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2019 Newsletter week 20
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Five Questions to Spiros Paschalis, CEO Attica Group
Challenges, new vessels and expansion.
A week ago, Ferry Shipping News was in Greece, giving the opportunity to have a conversation with Spiros Paschalis.
Read the full interview here
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MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO Officially Presented In Genoa By Onorato Armatori
15 May, in the port of Genoa, Onorato Armatori publicly presented the new ro-ro ship MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO built by Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft and long-term chartered (8 years) from the owner Siem.
The vessel is set to be deployed by Tirrenia on the Genoa – Livorno – Catania – Malta rotation.
This is the sixth ro-ro ship that FSG has delivered to Siem and is identical in construction to the sister ship ALF POLLAK, also taken in bare boat charter by Onorato Armatori and then sub-chartered to DFDS.
Fitted with scrubbers, those sister ships are among the newest and most modern ferries currently deployed in the Mediterranean area, accommodating up to 310 semi-trailers and has a capacity of 4,076 lane metres.
Onorato Armatori is negotiating with Siem the charter also of a third sister ships, named LEEVSTEN today, successfully launched and due to be delivered by the German shipyard in September 2019.
HSC GOLDEN EXPRESS Goes to Golden Star Ferries
Finally, Golden Star Ferries took over the HSC GOLDEN EXPRESS (5.903gt/1998) after the collapse of the agreement reached -in October 2018- with the rival Fast Ferries. The ship has already been painted in the colours of Golden Star Ferries and has already been dry docked at Spanopoulos Group's new Greek shipyards in Ambelakia, Salamis. Also, her new stern ramps have already been placed since 3 May.
The ship is expected to be introduced on the Rafina – Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Koufonissi-Amorgos run on 10 June.
Busy Schedule for HSC SUPER SPEED
On 10 May the Golden Star Ferries' trimaran, SUPER SPEED was introduced on the Piraeus -Paros – Naxos – Mykonos – Tinos – Rafina – Andros – Tinos – Mykonos – Naxos – Paros – Piraeus run.
She was purchased from the Croatian Krilo Ferry in October 2017, while during the summer season of 2018 she served the Volos-Sporades-Thessaloniki run. This year she is making a fresh start, performing a peculiar and clever run to the Cyclades.
SUPER SPEED was built in Australia (2002). She is 853gt (269 dwt), 54.5m long, 15.08m wide and 2m draught. Her carrying capacity is for 400 passengers. She has 3 MTU 16V4000 engines (6,960 kW) as well as 2 Kamewa 63 SII waterjets. Her maximum speed is 35 knots.
LNG Catamarans Rederij Doeksen On Their Way to The Netherlands
Rederij Doeksen's new LNG vessels are on their way to the Netherlands. The SUN RISE left Vung Tau (Vietnam), where the two LNG catamarans were built, on 8 March. The vessels are expected this month in the Netherlands and will, from January 2020, carry out service to and from the Dutch Wadden islands of Terschelling and Vlieland.
These vessels will be the first single fuel LNG ferries in the Netherlands and the very first ships in the world where single fuel LNG engines are directly driven by a fixed propeller.
In 2016, Rederij Doeksen commissioned the Australian firm Strategic Marine to build two new cats. Dutch design agency Vripack signed for the design of interior and exterior.
Both will be powered by the new mobile 16-cylinder single-fuel gas engines MTU has developed. This engine is the first single-fuel high-speed gas engine that can directly and mechanically drive a fixed pitch propeller, with transient acceleration capabilities comparable to that of a typical high-speed diesel engine.
The waste heat recovery system applied to the LNG-vessels (designed by Orcan Energy, Munich) covers the entire energy demand for the intensive operation to supply electric power to bow thrusters when maneuvering in harbour. The result is that using the two efficiency packs means an annual CO2 reduction of 318 tonnes for each – a saving of 260,000 litres of fuel and 462,600 kWh a year.
The project actively contributes to the theme 'Sustainable development of ports and energy transition' from the Pioneers program Waddenfonds 2012-2013. The Waddenfonds awarded Rederij Doeksen a subsidy of € 1,207,500 for this new construction project.
New Route by Swedish-Croatian Ferry Start-up
Adriatic Fast Ferries d.o.o. is a new Croatian ferry company founded by former Jadrolinija CEO Alan Klanac and Swedish shipping and travel entrepreneur Ralph Axelson (ex-owner of HSC EXPRESS, recently sold to the Greek Panagiotakis/Stefanou families for crossings out of Rafina).
The ferry company will operate the brand Splitexpress.com with the high-speed ferry ADRIATIC EXPRESS. She was built for Red Funnel in 1998 and can take 170 passengers.
The unique route links Split Airport with Split Town, Bol (Brac) and Stari Grad (Hvar).
FRS No Longer A Candidate To Operate The Northern Isles Ferry Service
Only Serco Northlink and CalMac are candidates for the GBP 370 million contract currently tendered by government agency Transport Scotland, after FRS decided to pull out. The two remaining candidates submitted tender on 29 April. Now Transport Scotland has to take a decision.
The contract is starting on 31 October and lasts eight years.
Damen Shipyards Group Opens New Engineering Centre in Helsinki
Damen has established a presence in Finland for the first time. The Helsinki office has been set up to take advantage of the depth of engineering expertise that exists in the country following the group's entry last year into building large vessels for the Ro-Pax, Cruise and Offshore markets via its new Romanian yard, Damen Shipyards Mangalia. The new office will augment and extend Damen's engineering capability in this market segment.
Finland was selected as the location because, along with Italy, Germany and France, it is one of the leading countries in the world in the design and build of cruise and ro-pax vessels; this in combination with particular expertise in ice-class vessels, a growing segment of the cruise market.
Port Of Kiel First Cold Ironing Facility Officially Inaugurated At The Norwegenkai
On 9 May the shore power facility was declared open by the Minister-President of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Daniel Günther, the German Federal Government's Coordinator for the Maritime Industry, Norbert Brackmann, and the Lord Mayor of Kiel Dr Ulf Kämpfer along with Dr Dirk Claus, the Managing Director of Seehafen Kiel GmbH & Co. KG) and Trond Kleivdal, Board Chairman of the Color Line.
With immediate effect, the Color Line's big cruise-ferries can now be supplied with electric power from on shore.
New Second Lock for Port of Zeebrugge
The regional government of Flanders has decided to invest EUR 1 billion in a new lock for the Port of Zeebrugge.
The increased traffic justifies a second lock. Zeebrugge is the number one player for ro-ro car traffic, with many PCTC's calling at the inner harbour.
The large new lock will be built in the area on the site of the old Visart lock.


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Rowan Atkinson Net Worth 2023
Updated on: January 23, 2023 by Stefan Jackson
Name: Rowan Atkinson
Salary: $12 Million +
Monthly Income: $1 Million +
Height: 1.81 m (5' 9")
Weight: 80 kg or 178 lbs.
1. Rowan Atkinson Net worth
2. Rowan Atkinson Car Collection
3. Rowan Atkinson Net Worth Growth
4. Rowan Atkinson Biography
5. Rowan Atkinson Relationship & More
6. Rowan Atkinson Social Media Accounts
7. Some Unknown Facts about Rowan Atkinson
8. Frequently Asked Questions
Rowan Atkinson Net Worth, Biography, Age, Wife, Height, Weight, and many more details can be checked on this page. Rowan Atkinson is an English actor, comedian, and writer who has a net worth of $160 Million. Rowan Atkinson, also known as Mr. Bean is an actor, screenwriter, and comedian who has a net worth of around $160 million. Before knowing where he get so much money and how it came from, let us know who Mr. Bean is after all. By the way, let us tell you about a funny or if be it dangerous incident related to Mr. Bean.
It went something like this he was traveling in a private jet with his family when the pilot fainted, Mr. Bean went to him, gave him three or four slaps and he came to his senses and the jet landed easily. Don't misunderstandings after seeing the character of Mr. Bean, Mr. Bean is a very intelligent person in real life. By the way, you may not know, but three-time British Prime Minister Tony Blair used to be his classmate. Also, check Jim Florentine Net Worth.
Rowan Atkinson Net worth
The famous Actor, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) has a net worth of $160 Million. According to various online resources (Wikipedia, Forbes, IMDB), the most popular Actor (Rowan Atkinson) estimated a net worth of around $160 Million.
Name Rowan Atkinson
Net Worth (2023) $160 Million
Monthly Income And Salary $1 Million +
Yearly Income And Salary $12 Million +
Last Updated 2023
Rowan Atkinson Car Collection
Rowan Atkinson is passionate about cars and also participated in many races in the past years. Mr. Bean Car collection features a Honda NSX, Jaguar Mk7, Aston Martin DB2, vintage Ford Falcon, 1939 BMW 328, and Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe. Not only does Rowan Atkinson have a superb collection of luxury cars, but he also knows how to drive them. Rowan Atkinson recorded the 2nd fastest time ever documented on the track at Top Gear in his F1.
Rowan Atkinson Net Worth Growth
Net Worth in 2023 $160 Million
Rowan Atkinson Biography
Mr. Bean was born on 6 January 1955 in Newcastle, England. His early studies took place in Newcastle and after that, he joined Oxford where he got a degree in Electrical Engineering. While in Oxford, he started doing small roles. His fame from small theater reached the BBC and he got a small comedy show on BBC Radio. To appear in front of the camera from behind the mic, he wrote a series called Nine O'Clock in 1981 and presented it to the BBC. Now check Mr bean's net worth below.
The BBC happily accepted this and gave Mr. Bean his first on-camera role. After this, he continued to get work from BBC and ITV. Their journey reached 1990 when he got the job for which the world knows him today. In 1990, his TV series came, which was named Mr. Bean, from then till today no one knows him by his real name, everyone likes to call him Mr. Bean. You must read Eddie Murphy Net Worth.
Real Name Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE
Nick Name: Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean)
Birth Place: Consett, United Kingdom
Date Of Birth/Birthday: 6 January 1955
Height/How Tall: In Centimetres – 1.81 m
In Feet and Inches – 5′ 11″
In Pounds – 178 lbs.
Hair Colour: Medium brown
Education: The Queen's College, University of Oxford, Newcastle University, St Bees School, The Chorister School
Kids/Children Name: Lily Sastry, Benjamin Atkinson, Isla Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson Relationship & More
Affairs Not know
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Partner Louise Ford (2014–)
Spouse Sunetra Sastry (m. 1990–2015)
Divorce Sunetra Sastry (2015)
Children Lily Sastry, Benjamin Atkinson, Isla Atkinson
Father Ella May Bainbridge
Mother Eric Atkinson
Siblings Rodney Atkinson, Rupert Atkinson, and Paul Atkinson
You already know that Rowan Atkinson's net worth is around $160 million, but did you know that Mr. Bean is very sensitive to cars? He is so fond of cars that he writes columns for various automobile magazines from time to time. He has everything from Mercedes-Benz BMWs to Aston Martins, and you can see many of these cars in his movies and TV series as he uses his own cars in these projects as well.
Rowan Atkinson Social Media Accounts
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Some Unknown Facts about Rowan Atkinson
Does Rowan Atkinson Smoke? Yes
Does Rowan Atkinson Drink Alcohol? Yes
Rowan Atkinson takes great care of his health. Rowan Atkinson eats food before 9 at night.
Many people think that Rowan Atkinson has got awards in Comedian, which is somewhat wrong because Rowan Atkinson was an amazing car driver in school life. He has won many medals and awards for his own art.
Rowan Atkinson is very fond of playing volleyball and tennis.
Rowan Atkinson loves watching football.
Rowan Atkinson himself has said that his crush is Rowan Atkinson. Whom he has loved since childhood.
Not only this, British royalty does not perform any ceremony without him. So this was the story of Mr. Bean. You stay with us and keep knowing about other celebrities in the world.
What is the net worth of Rowan Atkinson?
Rowan Atkinson's total net worth is around $160 million.
How old is Rowan Atkinson?
Currently, Rowan Atkinson is 68 years old (6 January 1955).
How much does Rowan Atkinson make annually?
Rowan Atkinson earns an estimated salary of $12 Million per Year.
What is the Height of Rowan Atkinson?
The height of Rowan Atkinson is 1.81 m (5′ 9″).
What is the name of Rowan Atkinson's Wife?
The name of Rowan Atkinson's wife is Sunetra Sastry (m. 1990–2015).
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Aegis software will be helping to bring the Internet to new areas of the world. Our customer Raven Aerostar is a world leading designer and manufacturer of aerospace technologies including high-altitude balloons. Google is working with Raven in Project Loon, where networks of balloons are intended to deliver wireless broadband internet to millions of users in otherwise inaccessible locations.
Assembling the base balloon units is a highly intensive and large area manual assembly process. Currently, overall process control comprises a variety of manual data collection points; data is compiled after various processes complete, and actionable data is not available in real time. While this has been adequate for ramping up, Raven Aerostar's management recognizes that paper-based instructions and manual data collection will be insufficient for the anticipated level of volume production.
Accordingly, Raven Aerostar is investing in an Aegis FactoryLogix MOS system designed to facilitate large-scale production. Files and data bases not providing real-time, actionable data for continuous process improvement will be reduced or eliminated. Test and defect collection will be handled electronically through Aegis' browser and used to provide real-time alerts to Raven management. Revision-controlled manufacturing assembly instructions will be delivered in an intelligent paperless documentation environment. Routing sequences – including repair and rework - through inspection and test and on to packaging and shipment preparation will be electronically enforced. Aegis' standard chart & report templates and real-time dashboards will provide visibility to key performance indicators.


In the Asian gallery, a slab, monument to repetition, solidly meditative: immortal souls seated on lotuses. My friend remarks on the tedium--do you suppose the guy carving this went home each night and reported his progress to his wife?
We calculate: eleven souls down by twenty across times two, minus one row on one side plus two narrow sides eight down, three across…though the stele's broken, missing a few of the blessed, we figure the figures although we know that an accounting (or counting) is not the purpose. Nor is art the purpose; repetition a form of discipline, contemplation via uniformity, surprise residing through near-indiscernible differences.
The sculptor's fist warm and human, the chisel handheld, handmade.
Ann E. Michael grew up loving art and art museums but, after many years of art school, realized she lacked the temperament and ability to be an artist. She also loved literature and writing, however, and is now writing coordinator at DeSales University and author of several chapbooks and the collection Water-Rites.


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Trump's Travel Ban Forces Elderly Green Card-Holder to Stay in Iraq. She Died the Next Day (Updated: Family Imam Says Story is a Lie, She Actually Died Before the Ban)
Her son, a U.S. citizen, had worked with U.S. Special Forces as a contractor and interpreter during the Iraq War.
Anthony Fisher | 2.1.2017 10:32 AM
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Mike Hager—an Iraqi-born U.S. citizen who fled his birth country during the first Gulf War, lived in a refugee camp for four years, and finally settled with his family in the U.S. in 1995—says his mother died in Iraq over the weekend after being denied entry back to the States, despite possessing a green card.
(UPDATE: Fox2 Detroit reports Hager's imam, Husham Al-Hussainy, says Hager's mother died five days before President Trump's executive order banning travel from Iraq and six other countries was implemented. Hager has not provided additional comment at this time.)
Hager told Fox2 Detroit that he, his 75-year-old mother, Naimma, and several other green card-holding relatives had been visiting family in Iraq, but were prevented from boarding a U.S.-bound plane at the airport, as a direct result of President Trump's executive order banning all visitors from seven countries—including Iraq. Trump's ban is set to last for 90 days, ostensibly to allow the U.S. government to ferret out "individuals with terrorist ties and stopping them from entering the United States."
Among his family only Hager, a U.S. citizen, was allowed to travel.
"I was just shocked," Hager said to Fox2, "I had to put my mom back on the wheelchair and take her back and call the ambulance and she was very very upset. She knew right there if we send her back to the hospital she's going to pass away - she's not going to make it."
By all appearances, Hager is the complete opposite of the secret jihadist embedded with refugees that exists in Trump's fantasies. Hager fled a war zone, became a U.S. citizen and business owner, and volunteered to work with the U.S. military during the Iraq War as a contractor and interpreter—even surviving getting shot in the back. He and his family appear to be a model of refugees, striving for and attaining the American Dream.
Hager believes his mother would have survived had she made it back to the States and received better medical care than was available to her in Iraq. In his grief, Hager is now is left to worry about if and when his nieces and nephews—also green card holders—will be permitted back into the U.S.
"This is our home. We've been here for too long, we've been here since we were kids," Hager told Fox2.
My Reason colleague Eric Boehm profiled an Iranian-American family—specifically an Iranian-born green card holder and his 66-year-old mother—who are left wondering if they'll ever be able to visit each other again thanks to the confused language and blunt implementation of Trump's executive order. Boehm writes:
Trump's immigration policy deems a 66-year-old grandmother to be such a threat to the safety of the United States that she doesn't even have the chance to look immigration officials in the eye and assure them that she's not a terrorist. It's a policy that will keep her from being able to visit her son and daughter-in-law, and may even keep her from ever looking at her grandchild.
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Toshiba America Business Solutions, a leader in digital technology, is seeking a Senior Outside Sales Account Executive, to support the Boston, MA marketplace. Toshiba is an industry leader in equipment, digital displays, document security, and software solutions that keep businesses running brilliantly and efficiently.
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Q: Obtener último registro de BBDD con Entity Framework en C# Me encuentro rellenando los campos de una tabla con datos que he recogido de un excel, uno de los campos es ID_C, el cual quiero rellenar obteniendo el último ID_Cregistrado en BBDD y sumarle uno, esto lo quiero hacer en mi código de C#.
No sé como puedo obtener el número del último ID_Cpara poder sumarle uno y que el nuevo registro se guarde con ese resultado.
 public bool AddCust(List<REGISTRO_CARGA> listaDoc)
    {
        bool ok = false;

        using (ABCEntities contexto = new ABCEntities())
        {
            using (var transaction = contexto.Database.BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.Serializable))
            {
                try
                {
                    REGISTRO_CARGA newdoc;

                    foreach (REGISTRO_CARGA d in listaDoc)
                    {
                        newdoc = new REGISTRO_CARGA_()
                        {
                            LOCALIZACION = d.LOCALIZACION,
                            UBICACION = d.UBICACION,
                            USUARIO = d.USUARIO,
                            //ID_C= d.ID_C

                        };

                        contexto.REGISTRO_CARGA.Add(newdoc);

                    }
                    contexto.SaveChanges();

                    //falta hacer BACKUP BBDD
                    foreach (REGISTRO_CARGA) ;

                        contexto.SaveChanges();

                    transaction.Commit();
                    ok = true;

                }

                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    eLog.RegistrarError(ex);
                    transaction.Rollback();
                    ok = false;
                }

            }

        }

A: Para obtener el ultimo registro usando entity framework usas el Max(), o algo como esto
int lastId = contexto.REGISTRO_CARGA.Max(x=> x.ID_C);

a ese valor le puede sumar uno y lo asignas al insertar
foreach (REGISTRO_CARGA d in listaDoc)
{
    int lastId = contexto.REGISTRO_CARGA.Max(x=> x.ID_C);

    newdoc = new REGISTRO_CARGA_()
    {
        LOCALIZACION = d.LOCALIZACION,
        UBICACION = d.UBICACION,
        USUARIO = d.USUARIO,
        ID_C = lastId
    };

    //resto codigo

en cada iteracion obtienes el proximo Id
saludos

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2017 vs 2018? - The unofficial Honda Forum and Discussion Board Forums For Honda automobile and motorcycle enthusiasts.
In my area I can purchase a yet-to-built 2018 RTL-E for $38,500 + freight. Another dealer has a 2017 RTL-E with 2400 miles. The car was apparently used by Honda corporate and was built in August 2016. That dealer is still asking $38,000 for the 2017. Adding in the freight charge for the new car, the difference is $1,500.
I'd like to know your thoughts as to whether that discount would be enough for you to go for the 2017. If not, what is the price point at which the 2017 is too good a deal to pass up?
The use Ridgeline is over priced.
Will 2014 Ridgeline wheels fit 2017?
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Camera IconCanada will test all air passengers, apart from those from the US, for COVID-19 upon arrival. Credit: AP
Canada bans more countries over Omicron
Rob GilliesAP
Canada is banning foreign nationals from three more countries because of concerns about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
All air passengers arriving in the country, apart from those from the US, will have to be tested for COVID-19 upon arrival and will have to self-isolate until they get the results of their test.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada is banning all foreign nationals who have travelled through Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt because of concerns about the Omicron variant.
Canada had already announced a ban on foreign nationals from seven countries in southern Africa. Canadians who have visited the 10 countries will have to be tested and quarantine.
The Canadian province of Alberta also confirmed its first case of Omicron in an individual who had travelled from Nigeria and the Netherlands.
Dr Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, says the person is asymptomatic.
Alberta is the third province in Canada to report the presence of the Omicron variant.
Ontario announced its first cases on Sunday and Quebec reported its first case on Monday.


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Enjoy our comfortable customer lounge while you wait for your service to be completed. You will enjoy freshly brewed coffee, fresh fruits and snacks, today's newspapers, cable television, wireless internet service, a children's playroom equipped with video games, current monthly magazines, and vending machines.
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Shuttle off to work or home with our courtesy shuttle. Leaving at 7:30am, 9:30am and 12:30pm every weekday. Shuttle is also available to pick you up once your vehicle is completed.
We have a before hours and after hours dropbox located next to the entrance doors leading to our service drive. Just fill out the envelope and park your vehicle along the side of the building. We will contact you during the day to confirm the work that is to be performed.
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Your vehicle will be washed and the front carpets will be vacuumed every time your vehicle is in to see us. In the event our car wash is broken or the weather does not permit us to wash your vehicle, you will be given a voucher for a free car wash whenever you next need one.
Don't trust just anyone with your Honda. Our technicians receive the latest and most current training from American Honda. We utilize the most recent service bulletins and American Honda's technical assistance hotline. Our technicians participate in the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence testing and certification program.
We use original (OEM) parts. This ensures you of a proper fit and function and comes with a twelve month or 12,000 mile warranty on parts and labor.


Renault Breakers (RENBreakers) are an established Renault Breakers Yard in the heart of Suffolk, Ipswich specialising in Renault used car parts, fully authorised by the Environment Agency. We store thousands of parts and spares and will buy used Renault cars for top prices. As specialists in salvage we carry an extensive stock of all vehicle parts, from engines and gearboxes, to body panels and interiors.


Climate change is causing havoc in weather systems around our world, as evidenced by record temperature swings last year. We're concerned about this for a number of reasons, including the effect that climate change is already having on food production around the world.
From Phish Food to Chocolate Fudge Brownie, chocolate is the foundation of many Ben & Jerry's flavours. A study by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture points out that an increase of 2.3 degrees Celsius in West Africa by 2050 would make the region too warm to grow cocoa. A recent Earth Security Index report showed that unsustainable farming practices over the past 4 decades have already taken a bite out of 40% of land available for cocoa crops. Climate change is putting pressure on this shaky production model by exacerbating droughts worldwide. Farmers dependent on this crop for their survival are turning to more resilient plants, or just giving up cocoa overall. What happens in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire— which account for around 60% of the world's chocolate production alone— may spell chocolate disaster for ice cream everywhere.
From walnuts to pistachios, the nutty texture of flavours like Chunky Monkey are facing a serious, ahem, crunch. It turns out that nut trees adapted to temperate regions require a winter chill to stimulate spring growth. That sort of weather is looking like it will be in short supply with the intensifying temperatures in key nut growing regions including California, southeastern U.S., China and Australia. Already, the loss of winter chill has hit nut crops in Israel, Morocco, Tunisia and the Cape region of South Africa. Tree crops, unlike ground crops, take a lot longer to plant and reach maturity, making it relatively impossible to relocate when the weather changes. It won't be adaptation, it'll be starting over. That's a tough nut to crack.
Those spiking temperatures are also causing problems for the humble, if totally misnamed, legume that's critical for flavours like Peanut Butter Cup. We count on peanut butter for its consistently smooth texture, but the peanut plant itself is fickle, requiring consistent temps and just the right amount of rainfall to flourish. A severe southwest dry out in 2011 shriveled the year's U.S. crop, sending prices shooting up 40%. Unfortunately, the 2013 National Climate Assessment from the U.S. Global Change Research Program predicts that climate change will lead to hotter and drier summers for the southern states that are the main peanut producers in the U.S. Gnarly price increases could make peanut butter an elite delicacy.
Will these ingredients disappear? We certainly hope not. Join us in putting a stop to climate change and protecting these flavours from the "Endangered Pints List."


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When her husband keels over from a stroke, Raynelle Slocumb calls the entire clan together to remember their dearly departed. Family tensions reach a comedic boil as the wildly dysfunctional Slocumbs squabble and fight their way to the funeral.
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Audi celebrates with limited edition R8
Jul 23, 2020 | Car Reviews and Releases, Used Cars in George
The R8 is an icon of modern Audi design and the brand is now producing a limited edition version of its renowned V10 supercar.
Originally launched back in 2006, the R8 has endured. Using lessons learned from Lamborghini, which Audi owns, the R8 showed what was possible when Italian design meets German engineering.
The second-generation R8 launched in 2015 and that model range is now close to the end of its lifecycle. To mark its maturity, Audi is discontinuing the basic R8 and marketing a limited edition of 30 R8 V10 Performance derivatives.
Features of the R8
Distinguishing the limited-edition R8 are a lot of carbon-fibre bits. Audi has added composite trim to the engine cover surround and side blades. Red brake callipers contrast with the limited-edition R8's carbon-fibre exterior styling upgrades.
Inside these 30 limited-edition R8s, there is more composite detailing. Audi has added carbon-fibre to the instrument binnacle and air vents. The R8 limited-edition also gets a factory-fitted flat-bottom steering wheel, which creates better ergonomic knee clearance for taller drivers.
A pure driving experience
Beyond the interior and exterior updates, Audi has also added some mechanical upgrades to the limited edition R8. A carbon-fibre suspension sway bar component, trims 2kg in weight and works a treat with Audi's magnetic ride dampers, which have variable adjustment – allowing a driver to tailor suspension feel to road conditions.
Powering the R8 is Audi's legendary 5.2-liter V10 engine. Unlike most other supercars, which are turbocharged, the R8's V10 remains naturally-aspirated, which allows for much higher crank speeds. For enthusiasts who desire the linear power delivery of an engine which can spin to 8000rpm, the R8's V10 is peerless.
With outputs of 419kW and 550Nm, the R8 V10 limited edition is very quick. Audi claims that its limited edition R8 is good for 0-100kph in 3.4 seconds and will run a true top speed of 324kph. The R8 V10 limited edition balances its performance with a Quattro all-wheel drive system and should be effortlessly easy to drive in traffic too, with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
For keen followers of the Audi brand, and those looking to invest in a supercar which could appreciate in value, the R8 limited edition will pique interest. With Audi limiting production to only 30 units, the dynamics of scarcity equalling value, will almost certainly ensure that these R8s will surge in price.
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Paul Gosar-- Still Not Indicted For Inciting The Riot On 1/6
Imagine if you had to say, "I am Paul Gosar's brother." Gosar's siblings have never been political allies of his brand of neo-fascism and have been speaking out about it for years. Yesterday, the Republican Accountability Project released a new ad featuring Gosar's brothers and sister again telling Arizona voters what a dangerous monster their brother is. You should watch it. His constituents certainly won't.
Gosar's district, AZ-04, is the most politically backward and reddest (R+21) in Arizona. It includes some Phoenix exurbs but is basically almost all of western Arizona-- Prescott, Kingman, Colorado City, Jerome-- bordering on Utah, Nevada and California and ends at Yuma, just a few miles from the Mexican border. This past cycle Trump beat Biden there 68.0% to 30.6%, by far, Trump's best performance in the state. When you read about rogue tribes of Mormon extremists who have multiple wives and child brides in closed off rural communities with no paved roads... that's Gosar's district. There are all or parts of 7 counties. Not one is even politically competitive. Most of the voters live in Yavapai (R+32), Mohave (R+51) and Pinal (R+28). Gosar was reelected in November with 69.7%.
He is certainly one of the most far right extremists in Congress-- and he is a relatively good reflection of the voters in his almost 90% white district. (Ironically, Gosar lives in lovely Flagstaff, which is another world entirely from the rural, backward 4th congressional district.)
The point of the new ad is to make sure voters know that Gosar , who hasn't been indicted yet, was one of the instigators of the violent, failed Trump coup on 1/6. His sister Jennifer doesn't beat around the bush. In the ad she says "There is no one member of Congress more responsible for the attack on the Capitol than Congressman Paul Gosar... He should be held accountable for all the lies he told that led to the attack on the Capitol on January 6th."
Gosar was one of 3 members of Congress-- the other two being Lauren Boebert and Mo Brooks-- who should be investigated by the House Ethics Committee for aiding and abetting the insurrectionists. Pramila: "It is critical for the functioning of Congress-- and therefore the functioning of our democracy-- that this investigation is conducted. I urge the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics to thoroughly investigate Representatives Boebert, Brooks, and Gosar's conduct, and refer any appropriate findings to the Department of Justice."
Gosar doesn't do anything for his constituents--other than stoking their bigotry and hatred-- but he is always in the news for speaking at white nationalist rallies and QAnon events. If you haven't done so yet, watch the video.
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With the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) threatening to get tough on celebrities and influencers who fail to disclose commercial brand deals on their social channels, the spotlight remains locked on the shady side of the influencer game.
Of course, it's here to stay, whether enforcement action comes next month or next year from the Government body or the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
Influencers have tourism high on their list of favourite playgrounds.
A UK survey earlier this year from CampaignDeus revealed travel as the fastest growing sector for influencer marketing next to fitness – with a growth in the first half of the year of 4.4%. Another survey from Schofields suggested that over 40% of under 33s now see 'Instagrammability' as a key factor when considering a travel destination.
It's easy for travel marketing to get itself in a froth over all sorts of stuff influencer related and as usual it stems from the question that keeps manic marketers up at night.
We are used to the world changing so incredibly fast and the techies, the geeks, the commentators, the investors, the speculators, the tools (the analytical breed!) are all fuelling the angst. 'It's moving on, it's all changing, hang on tight,' they say, like some revelatory moment is about to strike.
It's ironic that many in the sector are asking what's the next innovation in influencer marketing, when they haven't even got a solid, consistent and long-term influencer strategy working effectively yet. So, hold on. Take a deep breath and just for a minute, give yourself a rest from the soothsayers, doom merchants and the vested interests.
The issues are indeed there – like the plague of fake and inflated followers and boosting bots – but as the discipline evolves, so too do the data and insight tools to help you identify and verify the validity and relevance (not just reach) of a given influencer. There's dozens of options now. They will give you audience insights, demographics, reach and average engagement rates per post, the interests and imperatives of the followers, to let you judge how real and relevant someone is.
Tools aside, it's nuts when you hear of brands being conned by an influencer – there's little excuse for not doing your homework properly. These are not mere endorsements – they should be considered meaningful collaborations. And we should look at them as long term rather than a one-off series of posts.
The process of setting up and negotiating good influencer partnerships can take literally months, so why would you not get every bit of available information you can on the relevance of the influencer either directly or through their agent?
Ask them open and transparent questions about their engagement, their successes and failures, their beliefs, their likes and dislikes. Have they worked with similar brands in the past and how did their content perform? You can look at their page views, but don't forget reads and time on the page and perhaps most importantly, audience sentiment; how are their fans reacting to their posts? For some influencers, you'll notice comment sections filled with 'oh, another sponsored post' and for others, followers who are actively discussing their affinity – or new interest – in the brand in question.
Our teams are recommending a greater mix of influencers these days to clients, depending on the interests of the influencer and their followers. We are currently live with a travel booking site and are mixing lifestyle, family, foodies, drinkies, fashionistas to reflect the broad audience demographic we are trying to hit. There's a lot to be said for introducing an influencer to an experience they have not had before.
It's simple editorial nous. And is it wrong to expect a well-honed storytelling ability among influencers themselves or are they just about beauty and aspiration? It is a much-overused term these days, but in chasing authenticity, I want influencers who get it and know how to tell a story in a real-life way not just 'instaglamming' as part of their La La Land, overly manicured, manipulated and manufactured view of the world.
Look for the ones who get the story and how to tell it given your brand objectives and back story, your tonality – they are the ones to work with.
There is a general point here also that we should be integrating our influencer work into the broader mix, so that we create a more holistic campaign aligning with events, PR, paid for and seasonal promotions.
Do your homework and do it properly – look beyond follower numbers to investigate engagement rates, past brand collaborations and fan reactions/sentiment when deciding which influencers to partner with.
Forget instant gratification – travel marketing in particular is about the long-game; it's unlikely for a user to see an Instagram post and immediately book a holiday, but when the time comes to book a holiday, a user is far more likely to look back on an influencer's feed to see where they've been recently.
Influencers don't control their reach – as algorithms continue to impact post reach and make it difficult to predict how far a post will go, it is increasingly important to look at the engagement rates and fan reactions to determine success and relative ROI.


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Wales reflects on Netball Europe Open Championships 2017
After what was an outstanding four days of competitive netball in Cardiff, Welsh Netball would firstly like to thank the incredible team of volunteers that helped to make the Netball Europe Open Championship possible. We are grateful to all of the players, coaches, physios, managers, umpires, officials ball girls and boys and, of course, fans, who all contributed to what was a fantastic showcase for our sport. We would also like to thank Mark Perkins who did a fabulous job as our announcer!
We would particularly like to thank the staff of Sport Wales who helped us to stage the event. We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Paul Garrett on Friday afternoon. Paul had worked for Sport Wales for 30 years and was a friend and colleague to those who work for Welsh Netball. Sport Wales staff continued to perform their duties in helping Welsh Netball stage the competition and are extremely grateful for their support in what were very challenging circumstances.
This year, the Netball Europe title was retained by England as they went unbeaten throughout the four days of competition. After overcoming Wales, both Scotland and Northern Ireland were left to fight it out for the silver medal on the final day of competition. Northern Ireland prevailed in a very tight encounter and there was further joy for the players in green as goal-shooter Lisa Bowman was awarded the Player of the Tournament prize.
It was wonderful to welcome Fiji to Wales for the very first time and we hope that they and their passionate fans enjoyed their time in Cardiff. It was also great to witness Leila Thomas and Christina Shaw being awarded their very first senior caps for Wales!
Ultimately, it was a disappointing tournament for Wales. Despite a comprehensive victory over Fiji, Wales were beaten in a closely contested game against Scotland and narrowly lost out to Northern Ireland. Given just how close the match between the Thistles and NI was, Wales may look back with regret on some missed opportunities.
Welsh coach, Trish Wilcox made an honest assessment of the Welsh performance at the tournament. She said: "We are disappointed with our final placing at Netball Europe. We had our opportunities in both the Northern Ireland and Scotland game however errors at critical moments let us down."
However, she was pleased that the team had taken opportunities to introduce new players: "Positives were the amount of exposure we gave to our young under 21 players coming through who would have grown so much from the experience to take forwards into the Netball World Cup Qualifying campaign. Our focus is now solidifying our combinations and connections so that our links are tight by January. "
Her thoughts were echoed by wing-defence, Nia Jones who is looking forward to the future with the squad. She said: "I have absolutely belief that this squad of players is a work in progress. The exposure this week has been invaluable, and we will be better and wiser come the big one in January [World Cup qualifiers]."
She also thanked the fans and volunteers for their "passionate support" during the tournament.
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Meet The British Underground
It's cold, dark, you can barely see two meters in front of you, and you're diving alone. Oh, and there's a sump up ahead. Welcome to the British Underground! Not exactly a scooter-ride in the warm, clear, stalactite studded caves that lay beneath Riviera Maya. Here British caver and training officer for the Somerset Section of the Cave Diving Group Michael Thomas guides us on a tour of British cave diving and explains why it may not be everyone's cuppa tea.
by Michael Thomas
Header photo courtesy Michael Thomas. Diver entering Keld Head in the Yorkshire Dales.
Recently someone approached me about British cave diving wondering what in particular makes it so very different from Mexican cave diving, for example, and why it's so appealing to a select few. In the U.K. we have two types of underground diving. The first is the significant number of flooded mines that have given rise to some world-class mine diving that's becoming very popular with technical divers from around the world. The second type of underground diving is traditional British cave diving, which, due to the nature of U.K. caves, involves both dry caving and cave diving. The aim is to explore the caves underwater or in the dry underground following it as far as possible. We are now finding that technically trained mine and cave divers are starting to learn the art of dry cave exploration in order to further their knowledge and adventure, some even gaining enough experience to join the Cave Diving Group in the U.K.
Firstly, a little about myself if I may be so bold. My diving career is now in its thirty-third consecutive year, from starting out as a trainee open water diver with BSAC to trainee cave diver within the CDG to becoming the Training Officer of the British Cave Diving Group Somerset Section in the U.K. Since 1996 I've had links to TDI and currently hold Full Cave Instructor, Sidemount and Tech Instructor status with TDI, active mod 3 CCR cave diver, and on the British Cave Rescue call out list as a diver.
My diving life crosses all paths of British and worldwide diving, from open water to cave and tech. I'm actively involved with technical diving conferences and a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of the U.K. My father was a cave explorer before me, and my son has also taken the same path. You could say, caves and diving are our lives.
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To understand British cave diving we first need to understand the CDG. The Cave Diving Group is the representative body for cave divers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and is a constituent body of the British Caving Association (BCA). Its function is to educate and support cavers for recreational and exploratory operations in British sumps. The CDG also helps control access to numerous cave sites, including Wookey Hole and Gough's Cave in Somerset, and Keld Head And Hurtle Pot in Yorkshire, in conjunction with the BCA. The group was formed in 1946 by the late Graham Balcombe, and its continuous existence to the present day makes it the oldest amateur technical and cave diving organization in the world. Graham Balcombe arguably invented cave diving in the U.K. with his audacious dives in Swildon's Hole cave and Wookey Hole cave in 1935.
Now the huge difference between the Cave Diving Group and other cave diving training agencies is you can't just sign up and pay to do a training course. From the very start in 1946, the prerequisite for joining the CDG was always and is a knowledge and experience base of dry caving skills, though in modern years we also require an open water certification. Once you have made yourself known to one of the four sections that make up the CDG—Somerset, Welsh, Northern, and Derbyshire—and proven you have dry caving skills and can get along with your new-found friends, you are voted in, hopefully to whichever section you approached.
CDG rescue practice exercise after the Thailand rescue to update our rescue skills and standards. Photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
As a trainee member of the cave diving group, the training is apprenticeship based and generally takes between 12-18 months. At the end of that, a written exam and an underwater test is completed, and as long as your section is in agreement, the qualified diver status is awarded. It's a slow process but ensures adequate experience is gained in a variety of different sites and conditions, producing a cave diver that is capable of exploration cave diving, rescue work, and continued training of new members.
The Solo Mentality
Probably the one difference with most U.K. cave diving, that is a world away from agency standards, is the CDG approach to team diving. In all but a few sites in the U.K., the CDG considers solo diving the safest way to approach the dive. While divers might enter the cave together as a team, and dry cave their way to the dive base (dive site within the cave), once they are in the water they typically dive solo. This is because a diver is usually unable to help another diver in the water. Then they meet up on the other side if more dry caving is to be done.
CDG trainee divers are taught from the beginning to be solo divers or work within a team as solo divers, something we call "team solo." Most dive sites in natural caves in the U.K. are unsuitable for team diving. The few sites that are suitable for a team to operate together, such as Wookey Hole in Somerset, Hurtle Pot in the Yorkshire Dales, and Porth Yr Ogof in South Wales, should really be a team of only two divers. Passage size and visibility generally means divers can't see the third team member if at the back or front of the team. The mine diving sites are much more suited to team diving with larger passages and clearer water. The links below offer more information on mine diving in the U.K. [Ed.note: Global Underwater Explorers does not sanction solo diving.]
Robert Thomas at Top waterfall sump dive base Ogof Ffynnon Ddu Cave Wales UK. Photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
The article, "Solo Cave Diving," on the CDG website explains why it recommends solo cave diving as the safer alternative for U.K. sump conditions. It lists some of the advantages of solo cave diving as follows:
There's no one to get physically jammed in the passage behind you (thereby blocking your exit).
There's no one behind you who may get tangled in the line and have to cut it—leaving you with no guide home.
There's no one to accidentally disturb your 'out tags' at line junctions (e.g. in one cave there are 10 branch lines off the main line in the first 500 m/1640 ft of passage).
There's no one to cause silt problems (but yourself).
There's no chance of being called upon to share air—in small passages.
There's nothing to get confused about—communication in sumps varies from difficult to impossible.
There's no one to provide you with a false sense of security.
There's no one to worry about but yourself, so you can concentrate on your own safety.
Equipment Configuration
Due to the generally small passage size of British caves and the sometimes energetic nature of transporting equipment to a cave dive base (station), sidemount diving is the normal equipment configuration. Sidemount started in the U.K. in the 1960s with a need for streamlined and lightweight diving equipment. U.K. cave divers today will have a choice of sidemount harness for the project they are involved with. In a short, shallow, or constricted dive, the diver will use a wetsuit and a lightweight, webbing-only harness with no buoyancy, as it's not needed if your chest is on the floor and your back on the ceiling.
Diver leaving Dire Straits dive base Gough's Cave Somerset UK. Photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
In slightly larger cave passages, the modern British cave diver will use one of the now-common sidemount harnesses that are available. Many British caves require vertical cave techniques to reach the water, so the divers have modified the sidemount harness to be able to descend into the dry cave, do the dive, and then climb out. It's very rare to find a British cave diver with an unmodified sidemount harness. For exposure suits, many short dives and some longer dives, if significant dry caving is expected before or after, the dive will be done in a wetsuit even though water temperature is on average between 7-10 degrees C/45-50 degrees F. This is for practical reasons, as it's very difficult and potentially dangerous caving in a drysuit, so better to be slightly chilly during the dive and caving safely.
For larger sites and when the diver is expected to be underwater most of the time, a drysuit is sometimes carried to the dive base and put on underground, to be utilized for the dive. As most divers are solo diving, having two short standard-length hoses on their regulators is normal, although for team diving or cave rescue, a standard long hose is used on the right.
British cave divers always use helmets, as they provide protection from the environment in the dry caves as well as underwater, and are a great place to carry lights. Hand-held primary lights are used in larger, clearer passages with the helmet lights in reserve. For dive lines, we use 4 mm thick lines as permanent dive lines and we have fixed junctions in all caves— no jumps or gaps. Standard line arrows and cookies will not fit on a U.K. line. Pegs are used, or permanent markers on junctions to show the way home. It's very unlikely you will see another dive team in the cave on the day you are visiting, and following a thicker line in sometimes low visibility and cold water is much safer and more comforting than trying to follow a technical diving line.
Exploring U.K. caves
The raison d'etre for the Cave Diving Groups formation was and still is the exploration of caves, including the surveying and reporting of that exploration and the training of new divers. The CDG publishes a journal four times a year with exploration reports and many books on the subject of U.K. caves and techniques. If it's not surveyed and reported, it's not explored. Now, it would be extremely tedious to the reader if I listed all exploration in underwater caves in the U.K.—we have thousands of reports—so I'll mention a few of the classics to set the scene, and remember all exploration can be researched in the CDG journals.
If visiting, most U.K. cave divers are happy to show you around or even get you involved in projects, although they will be of a very different style of exploration than found in Bahamas or Mexico, for instance, where swimming into hundreds of metres of new cave is possible. Big breakthroughs in the U.K. are rare, and if a diver explores 10 m/33 ft of new cave with ongoing passage seen, they will be happy.
Wookey Hole Cave Somerset, Somerset
Exploration in the home of British cave diving started in 1935 and carries on to this day. Slow and determined work by some of the great names in cave diving, including Balcombe, Martyn Farr, Rob Parker, Rick Stanton, and John Volanthen have seen this multi sump cave reach 90 m/294 ft depth beyond chamber 25 in extremely committing passages. Smaller side passages throughout the cave are still being explored.
Michael Thomas surfacing in Wookey Hole after Recovering a 3rd 4th Century Roman pot ! Photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
The Llangattock Cave Systems, South Wales
Under Llangattock mountain lies many kilometers of caving—two caves, Ogof Daren Cilau at 27 km long and next door Ogof Agen Allwedd at 32.5 km, provide access to many cave diving sites that have provided incredible exploration over the years and will hopefully provide more in the years to come. One of the longest dives in the system is the Pwll y Cwm resurgence at 630 m/2066 ft long, surfacing in the downstream end of Daren Cilau.
Kingsdale Master Cave and Keld Head, Yorkshire Dales
One of the true classics of world class cave diving is the Kingsdale to Keld Head system. Graham Balcombe, of Wookey Hole fame, conducted dives in 1945 in Keld Head, and in 1978, Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham broke the world record with an 1829 m/6000 ft dive between Kingsdale Master Cave and Keld Head, connecting the two caves. In 1991, the underwater system was further extended, linking it into King Pot cave access to the valley floor, a traverse of 3 km in British conditions. Today, divers continue to explore and extend this system.
Speedwell Cavern Main Rising, Derbyshire Dales
This dive site requires a reasonable amount of dry caving effort to reach the dive base. The dive itself is multi-profile with a descent to 36 m/118 ft then up to 2.5 m/8 ft via a constricted rift, then finally down to 71 m/232 ft at the end. In the 1980s John Cordingley and Russel Carter worked the site and finally, 71 m/233 ft was reached by Martin Groves in 2002. The way on was lost in boulders and boiling sand with the water surging upwards. This was confirmed by John Volanthen in 2006. A change in geology and future technologies await.
The Green Holes of Doolin, Ireland
In the years leading up to the 1980s, open water divers reported cave entrances in the sea on the Doolin coast. These completely submerged caves are extremely weather dependent due to taking the full force of the Atlantic Ocean. But after experience gained in the Bahamas' Blue Holes, British divers tried their luck exploring what became known as Green Holes. Several sites including Reef Caves, Hell Complex, Urchin Cave, and the longest Mermaid's Hole have had successive and continued exploration. 1025 m/3350 ft penetration being reached in Mermaid's Hole by Artur Kozlowski. Exploration continues when the weather allows.
Robert Thomas demonstrates vertical caving skills needed to reach many cave diving sites in the UK. Photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
Swildon's Hole Cave, Somerset
A true classic sump diver's cave with long sections of active wet streamway takes the visitor down to a series of eight short sumps that require diving and more caving to reach the terminal sump and end of the cave at Swildon's 12. Wetsuits and lightweight sidemount harness and small cylinders needed. A grand day out.
Porth Yr Ogof Cave, South Wales
One of the finest and reasonably easy physical-access cave dives in the U.K. The dive starts from a small pool after a short climb down between boulders. A shallow and comfortable passage winds its way up the valley passing Rawlbolt Airbell 150 m/492 ft from base and Four Ways airbell around 200 m/656 ft from base. At 250 m/820 ft from base, a cobble squeeze can be passed to the surface in the dry upper cave. The flow in this cave can be very high and the passage size varies from 1 m wide to 3 m wide, making progress upstream interesting and downstream on the return exciting.
Hurtle Pot, Yorkshire Dales
Probably the most dived cave in the U.K. due to its easy access and the possibility of longer dives upstream in a large passage towards Jingle Pot Cave and an area called The Deep reaching 35 m/114 ft depth in a low complicated passage towards the end around 460 m/1508 ft from base. Downstream a 400 m/1312 ft long traverse can be made to surface in Midge Hole cave reaching 20 m/65 ft depth on the way. This cave floods dramatically in bad weather, and constant line repairs need to be made by local CDG divers.
Peak Cavern, Derbyshire Dales
Peak Cavern is an extensive dry cave with several significant cave diving sites located within the system. The resurgence is a classic training dive in a lovely bedding plane style passage reaching the surface in the main cave. Ink sump within the cave, nearly 200 m/653 ft long, leads to Doom's Retreat, an area worked by Jim Lister and the most extensive digging project to find a new cave beyond a sump in the U.K. Far Sump at 385 m/1263 ft long leads to an extensive dry section of cave with some extremely technical caving that can now get you to surface on the hills above.
Pollatoomary Resurgence, Ireland
Not many easy surface access cave diving sites that go deep are to be found in the British Isles, but this one in Ireland is one. A resurgence site that reaches 103 m/336 ft but in dark, unfriendly waters. Original exploration by Martyn Farr in 1978 and taken to 103 m by Artur Kozlowski.
Divers leaving surface in Wookey Hole on a practice cave diving rescue. photo courtesy of Michael Thomas.
In summary, British cave diving is historically one of the oldest branches of the sport of cave diving. The Cave Diving Group's knowledge and standards and procedures evolved over the years to the safest method to explore or dive in U.K. style caves. It is not diving in Wakulla Springs and does not pretend to be, although several CDG members got involved in the early Wakulla expeditions. It is at times cold, wet, and unpleasant, but also can be extremely rewarding, with new caves found or just a superb dive in excellent conditions. U.K. style conditions can be found all over the world—think of the Thailand Rescue in 2018—and it's in these conditions that the CDG system is at its best. If you're wanting more information on the CDG or sump diving and vertical access sump diving, please give us a shout. Just remember—a pint of English beer is supposed to be warm. Stay safe and dive well.
Website: The British Cave Diving Group
From GUE's membership magazine QUEST: "British Cave Diving: Wookey Hole and The Cave Diving Group" by Duncan Price
Books about British cave diving:
A Glimmering in Darkness by Graham Balcombe
The Darkness Beckons by Martyn Farr
Interview with Cave Diving Legend Martyn Farr
Historical British cave diving films:
Trailer for documentary film 'Wookey' by Gavin Newman
The Underground Eiger (1980s)
Articles by Michael Thomas:
Slow Down Young fellas-Attitudes in Technical Diving
The Difference Between Caves and Mines
Mine Diving in the UK
Michael Thomas's diving career is now in its 33rd consecutive year, from starting out as an open water diver then a trainee cave diver to becoming the Training Officer of the British Cave Diving Group Somerset Section. He is also a Full Cave Instructor, Sidemount and Tech Instructor with TDI, active mod 3 CCR cave diver, and on the British cave rescue call out list as a diver.
Thomas is heavily involved in U.K. diving projects and training, plus overseas diving and caving. Diving is life or is life diving?
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Karen van den Oever recently broke her own world cave diving depth record by a little more than 10m/33 ft at Bushmansgat cave in South Africa. The S.African cave diver conducted the 8 hour 14 min high-altitude dive on open circuit scuba, breathing trimix 4/90 bottom mix, and suffered mild High Pressure Nervous Syndrome (HPNS). Here former world depth record holder, Nuno Gomes who was van den Oever's cave instructor, offers the details of her record setting dive along with a short history of the women's depth records.
By Nuno Gomes. Images courtesy of Karen van den Ever.
Karen van den Oever and her husband Francois Bain
Karen van den Oever, from Johannesburg, South Africa, has dived to a depth of 246.65 m/809 ft. This is equivalent to a dive to a depth of 296 m/971 ft when corrected for an altitude of 1550 m/5,085 ft above sea level. The dive was conducted on October 27, 2022, in Bushmansgat cave, South Africa, and is a new women's world record cave dive. Karen bettered her own previous world record to a depth of 236.04m/770 ft (283 m/924 ft correcting for altitude), also accomplished at Bushmansgat cave in 2021.
"I actually felt really good after the dive, a little tired but overall, quite good. I felt much better after this dive than the previous one. I'm happy that the dive went well, just thinking about what comes next. I have no definite plans going forward, we are looking into diving some of the caves in Namibia and also exploring some of the caves not yet dived in Zambia but no concrete plans yet."—Karen van den Oever
Karen and Theo van Eeden, with the signed tag.
Women have been making record deep dives for quite some time. Back in 1981, one of the first deep diving records was made by Sheck Exley's wife, Mary Ellen Eckhoff (USA). She used a dive propulsion vehicle (DPV) to travel into Wakulla Springs cave, as well as staged tanks for decompression purposes. Mary Ellen dived on open circuit, together with Paul DeLoach and John Zumrick, and they reached a distance of 363 m/1192 ft and a depth of 80 m/260 ft, which was a major dive at the time.
In 1996, Dr. Ann Kristovich (USA), a friend of Jim Bowden, considerably extended the record, reaching a depth of 167 m/548 ft on open circuit at Zacaton cave, Mexico. Ann's world record dive would remain in place for a long time.
It was not until the year 2000 that another woman, Claudia Serpierri (Italy), would beat the previous record, but this time in the sea (Mediterranean Sea). Claudia would reach a depth of 211 m/692 ft on open circuit, diving from a support ship. This dive remains the deepest sea dive by a woman to date.
Toward the end of 2001, Verna van Schaik (South Africa), was ready to challenge the women's record. First, she did her deepest dive by reaching a depth of 186 m/610 ft (223 m/732 ft correcting for altitude), on open circuit, at Bushmansgat cave in South Africa. This was not enough for her, and during her next expedition on October 25, 2004, Verna would go back to Bushmansgat cave to become the first South African woman to get her name in the Guinness Book of World Records by reaching a depth of 221 m/725 ft (265 m/870 ft altitude corrected), on open circuit. Her deep support diver was the late Dave Shaw (Australia), on closed circuit, who died of respiratory insufficiency at a sub-250 m dive at Bushmansgat in 2005.
View of the surface pool of Boesmansgat cave.
Following Verna van Schaik's dive at Bushmansgat cave, two women divers died trying to break her record, as follows:
In May 2010, French diver Brigitte Lenoir, died in Dahab, Egypt during a dive in the Red Sea. The accident took place at 147 m/482 ft while ascending from a 200 m/656 ft, on closed circuit. Her body was recovered with an ROV.
In September 2017, Bulgarian technical diving instructor trainer, Teodora Balabanova, died attempting a dive to 231 m/754 ft, on open circuit, while her husband, Mihail Balabanov, suffered from decompression sickness.
Karen van den Oever is a science graduate from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she currently resides. Like Verna van Schaik, who now resides in New Zealand, she is a CMAS diving instructor, and also a former member of the University of the Witwatersrand Underwater Club.
Her original cave, trimix and blending training was with me. I also trained her husband Francois Bain.
Unstoppable Karen van den Oever
Karen had previously dived to 201 m/660 ft (241 m/792 ft altitude corrected) on open circuit in Bushmansgat cave in South Africa's Northern Cape province on February 27, 2020. That dive's total dive time was 7 hours and 21 minutes. On March 26, 2021, Karen dove to 236.04 m/770 ft (283 m/924 ft), on open circuit, at Bushmansgat cave, using a bottom gas of trimix 6/85. The total dive time was 7 hours and 18 minutes. That dive is the current deep diving Guinness World Record (women).
Karen's new world record dive, done on October 27, 2022, was made to a depth of 246.65 m/809 ft (296 m/971 ft), in Bushmansgat cave. The dive was done on open circuit, using a bottom gas of trimix 4/90, and with a total dive time of 8 hours and 14 minutes. The dive would not have been possible without a large team of support divers.
Karen's dive computer. Actual depth from rope measurements by independent witnesses was 246.56m/809 ft.
Peter Reid was at 209 m/686 ft (251 m/823 ft); this was his personal deepest dive on closed circuit, and his total dive time was 6 hours and 20 minutes. Don Hauman did deep support at 110 m/361 ft (132 m/433 ft). Her husband Francois provided shallow support and surface support, together with the other team members.
Karen's support team.
Karen's Total Narcotic Depth (TND) was 48.06 m/158 ft; the Equivalent Narcotic Depth (END) considering nitrogen only was 9.49 m/31.14 ft, and her maximum Partial Pressure of Oxygen (PO2) was 1.03 Atm. Gradient factors: 40/75.
There were no serious incidents during the dive except that Karen suffered some mild High Pressure Nervous Syndrome (HPNS), which ultimately did not prevent her from going any deeper. Karen had some difficulties recovering the evidence tag from her maximum depth because of the tremors that she was experiencing as a result of the HPNS, but in the end she turned the dive mainly because she ran out of bottom time.
InDEPTH: South African Cave Diver Karen van den Oever Sets New Women's Deep Cave Diving Record
InDEPTH: Diving Beyond 250 Meters: The Deepest Cave Dives Today Compared to the Nineties
InDEPTH: Extending The Envelope Revisited: The 30 Deepest Tech Shipwreck Dives
InDEPTH: Opinion: Don't Break That Record
InDEPTH: Fact or Fiction? Revisiting Guinness World Record Deepest Scuba Dive
Nuno Gomes is a professional civil engineer, a CMAS technical diving instructor and a commercial diver. He was born in Lisbon, but his family relocated to South Africa during his youth. He now lives permanently in New York with his family. He has dived all over the world.
He used SCUBA (open circuit) to dive to a depth of 321.81 meters (1,056 feet), inclusive of rope stretch, in the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt near Dahab, in June 2005. The total dive time was 12 hours and 20 minutes. The descent took 14 minutes with two minutes spent at the bottom.
He also used SCUBA (open circuit) to dive to 282.6 meters (927 feet) in the Bushmansgat cave, in South Africa, in 1996. The cave is located at an altitude of 1,550 meters (5,086 feet) above sea level, which resulted in a decompression schedule for an equivalent sea level dive to a depth of 339 meters (1,112 feet) in order to prevent decompression sickness. The total dive time was 12 hours and 15 minutes with four minutes spent at the bottom of the cave.


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La Société du logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale ou SLRB (en néerlandais : ) est un organisme de service public chargé de promouvoir le logement social et qui en assure la tutelle et le financement. Elle régit 16 sociétés immobilières de service public en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. La SLRB est un organe para-régional institué à la suite de la régionalisation de l'État belge.

Les textes qui régissent la SLRB
Le logement en Belgique est une matière régionalisée, c'est-à-dire que les trois régions ont chacune des institutions compétentes en cette matière.

Les 3 sociétés belges
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale : Société du Logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (SLRB)

Région wallonne : Société wallonne du logement (SWL)

Région flamande : Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Sociaal Wonen (VMSW)

Le Code bruxellois du Logement
Le Code bruxellois du Logement reprend l'ensemble des dispositions légales applicables à la matière logement.

Statuts de la SLRB
La SLRB a été créée par l'arrêté royal du  qui fixe la date de l'entrée en vigueur de la loi du 28/12/1984 portant suppression ou restructuration de certains organismes d'intérêt public. Les premiers statuts de la SLRB ont été approuvés par le Conseil des ministres sur proposition de l'Exécutif bruxellois.

Les statuts de la SLRB ont été approuvés, en vertu de l'article 34, §5 du Code bruxellois du Logement, par le Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale par arrêté du  (Moniteur belge du , Ed.2).

Comment fonctionne la SLRB

Les décisions de la SLRB sont prises par son Conseil d'administration composé de 15 membres, dirigé par un Président et un Vice-président, qui est l'Administrateur délégué.

Le contrôle régional des décisions du Conseil d'administration est exercé par les deux commissaires, nommés par le Gouvernement bruxellois. Selon l'arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale du 01/10/2009, l'un des commissaires doit être francophone et un autre néerlandophone (Moniteur belge du 05/03/2010).

Ce sont eux qui ont la compétence pour introduire un recours contre une décision du Conseil d'administration de la SLRB.

Par contre, le contrôle financier des opérations et des comptes de la SLRB est effectué par un commissaire réviseur nommé par l'Assemblée générale.

Enfin, la Cour des comptes exerce un contrôle sur l'ensemble des activités administratives.

Construction
Pour faire face aux besoins croissants de logements à Bruxelles, le gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale a lancé en 2005 le Plan Régional du Logement et en 2013 l'Alliance Habitat. Ces plans visent la construction de  publics pour la SLRB.

Acquisition
Depuis 2015, la SLRB prospecte activement à l'acquisition, c'est-à-dire à l'achat de terrains, de logements existants, de bâtiments de bureaux, d'industrie ou d'autres biens en vue de créer et développer des logements.

Ces acquisitions sont possibles grâce à des partenariats solides avec le secteur privé et le secteur public.

Rénovation
La plus grande partie du patrimoine du secteur du logement social a été construite au cours du siècle passé. Ainsi certains logements sociaux nécessitent des travaux de rénovations importants  pour répondre, outre aux problèmes de  vétusté, également aux normes actuelles et apporter le confort moderne aux locataires.

La programmation des rénovations s'établit via les programmes quadriennaux d'investissement.

Social
Les politiques d'action sociale de la SLRB et des SISP visent à améliorer la qualité de vie du locataire social dans son logement et dans son environnement.

La SLRB encourage toutes formes de participation chez les locataires sociaux et tous les autres intervenants.

Elle est convaincue que la participation permet d'atteindre ses objectifs globaux dans les quartiers et en mesure tous les jours les bienfaits sur les échanges humains.

Programme %

Le programme du 101% de la SLRB réalise des œuvres d'art contemporaines uniques sur les sites de logements sociaux bruxellois pour améliorer le bien-être des locataires et la qualité des espaces publics. Les œuvres sont le résultat d'un processus participatif et d'un dialogue entre l'artiste, les habitants, un lieu et la société immobilière de service public, qui a la gestion du site.

En soutenant l'art participatif, la SLRB soutient l'amélioration du vivre ensemble et la qualité de vie pour tous.

Environnement
Les enjeux environnementaux sont fondamentaux de nos jours. Dans cet objectif, la SLRB poursuit ses missions afin de combattre le réchauffement climatique, de protéger la biodiversité et de faire des économies d'énergie, tant dans son fonctionnement que dans le secteur du logement social dans sa globalité.

Le programme PLAGE, les espaces (ou)verts ou encore leur label "Entreprise Ecodynamique" décerné par Bruxelles-Environnement sont des preuves de l'investissement de la SLRB pour l'environnement.

Financement
Le logement social de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale est financé par des crédits régionaux, alloués par le budget des dépenses de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

C'est la SLRB qui est chargée de la gestion et de la mise en œuvre des programmes d'investissements décidés par le Gouvernement bruxellois. Depuis 2006, 50% des crédits d'investissements consacrés aux travaux de rénovation des logements existants et de construction de nouveaux logements sont financés par des subsides.

Liens externes

Notes et références

Logement social en Belgique
Service public en Belgique
Institution dans la région de Bruxelles-Capitale

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Q: Why does my rails localhost server continue when I stop it? I'm using Aptana Studio and have 2 terminals up, one for commands, the other for the server. When I run the rails server (rails s), do whatever I need and than stop it. It stays up as if I didn't turn it off. I'm using a PostgreSQL database on Windows 7. Anyone else have this issue?
Maybe it's not a rails issue but a Windows one. If it's the latter, how would I fixed this?

A: It's not rails issue it also happen to me on ubuntu 12.10 what i do if i want to restart rails server is to kill the process manually in ubuntu
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   sudo kill -9 "id of the process"

in windows it will be easier just kill the process from the task manager


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Natalie Cole, daughter of the late singer Nat King Cole, began performing with her father at a young age. She was raised in an affluent part of Los Angeles, and graduated from college in Massachusetts. Post college, Natalie performed with a band she called Black Magic, that covered rock songs as well as R&B hits.
Natalie Cole landed a record deal in the 1970's, in large part due to her roots. Her first release, Inseparable (1975), featured two hit songs: "This Will Be" and "Inseparable". Cole released several more albums in the mid to late 1970's, with a number of hit songs. You may also remember "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)", "Mr. Melody", "I've Got Love on My Mind", "Our Love", "Annie Mae", "Stand By", and "Gimme Some Time".
Natalie Cole released a number of albums in the 1980's, although she was never able to re-create her 70's success. A few of her top 40 80's hits you may remember include "Someone That I Used to Love", "Jump Start", "I Love for You Love", "Pink Cadillac", and of course the song "Miss You Like Crazy" from the 1989 release Good to be Back.
Cole continued producing well into the 1990's and 2000's, but was never able to meet the same level of success. Cole has been the recipient of a number of Grammy's and other musical awards, and she has also been known to take up acting. The Natalie Cole Discography is as follows:
1975: Inseparable
1976: Natalie
1977: Unpredictable
1977: Thankful
1978: Natalie Live!
1979: I Love You So
1979: We're the Best of Friends
1980: Don't Look Back
1981: Happy Love
1982: The Natalie Cole Collection
1983: I'm Ready
1985: Dangerous
1987: Everlasting
1989: Good to Be Back
1991: Unforgettable… with Love
1993: Take a Look
1994: Holly & Ivy
1995: I've Got Love on My Mind
1996: Stardust
1996: A Celebration of Christmas
1997: This Will Be: Natalie Cole's Everlasting Love
1999: Snowfall on the Sahara
1999: The Magic of Christmas
2000: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
2001: Love Songs
2001: The Best of Natalie Cole
2002: Ask a Woman Who Knows
2003: Anthology
2006: Leavin'
2008: Still Unforgettable
2008: Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole
2010: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2010: Original Album Series
2013: Natalie Cole en Español
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Dorit Aharonov (; born 1970) is an Israeli computer scientist specializing in quantum computing.

Aharonov graduated from Weizmann Institute of Science with an MSc in Physics. She received her doctorate for Computer Science in 1999 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and her thesis was entitled Noisy Quantum Computation. She also did her post-doctorate in the mathematics department of Princeton University and in the computer science department of University of California Berkeley. She was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1998–99.

Aharonov was an invited speaker in International Congress of Mathematicians 2010, Hyderabad on the topic of "Mathematical Aspects of Computer Science".

Research
Aharonov's research is mainly about quantum information processes, which includes:
 quantum algorithms
 quantum cryptography and computational complexity
 quantum error corrections and fault tolerance
 connections between quantum computation and quantum Markov chains and lattices
 quantum Hamiltonian complexity and its connections to condensed matter physics
 transition from quantum to classical physics
 understanding entanglement by studying quantum complexity

References

External links
 Aharonov's home page at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 Profile in Nature
 Dorit Aharonov in panel discussion, "Harnessing Quantum Physics" with Michele Mosca, Avi Wigderson, Daniel Gottesman, Peter Shor, and Ignacio Cirac.

Israeli computer scientists
1970 births
Living people
Israeli women computer scientists
Women mathematicians
Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Weizmann Institute of Science alumni
Quantum information scientists