Woodhaven Gardens will toast its 40th birthday next year. There's plenty to celebrate for John Clarke, founder and managing director of this market gardening operation just south of Levin in Horowhenua. John had no growing experience when he started working the land, yet he's transformed a two-acre vegetable plot into a successful business that spans 1000 acres (405 hectares) and employs more than 200 people.
Woodhaven's crops include cabbage, lettuce, courgette, beetroot, parsley, pumpkin and spring onion – 16 vegetables all up, plus watermelons grown for the New Zealand and international market. Following the acquisition of a broccoli and courgette farm, broccoli has become one of the company's main crops. The produce is sold through wholesale markets to supermarkets and shops around the country – you've probably bought Woodhaven veges before.
His other motivation was the desire to create a better lifestyle for his family. John's mother had multiple sclerosis and the hills of Wellington had become unsuitable for her. Moving to flatter land in Levin made sense, as did building a house where John, his then-wife Honora and his parents could live together. John, Honora and John's father, Eric, were able to care for John's mum while starting a small vegetable-growing business. Eventually, John bought his father out, but the family business continued by way of John and Honora's children. They've been helping out since they were kids and are an integral part of the Woodhaven team.
Employees hail from around 20 countries including Samoa, Kiribati, Malaysia and Chile. Cultural differences are celebrated throughout the year. Each day a different nationality flies its flag, while cultural performances are common at sports days, Christmas concerts and events such as the Horowhenua Taste Trail.
Many staff have been at Woodhaven for more than 10 years – some more than 20 – and the family business model filters down from the top. It's not uncommon for married couples, siblings or two generations of a family to pick alongside each other. Children of current and past employees are supported through two annual tertiary scholarships offered by Woodhaven.
Is the company culture the reason staff stay so long? "You always like to think that's why," John says. "I think it is." You'd have to like your colleagues in this line of work. "It's a tough job," John says. Especially in extreme weather conditions. "We don't stop for the weather." Production (post-harvest handling, sorting, packing etc), is seven days a week. It may be cold, hard work, but it's satisfying. John still occasionally works the fields, but his main focus is on sales, management and keeping an eye on the crops.
The industry has changed dramatically over the years, from being hands-on to predominantly mechanised. Harvesting is still done by hand, but production and irrigation are now automated. One constant is the team's commitment to quality and their aim to grow sustainably.
John is passionate about advances in technology and sustainability. Woodhaven's farm management system, Hortrac, has won a number of innovation awards. "We try and grow the change. We're looking for advances wherever we can," John says. He's learned by "making a lot of mistakes".
The team practises sustainable land management by rotating crops so that the soil remains fertile, and planting beneficial cover crops, which are ploughed back into the earth to enrich it. Horowhenua's fertile land and temperate climate have made it an important agricultural region for many years. John and his team are committed to honouring this history, while innovating to ensure the area's future.


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In a previous Excel tutorial on pivot tables, I showed you how you can easily analyze data when you have one large complicated table. What if, however, you had 2 tables?
As marketers, we work with multiple networks, tracking platforms, and traffic sources. They each generate their own reports. It's always been a hassle to try to line up multiple reports. For those that are not familiar with Excel formulas, it can be pretty frustrating.
This tutorial will make that task a lot simpler. I show you, using POF and Prosper202 reports, how to quickly join the two reports so you can see the all the performance metrics by ad. This technique, of course, can be applied to any traffic source and, in reality, to any task that involved combing data tables.
If you haven't checked out our previous Excel tutorials, I highly recommend you do so before beginning this one, at least the previous pivot table tutorial. As a marketer, I've found Excel to be an instrumental tool for data analysis. It's a skill that will surely benefit you in the long run.
Without further ado, please enjoy the video!
I've been using Excel for a long time, but I always learn something new with your videos. Thanks!
Another good tutorial Tom, one question in the previous pivot table tutorial you used "insert field" but in this one you used "insert item" when you had created another column of calculated values. What is the difference and when do you use one over the other.
Insert Item are essentially the same as Insert Field. When you use Insert Field, you can use other fields as inputs in your formula. When you use Insert Item, you can use other items, which are a part of one field, inn your formula.
With consolidating multiple tables, for some reason it creates kind of like a giant field, so the stuff inside the field are "items".
Basically, they're the same, and it's just specific to the multiple consolidation tables that you have to use Insert Items.


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Commerce Department, the gross domestic product (GDP) reached a 3.5 percent annualized rate in the third quarter. Driven by the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion tax cut package, businesses took advantage of increased consumer spending to make investments over the course of the year.
The chief concern for shippers in 2018 was the ever-increasing challenge of diminishing freight capacity. For several years now, long haul trucking capacity has been the primary culprit behind shipper woes. Compounded by the continuing shortage of professional over-the road-drivers and increasing regulations within the transportation industry, long-term relief appears to be elusive.
When we asked shippers about service challenges in 2018, more than a quarter encountered issues with capacity. This marked close to a 7 percentage point increase over the previous year's results – more than double the results from 2016.
Another area of supply chain management that was impacted by capacity were shipping rates. When supply can't meet demand, rates tend to increase. Last year marked the largest jump in challenges with rate increases since we started the survey in 2015. Nearly half of all respondents said rate increases were an issue in 2018. This marked a 7.5 percentage point increase from the previous year.
WILL 2019 SEE AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN?
Markets have their peaks and valleys. If 2018 wasn't a peak, it was certainly a high climb for businesses. This year, however, may mark the beginning of a slow descent from the high points that businesses saw in 2018.
Factors including sinking oil prices and higher interest rates have given economists a more subdued outlook for 2019. Less investment in business growth is expected throughout the year as more businesses seek to protect their 2018 gains.
going into 2019. Toward the end of 2018, many businesses focused on increasing their imports to avoid increased duties on Chinese imports that are expected to go into effect in the first quarter of this year.
In terms of expected shipping volumes, our survey showed a 6.3 percentage point decrease in shippers that expect to move more freight in 2019 over 2018. The results nearly wiped away the ground that had been gained since our first survey in 2016.
In our 2017 survey, a little more than three-quarters of shippers predicted they would ship more in 2018. Despite this year's sudden downturn in optimism, we should note that only slightly more shippers expect to move less freight this year. What's more, rather than have a negative outlook, nearly a third of shippers see this year as being relatively stable.


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"Spice Of Life" by Marlena Shaw - album review
The second album from the 27-year-old New Yorker was, for my tastes, a class apart from her jazzy debut set from 2 years earlier, with a focus which was generally more aware of where it's at musically, socially and politically. The assassination of Martin Luther King was a wake up call for many, Marlena included. "Strong, true, my eyes ain't blue I am the woman of the ghetto" she states in her opening salvo, "Woman Of The Ghetto". "How do you raise your kids in a ghetto, Feed one child and starve another, Tell me, tell me, legislator". Damn! Her performance is as vital as the band; this was a deeply grooved, politically charged, Aretha-styled stunner. "I'm Satisfied" serves up another classy slice of funky soul, and comes complete with a nagging mouth harp (a cool recurring feature of the album) to seal the deal. Side two opens strongly with the fantastic "Liberation Conversation" in which our on-form diva chants: "blues aint nothin but a good woman gone bad… stormy Monday" hee hee… it's like Billie Holiday gone hot and funky, I'm giving it "yowsa!" This leads into the rightly revered "California Soul", a highly orchestrated and extremely classy slice of dancefloor soul. Strangely, the album takes a nosedive from thereon, back to the boring old days of two years ago, the Cilla-Black-esque "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love" completely killing my mojo.
A1 [06:05] Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto (Robert Miller, Marline Burgess, Richard Lee Evans) Disco / Funk
A2 [03:05] Marlena Shaw - Call It Stormy Monday (Aaron Thibeaux Walker) Jazz
A3 [02:23] Marlena Shaw - Where Can I Go? (Leo Fuld, Sigment Berland, Sonny Miller) Soul
A4 [02:50] Marlena Shaw - I'm Satisfied (Morris Dollison) Soul
A5 [03:14] Marlena Shaw - I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free) (Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas) Soul
B1 [02:05] Marlena Shaw - Liberation Conversation (Bobby Miller, Marlena Shaw) Disco / Funk
B2 [03:00] Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) Soul
B3 [02:46] Marlena Shaw - Go Away, Little Boy (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) Jazz
B4 [03:00] Marlena Shaw - Looking Through The Eyes Of Love (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) Pop
B5 [02:59] Marlena Shaw - Anyone Can Move A Mountain (Johnny Marks) Soul Ballad

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Internet's Most Fascinating
Beyoncé Exercises Control in All (Instagram) Things — and the Result Is Flawless
In her every Internet move, she demonstrates her enormous power.
By Jenna Wortham Published: Jun 8, 2015
Beyoncé doesn't tweet anymore. She hasn't since 2013, and yet, with a grand total of just eight tweets to her name, she has 14 million followers. Her Instagram account (35 million followers), Facebook page (63 million fans), and Tumblr blog (Tumblr followers are hidden from public view) are a dreamy landscape of her superstar life, where glamour shots run alongside snaps from trips to Hawaii, Coachella, and other picture-perfect family outings. Plenty of celebrities accrue followings by showcasing their seemingly human, less-than-perfect moments, but Beyoncé only doles out just a few glimpses of her life here and there, each of them, well, flawless. In a world where black women are largely invisible, Beyoncé has managed to become not only one of the most famous women on the planet but also one of the most followed and celebrated on the Internet.
Because of the access they've gained through social media, fans demand interaction and direct acknowledgment from their idols, which has largely resulted in celebrities documenting and parceling out their lives in morsels: Here's what I look like before bed, here's me at the doctor's office, here's my Sunday supper. Beyoncé refuses to do this, one-upping any ordinary celebrity's Instagram account by posting highly styled, briefly captioned photographs that give just you a look, a reminder of how you desire her. She will not break down the minutes of her life into a series of messy, gritty moments. At best, she offers a flyover of her life.
If interactive social media activity serves as an indicator of an artist's sales or buzz, Beyoncé's triumphs are a bit of a surprise. (She is one of the most successful and highest-paid musicians working in 2015; she reportedly earned $115 million last year and topped Forbes' list of most powerful celebrities.) Her existence online is in stark contrast to those of her pop contemporaries, like Taylor Swift, who often engages one-on-one with her fans — hosting online listening parties, creating breakup playlists for fans on Tumblr — and boosts album and ticket purchases as a direct result of that behavior. Beyoncé lives on a different planet entirely from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, who regularly show off their outrageous antics and who seem to take delight in replying to fans on Twitter and Instagram, reposting their fan art. Beyoncé is even more reserved than President Obama, who once sat down with the Internet for a question-and-answer session on Reddit. Traditionally, this level of reticence might drive a lesser talent into obscurity with a quickness, but it works for Beyoncé.
Beyoncé's social media presence communicates a consistent message on loop: I am in control, I have the power, you will take what I give you. "Anything that you see posted to the public has gone through her approval. Every single item," digital strategist Lauren Wirtzer-Seawood once said in an interview with journalist Stuart Dredge. Having a decidedly one-sided relationship with the Internet isn't just a personal decision or a desire for privacy, it's a stunningly savvy business tactic, one that leaves her at complete advantage: Beyoncé follows no one else's dictates. She is the boss.
She doesn't give interviews often, but not long ago, Beyoncé told a writer at GQ about her personal archivist, who documents her entire life. She keeps one due to her desire to have every moment on record, including that very interview. In this way, she "owns her every likeness," which serves her two-fold: She has an expansive palette of moments from her life to parcel out to fans at her leisure and leverage for any damage control that she may have to do. In a time where viral gold can be mined from catching someone off guard or in an unflattering light, what better power move is there?
To explain Beyoncé's Twitter inactivity, digital strategist Wirtzer-Seawood said in the interview with Dredge, "I think as an artist, Beyoncé really prefers to communicate in images. It's very hard to say what you want to say in 140 characters." Despite that Twitter silence, Beyoncé still comes out on top of the Klout social media influence ranking (Klout measures social media influence based on followings and interactions). With a score of 95 out of 100, Beyoncé's Klout score is higher than Rihanna's (94) and Ellen DeGeneres's (91). Beyoncé is in the rare and coveted position online of being a viral star on the Internet without really having to interact with it.
Her Twitter handle, @Beyonce, got 187,000 mentions on Twitter in the past month, and hundreds of fan accounts, some with upward of 200,000 followers, tweet out updates and photographs for her. In return, she shows her appreciation: She thanked the Beyhive in her acceptance speech at the Grammys and she often uses the bee emoji on Instagram, a little cartoon wink that seems to say, "I know you're out there, I see you, and I love you back."
In a recent essay for NPR, Rachel Ghansah got to the root of Beyoncé's fans' adulation: "The Hive's deep, at times blind investment in her isn't so much about loving her one ton of talent but rather their defense of her place on the pedestal."
Beyoncé herself takes part in this defense, consistently asserting her massive fame and importance. Take her appearance at this year's Met Gala: She made reporters and photographers wait over an hour for her arrival, which happened only after she revealed her dress with three photos teased out on Instagram. Here I come, world. She was knowingly whipping the masses into a froth. "This is Bey laughing at us because we're thirsty for Bey," the fashion blog Racked tweeted as it, along with everyone else, waited for Beyoncé to turn up at the gala. When she finally did show, her dress — practically naked — and her poses — preening and stylized — had fans exactly where she wanted them: bowing down to 👑🐝.
When her self-titled secret album came out without warning in 2013, fans flipped. Beyoncé had recorded 17 new songs and filmed just as many lush videos in between showstopping performances on her yearlong, 140-stop world tour. Even non-acolytes had to admit it was impressive, and not just for the grueling schedule it must have commanded. The album contained a hidden message that anyone could decode: While you were tweeting and live-streaming and taking selfies, I was working. It's a message that seems to have filtered down through the oft-grammed, Tumblr'd, and pinned inspirational quote, "You have as many hours in a day as Beyoncé."
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Q: C++, how I can get a noop lambda type to match a void function lambda type The code I want to work
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int v = 123;

    auto doFn = [v](){ cout << "Hello World" << v << "\n"; };
    auto noopFn = [v](){};

    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
    {
        auto fn = (i & 1) ? doFn : noopFn;
        fn();
    }

    return 0;
}

The error I get
main.cpp:14:27: error: operands to ?: have different types 'main()::' and 'main()::'
   14 |         auto fn = (i & 1) ? doFn : noopFn;
      |                   ~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I found this answer but if it's a solution I don't understand how to apply it.

A: Change the lambdas the following way
auto doFn = []( const int &v){ std::cout << "Hello World" << v << "\n"; };
auto noopFn = []( const int &v){};

for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
{
    auto fn = (i & 1) ? doFn : noopFn;
    fn(v);
}

A: The lambda (fast way):
int main()
{
    int v = 123;

    auto doFn = [v](){ cout << "Hello World" << v << "\n"; };
    auto noopFn = [v](){};

    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
    {
        auto fn = [=] { i & 1 ? doFn() : noopFn(); };
        fn();
    }

    return 0;
}

The std::function (slow way):
int main()
{
    int v = 123;

    auto doFn = [v](){ std::cout << "Hello World" << v << "\n"; };
    auto noopFn = [v](){};

    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
    {
        auto fn =  i & 1 ? std::function{doFn} : noopFn;
        fn();
    }

    return 0;
}

A: As @TheDreamsWind pointed out

Wrap the closures with std::function

#include <iostream>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int v = 123;

    auto doFn = std::function<void()>([v](){ cout << "Hello World" << v << "\n"; });
    auto noopFn = std::function<void()>([v](){});

    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
    {
        auto fn = (i & 1) ? doFn : noopFn;
        fn();
    }

    return 0;
}

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Having ditched the experience FC Bayern München trio of Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jérôme Boateng, this starting eleven has a very fresh – and inexperienced – look about it. The back four looks particularly green, with a total of just 21 senior caps between them. RB Leipzig's Marcel Halstenberg makes his second appearance in the Nationaltrikot, while team mate Lukas Klostermann is making his international debut at senior level.
Apart from skipper Manuel Neuer, 24-year-old Joshua Kimmich is the most experienced player in the German lineup. It is encouraging, but at the same time slightly worrying. There may be a moment when they will start to miss the older, more experienced heads.
The coach may have washed his hands of three of his World Cup winners, but the fans have not. There are a few spaces in the crowd, but the banners are out for Bayern Trio. We have their numbers – 5, 13, 17 – and a message thanking these great players for their service.
The two teams step out, on what is a clear evening in Lower Saxony. Germany will be in their traditional white/black/white ensemble, while Mladen Krstajić's men are kitted out in all red.
1 min. Germany kick off. Klostermann has a speculative effort which is put behind for a corner.
2 min. Klostermann crosses, and teenager Kai Havertz gets the first shot on target. It is hit straight at Serbian 'keeper Marko Dmitrović.
6 min. The team look to be finding their feet here. Not much is happening, but there has been little danger from the Serbs either.
12 mins. Serbia get some time on the ball and win a corner. It swung in, Klostermann's clearance is not great, and falls straight to Luka Jović whose header leaves Neuer no chance. The marking is non-existent, and it is not a great start for this new-look back four. 0-1.
18 mins. Klostermann sends in a cross for Werner, but a red shirt gets there first. The visitors clear their lines.
22 mins. Serbia are robbed of possession in their own half, and Timo Werner has a chance to run on goal. Dmitrović gets in the way.
24 mins. Leroy Sané has had a particularly poor start, and needlessly gives the ball away.
25 mins. There is plenty of possession outside the box, but no threat getting inside. The play switches quickly to the other side of the pitch, and Klostermann has to make the clearance.
29 mins. The home side break quickly, and Sané finds Werner out on the right. The Leipzig man's low cross is just too string for Julian Brandt. The best attack so far, but that is not really saying much.
31 mins. Sané twists and turns into the box, but Milenković makes the block.
32 mins. Sané goes down in the box with a flourish, and the Scottish referee is not impressed. Play on.
33 mins. Kimmich sends in a cross looking for Brandt, but Klostermann is unable to get out of the way. The ball floats harmlessly wide.
35 mins. Is that a shot from Sané at he edge of the box? It is badly sliced, and floats straight into touch.
37 mins. How did that stay out? Kimmich finds Sané, who in turn plays the ball towards Werner who gets a decent shot in. Somehow, Dmitrović is right in the way and keeps it out.
39 mins. Sané looks to make a run down the right, but is robbed of possession.
41 mins. Another swift move from Krstajić's side, and the German defence are torn open again. With the goal at his mercy, Adem Ljajić blasts it over the bar. That should have been put away.
44 mins. The Germans are all over the place again as they face a Serbian free-kick, and Nikola Milenković cannot get his gangly frame into position in time. Lucky, lucky, lucky.
45 mins. The whistle blows for half-time, and there some loud whistles from the crowd too.
For all of the pre-match hype, this has been a truly disappointing half of football. This young team have looked all at sea, and their inexperience is blindingly obvious. The back four in particular have looked less than stellar, and the coach may soon start thinking that his decision to get rid of the remaining old heads was a massive mistake.
If the defending has been atrocious, it has not been that great up the pitch either. There was a miraculous stop from the Serbian 'keeper, but apart from that there has been nothing to write home about.
The coach has made a couple of changes for the second half. Neuer is replaced by Marc-André ter Stegen, and the unfortunate Havertz makes way for Marco Reus.
46 mins. The visitors kick off.
48 mins. Another lovely move from the Serbian side, but Darko Lazović sends an ugly shot into the crowd. With a bit more quality up front, the visitors would have been out of sight in this contest.
52 mins. Werner has time and space on the left, but his low cross is far too telegraphed and is easily cleared by Antonio Rukavina.
56 mins. The disappointing Brandt makes way for Leon Goretzka.
57 mins. Sané and Goretzka combine as Germany make their way into the box, and the Manchester City man wins a corner. Halstenberg's kick flies over the crowd, and falls to Reus whose long-range effort is off target.
59 mins. A chance, created and almost finished by Reus. The Dortmund man's dancing feet sees him slip past his marker and fire a shot on target, but Dmitrović does well to make the block. The Serbian stopper is earning his corn tonight.
61 mins. A quick break from the Germans, but a poor first touch from Sané. The offside flag is up anyway as the ball dribbles wide.
62 mins. A double change for Serbia. Sergej Milinković-Savić and Mijat Gaćinović are off, areplaced by Saša Lukić and Nemanja Radonjić.
63 mins. Halstenberg dinks the ball into the box towards Sané, but Werner goes for it and loses possession. That pretty much sums up the team's performance so far.
64 mins. Halstenberg crosses from the left, and Sané looks set to execute a der Bomber León special. He goes for the header instead, but directs it straight at Dmitrović.
65 mins. It looks like it is going to be one of those evenings. Kimmich finds Sané who in turn finds his club team mate Ilkay Gündoğan, who shifts past the 'keeper. His shot from a tight angle is heading for the goal, but Nemanja Maksimović slides in to make a miraculous clearance.
69 mins. Another German attack. Reus has the ball, and cuts its back towards the edge of the box. Goretzka keeps his head, wrong-footing his marker before crashing a right-footed shot past Dmitrović. That was a lovely goal, and the home side are level. 1-1.
70 mins. Another change for the visitors. Milan Pavkov is in for goalscorer Jović.
73 mins. Reus finds Sané, who opens things up after putting two Serbian defenders on their backsides. His shot does not match the buildup though, and is straight at the 'keeper. From the resulting corner, Halstenberg heads over.
77 mins. A Sané slalom run culminates in a nice left-footed effort that is creeping in just inside Dmitrović's near post, but the 'keeper does well to keep it out. Germany have certainly upped the ante here, and are starting to smell Serbian blood.
78 mins. Another attack. Gündoğan slips the ball through into the path of the onrushing Reus, but Dmitrović hares off his line to blot out the chance.
79 mins. Another Serbian double substitution. Andrija Živković is on for Lazović, and Miroslav Bogosavac makes way for Stefan Mitrović.
84 mins. Only one team is looking to win this game, but time is running out. After the poor first half, this has been a much better show from the Nationalmannschaft. A lot of that is down to Marco Reus, who has provided a real spark. That spark has set off Sané, who has also burst into life.
86 mins. The men in white recycle the ball and keep up the pressure, and Kimmich charges towards the byline. His cross is just a little too strong for Goretzka, whose header floats high and wide of he target.
88 mins. Klostermann does well to stave off a Serbian attack, conceding a corner. The Leipzig man has stepped into touch for some treatment. In fact, he is off. Thilo Kehrer is on. For Serbia, Maksimović makes way for Branko Jovičić.
90 mins. Radonjić has a shot, and ter Stegen does enough to stave off the danger. It is the first and so far only thing he has had to do.
90+1 mins. Jovičić wants to swap shirts with Sané. Somebody ought to tell him that there will be four minutes of additional time.
90+3 mins. Sané is in the wars again. That was a horrific challenge from substitute Pavkov, who is shown a straight red card. Completely deserved, in what has otherwise been a decent and fairly-contested match.
90+5 mins. Sané is replaced by Nico Schulz. A few seconds, one more international cap in the bag.
90+6 mins. Time is up.
If the first half was dire, the second was far more encouraging. The defensive woes of the first half were largely forgotten as the home side hunted their opponents, and were a little unlucky not to start 2019 with a win.
In the first half, the attack had been bereft of ideas; after he introduction of Marco Reus and then Leon Goretzka, there was a much better shape. This allowed Leroy Sané to come out of his shell, and the Manchester City man could have won the game for Jogi Löw's men. For Serbia, the plaudits have to go to 'keeper Marko Dmitrović.
This was a decent test, against an opponent that was unwilling to lie down – right until the end when the gruesome foul on Sané provided a sour closing note. In four days time, there is a much tougher encounter in store in Amsterdam.
Goretzka 69. / Jović 12.
Red Cards: – / Pavkov 90.+3.


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Trimet No. 24 bus would run from Clackamas TC, along the new suggested route. At the new SE Tacoma MAX Sta., continue on the proposed No. 99 but route (over the Sellwood to downtown).
Extend the current No. 34 bus route north, and terminate it to the SE Tacoma MAX Sta.
Leave the No. 99 bus route as it is currently.
I've really got to go and ride the 99 and 24 to get an idea of how they work now. Have you ridden any of them?
I have not been on those two bus routes, but have been through those two areas during rush hours.
The new Orange line is suppose to replace a few bus lines on McLoughlin, but seems odd, to zig-zagging the No. 99 bus route, which is suppose to be an express bus between Center City – Portland and Oregon City. Macadam can get backed up too.
I could see the 28 running what I previous suggested; it would connect Clackamas Mall, Sellwood and that part of Corbett with bus service.
Yeah. I'm not sure what the motive is for switching the 99. It could be that Macadam has less traffic than McLoughlin, or maybe they're intending to offer a stop or two to increase service levels in the Macadam Street area.
It'll be interesting to see how all that reconnects, also just the improved bike facility on the bridge should be seriously interesting.


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After a thorough preparation over the past year, with the objective to support the increasing demand of its North American customers, Lallemand has successfully obtained the Non-GMO Project (NGP) Verification (www.nongmoproject.org/).
With the increasing consumer demand for non-GMO products in North America, raw material suppliers who want to be part of this initiative are requested to provide non-GMO products. "Although Lallemand's inactive yeast products are not genetically modified, we have taken the extra step in order to meet the more stringent Non-GMO Project standards. The Non-GMO Project is definitely the strictest Non-GMO certification program currently available. The standard goes beyond the absence of genetically modified DNA, and investigates the processes used to prepare all substrates, inputs and processing aids used to produce the yeast. This makes the NGP Verification suitable for consumers who choose to stay away from GMOs" says Joelle Proulx, Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Lallemand Bio-Ingredients Division.
Our product range that has met the Non-GMO Project's rigorous standard includes whole cell yeast (Saccharomyces and torula), yeast extracts (umami and savory) and yeast autolysates.
For European customers, the NGP Verification Mark adds value, since this North American standard is more stringent than European regulations on the genetic modification of food, especially when it comes to substrates and processing aids.


It's a word that perfectly and succinctly describes Fado's Irish Pub and Restaurant.
Everything at Fado's is authentic - from the drinks, to the food, to the community, to General Manager John O'Brien's Irish accent.
Even the pub itself is from Ireland - literally.
"We had it shipped over to Austin in pieces from Ireland," O'Brien explains. "...and the interior is just like a pub right out of Dublin."
Fado's offers a Traditional Irish Breakfast as part of its popular brunch. It features two eggs, Irish sausages, rashers, black and white pudding, mushrooms, tomatoes, and Guinness cheddar bread - sure to satisfy the strongest of appetites.
Farmer's Breakfast Skillet: potatoes, rashers, sausages, white pudding, and marinated tomatoes in a skillet, topped with cheddar and egg, served with Guinness cheddar bread on the side.
Corned Beef Hash: our own corned beef with colcannon potatoes, topped with two sunny side up eggs and a creamy mustard sauce.
Almond French Toast: French toast with almond flavored cream cheese, Melba sauce, maple syrup, and dusted with powdered sugar.
To see the entire brunch menu, click here!
Fado's serves the best Fish N' Chips in Austin.
Blue Cheese Lamb Sliders: braised lamb, caramelized onion, blue cheese, served with a lamb jus for dipping.
Mini Burgers: with Guinness mayo, cheddar, pickles, onions, lettuce and tomato.
Shepherd's Pie: ground beef and vegetables in a rich sauce topped with colcannon, served with a half portion Farmhouse Salad and Guinness cheddar bread.
Honey Chipotle Shrimp Tacos: with arugula, feta and a honey chipotle sauce.
To see the entire lunch and dinner menu, click here!
Want to wash it all down with something cold? Fado's has you covered. They offer all European draft beers including lagers, ales, IPAs, wheats, and ciders.
Other drink options include Irish Whiskey, Scotch, Bourbon, Rye, and Japanese Whiskey as well as white and red wines.
Of course, the most common drink is Guinness - an Irish delicacy or the Fado Irish Coffee, Tullamore D.E.W. Irish Whiskey and brown sugar in hot coffee, topped with cream and cinnamon swirls - a must try!
Fado's Irish Coffee - Mmmm!
Be sure to check out their Happy Hour, from 4-7 p.m., Monday - Friday, where you can get the Beer of the Month for $4, featured cocktails for $6, and featured wine for $5. Also offered during Happy Hour are delicious, $6 loaded chips - with toppings such as: Harp Lager Cheese Sauce & Bacon, Tossed Fresh Rosemary & Parmesan, or Chicken Curry and $6 snacks.
See the full Happy Hour menu here!
In addition to their great menu selection, Fado's is THE place to catch European football in Austin.
"I get up at 5 a.m. to open up at 6 a.m. so that everyone can watch the broadcasts from Europe," O'Brien explains.
Fado's has dedicated to the Austin community "for 19 years now," O'Brien notes. "We have 13 locations around the country, but we really love Austin," he continues.
Fado's has partnered with the Austin film festival, played host to many networking events, and continue to host a variety of private parties throughout the year.
"We're a great place to have a great time; we're the real deal," O'Brien adds.
For beer connoisseurs, foodies, "football" fans, and anyone who just loves a great time, Fado's is the place to be!
Learn more about Fado's on 512area.com by visiting their business page here.


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Golf Peaks is ranked in the 63rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
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Scott Jeslis
For the meagre price of $4.99 USD, Golf Peaks supplies several hours of engaging brain twists that are both fun and relaxing to take part in. Its simplistic design and wonderful control scheme makes it a perfect match for the Nintendo Switch's "on-the-go" philosophy! Highly recommended!
Nick Gillham
Looking for a change of pace or an escape from the stress of the rat race? Then Golf Peaks can provide you with a brief respite from the daily grind.
Cody Medellin
Golf Peaks is a gem of a puzzle game. Everything — its controls, presentation, and premise — indicates simplicity, but the ingenious puzzles won't let you breeze through this. It's an addictive enough title because of this, and while this is light on content, its relaxing nature means you won't mind too much. If you need a game that acts as a nice break from the longer and more stressful titles on the system, Golf Peaks is it.
Pure Nintendo
Kirk Hiner
I enjoyed Golf Peaks from start to finish. It's a fun, light game that's perfectly suited for portable play on the Switch, but is equally engaging in docked mode where it's easy to have some others help solve the puzzles. This is not priced to be a game that'll remain on your Switch for a long time, but you may find you'll keep it around for some quick brain flexing between bigger sessions with your standard, go-to titles.
SECTOR.sk
Matúš Štrba
Golf Peaks on Nintendo Switch is an enjoyable puzzle experience, but rather short.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Stephanie Sung
Golf Peaks is a calm, de-stressing game that makes you plan ahead but also does not punish you for making the wrong move.
NintendoWorldReport
Neal Ronaghan
Even with that in mind, Golf Peaks is an excellent bite-sized puzzle game for the Switch. It was a nice, serene, and challenging way to wind down and after playing through it, I'll be keeping eye for new stylish puzzle games from this developer as they clearly understand how to make these things fun.
PowerUp!
Leo Stevenson
Golf Peaks offers some great puzzles and a nice distraction. It's not flawless but it's definitely worth the low price of admission.
Peter Glagowski
Now I just wish I understood what that weird nut thing from the promotional materials is. Is he a golf caddie or Mr. Peanut's hippie cousin?
Codi Spence
Golf Peaks is an interesting mix of puzzle-solving and golfing. The card playing mechanic is entertaining and adds a good challenge. It doesn't take very long to complete every level, but it's a nice journey.
New Game Network
Although Golf Peaks could have benefited from there being more content included, it's still a solid puzzler that is more than worth the cost of admission. Its delightful presentation, calming presence and pick-up appeal make it perfect to take on the go.
Dom Reseigh-Lincoln
While Nintendo Switch has yet to get a proper, full-fat golfing sim to its name yet (come on The Golf Club, get your act together), it does have a handful of fun and rewarding alternatives to tee off on. Golf Peaks is one such memorable trip down the fairway, taking that classic pastime and infusing it with an isometric puzzler that's as fun and engaging as it was on mobile. Much like the original, this Switch port's only real letdown is the fact it's simply over too quickly. Let's hope Golf Peaks 2 is on the cards one day.
Golf Peaks is the very same game which came out on any mobile phone store back in 2018. Without any new addition, Afterburn's puzzle game still delivers quite a dozen of pleasant challenges, thanks to its Joy-Con or touchscreen controls. Unfortunately, the game's difficulty remains unchanged, and those golf puzzles will be done in no time, leaving the player wanting for way much more.
Digitally Downloaded
Golf Peaks isn't going to stand out on the Switch. It's well made, clean, and the minimalism is appealing, but it's also somewhat limited and hard to sit down to for long periods.
Video Chums
A.J. Maciejewski
If it weren't for its reliance on trial and error, Golf Peaks would be a top-notch puzzle game but it's still definitely worth checking out.
Nintendo Times
Alex Knight
WORTH CONSIDERING - Golf Peaks blends logic-based puzzle gameplay with golfing aesthetics for the visual presentation. The game is neither a great golfing game, or really a challenging puzzle game as most of the levels are fairly easy and straightforward to solve, and the sport serves primarily as just window dressing. That doesn't mean to say that the overall experience still isn't polished and fun. Golf Peaks lands on the Nintendo Switch for a meager $4.99, and for that you'll get a few hours of relaxed puzzle fun. It's a decent alternative to hitting the real links on a given Sunday afternoon.
Gamers Heroes
Casey Scheld
Golf Peaks' card-based mechanics lead to some interesting puzzles, but the package is a little on the light side. There is a solid golf game to be found here, but it is over before it even begins.


Imagine opening the front door and being greeted, not by rover the beagle, but by a full size Diplodocus. This is one on the surprises that I found at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London.
Anyone interested, even slightly, in the world of nature and the life and times of some of the giants of horticulture and botany -Joseph Banks for example, could not fail to be impressed by the collections in the Natural History Museum.
collections which range from complete skeletons of a whale to a tiny beetle or butterfly, I found astounding. The plant and insect collections date back 400 years.
But what about the more overlooked aspects of the building? Such as ....if you happen to glance upward to catch a glimpse of the richly decorated panels that adorn the ceiling of the central hall.
According to two of the curators of the museum, the ceiling is one of the most overlooked or least noticed elements of the artwork contained in the museum, even though it is on permanent display. To the horticultural world, this ceiling is somewhat akin to the painted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel or Palace of Versailles.
The paintings were part of an original building design by British architect Alfred Waterhouse but were very nearly deleted from the final building by the First Commissioner of works at the time who believed his job was to curtail "frivolous spending". Vigorous negotiation and subtle subterfuge by the architect saw the decoration reinstated.
The depictions on the ceiling panels are a mixture of familiar European plants such as the English Oak Quercus robur and the more exotic, from an English perspective, Theobroma cacao or cocoa tree.
The main panels are in sets of six. The main central branch of the plant rises through the central panels, branching into the other panels of the set as if it grew that way.
Most of the depictions are either European in origin or were considered useful to people in Europe at the time.
Oak trees, now very scarce in Britain, Scots Pines and some types of fruit trees such as apple (labelled Pyrus malus) and peach (labelled Amygdalus persica) are pictured.
Among the other panels it seems odd to find depictions of the Tasmanian blue gum from the far away and little known Australia. However this tree was farmed in Southern Spain for the production of eucalyptus oil.
The Banksia speciosa also finds a place on the ceiling panels, thanks probably to the influence of the botanist explorer Joseph Banks.
According to the book "The Gilded Canopy - Knapp and Press", the species depicted on the ceiling is not one collected by Joseph Banks but rather from a later expedition by the noted botanist Robert Brown who accompanied Mathew Flinders on the ship HMS Investigator.
The large herbarium provided the models and inspirations for the designs on the ceiling and many of the plants are still in residence, so to speak, in storage at the Natural History Museum.
Samples collected by Joseph Banks in Botany Bay in 1770 are still useful specimens though not on open display.
Other sections of the Natural History Museum are a complete contrast to this look into the history of the natural world. The Cocoon is a fantastic hands on experience for anyone. Here you can touch and interact with the exhibits as you are guided by "virtual tour guides".
Exhibits in the "cocoon". Interactive and meant to be touched.
Here is a chance to see science in action. You can view scientists at work in a state of the art laboratory performing tasks such as preserving a beetle or extracting the DNA of a mosquito.
There is no way you could suggest the Palace of Versaille nestles into the countryside of the Ile-de-France region. It is the countryside. The palace and the gardens dominate.
Visiting Versaille is a severe test of patience.
Getting there via the metro etc is easy enough. The testing begins when you have to queue for entry tickets. As I was visiting in mid-April, the online ticketing did not seem to be functioning so had to buy tickets at an agency. Stand in line. Then you have to queue for entry and have your bags checked. After that queue you then have to pick up your audio guide for the Palace. Another queue. I guess if you have come as far as I had, you really have to visit the Palace....but of course this means yet another enormous queue!
Visitors shuffle through the galleries, chambers and corridors posing for photos, listening to their audio guides and sometimes queuing to get through the door to the next chamber.
Many gardens in Europe have the appearance, at least in part, of a natural landscape embroidered with some art, ponds and perhaps a fountain or two. Many have an arboretum that invites you to wander along meandering paths flanked by exotic and sometimes ancient trees. Not Versaille!
The gardens define the French style of parterre and grand avenues. Trees stand to attention in ranks ready for inspection by the King. Ponds and fountains follow a grand design that accentuate the flamboyant characteristics of the palace and courtyards. Each avenue leads your eye to another grand statement made by the Kings garden designer. Most of the credit for the structure of the gardens could go to Louis XIV and Andre le Notre with help from an army of others who expanded on the work begun by Louis XIII.
The grand canal is a statement in its own right. The grand canal dominates the view from the rear courtyard of the palace (if you can call any side the rear). The canal is no natural watercourse but a man made lake deep enough to sail and row upon. And by man made, I mean in the true sense of the word. The excavations being completed by hand tools and wheel barrows over an 11 year period.
One cannot but admire the skill of the engineers and architects of the day to make this, not only work, but endure for over 300 years. Imagine the stress of the "clerk of works" trying to manage a huge workforce when the price for losing an argument with "the boss" could be the guillotine.
You cannot fault the level of workmanship and the overall effect but you can't help wonder at the arrogance of the King who considered this his own. I wonder how the King would feel if he had any idea of the fate of his project.
Instead of private gardens and intimate salons decorated by master craftsmen and artists, today thousands of visitors knock on his door every day. They traipse through his bedroom chambers with cameras recording every detail.
The gardens are assailed by golf carts, mini-trains, bicycles and pedestrians posing in front of fountains and statues.
The cost of building such a structure must have been a severe strain on the economy at the time and I'm sure the original builders would never have imagined what dividend it would pay for the community into the future. I would imagine that, by now, it has paid for itself.
At least the gardens let you slip out of the queue and you can wander the 800 hectares to suit yourself, stopping as you please to inspect the ranks of trees and the magnificent and perfect parterre gardens.
Instead of walking you could hire a four seater golf cart on an hourly rate to cruise the highways and byways of the estate or you can catch the hop on - hop off mini train that will take you to Le Grand Triannon and the canal.
The fountains do not operate continuously but is an added extra to your ticket. To see the fountains operating certainly adds to the spectacle.
The palace is certainly spectacular and that is the reason it is sooo popular. Over six million visitors each year.
I think it would be a shame to miss the palace and just visit the gardens but you must allow for a big day to do all and hope, with all the crowds, that everyone has applied deodorant!
One wonders at the arrogance of the 18th and 19th century rulers of Europe but at the same time, you thank them for their grand vision. How many other gardeners and landscapers have drawn on the collective experience provided by the great gardens of Europe.
This Prussian palace and garden is inspired from the French garden at Versailles. Even the French name Sans Souci (without care or could be no worries). Not only French but Sicilian, Italian and Dutch influences the architecture with a smattering of Greek mythology.
The walls are covered in vines in summer but at the time of my visit all was bare. Just buds and blossoms.
Being early spring, much of the garden was only showing the promise of the months ahead. I had caught the emperor in his underwear so to speak.
Still this was an opportunity to appreciate the fully deciduous plantings that are not readily on offer in the temperate parts of Australia.
The Sans Souci Palace construction predates European settlement in Australia by almost 50 years. The final shape of the garden was not complete for about another 100 years. The garden designer certainly had a long view.
Needless to say, the trees and vines have been established for over 100 years and the vines covering the various arbours creating green tunnels in the summer show the effects of countless prunings.
Tree trunks, laid bare, show their underlying form and texture which is often obscured by their normal summer foliage. I found the subtle displays of bracket fungus and moss fascinating.
Massive trees with pneumatofores, almost like giant mangroves surrounded by the green tips of bulbs instead of water and sand.
It is tempting to compare Sans Souci to Versaille and there are some similarities but personally, I think Sans Souci is more livable than Versaille. I could see me waking up there on weekends. Cooking a breakfast bar-b-que in the back courtyard while the gardener catches up on the pruning and mowing. I would have to do something about all the sticky beaks looking over my fence though.
Talk about over the fence, if you look out of the front door of the palace you have a grand view to a neighboring hillside that is adorned with a ruin. You know what countries with long histories are like, ruins here and there, well this ruin is by design. The hill actually houses a reservoir for the water supply for various fountains and the ruins are a decoration visible from the front of the palace. The story goes, however, that the fountain system did not work until after the invention of the steam engine and steam powered pumps powerful enough to lift the water from the Havel River and fill the reservoir.
And what garden is complete without a Chinese garden pavilion flanked with golden figures and protected by security motion detectors activated as soon as you step over the chain fence.
The Chinese house must have cherry blossoms.
Wandering through Sans Souci park is an enjoyable way to spend a full day. Any way you go you will find some point of interest. Of course if you want to see it all you will have to be more organised and follow one of the recommended tourist walking routes.
Don't overlook the picture gallery next to the Palace which contains painting by many old masters such as Rubens and Caravaggio.
Unfortunately for me, the New Palace was having a facelift and hair transplant at the time of my visit. The building was surrounded by teams of workers and machines cleaning facades, replacing paving and turf in preparation for the exhibition "FRIEDERISIKO – Frederick the Great".
The Sans Souci garden houses an annex of the University of Potsdam. In fact the University has a sizeable presence in the garden although it did not appear to be intrusive or affect the enjoyment of the garden in any way.
It appeared to me that the university was deeply involved in the operation of the glass houses on site and maintenance of the vegetable garden. So perhaps the I should thank the staff and students of Potsdam University for the tremendous displays and plant arrangements in the glass houses.
I liked the tortoise sanctuary they had in one of the displays. Evidently they had taken in some unwanted pet tortoises because the tortoises had grown too large for a small domestic fish tank and too aggressive for the previous owners to manage.
The greatest influence on Potsdam was King Frederick II who was a patron to the arts and sciences of the time.
Frederick is now buried at Sans Souci and visitors often leave flowers on his gravesite. Some leave potatoes. It was King Frederick the great who introduced the humble staple, the potato, to prussia.
I came into Wroclaw on an overnight train from Cologne via Dresden.
Having a first class ticket on the Polish rail seemed to mean that I had a compartment meant for six, to myself. A fairly comfortable trip on PolRail although the heater in the compartment seemed to be stuck on high. There was a lot of construction work at the railway station so I didn't have time to appreciate the 19th century architecture. A short ride in a taxi and I was enjoying the luxury of my hotel on the banks of the Odra river.
I had a very impressive room at the HP Park Plaza with a top floor view of the river and old town. Although very comfortable and extremely hospitable, the structure itself, being a large glass fronted building seemed quite at odds with the surrounding architecture.
This was my first visit to Poland and I did not quite know what to expect. Wandering through the streets you see old buildings and cathedrals surrounded by cobblestones similar to many cities in Europe and then you are confronted by pictorial reminders that this city was in ruins at the end of World War 2.
Buildings that were not destroyed by cannon and bombs were dismantled by the retreating German army for raw materials to build last minute defences against the Russian Army. After the war, bricks from the city were ferried to Warsaw to help with the reconstruction effort in that city.
This history, in my view makes the town reconstruction all the more remarkable. Most of the original architecture has been restored and now, as you trip over the cobblestones in the street, it is easy to drift back two or three centuries. You snap out of it when you stumble over a 21st century shopping centre, tucked in amongst the old buildings that has all the usual modern conveniences.
More by good fortune than design, I happened upon a gate providing access to the University of Wroclaw Botanic Garden. The Polish Ogrod Botaniczny sounds much better than Botanic Garden.
Now considering the harshness of the last Polish winter and the fact that it is only spring, this garden is starting to show the promise of summer. The tips of bulbs were beginning to show, some daffodils were in full flower and mass plantings of pansies added to the colour of the garden. The alpine plant display in full flower, I found particulary delightful.
The extremely thorough plant labelling was due, no doubt to the science staff and students at the university who use the garden as a teaching resource. Beneath some trees lie large carved representations of the nuts or fruits peculiar to that species of tree.
It wasn't unusual to see dwarfs placed at strategic places around the garden either. The dwarves started as a political statement during the time that Poland was behind the Iron Curtain. They have now become somewhat of a tourist attraction. But that's another story.
The strong connection with the university and education generally is reflected in the elements of the garden layout.
Established in 1811 as a scientific institution, the plantings are grouped in sections to exemplify different plant characteristics such as types of flower distribution on stem, methods of pollination, leaf, and fruit types. These collections include edibles such as beetroot and potatoes as well as plants used historically for medical purposes. Wormwood is one example.
The garden has a collection of green houses each devoted to a particular class of plants, as they usually are. I liked the little touch with the sombrero and poncho in the succulent display.
The collection of aquatic plants is a particular source of pride for the curators of the garden. Their collection consists of 350 different taxa of tropical and sub tropical water and marsh plants.
No mean feat when the recent winter had temperatures at 20 degrees celsius below zero and lower. Plants such as Hygrophila, which has the status of a weed on the Australian east coast are entirely unknown in Poland. With winter temperatures like that, I'm not surprised.
The greenest of the green houses is devoted to a large collection of Ivy (Hedera). The green house even had ivy transfers covering the glass. Must be someones favourite!
This garden even has a display of coal, which I suppose was a plant sometime or other, and fossilized trees. As part of the alpine plant display, the garden has a large scale cross section of strata containing a coal seam and fault line. This exhibition illustrates the evolution of nature providing fossilized evidence dating back to the Pre-Cambrian era.
The arboretum surrounds a natural pond which is a remnant of the Odra river. The pond forms a perfect focus for the arboretum which is laid out like a recreation park in three geographic groups. Pecans, willows and larch trees, among others are representatives from North America, East Asia and the Caucasus.
A bridge and a timber walkway cross the pond which in summer is covered with a range of aquatic plants such as Marsilea quadrifolia, Schoenoplectus americanus,and Trapa natans. Most of these aquatic plants have weed status in Australia but suit the application here because they are quick growing and vigorous.
The view from the alpine display looking back into the garden really sums up this relatively compact but exquisitely presented garden.
My advice to you , if you are heading to Europe, take a trip to Poland, you won't be disappointed I guarantee you. Polish people are welcoming, friendly and fortunately for me, many people spoke some English. Of course this only made me feel like a heel because I only speak English and, to top it off, When I thought I was saying 'thankyou' to people, my husband pointed out to me that I was actually saying 'hello' in a weird Australian accent, leaving these people totally bewildered I am sure.


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The Guardian view on young asylum seekers going missing: unsafe spaces | Editorial
Chilling reports of children disappearing from Home Office hotels must bring an end to this failed policy
The latest reports of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children disappearing from English seaside resorts are spine-chilling. While it has been known for some time that young people have gone missing after being placed in hotels by the Home Office, the evidence, from a whistleblower, of children being picked up and driven away is deeply shocking.
Last year, the heads of more than 25 organisations, including Barnardo's, Coram and the National Children's Bureau, responded to figures showing 1,606 children in England had been placed in such accommodation over the previous 12 months. They described the policy as amounting to "negligence in corporate parenting duties" and "void of respect for children's rights". This is because it is an exemption from the duty to provide care to children. Just how risky this is can be seen from the number of missing children, which stands at 200, the Home Office minister Simon Murray told the House of Lords on Monday. In May last year, two men were arrested for human trafficking offences after police stopped their car containing three asylum-seeking children.
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This is a Polyvore set that I made inspired by Nicole's Kidman Cannes outfit. It is considered among the most elegance and chic outfits on the red carpet of Cannes Festival this year. I think that it couldn't be more gorgeous!
Boho blouses and black/white outfits are included in the Spring trends. You can an easily match your bohemian pieces with floral or printed pants, especially flares, or denim ripped shorts. Here, experimenting boho top in a strictly black and white outfit, giving an example of a weekend style under $150.


Loved the diatribe this week; you brought me to tears. And not the way you usually do, with howls of laughter.
I just want to say, this is the first episode of yours that I've heard… And I made the mistake of wearing headphones while I walked…. I tried really, really hard not to die laughing in while walking by people. I couldn't get into my conference room fast enough.
I was in a Christian marriage and my ex (who grew up in the religion (I did not) and wanted the divorce) refused to watch Fireproof when his parents asked him to. I watched it, and because it was such an emotional time and I believed what the Bible had to say about divorce, I bawled my eyes out — it was so touching. I was asked to start implementing the Love Dare but he had moved out already so it was pretty much a moot point.
Just have to say, it was a surprise to revisit that moment in my life because of your wonderful scathing review of that movie in this episode. You had me in stitches the entire time. Amazing commentary, thank you for that!
To be fair to the cretin from South Carolina (where else?), this was an Archie Bunker line, and probably wasn't new then. Any indication of whether it was a bad attempt at comedy, or was he serious?


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Katana: The Ultimate Sword?
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Most people in the west have heard stories of the incredible cutting power and durability of the Katana, a symbol of Japan through two of its feudal periods. Some people can even tell about how their grandfather in World War II had the barrel of his rifle cut in half by a Japanese soldier with a Katana. Movies, anime, and video games put the sword front and center as something more than a melee weapon – it is simultaneously a warrior totem and the apex of swords. In many ways it is the image of the samurai, before all else.…
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So this week I did a rather large update of Muramasa: Blood Drinker, going through all of the back postings on this site and updating formatting, html code, and graphics integration. All of the pages should now conform to the standard CSS and html tags used on DVS Press. I did this mostly because I want people to be able to read the book here, with all the advantages of the new site, with its better navigation and scripting capabilities (which has resulted in footnotes that actually work!) , rather than have to go back to The Tears of Prometheus to go through it.
When doing this it should be noted that the now current version of Muramasa on DVS Press has had its text derived from the original working file. This means that the version found here is effectively beta 2, having lots of little fixes that are different from the original run, yet containing no large revisions. Enjoy!
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Muramasa: Blood Drinker, an Author's Reflection
David V Stewart October 20, 2014 April 23, 2015 Fantasy, Fiction, Muramasa: Blood Drinker, News, Non-fiction, Site News 0
At long last, the writing and subsequent digital publishing of my "little" samurai novel is complete. The first words were typed while I was on a break from teaching a special education class in El Segundo, California, and the final words were written in an uncomfortable high chair in a Starbucks that was attached to Marriot in Sacremento, California. That is somewhat symbolic for me, as there were as many words written away from home as at home; my life has been in a state of upheaval for some time, but I still got the work done. Muramasa was definitely the…
Blood Drinker: Chapter 17-2
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Back to Table of Contents Yoshio waded through the reeds, donning only a cloth that was wrapped around his loins, his kimono having been left on the shore. He dug down in the water, coming up with handfuls of silt, littered with grass, which he put beside a large clay bowl that sat upon one of the many rocks that protruded from the slow stream. Sengo, stripped down in similar fashion, went through the piles of mud and sorted out a grey, malleable clay from rocky soil and watery brown silt. Emi sat under the shade of a willow…
Back to Table of Contents Chapter 17 Yoshio stood beside the table, his right hand firmly holding onto the handle of his katana. He watched Kuro laugh with the younger men around him. A jug full of sake sat upright among several empty ones laying on their sides. Drops of rice wine were here and there. Yoshio looked out to the ocean, away from the men who, had they been sober, would have been ashamed of the scene they were making. It was barely mid-day. He stood there looking at Kuro for what seemed like a very long time, though…
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Back to Table of Contents "This will be an excellent set of swords," Sengo said. The hammer rang loudly as it fell upon the glowing sheet of steel. A smile split Sengo's face as he worked away at it. "Flip it." Yoshio complied, flipping over the steel sheet. "How do you know?" "The bright sparks, the hard feel beneath the hammerhead… but mostly the sound it makes when hit," Sengo said. "It is like a melody to me. When the sword rings like a deadly bell, you have succeeded in giving the steel its one true spirit. Again." Yoshio…
Back to Table of Contents Chapter 16 "Yoshi." "Yes?" Yoshio turned over to see the back of Amaya's head as she stared toward the door, dimply lit with the approaching dawn. He saw her side go up and down as she took a deep breath. "I do not…" She trailed off. Yoshio sat up and touched her shoulder. "What is it?" "I am having doubts," she said. She turned on her back to look at Yoshio. "I do not want you to fight Ryunosuke." "I must," Yoshio said. "It is not just a matter of bushido now. It…
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Historical Map Of The United States Map 1953
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The Historical Map of the United States published in June 1953 accompanied six articles on the United States including "Founders of New England." A unique collectible, this map of the continental United States features a wealth of historical information, subtle relief shading, and details such as explorers' routes and much more.
The Historical Map of the United States published in June 1953 accompanied six articles on the United States including "Founders of New England." A unique collectible, this map of the continental United States features a wealth of historical information, subtle relief shading, and details such as explorers' routes and immigrant trails.
The 1953 Historical Map of the United States features:
• Inset map of the Central Atlantic states
• Inset map of the Northeastern states
• Growth of Our Country map which shows the phases of the county's growth from original colonies through the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico in 1853
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HELP we need to round uo our sheep !!
Kiwi, do you not have any neighbours with a well trained sheep dog who would be willing to help?
quick update!! had a phone call from a man last night whose friend had told him about our plea for help!!
anyway to cut a long story short he has offered to look at our dog and see if he can train me to train him to do the job so we don't have to really on other people all the time which is a good idea I guess.
Might be worth observing your flock's natural movements through the day - where do they graze at various times; have they got a routine going; do they move around all together or split into smaller groups ?
How docile and easily worked with you need your sheep really depends on how often you wnat to round them up, and with what aim ? You've mentioned clipping (might be worth getting a solo shearer in to do this for you, but you'll need to catch them and bring them in); you also need to check their feet close up [though again, semi-feral probably less likely to suffer from foot problems], maybe dip or check for fly attack - dunno what conditions are like where you are, or whether you want to go organic. Also, are you planning to eat the lambs, expand your flock, or sell them as breeding stock ?
Maybe get them used to being worked with, and to the dog, even if it's only from one open field area to another. Perhaps according to where they'd be going anyway. Best times of day to do this with hill (and hence, perhaps, semi-feral) sheep are early morning and afternoon/dusk, which is when they tend to move of their own accord.
My friend's son decided he wanted some sheep of his own to start a small breeding flock. He now has one Scottish Blackface ram lamb and three ewe lambs (orphans). All very cute until they were fully weaned. Then, led by the ram, they started escaping from the inbye paddock into other fields on the farm. Now they're going further, onto other folk's land, and his parents are a bit tired of phone calls asking them to come and collect his runaway lambs. I'm sure yours are much better behaved : Blackies are pretty notorious for this.
Are the ewes already in lamb ? If they are semi-feral, they will probably lamb easily. Lambing might be a good time to intensify handling, as ewes are more tractable and will follow if you can get hold of the lambs soon after birth.
If the ewes are already in lamb, get the ram caught, and penned up inbye for a couple of weeks, possibly in a shed, and feed him, so he becomes more amenable. The ram is usually the ringleader in any breakout. Or the 'boss' ewe. And then the rest follow (like sheep).
Whilst family groups are more 'natural', tups are often kept separate from ewes and lambs, unless you really don't have much ground. And they need the company of other tups, so if you go down this route, you might need to get him a pal of the same breed (which you could possily hire out at tupping time, as you don't need 2 tups for the number of ewes you've got).
Have you considered splitting your holding into smaller paddocks (perhaps starting from the far end) ? 4 paddocks of 9 acres (or whatever you decide, given how you might want to use the land longer-term) would be a lot easier. And a handling area / pen. See Dougal and Rob's useful earlier posts for tips.
Hope it goes well. Good luck with training your dog. Let us know how you get on.
thks for the reply, funnily enough we were only talking last night about drawing up a proper plan of the land and mapping it out, our main problem is really the horses that lease the land as they have a tendency to knock things down(including fencing wires!) and they do have the run of most of the land. I think we would have to hire in a fencing contracter to really sort it all out, luckily the boundary fence at the back is good and the right hand side is deer fenced the left hand side leaves a lot to be desired but there is a stream boundary with a steep drop before getting to the neighbours so they seem content to stay where they are at the moment.
at present we can't afford to take the horses off as its a small guaranteed income that really helps out, once we have it all planned will try and contain them to a definite area as they also have access to a big 3 bay hay barn which they seem intent on kicking at various times (we could really benefit from using this ) so may get their owner to fix up a temporary fence to give us access to this.
Andy has just finished a fencing course so we have more of an idea now about what is required but its all a long haul !!
in answer to the question about the ewes - they should already be in lamb so we have invested in some sheep nuts and will keep approaching and gradually gain their trust (apparantly they are supposed to be easily caught and handled!! we have also got 2 pet lambs now and we can walk them on a lead so might be worth wandering down with them as well.
well thks once again for the tips and I'll keep you posted.


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As a Group we have been supplying security and safety solutions to the rail sector for over 100 years and as such we are aware of the many complexities involved specifying products for rail projects, which are very different to securing a building.
Considerations around ease of use, product quality and wider issues around supplying on-scale and on-time all impact on a project's delivery, but ultimately safety and security must be the key consideration.
The UK railway industry has set out its plans for the future of the rail sector, including completion of major projects, clean air policies and a long-term plan for infrastructure renewals and enhancements. With more investment and commitment predicted for the industry, Andy Hewitt, Product Manager for ASSA ABLOY High Security & Safety Group, Rail Products, looks at what is needed to supply the best products and solutions for rail projects.
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Any locking systems or safety products supplied to the railway industry are classed as 'safety critical' items and therefore must conform to specific Rail Standards for Safety Critical Items. In addition, the company supplying these products must be accredited as a safety critical supplier by an independent body. ASSA ABLOY High Security and Safety Group (previously Pickersgill - Kaye) was one of the first companies to be accredited back in 1994 and has remained an accredited supplier ever since.
Products supplied for use on rolling stock is by, its very nature safety critical, securing doors that are used daily by the rail users must operate reliably and safely. ASSA ABLOY products are not only supported by the exacting requirements of industry standards but are also backed up by years of experience gained working within the industry and having a detailed knowledge of changes to legislation put in place to protect both the public and the experienced rail staff.
The security, access and safety needs on the UK's railways is constantly changing and therefore products and solutions must continually adapt to meet these needs.
Locking systems in particular are subject to high usage and the dynamics of a moving train, shock and vibration at speeds of up to 140 mph, this must be taken into consideration when designing products for this sector. An example of how this has developed is in the change from traditional slam door trains where the door could be, and sometimes was, opened when the train was moving at speed, to the replacement of all slam doors with power operated doors. These doors cannot be opened unless the train is stationary and only then when the guard or driver allows.
Another development High Security and Safety Group has been working on is the enhanced safety of Diesel Locomotive driver doors, where previously fingers being trapped was a concern, the new design has significantly reduced this. The Group has designed, manufactured and fitted a prototype locking system that drastically reduces the chances of fingers becoming trapped. The prototype is now in-service undergoing assessment, not only by train drivers, but by the locomotive operators' safety representatives and the train drivers' unions.
Investment is continuing into the UK railway network, whether that's on large-scale projects like HS2 or enhancements to existing systems. The products and solutions which ensure the safety and security on these projects, must not only adhere to the relevant safety requirements but should come from suppliers with an established heritage and understanding of the sector.
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Rock Island Barracks (1863-1865) - A U.S. Army prisoner-of-war (POW) camp established in 1863 during the U.S. Civil War on Rock Island in Rock Island County, Illinois. Part of Rock Island Military Reservation. Abandoned in 1865. Also known as Rock Island Camp.
Established in December 1863 to hold Confederate prisoners of war. Housed on a 12 acre site with 84 wood framed barracks surrounded by a 12 foot fence. A separate hospital complex housed the sick prisoners. A total of 12,192 prisoners were housed at the barracks and 1,964 of those died at the camp and were buried at the Confederate Cemetery. At the peak some 8694 prisoners were kept at the camp and were guarded by 2388 guards. The barracks held prisoners until July 1865.
Location: Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois.
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Remember yesterday, I told you that I'm really shy? Well, today I'm having a great time with Mr. Mo and Jack. They are really nice and I'm not afraid anymore.
Hi Mr Mo. I missed you. Give me a kiss.
Guess what? I get to spend the whole day with Bia today. No one else is here today, so it's kind of cool just to hang out today. Kris came home today too and he plays ball with me. I like him.
We had a visit from Sox today. Bia is looking after him on the weekend so he just came to see what it was all about here. He's going to love it. I won't be able to hang out with him this weekend though, cause I only come Monday to Friday. I will see him at the end of November though because he is coming for a whole week. I love meeting all my new friends.
At Bia's again. Happy days. I hope we play with my favourite green ball today. Love this ball. Bia's not sure where it came from, so if you have had your dog at Bia's and your dog lost a green ball, please let me know and I promise I will give it back. Bia will buy me my own. Bur for now if you don't mind, I would love to borrow it.
Bia laughs at me because I don't have any teeth anymore at the side of my mouth so when I look at her, my tongue hangs out. She loves it.
I am Mr. Mo and I'm 12 years old. I come to Bia's Home and Pet Minder every day Monday to Friday to play and have fun with my friends. I found this ball here, It's Abby's.
Yes, I'm 12, but I have a puppy soul and still love to play. Bia throws the ball for me and Abby and I run for it. I always beat Abby to the ball and she is only 1. I have an advantage though because I'm small and can run fast.
My name is Mr. Mo. Don't you just love my name? This is the first day at Bia's Home and Pet Minder. I'm 12 years old and I'm a Yorkie/Maltese. I'm very peppy still at my age maybe because I get raw food for my meals.
I'm not really into playing too much anymore, but I watched my two new friends, Muffin and MacKenzie play. I still followed Bia around the house everywhere she went. Seems that's the thing to do as Muffin and MacKenzie too, follow her around the house. I only stay during the day while my mom goes to work in Toronto. She comes and picks me up at night and I was very happy to see her. I did have a great time at Bia's and looking forward to spending more time there next week.


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Dancing On Ice horror as screaming Liberty Poole smashes down on the rink in brutal skating accident
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LIBERTY Pool was seen smashing down to the ice in a brutal skating accident in a first look ahead of Sunday night's Dancing On Ice.
The Love Island star could be seen taking a nasty fall as she practiced her first routine with professional skating partner Joe Johnson.
Liberty appeared in a first-look trailer ahead of Sunday night's episodeCredit: ITV
The star could be seen taking a tumble on the iceCredit: ITV
Liberty, 22, told fans she was "feeling the pressure" in the trailer looking ahead to the first episode of the much-loved ITV skating competition.
"I am feeling the pressure, oh my god, it is so terrifying," the star - who rose to fame on the ITV2 dating show last summer - could be heard saying.
"I'm just thinking, 'We need to get crack-a-lackin' and speed things up here," she went on before a clip showed her hitting the floor.
Partner Joe looked to try and help the star stay upright as she slipped out of his hands and landed flat on her back, letting out a high-pitched scream.
Last year, Liberty took to Instagram to reveal she had been partnered up with hot new American professional skater Joe, 27.
The pair smiled for a photo as the reality TV star gushed that she was "so lucky to be partnered with someone so talented and full of energy".
Joe is a new face on the ice after joining the ITV competition earlier this year.
The skating star has ompeted in Skate America, the US International Classic, US National Championships and the Midwestern Sectional Championships.
He also performed with the Cirque du Soleil alongisde his professional skating partner Karina Manta - with the pair both coming out publicly the same year.
Joe, who has a boyfriend called Zac, opened up that he was proud to "represent LGBTQ people" in the skating field in a 2018 interview iwth OutSports.
In November, Liberty revealed she had a dramatic fall while training for the show as she was snapped lying flat on her back on the ice.
Although she appeared to be a natural on the ice in prior sessions, Liberty proved that she's still learning as she lost her balance and fell over in the rink.
The fall came just days after Liberty showed off her impressive ice skating skills less than two weeks into Dancing On Ice training.
The reality TV alum was filmed getting some practice in at a public ice rink as she told her fans she was trying out a tricky new move.
"Very busy day ahead," Liberty revealed as she was seen in the back of a cab on the way to her practice session, dressed in a bright green tracksuit.
A second clip on her Instagram stories saw her "trying backward crossovers" alongside a coach, as she skated in backwards in circles.
Next, Liberty went solo as she proved she didn't need anyone to lean on to perform the technical move, writing: "Now trying them on my own."
Onlookers appeared impressed with the Love Island star's moves as they watched on from behind her while she twisted and twirled to a stop.
"Perseverance is key," she told her 1.5million social media followers in a final clip, which saw her blonde locks - tied into a ponytail - gently trail down her back.
Liberty is partnered up with pro skater JoeCredit: ITV
Love Island's Liberty Poole reveals her Dancing On Ice partner is new skater Joe Johnson
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Delhi Budget 2016: Deputy CM Manish Sisodia cut existing VAT from 12.5% to 5% : Presenting Budget for financial year 2016-17, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, who holds the finance portfolio, on Monday cut the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from 12.5 percent to 5 percent.
Keeping the Rs 46,600 crore annual budget for 2016-17, Delhi government go deeply into the Plan outlay at Rs 20,600 crore.
Items such as at present include meals in restaurants, marble tiles and bathroom fittings for homes will be included in this VAT cut.
But, sources say, the government is in no The budget provides the Aam Aadmi Party government the opportunity to initiate the process of substantiate the VAT rates that could enhance tax conformity to offset any revenue loss arising from low VAT rates. The change of items in the current six-layered VAT framework will also make for streamlined tax collecting operations.mood to burden the common man and is unlikely to enhance the taxes on most items of daily use.
As part of the VAT re-structuring, the government plans to track and bring unregistered dealers and commercial tax evaders into the tax net.It suggested the use of digital data from the official Geospatial Delhi Limited and other government departments to identify dealers and locate their official addresses on maps of markets and commercial areas.
However, Delhi's VAT collections in the current fiscal have crossed Rs 20,000 crore, just a bit short of target of Rs 21,000 crore and much higher than last year's collection of Rs 18,500 crore.
Thus, the mapping can be helpful to reach the unregistered traders. As per the election manifesto, AAP had worked on three-point plan for streamlining the tax system in Delhi. It had promised that by simplifying the system and making the entire taxation and licensing procedures online, it would ensure that the capital city would have the lowest VAT rates in India.