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Santa Rosa's controversial water protection amendment dead in water with unanimous vote
Annie Blanks
It's official: Santa Rosa County Commissioners have pulled the plug on a controversial land use amendment that, had it forged on, could have threatened drinking water for nearly half of the county's residents.
The commissioners voted unanimously at Thursday night's special rezoning meeting to deny the same comprehensive plan amendment they pushed through with a 3-2 vote at a Dec. 10, 2020, meeting. The amendment, which would have allowed borrow pits to expand in a protected water overlay district in East Milton, immediately sparked outcry amongst environmentalists, Realtors, water utility companies and more.
District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole made the motion to withdraw the proposed text amendment within the first five minutes of the meeting, proposing to end the discussion on amending the comprehensive plan for good.
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Cole's motion came with a caveat, though, that he still thought there should be "compromise" on the issue, particularly for the borrow pit owners who want to be able to expand their pits.
"I just want everyone aware that I'd like to see us come to a better conclusion on this as far as the ability for some of these folks to expand in the future, but do it in a manner that's more acceptable to everybody involved," Cole said.
Although Commissioners James Calkins, Sam Parker and Cole approved the amendment back in December, the commissioners from the county's three northern districts changed direction following the outcry.
Additionally, state agencies including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Northwest Florida Water Management District sent back comments to the county saying there wasn't enough data and analysis to support changing the plan. They wanted more scientific research to be performed to make sure that allowing the borrow pits to expand wouldn't harm the underground gravel aquifers that supply drinking water to the entire central and south end of the county.
Original story:Santa Rosa commissioners vote to rescind drinking water protection for 86,000 residents
New plant:Milton's new $28 million water treatment plant promises to be 'transformative' for region
With the comprehensive plan amendment now dead in the water, commissioners pledged to instead turn their efforts to actually expanding drinking water protections for the entire aquifer overlay area.
Jerry Couey, who ran for the District 3 seat in last year's election but came up short to Calkins, has been an outspoken critic of the proposed change. He called on commissioners to reverse their stance entirely.
"I want to see us expand our water protection across this county," he said. "Without clean water there is no economic development, there is no tax base. It's vitally important."
Annie Blanks can be reached at ablanks@pnj.com or 850-435-8632.


QUESTION: Is it permissible to send a letter or a package on Friday with instructions to deliver it on Shabbos?
ANSWER: Amirah l'akum, giving instructions to a non-Jew to do an action which would be forbidden for a Jew to do on Shabbos, is prohibited (1) . It makes no difference whether the Jew's command is given on Shabbos or before Shabbos. Accordingly, it should be forbidden to instruct a non-Jew to deliver an overnight package on Shabbos, since there are several prohibitions involved in delivering mail on Shabbos (2) .
When necessary, however, there is room for leniency. There are some poskim (3) who hold that only a direct command to a non-Jew is forbidden. Instructing a non-Jew to instruct another non-Jew (amirah l'amirah) is permitted. Not all poskim agree with this leniency. Mishnah Berurah (4) rules that one can rely on this view only to avoid a major financial loss (hefsed gadol). Other poskim (5) rule that one may rely on this view only in a case of great need (tzorech gadol). It follows, therefore, that one is permitted to send an overnight letter to be delivered on Shabbos in case of great loss or great need, since the command to deliver the item is not given directly to the delivery man but to another non-Jew (6) .
Firstly, the Chasam Sofer (7) rules that even those who prohibit instructing a non-Jew to instruct another non-Jew would permit it if the Jew's instructions were given before Shabbos (8) .
Secondly, some poskim (9) hold that if the second non-Jew does not know that he is doing a melachah for a Jew, then it is clearly permitted for the Jew to instruct a non-Jew to tell another non-Jew to do a melachah.
Thirdly, some poskim (10) argue that mailmen do not work for the sender but for the government [or a private company] Postal Service, which has an interest in mail being delivered. They are not delivering the mail because the Jew asked them to do so, but because they are employees of the Service. They are not considered, therefore, as doing something for the Jew. Mail delivery is similar to garbage collection in which the garbage men are not working for the homeowner but for the city government (11) .
All these reasons are sufficient to permit a letter to be sent with instructions to deliver it on Shabbos, even when the situation is not necessarily one of averting a major loss or filling a great need. Obviously, if there is no need or urgency, one should not rely on the above arguments (12) .
1 This is a Rabbinic prohibition. According to a minority opinion, it is considered a Biblical prohibition; see Sha'ar ha-Tziyun 243:7.
2 If the overnight mail is delivered to the house together with the rest of the mail, it is permitted to be sent, since the mailman is not doing a special melachah for the Jew; see Chelkas Yaakov 1:65. But usually, overnight mail is delivered separately from the regular mail.
4 307:24, quoting the Sefer ha-Chayim.
5 Responsa M'harsham 2:136, quoting the Shvus Yaakov 2:42.
6 M'harsham, ibid. and in Da'as Torah 247:1; Az Nidberu 3:36.
8 See Beiur Halachah 307:2, who quotes this Chasam Sofer and comments that from the Rashba it seems that this is not so, that even during the week it is prohibited. But see Zichron Yosef 97 (quoted in Machazeh Eliyahu 37) who explains that there is no contradiction between the Rashba and the ruling of the Chasam Sofer.
9 Mishneh Sachir 73 quoting M'harshag. See also Chasam Sofer C.M. 185.
10 Pri Megadim 247:3 according to the explanation of Machazeh Eliyahu 37.
11 Possibly, this argument could be advanced to include employees of a private company as well.
12 See Minchas Yitzchak 6:18, who is hesitant about permitting this, although the author says that many people are lenient.
14 See Sha'ar ha-Tziyun 307:66.
15 Mishnah Berurah, ibid. and Beiur Halachah who explains that although a letter is not a keli and therefore subject to the prohibition of muktzeh, it is nevertheless permitted to carry since one can use a letter to cover a bottle (or as a bookmark). Harav S.Z. Auerbach (printed responsum in Sefer Tiltulei Shabbos, pg. 13) rules that even nowadays one can rely on this. Igros Moshe O.C. 5:21-5; 22:5 does not agree with this leniency. Harav S.Y. Elyashiv is also hesitant about this (see Shalmei Yehudah 12, note 21). See Hebrew Notes, pg. 570-571, for further elaboration.
16 See Hebrew Notes, pg. 571-574, concerning the reading of a letter which arrived before Shabbos, which according to some poskim is forbidden because of the prohibition of shtarei hedyotos.


As with years past, we will run open rotation fleet races early in the day to determine teams for evenly-matched team racing in the afternoon. Courses will depend on conditions and participation.
All are welcome. Please RSVP using facebook or send us an email. We call this the "alumni regatta" mostly out of tradition – we would love to see parents and other friends of the team racing too!
Note: It's looking like this might be the last year that the Schweglers' house is available for this event. Don't miss this party!
If you would like to share a ride from a major California city, or need a place to stay, post in the facebook event or contact FOUST and we'll see what we can do.
This regatta will be governed by the rules in the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017–2020. Mostly.
The 2018 UCLA Sailing Team Alumni Regatta will be on Saturday, May 12, beginning at 10 AM at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center!
As always, we'll do some fleet racing and team racing at the MAC and then head to Schweglers' house in Long Beach for a fleet dinner and regatta party. Stay tuned for a Notice of Race with a little more information as the event gets closer.
If you're able to make it, please RSVP on the facebook event if you haven't had a chance to do that yet, or you can send us an email if you're not a facebook user.
Also, the team is taking orders for long sleeve tech shirts for $35. If you're interested, please complete this form no later Monday, February 12. A portion of each order will help the team cover the costs of competing at PCCs in Hawaii this spring. Other gear, including regular T-shirts, will probably be available for sale and/or raffle at the alumni regatta. You can also donate directly to support the team here.
See you at the regatta!


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French rider Rudy Molard pulled off the biggest win of his career on Friday, racing to victory on the mountainous sixth stage of Paris-Nice. The Groupama-FDJ rider benefited from local knowledge to grab success in Vence, reaching the line two seconds clear of a 15-man chase group led in by Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) and yellow jersey Luis León Sanchez (Astana Pro Team).
The stage began in Sisteron and covered 198 kilometres and five categorised climbs. An 11-man break went clear early on and from this four riders later pushed ahead, namely Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie), Amael Moinard (Fortuneo-Samsic) and Thomas Scully (EF-Drapac).
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) attacked on the first category Côte de la Colle sur Loup near the finish, putting race leader Sanchez in difficulty. He was joined by Alaphilippe and Wout Poels (Team Sky), the rider who had started the day second overall, but the latter crashed out.
They were reeled in, then Molard played his hand and held on to take his biggest win. Sanchez continues to lead, while Alaphilippe is 22 seconds back in second overall and Marc Soler (Movistar team) a further four seconds behind in third.
Today's feature image shows the spectacular scenery in Sisteron at the start of stage six of Paris-Nice, and was taken by the Cor Vos agency.


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When the yard withered in the drought, I was pleased. Turfgrass is the largest irrigated crop in America, but there's nothing to eat. With no lawnivores, nor lawn-to-table movements, grass is a relic from a past of cheap land and 40-hour workweeks. I await the return of bulldozers, which turn small houses and yards around here into several patio homes.
A patio is all that's needed for gardening. A collection of pots and containers will work well, or a small plot can be made by stacking gardening bricks two-high and filling the enclosed space with soil. The other consideration is to choose plants that don't take up a lot of area, or overrun the space with vines and roots.
The biggest offenders on the "Do Not Plant" list are cucumbers, zucchinis, potatoes, pumpkins, and worst of all, sweet potatoes. These beasts will cover everything, like kudzu. Other plants, like tomatoes and green beans, expand greatly, but can be tamed vertically with a trellis.
Plant Now Lettuce, greens, mesclun, and arugula thrive through the fall and winter, when bugs don't. Less popular are beets, Swiss chard, and radishes. Carrots should be planted on ridges, and celery transplants should be heavily fertilized. It's a great fall veggie, and you can pull off a stalk as needed for cooking, instead of letting it turn to rubber in the crisper drawer.
Cauliflower, planted this month, will arrive for the holidays, and broccoli will come for Spring Break.
Plant Later You'll have to wait for February to plant tomatoes, peppers, beans, eggplants, and okra. Melons will grow in a small space, but it's another plant that requires a trellis to keep it confined.
Herbs These are the easiest plants to grow in a small space. Mint, oregano, chives, and oregano will grow year-round. Lemongrass and basil prefer warmer weather, while parsley, dill, and cilantro prefer the cool. Thyme and sage don't like Southeast Texas much.
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Workaround: Do not interrupt deposit migration to Key HSM.
In normal operations there should be only one Key Trustee Server process running.
Workaround: These extra Key Trustee Server processes do not cause any errors with the Key Trustee Server, but they will not be cleaned up properly when the Key Trustee Server is shut down. To fully shut down the Key Trustee Server when there are extra processes running, stop the Key Trustee Server service, and then kill any remaining processes.
If the Key Trustee Server is configured from the command line to use a non-default database port (the default port is 11381), then when the Key Trustee Server service is added to Cloudera Manager, the first database startup fails.
Return to the Cloudera Manager home page where the Key Trustee Server service is listed.
Go into the Key Trustee Server service configuration and for Key Trustee Server Database Port, specify the port that was configured during the command line configuration.
Redeploy the Key Trustee Server configuration and restart the service.
If you have configured Key Trustee Server to use a TLS version other than 1.0, Key Trustee KMS fails to connect to Key Trustee Server, and key operations fail when using JDK 7.
Workaround: Use TLS version 1.0 only, or JDK 8.
Configuring Key Trustee Server to use TLS version 1.2 causes Key Trustee Server to be unable to start.
Workaround: Use your operating system package manager to upgrade the pyOpenSSL package to version 1.4 or higher, or do not configure Key Trustee Server to use TLS version 1.2.
If its private key is in PKCS8 format, Key Trustee Server cannot communicate with Key HSM.
Workaround: Convert the Key Trustee Server private key to raw RSA format.
When using Key Trustee KMS with Key Trustee Server and Key HSM (backed by an HSM device), if there is significant (> 15 ms ping time) network latency between the Key Trustee Server and the HSM device, then EDEK generation errors can occur during the roll key operation. These errors manifest in the KMS log as errors on the generateEncryptedKey operation. The KMS will recover from these errors on its own, but they may represent a nuisance to the operator.
Workaround: When these errors occur, you can use the hadoop key list -metadata command to confirm whether or not the key roll was successful, despite the error condition.
The KeySecure HSM is not supported in this release.
If there are too many keys on the Luna HSM, Key HSM startup will fail with a Java core dump because it times out querying the keys.
Workaround: Increase the value in the keyhsm.countdown.time property in application.properties (the default is 45 seconds) until Key HSM starts successfully.
When running the keyhsm setup luna command, you are prompted for the Luna HSM slot number and login password. Key HSM then attempts to log into the Luna HSM to verify these settings are correct. In some circumstances, the setup script reports that the login was successful, even if it failed.
Workaround: Any incorrect settings will cause the Key HSM service to throw an exception upon startup and exit. If the Key HSM service does not start correctly, check the log for the message: "Unable to sign into Luna HSM server. Please rerun application with 'setup' option to configure password." If this message appears, re-run the keyhsm setup luna command, and enter the correct slot number and login password.
When performing setup of Key HSM, the ktadmin keyhsm --server http://server:port --trust command may fail with the following message: "Unable to connect to Key HSM server at this address. Is the server running, and is this KeyTrustee instance trusted (by running keyhsm trust)?" This failure can occur even if you have already successfully executed the keyhsm trust command.
Workaround: Re-execute the keyhsm trust command, and then retry the ktadmin keyhsm command.
Upgrading Key HSM from 1.4.x to 1.5.x and higher removes the Key HSM init script and /usr/bin/keyhsm binary.
Key HSM cannot trust the Key Trustee Server certificate if it has extended attributes, and therefore cannot integrate with Key Trustee Server.
Workaround: Import the Key Trustee Server certificate to the Key HSM trust store using Java keytool instead of the keyhsm trust command.
When upgrading to Key Trustee KMS 6.0.0 from Key Trustee KMS 5.14.0 or lower, and performing a rolling restart (instead of a full restart), the first Key Trustee KMS instance to restart may fail to come up and present the error: "Unable to verify private key match between KMS hosts. If the system has been recently upgraded, DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION and contact your support representative as soon as possible. If this is a new installation, verify private key files have been synched between all KMS hosts. Aborting to prevent data inconsistency."
Workaround: If possible, perform a full restart instead of a rolling restart.
"Unable to verify private key match between KMS hosts. If the system has been recently upgraded, DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION and contact your support representative as soon as possible. If this is a new installation, verify private key files have been synced between all KMS hosts. Aborting to prevent data inconsistency."
This message correctly appears if GPG private keys have not been synced across all Key Trustee KMS instances. However, it may erroneously appear when the GPG private keys have been synced, but the original Key Trustee KMS instance has not been restarted to pick up the new configuration.
If you encounter this error message and have either recently upgraded the Key Trustee KMS, or have installed a new Key Trustee KMS service running in HA mode, refer to Key Trustee KMS Encryption Issues for troubleshooting steps.
Workaround: Restart the original Key Trustee KMS instance, and then start the new Key Trustee KMS instance.
If you configure the Key Trustee KMS service Key Management Server Proxy TLS/SSL Certificate Trust Store File and Key Management Server Proxy TLS/SSL Certificate Trust Store Password parameters without also configuring the Key Management Server Proxy TLS/SSL Server JKS Keystore File Location and Key Management Server Proxy TLS/SSL Server JKS Keystore File Password parameters, the Key Trustee KMS service does not start.
Workaround: Configure all Trust Store and Keystore parameters.
Workaround: Uninstall the lower PostgreSQL version.
After migrating keys from the Key Trustee KMS to the HSM KMS, the HSM KMS service should be restarted. Until it is restarted, any keys that are deleted after the migration may still be cached. If a deleted key is cached, then the data encrypted with that key can still be accessed even though the key has been deleted.
Workaround: Restart the HSM KMS service after the key migration is complete.
When using Key Trustee KMS with Key Trustee Server and Key HSM (backed by an HSM device), if a key version is deleted on the HSM device directly without also deleting and purging that key version on the Key Trustee KMS, then attempts to migrate from the KT KMS to the HSM KMS will fail.
When migrating keys from the Key Trustee KMS to the HSM KMS, the HSM KMS Proxy may fail to start and return a fatal error.
You can remove this option after completing the migration.
Port 9001 is used by Cloudera Manager services, and it is also the default privileged port for the Thales HSM KMS. If you use port 9001 for the Thales HSM KMS, it will prevent the CM 6.0.0 upgrade from completing successfully.
Workaround: If the Thales HSM KMS already exists, then before upgrading to Cloudera Manager 6.0.0, you must change the privileged Thales HSM KMS port; the recommended port is 11501. The non-privileged port default is 9000, and does not need to be changed.
If you are newly installing the Thales HSM KMS on a 6.0.0 system, then you must set the port to a non-default value before adding the HSM KMS backed by Thales service in Cloudera Manager.
After successfully running the commands, restart the Thales HSM KMS.
If the Navigator HSM KMS Proxy TLS/SSL Server JKS Keystore File Password and the Navigator HSM KMS Proxy TLS/SSL Server JKS Keystore Key Password are not both specified or differ from each other, then the HSM KMS inter-node handshake fails and HSM KMS High Availability is not configured.
Workaround: Use the same password for the keystore file and the keystore key file.
There are situations where the key cache is synchronously populated to capacity during the create encryption zone operation. The expected behavior is that the key cache is synchronously populated only to the low watermark level (the rest of the keys should be created asynchronously).
If Hadoop key operations return com.safenetinc.luna.exception.LunaCryptokiException after the KMS has been running without activity for an extended period time, the Luna session may have been dropped.
Workaround: Restart the KMS service.
Creating a KMS role instance on a host that previously hosted a KMS role instance in the same role group that had its data directories deleted results in errors when attempting to run Hadoop key delete operations.
There are times when completion of the HDFS Encryption Wizard does not show an active "Restart stale services and redeploy client configuration" link.
Workaround: Refresh the page and the link should become active.
The encryption wizard continues to fail if there was a failure during the initial run configuring HSM KMS.
Workaround: Open Cloudera Manager in another browser tab, and manually stop the installed KMS by clicking the arrow next to the KMS and selecting Stop. Then retry the installation in the new tab after correcting the cause of the install failure.
After installation of the Thales HSM client, and before installing Navigator HSM KMS backed by Thales HSM, you must add the KMS user to the nfast group..
Navigator Encrypt cannot create new ACLs when the Key Trustee Server is down. Navigator Encrypt will attempt to verify the master key with the Key Trustee Server when adding ACLs, even if the master key should already have been cached on the local system. If it can't communicate with the Key Trustee Server, the add ACL request will fail.
Workaround: Make sure the Key Trustee Server is running before making modifications to Navigator Encrypt ACLs.
The navencrypt downgrade command will only downgrade the navencrypt package. It will not downgrade the associated navencrypt-kernel-module and libkeytrustee packages.
After upgrading from Navigator Encrypt 3.x to Navigator Encrypt 6.0.0, the kernel module may not be rebuilt, even if the upgrade and installation commands indicate that it was built successfully.
Workaround: If the version currently loaded is not the desired version, use the following commands to update it. In this case, you must manually load the updated kernel module.
The navencrypt-prepare command sometimes performs updates to the /etc/navencrypt/control and /etc/navencrypt/ztab files before the command has completed. In such cases, if there is an error with the mounting or unmounting of the navencrypt mount point, then the updated control and ztab files will not accurately reflect which mount points exist. Do not manually change these files without having a known working backup.
On RHEL 7, the service navencrypt-mount stop command might return a successful exit status message, even if there was a problem stopping Navigator Encrypt. This is not an issue with the navencrypt-mount service command; rather, it is a problem with the message output.
Alternatively, you can verify that the navencrypt mount points successfully dismounted by checking the output of the df or mount commands.


We're putting the FUN in FUNding our movements. We'll fill Spontaneous Celebrations with six simultaneous tournaments, plus an open game room. Only $20 to play, so buy in advance before it sells out. Each player chooses a game and declares a radical cause. All entry fees go to the radical cause of the tournament winner.
*If you've got a question about our criteria or a group choice, just email us!
*If you're wondering who to choose, we suggest playing for any local/regional group funded by Resist or Haymarket People's Fund.
Food/drink - we'll have dinner plates for sale and drinks for recommended donation.
Childcare - we'll have it! make sure you get a free childcare ticket for each child. there will be follow-up questions on the order form so we know the ages and if you would like to contribute to cover childcare costs (not required).
Game room - open for self-organized gaming. Cards, board games, etc. Please bring your own to share and teach, and we will have some too. Game room buy-ins will be distributed to causes through game room voting process. After exiting poker, dominoes or spades tournament, players encouraged to join the game room.
Tournament times - tournaments kick-off by 6:00PM, with re-buys and final entry at 8:00PM. Tournaments are likely to last until 11:00PM or later.
Tournament rules - will be set by committee in advance.
Teams for spades and dominoes - entering as a team is allowed but not required. Each individual must purchase a tournament buy-in.
Beginners tournaments - poker, spades and dominoes will each have a beginners tournament where you can learn the game and play to win... 'beginner' is defined as having played 0-5 times and learning the basics of the game.
Parking/transit - limited parking at the venue and in visitor parking on surrounding streets. Spontaneous is a two-minute walk from Stony Brook Station on the Orange Line, and we suggest taking the T.


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Highlights of Chile - Atacama Desert, Lakes & Torres del Paine
Flamingos in the Atacama Desert
El Tatio geysers
Plaza de Armas, Santiago
Osorno Volcano, Lake District
Serrano Glacier, near Puerto Natales
Guanacos in Torres del Paine National Park
Including flights and transfers
Spectacular otherworldly landscape of Atacama
Scenic bus tour of Torres del Paine National Park
World heritage architecture in Chiloe Island
Bohemian neighbourhood of Lastarria in Santiago
Charming Germanic towns of the Lake District
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"An Australis cruise is an exhilarating way to explore the wild and beautiful fjords in the far south of Chile."
This holiday through Chile's main highlights travels the length of the country, from the high Andean Atacama Desert in the north to the rugged peaks of Patagonia in the south. On the way you visit the bustling, cosmopolitan city of Santiago and the snowcapped volcano strewn landscapes of the Lake District. The suggested accommodation and excursions are carefully chosen by our specialists and can be tailored to you should you have any specific interests or preferences to best showcase what Chile has to offer.
Watch the sunrise over the altiplano near San Pedro de Atacama at the highest geyser field in the world, as huge funnels of natural steam from bubbling geothermal pools are dotted across the horizon. Spectacular sunsets at Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley) fill the evening sky with a kaleidoscope of colour. At Laguna Chaxa, flamingos take flight as the cold night chill takes over.
Admire the Germanic influenced architecture in the Lake District overlooked by towering volcanoes. Venture to remote areas, choose to climb the gentle slopes of Osorno volcano and listen to the thunder of the powerful Petrohué Falls. Further south Torres del Paine National Park with towering jagged peaks and dramatic landscapes makes for a picture perfect end to your Chile holiday. Indulge in the remoteness of the area as the sun reflects from glistening glaciers and Patagonian lamb chars on the asado barbecue.
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UK to Chile
Depart today on an overnight flight from the UK.
Arrive into Santiago this morning, a city overlooked by the towering peaks of the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. You will be met and driven to your hotel and have the rest of the day at leisure. Please enquire if you would like an afternoon tour to a nearby winery.
Accommodation: Plaza San Francisco
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This morning you are collected from your hotel and taken on a city tour taking in the main highlights of this cosmopolitan capital. The traditional Plaza de Armas is home to the Government Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral, National Museum of History and Central Post Office. Travel through the bohemian neighbourhood of Barrio Bellavista to San Cristobal Hill for an impressive panoramic vista of the valley with the backdrop of the snow topped Andean mountains. You return to your hotel for an afternoon at leisure.
Santiago - San Pedro de Atacama
After an early breakfast, transfer to the airport to fly north to Calama, the gateway to the Atacama Desert. Spend the next 3 nights in the small adobe town of San Pedro de Atacama. In the late afternoon, visit the Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) and the Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley); famous for their otherworldly rock formations and lunar landscapes. Admire the spectacular scenery and changing colour of the rocks as the sun dips below the horizon.
Accommodation: Altiplanico San Pedro de Atacama
Today visit the Atacama's famous Salt Lake and the picturesque village of Toconao with its bell tower designed in the classic Atacamenian style. The town's main square is quaint and picturesque, with the centrepiece San Lucas church dating back to 1750. Take in the Atacama's incredible landscapes of towering volcanoes, colourful lagoons, wind sculpted canyons and inky black skies dotted with spectacular constellations.
San Pedro de Atacama - El Tatio Geysers
El Tatio Geysers are best experienced at sunrise so prepare for a chilly early morning start. From San Pedro de Atacama drive high into the Altiplano to witness the world's highest geyser field and the magnificent sight of natural steam spurting from bubbling geothermal pools. As the sun rises and starts to warm the Altiplano, you take a short walk around the field before enjoying a warming soak in the thermal waters. You return to you hotel in Atacama later on today, and have the afternoon at leisure.
San Pedro de Atacama - Puerto Varas, Lake District
Depart the Atacama Desert today and fly to Puerto Montt in the Chilean Lake District. Spend the next two nights in the attractive lakeside town of Puerto Varas. This is one of the most beautiful regions in the country, boasting snow-capped volcanoes, pristine lakes, waterfalls and virgin forests. The small town of Puerto Varas overlooking Lake Llanquihue sits in the shadow of the Osorno and Calbuco Volcanoes, and this charming German-influenced town is the ideal base for exploring the area.
Accommodation: Cabana del Lago
Chilean Lake District - Petrohue Falls & Osorno Volcano
Today explore the majestic Osorno Volcano and bubbling Petrohué Falls. Ascend the perfect conical volcano for spectacular panoramic views of the Llanquihue Lake and Vicente Perez Rosales National park below. Next you continue on to the Petrohué Falls set between the Llanquihue and Todos los Santos lakes, and traversing boardwalks allow for beautiful views of the river's turquoise blue waters as well as the large masses of crystallised lava, formed by volcanic eruptions.
Chilean Lake District - Torres del Paine National Park
Today you depart the Lake District for one of Patagonia's most iconic highlights – the Torres del Paine National Park. Spend the next 3 nights here based in a lodge within the boundaries of the Park and choose from a variety of excursions to explore this world renowned area. You first drive back from Puerto Varas to Puerto Montt airport before then taking a flight south to Chile's most southern city, Punta Arenas. From here drive across windswept Patagonian plains for around 3 hours to the small town of Puerto Natales before you continue for around 90 minutes towards the looming peaks of the Torres del Paine Park.
Accommodation: Hotel las Torres
With a dramatic landscape of mountain peaks, roaring rivers, sparkling blue lakes and rich emerald forests; Torres del Paine remains the one of the main highlights of Chile. The views here are spectacular from every corner of the Park, and visitors never fail to be impressed by their first glimpse of the "Los Cuernos" or the "Horns" – Three granite pillars soaring more than 2000m above the Patagonian Steppe. The next two full days are at leisure to choose from the menu of excursions operated by your lodge, with options to explore the area on foot, horseback, by vehicle or on scenic boat trips.
Today you have a second full day to choose from the excursions on offer around the quintissential highlight of Chilean Patagonia. You may opt for a wildlife focused excursion in search of large herds of guanacos and a variety of native fauna, or perhaps a more strenuous hike to one of the many viewpoints through the Reserve.
Torres del Paine National Park - Santiago
Today you will be driven back towards the region's main transport hub of Punta Arenas for your flight back north to Santiago. Spend your final evening in the capital.
Santiago - UK
This morning you are at leisure before transferring to the airport for your flight home. Please enquire for details if you wish to extend your tour and visit the Chilean winelands and Valparaiso or alternatively combine Chile with Argentina.
Pricing Information & Dates
13 day tour, from £4595 per person
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Altiplanico San Pedro de Atacama Altiplanico is tucked away on the outskirts of San Pedro de Atacama, facing the majestic Licancabur Volcano. The hotel's unique adobe design is inspired by the......
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The Lake District & Chiloe Island, Chile
Cabana del Lago Cabana del Lago overlooks the beautiful Lake Llanquihue and offers spectacular views of Puerto Varas and the volcanoes. Its 157 rooms are furnished with a modern feel and feature a......
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Hotel las Torres This comfortable lodge is located within the Torres del Paine National Park, adjacent to the pathway that takes hikers on the strenuous full-day walk to the base of the granite......

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Use of cosmetic products for looking good has become a common practice in recent years among men and women of all age groups. And therefore going through the increasing craze of people towards these products you can find a plethora of manufacturers offering a wide range of cosmetic products that are endorsed to give the desired results within the short span of time by their regular use. Well, before you proceed ahead, let us point out the reasons due to which both men and women are crazy towards these products.
In this regard it will be interested to know that users of such products are not only the mature people, but also by the young people who have to move at different places for their academic and professional reasons. In short, it can be said that today every person whether he is a man, woman, boy or a girl everyone is making use of these products to get rid of their skin problem. Now, the question arises that why do people make use of these products.
You will agree that looking good is the desire of every person without any sexual differences and age groups. But, as the age of a person grows the marks of growing age start emerging on their face in the form of wrinkles and deeper lines around cheeks and foreheads. Apart from this the marks of growing age could also be witnessed on the different organs of the body, interestingly on the organs that are visible like hands, feet etc.
To get rid of these growing marks, today there are different types of lotions, creams, face packs, etc are available in the market which are claimed to minimize these marks of growing age. According to the manufacturers of these products the regular use of these products will help in not only removing the marks of growing age, but also make the skin look glowing and blushing as the people had during their teenage.
Similarly, today going through the increasing competition in every field the youths are getting concerned towards their academic and professional growth, due to which they have to move from one place to another under varied environmental conditions, especially the ultraviolet rays of the sun. Along with this at the same time they also have to combat with the problem of pollution. The combination of all these elements results in the emergence of different skin problems, due to which the marks of growing age start appearing on their face at an early age. Interestingly, to enjoy the pleasure of beautiful and glowing skin, they also prefer to make use of different cosmetics available in the market.
But, how to find the authentic products is the question of concern among them. Because taking the advantage of people towards the use of these products, there are various fake manufacturers in the market that offer the products which, although show positive results in the short span of the time, but adversely leave different types of side effects. Going through this problem, it becomes difficult for the user to trust on these products.
However, there are various genuine manufacturers like Germaine de Capuccini which adopt a holistic approach towards the manufacturing of such products. The products manufactured by the such groups are enriched with natural elements and do not harm the skin of the users. The worth mentioning feature of the products offered by such groups is that the user do not require to make their use throughout his life and within the span of the use he is able to enjoy everlasting results on his skin.
1. Do not buy the products that are enriched with mineral oil: The main reason due to which different types of skin problems takes place are blockage of the pores that facilitates the flow of air inside our skin. Although the use of mineral oil looks like very healthy and natural, but on the contrary it blocks the pores. It would be therefore better to not buy such products which are developed by making the use of elements like mineral oil.
2. Products with fragrance: Although, the odor of cosmetic products smells very good, but sometimes use of products with fragrance could be harmful for your skin. Because the product that you apply on your skin will be naturally absorbed by it. Some fragrances can be harmful for the skin and can damage it badly. Moreover, nowadays there is an increase in the number of persons suffering from the perfume allergy. Use of such products will result in the emergence of extra problem for which the person might visit to the doctor.
3. Products with alcohol: Alcohol is not only harmful to your health, but also for your skin and makes it dry due to its high volatility. If you apply the products enriched with alcoholic elements they will immediately evaporate, thus making your skin dry and hard, without leaving any mark of moisture on your face.
In simple words it can be said that if you are planning to buy skin care product, it would be better to the products manufactured by the renowned manufacturers, without getting impressed by the manufacturers offering the same products with low price tag.


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The Delpro gap setting and blade positioning mechanism incorporates precision linear bearings and backlash free ball-screws. Adjustment is made either manually or by servo-motors with closed loop feedback from a coat-weight monitor.
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by Marc Porter Magee posted on February 19, 2021 February 22, 2021
It is week 50 of our new reality and the debate over the right path forward for K-12 education in America shows no signs of slowing down.
Local advocates are advancing key education policies at state houses across the country while the Biden administration presses forward on an unprecedented $130 billion in additional educational aid to the states. The outcome of these legislative sessions and the way those federal dollars are spent will go a long way towards determining how well we meet the growing needs of 74 million K-12 students.
One important question under debate is what to do about summer, which we explored in our video interview with TennesseeCAN Executive Director Victor Evans in the last roundup and in the follow-up forum on tutoring as an emergency response. We also had a chance to take stock of what we learned in our 2020 policy campaigns with our new CANnual report.
This week, we focus on what it will take to provide every family with the option of in-person learning and how we can ensure that the funding we are providing to schools is equitably distributed.
Close the in-person opportunity gap
In the last edition of this newsletter, we noted the need for advocates to support leaders who are standing up for students by insisting on the option of in-person education in areas where schools had been closed for almost a year.
Since that time, the debate over how and when to fully open our country's schools has now become one of those rare moments where a discourse previously confined to education circles has broken into the national political conversation. It has, perhaps not surprisingly, also become increasingly intertwined with partisan politics. Republicans sense they can make in-roads with frustrated parents while the White House has struggled with muddled communications over their pledge to open the majority of schools in President Biden's first 100 days.
In fact, a new working paper published by the Annenberg Institute at Brown University finds that "Partisanship was much more associated with district reopening plans than COVID-19 rates." Writing in the Washington Post, Megan McArdle observes: "In districts where the schools are run by school boards, elected in low-turnout, union-dominated elections, the schools stayed closed." Or said differently by the Washington Post editorial board: "Cities where mayors oversee schools have made far more progress in reopening during the pandemic than those with school boards. That has underscored the importance of school governance not disproportionately influenced by teachers unions."
Trapped in this tug of war are parents who want options that their schools or districts aren't providing. A new survey by University of Southern California found that about one in four families are unhappy with the type of instruction they are being offered, with the majority of those families wanting an in-person option that is not available.
Perhaps most alarming, a recent survey published in Education Next reveals large racial and income gaps in who is being given the choice of in-person learning. While 54 percent of white families say they had the option to send their children to school in-person, only 33 percent of Black and Hispanic families say the same. Likewise, 42 percent of high-income families said they had the option of in-person schooling compared to 29 percent of low-income families. If left unchecked, this opportunity gap in in-person learning is likely to expand the achievement gap in educational outcomes.
The task this week is to stand up for equitable access to education by advocating for every family to have the opportunity to choose in-person learning for their children.
Provide equitable funding for the neediest students
This week, ConnCAN captured attention across the state when Executive Director Subira Gordon, along with her coalition partners, held a press conference to urge the Governor and legislators to adopt a new funding formula that would redirect $420 million to the neediest schools and districts across the state.
"The proposed acceleration to the new ECS distribution formula is about investing in communities of color and breaking down the barriers of systemic racism in education funding," Gordon told supporters and coalition partners, including Rep. Geraldo Reyes, the head of the Black and Puerto Rican caucus and Rep. Robert Sanchez, the co-chair of the Education Committee.
The disparities in funding pointed out by ConnCAN and their partners are a prescient reminder of the deep inequities that existed prior to Covid-19 and will continue without forceful advocacy. As the country focuses on reopening schools and recovering from the pandemic with an huge influx of new federal education funding, having a framework grounded in equity will take on even more urgency.
The task this week is to seize opportunities to advance equitable funding systems for schools to help immediately while also laying the groundwork for the future.
"The data cries out for aggressive intervention," HawaiiKidsCAN's David Miyashiro testified last week to the state board of education, as he continues to advocate for using federal funds to establish a high-dosage tutoring program. He also testified in opposition to the Hawaii Department of Education's request for a waiver that would shorten the school year. Read David's full testimony on the HawaiiKidsCAN blog.
In New Mexico, NewMexicoKidsCAN continues to advocate for HB0213, a bill requiring districts to maintain a special education services fund that would provide funding for families of any student not receiving in-person services. They've issued a call to action for parents to add their voice.
For DelawareCAN, State Outreach and Partnerships Coordinator Erika Gutierrez hosted a series of convenings for Spanish-speaking families on how to advocate for their children during the pandemic.
Burbio is out with a map-based tracker of districts and states showing the percentage of schools that have reopened versus those that have remained virtual.
Bellwether compiled the recent work of many of their staffers, including 50CAN National Voices Fellow Alex Spurrier, to identify eight education pathways for Covid-19 recovery.
ISTE gathered best practices for state leaders to support the digital readiness of educators to deliver virtual instruction.
Teach For All and Teach For America's founder Wendy Kopp argues in EdWeek for Secretary Cardona to create a national commission to reimagine education.
Educators 4 Excellence held an event with former Secretary of Education John King and current Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona to present their survey of teachers and to discuss policy priorities.
Transcend is out with a new white paper on key tensions our school system will face in the recovery period. A key question: how will we handle the vastness and diversity of needs?
FutureEd compiled the remarks on education from each governor's state of the state address, with a look at the innovations and initiatives that are emerging.
Jessica Poiner, writing for Fordham, argues for the use of student wellness funds to locate and engage students that have gone missing from the system during the pandemic.
The National Parents Union, in collaboration with Kristen Soltis Anderson, is out with a new poll of parents. A headline: 40% of parents express uncertainty about the safety of the vaccine, in what union president Keri Rodrigues calls, "A serious trust deficit."
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading hosted a panel to discuss how to equip and empower parents to make change in their schools.
Students across the country, including those at Walnut Elementary School in Conejo, CA, cheer on NASA's Perseverance rover as it attempted to land on Mars. The school, that serves Pre-K-5, has operated on a blended learning model since reopening in November, giving parents a choice of virtual instruction or in-person classes.
Marc Porter Magee Ph.D is the CEO and founder of 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Charles Jay Taylor was born in New York in 1855. He studied law at Columbia University, then art at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design (with Eastman Johnson) and City College of New York, as well as in London and Paris. He contributed illustrations to the New York's Daily Graphic and magazines like Harpers, Puck and Punch. His book 'Taylor Girls' gained him international acclaim.
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The concept is called One Glove. Made with a 3D printer, it looks like a manual articulated exoskeleton. The speaker is built into the thumb and little finger in the microwave. The buttons to dial phone numbers are at the other three fingers.


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Stardate 09.13.2022.A: 2021's 'The Retaliators' Hits And Bleeds Very Close To Home
Back in my college days, I struggled through a writing class with one professor who insisted that "every film you watched had to be about something."
On one level, I naturally agreed. Every film – whether we like the story or not – tells a tale. Right? It takes the audience on a journey through a series of related events – all involving interconnected characters – and inevitably delivers us somewhere, to some destination. Where I pushed back, however, was that I believed some fables were crafted for purely entertainment purposes and, thus, didn't really mean all that much. Were this the case, any messaging a viewer took from it was clearly a secondary consideration of the cast and crew … so why make any intellectual fuss over what it all may or may not mean?
When the instructor argued with me further, I tried coming at the topic from another point of view. For example, the professor – this being the 1980's – had an incredible artistic appreciation for a certain war film (I won't name it, as it doesn't really matter) of the time and was constantly (constantly!) referencing it, its message, and its metaphors at every opportunity. So, one day I mentioned his favorite war lick, and I explained how I took a different meaning from the ending than he did … so – based entirely on his experience versus mine – who's to say which is the better interpretation?
Well, he was the one paid to provide opinions – not I – so, in his estimation, his measured analysis mattered more than mine. Ouch.
In any event, I've long argued that, when a film seeks to ultimately entertain those who buy a ticket, there's still a respectability to that process … and today I'm arguing that same point on behalf of The Retaliators (2021). It's a Horror/Thriller from the directing team of Samuel Gonzalez Jr., Michael Lombardi (who also headlines it), and Bridget Smith. While the flick flirts with some mixed messages about revenge and redemption, it inevitably seeks to amuse. To scare. To get your blood pumping. Nothing more. Nothing less.
From the film's IMDB.com citation:
"An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder."
If you're looking for your film to definitively say something about the greater world-at-large, then you're going to have to be much more specific than Darren Geare and Jeff Allen Geare were in their screenplay for The Retaliators, an impressive outing that relies heavily on pushing some very predictable moral buttons but delivers a seemingly never-ending assortment of bloody showdowns in its second half. Each and every set-up that preaches against violence ends up adding to the body count; before you know it, this broken man-of-faith looks less and less like Jimmy Stewart and more and more like John Rambo.
Much of this is owed to the world as created by the Geares and their team of directors (three are listed in the credits).
In short, The Retaliators piles on practically every conceivable vice our culture has suffered from, currently suffers from, and (likely) will always suffer from in its creative assault on our senses. Rarely has one film reveled in so much debauchery and, yet, neither condemned nor condoned it, instead just casually dropped one more metaphorical log on its metaphorical fire. This story has drugs. It has money. It has strippers. It has murderers. Rock'n'roll. Lap dances. It has dealers. It has dirty cops. It has gangs and bikers. It has torture. It has dungeons. And somehow it even manages to squeeze the less-than-able bodied and even a bomb shelter into its confines.
Though I don't know for certain, I'd like to think that everyone involved consciously did this in order to strip us culturally back to a time when a bit of Old Testament-style justice ("an eye for an eye") truly meant something. It wasn't just a saying, just something folks who went to church talked about. In fact, it was how several generations of us were raised, and some might argue that its loss from the wider moral discussion may explain why there's so much wrong with society today. I've no way to know if that's what I'm to deduce from all of this chaos because no one says so, certainly not even our once humble lead Pastor Bishop (played effectively by Lombardi) whom we see telling a white lie to his parishioners about how he used the word of God to defuse a conflict over a Christmas tree. (Truth: he didn't, deliberately misleading them as to the efficacy of his sermons … and he has a vastly different solution come similar circumstances once all is said and done.)
That's why I encourage folks not to look too deeply into The Retaliators. It's a fool's errand if ever there were.
Instead, just enjoy it as a good old-fashioned testament to guilt-free wickedness. It's a mildly daring 'what would you do if' story, and it works very well on that level. Sure, you may find some secret message hidden in here, but I'm likely able to dissect it with footage from the very next sequence … or the one thereafter … or maybe even the one when Bishop uses his youngest daughter's bracelet to pluck the eye out of his would-be assassin. Do you really think that sequence has deeper meaning? Or is it not just the coolest thing you've watched today? Or how about that murder-by-wood-chipper moment? You think the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences wants to craft a special recognition Oscar for that scene or just let it be the crowd-pleasing, blood-spurting finish it was likely meant to be?
If anything, The Retaliators biggest problem might very well be that it doesn't quite know what it truly wants to be in its first half, almost as if the storytellers were hedging their bets with a protracted set-up hoping to rope more folks into their seats before the ample and obvious bloodlust begins. Once it does, we're in pure Horror territory here, so any resemblance to highbrow didactic filmmaking has really gone out the window. It's much closer to a pop culture fairy tale – with wicked pulp sensibilities – than it is a (ahem) "meaningful viewing experience."
Think what you will, but folks didn't flock to repeat showings of The Exorcist (1973) to learn how to perform an exorcism or confront their demons. They did it to be scared sh#tless vicariously.
Nothin' wrong with that.
Hey now: I'm not going to get into a debate with anyone over what subject matter might be best left alone, but I will say that The Retaliators revels in the excesses of its own creation very effectively from the outset right up until its fitting last scene. Though some might try to attach greater meaning to the gratuitousness, I find it refreshing when storytellers occasionally strip away all of the pretense of 'being about something' and, instead, just swing for the fences with entertainment. I didn't learn anything from this one. I just marveled at its bloody-knuckled efficiency.
In the interests of fairness, I'm pleased to disclose that the fine folks at Better Noise Films provided me with complimentary screener access to The Retaliators (2021) by request for the expressed purposes of completing this review; and their contribution to me in no way, shape, or form influenced my opinion of it.


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HomeRabbi assaulted in Berlin — second such attack in as many weeks
Rabbi assaulted in Berlin — second such attack in as many weeks
Categories: Anti Semitism
Berlin police said Thursday that they were investigating an attack on a rabbi, the second in as many weeks in the German capital.
Police said the victim, identifiable as Jewish by his attire, was pushed to the ground by two unidentified suspects while walking in the Charlottenburg neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. They said he was treated in a hospital for pain in his leg and head.
They didn't identify the victim, but the daily Bild gave his name as Jan Aaron Hammel. The rabbi told Bild the men insulted him in Arabic before assaulting him.
Two weeks ago, another rabbi reported being spat upon and cursed at in Arabic by two men in a building in the same general neighborhood as he walked by. Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal was walking past an apartment building in the Wilmersdorf neighborhood on a Friday night when, he said. he was spat at and sworn at by two men inside the building. Teichtal, who said the two men spoke in Arabic, called in a statement for "tolerance, dialogue and training."
Despite a rising number of anti-Semitic incidents, he said he remains "convinced most people in Berlin do not want to accept this aggression against Jews as a sad part of everyday Jewish life."
Both attacks are being investigated as hate crimes.
A recent study found that anti-Semitism is rampant among Muslim refugees in Germany.
A week ago in Munich, a rabbi and his two sons said they were spit on and verbally attacked as they left a synagogue. A man approached the rabbi, 53, and his sons, both 19, and yelled anti-Semitic slurs as they left a central synagogue on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. A woman in a car then also began to yell at them and spit on one of the teens.
Police were looking for the two suspects, according to the report.
Last month in Potsdam, two men were arrested after an anti-Semitic assault. According to the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper, the unidentified 25-year old victim was visibly Jewish, wearing a kippa with a Star of David. "When I got off the tram at the main station, I noticed shadows behind me," he recalled, alleging that the two men spat on him and screamed anti-Semitic threats and insults.
The incidents are the latest in a wave of racially and religiously motivated crimes against Jews to rock Germany in recent years. Germany's domestic intelligence agency reported last month that the number of anti-Semitic acts of violence rose sharply last year alongside a further increase in those identified as far-right extremists. The BfV agency said in its annual report that incidents of anti-Semitic violence increased by 71.4 percent in 2018 to 48, from 28 the previous year.
Worries about the authorities' inability to combat anti-Semitic violence led Germany's anti-Semitism commissioner, Felix Klein, to state in May that he could no longer recommend that Jews wear a kippa everywhere and any time in Germany. He retracted his statement following a public outcry. In response to his statement, German tabloid newspaper Bild printed a cut-out kippa for readers to wear in solidarity with their Jewish neighbors.
In one high-profile case last year, a non-Jewish Israeli man was beaten while wearing a kippa in Berlin. The man, 21-year old Arab Israeli Adam Armush, told broadcaster Deutsche Welle that he had wanted to find out whether it was safe to walk in the street dressed as a Jew.


Since 2007 Amsterdam-based SET Ventures invests in European technology companies that impact the future of energy and the energy sector. They broadly focus on innovative energy generation, distribution and storage, and energy savings. Investment priority is given to those ventures that develop software-based services, with or without a hardware component, also named smart energy solutions.


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Q: How can I preserve data between switching between tabs in Vue? I'm trying to learn some Vue, I have tab component it has 2 tabs with some dropdowns and text fields inside, the problem is when I switch between tabs it loss data like selected items from dropdowns or text values, I've tried with v-model but nothing, any help?
Here is the tab view

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Tab container

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Here is the content of first tab:
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Datos personales

                    Nombre
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Here is the content of second tab:

<template>

Domicilio

                Tipo de domicilio
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A: You can use KeepAlive to do this.

<KeepAlive> is a built-in component that allows us to conditionally
cache component instances when dynamically switching between multiple
components.

If your tab components are dynamic then use KeepAlive like this-
<KeepAlive>
  <component :is="tabComponent" />
</KeepAlive>

If you are using tab components individually then do like this-
<KeepAlive>
  <tab-a></tab-a>
  <tab-b></tab-b>
</KeepAlive>

You can read more about KeepAlive in the documentation.

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Ksenia Bachtadze (; ur. 5 lutego 1899 w Tyflisie, zm. 25 listopada 1978 w miejscowości Czakwi w Adżarskiej ASRR) – gruzińska i radziecka naukowiec w dziedzinie uprawy herbaty, Bohater Pracy Socjalistycznej (1966).

Życiorys
W 1922 ukończyła Tyfliski Instytut Politechniczny, pracowała w stacjach selekcji roślin. Od 1927 do końca życia pracowała w filii Wszechzwiązkowego Naukowo-Badawczego Instytutu Uprawy Herbaty i Roślin Podzwrotnikowych w m. Czakwi, w której była starszym pracownikiem naukowym, od 1941 kierownikiem działu selekcji i nasiennictwa, a od 1968 do 1974 zastępcą dyrektora filii. Napisała ponad 100 prac naukowych na temat selekcji i nasiennictwa herbaty, genetyki i hodowli subtropikalnych, w tym 16 książek i broszur i cztery monografie. Od 1944 była doktorem nauk rolniczych, a od 1949 profesorem. W 1956 została akademikiem WASCHNIL. Od 1955 była akademikiem Akademii Nauk Gruzińskiej SRR, w latach 1954–1958 pełniła mandat deputowanej do Rady Najwyższej ZSRR 4 kadencji.

Odznaczenia i nagrody
 Medal Sierp i Młot Bohatera Pracy Socjalistycznej (2 kwietnia 1966)
 Order Lenina (2 kwietnia 1966)
 Order Rewolucji Październikowej (8 kwietnia 1971)
 Nagroda Stalinowska (1949)
 Order Czerwonego Sztandaru Pracy (27 października 1949)
 Order Znak Honoru (24 lutego 1946)
I medale.

Przypisy

Bohaterowie Pracy Socjalistycznej
Deputowani do Rady Najwyższej ZSRR
Laureaci Nagrody Stalinowskiej
Ludzie urodzeni w Tbilisi
Odznaczeni Orderem Czerwonego Sztandaru Pracy
Odznaczeni Orderem Lenina
Odznaczeni Orderem Rewolucji Październikowej
Odznaczeni Orderem "Znak Honoru"
Urodzeni w 1899
Zmarli w 1978

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Windows 10 release date set
by Andrew Griffin And Louis Doré
8th Jun 2015 11:22 AM
MICROSOFT will release Windows 10, a huge upgrade to its operating system, on July 29.
The upgrade will be offered free to users running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The free offer will be available for the first year after it is released.
For users on older versions of Windows, Microsoft hasn't yet said exactly how upgrades will work. It's thought that those on Windows XP and Vista will have to buy new versions of the operating system, as will those building their own computers.
Microsoft announced the new operating system late last year, before unveiling new features in January. But it had previously stayed quiet on when exactly it would come out, only teasing "later this year".
The new Windows brings back the Start bar, as well as a range of other features. It is widely seen as an attempt to recover some of the damage done by Windows 8, which was largely criticised by users.
It also marks the beginning of "Windows as a service" - the idea that the operating system is not just one product but a continually updated one that works across devices. Microsoft said in its announcement that "once a Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, Microsoft will continue to keep it current for the supported lifetime of the device - at no cost".
Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 for free apparently to reduce "fragmentation", the challenges for developers who at the moment must make software to work on a variety of operating systems. It also brings it in line with competitors like Apple, which has given away the most recent versions of its own desktop operating system.
The company said that those "who want to be among the first in line for the free Windows 10 upgrade can reserve a free copy in the coming weeks".
Creepy little button
A tiny button is arriving on people's desktops, bringing with it Windows 10, the new version of Microsoft's operating system.
The button - the installation of which has been described as "creepy", but gives you free access to Microsoft's update - puts a little Windows logo into the system tray at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Clicking on it begins a registration process, which will mean that computers will be updated straight away when Windows 10 is released.
Clicking on the small icon lets users register their email address. When that's done, the copy of Windows 10 is reserved and will automatically be downloaded.
It's not clear whether pre-registering will be a requisite to downloading it on that day - although Microsoft is sending the update digitally, and so there'll be no limit to their stock. The upgrade will be free for Windows 7 and 8 users. Pricing for those on older and other versions of the operating system is yet to be set.
The last Windows OS
Windows 10 is going to be the last major version of the operating service (OS), according to a Microsoft developer.
Speaking at the company's Ignite conference in May, developer evangelist Jerry Nixon said: "Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 is the last version of Windows, we're all still working on Windows 10."
Instead of new major versions, the product will be improved in regular instalments and automatic updates, much akin to apps and modern browsers.
Microsoft launched Windows 8.1 last year while developing Windows 10 in the background, a tactic that will not reoccur due to the OS's rolling update status.
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2021 is still a very challenging year. The emergence of several COVID-19 variants, such as Delta and Omicron, has weakened the effects of vaccines and prolonged the pandemic, causing disruptions to global trade and business operations. Various governments introduced lockdown measures to contain the spread of the virus variants with mixed results. Consumers are picking up new norms and different lifestyles amidst stringent social distancing measures and extended lockdowns. This seriously affected spending desirability and demand of the consumers, interrupted factory output, reduced material supplies and logistic activities, leading to rapid and significant cost increases which added further pressure to both the top line and margin to the businesses of the Group and our associated companies. On the other hand, there is no clear sign that the US-China tension is easing despite the impact of the pandemic and change of the US presidency. Under such unfavourable macro environment, we have to take prudent yet flexible approach to cope with the challenges and changes.
Our revenue inevitably recorded a significant double-digit drop over the past year. Yet we are committed to enhance our operational efficiency to mitigate the unfavourable impact. In addition, we closely monitor our resources and investments and reprioritize our focus. In particular, we shifted our focus to the PRC domestic electronic consumer market in the third and fourth tier cities
during 2021.
In 2021, sales on trading of electronic products, accessories and raw materials remained as the Group's primary stream of revenue while we noted a significant growth and contribution to the Group's total sales revenue from manufacturing of electronic products, as a result of the aforementioned shift of focus. In mid-2021, we established a PRC subsidiary in Guangxi with local partner to serve the domestic market there with notable results. Accordingly, despite the drop in total overall revenue by 30.8% from HK$119.3 million in 2020 to HK$82.5 million in 2021 due to the unfavourable macro environment, the revenue from manufacturing of electronic products increased by almost 4 times from HK$3.3 million in 2020 to HK$12.8 million in 2021. The gross profit margin of the Group increased from 3.4% in 2020 to 4.9% in 2021.
Looking ahead, there is no end in sight that the China-US tension will be easing. It may even be more uncertain given the latest war between Ukraine and Russia, with severe sanctions imposed by the Western nations to the latter. The sanctions add further pressure and disruptions to global trade and logistics. Rising prices for commodities, raw materials and electronic components pose significant business challenges to us.
While the Group will continue to develop and expand its businesses as and when appropriate, and to explore ways to improve its financial performance and broaden the sources of revenue, it's the Group's strategy to do so within acceptable risk level and capital requirement. The Group will carefully take into account the external factors such as the prolonged impact of COVID-19 and the market trends like consumer demand, spending desirability and preference under new norms and lifestyles, when selecting the appropriate product mix to which the Group should focus and devote its resources. The Group considers the PRC domestic markets, especially the household electrical appliances in the third and fourth tier cities, are less vulnerable to the adverse macroenvironment, relative to the fast moving electronic consumer products/gadgets in overseas markets. Taking into account the balance of investment risk, capital requirement and familiarity with local environment, we established a PRC subsidiary in Guangxi with local business partner to serve the markets there. Leveraging on such network, we will continue to work with the local partners and explore to serve the markets there through e-commerce platforms, in response to growing online sales stimulated by the pandemic. We also set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Kashi, Xinjiang to explore the business of online information and online publication services.
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Quorum Announces United States Expansion Plans With New Franchise Support and Integration
wpengine2021-01-03T10:24:33-05:00March 22nd, 2018|
The XSellerator™ DMS Will Be Available to More US Dealerships in 2018
CALGARY, Alberta, March 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quorum Information Technologies (Quorum) (TSX VENTURE:QIS), the company and DMS that drives your dealership's revenue, revealed plans for continued expansion of its franchise coverage for dealerships in the United States. The company recently announced that it has begun actively installing Ford and Lincoln dealerships in the US (in addition to all GM and FCA brands), and is now in the process of finishing integration and certification and planning for a pilot with Volkswagen and Audi. Quorum is also in the process with another manufacturer which will be announced in the near future. The industry-leading dealership management system, XSellerator, is available to all dealerships with these franchises.
Dan Ichelson, Quorum's Vice President – Product and Operations explained, "A key philosophy since 'day 1' at Quorum has been that advanced dealer-to-factory integration is a core component to the success of both the dealership and the OEM. We started with supporting just General Motors brands, and built a foundation of deep integration and use of OEM data to enhance the dealership's business. We believe that our approach to factory integration is quite unique."
Ichelson added, "Over the past 10 years, we have embarked on an aggressive diversification strategy to make XSellerator available to dealerships of all brands. Coming into 2018, we already support seventeen (17) vehicle brands in Canada and ten (10) in the US. Completion of the integration with these additional OEMs will add four (4) more brands in the US, for a total of fourteen (14). And, we do not plan to stop there for either country!" This is an important part of Quorum's growth strategy and we've found that more and more dealership groups are now looking to us to support their entire organization.
Quorum invites dealerships to come see XSellerator at the NADA Show in Las Vegas March 23rd – 25th, 2018 (Booth #3693C). To schedule a demonstration, please visit www.QuorumDMS.com/NADA2018. Dealerships viewing a demo at the show will be awarded a complimentary American Express gift card as a "thank you" for their time.
Quorum is a North American company focused on developing, marketing, implementing and supporting its automotive dealership and customer management system, XSellerator. Quorum offers the system to franchised, independent and some non-automotive dealerships in Canada and the United States. XSellerator automates, integrates and streamlines every process across departments in a dealership. The system includes tools designed to maximize revenue opportunities for dealerships such as Customer Relationship Management and service inspection and quoting processes. Quorum is a Microsoft partner and XSellerator is developed with modern mobile-enabled technology. Quorum Information Technologies Inc. is traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the symbol QIS and in 2016 was selected to the TSX Venture 50®, an annual ranking of the strongest performing companies on the TSX Venture Exchange. For additional information please go to www.QuorumDMS.com.
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JURIES & FORUMS
Filmography (full)
Café-Finovo
Last Page Story
Korsakow
Eleftherios Fylaktos
Documentary | TV | Visual Anthropology
» Lost in the Woods (2020, 51 min)
From 1985 to 1989, Constantin Pittas, from Athens, drove across Europe behind the wheel of a rickety old Greek car. Using a Minox 35mm compact camera, he took 30,000 black-and-white photographs. His aim was – somewhat naively, perhaps – to capture the core of the people living on both sides of the Iron Curtain to create a book representing Europe without borders. His last picture was taken in Berlin, a day after the fall of its infamous Wall. He believed that the end of Europe's division also marked the end of the project. He stashed the negatives away in a box and moved on with his life. 25 years later, in 2014 he rediscovered his Minox and the negatives. Posting some of his pictures on social media eventually elevated him to fame as one of Greece's most important photographers. On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain, he travels to Berlin and other capitals, reliving the journey he took as a young man, in what is now a unified Europe.
www.vimeo.com/lostinthewoodsteaser
» Café-Finovo (2013, 53 min)
With patience and beauty, our understanding of mortality is altered as this film unfolds on life, laughter and Wilhelm Grimm. Set within the walls of the Alter St. Matthäus cemetery in Berlin, we meet artists, story-tellers and grave sponsors, the cultural life revolving around the lively Café-Finovo and it's reputable cakes.
Café-Finovo is the first café in a cemetery in Germany.
German with English subtitles: www.vimeo.com/efylaktos/cafefinovo
German with Greek subtitles: www.vimeo.com/efylaktos/cafefinovogr
» 26.2 The Road to Here (2011, 55 min)
At some point in every marathon route, almost every runner has to face the following dilemma: to listen to the body that screams it's had enough, or to the inner voice urging the runner to stay the course to the finish line. Life has a lot in common with a marathon race with one significant difference: in life there is no finish line – just running. Dr. Becky Clark, 50, athlete and writer, is a licensed clinical social worker and sport psychologist in New York City. Deaf since her early teens, she successfully reconnected to the world of sound in 2008 with the aid of cochlear implants. In 2009, she ran the Athens Classic Marathon as a celebration of her healing journey from child physical/sexual trauma.
www.vimeo.com/efylaktos/theroadtohere (Please contact for password)
» Active Member (2010, 35 min)
The group Active Member was formed in 1992. B.D. Foxmoor and Sadahzinia live in Perama, near Athens, where they make their music and lyrics, in an effort to resist social decadence in a creative way. They named their hip hop "low bap", created their own record label, 8ctagon, and started the NOsponsors movement in order to protect their integrity as much as possible. This documentary is about the story behind the group's name. What does it mean to be active? How can one manage to be and stay active? Is it even possible nowadays? Following B.D. Foxmoor's everyday steps, the documentary presents his opinions about life, his relation to the system and his contact with his fans.
www.vimeo.com/efylaktos/activemember
» The Archelon Bubble (2008, 29 min)
Every year volunteers from all over the world join the Archelon camps in order to monitor and protect the decreasing population of the caretta-caretta sea turtle in Greece. The volunteers, regardless of age and nationality, offer their free time to perform what we cannot. They wake up early in the morning, walk the beaches at night, live in a camp with no electricity and maintain a remarkable community which is bound by their love towards the environment. Archelon is the sea turtle protection society of Greece.
www.vimeo.com/efylaktos/archelonbubble


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DICK Scott (England)
Pioneer non racer, promotor of BMX, official, organiser; in short one of thé pioneer BMX fathers in England
Picture on right, courtesy of Rhodopsin Photography
Family Name: Dick
Married: YES with Margaret Dick
City where you live: London
What year did you get involved in BMX:
How did you get involved in BMX:
I worked as a playleader at a Adventure Playground (local community youth project) in Notting Hill, London and children started to bring in the American bmx magazines before we even had bmx bikes here in the UK. We would also help them fix up their bikes (mostly Raleigh Grifters) and take them out to ride in the woods etc..Then the whole bmx scene exploded, with the bmx bikes being available, tracks being built and taking young riders to races around London and beyond. Our own local track was Westway and I helped run race series there from 1980, with riders like Winston Wright taking part.
Do you consider yourself a pioneer in the sport of BMX.
Yes I would like to think so. Being directly involved in the sport from the beginning here in the uk, helping riders and supporting bmx clubs.
Please give me a resume of activities in BMX, like: local activities, name of club, did you train,coach or manage riders/teams name dates (years).
As I stated earlier, I was involved in the running of races at Westway in West London from 1980 to 1982. Then I moved out of West London to Hillingdon and got involved with Hillingdon Hawks around 1982. This where my own sons started racing from the age of 3years old. I eventually became Chairman of Hillingdon Hawks, where the club had many successful years and then moved to High Wycombe in the early 90's to run our club there for a couple of years and then to Slough (the Hosts for the World Champs in 86) in the mid 90's . I was directly involved in running many UK National series races at these venues and also 2 British Championships.
a. I was also GB Cheif De'quipe for two years at various European Champs and World Champs ( Brighton, and Argentina).
b. I also ran 3 BMX Races at the National Adventure Sports Show, an extreme sport and music festival in Somerset and also 3 BMX Races at the Bike Show in Birmingham and Stoneleigh Park.
c. I have been Chairman of Hawks BMX Club for almost 20 years and Chairman of South BMX for around 15 years. d. I was also involved for two years in the running of the No Clips National BMX Series…
Involved in the National organisation? If yes, in what respect etc....
Yes was on the board of the National BMX Commission for over 3 years and before that GBBMXF after it was EBA. I was on the BMX Commission when BMX racing went into British Cycling. My position was promotion and running of events. I am no longer on the BMX Commission after deciding to concentrate on Hawks BMX Club.
What are you doing right now (2012) in BMX
I have been commentating at the UK national series races for the past 10 years and the highlight was commentating at the UCI World Champs in Birmingham this year. I also help run the South Regional BMX series and officiate at commentate at those races during the year. My wife has also been a race official for around 12 years at National and Regional level and supported me running races right at the beginning at Westway and has supported me also in running Hawks BMX Club.
We are hoping to build a new improved bmx track at Hawks with facilities and we have been working on that plan for 3 years and hopefully if we get the funding, that could happen next year. We have raised the funds for a new concrete skatepark on the same site and that should be going in early 2013. I also help run our Hawks Schools Outreach programme, where we have a truck with 25 bmx bikes, helmets and gloves and we go into schools and youth groups and attend events to promote bmx racing and give children a taste of bmx racing with coaching and fun races on their school field. I am also attending meetings re the future of the London Olympic track and its future use and design…
Any special plans for the future:
My aim for the future is for the Hawks to have an improved facility, with all weather track, floodlights and fence. A managed bmx facility supported by the the local council and British Cycling, running school sessions during the day and club sessions and races in the evening. To keep promoting the club and the sport and making people realise what a great sport bmx racing is and why they should get involved. Carrying on enjoying being involved in the sport with my family. See my eldest son Alex make the final at the UCI BMX Worlds in Rotterdam in 2014.
General remark(s) by yourself about past/present and future of the sport.
The sport as a whole has achieved its pinnacle by being in the Olympics, one of my dreams for our sport. It can only get bigger from here on in.
I respect the past and history of our sport, but do not dwell on it too much, I miss certain aspects of those times, but for me it is all about the present and the future and how the sport develops.
In an ideal world, I would love to see clip pedals banned for lots of reasons. This is not an old skool thing, I just see too many bad injuries now and just don't see the need for them in our sport.
The current format of Supercross bmx races work, with the top riders competing around the world. It's a great promotion for the sport. I think some of the track designs need to be looked at as quite a few are becoming too dangerous for the riders, too many bad crashes and I don't want our sport to be remember when coming away , that its all about the crashes. Also a lot of the tracks are follow the leader, with not too much passing. In saying that the track builders like Clark and Kent have taking track building to a whole different level and we can thank them also for the promotion of our sport. The London Olympic track was a dream.
We need to get more bmx racing on tv and not just supercross races. Make it more appealing to the general masses, film regular bmx races so that families and kids can see that they can also get involved at a normal level.
UCI need to introduce more older age groups at the World Champs , not reduce them. We have many more older riders competing now around the world and they should have as fair a chance of competing. Also older female age groups too.
End of CV - interview
Thanks very much Scott for this interview and for all the good work you have done for BMX. Welcome as a member of the Euro BMX HALL of FAME.
Inducted in 2012
Tagged under England Special recognition HOF Member Non-Riders
Kerinsky Bullard
Todd Corbit


Collects papers presented at the Symposium in 2011 celebrating forty years of clinical legal education at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Gavigan, Shelley and Rehaag, Sean. "Poverty Law, Access to Justice, and Ethical Lawyering: Celebrating 40 Years of Clinical Education at Osgoode Hall Law School." Journal of Law and Social Policy 23. (2014): 1-8.


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