elegant coat whether you are riding or hitting the high street!
There is an All Weather Rider Jacket for everyone with sizes ranging from XS-XXL and a wide choice of colours; Black, Black plaid, Brown plaid, Camel, Charcoal, Navy, Plum, Red, and Olive http://bit.ly/UmD7RW
For more information or to find your nearist Asmar Equestrian stockist visit the website: www.asmarequestrian.com
Posted in All weather riding jacket, asmar equestrian, Asmar Equestrian Clothing Range, News
Tags: all weather riding jacket, Amsar Equestrian, asmar, equestrian, equestrian clothing, horse riding, sports fashion, sports wear
Equestrian Business Monthly mag showcases Asmar Equestrian with a full page feature – read it here!
Did you see UK trade title EBM's company focus on Asmar Equestrian, in the Dec 2011 issue – out now? Here's what the mag says of the company –
Apparel for All Weathers
Canadian brand Asmar Equestrian burst onto the equestrian scene in North America in January 2011; it spent the first three months of its infancy showcasing at international equestrian trade shows, before launching in the UK at the BETA International Trade Show, where Asmar Equestrian was awarded Best Stand In Show Under 32 metres. "Every mannequin and hanger looked the part, even though the stand was small," CEO Noel Asmar recalls.
The company also took home a hotly-contested innovation award for Most Innovative Rider Apparel of the Year at BETA. The winning product was the range's 'hero' product – the All Weather Rider™ Jacket, judged to be 'an elegant, multi-functional garment, and well-tailored to allow plenty of movement and flexibility'.
Fashionable and functional
Like all truly innovative products, the jacket was born when Noel, a keen horsewoman, became frustrated that she couldn't find a riding jacket to meet her needs. As a successful designer of technical clothing for some of the world's most elite hotels and spas, Noel was used to creating items of clothing that, while they looked smart and fashionable, were first and foremost, functional. "Busy people need sophisticated, technical fabrics and tailoring that work with their lifestyles and jobs, rather than work against them," observes Noel. "I knew from my spa uniform experience that comfort and technical performance should be the basis of all functional clothing."
Noel quickly set about adding to the outerwear collection with a shorter riding jacket, the Hunter Jacket; and a gilet, The Rider's Vest; the range was designed firmly with horse riders in mind. "Owning horses is a lifestyle choice, and we feel it is important to wear clothes that reflect your lifestyle, or even the lifestyle that you aspire to," Noel says.
Style in and out of the ring
Asmar Equestrian recently launched a show apparel collection with coordinates, which while featuring playful twists, has its heart in traditional equestrian show wear. "There's so much heritage in equestrian competition – the dress code has its roots in formal wear, especially for ladies, and I like to see classic garments that won't be unfashionable in a few years' time," Noel says.
A rewarding experience
Noel has always been involved with horses, and says she was 'your typical horse crazy little girl, growing up'. "My Mom bought me my first pony when I turned twelve – and I have been riding for pleasure since then," she explains. Noel is a big fan of the Friesian breed, of which there are two types – the classical Baroque, and the Sport Friesian, which is finer boned. Noel has one of each. "Because of the Lipizzaner blood, this breed generally makes a very good riding and dressage horse – they are very trainable. Not to mention beautiful!" she says.
Asmar is continuing to develop relationships with new retailers, and is currently looking in particular to take on more in Britain – interested retailers can email kathy@asmarequestrian.com for information. "It is important to us to work with retailers who 'get' the brand and its association with an aspirational lifestyle – while we are being selective about the retailers we work with, any company that is internet-savvy, has a focus on customer service, and delivers its promises to its customer base, will be considered. A retailer stocking our clothes, whether online or in an actual store, is representing our brand, so we are keen to work with positive, ego-free people, no matter what the business's size," Noel adds.
The company is also leading the way by offering its retailers social media support. "Social media is a big part of business in the 21st century," explains Asmar Equestrian's Marketing Manager, Angela Yard. "We have two blogs and a Facebook and Twitter page, and like to engage with retailers, riders, customers and horse owners in this way. For us, it is about developing awareness of a brand, and engaging with horse riders in real time," she says.
The coming months
With new retailers coming on board all the time, Noel Asmar is very positive about the coming year. "By 2012, we will have a full collection to offer our customers, including outerwear, show apparel, warm up wear and riding breeches. We are exhibiting internationally at trade shows, as we like to speak directly with retailer representatives, pick up and share new merchandising tips, and get the clothes into people's hands at events," she states.
"Essentially, we plan to continue working on establishing what is a very young company as an innovative apparel brand that offers excellent customer service," she says. "With my name on the label, or emblazoned on the sleeve, I am determined to ensure the company and brand is the best it can be."
Posted in Asmar Equestrian Clothing Range
Tags: asmar, equestrian, equestrian clothing, equestrian fashion range, european championships, sarah millis, Sophie Wells, sports fashion
Asmar Equestrian features in Horse International
Aspirational apparel
With worldwide financial crises regularly making the news, launching a new business in the current climate could be seen as a questionable move. However, a new face on the equestrian clothing scene has not stopped growing in profile, in the short months since its inception.
Canadian brand Asmar Equestrian® burst onto the equestrian scene in North America in January 2011, and has since grown steadily, picking up some high-profile admirers on the way.
Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the company is owned and operated by lifestyle brand designer Noel Asmar, of Noel Asmar Design Inc®. This established garment manufacturing company has been producing clothing for some of the world's most elite hotels and spas around the world for nearly a decade, and has recently added to their portfolio of brands with the Asmar Equestrian® apparel collection.
CEO Noel Asmar is a passionate advocate of innovative clothing design and started designing high-end uniform apparel for the wellness industry in 2002. "As the uniform business grew and expanded, I started designing fitness garments for men and women," Noel explains. "Our attention has always been on style, innovation and function, and we quickly became one of the most recognised brands in our industry – we now keep over 8000 stock keeping units, which include uniforms, fitness apparel and a resort-wear line. The introduction of Asmar Equestrian® in January 2011 was a natural progression for the business, as the choices for stylish outerwear specifically designed for riders have, I believe, been somewhat limited," Noel says diplomatically.
Talk of the trade
The company's equestrian outerwear range spent the first three months of its infancy showcasing at international equestrian trade shows. The first show, and the new company's debut, was the AETA (American Equestrian Trade Association) International trade show in January 2011, with Canadian sales rep and Grand Prix rider Rochelle Kilberg in attendance. "I personally road-tested the garments for several months before agreeing to become an official representative of the range," explains Rochelle, of Hazelmere Equestrian Center in Surrey, British Columbia. "There seemed to be a void in the equestrian market for high-performance clothing that mixes European styling with a core understanding of what riders need. Noel has impeccable taste and style, and this translates to cutting edge trends that respect the tradition of the sport; I particularly appreciate this, as a dressage rider. Noel's garments are known for their functional attributes as much as they are for their timeless style, and she has really helped to fill a gap in the market," Rochelle states.
The outerwear range was well-received, and the team, including designer Noel Asmar, went on to enjoy further success at the 2010 CEEAA (Canadian Equestrian Equipment and Apparel Association) trade event in February, quickly followed by the UK's BETA International Trade Show, where Asmar Equestrian® was awarded Best Stand In Show Under 32 metres. "Every mannequin and hanger looked the part, even though the stand was small," Noel recalls.
Asmar also took home a hotly-contested innovation award for Most Innovative Rider Apparel of the Year at BETA. The winning product was the range's 'hero' product – the All Weather Rider™ Jacket, judged to be 'an elegant, multi-functional garment, and well-tailored to allow plenty of movement and flexibility'.
Like all truly innovative products, the jacket was born when Noel, a keen horsewoman, became frustrated that she couldn't find a riding jacket to meet her needs. As a successful designer of technical clothing for some of the world's most elite hotels and spas, Noel was used to creating items of clothing that, while they looked smart and fashionable, were first and foremost, functional. "Busy people need sophisticated, technical fabrics and tailoring that work with their lifestyles and jobs, rather than work against them," observes Noel. "I knew from my spa uniform experience that comfort and technical performance should be the basis of all functional clothing – there's no use in a product that looks great, but doesn't withstand the rigours of regular washing, and the physical requirements of riding, for example."
Noel was inspired to create the Asmar Equestrian® collection at the time when the family built their home with a barn for their own horses in an equestrian estate community. As a keen rider, Noel wanted a warm, lightweight coat that would stretch, breathe and withstand the elements, yet couldn't find one that met her own exacting requirements; so she set about designing a prototype that became the All Weather Rider Jacket™. "I wanted something that would get me from the house to the barn, and then out riding, regardless of the weather. Having horses forces you to be outside! With this jacket, I knew that I would not get drenched or ruin my saddle, and could also move comfortably," Noel explains.
"I won't design a garment unless it has a purpose"
The waterproof, windproof jacket, which is patent pending, features a hidden zipper gusset at both the back and front of the garment that unveils a waterproof skirt to extend over the saddle. It solves the issue of riding with wet thighs and also protects the saddle from the elements. "I firmly believe in starting from the point of asking what problem a product needs to provide the solution to. I won't design a garment unless it has a purpose. In today's crowded apparel market place, it isn't enough to rest on one's laurels, and just provide pretty items," continues Noel.
It was clear that the combination of design, technicality and sophistication was a winning one, and Noel quickly set about designing an outerwear collection that included a shorter riding jacket and a gilet, and was designed firmly with horse riders in mind.
"Owning horses is a lifestyle choice, and we feel it is important to wear clothes that reflect your lifestyle, or even the lifestyle that you aspire to," Noel says. "If you are serious about your riding, you need sport-specific clothing that offers extreme functionality. Riders also multi-task; they buy horse feed in their riding wear, they may clean out a stable in it, even do the school-run – we are busy people, and many of us have families and careers to juggle. Your riding wear needs to be functional and must do as many jobs as you do! So, an item that is, for example, breathable, anti-bacterial and resistant to dirt and hair, quickly becomes very good value for money. It is thrilling and inspiring to design for a lifestyle and sport that I am passionate about," she adds.
Asmar Equestrian® has recently launched a show apparel collection with coordinates, which while featuring playful twists, has its heart in traditional equestrian show wear.
"There's so much heritage in equestrian competition – the dress code has its roots in formal wear, especially for ladies, and I like to see classic garments that won't be unfashionable in a few years' time," Noel says. "However, there's always room for clever design features and understated elements, and I like to see experimentation with smart panelling, intricate stitching and pretty buttons – for us, it is these areas that clearly define a brand. I believe that show wear should help you feel professional and positive, and that having the right image can help you hold your head that little bit higher, and perhaps ride more positively."
Although an advocate of positive riding, Noel is currently out of saddle, as she is pregnant – and she is missing the riding! As an owner of two FHANA (Friesian Horse Association of North American) Friesian horses, Jake and Mozart, Noel is a keen dressage enthusiast, and is looking forward to getting back into training next year. "Horses are so important to me," she says. "Time with our horses is a moment when life and everything else in your mind is temporarily on hold, while we savour our time and focus on our equine partner. A ride always re-energises me."
Noel has always been involved with horses, and says she was 'your typical horse crazy little girl, growing up'. "My Mom bought me my first pony when I turned twelve – and I have been riding for pleasure since then," she explains. Noel is a big fan of the Friesian breed, of which there are two types – the classical Baroque, and the Sport Friesian, which is finer boned. Noel has one of each. "Because of the Lipizzaner blood, this breed generally makes a very good riding and dressage horse – they are very trainable. Not to mention beautiful!" she says. "Our Friesians are really affectionate and cuddly equines. And of course, the more you get to know your horse, the more connected you become as a partnership – owning a horse is very rewarding," Noel adds.
Supporting up and coming talent
Another rewarding aspect of Noel's job is the opportunity she has to support riders that are advocates of the range. One of them is 21 year old British dressage rider Sophie Wells, based in Nottingham, who is now sponsored by Asmar Equestrian®.
Sophie, who was part of the Gold medal-winning British team at the 2010 World Equestrian Games Para event, is on the UK's World Class Para Dressage Performance Squad and also the British Dressage Young Rider (able bodied) Prime Squad – she is the first Para rider to be selected for both teams. Sophie was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, and despite losing many fingers and having restricted limb movement, is widely regarded as one of the UK's most promising riders. "She is a talented rider and a great representative of the Asmar brand," Noel says. "We are delighted to help Sophie reach her sporting goals."
So does Noel feel that rider endorsement is a requirement for today's riding wear manufacturer? "It is certainly important to get your clothes out to real riders, to make sure the garments stand up to the rigours of high-level riding, travelling and competing," Noel says. "However, rider endorsement for the sake of it isn't something we believe in. Instead, we will continue to work with high-profile people that are actually fans of the brand, and believe in our ethos of fashion meeting function. We are also working with Grand Prix British dressage rider and trainer Sarah Millis, who is an advocate of the range," she continues. "It is far more important I believe for a rider to build up a level of trust and respect for a brand, than just be swayed by financial gain – a rider's loyalties may be easily switched when an agreement ends, and more money is offered on the table. Asmar Equestrian® will work hard to support our sponsored riders, and we hope to enjoy long relationships with them, as their careers progress."
With 2012 just around the corner, and the industry preparing for spring trade launches and product showcases, Asmar Equestrian® has an exciting year ahead – of course enhanced by the new addition to the growing team, Noel's new baby. "It is a busy time for us," Noel says with some understatement.
A key to any successful business is the team behind the brand, and Asmar is no exception, with its all-female workforce. But what does it take to become a company representative? "We do have a stringent set of core values," Noel explains. "Our team is small, but resourceful and proactive – we like to think of ourselves as problem solvers, and we are all positively optimistic – and of course, we all appreciate the beauty of horses!"
Asmar Equestrian® is continuing to develop relationships with new retailers, and is currently looking in particular to take on more in Britain – interested retailers can email kathy@asmarequestrian.com for information. "It is important to us to work with retailers who 'get' the brand and its association with an aspirational lifestyle – while we are being selective about the retailers we work with, any company that is internet-savvy, has a focus on customer service, and delivers its promises to its customer base, will be considered. A retailer stocking our clothes, whether online or in an actual store, is representing our brand, so we are keen to work with positive, ego-free people, no matter what the business's size," Noel adds.
The company is also leading the way by offering its retailers free social media support. "Social media is a big part of business in the 21st century," explains Asmar Equestrian's Marketing Manager, Angela Yard. "We have two blogs and a Facebook and Twitter page, and like to engage with retailers, riders, customers and horse owners in this way. For us, it is about developing awareness of a brand, and engaging with horse riders in real time," she says. "Retailers that work with us are invited to post on our Facebook page, for example detailing a new product range or line of stock, and we can also help coordinate promotions for particular items and provide promotional videos. In today's ever-changing market place, it is important for manufacturers to support loyal retailers in whatever way they can, and social media is the perfect way to do this."
With new retailers coming on board all the time, Noel Asmar is very positive about the coming year. "By 2012, we will have a full collection to offer our customers, including outerwear, show apparel, warm up wear and riding breeches. We are exhibiting in the UK, Germany, USA and Canada and also have representation in the South Pacific – we like to speak directly with retailer representatives, pick up and share new merchandising tips, and get the clothes into people's hands at events," she states.
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Greece has lost an appeal against an arbitration award of more than EUR 1.2bn ($1.35bn) in a case involving Hellenic Shipyards.
The Athens court of appeal rejected the government's request to set aside the 2017 decision in favour of Middle East group Privinvest.
The case related to Greece's default on payments to Privinvest, which is the controlling shareholder of Hellenic.
Privinvest said it had made substantial investments in Hellenic in 2010, but Greece defaulted on its obligations.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) found that the Greek government also mishandled a European Union state aid case.
As a result, Hellenic Shipyards suffered severe losses and had to suspend its operations, Privinvest said.
Since March 2018, a special administrator appointed by Greece has been in charge of Hellenic and is in the process of selling it.
Greece has now been ordered to make immediate payments of more than EUR 200m and was required to make further payments of more than EUR 800m over time for the state submarine programme at Hellenic.
It added: "If the Hellenic Republic had implemented the ICC award, it could have given new life to Hellenic Shipyards."
It has been reported that Greece wants to split the yard into commercial shipping and naval units.


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A biographical history of English literature
作者:John Daniel Morell
A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION
THE GREATER ENGLISH WRITERS
WITH THREE HUNDRED EXERCISES
Thoroughly Rebised and Corrected
W. & R. CHA MBERS
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
( All Rights Reserved. )
209. €. As
This little book is a humble but serious attempt to give a practical answer to the question: Can English Literature bu taught in schools ? Many able teachers have answered the question for themselves in their own way; but there is a general complaint that the text-books in use are too large, attempt too much, and are written on the supposition that the books they discuss have been read by the young learners.
This book is intended for beginners—as a first book. I have aimed chiefly at three things :
1. To give a short life of the greatest writers.
2. To give a list of their best works.
3. To teach learners how to examine and appreciate the style
of these writers. The information given is very rudimentary; but it is intended to become less so, as the book goes on. Abstract terms and the phraseology of criticism have been very sparingly employed ; and I have all along kept in my eye learners of from fourteen to eighteen. The treatment of literature in Epochs and Schools will be the next step for the young student.
It may be objected that literature cannot be taught by mere extracts, and that the architectural proportions of great works are missed in this way. This is quite true; at the same time, as a first step in Literature, it may be as well to keep the young learner to the examination and comparison of the fabric and the fibre of each writer's style—the very words and phrases; and it is probable that larger views must come only with larger experience and wider reading.
Hence I have spent much labour in drawing up Exercises—a new thing in a book like this. The purpose of these Exercises is to train to a careful and minute examination and valuation of words, and hence to accuracy and conscientiousness in the use of them; and I have followed, as far as I could, the method of comparison recommended by writers in the Quarterly Journal of Education and in the Educational Times. The Exercises have been used with several classes of learners.
It was found impossible to discuss, with any practical utility, the dramatists, or their representatives in the nineteenth centurythe novelists. The subject here became too large to be treated with justice in a book for beginners; but I have tried to give a short view of the origin of the drama.
By omitting many minor writers, space has been gained for the more thorough treatment of the best authors in our literature. I have discussed no living writers. Where criticism is given at all, it is hoped and meant that it should be correct as far as it goes, but not that the learner should at all regard it as final.
I have dwelt at greater length on, and given longer extracts from, the poets than the prose writers, because it seems to me that in poetry a larger number of opportunities arise for putting questions, as there is a more elaborate form in poetry, and a perpetual series of contrasts between the form and the matter.
I have done what I could to make the book practical and useful in schools, and to make the subject somewhat attractive to the pupil. After this book, Professor Morley's First Sketch, Professor Minto's Manual of English Prose Literature, his Characteristics of English Poets from Chaucer to Shirley, and the larger works of Professor Craik, Professor Morley, and M. Taine, should be read. The critical prefaces to Ward's English Poets may also be read with profit.
The amount of minor detail in this book being considerable, I shall be much obliged to those teachers who use it, if they will be so kind as to send me corrections or suggestions, to the care of the Publishers.-J. M. D. M.
PITERATURE is the collective term for all writings
that are not connected with a special SCIENCE or with the technical details of Art. Wordsworth and De Quincey proposed a division of all books into Books of Knowledge and Books of Power; and to the
latter alone they confined the term Literature. Under Books of Knowledge might be classed works on Science,
Law, Language, and so on; under Books of Power, Poetry, the best Histories, Essays, and others. It is difficult to give any adequate positive definition of the term. The subject, too, is vague ; but it may be fairly described as Man. Literature treats of Man, both as an individual and as a social being. Now the distinctive and differentiating mark of Man is the power of using language.
2. Literature expresses itself in LANGUAGE; as Painting does in Colour, and Sculpture in Stone.
Language consists of (a) Matter and (6) Form. The Matter of a Language consists of Words, and is called its Vocabulary; the Form consists of Changes or Inflections, and of certain Arrangements of Words, and is called its Grammar. From the time when, in the fifth century, the English Language made its appearance in these islands, it has been constantly adding to its stock of Words, and also constantly losing in its stock of Changes. The Matter of the Language has been constantly growing; the Form of the Language as constantly breaking down. There is a vast difference


Over the passed few months CryptoCurrency and Bitcoin specifically have gained a lot of traction and exposure with the public eye.
The first step in obtaining any of these coins is signing up with an exchange.
An exchange is an online platform that will allow you to purchase digital currencies with either fiat (ex. USD) or CryptoCurrency trading pairs (ex. BTC/XRP).
All of these exchanges have different features, pros and cons, verification methods, and other variable aspects that might make choosing an exchange a little harder for you.
Today, I'm going to show you what to look for in the best cryptocurrency exchanges, our favorite exchanges and what they offer.
Before investing in anything anywhere, it is important to do research and make sure that you're trading with a trusted, legitimate, and active source of exchange.
There are scams and irreputable companies in the cryptocurrency space, here are the traits of trusted exchanges.
There are a lot of sources online that provide reviews for exchanges, their history, and some personal experience from the users that might help you form a good idea of what the exchange has in store for you.
Even Reddit and Twitter are good places to look as these exchanges usually possess accounts in those media.
Almost every time you push through a trade a fixed or percentage-based fee will be required to complete the transaction.
Some exchanges have no fees when trading using limits, meaning you set the amount of token you would like to sell at x price.
If that price hits, your trade is pushed through without a fee on certain exchanges such as GDAX.
Most fee information will be listed on the exchanges website.
Exchanges usually have a limited variety of payment methods that you can take advantage of.
If you're planning on using anything specific such as Debit/Credit Cards, ACH Transfers, or Paypal, you should make sure the exchange supports it prior to signing up.
Again, this should be listed on the exchanges site.
As cryptocurrencies get more popular their regulations are getting far stricter.
Now, most exchanges will require you to identify yourself using common information such as name, age, date of birth, etc.
If you want higher withdraw limits or credit card transfers, you'll likely have to send copies of your ID and your Social Security (in U.S).
This is something you want to be prepared for when joining an exchange so check with their verification department(s) first.
Given the influx of regulations in recent months, exchanges are defining borders.
Some won't allow you to trade based on your location, so they can keep things domestic and 'in-house' to prevent any fraudulent activities.
You likely won't be able to access these exchanges but check before signing up to make sure your exchange doesn't disallow your region.
High Volume and Volatility have lead to some exchanges trading marginally higher or lower than others.
There is some arbitrage in the exchange world due to this but for the most part fees make it unprofitable to try to take advantage of an exchange trading 1% higher than your own.
Research to confirm that the exchange you're looking at is somewhat on par with current rates.
Coinbase and GDAX are sister exchanges used for separate purposes, having an account on one means you have one on both.
Trading between them is free and both come with some benefits and some cons.
What they both share is incredible security and reliability.
This was the first exchange I ever used and still use it frequently today.
Seldom have I seen this exchange go down, other than on GDAX months ago during extremely high-volume trading spurts, but unlikely to happen again.
Coinbase allows you, with verification, to buy Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Ethereum with USD/GBP/EUR using Bank Wire, Debit/Credit Card, and PayPal.
Be aware, Coinbase is known to stay in-touch with government entities and will likely send tax information to the IRS or other agencies given you're trading in high-value.
GDAX is the 'active-trader' version of Coinbase and provides great day-trading tools to allow you to make fast, safe, and secure trades with market, limit, and stop trades.
Good Reputation, Fast, Secure, has an 'active-trader' platform.
Slow Customer Support, Heavy Verification, Limited Trading Pairs.
Bittrex is my number one source for trading altcoins.
They have a variety of different cryptocurrency (Over 190+) trading pairs including the renown Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum.
This USA based exchange requires little verification to get started but I have had experiences with the "Basic" verification failing and not being able to trade until I provided "Advanced" verification, SSN and ID photos.
It probably only happened to me but was experienced.
Bittrex has an easy-to-use platform that has made it very simple to trade using limits.
Every token on the platform can be traded against Bitcoin and several of their coins can be traded with USD and USDT (USD Tether).
While most of the operations on the website are fast, they run off Cloudflare which slows the navigation to some website pages.
Nonetheless, Bittrex is an incredibly secure site, and supports several levels of verification and 2FA to prevent your account from being compromised.
If you live in North America, verification has been known to be as quick as 10 minutes and will allow you a withdraw limit of 100BTC in value.
Again, Bittrex is probably the best altcoin exchange available today.
Good Reputation, Secure, Simple to Use, Support.
Can be slow at times, Must have verification.
Gemini has become a very renown exchange since it started being used as the index value for Bitcoin Futures prices on the U.S. equities market.
Although Gemini has very limited trading pairs BTC&ETH/USD and BTC/ETH, this is one of the few exchanges that allow you to buy cryptocurrencies directly from your bank account.
Gemini is very trustworthy and has an incredibly stable platform.
If security is a must, Gemini isn't a bad place to start.
Although it is secure, it comes with a slight flaw, the exchange is not available in some states.
The allowed regions are available on their "Areas of Operation" page and will describe in detail where you can use the exchange and limits based on your area.
This is a good cryptocurrency exchange to get started on if you're new to cryptocurrency space and want a good, secure site to use.
Secure, Nationally Used by Wall St.
Very Limited Trading Pairs, Region Restrictions.
Poloniex is a popular exchange and quite similar to Bittrex, it has a variety of altcoins and cryptocurrency to trade against Bitcoin.
While Poloniex is a fast and secure exchange, I wouldn't go as far as to call it "Beginner Friendly".
It's not extremely complicated to use, but I would recommend getting comfortable with cryptocurrency before taking this on as your next endeavor.
I've heard good things from close investors about using this exchange and they have decent credibility in this realm.
Advanced, Low Limits (Unless Verified).
Binance is a huge exchange but non-native to the U.S. They require little verification for decent withdraw limits.
Binance wears the crown in terms of day-trading.
Their advanced platform has every tool you would ever need for charts, has a theme that is easy on the eyes, and pretty simple to use.
This exchange also has a large community of members that are very close-knit and can help you get started if you're new.
I started using Binance when I wanted to buy some Tron(TRX) and since then I've found it to be one of the more legitimate, well crafted exchanges.
You can also opt-in to pay fees using Binance Coin(BNB) for unbeatably low trading fees.
Although I trust Binance, they are operating outside of the U.S. with little regulation, so take that as you will.
Fast, Tools, Low Fees, Verification.
Kraken has been around for some time now and has proven itself as a high-end exchange.
They have a mobile application that makes it easy to trade on-the-go and has a lot of trading pairs for several renown cryptocurrencies.
This exchange exhibits low fees and a good customer support center.
It is also one of the few that allow you to deposit fiat currencies directly from your bank account, although it will require some verification.
Although it doesn't have as many supported currencies as other exchanges such as Bittrex, they've come to be known as a good and secure source for trading.
Some bad Reviews, Not too beginner friendly.
A lot of people claim that Bitfinex is the most user-friendly exchange they have tried.
Support usually resolves issues within 48 hours, comparative to some exchanges that is notably quick.
They have a number of different trading pairs as well as a likeable and usable platform.
Their fee system is a little different from others and declines as their trading volume rises, which is quickly.
Overall, the fees are low and this is a useful exchange to any cryptocurrency investor and/or trader.
Low Fees, Fast, Good Support.
Custom Fee System, Missing some Great Currencies.
HitBTC is a very popular exchange with over 200 trading pairs, their platform is well-made and has proven itself over time.
It is a UK centered exchange but offers USD, EUR, GBP, and BTC trading pairs amongst a variety of your favorite cryptocurrencies.
Free trading if you place with the order book, also known as limits, and trading on market prices include very low fees.
They also offer a rather good referral program for their site.
Overall the site is secure and pretty fast for most users.
Although, there has been complaints of a lack of support help.
Secure, Many Trading Pairs, Fees.
Support Staff, Have had "Scam" currencies listed.
Bithumb is the largest South Korean exchange, it is responsible for some very high trade volumes in their area and has contributed to the community very often.
There are mixed reviews on the site, I've heard from people personally that they enjoyed it, but there are some bad experiences as well.
They have a good amount of trading pairs but lacking some really good ones.
This exchange is a decent exchange, but if you live in South Korea this should be your go-to.
KuCoin has been around for a while and has proven to be secure and reliable amongst its generation of cryptocurrency exchanges.
It's easy to use and also known as one of the more popular exchanges among the people.
With many trading features it allows you to make transactions with best bid or ask price, as well as stops and limits.
It's a good exchange for both business and individuals.
Although it sounds nearly perfect there are mixed reviews on the exchange for some performance issues.
Still a good choice for ease of use cryptocurrency transactions.
Coinbase/GDAX take the crown for buying Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Their USD wallets are FDIC insured, and it is quite easy to link your bank account and debit/credit cards to their platform.
This gives you the most fiat purchasing options for both Bitcoin and Ethereum that can be transferred to other exchanges in order to buy altcoins.
Binance has proven to me and many others that it has a great platform if you plan on trading every single day.
With basic and advanced trading capabilities whether you're an experienced day trader or a novice day trader, Binance has a variety of tools that can help you read those charts like the back of your hand.
There are a few for this one as over-time many exchanges have proven that they possess world-class cyber security and only have to worry about a small handful of people every breaching them.
Coinbase/GDAX, Bitfinex, and Kraken have been known to be some of the most secure and safe cryptocurrency exchanges out there as of today.
Ever since the Mt. Gox hack in 2011, choosing exchanges that have supreme security and reliability is a must.
There are many great online resources in the cryptocurrency world that contain personal, consumer-sided cryptocurrency exchange reviews and I recommend you check those out as well.
Whether you want direct trading, chart tools, or great platforms, there is an exchange out there that can probably serve your needs.
If you like to keep your portfolio very diverse you may even need to have an account with more than one exchange in order to get tokens that aren't listed elsewhere.
Location is also a big determining factor, it is always wise to choose an exchange closer to you in order to minimize the risk of your exchange becoming restricted locally.
Be prepared to have to go through verifications, especially if you're going to be trading with fiat currencies.


Listen up all you Penguin-haters! This blog is for you!
It hasn't even been 12 hours since the game ended, and already I've seen multiple stories suggesting that this series is a repeat of last year's Cup Finals. That the result will be the same and there is nothing the Penguins can do about it. They can't win four out of five against Detroit.
It's time for all of us to take a reality check. Having lived in Detroit for both the 1997 and 1998 Cup Championships, I can tell you that the attitude of the Red Wings is "We haven't won anything yet." The luxury we have as fans is that we can celebrate early when our teams appear to be winning, but this is getting too extreme. One lucky bounce and two missed calls and this series could easily have been tied at one.
A penalty on Michael Samuelsson for elbowing Matt Cooke in front of the Penguins net after a first-period whistle could have resulted in Malkin's powerplay goal being scored even sooner.
A call on Niklas Kronwall for interference in the second could have resulted in another powerplay goal for the Penguins who were doing almost everything right on the powerplay.
Twice in game two Sidney Crosby found the post. Both times he was less than a quarter-inch away from a goal or from seeing the puck bounce in off a defender or Osgood or a rebound-hungry Penguin.
The Red Wings know that while they did play two great games, their opponent played two great games also. The Wings know that they have to keep playing the way they did in the first two games and hope the matchups don't get the best of them in Pittsburgh. The Wings know that the Penguins erased a 2-0 deficit this year against a very good Washington Capitals team. The Wings know this series is not over until Gary Bettman walks on the ice and presents the 35-pound silver chalice to either Niklas Lidstrom or Sidney Crosby.
The Penguins know they are down, but not out. The Penguins know they have at least two games at Mellon Arena. The Penguins know that they beat Washington in three straight games after falling into that 2-0 hole in the second round. They, like Detroit, know that the series is not over until someone lifts the Cup.
There is a lot of hockey left to play between two very good teams. For those who want to look at the 2-0 lead and say "here we go again," consider the differences this year from last. Pittsburgh scored two goals more than last year, while keeping one goal of the board for Detroit. That's a 2-1 ratio for you non-math experts. While I don't actually expect that to hold over the rest of the series, let's assume it does. That would mean Pittsburgh outscores Detroit 6-3 over the next two games.
Last year Pittsburgh won game three and lost game four. Take away one of Detroit's four goals from last year (they scored two in both games) and add one goal to each game for Pittsburgh. That gives Pittsburgh a win in game three and at least a tie in game four (which means overtime since there are no ties in the playoffs). Just like that we have a series that looks nothing like last year's.
So I'll say it again, to all you Penguin-haters out there: SHUT UP! The series is not over until the Stanley Cup is lifted in the air. Keep cheering for your team and I'll keep cheering for mine and we'll see who wins the race to four.
Oh, and just for the record I could make a list for both teams of crap they have been able to get away with. Kudos to the refs for letting the boys play, but before either side defends their team realize that I can and will attack both equally for things that were either called wrong or weren't called at all. Don't go there!


Liverpool welcome Tottenham to Merseyside on Sunday in what could be most important league game at Anfield in years.
Liverpool vs Tottenham kicks off at 4:30pm (GMT) on Sunday 31st March.
With Manchester City facing Fulham early on Saturday, Liverpool will likely head into Sunday's slash in second place as the pressure begins to tell in the title race.
A win for Jurgen Klopp's side against arguably their roughest remaining League opponents could be the result which sparks a famous season for Liverpool, but a defeat will leave Manchester City in the driving seat for the league title.
As for Spurs, Mauricio Pochettino's men have been dragged into the fight for a top-four finish after a poor run, and need a result to stay on track for Champions League qualification next year.
The two sides have met 53 times in the Premier League. Liverpool edge the results with 24 wins and 15 draws, with Spurs winning 14 times.
The last time the two sides met, Liverpool beat Spurs 2-1 at Wembley last September.
Joe Gomez is back in Liverpool training after nearly four months out with a broken leg.
However, Klopp is unsure whether Trent Alexander-Arnold will be ready as he continues his rehabilitation from a "strange" back injury.
Xherdan Shaqiri is set to return from a groin issue, though Sunday's game comes too soon for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The boss gives key fitness updates ahead of Sunday's game against @SpursOfficial.
Serge Aurier is an outside bet for a return, but unlikely to feature.
🌟 Premier League's back this weekend!
🇬🇧 Can #Liverpool beat the #Spurs this Sunday and maintain their #1 position?
With so much at stake for both sides, expect a nervy game where one mistake could decide things.
Liverpool have not been at their best in 2019, and Spurs have hit a rocky patch. A draw is most likely, but don't bet against either Mohamed Salah or Harry Kane having the final say as the game opens up in the second half.
There was more late action in the reverse encounter at Wembley back in September when Erik Lamela's 93rd-minute goal made for a nervy end in a 2-1 victory for Jurgen Klopp's team.
Fans are advised against leaving early on Sunday, particularly as Spurs have seen goals scored in the final 10 minutes of seven of their last nine matches.


You can count this as a 10 year market entry, 3 year market push, sudden industry adoption, or simply hard work. In the mean time, Sonos and a host of other companies made inroads into this marketplace with good products. They key takeaway here? Nothing is "easy" and nothing is instant with innovations. What many call simple and obvious developments always have an adoption curve.
Apple has always suffered from the open vs. closed licensing model. While this battle still rages on, Apple has been clever in using some technology to it's advantage, or more importantly, removing technology. CD/DVD drives, SD cards, Removable batteries are just a few of the technologies Apple decided to abandon, and the list goes on. Where they struggle is magnetic power connector, lightning ports, unique cables, and special protocols they do primary development on and push into partners chip designs etc. One could hope that Apple could pick and choose better which innovations to release without huge fees. If they could better strike that balance, I see innovations like Airplay will be more common for the good of both Apple and the general consumer.