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Bibliotherapy: What to read (and what to eat) when your husband leaves you for another woman
Here's my column in today's Sunday Telegraph. I feel that it should be accompanied by your recipes, given how many lovely people that contribute to this blog have already been sharing their heartwarming ingredients for what to eat while feeling heartbroken. It would be fantastic if you could post your recipes as comments at the end of this piece, so that other people can read them and find solace from them in similar circumstances. Vietnamese noodle soup, linguini with prawns, chocolate cake -- we've been talking about them together, and now let's get them written down, ready to be shared between Edinburgh and London, Minnesota and Melbourne, and everywhere and everyone else that reaches out with kindness, between the lines of this blog...
I'll start things off with a recipe for cherry cheesecake from Nigella Lawson. Nigella introduced me to the joys of cheesecake and Nora Ephron, and it's her fabulous cheesecake that is pictured above...
You might think that reading a novel is far less important than consulting a lawyer or a marriage guidance counsellor in these unhappy circumstances; but honestly, Nora Ephron's Heartburn has much to recommend it instead. It's a practical remedy in a ghastly situation – as cheering a voice as a dear friend in the dark hours before dawn, when you've been weeping into a pillow for several nights in a row.
Ephron wrote Heartburn in 1983 as a fictionalised version of the end of her marriage, a breaking point with particularly cruel timing, given that she was seven months pregnant with her second son. Her husband, Carl Bernstein (a Washington Post journalist famous for his part in uncovering the Watergate scandal), was, in reality, having a torrid affair with Margaret Jay, wife of the British ambassador to the United States. In her novel, Ephron turns her faithless husband into Mark, and Margaret into Thelma, and the whole messy situation into a beautifully written narrative.
As the author admits in an introduction to the most recent edition of the novel, over 25 years after its first publication, Heartburn is often referred to as 'thinly disguised'. "I have no real quarrel with this description," she observes, "even though I've noticed, over the years, that the words 'thinly disguised' are applied mostly to books written by women. Let's face it, Philip Roth and John Updike picked away at the carcasses of their early marriages in book after book, but to the best of my knowledge they were never hit with the thinly disguised thing."
In fact, 'thinly' is entirely the wrong adjective to apply to this great big heartfelt novel, filled with stories about marriage, guilt, love, loss, and how to make jokes, even when your world is falling apart. It also has an excellent recipe for Key lime pie covered with whipped cream to throw at a cheating husband; and another for cheesecake, which may not seem like the best cure for heartburn – it contains 12 ounces of cream cheese, 4 eggs, a cup of sugar, and two cups of sour cream – but trust me, cheesecake is tremendously good for heartbreak, along with a large helping of Nora Ephron.
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The paperback of Daphne
... is out next Monday. Please tell your friends! Here's the cover -- hope you like it. And here's the link to amazon -- please spread the word. Am having an utterly vile time (have just walked home weeping), but am trying to Think Ahead. Must post news of literary festivals: Glasgow Aye Write, on March 9th; Ways With Words, in Cumbria on March 6th; and trips to Leeds on March 5th, Newcastle on March 19th and Harrogate (I think) for a Yorkshire Post liteary lunch on March 26th. Will go and drink camomile tea, and pull self together...
Before I Say Goodbye
Here's a piece that I wrote in today's Sunday Times about Jade Goody, in the context of my sister, Ruth Picardie. It's a huge subject, and difficult to encapsulate in 1800 words, but here they are...
Daphne: life imitates art imitates life (discuss)
To readers of 'Daphne', you've probably already noticed by now that my life appears to have taken a nasty turn for the worse, following a somewhat unnerving pattern established in my novel, which is itself based on the disturbing patterns in Daphne du Maurier's life, that she reflected and refracted in her writing. Is this the curse of J.M Barrie? Or sheer coincidence?
Heartburn and the mysterious S...
Just found a tiny message from the mysterious giver of Heartburn. It was on the amazon delivery note, and said, 'No woman should be without Heartburn at a time like this! sxxx'. First of all I thought it was from my friend Sophie, but she says not. (I am eating cakes with her on Friday, as an alternative means of solace). Anyway, thank you to lovely S.
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... to the anonymous good fairy godmother who sent me a copy of 'Heartburn', express delivery by amazon this evening. It is much, much appreciated, as my copy had disappeared. I wish I could say thank you on a more individual basis, but there was no note of the very kind sender, just a brilliant book that speaks for itself that I shall re-read right now.
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Bibliotherapy: What to read when you are losing faith
Towards the end of 1875, Gustave Flaubert wrote a number of gloomy letters describing his poor health and impending financial ruin. He was only 54, but felt far older, suffering from the continuing effects of epilepsy and syphilis, and the hurtful attacks of critics. Flaubert's theatrical debut, The Candidate, had flopped the previous year, surviving only four performances, and the publication of The Temptation of St Anthony – upon which he had laboured for quarter of a century – was equally disastrous. "Torn to pieces," he wrote, noting "the hatred underlying much of this criticism… This avalanche of abuse does depress me."
Yet by March 1876, he was working on 'A Simple Heart', a story responding to the advice of one of his closest friends, George Sand, who had suggested that Flaubert's books were responsible for 'spreading unhappiness', and that he might attempt a different, more heartening approach. For inspiration, he borrowed a moth-eaten stuffed parrot from Rouen Museum (more details of which are to be found in Julian Barnes' wonderful book, 'Flaubert's Parrot').
The ensuing story, according to Flaubert's own description, 'is just the account of an obscure life, that of a poor country girl, pious but fervent, discreetly loyal, and tender as new-baked bread. She loves one after the other a man, her mistress's children, a nephew of hers, an old man whom she nurses, and her parrot. When the parrot dies she has it stuffed, and when she herself comes to die she confuses the parrot with the Holy Ghost.' This may sound more grotesque than consoling, and yet 'A Simple Heart', based in part on Flaubert's childhood, is strangely uplifting. Felicite – the girl with a simple heart, who grows old but never grows hard – has lived a life filled with loss, yet her love and faith is undiminished. Loulou -- the parrot that speaks without understanding or freedom – could be seen as a metaphor for the pointlessness of a writer's life, or the confines and limitations of language; yet the story of the bird and Felicite escapes from easy interpretation, into something entirely itself. Whenever I read it, I feel my faith restored – in writing, in human nature, in our mysterious capacity to find consolation amidst desolation, and in the enduring magnificence of parrots.
And another thing...
... despite appearances to the contrary online, I am actually coping reasonably well, given the circumstances...
Is the blog having a breakdown?
It seems to have returned, after a blank few hours. Perhaps my computer is emotionally involved with me...
What has happened to my blog?
My entire blog has disappeared! How did that happen? The whole screen has gone blank. Help!
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What to read when your husband has left you for another woman...
Any suggestions? All help gratefully received, on this rainy black night in february...
Bibliotherapy: What to read when you don't have a Valentine
The timing of next week's Valentine Day may seem particularly cruel, if you are feeling loveless and forlorn on Saturday night, when others have true love and roses. It is at moments such as these that one needs a kindred spirit; and Edith Wharton has always seemed to me to provide that companionship, however bleak her stories of love and loss.
Her fiction is filled with characters that have their hopes crushed, and passions betrayed – and parallels are therefore often drawn with Wharton's own life (an unhappy marriage to an unstable man, followed by a love affair with a bisexual, faithless bounder). Yet for all the unhappiness she suffered, interspersed with episodes of ill health, Wharton escaped from her claustrophobic past, prospering as a thoroughly independent, brilliantly successful writer. And nowhere is her brilliance more dazzling than in 'After Holbein', published in 1928, which tells the story of an aging New York socialite named Anson Warley. He is the type of man who would never spend a Saturday evening alone – or indeed any other night of the week – and prides himself on his unshakeable social status. "It was still a privilege, a distinction, to have him to dine"; and those who sought him at their tables "had to offer very special inducements in the way of cuisine, conversation, or beauty. Young beauty; yes, that would do it. He did like to sit and watch a lovely face, and call laughter into lovely eyes."
But on the wintry night of the story, Anson Warley forgets where he is supposed to be dining, and ends up at the mansion of Evelina Jaspar, an elderly lady 'who was gently dying of softening of the brain [but] still imagined herself to be New York's leading hostess… and still came down every evening to her great shrouded drawing-rooms, with her tiara askew on her purple wig".
'After Holbein' suggests that youth and beauty fade, and social hierarchy crumbles; that in the end, we are alone, united only by inescapable death. It might seem a bit sombre a message for Valentine's Day, but there's something to be said for Wharton's icily cold blast of fresh air, to dilute the pervasive fug of perfumed romances.
Chanel returns
Finding Coco
La Grande Mademoiselle
Out and about with Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel in the Telegraph
Coco reviewed by Kathryn Hughes
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
In Coco's clothes
Chanel on the BBC
dove grey chanel
Coco's Caledonia
Chanel at 31 Rue Cambon
Chanel at Waterstones
Chanel in Harper's Bazaar
Chanel in Vogue
Coco in Scotland
Chanel at the V&A
Chanel at Bath Theatre Royal
Polly Samson
Amelia's magazine
Alison Kerr
lachanelphile
Emily Jerman
exsoteric
fashion's most wanted
lola is beauty
milkzine
Daphne in paperback
Daphne on amazon
Daphne: the Observer
Daphne: extract and info at Bloomsbury
Daphne: extract in the Telegraph
Daphne: the Book Show
Radio 4: Last Night I Dreamed
Radio 4: Rebecca's Daughters
Daphne on Radio 4
Daphne's Cornish landscape: Guardian
Daphne: another interview
Daphne: the Times
Telegraph fashion columns
Elspeth Thompson
A seance at the Bronte Parsonage Museum
Magical libraries
bronteblog
dovegrey reader scribbles
fictionisstrangerthanfact
Gondal Girl
http://janegs.blogspot.com/
liza campbell
http://oxford-reader.blogspot.com
Henri Llewelyn Davies
J.M Barrie website
juxtabook
keeperofthesnails
otherstories
randomjottings
stuck-in-a-book
Virago: my piece in the Sunday Telegraph
A perfect place to write
Coco Chanel is always with me: in the Tillypronie rockery on a summer's day
View from a room of my own
Looking out of the window when I should be working...
Tea is the essence of writing
Father Christmas bought me a clever contraption to keep my tea warm while I work
Bibliotherapy: What to read (and what to eat) when...
What to read when your husband has left you for an...
Bibliotherapy: What to read when you don't have a ...
Molly jumping
out with the dog today...
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The Reception of Gerhart Hauptmann's Dramas in Russia
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Findlay, Roger L.
Germanic Languages & Literatures
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The reception of Gerhart Hauptmann's dramas in nineteenth-century Russia began in 1889 with the Russian review of Vor Sonnenaufgang as performed in Germany. Hanneles Himmelfahrt was the first play by Hauptmann to be staged in Russia (1895), performed by the troupe of the St. Petersburg Theater of the Literary Arts Circle; the play ran quite successfully, largely due to its social content, which appealed to both the progressive and reactionary factions of the intelligentsia. Hannele, followed by Die versunkene Glocke and Michael Kramer, was the most successful of the six Hauptmann plays performed by the St. Petersburg company. By 1901, Novoe Vremia had proclaimed Hauptmann as Germany's leading dramatist. Despite the early gains for Hauptmann's dramatic works at the St. Petersburg Theater, where there were serious deficiencies in directing and stage technique, the prominance of Hauptmann's plays would have been unthinkable without the main vehicle which conveyed them, the Moscow Art Theater, without the significant artistic support from Anton Chekhov or the repertory inclinations of Nemirovich- Danchenko, and most of all, without the inestimable talents and favor of Russia's greatest actor-director, Konstantin Stanislavsky. Approximately 1905-06 both a literary trend away from Naturalism and, more importantly, political considerations worked to the detriment of continued popularity for Hauptmann's plays. Following the end of World War I, Russian interest in Hauptmann's works increased significantly, as Die Weber drew considerable attention for possible use in promoting political ends; Lenin himself directed that this play be performed on Soviet stages. Russian interest in Hauptmann's works declined noticeably in the late 1920s, largely due to the disfavor of Stalin's Commissar of Education Lunacharsky, who greatly admired Hauptmann, but now viewed the vacillations and symbolism of the author as negative. The early 1930s saw a culmination of attention to, and publication of, Hauptmann's dramas, but, overall, a lengthy loss of interest ensued thereafter due to political hostilities with Germany. Soviet scholarship and dramatic representation mainly concerned Die Weber and Vor Sonnenuntergang after the war. Post-Soviet Russia continues to hold Hauptmann in high regard, as indicated by its foremost institution of higher learning, Moscow State University.
Submitted to the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Three Reasons That Obama's Speech Will Worry the Jewish Community
By Tevi Troy
About Tevi Troy
Laura Meckler had a piece in this morning's Wall Street Journal about Jewish donors' warning Obama not to push Israel too hard in his Middle East speech today. If she's right about Jewish discomfort with Obama's Middle East policies — and I think she is — Jewish donors and voters alike will not be comforted by Obama's speech.
There were three main problems with the address. The first is the way in which Obama explained the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It is notable that when Obama said, "Israeli settlement activity continues. Palestinians have walked away from talks," he put the Israeli action first. A plausible interpretation of this is that, in Obama's view, Palestinians walked away as a result of Israel's settlement activity, and the Palestinian walkaway is therefore justified.
Second is that Obama did not demand an end to Palestinian misbehavior so much as predict, in a removed way, that such behavior will not serve them well:
For the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won't create an independent state. Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. And Palestinians will never realize their independence by denying the right of Israel to exist.
Compare this with Bush's starker and more direct words on the subject in his June 24, 2002, speech:
And the United States will not support the establishment of a Palestinian state until its leaders engage in a sustained fight against the terrorists and dismantle their infrastructure.
When it comes to Israel, however, Obama returns to demand, rather than predictive, mode, saying that "Israel too must act boldly to advance a lasting peace.
Third, Obama placed few limits on his support for a two-state solution. He also minimized Israel's security concerns and limited Israel's negotiating leverage by calling for a state with 1967 borders, instead of letting the parties themselves hash out the parameters. Again, compare this with the words of Bush, who rightly made American support for a Palestinian state contingent on concrete Palestinian actions:
If Palestinians embrace democracy, confront corruption, and firmly reject terror, they can count on American support for the creation of a provisional state of Palestine.
All of this is not accidental. Presidential speeches are written and rewritten so that they convey specific messages.
For these reasons, Obama has ample reason to worry about a poor reception when he speaks to a very pro-Israel audience at AIPAC this Sunday. In addition, Obama's campaign goal of raising $1 billion becomes much harder if he loses major Jewish fundraisers. While Bush's 2004 improvement in the polls among American Jews was relatively small — from 19 percent support in 2000 to 24 percent in 2004 — Bush also poached a number of significant fundraisers from the Democratic side because of his pro-Israel stance.
Finally, Obama has reason to fear a poorer showing in the overall Jewish vote in 2012. More important, though, it's not just Jewish voters Obama needs to worry about. Polls have consistently shown that Americans in general are supportive of Israel. Jews are only 2 percent of the population, but the percentage of Israel backers who will be going to the polls in 2012 will be much higher.
Tevi Troy is a presidential historian and former White House aide.


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Oxford Immunotec, Ltd. v. Qiagen, Inc.
Representative Claim(s)
The '646 Patent
7. A kit for diagnosing infection in a human host by, or exposure of a human host to, a mycobacterium that expresses ESAT-6, comprising a panel of eight peptides represented by SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 8.
1. A method of in vitro diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a host, comprising (a) keeping a population of T cells isolated from said host in contact with a peptide panel comprising one or more epitopes contained within one or more peptides selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 1, peptide SEQ ID NO: 2, peptide SEQ ID NO: 3, peptide SEQ ID NO: 4, peptide SEQ ID NO: 5, peptide SEQ ID NO: 6, peptide SEQ ID NO: 7, and peptide SEQ ID NO: 8, and (b) detecting a recognition response by the T cells to the peptide panel.
Posture:
Motion to Dismiss based on inevitable finding of non-patentable subject matter. A Magistrate Judge previously found that the kit claims were invalid under § 101, but that the method claims not clearly invalid and could thus not be dismissed prior to fact finding.
Exception Categories: Law of Nature, Natural Phenomenon
The kit and method claims were separately addressed. When addressing the kit claims, the Magistrate Judge discussed whether the peptides in the kits were naturally-occurring. In doing so, the Magistrate Judge implicated the law of nature exception, although it should properly have implicated the natural phenomenon exception (or the "product of nature" exception as the Supreme Court referred to it in Myriad).
Kit claims
The Magistrate Judge held that, "while the Court appreciates that isolated peptides perform differently than peptides contained in an intact ESAT-6 strand, the Court does not find this fact significant to its analysis. The inquiry at step one of the Mayo analysis is whether the peptides are drawn to patent ineligible subject matter. Applied here, the question is whether the peptides exist in nature or whether, instead, they have been changed from their natural state. It is undisputed that the peptides have not been changed beyond the act of isolation. The Court thus finds that the isolated peptides are products of nature."
As such, the Magistrate Judge did not proceed to second step of the Mayo two-part analytical framework.
Method claims
The Magistrate Judge held that, "when the peptide panel kit is used to test for TB infection, the isolated peptides do act differently than ESAT-6 in certain respects. Specifically, the isolated peptides are able to obtain a response from CD4 T-cells and CD8 T-cells, while ESAT-6 only obtains a response from CD4 T-cells. The isolated peptides are also capable of binding to the T-cells without an antigen-presenting cell or MHC cells, both of which are required when the reaction occurs in the body."
"Despite these differences in how the immune system reaction occurs, however, the end result of both reactions is the same, the body's production of IFN-γ. The Court thus concludes that the plaintiff's method claims are drawn to a law of nature: T-cells that have previously been exposed to M. tuberculosis will excrete IFN-γ."
Significantly More: Yes
The District Judge agreed with the Magistrate Judge's holding that, "the plaintiff's complaint alleges that Oxford's patented inventions provide a 'faster and more reliable method of diagnosing TB infection,' than the conventional means available at the time of the invention, the TST and sputum culture. (Dkt. No. 1). The patents-in-suit state that the only TB tests in 'general use' before the plaintiff's invention were the TST and sputum culture. (Id.). Accepting these allegations as true, the Court finds that the patented invention improves on existing methods for diagnosing TB by making diagnosis more convenient, less dependent on a physician's subjective interpretation of results, and more accurate. There is thus a plausible reading of the patents by which one could find that the plaintiff's in vitro tuberculosis test involves an inventive concept."
"At this early juncture, the Court concludes that the in vitro aspect of the plaintiff's tuberculosis test is an "inventive concept" because it improves on prior methods of detecting tuberculosis infection. It follows that the method claims, which describe the in vitro test, are potentially drawn to patentable subject matter."
The District Judge disagreed with the Magistrate Judge's holding that, "the kit claims only describe the peptide panel itself and do not involve the 'inventive concept' of an in vitro test, and thus are not drawn to patentable subject matter."
Relying on testimony from the plaintiff's expert and on the fact-based analysis that would be required to determine whether the claimed peptides are naturally occurring, Judge Gorton explained, "This Court rejected that finding [in a previous proceeding] because, taking the plaintiff's allegations as true, the claimed peptides were chemically different than the naturally occurring amino acids in the ESAT-6 protein and that purportedly results in the peptides behaving differently in plaintiff's in vitro tests than would the amino acids in the ESAT-6 protein." Thus, the kit claims met the minimum threshold to proceed past the motion to dismiss stage.
Date: Sep. 26, 2017
Status: Valid
Court: D. Mass.
Judge: Gorton
Opinion: Gorton
Dissent: None
Disposition: Motion to Dismiss – Denied
Reviewed Claim(s): All
Claims: Eligible
Patent(s):
7,632,646 – Tuberculosis Diagnostic Test
8,617,821 – Assay Method for Peptide Specific T-Cells


Are you tired of slow drains and frequent clogs in your home? The problem may be years of accumulated sludge, hair, grease, and debris narrowing your pipes and restricting flow. If so, it's time to invest in hydrojetting service from High Speed Plumbing.
Hydrojetting is a specialty drain cleaning service that involves using pressurized water to clean the interior surfaces of your pipes and drains. The hydrojetting tool consists of a nozzle on a high-pressure hose that is fed into the pipe via the main line sewer cleanout. It works its way up through the pipes, dislodging debris that is then washed down and out of the system.
Hydrojetting is safe for all kinds of pipes and plumbing. It's the best way to make your pipes so clean they run like new.
At High Speed Plumbing, we know the right way to do hydrojetting to avoid damage to your plumbing. This involves visually inspecting your pipes before work begins and selecting the appropriate water pressure for the task at hand. We will take another look with the in-line camera after work is complete to make sure the cleaning was thorough and to check the general condition of your pipes.
We employ only the best, most skilled and most conscientious plumbers you can trust for impeccable service. We offer flat rate jetting service so you don't have to worry about any hidden fees or surprise charges, and we back up all drain cleaning services with a warranty.


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Q: Add delay to CCSpawn sequence I'm trying to add a delay in a CCSpawn sequence, I want the fadeOut to start slightly after the moveBy has started rather than them both happening at the same time.
CCSpawn *anim = [CCSpawn actions:
    [CCMoveBy actionWithDuration:0.5 position:ccp(0.0,50.0)],
    [CCDelayTime actionWithDuration:0.2],
    [CCFadeOut actionWithDuration:0.5],nil];

The CCDelayTime in the middle seems to have no effect.
Any suggestions are appreciated.

A: Try something like this:
id move = [CCMoveBy actionWithDuration:0.5 position:ccp(0.0,50.0)];
id fade = [CCSequence actions: [CCDelayTime actionWithDuration:0.2],
                               [CCFadeOut actionWithDuration:0.5], nil];

CCSpawn *anim = [CCSpawn actions:move, fade, nil];

(just put them in their own variables so it is a little easier to read).

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England kick off their World Cup campaign in the northern island of Hokkaido and you can hop on cable cars up Mount Moiwa in Sapporo to take in one of Japan's top three night views.
Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, which was used at the 1972 Winter Olympics, has another impressive view of the city as well as memorabilia from past Games and simulators so you can enjoy different sports like the ski jump and bobsleigh.
Sampling Kobe beef will be top of many rugby fan's lists here and the top tip is to go at lunchtime as prices will be more palatable than dinner menus. Get good value and great service at Kishuya in the Chuo area.
Kobe Harbour is sure to be a popular too, especially with Meriken Park on the waterfront the designated fanzone. There are various cruises on offer, including Luminous's evening trip along the Akashi Strait where you can see the lights change on Akashi Bridge. Splash out on a multi-course dinner or pay as you go for drinks and snacks at the bar.
Head to the top of Mount Rokko for spectacular views of Kobe and take the train to Himeji to explore the beautiful – and recently renovated – Himeji Castle.
There is so much to see and do in Japan's capital. For history, visit Asakusa where the famous Sensoji Temple is located, then dine at Asakusa Imahan – a restaurant that dates back more than 120 years and specialises in shabu-shabu (a hotpot dish with thin slices of beef).
For a look at Japan's modernity, go to teamLab in Odaiba, a digital art museum where you can get lost for hours in the ever-changing displays (be sure to book).
Take the lift to the top of Marine Tower for great views of the city or head to the bar on the 42nd floor of the Prince Hotel, where you can enjoy the sights and a beverage (there is a table charge).
At street level, there are more than 400 bars in an area of 2sqkm in Noge. Many only seat a handful of people so stay for a drink or two, then visit another.
The craft beer scene in Yokohama is growing so there's an opportunity to taste different brews, too. Yokohama also has the second largest Chinatown in the world after San Francisco.


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Q: Python ordered list based on property I have the following list of objects that I want to sort into order based on dependencies. firstly the objects without dependencies would be first added to the list, then the batch that has dependencies on the first lot that was added, and so on and so on until all the items are removed from the list.
pp = [
    {"name": 'pipeline13', "deps": 'pipeline11' },
    {"name": 'pipeline1', "deps": 'pipeline4' },
    {"name": 'pipeline4'},
    {"name": 'pipeline2', "deps": 'pipeline4'},
    {"name": 'pipeline3'},
    {"name": 'pipeline5'},
    {"name": 'pipeline6', "deps": 'pipeline2'},
    {"name": 'pipeline7'},
    {"name": 'pipeline8', "deps": 'pipeline2'},
    {"name": 'pipeline9', "deps": 'pipeline3'},
    {"name": 'pipeline10', "deps": 'pipeline1' },
    {"name": 'pipeline11', "deps": 'pipeline10' }
]

Currently, I have the below code which works but it is not scalable nor very pythonic.
output = []
output_stage_1 = []
output_stage_2 = []
output_stage_3 = []
output_stage_4 = []
output_stage_5 = []

while pp:
    for p in pp:
        if not p.get('deps'):
            output.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

        if p.get('deps') in [i.get('name') for i in output]:
            output_stage_1.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

        if p.get('deps') in [i.get('name') for i in output_stage_1]:
            output_stage_2.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

        if p.get('deps') in [i.get('name') for i in output_stage_2]:
            output_stage_3.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

        if p.get('deps') in [i.get('name') for i in output_stage_3]:
            output_stage_4.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

        if p.get('deps') in [i.get('name') for i in output_stage_4]:
            output_stage_5.append(p)
            pp.remove(p)

print(output + output_stage_1 + output_stage_2 + output_stage_3 + output_stage_4 + output_stage_5)

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I want to sort into order based on dependencies

This is called topological sorting.
Here are some resources that either show you how to do it or that do the work for you:

*

*https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-program-for-topological-sorting/

*https://pypi.org/project/toposort/

A: Your could do it like this:
ordered = [ item["name"] for item in pp if "deps" not in item ]
while len(ordered) < len(pp):
    for item in pp:
        if "deps" not in item : continue
        if item["name"] not in ordered and item["deps"] in ordered:
            ordered.append(item["name"])

Note that I didn't optimize it so it could be a bit slow on large data sets.
[EDIT] here's an optimized version:
ordered    = [ item for item in pp if "deps" not in item ]
dependents = [ (item["name"],item["deps"],item) for item in pp if "deps" in item]
included   = set([item["name"] for item in ordered])
remaining  = len(dependents)
while remaining > 0:
    nextGroup = []
    circularCount = remaining
    for name,deps,item in dependents:
        if deps in included:
            ordered.append(item)
            included.add(name)
            remaining -= 1
        else:
            nextGroup.append((name,deps,item))
    dependents = nextGroup
    if remaining == circularCount : break

if remaining > 0 :
    # There was a circular dependency error


While insisting on peaceful coexistence and communal harmony among indigenous tribes of North-East India, the Dimasa Youth Forum (DYF) would like to highlight few facts regarding the history of Dimapur, which was capital of Dimasa Kachari/Hidimba Kingdom before the advent of Ahoms in Assam. We would like to stress that the following write-up is not meant to reiterate any geo-political claim but is solely for the purpose of highlighting the history of the Dimasa Kachari kingdom that existed in medieval Dimapur.
The Dimapur Ruins also called Kachari Rajbari presently looked after by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is the standing evidence of prosperous state of Dimasa Kachari Kingdom in the medieval period. The ruling clan was from among the sub-tribes of Kachari entity which remains unacknowledged perhaps due to ignorance. The word 'Kachari' is generic term used to denote certain groups of people by the British ethnographers considering the similarity of the language or dialect. But the fact is that not all these Kachari groups were rulers of the so-called Kachari or Hidimba Kingdom. A powerful group known as Dimasa was the ruling clan which is corroborated by historical sources and colonial archival records.
According to Edward Gait, the invading Ahoms called the rulers of Dimapur as 'timisa'. Gait advocated that the term 'timisa' in the Ahom buranjis (court chronicles) was the corrupted version of the word Dimasa. This fact is validated again in Census Report of 1931, where J. H. Crace, (Political Officer of Sadiya & formerly Sub-divisional Officer, North Cachar Hills) stated that seven Dimasa clans ruled Dimapur prior to shifting of the capital to Maibang (in Assam). These clans were Bodo, Thaosen, Hasnu, Langthasa, Jigdong, Haflongbar and Sengyung (See, Section II of Appendix, Census of Assam 1931). The Nagaland District Gazetteers (published in 1970) also gives an account of medieval Dimapur ruled by the Kacharis (See, page no.22-23). H. Bareh (editor of the Gazetteers) provides names of the important tanks – Padum Pukhuri, Jor Pukhuri and Bamon Pukhuri and credits it as all surviving historical relics of the old Kachari kings. Bareh also points to the fact that an Ahom scribe (writer) during the 16th century noticed six cisterns or tanks. The Gazetteers also recounts the construction of V-shaped stone pillars by the Kacharis, but it never mentioned about Dima raja marrying a daughter of Thezhuo Kemeduo. Neither any British record has any reference about the marriage, though many of the records have mentioned on the stone pillars and water tanks.
The Dimasa Kacharis were never brought as labourers to work in the forest by the British to Dimapur in the 18th century. It is true that the British officials were in habit for conscription of tribal population in most of the present-day Northeast India for various public works as labour, coolies and for porterage. But the British presence in Dimapur by the 18th century is not supported by any historical facts. It was not until 19th century that the British marked its presence in Dimapur. In 1839, Mr. Grange (a British sub-Assistant of Nowgong District) who was sent for the first British military expedition against the Angamis noted very minutely the different Kachari villages and settlements which he encountered (See, Journal of The Asiatic Society, No. 90, June 1839). In his account, Grange further noted about the remains of a circular fort built and erected by the Kachari Raja Krishna Chandra Hasnu (1790-1813) at Beremah village during one of his invasions (this fact is also mentioned in Alexander Mackenzie's book 'The North-East Frontier of Bengal', page no. 104). After Grange, it was Lieutenant Bigge in 1841, who for the first time gives a description of the Kachari monoliths in Dimapur. He noticed the pillars while he was on his way to a tour from Nowgong to Naga Hills. Lieutenant Bigge also mentioned the fact that a salt depot was opened in Dimapur and a market in Samaguting in order to pacify the raiding Angamis. However, a more detailed description of Dimapur can be found in Captain John Butler's account who visited the place in 1845. On 28 November 1844, Captain John Butler, guided by Kacharis visited the monolithic site. Butler was so mesmerized by the Kachari monoliths that he ordered a sketch of the ruins to be prepared. This sketch of Dimapur ruins with brief explanation can be found in Survey of India collection, National Archives of India. Another British officer, Major H.H. Godwin Austen visited Dimapur in 1873. According to him, the 'carved pillars were the most distinguished feature of the ruins;' and such monoliths were not to be found anywhere in the Naga hills. The carved pillars, however, reminded him of the monoliths found in the Khasi hills and the similar carved stones existed in Kasomari Pathar (Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal: 1874).
And never in the history was any mention of the fact that Dimasa Kachari people were living under the patronage of the Angamis. However, colonial records mentioned about the various raids conducted by the Angamis over the Dimasa villages at North Cachar hills under Tularam's territory for salt and human labour. The entire area of erstwhile Dimasa Kachari kingdom was still under Dimasa rule even till the death of Senapati Tularam and annexation by the British in 1854. It was only after the creation of Naga Hills district that Dimapur was added for strategic military interest and it remained with Nagaland thereafter.
It is important to mention here that by the defeat at the hands of the powerful Ahoms the Dimasa King had left the kingdom in the 16th Century leaving behind some subjects in and around the Dimapur. The remnants were none other than the ancestors of the present Kachari or Dimasas. It is by destiny we are part of the State today.


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This November will see the release of a sequel to 2015's Creed. Michael B. Jordan returns in the lead role while director Ryan Coogler is replaced by Steven Caple Jr. The first trailer for the movie dropped on Wednesday and can be seen above.
The movie also stars Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris,and Dolph Lundgren among others. It will pick up from the first movie and follows Apollo Creed's son Adonis as he heads towards a fight with the son of Russian fighter Ivan Drago, who killed Creed's father in the ring in Rocky IV. Creed II opens on November 21.
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Q: If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that $a^2+ b^2+ c^2 = 1$ $( \frac{1}{a} +\frac{1}{b} +\frac{1}{c}) +a +b +c \geq 4\sqrt{3}$
If a, b, c are positive real numbers such that $a^2+ b^2+ c^2 = 1$
Show that:
$$\frac{1}{a} +\frac{1}{b} +\frac{1}{c}+a +b +c \geq 4\sqrt{3}.$$

My attempt:
First , I used Holder's : $$\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\geq \frac{27}{3(a+b+c)}$$
similarly:
$$ a+b+c \geq \frac{(a+b+c)^3}{3(a^2+b^2+c^2)} = \frac{(a+b+c)^3}{3}$$
Which gives us:
$$LHS \geq \frac{27}{3(a+b+c)}+ \frac{(a+b+c)^3}{3}$$
By AM-GM:
$$LHS \geq 2\sqrt{3} \times (a+b+c)$$
So all we need to do is prove that $$2\sqrt{3} \times (a+b+c)\geq 4\sqrt{3}$$
And  this means we need to prove $$a+b+c \geq 2 $$
Which I can't.
I am not looking for a solution , only  hints that would  guide me through solving it .
Thanks in advance for any communicated help !

A: Alternative approach using the point of incidence technique.
We will first employ the AM-GM inequality, followed by QM-AM:
\begin{align*}
a+b+c+\frac1a+\frac1b+\frac1c&=a+b+c+\frac13\left(\frac1a+\frac1b+\frac1c\right) + \frac23\left(\frac1a+\frac1b+\frac1c\right)\\
&\geqslant \frac{6}{\sqrt{3}}\sqrt[6]{abc\cdot\frac1{abc}}+\frac{2}{\sqrt[3]{abc}}\\
&\geqslant 2\sqrt{3}+\frac2{\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}3}}\\
&= 2\sqrt{3}+\frac2{\sqrt{\frac13}}=4\sqrt{3}
\end{align*}
Equality holds iff $a=b=c=\frac1{\sqrt{3}}$.

Observation. This problem is a stronger version of an inequality that appeared in Macedonia's National Olympiad back in $1999$. Notwithstanding, a similar idea to that of Macedonia yields a solution for this problem.

A: By your argument, we already have
$$\frac1a+\frac1b+\frac1c+a+b+c\geq\frac9{a+b+c}+\frac{(a+b+c)^3}3=\frac9u+\frac{u^3}3\equiv f(u)$$
where $u=a+b+c>0$. Try to show that $f'(x)=0$ only has one root $x^*=\sqrt3$ when $x>0$ and $f''(x^*)>0$, therefore $f(u)\geq\min_{x>0}f(x)=f(x^*)=4\sqrt3$.


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Spanish unionism is a term used by the Basque nationalism and Catalan independence movements to refer to the political attitude which opposes independence and favours the continuity of the Kingdom of Spain as a single united nation-state.

Observations regarding the use of the Spanish term unionismo español inside Spain do not apply necessarily to the use outside Spain of the same term or translations like Spanish unionism. They can be disconnected, like, on one hand the Spanish term nacionalista, usually applied to catalan nationalists and never to Spanish nationalists, and on the other hand the term applied to the Francoist faction of the Spanish Civil War in English and many other languages, whereas Spanish sources prefer to not call the Francoists nacionalista, but bando sublevado, meaning Rebel Faction.

The expression Spanish unionism has been used as early as March 2009 in the context of the Catalan independence movement. An example of its use by Basque nationalism can be found in April 2009.

The adoption of the term unionism into the Spanish context and its loaded usage with negative connotation relates to attempts to draw parallels with the Orange Order of the Unionist movement in Ireland.

Spanish unionism is considered by Basque and Catalan nationalist parties as a political ideology identified by its denial of the exercise of the right of self-determination of the peripheral nationalities of Spain or sometimes by the simple defense of Spain as a nation. Therefore, the label has been applied to parties such as the People's Party, Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Union, Progress and Democracy (UPYD) and Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (C's).

See also
 Anarchism in Spain
 Iberian federalism
 National and regional identity in Spain
 Republicanism in Spain
 Spanish nationalism
 Tabarnia

References

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Dominion Energy Awards $110,000 in Ohio Community Impact Award Grants
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CLEVELAND, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy has presented $110,000 in grants to 15 Ohio community organizations in its 24th annual Community Impact Award competition, co-sponsored with Cleveland Magazine.
A panel of community judges chose the winners from among more than 50 entries, submitted by organizations throughout the region. The awards recognize non-profit organizations that make Ohio communities better places to live, learn, work and play. The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, the company's philanthropic arm, funds the Community Impact Award grants. The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation is dedicated to the economic, physical and social health of the communities the company serves.
"As we have come to expect, this year's Community Impact Award honorees devised, developed and delivered a wide range of ambitious, innovative and unique projects," said Jim Eck, vice president and general manager, Ohio and West Virginia Distribution. "These projects demonstrate the major role our region's non-profit and economic development agencies play in improving their local communities.
Since 1996, Dominion Energy and its predecessors have distributed more than $1.9 million in Community Impact Awards to Ohio organizations.
Towards Employment of Cleveland received a special $10,000 Workforce Development grant for its Bloom Bakery Baking the Change program. The program focuses on formerly incarcerated individuals, young adults aging out of foster care and residents of economically distressed Cleveland neighborhoods. The transitional job program helps participants develop baking skills, while receiving resume building and case management support. Over six years, Towards Employment expects the program to generate 100 transitional jobs, 120 work experiences and five permanent jobs, for a total community opportunity of at least $2.5 million in wages.
This year's Community Impact Award winners are:
ArtsinStark of Canton received $12,500 for its Canton Music Block program, a series of live music concerts. The performances, which have attracted tens of thousands of visitors, helped generate more than $835,000 in economic impact and enhanced redevelopment in downtown Canton.
The Children's Museum of Cleveland received $10,000 for its Museum for All program, which provides discounted tickets to lower-income families. The discounted tickets, available to families who show proof of receiving federal assistance, have helped increase attendance, while making the museum experience available to children who otherwise would not have been able to afford it.
United Way Services of Geauga County received $10,000 for its Bridges@Work program. The program connects working families with a variety of local programs and services, coordinating with several local partners, including the Geauga Growth Partnership, Catholic Charities Services and Geauga Credit Union.
Cleveland Leadership Center received $7,500 for its Accelerate: Citizens Make Change program. The annual civic competition provides prospective entrepreneurs incentives to develop ideas to make positive changes within the community.
JumpStart Inc., of Cleveland, received $7,500 for its Core City: Cleveland Impact program. This three-month program works to provide business advising and industry-specific mentoring to a diverse group of new entrepreneurs within the community.
Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership of Warren received $7,500 for its Building a Better Warren program, which provides training and on-the-job mentorship for residents while improving city neighborhoods.
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation received $7,500 for its Clean Up Glenwood Avenue program. The program is working to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding one of the city's busiest thoroughfares. Accomplishments include rehabilitating apartment units and single family houses, planting 145 trees and adding LED spotlights to improve safety at Glenwood Community Park. The work also has generated such tangible economic benefits as generating six new permanent jobs, 25 construction jobs and the opening of three businesses.
Ronald McDonald House of Akron received $5,000 for its facility expansion. The 48,000-square-foot, 42-room facility offers housing, a meal service, laundry facilities, work and study spaces and play areas, tor families of seriously ill children receiving treatment at area hospitals.
The Cleveland Police Foundation received $5,000 for its Public Safety Career Pipeline program. The program provides high school students with mentorship and hands-on experience, with the goal of developing a pool of prospective candidates interested in becoming police officers and dispatchers, corrections officers, forensic laboratory technicians and cyber security analysts.
The Music Settlement of Cleveland received $5,000 for expanding its music and arts outreach and programming services at its new campus in the West Side Ohio City neighborhood. The Music Settlement offers its services to everyone, regardless of their skill level or ability to pay.
True Freedom Enterprises of Cleveland received $5,000 for its Workforce Training Experience externship program, which helps incarcerated, first-time, non-violent offenders, prepare for employment in the culinary field after their release. The program provides transportation, on-the-job supervision and job placement help. In its first year, members of the program's initial class of participants reported a 100-percent placement rate with full-time jobs with benefits in area restaurants.
Union Miles Development Corporation of Cleveland received $5,000 for its Building Futures program. The program fulfills a twofold purpose of helping citizens returning from incarceration receive construction skills training and finding work rehabilitating blighted, vacant houses within city neighborhoods.
United Way of Greater Stark County of Canton received $5,000 for its Financial Prosperity Center. The program offers employment assistance, financial education/budget coaching and access to income supports, benefits and tax credits. Pre- and post-assessments of some of the 3,500 people served last year shows financial goals being met, from increasing credit scores to securing full-time jobs with benefits.
Van Wert City Schools received $7,500 for its Career Education Opportunity internship program, which provides city high school students an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience with about 30 local businesses. The program enables participating students to begin thinking about potential future careers, encouraging them to consider necessary steps to prepare for them.
About Dominion Energy
Nearly 7.5 million customers in 18 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy (NYSE: D), headquartered in Richmond, Va. The company is committed to sustainable, reliable, affordable, and safe energy and is one of the nation's largest producers and transporters of energy with about $100 billion of assets providing electric generation, transmission and distribution, as well as natural gas storage, transmission, distribution, and import/export services. As one of the nation's leading solar operators, the company intends to reduce its carbon intensity 60 percent by 2030. Through its Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, as well as EnergyShare and other programs, Dominion Energy contributed more than $30 million in 2018 to community causes throughout its footprint and beyond. Please visit www.DominionEnergy.com to learn more.
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Pamela Anderson voted off Dancing on Ice
The former Baywatch star has been learning to ice skate in recent weeks, and impressed the judges with her debut routine with professional Matt Evers, placing midway on the leaderboard.
However, Anderson found herself in the bottom two alongside British TV presenter Keith Chegwin after the viewers voted.
She skated again, to Sinead O'Connor's Sacrifice, in a bid to stay in the competition but experienced a slight wardrobe malfunction when her dress slipped down to reveal part of her breast.
Anderson told co-host Phillip Schofield, "My dress fell off! (I was) a little wobbly."
The judges opted to save Chegwin, but Anderson was gracious in defeat.
Speaking after she was booted off the show, the actress said, "(I feel) sad. It was really fun and now I know how to skate a little bit. I'll keep skating for sure. I feel so bad, I'm sorry Matt – he should not be here. I just stumbled, my dress, my boobs fell out, it happens."
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Chandravadan Shah
Assoc Professor
MONASH UNIVERSITY AFFILIATE, Education Clayton
EmailChandra.Shah@monash.edu
Migration and the supply of skilled labour: Australia
Shah, C., 2005, Creating a Culture of Full Employment. Wrightson, G. (ed.). The University of Newcastle: Centre of Full Employment and Equity, p. 371 - 383 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
Occupational mobility in Australia and the implications for VET
Shah, C. & Burke, G., 2004, A Future That Works: economics, employment and the environment. Carlson, E. (ed.). Callaghan NSW Australia: Centre of Full Employment and Equity, The University of Newcastle, p. 408 - 423 16 p.
Job growth and replacement needs in nursing occupations
Shah, C. & Burke, G., 2002, Economics and Health: 2002. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Australian Conference of Health Economists. Butler, J. F. G. & Quinn, C. (eds.). Australia: Australian Health Economics Society, p. 408 - 443 36 p.
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Ariz. renewable measure fails as Nev. sees split decision
Edward Klump, E&E News reporter
Energywire: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Voters in Nevada backed a measure to require more renewable energy but did not support a ballot initiative on retail electric choice. Downtown Las Vegas is pictured. Department of Transportation
Voters in Arizona trounced a proposal to require more renewable energy yesterday, while Nevadans backed a similar measure but easily defeated a plan to usher in retail electric choice.
The results capped months of campaigning that saw tens of millions of dollars pour in from utility and clean energy interests. The mixed outcome offers a window into the priorities of Western voters as they weigh different forms of energy and the role of mandates and competition.
Opponents of Arizona's renewable ballot measure, Proposition 127, had more than double the votes of supporters, according to results on a state website. The proposal, which would have affected regulated utilities such as Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) and Tucson Electric Power, sought a renewable standard of at least 50 percent by 2030 on annual retail power sales.
It was intended to build on an existing state renewable standard of 15 percent by 2025, which the Arizona Corporation Commission adopted years ago. Contributions for and against Proposition 127 in Arizona topped $50 million combined.
The outcome was a blow to Tom Steyer and NextGen Climate Action, which was a major supporter of the proposition. Its defeat was a victory for Pinnacle West Capital Corp., the parent of APS. The measure would not have applied to the Salt River Project, a major water and power company.
Opponents of Proposition 127 portrayed yesterday's outcome as a response to the specific approach on the ballot.
"Arizonans support clean energy, but not costly, politically driven mandates," Matthew Benson, a spokesman for Arizonans for Affordable Electricity, said in a statement. "Arizonans support solar power and renewable technology, but not at the expense of an affordable, reliable energy supply."
A statement from Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona, which supported Proposition 127, took aim at APS, saying the company's "stranglehold" over state government needs to be broken. In the past, the group has criticized Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) over ballot language that included "irrespective of cost to consumers" wording.
"This campaign struck a blow for clean energy and clean politics, putting elected officials on notice that Arizonans will hold them accountable for acting as lapdogs for APS," Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona said yesterday. Brnovich was on track to remain state attorney general, however, according to state results.
Don Brandt, CEO of APS, said in a statement that the utility is launching an effort to collect ideas and seek input from customers and stakeholders. He said APS supports a clean energy strategy that includes elements associated with solar leadership, battery storage investment, encouraging electric vehicles, partnering with customers and recognizing the importance of the Palo Verde nuclear power station.
"The campaign is over, but we want to continue the conversation with Arizonans about clean energy and identify specific opportunities for APS to build energy infrastructure that will position Arizona for the future," Brandt said.
Some attention may turn to a proposal at the Arizona Corporation Commission that has been touted by Commissioner Andy Tobin, a Republican. That plan envisions an 80 percent clean energy portfolio by 2050, and includes the Palo Verde nuclear power plant as clean energy.
Nev. ballot measures
A measure in Nevada that seeks no less than 50 percent renewables by 2030 fared better. That proposal, known as Question 6, will head back to the ballot in 2020 after getting majority support, a state tally showed. It's tied to power sold to retail customers and would affect NV Energy if approved again in 2020. Nevada currently has a 25 percent by 2025 renewable standard.
The "victory reaffirms that Nevadans of all political stripes support more renewable energy, more jobs and, most importantly, the opportunity for a healthier Nevada," Katie Robbins, campaign manager for YES on 6, said in a statement.
It remains to be seen how the discussion may shape up in 2020, as the renewable proposal didn't see the level of organized opposition apparent in Arizona this year. Nevada was a bright spot for Steyer and NextGen Climate Action, which also supported this effort.
The expensive fight over Question 3 in Nevada ended in a rout after contributions approached $100 million. The measure sought to direct lawmakers to establish an open, competitive retail electric market by July 1, 2023. Among its provisions was a prohibition on granting monopolies and exclusive franchises for power generation.
The plan received about 72 percent backing in 2016, but it couldn't retain that level to obtain a necessary second show of support. State results showed opponents more than doubling the number of supporters in 2018, though the final margin could change.
The defeat of Question 3 was a loss for proponents such as Las Vegas Sands Corp., a resort and gaming company of which Sheldon Adelson is CEO, and Switch Inc., a data center company. The outcome was a victory for NV Energy, which is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy portfolio.
Some big users already have broken away from NV Energy's electric service, but NV Energy could have become a wires company in Nevada without traditional retail and generation arms if Question 3 passed.
Supporters of the measure touted the potential for lower rates and new options for consumers, while opponents worried that Question 3 would lead to higher power rates and knock renewable investments off track.
"Thank you to all Nevada voters who took the time to carefully study the facts on this complicated issue and defeat this risky and costly constitutional amendment," the Coalition to Defeat Question 3 said in a statement.
Regulatory races
In Arizona, Republicans Justin Olson and Rodney Glassman were leading a close race for two spots on the Arizona Corporation Commission. Olson was appointed to the commission, which regulates utilities, in 2017. Republican Tom Forese, the current chairman, lost in a primary this year.
The five-member New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, meanwhile, is poised to see some new additions. The outcome has implications for PNM Resources Inc. and could affect future decisions on rates and power generation.
Leading candidates included Republican Jefferson Byrd in District 2 and Democrat Steve Fischmann in District 5, according to results on a state website. Democrat Theresa Becenti-Aguilar, who previously was on the commission, will fill a seat in District 4 after being unopposed in the general election. The two remaining members of the commission previously won their seats as Democrats.
In Oklahoma, Republican Bob Anthony retained his seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission with about 60 percent of the vote, according to a state tally. Anthony was first elected to the commission in 1988.
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Taxi Charity escorts veterans to Hall Place & Gardens for Remembrance Day commemorations
Some very important visitors were taken to Hall Place & Gardens in the London Borough of Bexley by the Taxi Charity on 5 November, to mark Remembrance Day, the centenary of the 1918 armistice and the unveiling of a new statue and bench.
Eight volunteer London cabbies brought the veterans from all across the south-east.
On arrival, they were taken on a guided tour of the Hall Place 'Faces of the Great War' and the 'Code name – Santa Fe' exhibitions before leaving for the gardens, where they spent some time helping pupil governors from Gravel Hill School to sow poppy seeds. The children also heard why the poppy is used as a sign of remembrance.
The children and special guests, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Bexley, Cllr Brian Bishop and Cllr Christine Bishop, Deputy Lieutenant Major David Hewer OBE TD DL, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Teresa O'Neill OBE and local ward Councillors, then attended the official unveiling of the 'There But Not There' sculpture and bench. The official unveiling was performed by the Mayor and the Deputy Lieutenant. Three wreaths were laid at the foot of the statue.
Cllr O'Neill said: "Every Remembrance Day is significant as we remember those who gave their lives for our freedom. As this year marks such an important point in our history with the centenary of the ending of World War One, it seemed only fitting that we recognise it in a more permanent manner by erecting two of these extremely poignant statues in the borough.
"The fact that we were honoured today by the presence of some of our veterans, transported to us by the amazing Taxi Charity who do so much for our veterans, makes the day even more special. I hope that visitors to Hall Place and Gardens will take the time to see the new installation and bench placed here in honour of all the men and women that gave and continue to give so much for their country."
Bill Gladden laid one of the wreaths at the statue. As part of the Royal Armoured Corp, Bill flew a reconnaissance glider into Normandy.
Bill said: "A huge thank you to the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans for arranging this visit to Hall Place and Gardens during Remembrance Week. We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the exhibitions, meeting the local school children, laying a wreath from the veterans at the 'There But Not There' sculpture and catching up with our friends and comrades in such lovely surroundings."
Following the unveiling, the veterans and their special drivers were joined by other guests for a special lunch and an impromptu singsong in the Relish Riverside Café before being chauffeured back home.
Chris Bowden, MD of Relish, said: "It was a tremendous day and a real pleasure to have these amazing veterans join us in the café for lunch. When nonagenarian Danny began his impromptu singsong, everyone was very moved and I don't think there was a dry eye amongst the café team."
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AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe does not expect to have defender Tyrone Mings in the first team fold until the start of next season.
Mings has been sidelined for this season with a back injury.
Mings had made three appearances during the current 2017/18 campaign, with all three seeing Mings named in the starting XI.
The first came in the EFL Cup against Birmingham City, but the other two appearances came in the Premier League as AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe adopted a three at the back formation.
That saw Mings operate on the left-hand side of a three-man defence alongside Nathan Ake and Steve Cook.
However the 24-year-old was forced off at half-time against Arsenal in September and isn't expected to return.
It was initially thought that he would return within a few weeks, but those hopes were halted as the Cherries sought specialist advice.
Mings later revealed that he had suffered a stress fracture in his back.
I`m alright, I have a fracture in my back, it is just stressed at the moment, I never seem to get little ones (injuries) either. I`m not sure on a timeframe. I think I have another three to four weeks of doing nothing, then I will have to start rehab, which will be about eight weeks.
'I`m in a situation where I`m not allowed to do anything, I`m not allowed to do yoga or go to the gym, hence why I am on holiday.
'I`m just in Dubai. There are worse things that I can be doing. It is frustrating because I just want to be fit.
Following on from time in Dubai, Mings moved on to Doha in Qatar, where he has received treatment at Aspetar, a world-renowned orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital.
'I don't think we will see Ty this season. It hasn't been totally ruled out but understanding he is going to need time to get everything right, it will probably be pre-season when we see him.
'We fully anticipate he will be able to do pre-season and train normally, as we stand now. So, hopefully, that will be the case.
'He is in one of the best places in the world for his injury so he is getting really good care. The facilities are unbelievable and we are really pleased with his progress.
Poor Tyrone. Another blow, both for him and us. Unfortunately it's started to get a bit Wilshere-like with the consecutive serious injuries. The good news is he can still come back from it, like Jack!
Now whether Francis is seen as a RB or CB is irrelevant, even counting the fresh-faced Simpson we're still light of a player in the defence, with either 4 CBs and 1 RB or 3CBs and 2RBs. Hopefully we'll see someone come in this window. – Join the conversation here.


When dealing with small bedrooms, the common hinge door can take up more space than necessary. It's also become too ubiquitous to the point where we take it for granted that we actually have other options for bedroom doors. As long as it allows for the right amount of privacy that you require, you can be as creative with the bedroom doors as your imagination will take you.
If you need some inspiration to start with, then scroll down below for some fun and creative alternatives to bedroom doors.
You have probably seen bead-style doors in the past at some point. The trend of hanging beads in doorways is something that came into being during the '60s and '70s. It is something that sort of fell out of fashion for a long time, but more people are starting to return to the idea. It's something that is appealing to more and more young people in modern times.
You can buy beads for your doorway that look really pretty. Beads are able to look very different depending on the type that you buy. You can purchase solid colored beads, or you can buy hanging beads that have some type of elaborate pattern or form a picture. This makes hanging beads a pretty versatile option from a visual perspective.
If you want to replace your traditional bedroom door with something a little more unique, then going with the hanging beads option may be perfect. You can buy hanging beads without having to spend too much money at all. Installing the hanging beads is about as simple as something could possibly be. You won't have a tough time and will likely be thrilled with the overall look.
The problem with this method showcases itself when you start thinking about privacy. The beads can actually block people from seeing into the room fairly well. It doesn't do quite as good of a job at blocking out sounds. You may wind up hearing conversations from the other room or having people pick up on your conversations. If you happen to live alone or if you live with your significant other, then this likely won't be an issue.
You won't have to spend much money at all to buy hanging beads for your door. There are several different styles that you will be able to choose from. It should be easy for you to find hanging beads that match up well with your personality and interests. Installing the beads is really easy, too, so it really is a simple method for replacing a bedroom door.
The lack of sound dampening from the beads will drive some people crazy. This option may not be all that practical for people who live in a house with several other people. It might not provide the proper amount of privacy that you have grown accustomed to. Some people like having things more open like this, but others will be completely turned off by the thought.
Curtains may seem like an odd choice to replace a bedroom door to some people, but many people make the decision to go this route. It is going to be very simple for you to hang up a nice pair of curtains in the doorway. These curtains can look very nice in that spot, depending on what you have picked out. This method is going to be very easy to accomplish, and you can avoid having to worry about hanging a new door.
The biggest concern with this method is going to be privacy. Obviously, curtains are not going to provide you with quite as much privacy as a traditional bedroom door would. This isn't going to be an issue for everyone, though. Some people live alone and don't have a need for privacy.
Even those who do live with others sometimes choose to hang curtains instead of putting up doors. There are people out there who feel that doors are somewhat off-putting. Sometimes people associate closed doors with being closed off from the world. This isn't something that concerns most people, but everyone has their own feelings about things.
Curtains are a very open way to divide rooms into sections. Putting up a curtain can provide someone with enough privacy to change and sleep alone. It may not be an ideal solution for many people, but it will work out swimmingly for some. This idea will either really appeal to you or seem silly depending on your personality type.
Curtains won't cost you too much money at all. You should be able to purchase curtains at a very reasonable price and will then be able to hang them with ease. The curtains can look really beautiful, and they won't close off the room. It will always be easy to part the curtains so that you can feel connected to the rest of the house.
Curtains are not able to provide a person with that much privacy. This can be an issue when you live with other people. For couples, this may not be a big deal at all. It really depends on how much privacy you need and what your living arrangement is like.
Pocket doors are a very interesting option that you will want to keep in mind. If you install a pocket door as a bedroom door alternative, it can wind up making certain things easier. These pocket doors will, essentially, slide into a recess that you will create in the wall. This can give you more space when you need to move things in and out of the room.
People have started installing pocket doors in their homes more readily in recent years. It is a trend that is starting to become more popular due to how convenient these doors are and how nice they look. You can install a pocket door that will match up very well with the aesthetics of your home. Once it is all installed, you will be able to hide the door in the wall when you need to do so.
Doors like this come in various visual styles too. You'll have plenty of options to think about when you are looking for the perfect door. It shouldn't be too hard to find the right door that will match your personal sense of style. If you are looking for a versatile door option, then a pocket door is going to fit the bill.
Installing one of these pocket doors is going to involve a little bit of work, but it shouldn't be too arduous. If you have the right skills for the job, then this is definitely something to think about doing. If you want to avoid installing another boring traditional bedroom door, then you can install a pocket door instead. It just might work out perfectly, and you will be happy that you went with this idea.
Pockets doors look really nice and people like to make use of them in their homes. If you want a door that you can tuck away when you need to, then this is going to work out perfectly. It shouldn't be too expensive to get everything that you need for your pocket door either. Simply purchase the door itself and the framing kit in order to get things started.
This option is going to take a bit of work in order for things to turn out nicely. If you don't have the proper skills to complete this little project, then you may want to avoid this option. You could always call in someone to do it for you, but this could add to the overall costs. It isn't so difficult that you couldn't figure it out, but it may come down to whether you have the time and the patience for it.
You could also choose to simply not have a door at all in your bedroom. This will definitely seem odd to some people, but there are those who simply do not like doors. It is more common to see people who don't have bedroom doors that are living alone. When a person doesn't need privacy due to being the only person living in a house, it will sometimes be more practical to avoid having doors.
Doors are meant to keep others out, so when there is no one else, it no longer becomes a necessity. Some people who live alone still don't feel right without having doors up. It really depends on the personality and the preferences of the individual. It is simply up to you to decide whether or not you need a bedroom door.
Most people are going to want to have a bedroom door. There is no denying that it is normal to want to have a bit of privacy. It is simply an option for someone to choose to not have a bedroom door. If this is a practical solution that works for your situation, then you can avoid having to spend anything at all. This wind up being convenient from a financial perspective, as you simply won't have to replace the bedroom door with anything.
You won't have to spend any money to get rid of a bedroom door. All you will need to do is take it down and store it somewhere or throw it out. If your old door is already damaged, then you will want to throw it away. Your environment will feel more opened up to the rest of the house, and you might find out that you like it.
No door on your bedroom means that you will not have any privacy in your bedroom. This can wind up being very impractical if you live with others. You wouldn't be able to change in your bedroom as comfortably, and spending time with your romantic partner may be more difficult, too. This solution only works for very specific people who live in very specific situations.


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Echo Global Receives $1.3 Billion Buyout Offer From NY Private Equity Firm
Source: Streetwise Reports��(9/11/21)
Echo Global Logistics Inc. shares traded 50% higher to a new 52-week high after the technology-enabled logistics company reported it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Jordan Company for $48.25 per share in cash.
Transportation and supply chain management solutions company Echo Global Logistics (ECHO:NASDAQ), announced on Friday that "it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds managed by The Jordan Company, L.P. (TJC), a global private equity firm, for an equity value of approximately $1.3 billion."
Under the terms of the agreement, Echo stockholders will receive $48.25 per share in cash for each share owned, representing about a 54% premium over the company's closing share price on Thursday, September 9, 2021. The firm added it believes that TJC's offering price is fair as it equates to a 32% premium over its all-time high closing share price recorded exactly three years ago on September 10, 2018.
Echo advised that the agreement has already been unanimously approved by its Board of Directors, who recommended that Echo's stockholders approve the purchase as it provides shareholders with an attractive premium that delivers immediate compelling value in the form of an all-cash deal.
Upon completion of the transaction, Echo will become a private company which will allow it access to additional resources and will give the firm greater flexibility in building its technology and data science platform to enhance value and meet the needs of its shipping and carrier customers. The company is also expected to benefit from TJC's operational and industry expertise and capital support.
Echo Global Logistics indicated that that the acquisition is expected close in Q4/21, subject to approval from its shareholders, customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals including the expiration of waiting periods as outlined in the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
Echo Global Logistics' Chairman and CEO Doug Waggoner commented, "I'm thrilled to partner with TJC as they bring significant expertise and industry experience to enable Echo to further accelerate our success in the market…Having an experienced financial partner, with resources to fund continued growth, will result in a more rapid expansion of Echo's supply chain capabilities, including all of the automation planned to enable both our people and our digital freight marketplace."
Brian Higgins, head of logistics and supply chain vertical at TJC, remarked, "We are impressed with Echo's people, technology, and business results, since their founding in 2005 and are excited that Echo's leadership selected TJC as their partner in this recapitalization…We strongly support the team's vision for continued growth and look forward to partnering with them as we bring expanded financial resources and expertise to accelerate Echo's technology leadership that has set the company apart from its competitors."
Echo Global is headquartered in Chicago, Ill. and is a provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. The firm has over 30 offices in the U.S. offering multi-modal freight brokerage and managed transport services. The company stated that "its proprietary, web-based technology platform compiles and analyzes data from its network of over 50,000 transportation providers to serve 35,000 clients across a wide range of industries."
The Jordan Company is a New York-based private equity firm that manages invested funds of over $17 billion. The firm's investment portfolio includes companies in the consumer, healthcare, industrials, technology, telecom, utility and transportation and logistics sectors.
Echo Global started Friday with a market cap of around $834 million with approximately 26.6 million shares outstanding and a short interest of about 3.1%. ECHO shares opened nearly 53% higher today at $47.90 (+$16.58, +52.94%) over yesterday's $31.32 closing price and reached a new 52-week high price this morning of $48.26. The stock traded between $47.77 and $48.26 per share and closed at $47.70 (+$16.38, +52.30%).
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Alberta Junior Looks to Ride Higher With Steveville Helium Property
About 200 km east of Calgary in Canada�s prairies, a small exploration and production company has a plan to become a vertically integrated helium producer. It has the money, a proven helium-producing asset, and signed agreements with partners. Now it�s all about execution � and it�s off to a solid start.
Explorer Estimates 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet of Helium From Second Well Drilled at Alberta Property
Auctus Advisors LLP commented in a research note that helium developer Imperial Helium Corp. obtained encouraging results from the second well drilled at its Steveville project. Auctus advised that pending receipt of the well flow rate data, it is maintaining its CA$1.00/share target price for IHC shares.
Canadian Regional Bank Benefiting From Commercial Loan Growth & Low-Cost Deposits
CIBC World Markets Inc. commented in a research report that Canadian Western Bank's loan and deposit growth exceeded estimates in Q3/21 and that company is poised to benefit from improved net interest margins in FY/22. CIBC is maintaining its "Outperformer" rating for CWB and raised its target price for CWB shares from CA$42 to CA$44.00.
Global Internet Platform Co.'s Strong 45% YoY Revenue Growth Going Largely Unrewarded
Edison Investment Research Ltd. commented in a research report that it is raising its revenue and adjusted EPS targets for CentralNic Group Plc. for FY/21 thru FY/23. Edison noted that shares of the global internet domain and platform provider, which derives revenue from sales of online presence and marketing services, trades at a valuation far below its peers with much lower growth rates.
Canadian Mortgage Brokerage Firms Deal With AI Firm Focused on Financial Fitness
A co-branded API agreement between Marble Financial and Citadel Mortgages offers both companies a platform for growth.
Gold Is Hot, Cryptocurrency's Not, According to These Two Experts
With inflation on the rise and gold at $1,700 an ounce, now is a good time to invest in gold, billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson proclaimed � and Mark Mobius, founder of Mobius Capital Partners, strongly agrees.
Drone Company Expected to Soar as Opportunities Grow From Key Sectors: US Department of Defense, Public Safety & Infrastructure
Red Cat Holdings is one of only four companies invited to bid on massive U.S. DOD contracts that could significantly lift sales and boost recurring revenues.
DICK'S Sporting Goods Scores 19.2% Increase in Same Store Sales in Q2; Raises FY21 Earnings Guidance
DICK'S Sporting Goods shares traded nearly 14% higher and climbed to a new 52-week high after the largest U.S. based full-line sporting goods retailer reported record quarterly sales and earnings in Q2/21 and boosted its dividend and share repurchases.
Palo Alto Networks Shares Trade Up 18.5% on Q4 Earnings and Positive FY Revenue Outlook
Palo Alto Networks shares reached a new 52-week high after the company reported that Q4/21 revenues increased 28% YoY. The company expects the trend to continue and is now anticipating that billings in FY/22 will increase by 21-22% to $6.60-6.65 billion.
Inovalon Receives $7.3 Billion Buyout Offer From Nordic Capital Led Equity Consortium
Inovalon Holdings Inc. shares traded 8% higher after the cloud healthcare technology platform firm reported it entered into an agreement to be acquired by an equity consortium led by Nordic Capital and Insight Partners for $41.00 per share in cash.
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If you would like to be a PTO parent volunteer, be sure that the PTO has your email address so you can receive the SignUpGenius invitation emails and sign up to volunteer at upcoming events, including the Wildcat Store and "Strides for Pride" Walk/Jog-a-Thon.
Congratulations to Miss Rogers' 5th Grade Class. Her class has won the Box Top Contest for 4 months in a row out of all the KES 5th Grade Classes!
Keep it up, KES! Clip, Collect, and Turn in Box Tops!
126 KES students in grades 3-6 raised a total of $7529.00 for the American Heart Association's fight against heart disease and stroke.
This was the highest amount raised and highest student participation in our history of hosting the event.
All participants will receive a jump rope and other prizes based on how much money they collected, and our school receives $400 in PE equipment.
Thanks to all who participated and donated.
Due to the overwhelming demand of product and the financial burden that places on PTO funds, there will be NO shopping in the KES Wildcat Store in March.
The LAST Wildcat Store for this school year will be held on April 24, 2015.
The teachers will still be working to come up with an affordable solution for the next school year. Your input would be appreciated, so please attend the next PTO meetings on March 18th, April 15th, and May 20th at 3:45 PM in the KES Library with your suggestions.
Sorry for the inconvenience and we appreciate your understanding!
Thank you to everyone who wore orange last week to show support for World Kidney Day!
This week, we will be selling silicone orange bracelets that have "Matthew's Mission" in white letters on them for $1. These can be purchased at lunch time for students to wear during the month of March in support of National Kidney Month.
The money collected for the silicone bracelets will be donated to Matthew's Mission in support of local children with chronic medical conditions.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Kenton Elementary School Scholastic Book Fair last week.
If you were unable to come to the Book Fair last week, please visit our online Book Fair at: www.scholastic.com/fair. Our online Book Fair will be available March 16th and March 17th.
Remember, all purchases benefit our school! Thank you for your support!
4th Grade Music Program Postponed!
Due to the recent delays, school closings, and Ohio Assessments, we have had to postpone the 4th grade music program that was to be held on Thursday, March 19th.
The new date for the program will be on Thursday, April 9th.
The program will be held at 7 PM at the Kenton Elementary School cafeteria. For anyone who cannot come to the program in the evening, you are invited to attend the dress rehearsal on 9:15 AM on April 9th.
For any questions, please contact Mrs. Ellen Sheldon at 419-673-7248.
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1986-to date: Dixy chicken has been trading since 1986; it was founded by two very accustomed businessmen who had a foresight for a Chicken brand which could cater for the diversified population of UK. Dixy was an instant success & soon there were over 50 branches of Dixy in UK alone.
In 2008 Dixy was taken over by Church's Chicken which is a successful Chicken Brand since 1952 with over 1500 restaurants, two different brand names and franchises in four continents. Church's Chicken planned to convert all operating Dixy Stores into Texas Chicken (Church's Chicken Brand in UK) but Mr Shakeel Arshad the present Owner of Dixy saw a lot more potential in Dixy Brand itself and took over Dixy in late 2008 to make Dixy a Global Brand.
Mr Shakeel Arshad (The owner & Managing Director) has a strong business and commercial sense, enabling to provide excellent guidance to franchisees for the set up of successful franchise. His commitment to constantly work with the franchises to improve their business is a quality that we have now adapted as our core philosophy. Mr Shakeel's business acumen and vision have lead Dixy to a thriving path.


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Efficient & Affordable Wood House Made From Shipping Pallets!
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Back in 2008, Andreas Claus Schnetzer and Gregor Pils, entered their Paletten Haus into the GAUDI competition, which was seeking designs for minimal houses of leisure for the XXI century. Their pallet house design stole the show and has since gone on to be displayed in many locations around Europe, including Grenoble, Venice, Vienna, Linz and Brussels. Since then, they have also won the 2009 Piranesi Student Honorable Mention.
Homes have been made from pallets before, mostly because pallets are really quite useful materials. They are durable, easily reused and recycled, and they come in standard sizes around the world, making it easy to gain access to the materials no matter where you are. Two layers of pallets serve as the home's walls, ceiling, and as a sunscreen to shade the structure and allow for ventilation. Then structural support, insulation, conduits and plumbing are sandwiched between the two layers of pallets.
Insulation for the house depends on what is available, but could include recycled cellulose, blown spray foam, or even straw. Windows are installed on the sides, and the two ends have glass fronts with a sliding glass door. Even interior rooms are divided with pallet walls. The home is designed to have a low heating and cooling demand, and rainwater is collected from the roof to flush the toilets. To build a 60 sq meter (655 sq ft) house, 800 pallets are used at roughly a cost of €8 per pallet, so an upscale version including materials and labor, cost €80,000 (about $164/sq foot). Remember, that's the upscale version.
Now, Schnetzer and Pils are in Johannesburg, South Africa working on the first low-cost unit as part of a social building project. They are teaching local people how to construct the home utilizing local materials, including straw, which will be used for insulation. They expect to build an 80 sq meter home for about $10,000 in 10 days, which works out to $11/ sq foot. Affordable, efficient, and easily replicated worldwide, we can't wait to see what's next for the Paletten Haus.
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9 thoughts on "Efficient & Affordable Wood House Made From Shipping Pallets!"
lakes August 20, 2016 at 2:50 am
How do they keep water out?
HOW CAN I GET A HOUSE LIKE THIS?
aarvee April 4, 2012 at 1:55 am
superbs ,,its an owesome reuse ,,i love this,,,
Ricanada May 15, 2011 at 9:32 am
Warning: While this sounds good on the surface...better to look a little deeper at all the environmental and human health issues associated with wooden pallets first! These include, among others, potentially high levels of carcinogenic formaldehyde and/or wood dust, paint, impregnated bacteria, exotic insect species (or, if not, methyl bromide used for fumigation), rusty nails or staples, emissions associated with transportation, to say nothing of the likely unsustainable forestry practices used in harvesting the wood....
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I love the houses too, but I wish we'd outlaw wood pallets already. They're a blight to our communities, and a conduit for many destructive items. Wood pallets are responsible for the Asian Longhorned Beetle in NYC: http://www.pallettruth.com/beetle-nyc-wood-infestation/ And fires across our country: http://www.pallettruth.com/wood-pallet-fires/ I don't have the answer for their replacement, but man, I can't take these wood pallets anymore.
When we saw this beautiful house made almost entirely from wood pallets, "Awesome" was the first word that came to mind. The Paletten Haus was designed by two students from the University of Vienna and won the 2008 GAUDI European Student Competition on
Pallet-Haus
When we saw this beautiful house made almost entirely from wood pallets, "Awesome" was the first word that came to mind. The Paletten Haus was designed by two students from the University of Vienna and won the 2008 GAUDI European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture. It's made out of reused pallets, and is modular, energy efficient and affordable, making it perfect for low-income housing. It could even offer a housing option for people in developing countries with little access to building materials -- in fact, the designers of the Paletten Haus are in South Africa right now developing a low-cost unit that runs $11/ sq foot.
The 60 sq meter Pallet Haus is constructed from 800 recycled pallets.
The pallets can easily be transported via truck and then the house can be easily dismantled and moved if necessary.
Pallets are found all over the world, are durable, recyclable if necessary and come in a standard size.
Insulation can be woven into the pallets or sandwiched between two layers.
For the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennial the materials were shipped in by water.
Construction of the Pallet Haus in Venice, which was easily accomplished by only a few people.
The pallets serve as the walls, ceiling, floors as well as a sunscreen.
This pallet house built next to traditional Venetian architecture was 60 sq meters in size and cost approximately 80,000 euros.
Here the Pallet-Haus sits before the Architecture Center in Vienna.
The Pallet-Haus also is designed to be very energy efficient with a low energy demand and collects rainwater on the roof for the toilets.
Since pallets come in a standard size, a home like this can be built anywhere.
The Pallet-House is energy efficient, sustainable, modular and affordable.
The Pallet-Haus was originally designed to meet the needs for housing in developing nations who do not have access to affordable building materials. Currently, the designers are in South Africa working on an affordable prototype.


Shares of Chinese real estate developers listed in the mainland and Hong Kong surged on Friday for the second straight day while most stocks in China's A-share market were still struggling boosted by news that some banks have lower mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, which is viewed by many as the very first sign of loosening restrictions on the sector.
The index for the real estate sector compiled by the data provider Wind climbed 2.1 per cent after 2.2 . . .


"I'm doing my exercises," I replied.
I'd just finished my second set of 10 calve raises. My ginseng herbal tea still had another sixty seconds to warm in the microwave and with no interruptions I could pull out 30 squats in the remaining time.
"In front of the microwave in your pajamas?" Em continued with the interrogation.
"Is there a problem with that? I'm multi-tasking and increasing the blood flow to my brain." I resumed doing my squats.
"What is she doing?" Layce asked Emma. She'd taken to inquiring with Emma whenever my behavior disturbed her. I think she was afraid of offending me by asking me directly.
I took my tea out of the microwave, placed it on the bar, and headed upstairs. I brought down my book. Then I went back upstairs and brought down my glasses. Then I took the laundry upstairs.
I came back downstairs and got the milk out of the fridge for my tea. I did three sets of ten of bicep curls with the half full gallon milk jug. I sat on the chair, strapped on my ankle weights and did ten leg lifts on either leg.
By this time Layce and Emma were both concerned.
"What?" I said, getting off the chair. I began my ascent up the stairs again.
"You've been up and down a lot today. Maybe you should make a note about what you need to bring down so you don't have to make so many trips," Layce suggested.
"I know, but that's the point," I said, as I powered upstairs taking two steps at a time.
I smiled. My evil plan was working.