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Q: .htaccess RewriteRule conflict across different directories On my Ubuntu development machine(s) I run a LAMP stack. For each website I work on, I create a new directory off root:
/var/www/somesite.com
/var/www/anothersite.com
The problem I have is that apache wont allow duplicate rewrite rules across these folders. For instance, If I set up this:
RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$  /somesite.com/order_track.php [nc,L]
http://localhost/somesite.com/track/abc123 - works as intented
This same declaration wont work on anothersite.com
RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$  /anothersite.com/order_track.php [nc,L]
http://localhost/anothersite.com/track/abc123 - Apache returns a 404.
Clearing browser cache and restarting Apache have no effect. Apache seems to "remember" the first like rewriterule used. This happens on all of my computers(Home, work, laptop)
Edit: I should have mentioned that I have an htaccess file in each directory. The root /var/www does not contain an htaccess file. Each directory's htaccess should operate independently. But they do not.

A: You can have this in /somesite.com/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /somesite.com/

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ order_track.php [NC,L]

Then this in /anothersite.com/.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /anothersite.com/

RewriteRule ^track/(.*)$ order_track.php [NC,L]

A: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(somesite\.com|anothersite\.com)$
RewriteRule ^track/ /%1/order_track.php [NC,L]

you don't need (.*) if not needed to catch this.

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2. Ireland: The Burren (including the Burren National Park) and the Cliffs of Moher – 1995
wandelgek.nl Posted on August 1, 2014 by De Wandelgek March 31, 2020
Bus at Galway Station…
It was still a very cloudy and rainy day. For today, The Wandelgek had arranged a bus tour with Bus Eireann Daytours. The bus was to leave from Galway station at 9.45 am, so an early start was required because the camping site was outside the center of Galway. The tour was called the "Atlantic Coast & Burren Tour" and at 18:30 pm the bus would be back at Galway Station.
The bus first drove along the beautiful Galway Bay. Just south of the city, we left the County Galway to enter County Clare, driving into the limestone hills of the Burren ("Boirinn" which means big rock) landscape. The Burren, halfway the Irish west coast (when seen from north to south), is a wonderful piece of karst area on the south side of Galway Bay. It is a flat table land of carboniferous limestone that rises in different stages above the coast.
Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper…
When the British General Cromwell started his military campaign against the Irish between 1649 and 1653, and his army arrived in The Burren, he had the following to say about this desolate region:
"There isn't a tree to hang a man, water to drown a man nor soil to bury a man."
The Wandelgek itself rather describes it as a moonscape, with flattened hills of porous limestone with gray barren terraces and small streams that seep into the ground which is full of scars. Underground rivers, caves and lakes (loughs) that one day are filled with water and the next completely empty. Only Alpine flora can manage to get some grip into the cracks where some humus has been hiding.
Karst landscape of the Burren…
The Burren (Irish: Boireann, meaning "great rock", Boirinn, the dative form, is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a karst-landscape region or alvar in northwest County Clare, in Ireland. It is one of the largest karst landscapes in Europe. The region measures approximately 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle made by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Tubber, Corofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna. It is bounded by the Atlantic and Galway Bay on the west and north, respectively.
A small portion of the Burren has been designated as Burren National Park. It is one of only six National Parks in Ireland and the smallest in size (15 km²). Three quarters of Ireland's species of flowers are found in the Burren.
The Burren area formed part of the territory of Corco Modhruadh, meaning "seed or people of Modhruadh" which was coextensive with the diocese of Kilfenora. At some point around the 12th Century, the territory was divided in two: Corco Modhruadh Iartharach ("Western Corcomroe") and Corco Modhruadh Oirthearach ("Eastern Corcomroe") also known as Boireann which in the late 16th century became the English administrative baronies of Corcomroe and Burren respectively. The O'Loughlin (Ó Lochlainn) clan ruled Boireann down to the mid 17th century from their chief residence at Gragans Castle (towerhouse not the house of the same name). The chief of the family was known in later times as the 'Prince of Burren' and clan members were buried in the family tomb near the altar of Corcomroe Abbey. Their kinsmen the O'Connor (Ó Conchubhair) clan ruled Corco Modhruadh Iartharach from Dough Castle near Liscannor. The villages and towns found within the medieval territory of Boireann include Lisdoonvarna, Ballyvaughan, New Quay / Burrin, Noughaval, Bealaclugga, Carron and Fanore / Craggagh.
Burren is rich with historical and archaeological sites. There are more than 90 megalithic tombs in the area, portal dolmens (including Poulnabrone dolmen), a Celtic high cross in the village of Kilfenora, and a number of ring forts – among them the triple ring fort Cahercommaun on the edge of an inland cliff, and the exceptionally well-preserved Caherconnell Stone Fort. Corcomroe Abbey is one of the area's main scenic attractions.
The rolling hills of Burren are composed of limestone pavements with criss-crossing cracks known as "grikes",
Map of The Burren region…
leaving isolated rocks called "clints". The region supports arctic, Mediterranean and alpine plants side-by-side, due to the unusual environment. The limestones, which date from the Visean stage of the Lower Carboniferous, formed as sediments in a tropical sea approximately 350 million years ago. The strata contain fossil corals, crinoids, sea urchins and ammonites.
Diagram of a karst landscape…
Glaciation during the Quaternary period facilitated greater denudation. The result is that the Burren is one of the finest examples of a glacio-karst landscape in the world. The effects of the last glacial period (the Midlandian) are most in evidence, with the Burren overrun by ice during this glaciation. The impact of earlier karstification (solutional erosion) has been eliminated by the last glacial period. So any surface karstification now seen dates from approximately 10,000 years ago and the Burren karst is thus recent. Solutional processes have widened and deepened the grikes of the limestone pavement. Pre-existing lines of weakness in the rock (vertical joints) contribute to the formation of extensive fissures separated by clints (flat pavement like slabs). The rock karstification facilitates the formation of subterranean drainage.
Another diagram of the karst landscape…
The Burren has an unusually temperate climate. Average air temperatures range from 15°C in July to 6°C in January. The soil temperature does not usually drop below 6°C (end 2010 recorded a very unusual prolonged period of snow). Since grass will grow once the temperature rises above 6°C, this means that the Burren (like the neighbouring Aran Islands) has one of the longest growing seasons in Ireland or Britain, and supports diverse and rich plant growth. Late May is the sunniest time, and also likely the best time to view flowers, with the gentians and avens peaking (but orchid species blooming later.
During counter-guerilla operations in Burren in 1651-52, Edmund Ludlow stated, "(Burren) is a country where there is not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury him…… and yet their cattle are very fat; for the grass growing in turfs of earth, of two or three foot square, that lie between the rocks, which are of limestone, is very sweet and nourishing."
Some parts of The Burren are more green than others…
The Burren is renowned for its remarkable assemblage of plants and animals. The region supports many rare Irish species, some of which are only found in this area. Others occur in similar karst areas in western Ireland. Notable insects present in the Burren include the butterfly the Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne, Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae, Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia and Wood White Leptidea sinapis; the moths, the Burren Green Calamia tridens, Irish Annulet Odontognophos dumetata and Transparent Burnet Zygaena purpuralis; the hoverfly Doros profuges and the water-beetle Ochthebius nilssoni. This last species is known from just 5 sites in the world, its type locality in northern Sweden and four marl lakes in the Burren.
The grykes (crevices) provide moist shelter, thus supporting a wide range of plants including dwarf shrubs. Where the surface of the pavement is shattered into gravel, many of the hardier Arctic or Alpine plants can be found. But when the limestone pavement is covered by a thin layer of soil, patches of grass are seen, interspersed with plants like the gentian and orchids.
The blue flower of the Spring Gentian, an alpine plant, is used as a symbol for the area by the tourist board.
Cracks in the limestone…
Alpine Flora in the cracks…
The Burren is one of the main breeding areas in Ireland of the European Pine Marten.
Burren has a long history of traditional Irish music. It is particularly known for the "West Clare Style" of concertina playing and the music festival in Doolin.
The bus drove through this area, which is much less arid than you might think, reaching a landscape of karst cave systems as described above. The Ailwee caves, were visited by The Wandelgek. The Wandelgek actually visited one of the many caves that are named Ailwee. Inside the cave is a little river and a high waterfall. If the light from the flashlight goes out, you experience what absolute darkness is. According to the guide, absolute darkness is a kind of darkness where the human eye will never get used to. Long ago, these caves were also the sites where bears slept during the long harsh winter.
Ailwee Caves
In the Ailwee cave…
Aillwee Cave (also known as McGann's Cave) is a show cave located in the karst landscape of the Burren in north west County Clare, Ireland. The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff".
The cave system consists of over a kilometre of passages leading into the heart of the mountain. Its features include an underground river and a waterfall as well as some large stalactites and stalagmites. The remains of bears can also be seen inside the caves and allusions have been made to it being the last bear den in Ireland. Roughly 300 metres (980 ft) of cave passage is open to the public, one third of the total length of the cave. The tours end at a point called the Highway and exit the cave via a 250-metre (820 ft) man-made tunnel. The cave is typical of the Clare caves, consisting in the main of stream passage and ending in a sump. The general direction is east–west but turns due south some 600 metres (2,000 ft) into the cave.
The cave is considerably older than most of the Clare caves and originally contained a large stream. The cave is now largely deserted of the stream and is heavily backfilled with glacial infill. The formations visible on the show cave tour are rarely more than 8000 years old but calcite samples in the recesses of the cave have been dated to over 350,000 years old.
It was discovered in 1944, when a farmer named Jack McGann followed his dog who was chasing a rabbit. The farmer did not explore very far into the caves, and did not tell anyone of the find for nearly 30 years. He told cavers of the cave in 1973 and that summer the cave was explored as far as a boulder choke. Show cave development began quite soon after. The boulder choke was removed in 1977 and access was gained to the rest of the cave. The Marine Blast tunnel was completed in 1992 to allow a circular trip.
The caves appear in the Father Ted episode "The Mainland" under the name "The Very Dark Caves". They are also mentioned in a story in Part II of The Basset Chronicles by June J. McInerney.
After visiting the Ailwee caves near Ballyvaughan the bus drove further to the Poulnabrone Dolmen.
Poulnabrone Dolmen
Poulnadrone Dolmen…
Poulnabrone dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish, meaning "hole of the quern stones" (bró in Irish)) is a portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. It is situated 8 km (5 miles) south of Ballyvaughan in the parish of Carran, 9.6 km (6 miles) north-west of Kilnaboy (grid ref: 123 200).
The dolmen consists of a twelve-foot, thin, slab-like, tabular capstone supported by two slender portal stones, which support the capstone 1.8 m (6 ft) from the ground, creating a chamber in a 9 m (30 ft) low cairn. The cairn helped stabilize the tomb chamber, and would have been no higher during the Neolithic. The entrance faces north and is crossed by a low sill stone.
A crack was discovered in the eastern portal stone in 1985. Following the resulting collapse, the dolmen was dismantled, and the cracked stone was replaced. Excavations during that time found that between 16 and 22 adults and six children were buried under the monument. Personal items buried with the dead included a polished stone axe, a bone pendant, quartz crystals, weapons and pottery. In the Bronze Age, around 1700 BC, a newborn baby was buried in the portico, just outside the entrance. With its dominating presence on the limestone landscape of the Burren, the tomb was probably a centre for ceremony and ritual until well into the Celtic period, or it may have served as a territorial marker in the Neolithic landscape.
Due to the Burren's excellent dark skies and Poulnabrone's remote location, the car park, built in 2007, has been used by Shannonside Astronomy Club as an unofficial public observatory. In April 2013, many observations of the comet PanSTARRS C/2011 L4 were made by the club at this location.
The tour continued along Castle Lemaneagh. this castle was located on the eastern edge of the Burren region and was an important stronghold of O'Brien, a leading opponent of Cromwell. the remains of a tower dating from around 1480. bolted to the tower is a 17th century hooggevelig house with four floors. In 1651 Conor O'Brien died here from injuries he sustained during the defense of the pass of Inchicronan against followers of Cromwell.
The Wandelgek lunched on the beach of the beautiful seaside village of Lahinch.
Lahinch
The coastal town of Lahinch…
Lahinch or Lehinch (Irish: An Leacht or Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, meaning "The Memorial cairn of O'Connor") is a small town on Liscannor Bay, on the northwest coast of County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the N67 national secondary road, between Milltown Malbay and Ennistymon, roughly 75 kilometres (47 mi) by road southwest of Galway and 68 kilometres (42 mi) northwest of Limerick. The village is a seaside resort and is home to the renowned Lahinch Golf Club. It has also become a popular surfing location.
Lahinch is the anglicised form of Leath Inse, meaning peninsula. This is not related to Leacht Uí Chonchubhair, which means "O'Connor's Grave", referring to the memorial cairn (Leacht) marking the burial place of one of the O'Connor chieftains, who were the ruling clan of the district of Corco Modhruadh Iartharach.
The town was recorded by the Annals of the Four Masters as Leith Innse, which is a variant of the Irish word for a peninsula leithinis ("half island"), which describes the village's location between the Inagh River and the sea. The town today is mostly spelt "Lahinch", but a selection of road signs in the area use the spelling "Lehinch".
Lahinch at the coast…
Quite flat coast at Lahinch…
After lunch, a definite highlight of the trip followed; a long visit to the world famous Cliffs of Moher.
On top of the Cliffs of Moher…
It had rained that morning in Galway but from the moment the bus left Galway it had stopped. However, there was still a cloudy sky, so the weather was a bit gloomy. But that was in this landscape actually appropriate. Also the Cliffs of Moher were brilliant in this gloominess. Wandering along the cliff's edge, The Wandelgek saw, far into the steep depth, the huge holes that were worn out of the soft limestone. The crashing of the waves was literally audible, because of these huge holes down there.
A young woman, probably a student from Galway, sang Irish songs and accompanied herself on her harp. "The Rose of Tralee" and "Molly Malone". How can it be more Irish. Later in Dublin I saw the famous statue of Molly Malone with her fish cart.
Panorama in great detail of the Cliffs of Moher…
Looking to the north, I saw in the distance O'Briens Tower, at a point where the cliffs are over 200 meters high.
O' Briens Tower…
The Cliffs of Moher ("Aillte an Mhothair" which translates as "cliffs of destruction") rise vertically from the Atlantic Ocean. They run from Hag's Head in the south, where they are about 120 meters high to O'Brien's Tower in north, where they are more than 200 meters high. Between these two points is a mainly flat plateau of about 8 km in length. From the top of the cliff looking down you can spot narrow strips of vegetation, attached to the cliffs. Far down in the ocean are small, sharp, rocky islands and the surf rolls against the cliffs, while high above seagulls, screeching, circle the sky.
The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair) are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north. The tower is a round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien. From the cliffs and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south. The cliffs rank are amongst the top visited tourist sites in Ireland, and receive almost one million visitors a year.
The Cliffs of Moher…
The cliffs take their name from an old fort called Moher that once stood on Hag's Head, the southernmost point of the cliffs. The writer Thomas Johnson Westropp referred to it in 1905 as Moher Uí Ruis or Moher Uí Ruidhin. The fort still stood in 1780 and is mentioned in an account from John Lloyd's a Short Tour Of Clare (1780). It was demolished in 1808 to provide material for a new telegraph tower. The present tower near the site of the old Moher Uí Ruidhin was built as a lookout tower during the Napoleonic wars.
O'Briens Tower on top of more than 200 meter high cliffs…
The cliffs are one of the most popular tourist destinations in Ireland and topped the list of attractions in 2006 by drawing almost one million visitors. Since 2011 they have formed a part of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark, one of a family of geotourism destinations throughout Europe which are members of the European Geoparks Network.
Iconic Ireland…
The more than 200 meter high Cliffs of Moher rise suddenly from the Altlantic Ocean…
In the 1990s, Clare County Council initiated development plans to enable visitors to experience the cliffs without significant intrusive man-made amenities. In keeping with this approach, the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience was built into a hillside approaching the cliffs. The centre is also intended to be environmentally sensitive in its use of renewable energy systems including geothermal heating and cooling, solar panels, and grey water recycling.
The €32 million facility was planned and built over a 17-year period, and officially opened in February 2007. Facility exhibits include interactive media displays covering the geology, history, flora and fauna of the cliffs. And a large multimedia screen displays a bird's eye view from the cliffs, as well as video from the underwater caves below the cliffs.
The visitor's centre charges €6 per adult, with children under 16 admitted free. Charges include parking, access to the visitor centre and Atlantic Edge exhibition, and a contribution towards conservation and safety at the cliffs.
The Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience won an award in the "Interpret Britain & Ireland Awards" 2007 awarded by the Association of Heritage Interpretation (AHI). Although the award was specifically for the Atlantic Edge exhibition, the AHI assessed the entire visitor centre and site. The citation stated that the entire visitor centre was "one of the best facilities that the judges had ever seen."
Separate ferry trips also allow tourists to view the cliffs from sea level.
Geology and wildlife
The cliffs consist mainly of beds of Namurian shale and sandstone, with the oldest rocks being found at the bottom of the cliffs. It is possible to see 300 million year-old river channels cutting through, forming unconformities at the base of the cliffs.
There are an estimated 30,000 birds living on the cliffs, representing more than 20 species. These include Atlantic Puffins, which live in large colonies at isolated parts of the cliffs and on the small Goat Island. Also present are hawks, gulls, guillemots, shags, ravens and choughs.
The Cliffs of Moher have appeared in numerous media. In cinema, the cliffs have appeared in several films, including The Princess Bride (1987) (as the filming location for "The Cliffs of Insanity"), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), and Leap Year (2010). The cliffs are mentioned in the Martin Scorsese film Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and are noted in the 2008 documentary Waveriders as the location of a large surfing wave known as "Aileens".
In music, the cliffs have appeared in music videos, including Maroon 5's "Runaway" video, Westlife's "My Love", and Rich Mullins' "The Color Green". Most of singer Dusty Springfield's ashes were scattered at the cliffs by her brother, Tom.
In television, the cliffs appear in the episodes of Father Ted called "Tentacles of Doom" and "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading" (1996).
In literature, the cliffs are an important location in Eoin Colfer's The Wish List, as one of Lowrie's wishes is spitting off the Cliffs of Moher.
Castle tower where once lived a pirate lady…
On the return trip to Galway the bus drove through Lisdoonvarna and Blackhead.
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1. Galway … and some minor language issues…
3. Bicycle tour on Inishmore (Aran Islands)
4. Ireland: Cycling and wandering through the Connemara (including the Connemara National Park) – 1995
5. Dublin and surroundings
6. Bray


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The Alexandra Luke Gallery. Abstract expressionist paintings – bright, bold and beautiful – awaiting your arrival, to awaken and enhance your imagination, in a charming countryside setting.
Driving directions: From Bracebridge, take Highway 118 west, exit Ziska Road, turn right on Partridge Lane and follow the signs.
Hours: By chance or appointment.
September 28-29 & October 5-6 2019 from 10 am to 6 pm each day.


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Improv Jam presents exciting games, humor from actors
Arjun Shatkin
With a collection of both classic and lesser-known improv games, Theatre Ink's Improv Jam cultivated slapstick humor from the cast, which was met with frequent applause and laughter from the audience.
Directed by seniors Daze Purcell and Noor Shoresh, the show ran Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. According to Purcell, beginner and seasoned improvisers alike practiced during the biweekly Improv Club meetings.
Shoresh said the cast improved tremendously through their work in Improv Club. "We started with very rough blocks of marble and we ended up with, mwah!, Michaelangelo statues," Shoresh said, referring to the cast.
Improv Jam consisted of the cast's favorite improv games from the club. One of these games was "Death By Improv" which began with cast members calling on people in the audience for non-geographical locations and occupations. In pairs of two, the actors took turns setting up short scenes with a location or job occupation given to them randomly.
The result was an action-packed set of storylines with creative plots, including a zookeeper trying to sell a koala to get out of crippling debt and a new dance student who decided to stand up to his instructor. "Death By Improv" showed off the actors' natural senses of humor.
Sophomore Jack Sonia, a member of Improv Club, reflected on the process of practicing and doing improv. He said that if "you remember to have great energy," you can be a great improvisational actor.
In the opening skit of Improv Jam, the directors established three locations for a game: a graveyard, a Staples, and a Taco Bell. They then had actors start off a scene based on one of the locations. The directors would randomly switch the location, with the twist that the actors would have to start a new plot while referencing the last line of the past scene. Storylines took hilarious new directions as a result.
"For me, the lack of a script is kind of freeing," Purcell said, adding that improv is special because you can "just have fun on stage" and "go up and do whatever you want."
Towards the end of the show, the whole cast appeared on stage to tell jokes. During each round, an audience member would suggest something for actors to make jokes about. The cast members, who were gathered in a half-circle facing the crowd, jumped forward when they thought of a new joke or pun.
The cast focused their jokes on spoons, walruses, pianos, and tacos. As the rounds went on, the jokes got more and more clever as the cast fed off of each other's energy. It was exciting to watch and brought forth the positive, uplifting spirit of Improv Jam.
Jam-packed with great acting and comedy from North students, Improv Jam's authenticity made it a must-watch in Theatre Ink's annual rotation.
"Improv especially is so much of a 'you had to be there' sort of situation," Purcell said, adding that improv has a special ability to expose people to new senses of humor. "You bond together because of it."
Improv Jam
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An easy, quick, summertime appetizer or side – it's made with simple ingredients and ready in less than 15 minutes!
I was wondering if it would be wrong to call this the easiest, quickest, most simple-yet packs-a-punch-with-flavor, tuna orzo pasta salad, that ever existed.
I realized that might be a little long to be a title though.
Since we hit 50 degrees in Minneapolis last week, I have been itching for warmer weather. In true Minnesotan fashion, it's back in the thirties with a cold, cold wind. But I'm still hanging on hope – because spring IS right around the corner.
And after spring, is summer. I. Cannot. Wait. And neither can this Tuna Orzo Salad.
It basically begs to be served along side a crisp green salad under the summer sun with a glass of cold iced tea. Or at a picnic at the park. Or with a sandwich. Or next to a dinner of grilled veggies.
Do you see how the possibilities are endless for this SUPER SIMPLE Tuna Orzo Pasta Salad?! End. Less.
Are you ready for this list? It's SO DANG EASY. You guys, with only SEVEN. Yes, SEVEN ingredients, you're going to thank me. Of course you could add a couple extra additions, like feta or tomatoes, but when I'm ready to get outside and eat al fresco, I want the food to come together fast.
Tuna – and not just any tuna. Seriously, please be a conscientious consumer. I absolutely love Wild Planet tuna (not sponsored – just a true, huge fan). It's sustainably caught seafood – and their commitment to sustainability has me a forever fan. Regardless of which brand you use, it's so important to educate yourself about where/how your food is sourced!
Orzo – there's something about orzo that I find so fun to eat in a salad!
That's it! Seriously so simple. Of course you'll add your own levels of salt and pepper – but we're counting that as a definite pantry item.
I said it was simple, right? Right. The hardest part is this: boiling the water for the orzo.
Once that's cooked, you'll toss all the ingredients together and have a lovely lunch, appetizer, or side!
Let's get to it, shall we? Once you make it, remember to snap a photo and share it on social media or via email – I LOVE to see recipes come to life in your kitchens!
An easy, quick, summertime appetizer or side. It's made with simple ingredients and ready in less than 15 minutes!
Cook the orzo according to package directions, in well-salted water. Drain. Rinse with cold water if you want the pasta to be cold upon serving.
Toss orzo with the remaining ingredients, taste testing for desired salt and pepper levels. Adjust any other ingredients as needed according to your tastes – it's a very flexible recipe!
Store in an airtight container for 3-4 days. Keep chilled.
There's truly nothing like a Minnesota summer potluck!
In this season of Lent, our family is always looking for a good meatless recipe. I have printed this great recipe and I can't wait to try it!


Study on Investment in Art – Analysis of Saatchi Art's "Invest in Art – Emerging Artists to Buy Now" 2013 to 2018 reports.
World Institute was interested in analyzing the 6 reports (from 2013 to 2018) of a major institution like Saatchi Art concerning emerging artists for which it recommends investing. What a surprise about the reality!
From 2013 to 2018, the various reports recommended 139 emerging artists (detailed list below).
The study consisted in analyzing for each year each of the artists recommended in the following report different criteria: the notoriety of the artist (ranking based on his participation in exhibitions (in group, solo), gallery and / or museum , if he exhibited abroad and the notoriety of other artists with whom he would have exhibited) and the presence of his works at auctions (knowing however that an artist said "emerging" is positioned mainly on the first market, and very little on the second market).
The quality of data collection found on the web is essential for this study. 3 levels of qualitie were defined: rich data (data found on both the reputation of the artist and on auctions), poor data (data found either on its reputation or on its auctions), no data (no data found either on its notoriety or on its auctions).
Knowing that 38% of artists' names do not refer to any data, an investment with them may seem compromised, especially for artists detected between 2013 and 2016, leaving a period between 2-5 years of decline by compared to the initial recommendation.
Working solely on the basis of the remaining 62% of data, the study has analyzed the evolution of these artists over the period from 2013 to 2018. The conclusion is severe: 95% of them experienced either a sharp decline, a drop or stagnation of their notoriety! The remaining 5% is up 4%, although knowing that a third has seen a drop or a sharp decline before. In the end, 3 artists stand out, out of a total of 139, or 2.15% of artists on the selection. The average ranking value of these artists is around 120,000 in the world ranking, which remains quite low in terms of notoriety.
The study then focused on the auction part of the works of these artists, even if it is less important, as emerging artists in the second market. This translates in fact by 89% of any sale of the works of these artists until October 2018. It is noted, however, that of the remaining 11%, only one artist has seen 23 of these works for sale, the others below 5. The average of sales is € 2,600, which represents 70% of lots awarded for an amount of less than € 3,400 according to the structure of the Contemporary Art Market – 2017/2018 according to Artprice. The average unsold rate is 32%, with peaks at 75% or even 100% for two artists.
After a collection of big-data and treatment with business intelligence tools, World Institute presents its first results: the global distribution of art galleries / museums by country in 2018.
Strong European artistic culture compared to the rest of the world.
Coverage rate of 79%: 53 countries out of 250 (21%) do not have museums or art galleries (or at least information filled on the Internet for some, notably "NORTH KOREA" … )). Less surprising for "WESTERN SAHARA" and "WALLIS AND FUTUNA"!
TOP 5 art galleries / museums by country: UNITED STATES with 40% representation compared to the global data collected, FRANCE 10%, UNITED KINGDOM 7%, GERMANY 6% and ITALY 4%.
Coverage rate of museums worldwide: 77.2% (193 countries out of 250) and art galleries in the world: 45.2% (113 countries out of 250).
TOP 5 of the number of museums by country: USA (6203), FRANCE (1984), ITALY (863), UNITED KINGDOM (529), GERMANY (492).
TOP 5 of the number of art galleries by country: USA (7925), UNITED KINGDOM (2086), GERMANY (1573), FRANCE (1401), ITALY (640).
On these TOP 5, only FRANCE has more museums (1984) than galleries (1401) (58,61% versus 41,39%).
Presence of art galleries without any museum in only 5 countries: BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, KOSOVO, SAINT BARTHÉLEMY, SAN MARINO.
Museums coverage rate in Europe: 100% (out of 41 countries) and art galleries in Europe: 90,24% (37 out of 41 countries).
TOP 5 of the number of museums per country in Europe: FRANCE (1984 ie 13.41%), ITALY (863, 5.83%), UNITED KINGDOM (529, 3.58%), GERMANY (492; 33%), SPAIN (384, 2.60%).
TOP 5 of the number of art galleries by country in Europe: UNITED KINGDOM (2086 or 14.10%), GERMANY (1573, 10.63%), FRANCE (1401, 9.47%), SWITZERLAND (645 4.36%), ITALY (640, 4.33%).
No art gallery presence in 4 countries in Europe: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, MACEDONIA, MALTA and MONTENEGRO.
Percentage of museums by department in France: 97.03% (98 out of 101) and art galleries in France: 68.32% (69 out of 101).
High concentration of museums and art galleries in Paris: 39.42% representation (1334 museums + art galleries on 3384 (France)).
TOP 5 in the number of museums per department in France: Paris (264 out of 1983 (France), or 13.31%), Bouche-du-Rhône (87, 4.39%), Alpes-Maritimes (72; , 63%), North (66, 3.33%) and Seine-Maritime (56, 2.82%).
TOP 5 in the number of art galleries by department in France: Paris (1070 out of 1401 (France), ie 76.37%), Rhône (38, 2.71%), Bouche-du-Rhône (31; 2.21%), Alpes-Maritimes (28, 2.00%) and Gironde (15, 1.07%).
No museum presence in 3 departments in France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Guyana and Mayotte.


These photos were taken over the summer during a trip to North Carolina. The first two were taken at Pisgah National Forest. A photo of the waterfall by itself doesn't seem as intense as with people included in the picture next to this vast piece from Mother Nature. There are warning signs telling people not to attempt to jump from the top, but there are many stories of people that unsuccessfully did so.
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Q: Transparent spritesheet has black background I'm working on a game using Python and Pygame. I created a sprite sheet for one of the enemies and got my code for it working. The problem is that the image appears to have a black background even though it is a transparent image. The code for it is this:
    enemySheet = pygame.image.load("resources/Alien.png").convert_alpha()
    transColor = (255,255,255)
    cells = []
    for n in range(3):
        width, height=(36,32)
        rect = pygame.Rect(n * width, 0, width, height)
        image = pygame.Surface(rect.size).convert_alpha()
        image.blit(enemySheet, (0,0), rect)
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    enemyImg = cells[0]
    enemyImg.set_colorkey(transColor)
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I have already tried a few things but nothing has worked. Any ideas are welcome.

A: New surfaces are filled with black by default. If you want to make it transparent you can either add a fourth number to the transColor (the alpha value) and then fill the image,
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or just pass the pygame.SRCALPHA flag:
image = pygame.Surface(rect.size, pygame.SRCALPHA)

A nicer solution would be to use pygame.Surface.subsurface to cut the sheet:
for n in range(3):
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Written by PA Heritage Staff in the Letters category and the Fall 2008 issue Topics in this article: American Revolution, architecture and architects, Bradford County, Christmas, Eldred, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kingston, McKean County, New Deal, Pennsylvania Heritage Society, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Philadelphia, University of Virginia, Washington D.C.
Letters presents readers' comments and reactions to specific articles in Pennsylvania Heritage, the initiatives of PHMC, and other developments in the historical, cultural and museum communities of Pennsylvania.
Beloved Meeting House
Thank you for giving our beloved Forty Fort Meeting House such prominence in Pennsylvania Heritage ["Forty Fort Meeting House: The Architecture of a Union" by Vance Packard, Winter 2008]! The author's text, the stunning photographs, and the sidebar featuring PHMC's grant program was beautifully topped by remarks by Scott Doyle, PHMC grants manager. We've been praising both Vance Packard and PHMC mightily!
We'll continue raising funds for additional repairs and someday hope to raise $50,000 for an endowment, although the $300,000 mentioned in the article would be a lot nicer.
I've been handing out copies of the Winter 2008 edition – proselytizing for more Pennsylvania Heritage Society members!
Betsy Bell Condron
Kingston, Pa.
Betsy Bell Condron served as chairwoman of the Forty Fort Meeting House Bicentennial Committee.
Those Mysterious Little Buildings
So that's what those mysterious little buildings are all about ["'Art with a Purpose': Pennsylvania's Museum Extension Project, 1935–1943" by Curtis Miner, Spring 2008]! I saw quite a few WPA models many years ago at flea markets and swap meets, but no one really seemed to know why or where they were made. I heard a number of implausible explanations. Someone told me they were sold in souvenir shops at historic places. One old gent claimed that his were handmade by his grandfather for his Christmas train yard in the 1890s. A self-described "knowledgeable" antiques dealer said his model of the Daniel Boone Homestead was made exclusively for Boone family descendants.
Curtis Miner has solved a mystery that's been puzzling me for quite some time!
Best wishes to PHMC on celebrating the seventy – fifth anniversary of the New Deal — and thanks for teaching me about our more recent history!
Daniel F. Hoffman Jr.
Byrd Not Bird
I read each issue of Pennsylvania Heritage with great interest. As a relative newcomer to the Commonwealth, it's one of the ways I fill in the gaps. I read this edition with perhaps greater interest since I wrote my doctoral dissertation at the University of Virginia on one of Virginia's New Deal governors.
If I am learning Pennsylvania history late in life, I learned a little something about Virginia history earlier. This enabled me to catch an error in "Marking Time" in the Winter 2008 edition. One of Virginia's two senators at the time was Harry F. Byrd, not Henry Bird as the text states. It had to be good ol' Harry because the sentiments expressed were correct, even if the name was not. Harry Byrd was the boss of the democratic "organization" in Virginia. Although serving in Washington, D.C., at the time, he was largely responsible for the Old Dominion being the last state to adopt the laws necessary to implement "Old Age and Survivors' Insurance" — also known as Social Security — for its citizens. He regarded that as an "extravagance" for "simple . . . folk."
Alvin Hall
Canadensis, Pa.
Pleased As I Am
Pleased as I am that you featured my book, J.W. Gitt and His Legendary Newspaper, The Gazette and Daily of York, Pa., in the Spring 2008 issue, I must point out two factual errors. The Progressive Party ran Henry, not Harry, A. Wallace as its presidential candidate in the national election of 1948, not 1943. That would have been impossible since Franklin D. Roosevelt was reelected in 1940 and 1944.
Also, I was interested in the review of Vietnam Zippos: American Soldiers' Engravings and Stories, 1965–1973, because I live about fifteen miles from Zippo's home of Bradford, which is in McKean County, not Bradford County, as the review states. We northern border counties need to protect ourselves and be known for something besides cold weather! Just be glad that I don't know enough about the Revolutionary War era to find errors in the third review.
With all best wishes for continuing an otherwise fine publication.
Mary A. Hamilton
Eldred, Pa.
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The sun doesn't shine everyday in Tasmania, so we figured it would be a good idea to head straight to Cradle Mountain. At one stage, there wasn't a cloud in the sky so we were fortunate to get the almost perfect photo across Dove Lake towards the mountain.
We headed northwest, ironically across the Vale of Belvoir, towards the coast and eventually to Stanley. Rocky Cape National Park was the same scenery as you get on the East Coast at Wineglass Bay with one exception - there is nobody else there. There was some stunning scenery and pure white sand beaches.
Stanley was the original base for the Van Diemens Company operations in the north of Tasmania in the early 1850's. It is a picture perfect little town, dominated by the huge outcrop of the rock - The Nutt and surrounded by blue sea....well at least it was on our visit, although when the Roaring 40's get going it might be a bit fresh. As with most things Tasmanian at that time, the buildings were constructed by convicts and it was the service centre for the huge original sheep stations in the area.
very north west tip of the island at the huge wind farm at Woolnorth, before turning southwards towards Arthur River - which describes itself as the Edge of the World. If you keep going westwards you apparently won't hit land until the Falklands.
The next stops were the mining centres of the West Coast - Queenstown and Zeehan. The former is still a huge scar on the landscape and operational. It was a bit difficult to comprehend that 10,000 people used to live in Zeehan at the turn of the 20th century, even though they have some grand old buildings and a theatre that used to have a capacity of 1000 people - the whole population could now comfortably fit in there today.
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Candidate says board has institutional ability to advance the centre
By Jeremy Hainsworth Nov 13, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
"I have a passion for our parks and recreation system," says parks board candidate Jamie Lee Hamilton. "They play a vital role in our well-being and happiness." Credit: Jamie Lee Hamilton
Transgender sex work activist Jamie Lee Hamilton is seeking election to Vancouver's Board of Parks and Recreation for the third time, this year under the Independent Electoral Alliance banner.
She says a dedicated centre for the queer community is an issue that needs to be moved forward, as does ending the privatization of public space and maintaining park safety.
"I have a passion for our parks and recreation system," she says. "They play a vital role in our well-being and happiness."
BC's queer resource centre, Qmunity, was allotted $7 million in community amenity contributions for a new community centre by city council on Dec 17, 2013. Hamilton says the parks board has the institutional ability to move that project forward. "We need to elect some strong queer candidates to push that."
And, Hamilton says, despite gains made in the wake of Aaron Webster's beating death in Stanley Park in 2001, the park remains unsafe for cruisers. She says she goes to the park trails once a month and still hears safety issues being raised.
"These men who use the park are still part of our community," she stresses. "If we don't start looking after their safety, there's going to be another Aaron Webster. It's only a matter of time."
She is also concerned about the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. She says some people fear that the land around the centre will be handed to developers. The queer community and all Vancouverites would lose a redeveloped aquatic centre as a public asset if any privatization goes forward on the site, she warns.
Hamilton has run for city council twice, first in 1996, making her the first openly transgender person to run for political office in Canada, she says.
In 2000, she ran for Parliament as a Green Party candidate in Vancouver Centre. In 2005, when she campaigned again for city council under the moniker Queen of Hearts, she appeared on the steps of city hall for a press conference adorned in a red robe and tiara.
Hamilton has served as a director of the Vancouver Pride Society and the Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society.
She has also served on the Downtown Eastside Arts in Parks steering committee, funded by the parks board, to develop an overall guiding plan for Downtown Eastside parks.
In 1996, she was awarded Xtra's community hero award.
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RIT is partnering with the National Science Foundation and a university consortium to further enhance the region's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here, student teams pitch their business ideas to potential investors at the culmination of the Saunders Student Accelerator Program, an intense accelerator program aimed at assisting student entrepreneurs and innovators in developing their business concepts to a point where they are ready to begin to seek angel investment.
In a move to further enhance an already robust innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, Rochester Institute of Technology is partnering with the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub: Interior Northeast Region.
RIT will join a consortium of 10 renowned regional colleges and universities that will utilize $15 million in NSF funding over the next five years to implement and execute a cohesive innovation ecosystem that delivers inclusive models of education and workforce training designed for and by innovators in rural regions and small cities. According to NSF, the Interior Northeast Region is representative of portions of the United States that are largely rural, economically underserved, and working to restore economic vitality.
Joining RIT in the effort are Dartmouth College, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Vermont, West Virginia University, and Hub lead institution Cornell University. Each college and university will host regional I-Corps courses and contribute to programming and curriculum strategy.
"RIT is delighted to be a partner in the new regional I-Corps Hub," said Ryne Raffaelle, RIT vice president for research and associate provost. "We are proud to continue our collaboration in the promotion of technology commercialization, entrepreneurship, and development of the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, all of which play integral roles in our university's mission. We are looking forward to working with the NSF and our partner institutions to positively impact our regional economy in this unique way."
A mission-critical element of the Hub's approach to entrepreneurship is the creation and administration of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives. Hub leadership and partners are working to support the development of STEM research talent who are women, veterans, people of color, and individuals with disabilities. These initiatives will include collaborations with organizations like the National GEM Consortium's Inclusion in Innovation Initiative (i4) and RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
RIT has a history of creating and boosting the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus through majors, programs, courses, partnerships with companies, student development, and signature events such as Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival. The university's Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship provides early-stage commercialization support and training to students and faculty with innovative concepts and technologies through programs like IdeaLab, Tiger Tank, Studio 930 Design Consultancy, and the Student Accelerator Program. RIT's technology business incubator, Venture Creations, supports the creation and growth of university-aligned technology-focused firms. And RIT's Saunders College of Business offers uniquely designed coursework to create the foundation of entrepreneurial development, including a master's degree in technology innovation management and entrepreneurship. Additionally, RIT's MAGIC Center is a university-wide research center with a multidisciplinary entrepreneurial approach to digital media research and production.
"Our partnership with the NSF through the I-Corps program further validates our efforts and commitment to training the next generation of inventors and innovators," said Richard DeMartino, professor and Albert J. Simone Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at RIT. "Not only are our students creative, but they are willing to actively build upon classroom instruction and learn from those who were once in their shoes. This additional funding from NSF and sharing of resources will enhance the important work that we do to support critical thinking, out-of-the-box creativity, and the natural drive that is intrinsic in all entrepreneurs."
Founded by the NSF in 2011, I-Corps programming nationwide empowers researchers to combine their technical and scientific knowledge with an entrepreneurial mindset to develop new technologies and startups that benefit society. RIT, through the Simone Center, has been an NSF I-Corps Site since 2012 and is part of the Upstate New York I-Corps Node, along with Cornell University and University of Rochester.
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My week in Greece - all in the name of homeopathy!
Finally I have made time to reflect on my week's learning at the International Academy of Classical Homeopathy and the teaching I absorbed after my daily commute on foot up the hill from Votsi, past citrus trees and bougainvillea, to Professor Vithoukas' Academy. Apparently I was lucky - it was certainly hot, but not like previous years. But first, how I got there.
It was quite a pilgrimage to Alonissos. Flying through the night from Heathrow to arrive in Athens in the early hours.... hopping on a twin prop plane and flying through dawn and sunrise to get to Skiathos, with its alarmingly tiny airstrip..... waiting for the ferry to arrive in Skiathos and meeting one of the teachers, Professor Jorgos Kavouras, at the ferry terminal..... sailing past many islands to arrive in Alonnisos.... catching a lift up the hill to Votsi, the village stayed in, and forcing myself to stay awake despite no sleep since Saturday morning so I could sleep through Sunday night ready for the morning's lectures!
You can see the Academy in the photo (I'm in there somewhere!) - note George is wearing the waistcoat, somewhat more acclimatised to the heat than most of us! We were lucky to be spared the heat of previous courses which is amplified by the laptops of around 120 homeopaths from around the world- doctors and lay professionals like me alike. What amazed me was to see homeopaths and doctors from France, India, South American, the Ukraine, Germany, Greece, Croatia and many other countries, as well as the UK, united and enthusiastic in their aim to improve their ability to find the homeopathic remedy for their patients.
This was the first time I'd met Professor George Vithoulkas in person. I found his energy and enthusiasm empowering, and his humility was almost a surprise. In person George is smaller than I'd imagined from the videos I have seen of his lectures, and he somehow reminded me of wise Yoda (I have 2 small boys so my knowledge of Star Wars is greater than it would be otherwise!): magnanimous, wise, compassionate and humble. George started the course optimistically by saying "I have the impression that things for homeopathy are going the right way in the world." This was music to the ears of beleaguered British homeopaths, used to a somewhat more negative outlook with regular attacks on the provision of homeopathy in the media. This optimism was echoed by the German Professor Jorgos Kavouras,who joined Professor George Vithoulkas in teaching this course.
Here is the flavour of a typical day!
Waking in the morning in my hotel room and getting myself a breakfast of yogurt, fresh fruits and nuts whilst admiring the beautiful sea views, before packing my old but trusty laptop into my bag and walking to meet colleagues in the village. Off up the hill, past huge barking dogs, for a 15 minute trudge (which got easier as we got fitter!) to the Academy at the top of the hill.
Arrival at the Academy meant a welcome sit down and large drink of water to get back to normal temperatures before setting up my desk in the main lecture hall. George might open the day, and Jorgos would take the first session - discussing long and involved cases consultation by consultation, going through each prescription and why stick with it, why and when to change it, and all the questions that raised for us. This is unusual, to have such a detailed foray through case taking and valuable as this is like everyday practise - rather than the 'wonder cases' often saved for conferences! I was impressed at Jorgos' professional dedication and humility - his openness to sharing the warts and all nature of his cases - to a group of fellow professionals. He shared cases of MS, trigeminal neuralgia and hypertension, to name a few, but the aim was always to show the beautiful how and why of prescribing a remedy to fit the 'whole person'.
Other topics could be more philosophical - for example, discussions about infectious diseases like SARS and the role of homeopathy and allopathy, a specific illness like hydronephrosis or the state of homeopathy in the world.
Of course, there were breaks - and it was wonderful and a surprise to catch up with fellow alumni from my University course: people I've not seen for a decade and yet it felt like yesterday discussing lectures and students of old. And it was a chance to get to know new people and find out how homeopathy is being treated in their countries - generally a lot more positively than in Britain!
After more lectures a trip down the hill to lunch was the routine! Dimitri's restaurant with its Greek salads and delicious fresh cooked food a leap in life quality compared with grabbing a sandwich at lunchtime between patients! I managed to explore a little in the long lunch break, and found a beautiful little cove just down the hill from Votsi visited by Greek and foreign tourists. A coffee and the restful nature of staring out across the beautiful sea with green mountains rising from the depths did so much to restore and renew my soul that if I were my own doctor I would prescribe this as an annual trip to ensure that I can rebuild my energy after a year of supporting others!
One of the most fascinating parts of the course was the live cases. These might be in the morning or afternoon/evening. George, now in his mid-eighties, still takes 'live cases' where the patient sits in clinic with him and the case is simultaneously broadcast (and translated) to all of the students sitting in the hall. I won't disclose details due to confidentiality, but there were patients of all ages, from babes to elders, with a wide range of mental, emotional and physical symptoms and difficulties. Some of these patients have come to the clinic on the annual International Course for a couple of years and those that had seen them before remarked on the improvement in their health.
George's precision in case taking and detective-like, relentless search for the best remedy was an inspiration. His knowledge second to none and I picked up some good tips on how to pursue the quest for this remedy in my own consultations, using the computer as an aid to intelligent prescribing. Wonderful!
Of course, a trip back down the hill to a restaurant for a meal before bed and glass of Retsina was the perfect end to the day. Chats with great colleagues late into the evening about the day, life and the Universe helped put everything into perspective and 'logged' the day's teachings firmly in my mind.


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KIDS Releases New Album Lost Cities via Tooth and Nail Records
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida - July 31, 2020 - Alt/indie-rock group KIDS have released their new album, Lost Cities , today via Tooth & Nail Records . Listen now across streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, and more here.
The group has released four dreamy singles of the album, " Visitors," " All Smoke, No Fire," and " Pale Horse" and " Not Enough." As the album would confirm, KIDS are making the most of their ethereal, spacey sound to create a world all their own. On the album, KIDS states " Lost Cities is a love letter to the men and women who have worked selflessly to steer Spaceship Earth in the right direction, making something of themselves to better the world around them."
KIDS is an alt indie rock band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Its members Matthew Barrios, Joshua Diaz, Christian Gonzalez, Josiah Sampson and Andrew Woomer are unified by one simple motive: stay true to yourself. There's a Picasso quote "All children are artists; the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up," They use to fuel that motive; it's a reminder to always be anchored in authenticity. First artists, then storytellers, KIDS uses cinematic instrumentation as a vehicle for their storytelling. Sweeping soundscapes and epic brass sections play to their eager and animated nature while showcasing their sophisticated musicianship. A self-expressed band of "sadboys," KIDS sings songs of love and loss through a lens of escape and imagination. Since their conception in 2012, KIDS released a full-length record in 2015 and plans to release their next project on Tooth & Nail Records in 2020.
Lost Cities is out now. For more information, please visit https://www.thisiskids.com/
Lost Cities Track Listing:
01. Arrival
03. Dry Bones
04. Visitors
05. The Mourn
06. Ruins
07. Not Enough
08. All Smoke, No Fire
09. Pale Horse
10. SOS
11. Möthership
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National Regional Property Group's Bow Square development is a purpose-built £60M private rented sector scheme in Southampton.
A time-lapse of the project, spanning June 2016 – June 2017, has now been released. Once complete in summer 2018, Bow Square will consist of 84 one and 165 two bedroom apartments.


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09/06/2009 mj santilli American Idol, Headlines 362
Adam Lambert leads Idol fans in Indy concert
Danny Gokey made his presence known during Saturday's "American Idols Live" concert at Conseco Fieldhouse, at the very least for a hipster makeover that showcased a glittery wallet chain, larger-than-life boots, a military-themed jacket and silver-framed glasses.
His go-for-broke renditions of Rascal Flatts ballads "What Hurts the Most" and "My Wish" earned standing ovations, but it can't be said that Gokey had the undivided attention of an audience estimated at 11, 000.
Indy Star.com
More Idol Headlines after the JUMP…
American Idols Live
Winner of last season's American Idol competition, Kris Allen, performs "Hey Jude" on stage at Conseco Fieldhouse. The "American Idol Live" tour performed at Conseco Fieldhouse Saturday evening, September 5, 2009. Among the performers was last season's winner Kris Allen and fellow competitors Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Matt Giraud, Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Megan Jow and Michael Sarver. (Doug McSchooler / for The Star)
Living ' and singing ' the dream
One is that 'American Idol'  is the highest-rated program on television. The other is that the stars of said program will appear in the area on the ensuing concert tour.
The Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza will again host the Top 10 finalists of the hugely popular Fox franchise as 'American Idols Live'  makes its way to the Wilkes-Barre Township facility at 7 p.m. Wednesday
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Lambert delivers performance worthy of idolizing
Adam Lambert isn't an American Idol, he's a rock star.
If it wasn't already obvious from his performances on television, the American Idol runner-up solidified it with his stunning performance Friday night when the American Idols Live! Tour stopped in Madison at the Alliant Energy Center.
Lambert makes the other finalists, even winner Kris Allen, look mostly like a bunch of talented and charismatic karaoke singers. He's one of the rare performers on the megahit television show who transcends its pageantry and overworked vocal covers with a blast of relevancy.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS HAS GOT THE X FACTOR
Robbie Williams is being lined up for a £20million deal as a judge on an American version of X Factor.
The show's boss Simon Cowell wants pop legend Robbie to be part of a dream team including British X Factor judge Cheryl Cole.
Simon hopes the reality talent show will be bigger than his current US series American Idol.
And he thinks Cheryl, 26, has a huge future in the States along with Angels singer Robbie, 35.
Simon, 49, is anxious to launch a version of the popular show in America because he sees it as a way of building his TV empire.
People.co.uk
X Factor judges floored by the Welsh Whitney… who brought her whole village with her to the audition
She arrived at the X Factor audition determined to deliver the performance of her life.
But even 18-year-old Lucie Jones couldn't have predicted just how successful her appearance before judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue would be.
Hailing from a small village outside Cardiff, where this week's auditions were held, Lucie told the panel: 'The X Factor is my ticket out of here. Out of the little village on top of a hill, with all the sheep.'
Daily Mail.co.uk
The X Factor – third audition show
It's Saturday night, which means it's time for another round of X Factor auditions!
I have a small confession to make ' I haven't actually watched either of the two previous episodes. I've been sulking, you see, about the new arena-style audition format – we all know that the production crew pick out the best, the worst and the downright demented for our televisual entertainment, but to publicly humiliate the latter two categories on stage in front of thousands AND then again on TV seems a bit unnecessary, if you ask me.
So my plan was to ignore the audition shows and pick up this year's X Factor once bootcamp starts, but then I discovered that it had been the dying wish of a recently deceased relative that I watch the show tonight, so here goes.
Lucie Jones – X Factor – VIDEO
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1.1Watersheds
1.2Peaks
2Flora and fauna
2.1Flora
2.2Fauna
4Parks
5Nearby ranges
Simi Hills
Mountain range of the Transverse Ranges in California, United States
Main ridge of Simi Peak, highest summit of the Simi Hills
Simi Peak
2,139 ft (652 m)
location of Simi Hills in California[1]
Ventura County and Los Angeles
34°13′28.015″N 118°43′0.326″W / 34.22444861°N 118.71675722°W / 34.22444861; -118.71675722Coordinates: 34°13′28.015″N 118°43′0.326″W / 34.22444861°N 118.71675722°W / 34.22444861; -118.71675722
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USGS Calabasas
The Simi Hills are a low rocky mountain range of the Transverse Ranges in eastern Ventura County and western Los Angeles County, of southern California, United States.
The Simi Hills are aligned east-west and run for 26 miles (42 km), and average around 7 mi (11 km) north-south. The Simi Hills are part of the central Transverse Ranges System.[2] They lie almost entirely within southeastern Ventura County, with some southern and eastern foothills within western Los Angeles County.
The Simi Hills are on the western edge of the San Fernando Valley. The Simi Valley lies to the north, and the Conejo Valley lies to the southwest. The San Fernando Valley communities of Chatsworth, West Hills, and Woodland Hills are in the eastern hills and adjacent valley floor in Los Angeles city and county. The cities of Agoura Hills and Westlake Village are also located in Los Angeles County, generally southwest of the Simi Hills. The cities of Thousand Oaks (to the west) and Simi Valley city (to the north) are in the hills and adjacent valleys within Ventura County.
The two nearby mountain ranges are: the higher Santa Susana Mountains adjacent on the northeast across Santa Susana Pass; and the Santa Monica Mountains running nearby along the south.
The hills provide the complete or partial watersheds for several year-round creeks and numerous seasonal streams. They include Las Virgenes Creek (tributary of Malibu Creek), Moore's Canyon Creek, Bell Creek, Dayton Creek, Woolsey Canyon Creek, Brandeis Creek, Runkle Canyon Creek, Arroyo Simi, Palo Comado Creek, Cheeseboro Creek, and Arroyo Calabasas (northern fork). Bell Creek and Arroyo Calabasas are the headwaters of the Los Angeles River, by name its beginning with their confluence in nearby Canoga Park. 90% of the Santa Susana Field Lab property drains into the Los Angeles River via tributaries.
Peaks in this region include Simi Peak, 2,403 ft (732 m),[3] Chatsworth Peak, 2,314 ft (700 m),[4] and Escorpión Peak (aka: Castle Peak), 1,475 ft (450 m).
View of Simi Hills looking south from Oakbrook Regional Park, with the Santa Monica Mountains in the distance.
Panoramic view of the Simi Hills looking north from the Santa Monica Mountains.
Because of its low elevation, the Simi Hills typically experience rainy, mild winters. Snow is rare in the Simi Hills, even in the highest areas. Summers are warm and dry and wildfires do occur here. Cool winds from the Pacific Ocean come from the Oxnard Plain and blow into the inland areas through the Santa Clara River Valley and the Conejo Valley, though some low hills, such as Conejo Mountain, block these winds from the Conejo Valley. The Simi Hills further block these winds, which bring cool weather in both summer and winter from the San Fernando Valley.
The southern lower hills are mostly covered in grasslands and oak savanna. The northern rocky hills area is primarily chaparral shrubland and oak woodlands. The Simi Hills are part of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion. The oaks (Quercus spp.) include: the evergreen coastal live oak (Quercus agrifolia), the deciduous valley oak (Quercus lobata), and the scrub oak (Quercus dumosa). Riparian zone plants include California sycamores (Platanus racemosa) and arroyo willows (Salix lasiolepis). Spring wildflowers include the redbush monkey flower (Mimulus aurantiacus), Plummer's mariposa lily (Calochortus plummerae), and canyon sunflower (Encelia californica). poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum) is also an important member of the native plant habitat community here.
The Simi Hills is the principal, and much wider, of only two terrestrial wildlife corridors linking the coastal Santa Monica Mountains with the inland Santa Susana Mountains, Topatopa Mountains, and San Gabriel Mountains, all of the transverse ranges fauna community. The Simi Hills are a critical wildlife corridor linkage for the Santa Monica Mountains to these and other Transverse Ranges further east. The undeveloped native habitat provides routes that protect larger land wildlife of the Santa Monicas from genetic isolation.[5][6] The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is a proposed vegetated overpass spanning the Ventura Freeway at Liberty Canyon in Agoura Hills, California.
Large sections of the Simi Hills are protected by parks and open space preserves. The Santa Susana Field Laboratory property, a crucial wildlife corridor to the Santa Susanas, has been proposed for public open space parkland after the closed site's cleanup completion.
The population of red-legged frogs is small and isolated, and was impacted by the Woolsey Fire swept through the area in November 2018.[7]
The Simi Hills were inhabited for over 8,000 years by Paleo-indians and Chumash-Venturaño Native Americans for settlements and hunting grounds.[8][9] The Chumash had the established village of Hu'wam in Cañon del Escorpión (Bell Canyon). It was a multicultural 'crossroads' destination, where Chumash, Tongva, and Tataviam peoples traded and lived beside Bell Creek below Escorpión Peak, at the present day Bell Canyon Park.[10][11] This peak in the Simi Hills (aka: Castle Peak) is one of nine alignment points in Chumash territory and is essential to maintaining the balance of the natural world.[12] Upstream were healing springs and are rock outcrop 'grinding stones.' The Burro Flats Painted Cave, an example of the Rock art of the Chumash people, is nearby.[citation needed]
The Juan Bautista de Anza expedition passed through the area in 1769, being the first European sighting of the Simi Hills. The U.S. National Park Service administers the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail which enters at Moore Canyon in El Escorpión Park and crosses across the southern Hills through Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve and Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park to the Conejo Valley.[13] In 1845 the land grant for Rancho El Escorpión, beside the Peak and named for it, was issued to one Chumash and two Tongva people and a rare instance of Native Americans being grantees, by Mexican Governor Pío Pico. The Rancho El Conejo was to the west, and included that end of the Simi Hills.[citation needed]
In the first half of the 20th century, there were four large movie ranches in the Simi Hills for filming motion pictures on location. The gated community of Bell Canyon began development of geographic Bell Canyon in the 1968. To the north of U.S. 101, east of Thousand Oaks, and west of Simi Valley the early 1960s suburban expansion of metropolitan Los Angeles brought the development of small to significantly sized parcels of land in the Simi Hills. Hillside subdivisions regraded natural contours into terraced lots, changing the Hills viewshed, drainage patterns, and habitats in those areas. The extensive planned new community projects at Jordan Ranch and Ahmanson Ranch were eventually stopped by local citizens and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy keeping extensive Hills acreage natural in open space parks.[citation needed]
The Simi Hills were home of the Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) for open-air testing of rocket engines from 1947 to 1990, and the site of experimental nuclear reactor experiments with four nuclear accidents between 1959 and 1969; these projects and accidents were declassified in 1989. The first accident, in 1959, was the most serious with a full meltdown. The extent of the accident is unknown due to instrument limitations, other than that it released extensive radiation. More radiation was released in the 1959 event than in the Three Mile Island accident 20 years later.[14] The groundwater under portions of the Simi Hills, contaminated with toxins and radionuclides that were also historically used at SSFL, has been and is a key concern in new development decisions and the SSFL property's future limited to parkland use after an impending cleanup, initiating preservation of more open space in the range.[15]
The NPS Rim of the Valley Trail Corridor is in the planning stages and includes the Simi Hills open space parklands and proposed new areas.[16][17][18][19]
Bell Canyon Park with Bell Creek; West Hills and Bell Canyon[20]
Challenger Park
Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park - in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, western Simi Hills in Ventura County.[21][22][23]
El Escorpión Park and the Moore's Canyon Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail segment; West Hills, Los Angeles[24][25]
Rocky Peak Park - adjacent and above Santa Susana Pass[26]
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library complex with museum
Sage Ranch Park - near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory with trails and camping.[27][28][29]
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park - with the Old Santa Susana Stage Road in the rocky northern Simi Hills.[30][31]
Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve - (previously the Ahmanson Ranch Park), 3,000 acres (12 km²) Park in the southern Simi Hills, managed by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.[32]
Nearby ranges
Chalk Hills
Santa Susana Mountains
Burro Flats Painted Cave
Bell Creek
Rancho El Escorpión
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^ Cilona, Antonino; Aydin, Atilla; Johnson, Nicholas M. (March 2015). "Permeability of a fault zone crosscutting a sequence of sandstones and shales and its influence on hydraulic head distribution in the Chatsworth Formation, California, USA". Hydrogeology Journal. 23 (2): 406. Bibcode:2015HydJ...23..405C. doi:10.1007/s10040-014-1206-1. S2CID 129607293.
^ "Simi Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
^ "Chatsworth Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
^ Myers, Amanda Lee (June 19, 2018). "4 new mountain lion kittens found in California mountains". The Associated Press. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ Roth, Annie (June 21, 2018). "Den of Mountain Lion Kittens Found in Unlikely Place". National Geographic. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
^ This article incorporates public domain material from California Red-Legged Frogs: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-07-12. {{citation}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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^ "Mercury News article". mercurynews.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-03-23. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) SSPSHP Ethnohistory Accessed 2/28/2010
^ " "Wishtoyo - Projects - Cultural - Ahmanson Ranch". Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2010-03-24. Ahmanson Ranch Becomes Private Preserve," [Wishtoyo Foundation website. Accessed 10/23/2007
^ Wishtoyo on Ahmanson Ranch accessed 10-23-2007 Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ http://www.nps.gov/juba/ National Park Service: official Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail website. accessed 4/06/2010
^ http://www.dtsc-ssfl.com/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=959 State DTSC-SSFL_Area IV Nuclear Research section. accessed 4/06/2010
^ http://www.dtsc-ssfl.com/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=942 State DTSC-SSFL Groundwater Interactive Database. accessed 4/06/2010
^ http://smmc.ca.gov/ROV%20Master%20Plan.pdf access date: 6/6/2010
^ http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/gnp-valley060510,0,1520788.story access date: 6/6/2010
^ http://www.modernhiker.com/2010/06/03/rim-of-the-valley-corridor-study-begins/comment-page-1/ access date: 6/6/2010
^ Kamal, Sameea (March 4, 2015). "Three lawmakers urge Park Service action on Rim of the Valley study". Los Angeles Times.
^ http://www.recreationparks.net/CA/los-angeles/bell-canyon-park-los-angeles Bell Canyon Park. accessed 11/22/2009.
^ http://www.nps.gov/samo/planyourvisit/cheeseboropalocomado.htm Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park. accessed 6/6/2010.
^ http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=83 Cheeseboro Park. accessed 11/22/2009.
^ Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park
^ http://www.recreationparks.net/CA/los-angeles/el-escorpion-park-los-angeles El Escorpión Park. accessed 11/22/2009.
^ http://venturacountytrails.org/RecentPhotos/2010-02-13CastlePeak/_Page.html venturacountytrails.org-Escorpion Peak. accessed 4/04/2010
^ http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=51 www.lamountains. Rocky Peak Park. access date: 6/6/2010
^ http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=53 SMMC-Sage Ranch Park Info. accessed 6/6/2010
^ http://www.lamountains.com/maps/sageRanch.pdf SMMC-Sage Ranch Park Map. accessed 2/28/2010
^ "Parks - LAMountains.com". www.lamountains.com. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=611 official Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park website. accessed 1/25/2010.
^ http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=123 Archived 2010-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park info. accessed 11/22/2009.
Destinations from Simi Hills
Moorpark Simi Valley Santa Susana Pass
Rocky Peak
Santa Monica Mountains Agoura Hills
Santa Monica Mountains Hidden Hills
SMMC: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve (formerly Ahmanson Ranch)
SMMC: Sage Ranch Park
Ventura County Trails.org: Escorpión Peak Park + Bell Creek Park
Ventura County Trails.org: Cheeseboro-Palo Commado Parks
Ventura County Trails.org: Wood + Lang Ranches Regional Parks
Park finders
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC): Simi Hills Park-Finder — interactive website.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area: NPS local Park-Finder — interactive website.
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC): All local ranges Park-Finder — interactive website.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simi_Hills


If you wish to conduct adjustments on your own Ferrari F550 then it is always a great idea to own a Workshop Manual for a reference if you want to know how to remove a specific part much like the Gearbox and fit it again adequately.
Ferrari F550 Workshop Manuals offers clear specified diagnostic guides on your car so if something is playing up it helps you understand what the problem is and how to make it better. Then you are able to evaluate if this can be done by yourself or if ever the job is just too big you are able to make a reservation for your F550 in with a local friendly mechanic.


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