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module Main (main) where

import Control.Monad
import Control.Concurrent
import Network.HTTP
import Network.URI
import Control.Exception
import Options.Applicative
import Data.Either
import Data.List
import Data.Time.Clock

newtype RequestCount = RequestCount Int
newtype ThreadCount  = ThreadCount Int
newtype URL          = URL String

data Options = Options RequestCount ThreadCount URL

parseOps :: Parser Options
parseOps = Options <$> requestCount <*> concurrency <*> url
    where
        requestCount = RequestCount <$> option auto (  long "numbers"
                                                    <> short 'n'
                                                    <> help "Number of requests per thread"
                                                    <> value 1)
        concurrency = ThreadCount <$> option auto (  long "concurrency"
                                                  <> short 'c'
                                                  <> help "Number of threads"
                                                  <> value 1)
        url = URL <$> strOption (  long "URL"
                                <> short 'u'
                                <> help "Queried URL"
                                <> value "http://localhost")

downloadURL :: URL -> IO ()
downloadURL (URL url) = case parseURI url of
                            Nothing -> error ("Could not parse this url: " <> url)
                            Just rq -> void $ simpleHTTP Request { rqURI     = rq
                                                                 , rqMethod  = GET
                                                                 , rqHeaders = []
                                                                 , rqBody    = ""}

worker :: RequestCount -> URL -> IO ( String )
worker (RequestCount n) url = do
  start <- getCurrentTime
  replicateM_ n $ downloadURL url
  end   <- getCurrentTime
  let diff = diffUTCTime end start
  iId <- myThreadId
  return ((show iId) ++ " completed " ++ (show n) ++ " request(s) in " ++ (show diff) )

myForkIO :: IO a -> IO (MVar (Either SomeException a))
myForkIO io = do
   mvar <- newEmptyMVar
   void $ forkFinally io (putMVar mvar)
   return mvar

launch :: Options -> IO ()
launch (Options n (ThreadCount c) url) =
   do res <- replicateM c (myForkIO $ worker n url)      -- fork requested number of threads
      results <- mapM readMVar res                       -- wait for threads
      mapM_ putStrLn $ nub ( map show $ lefts results )  -- display unique exceptions
      mapM_ putStrLn $ rights results                    -- display threads results

main :: IO ()
main = execParser opts >>= launch
    where
        opts = info (helper <*> parseOps) (fullDesc <> progDesc "An ab-like utility")

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Bard on the Beach's King Lear...
Bard on the Beach's King Lear Satisfies
June 29, 2015 by Marta Gillette
Photo by David Blue
Bard on the Beach's King Lear surprises and challenges audiences' perceptions of familial dynamics, outcomes, and politics.
A riveting story of love, betrayal and the complexity of human relationships presented at the 26th season of the Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver.
A British King and his three daughters; his trusted advisor; his dear friend and two sons; a Fool; (aren't we all sometimes in matters of the heart and politics) all enveloped in a timeless story of love, betrayal and redemption.
Act one sets the story of how a fanciful and vainglorious King, in the final stage of life decides to divide his kingdom between his daughters based on how much each will woo and flatter him to secure land, wealth and power for themselves. His lack of wisdom and emotional maturity will set the stage for much destruction, including his own, his family, friends and kingdom. The ripple effect of one capricious act sets in motion an unending series of events with fatal consequences.
Querying somebody "Which of you we say doth love us most …" (Act 1, Scene 1) is an invitation to be manipulated by others when they have something great to gain and the story does not disappoint. What ensues from the two eldest scheming daughters; Goneril and Regan, competently played by Colleen Wheeler and Jennifer Lines; are carefully worded and meaningless professions of love such as Goneril's speech to her father, who declares that she professes, "A love that makes … speech unable … Beyond all manner of so much I love you". Her sister Regan, who is not as clever as her older sister, quickly declares she feels the same to secure her portion of lands.
Finally Cordelia, the youngest, stands before him in silence and declares she cannot "heave her heart into her mouth". She refuses to follow her sisters' duplicitous example to pander to the King. She is too honest to engage in such a profoundly misleading and impossible task. King Lear is furious and declares she'll get nothing from him and banishes her from the Kingdom.
The stage production gives us an easily viewed area plainly decked out in rustic wood to allow the storyline to develop act by act. A clever use of lighting; heights and depths on the stage via stairs and gaps in the floor provide multiple levels on which each act takes place, lending coherence and imagination to the scenes. Plainness provides no distractions or softening of the brutality and cruelty inherent in the multiple acts of betrayal portrayed on stage.
The troupe works hard to present the themes and provide the visuals to push forward the storyline. Benedict Campbell gives a commendable performance as King Lear. He presents us with a vigorous, decisive King Lear on the verge of growing old, who foolishly decides to give away his power; setting the stage for the destruction of not only himself, but also his family, friends and kingdom. His trusted advisor, the Earl of Kent (played by John Murphy) tries to warn the King against the division multiple times, to no avail.
The Earl of Gloucester, (King Lear's cherished friend) played by David Marr provides one of the most shocking scenes in the play when his eyes are gouged out, causing the audience to gasp and turn away. He too advances the storyline with a brisk and heartfelt delivery of his lines.
The least credible performance is Cordelia, played by Andrea Rankin, who seems too weak and soft spoken to play the heroine in the story. Cordelia, the catalyst for so much strife and courage, through first her honesty leading to disempowerment and then her selflessness towards her father, seems strangely passionless for such a profoundly courageous part.
In contrast, Edmund, the bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester, played by Michael Blake, presents us with a carefully crafted and elegantly displayed, almost tongue in cheek example of dastardliness which he seems to revel in. There is no holding back in his performance at all. He clearly is a villain, through and through. And thoroughly enjoys it. His brother Edgar, played by Nathan Schmidt, is a good foil for his brother's evil, though his lines do at times seem to meander rather aimlessly and become somewhat long winded.
This performance of King Lear continues to invite us to ponder on the meaning of family, relationships and power. He shows us how ordinary human beings can lose their way leading to disastrous consequences. He is a master storyteller and this, his most tragic tale, is one that continues to be played upon the world's stage to this day. It's a cautionary tale and we should take heed of the lessons offered.
Marta Gillette
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Q: Build docker image from layers I have a big docker image I need to copy to a remote machine.
I build the image on my local machine with an unchanging base image, so only the last few layers change.
I would like to have that base image on the remote machine and only copy the changed top layers to the remote machine whenever they change. I cannot build the image on the remote using its dockerfile because the necessary source files are not present on the remote.
I can separate the image into its layers using undocker, but how do I reassemble the image from its layers on the remote machine?

A: I've never worked with undocker tool so I can't comment on this, but in my understanding image in docker is a "sealed package" ready for distribution in one way or another.
So copying part of the image sounds to me like distributing a part of the package.
I can understand that overhead of big image on the other hand (probably you're looking for faster copying), but it contradicts the docker "ideology" (take image "as is" and work with it)
So, probably the most straightforward option is preparing the sources (those are in the "last few layers") as a distributable package without docker, copying them to the remote machine and then building the image on the remote machine out of a base image and this distributable package
This allows overcoming a workaround of "the necessary source files are not present on the remote" as you say

A: I have switched to using a Docker registry, and updating my image with docker pull, which I think is the proper way to solve this problem, since it will only download the changed layers.
This article also helped me reduce the size of my images.

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;

namespace StrumpyShaderEditor
{
    [DataContract(Namespace = "http://strumpy.net/ShaderEditor/")]
    [NodeMetaData("Sampler2D", "Properties", typeof(Sampler2DNode),"Basic 2D texture input, used in conjunction with Tex2D and Tex2DNormal. The UV supplied are those set in the inspector when the user defines the texture, and may be offset, modified, or simply ignored.")]
    public class Sampler2DNode : InputNode, IStructInput{
        private const string NodeName = "Sampler2D";

        [DataMember] private Sampler2DOutputChannel _sampler;
        [DataMember] private Float4OutputChannel _uv;

        public Sampler2DNode( )
        {
            Initialize();
        }

        public override sealed void Initialize ()
        {
            base.Initialize();
            _sampler = _sampler ?? new Sampler2DOutputChannel( 0, "Sampler2d" );
            _uv = _uv ?? new Float4OutputChannel( 1, "UV" );
        }

        //Beta3->Beta4 compatability.
        //TODO: Remove in B5
        [DataMember] private EditorGroup _defaultTexture;
        protected override ShaderProperty InputPropertyFromOldInput()
        {
            var property = new Texture2DProperty();
            property.PropertyName = _inputName;
            if( _defaultTexture.Selected == "white" )
            {
                property._defaultTexture = DefaultTextureType.White;
            }
            if( _defaultTexture.Selected == "normal" )
            {
                property._defaultTexture = DefaultTextureType.Bump;
            }
            return property;
        }

        protected override bool OldPropertyConfigured()
        {
            return _inputName != null && _defaultTexture != null;
        }

        protected override void RemoveObsoleteInputConfig()
        {
            _inputName = null;
            _defaultTexture = null;
        }

        protected override ShaderProperty NewPropertyInstance ()
        {
            return new Texture2DProperty();
        }

        public override IEnumerable<string> IsValid ( SubGraphType graphType )
        {
            var errors = new List<string> ();
            errors.AddRange( base.IsValid( graphType ) );

            if( graphType != SubGraphType.Pixel )
            {
                errors.Add( "Node not valid in graph type: " + graphType );
            }
            return errors;
        }

        protected override IEnumerable<OutputChannel> GetOutputChannels()
        {
            return new List<OutputChannel> {_sampler, _uv };
        }

        public override IEnumerable<InputChannel> GetInputChannels()
        {
            return new List<InputChannel>();
        }

        public override string NodeTypeName
        {
            get{ return NodeName; }
        }

        public override string GetExpression( uint channelId )
        {
            AssertOutputChannelExists( channelId );

            if( channelId == 1 )
            {
                return "(IN." + GetStructFieldName() + ".xyxy)";
            }
            return GetFieldName();
        }

        protected override InputType GetFieldType()
        {
            return InputType.Texture2D;
        }

        public StructTypes GetStructFieldType()
        {
            return StructTypes.Float2;
        }

        public string GetStructFieldName()
        {
            return "uv" + GetFieldName();
        }

        public string GetStructFieldDefinition()
        {
            return IsOutputChannelConnected(1)
                    ? GetStructFieldType().ShaderTypeString() + " " + GetStructFieldName() + ";\n"
                    : "";
        }

        public string GetStructVertexShaderString()
        {
            return "";
        }

        public override void DrawProperties()
        {
            base.DrawProperties();
        }

        public bool RequiresStructFieldInclusion()
        {
            return IsOutputChannelConnected( 1 );
        }
    }
}


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Blue Bloods Recap 11/18/16: Season 7 Episode 9 "Confessions"
BY Kristine Francis on November 19, 2016 | Comments: Leave Comments
Related : Blue Blood, Recap, Television, TV
Tonight on CBS their hit drama starring Tom Selleck Blue Bloods airs with an all-new Friday, November 18, 2016, episode and we have your Blue Bloods recap below. On tonight's Blue Blood Season 7 episode 9, as per the CBS synopsis, "Frank (Frank Reagan) is left with minimal information to find a missing boy when a conflicted priest who could help won't break the seal of confession. Also, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) and Baez (Marisa Ramirez) investigate the death of a prominent New York City socialite with a secret life."
So make sure to bookmark this spot and come back between 10PM – 11PM ET! for our Blue Bloods recap. While you wait for our recap make sure to check out all our Blue Bloods recaps, news, spoilers & more, right here!
Tonight's episode begins now – Refresh Page often to get the most current updates!
Jamie had gone out of town for a wedding on tonight's episode of "Blue Bloods" and he had had surprisingly going with Eddie. But they were just going as partners. Jamie had apparently asked her because he couldn't go with anyone else and he had been very clear that they were going to the wedding as partners on the job. So Eddie had thought that was a little funny. Partners usually don't go to a wedding together and so she had laughed at that however, she and Jamie have never been just partners. They have been friends and occasionally there were times when they thought they could be more.
However, Jamie had been careful to say that they were merely partners and then he had acted differently at the wedding. Jamie hadn't wanted to relax or even dance with Eddie yet he hadn't wanted her to dance with anyone else and that included the groom's friend Derek. Derek had seemingly come on too strong for Jamie's liking so he had warned the other guy off and that had come back to bit him. Derek wasn't a man that would walk away after being embarrassed and so he mouthed off. He asked Jamie and Eddie how many NYPD officers it takes to change a light blub and then answered five. One to take it down and four others to smash up the only bulb.
So Jamie and Eddie had a problem with that joke. They had known what Derek was implying and had been offended though Eddie could ignore it and Jamie couldn't. Jamie had told Derek that he must have a lot of time on his hands to think up that joke and then he went on to say that city cops actual did something besides writing up traffic tickets. Which was what Derek does because he was merely a police officer in one county. Yet, the green-eyed-monster did strike Jamie again at the actual wedding. Jamie had seen Derek dancing with Eddie and he cut between them though Derek had been upset by that.
Derek thought Jamie was acting wat out of line and so he tried to tell Jamie "hey " as in what are you doing. Though Jamie had replied what are going to do about it and had then goaded the other man by asking him if he was going to write him a parking ticket. So Derek had had enough of Jamie's attitude and he had punched Jamie, but that quickly turned into a giant brawl. Derek and Jamie went at it then several other wedding guests started and the brawl didn't break up until after the wedding cake had been destroyed and the cops had been called. And so both Jamie and Eddie ended up getting arrested.
Thankfully, though, no one had wanted to press charges and they had all gotten quickly released. But Eddie had stopped in a joking mood by then and she had told Jamie that he started the fight. She had said that Jamie was always pretty clear that they were just partners, that nothing could happen between them, and then starts a fight with someone that is interested in her. So Eddie ditched Jamie before long and Jamie had been the one that was embarrassed. He knew that he hadn't been fair to Eddie or even Derek for that matter so he tried to find a way to make it up to Eddie later and he had gone back to Queens.
However, Danny had seen an even uglier side of jealousy than what Jamie had displayed. Danny and his partner Baez had been working on a case involving the death of socialite and they had found out that the victim had also been a call girl. The victim who's real name was Lindsey Wentworth had had everything in life. She had gone to the best schools, had a husband that adored and then she found out that she got certain high out of being a hooker. Lindsey had apparently slept with someone in Vegas and he had tried sliding her money because he thought she was a call girl so she slapped it for him yet she began thinking differently on the flight back to New York.
Lindsey had told her sister that the idea started to excite her once she thought about it and so she joined the Mile High Club with another stranger on the flight back home to her family. So Lindsey found a high society type of service and she quickly started her life as Kate though no one allegedly knew about it other than her sister and she had taken great pains to hide it from her husband. Lindsey had gotten a second phone, none of her profile picks for the service revealed her face, and she tried to hold onto her anonymity. Yet, somehow her husband had found out what she'd been doing and he had killed her for it.
So Danny had seen an uglier side though he made sure not to bring to that Sunday dinner meanwhile his brother was doing his walk of shame with a both an arrest and a shining black eye. Though their niece Nikki hadn't mind that Jamie had gotten arrested. She had said that she now wasn't the only one that ever spent time in lockup and so her family hadn't to tell her their little secrets. Like how Danny had spent three hours in a cell when he was twelve because Frank thought he needed a lesson after skipping school, or that time Frank nearly missed spending time in a cell because the Marines had taken him to task for destroying a bar, or that Grandpa Henry had stood with his union brothers and had gotten arrested for it.
Erin however had tried to sit on a high horse when she said she had never spent time in prison. But Frank had told everyone that wasn't true. Erin had spent time in a cell after she and her friends did every illegal possible on a public beach. Like public urination, skinny dipping, throwing a loud party, and public intoxication. So Erin had wanted to know how her father had found out about that so she asked her brother and he had swore that it hadn't been him, And he had been right because it had actually been the Commanding Officer that had called Frank yet he had decided to let Erin stay in lockup to prove a point so that had shocked Erin.
She had said that she had been traumatized. However, Frank said that all kids turned out better for what they called his tough love. So Erin and Danny just had to live with their respective pasts and Jamie chose to do something about his. Jamie had asked Eddie to this upscale place and he finally gave her the dance she had wanted though they both felt that it would best to not define themselves at that moment in time so who knows what they now are. And, while Frank talked a lot of game, he had broken some rules that no one else would have.
Frank had led an archbishop to believe that he was investigating a priest in one of his parishes because of something involving a minor when really he had just wanted to get around the sacrament of confession. Father Phil had gone to Frank and had said he knew where he was a fifteen-year-old was being held because someone had confessed their sins to him, but that couldn't say who or give a description. So Frank had gotten security cameras to see who was Father Phil's last confession before coming to him and then he had acted as a police officer. However, archbishop had thought that Father Phil had broken confession and he was investigating to see if that's what happened. And so Frank got a perfectly good priest in trouble.
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Video Game Underworld
Family Guy Video Game! – PS2, PSP, XBox
Posted on March 20, 2017 by jplaj
If you're the type of person who likes to be more aware of your surroundings than your average rutabaga, you may have noticed I'm reviewing the Family Guy video game this week. "Great!" you're thinking. "Now he's going to lecture us on the evils of licensed games before telling us how much he likes this one, like some sort of congressman who rails on the importance of family values before being found with a dead Vietnamese transvestite hooker in the trunk of his car. The only thing more formulaic than his entries on licensed games are episodes of Family Guy!"
Family Guy and I have a very special history together. It's like a supportive grandparent who helped me get through the tough times in life—reliable, always there to make me laugh and make me think, and kind of painful to watch now that its getting older and starting to have trouble putting a coherent thought together. It seems only natural, then, that they'd want to put together something to remember the good times, to recall all those fond interactions. And that's just what they made. The game, while fun to play, has less the wit and unexpected humor of Seth MacFarlane and more the air of me and my friends mindlessly quoting episodes in lieu of conversation.
Brian disguised as a lamp. His sections were clever and entertaining, mostly because I didn't play long enough to remember why I hate stealth games.
We've seen that the Family Guy writers, at their peak, couldn't produce a plot longer than about 17 minutes (a number that's declined as a function of time) unless George Lucas wrote it for them. As such, Family Guy Video Game! Follows not one, but three storylines. Stewie squares off against Bertram, Peter's sperm from Emission Impossible, now born to the lesbian gym teacher and reigning supreme over the neighborhood babies (which, I hear, is a common origin story for the world-domination types. Look up baby photos of Genghis Kahn. And Trump? His hair is simply hiding the fact that his head is shaped like a deflated football.). Brian, once more accused of impregnating Seabreeze (from the episode Screwed the Pooch), goes on a stealth mission to discover the real father in a Metal Gear Solid meets Jerry Springer sort of way. And Peter, in the only plotline that doesn't hearken back to a wad of ejaculated semen from 2001, randomly decides that tv's Mr. Belvedere has kidnapped his family, and the only way to rescue them is to kick the teeth out of every man woman and child (mostly child) in Quahog, and to knock the dentures out of anyone over the age of 65.
Gameplay is simple, stemming from the TV show's method of humor. Rather than reinvent video games, jokes are thrown in as nods to games from the 80s and 90s, such as the Simpsons arcade game or Galaga. Peter and Brian both control naturally and intuitively, and for the most part Stewie does, too, although aiming at enemies is a bit like being strapped to a tilt-a-whirl. Stewie's levels are partly platforming, though, which has felt like blindfolded beer pong ever since the shift into three dimensions, but one particular section of extended vertical platforming escalates that to feel more like lobbing live chickens into oncoming go-karts…after a rousing match of beer pong.
Most cut-away gags are played out as minigames and have about as much bearing on the plot as they do in the TV show. The manatees must have been having an off day.
But playing Family Guy Video Game! For a well-crafted interactive experience is like watching porn for dynamic and intricate characters. What really matters is the humor, and whether or not it matches the quality of the show. In a way, it does…and that way is that they clearly only got Seth MacFarlane and one or two other actors to reprise their roles, so most of the quips and one-liners are lifted verbatim from the TV show. So on one hand, it's exactly the same as the TV show, and yet it somehow translates about as well as if someone ran it through two dozen different languages on Google Translate. Wait, actually, that could be pretty funny…
Picture of Joe in the back to remind you how this glitch will cripple you permanently.
So far, this has been a particularly difficult review for me to write. In part it's because my attention is split between job hunting, a perpetually hungry cat, a polar vortex that's freezing Duluth to the point where my car won't start and every time I try the key shatters in the ignition, and the trauma and disbelief over the fact that a few paragraphs ago I used the phrase "Metal Gear Solid meets Jerry Springer." However, the biggest challenge in reviewing the game is that apparently in Peter's second level, if you are killed by one of two policemen after the midway checkpoint, they do what policemen do best after shooting a black man (Peter Griffin: Husband, Father…Brother?): they move on with their lives. They don't come back after you respawn. And since, in true beat-em-up fashion, you can't move on with the level until you kill all the enemies, so you end up wallowing in an existential crisis between a porta-potty and an ice cream truck, left with nothing to do but kick the shit out of some kids and their moms. After their corpses are dead and rotting, you might amuse yourself by head-butting the truck, but eventually all you are left with is a headache, a pile of useless iron, and a few square meters of Quahog where you can do nothing but wander in circles, contemplating the inevitable need to end it all and wonder if there's a new game in your future.
This section looks like fun. Too bad I can't play it.
So I suggest turning auto-save off right before you go into the porta-potty, or you might be stuck with the constant reminder that the game is shit. Otherwise, it's not bad.
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What's in style: Eco-friendly, green fashion
USA TODAY's Green Tech series explores how green-tech innovations are changing everything from vacations to war-making.
America's closets are turning green.
The same environmental sensibilities that have swept the foodie world (farm-to-table, organic produce) are making inroads in the fashion universe as the environmental movement continues its rise and new technology produces refined synthetic and recycled materials.
• Last month, Saks and Neiman Marcus settled a lawsuit charging they labeled real fur as faux fur to escape disclosing its source (raccoon dogs, in this case) — a ploy that turns marketing on its head: Fake sells better than real?
• At a Last Call by Neiman Marcus in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, stylish faux-leather vegan motorcycle jackets with faux crocodile trim (prominently labeled as such) fill up a rack in the high-end discount store.
• High-heeled vegan pumps by OlsenHaus ($225 retail), made of all-synthetic materials, recently showed up on the online shopping site MyHabit.com next to leather platforms by more traditional high-end shoe purveyors such as Calvin Klein and Cole Haan.
Red-carpet endorsements by celebrities don't hurt: Actress Natalie Portman regularly wears vegan shoes, and designer Stella McCartney has become synonymous with ethical fashion, rejecting fur and leather in her high-priced couture.
"Initially, when green fashion started to make any kind of inroads into the apparel industry, it was headed by activists," says Sass Brown, acting assistant dean of the Fashion Institute of Technology's School of Art and Design and an eco-fashion blogger and author (www.ecofashiontalk.com). "Now it's headed by designers and all tiers of distribution and all taste levels and all price points."
Green apparel and accessories still make up barely more than 2% of the $200 billion fashion business in the U.S., says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD Group, a market research firm. Still, that's about $5 billion.
"Just a decade ago, it was not even half a billion dollars," he says. "That's a huge difference."
Social consciousness — ethical treatment of animals, protecting natural resources — is a big motivator. But the average consumer would not be putting these clothes on their backs and feet if they didn't look good. Remember pleather jackets in the '70s (cringe)?
ECO-FRIENDLY, AND CUTE, TOO
High-end department stores and boutiques now carry green fashion. Top designers are embracing synthetic and recycled materials.
"When eco-fashion started, the fabrication wasn't as great," says Lynette Pone McIntyre,Lucky magazine's senior market editor. "It felt very burlappy. The quality wasn't quite there. Over the past 10 years, technology has changed so much. You can't tell what's eco-friendly or not."
Strict labeling laws let the customers know most of the time. And if the clothes look good and are "ethical" in their manufacturing or construction, shoppers want them.
"People are really caring where their clothing is coming from — anyone from 10-, 12-year-olds to 90-year-olds," McIntyre says. "Just like they care where their food is coming from, their carbon footprint."
Jose Medina, 22, a political science student at the University of Chicago, agrees.
"It's an ideology," he says. "If you disagree with the belief system or what a company represents, it's less likely you're going to align yourself with them. … Eco-fashion and sustainability, it's very easy for people to align with that."
That's where technology, designers and large retailers come in. The focus is not just on the materials used but how they're manufactured: Timberland, the Stratham, N.H., maker of sporty footwear and apparel, has made its largest investment in ecological products and manufacturing processes since the brand was invented 40 years ago, says Chris Pawlus, senior global creative director.
"It's a brand mission," he says. "We really look at the idea of sustainable design and sustainable products. The fact that our logo is a tree at first glance is poetic, but it's connected to social justice and doing the right thing."
Result: the Earthkeepers collection. Introduced in 2009, it now makes up 75% of all Timberland footwear. The company set an SPG goal: Style, Performance, Green. It worked with vendors and manufacturers to reduce water usage, pushed for the use of recycled plastic bottles (PET or polyethylene terephthalate) bottles in linings, laces, uppers and even faux shearling. Rubber soles are made out of recycled rubber. When cotton is used, it's organic.
Timberland Earthkeepers Hookset Handcrafted Oxford Shoe (Photo: Timberland)
"One of our newest fabrics we call ReCanvas™," Pawlus says. "It has the look and feel of traditional cotton but is made from recycled PET. Across the board, everyone has had to adapt and renovate, and it's modern technology that's allowed them to do these things. It's not a cost-cutting exercise."
Once in place, it can save money. Leather scraps destined for the trash pile, for example, are recycled and reused to make more shoes.
"We're at a point now where aesthetics are not hindered by green materials," Pawlus says.
H&M GOES BIG WITH GREEN
Swedish fashion retailer H&M, a hit in the U.S. and 47 other countries for its affordable but hip clothes, has introduced its Conscious Collection. All designs are made out of recycled polyester, hemp, organic cotton, linen and Tencel.
The Conscious Exclusive collectionwill target red-carpet events. It's already been worn by actresses Amanda Seyfried (a blue tuxedo blazer and short) at a London premiere and Michelle Williams at the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) awards.
Collaboration with designer Stella McCartney in 2007 "opened the eyes of our fashion department," says Catarina Midby, H&M fashion and sustainability expert. "We started to learn about different materials and how we could change our design process. We learned that the production process of viscose is very chemical-intense."
Since then, the company's clout — 2,500 stores worldwide and the world's biggest buyer of organic cotton — pressured suppliers to produce fabrics that use fewer chemicals and natural resources. The company and other major retailers such as Ikea and Walmart developed an education program for cotton farmers to teach them ways to water crops from the ground up and cut chemicals.
"It's not all that difficult," Midby says. "It's just that it hasn't been done."
Polyester is still used. But now it's recycled polyester.
The company's social-consciousness campaign now extends to a Garment Collecting Program in 1,500 stores. Customers can drop old clothes in a bin. They're sorted and some go to charity, others are recycled and turned into new garments and the rest sold as vintage or discarded. Shoppers receive shopping vouchers for their donations.
"I think it's everything that's happened in the world in the last 10 years," Midby says. "Everybody wanted to do their bit and take responsibility. … Not to throw anything away."
She points to the rising popularity of swapping parties, where clothes are traded rather than thrown away.
"It's just a natural reaction to how the world looks today," Midby says.
Brown says: "We clothe ourselves in textiles from the day we're born to the day we die. … One of the most powerful tools we have is who we choose to spend our money on. That's voting in its own way."
KEEPING IT STYLISH
Technology has given the movement the economic impetus it needed, but the industry would not have responded so overwhelmingly if designers had not put their aesthetic imprint on eco lines.
"I don't think producing more ugly clothes is sustainable," Brown says. "We have enough of them already."
Retailers know that consumers will buy items first because they look good, and second because they are not harming the environment.
"Style is really what grabs them," Pawlus says. "Green is a gift with purchase."
Saving the planet is not the only motivation, of course. But if an eco label can help brands attract new customers and save the planet in the process, it's a win-win for all.
"This is more than just doing right by the environment," Cohen says. "Everybody's got white blouses. Everybody's got black skirts. … Now I'm playing the environmental-friendly card, and it allows me to stand apart from the others."
Some eco-friendly materials have been around a long time, he says, but are being marketed in a new way. Polyester is now called microfiber. And faux leather?
"They don't want to call it pleather, but it is pleather in many cases," Cohen says.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/28/the-rise-of-green-fashion/1996773/
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Gap, VF Corp. Publish List of Supplier Factories
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Gap and VF Corp. and Wrangler, have become the latest global apparel firms to publish a list of the factories that makes their shoes and clothing. The move, which follows the lead of retailers such as C&A and Marks & Spencer, present a remarkable turnaround, particularly for Gap, which previously withheld information about its supply-chain partners for "competition reasons." Human Rights Watch lauded both decisions as a win for transparency in what has traditionally been a secretive industry rife with hidden labor-rights and environmental abuses, most notably in the developing world. "Together they are sending an important message that transparency should be the norm in the garment industry," Aruna Kashyap, senior women's rights counsel at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
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package org.jimmutable.core.objects.common;

import org.jimmutable.core.objects.Builder;
import org.jimmutable.core.objects.StandardObject;
import org.jimmutable.core.serialization.JimmutableTypeNameRegister;

import junit.framework.Test;
import junit.framework.TestCase;
import junit.framework.TestSuite;

/**
 * This class tests both PhoneNumber and PhoneNumberDeck
 *
 * @author jim.kane
 *
 */
public class PhoneNumberDeckTest extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * Create the test case
     *
     * @param testName name of the test case
     */
    public PhoneNumberDeckTest( String testName )
    {
        super( testName );
    }

    /**
     * @return the suite of tests being tested
     */
    public static Test suite()
    {
    	JimmutableTypeNameRegister.registerAllTypes();

        return new TestSuite( PhoneNumberDeckTest.class );
    }

	public void testBuilder()
	{
		PhoneNumber mobile = new PhoneNumber("1231231234", PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
		PhoneNumber work = new PhoneNumber("1111111111", PhoneNumberType.WORK);

		Builder phone_deck_builder = new Builder(PhoneNumberDeck.TYPE_NAME);
		phone_deck_builder.add(PhoneNumberDeck.FIELD_PHONE_NUMBERS, mobile);
		phone_deck_builder.add(PhoneNumberDeck.FIELD_PHONE_NUMBERS, work);
		PhoneNumberDeck deck = phone_deck_builder.create();

		PhoneNumberDeck deck2 = new PhoneNumberDeck(mobile, work);

		assertEquals(deck, deck2);
	}

    public void testManual()
    {
        PhoneNumber work = new PhoneNumber("555-867-5309", PhoneNumberType.WORK);

        PhoneNumber mobile1 = new PhoneNumber("555-212-5309", PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
        PhoneNumber mobile2 = new PhoneNumber("111-212-3333", PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);

        PhoneNumber home = new PhoneNumber("111-999-8716", PhoneNumberType.HOME);

        PhoneNumber fax = new PhoneNumber("111-999-8717", PhoneNumberType.FAX);

        PhoneNumber other = new PhoneNumber("222-333-4448", PhoneNumberType.OTHER);

        PhoneNumberDeck deck = new PhoneNumberDeck(work, mobile1, mobile2, home, fax, other);

        assertEquals(work, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.WORK, null));
        assertEquals(mobile1, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.MOBILE, null));
        assertEquals(home, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.HOME, null));
        assertEquals(fax, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.FAX, null));
        assertEquals(other, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.OTHER, null));

        assertEquals(6, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().size());

        assertEquals(work, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(0));
        assertEquals(mobile1, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(1));
        assertEquals(mobile2, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(2));
        assertEquals(home, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(3));
        assertEquals(fax, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(4));
        assertEquals(other, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(5));

        //System.out.println(deck.toJavaCode(Format.XML_PRETTY_PRINT, "obj"));
    }

    public void testSerialization()
    {
    	String obj_string = String.format("%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n%s\r\n"
    		     , "<?xml version=\'1.0\' encoding=\'UTF-8\'?><object>"
    		     , "  <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumberDeck</type_hint>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-555-867-5309</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>work</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-555-212-5309</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>mobile</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-111-212-3333</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>mobile</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-111-999-8716</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>home</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-111-999-8717</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>fax</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "  <phone_numbers>"
    		     , "    <type_hint>jimmutable.common.PhoneNumber</type_hint>"
    		     , "    <digits>1-222-333-4448</digits>"
    		     , "    <type>other</type>"
    		     , "  </phone_numbers>"
    		     , "</object>"
    		);

    	PhoneNumberDeck deck = (PhoneNumberDeck)StandardObject.deserialize(obj_string);

    	PhoneNumber work = new PhoneNumber("555-867-5309", PhoneNumberType.WORK);

    	PhoneNumber mobile1 = new PhoneNumber("555-212-5309", PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);
    	PhoneNumber mobile2 = new PhoneNumber("111-212-3333", PhoneNumberType.MOBILE);

    	PhoneNumber home = new PhoneNumber("111-999-8716", PhoneNumberType.HOME);

    	PhoneNumber fax = new PhoneNumber("111-999-8717", PhoneNumberType.FAX);

    	PhoneNumber other = new PhoneNumber("222-333-4448", PhoneNumberType.OTHER);

    	assertEquals(work, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.WORK, null));
    	assertEquals(mobile1, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.MOBILE, null));
    	assertEquals(home, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.HOME, null));
    	assertEquals(fax, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.FAX, null));
    	assertEquals(other, deck.getOptionalPrimaryPhoneNumber(PhoneNumberType.OTHER, null));

    	assertEquals(6, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().size());

    	assertEquals(work, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(0));
    	assertEquals(mobile1, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(1));
    	assertEquals(mobile2, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(2));
    	assertEquals(home, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(3));
    	assertEquals(fax, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(4));
    	assertEquals(other, deck.getSimplePhoneNumbers().get(5));
    }
}


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MOCHA=node_modules/.bin/mocha
ISTANBUL=node_modules/.bin/istanbul
JSHINT=node_modules/.bin/jshint

# test files must end with ".test.js"
TESTS=$(shell find test/ -name "*.test.js")

_MOCHA="node_modules/.bin/_mocha"
coverage:
	@# check if reports folder exists, if not create it
	@test -d reports || mkdir reports
	$(ISTANBUL) cover --report lcovonly --dir ./reports $(_MOCHA) -- -R spec --colors $(TESTS)
	genhtml reports/lcov.info --output-directory reports/

jshint:
	$(JSHINT) lib test --show-non-errors

checkstyle:
	@# check if reports folder exists, if not create it
	@test -d reports || mkdir reports
	$(JSHINT) lib test --reporter=checkstyle > reports/checkstyle.xml

.PHONY: clean test coverage jshint checkstyle


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Suit // Love this suit!! I didn't get the high waisted bottoms so it's not really a tankini but still adorable!
Dress // You can't ever have enough of these dresses!
Wedges // I'm a sucker for pink!!!!


John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans". We are always making something, aren't we? We make appointments. We make dinner. We make love. We make a house a home. We make babies. We make time. We make friends and we make coffee. In every moment, with every breath, we make decisions that make our life. We make plans and then God laughs, as the saying goes. And then sometimes, we have to make a U-Turn. This can be an opportunity for a shift in perspective.
What do we do when the expectations we have for the things we are making, don't go the way we planned?
Does this lead to disappointment or feeling badly that things aren't going my way? Sometimes it does. And, the older (and wiser) I get, I have discovered that my happiness and feeling good doesn't really come from things outside of me. It comes from inside of me. I get choose if I'm happy or sad based on the stories I tell myself and the meaning I attach to things. I also believe that at every moment, I am exactly where I am supposed to be, and life is always teaching me. When things I am trying to make work – don't, I believe everything happens for a reason. I believe the universe is giving me a cosmic redirect. What is also helpful is I feel grateful believing I was just spared from loss or aggravation or something I may never know about – and never need to.
As the universe is comprised of this everywhere present energetic intelligence, and I am only a part of that, I believe the universe is smarter than me. Therefore; while I don't always take direction well, I do listen carefully to how the universe is guiding me. Holding this perspective, I am making an empowered choice in seeing the world this way.
This grounds me, not as a victim of life's circumstances, but a willing participant to engage with what life is showing me, where life is taking me, what life is making with me. And, when I am in cooperation with that, I experience flow and grace and ease. We often spend a lot of time rowing our boat against the tide. Can you shift your perspective in not always getting what you want? What if you threw the orr's over the side of the boat and let yourself float… gently down the stream?
If you can shift your perspective about what feels like making a wrong turn, it may give you an awesome sense of direction.
For an upcoming opportunity to shift your perspective, Discover the Authentic You is being offered March 15-17, 2019. To experience a complimentary clarity session with Donna to see how this retreat can support you, email donna@donnabond.com to find out more.


An image purporting to be of Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly's helmets for the 2019 Formula 1 season has emerged on social media, suggesting that the Dutchman has opted for a radically new design for the upcoming campaign, with a white and red colour scheme hinting at close ties to Red Bull's new relationship with Honda.
It would appear from the image that Gasly's design is largely unchanged, carrying the dark blue colours synonymous with Red Bull.
However, Verstappen's new look is sure to turn heads as he embarks on a 2019 campaign in which he will be seen as the leader of Red Bull's hopes.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that Gasly was promoted to the senior squad ahead of time after only one full season in F1 with Toro Rosso.
The Frenchman is determined to get up to speed immediately with Verstappen, although much remains to be seen if Red Bull's switch to Honda power units will bear fruit.
After growing frustrated with Renault's inability to produce a regular race-winning engine, Red Bull have jumped into bed with Honda, who are yet to power a podium finish since returning to F1 with McLaren in 2015.
The Japanese marque's best result so far came in the back of Gasly's Toro Rosso at last years Bahrain GP as he came home in fourth.


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Malaysia abuzz as old foes Mahathir, Anwar join hands
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 5 (AFP) Once bitter foes, former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad and the one-time protege he jailed, Anwar Ibrahim, exchanged a previously-unthinkable handshake today that illustrated the country's topsy-turvy politics.
Mahathir sparked a social media frenzy with a show of support at a court appearance by Anwar, who was jailed again last year by Malaysia's current government following a controversial sodomy conviction, the same charge Mahathir used against him in 1998.
The brief and smiling encounter -- images were shared widely online -- underlined the current political flux in Malaysia, where opposition to scandal-tainted current Prime Minister Najib Razak has upended alliances.
Najib is accused of massive graft in the alleged looting of billions of dollars in state money. He denies the charge and has cracked down in response.
Mahathir, who imposed his will on Malaysia for 22 years as prime minister before retiring in 2003, has led calls for Najib to be toppled and to face justice.
Today's meeting capped months in which Anwar and Mahathir have flirted from a distance, reviving memories of their stormy past.
The charismatic Anwar was deputy premier and heir apparent to the autocratic Mahathir until he was sacked in 1998 by his boss over political differences, an episode that continues to reverbrate.
Charged with sodomy and corruption, Anwar spent six years in jail.
But he emerged to lead the previously ineffectual political opposition to historically strong electoral showings until he was jailed again in 2015 by Najib's government.
Mahathir played down today's meeting, saying he was merely showing support for a legal challenge launched by Anwar against a new security law.
The law, rammed through last year by Najib's government, grants Najib draconian security powers.
"I don't know about friends but I know I talked to him," Mahathir said with a chuckle when reporters asked after the encounter whether the two were friendly again.
"I met him and had a long chat with him about what he was doing."
But the encounter quickly went viral in politics-obsessed Malaysia.
"Now I think I have seen everything," Eric Paulsen of activist group Lawyers for Liberty said in tweeting an image of the handshake.
It remains to be seen whether any real detente between the political heavyweights can be achieved -- or can put a dent in Najib.
The formidable opposition alliance that Anwar forged has crumbled amid infighting, especially after his jailing.
Najib, meanwhile, has tightened his grip and used the powerful ruling coalition's deep pockets and pervasive control to win recent by-elections. The next general election must be held by mid-2018.
J&K Governor, Union minister flag off first fleet of e-buses in Srinagar
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World Bank 'drops' $300 million Amaravati project
Centre working on solving homebuyers' issue, SC told


While home-buying trends come and go, one that has been quite consistent is the admiration that many buyers have for older homes. Popular historic homes inspire house hunters to find a piece of history to call their own; however, sometimes older homes come with a special set of challenges, especially when it comes to heating costs. If you recently purchased an older home, there are several tips you can keep in mind to avoid high heating bills when the temperature starts to drop.
Because heating an older home sometimes costs more, you may be tempted to completely turn off your thermostat when you leave the house in the morning to avoid heating an empty house. However, this could end up costing you much more in the long run because not only will it take the house a great deal of time to heat up again during the evening, cold temperatures may cause your pipes to freeze or burst. One solution to this problem is to install a programmable thermostat.
A fully programmable thermostat can help you keep costs low because it can give you greater control of how you heat your older home. On colder days, when the temperature remains below freezing, you can program your unit to maintain the temperature you built up overnight or lower it on warmer days. This can help you avoid frozen pipes or coming home to a frigid house in the evening.
If your old home includes a fireplace in the living room, you may want to use it sparingly or only light on those evenings when you want to feel cozy. In most cases, fireplaces do not have the ability to heat large spaces on their own and usually cannot replace a central heater. Bedrooms and other smaller spaces may benefit from the heat a fireplace gives off. If you do decide to use them in these rooms and have young children in the home, practice fireplace safety to avoid accidents and fires.
When it comes to saving money on heating costs for your old home, you may be overlooking a free resource: the sun. Instead of running your furnace all day, pull back your drapes and open blinds to warm rooms in the late morning and early afternoon, when the sun's rays are strongest. When the sun starts to set, use heavy winter drapes on your windows to help trap the warmth inside.
Just as you might give your car a tune-up once a year to make sure it is running at peak performance, calling in a company like Air Control home services to give your heat pump system a complete inspection can help ensure it runs correctly all year long. A system that runs efficiently may help heat your old home more quickly and lower your energy bills. This kind of preventative service may also catch issues with your furnace that could lead to more serious breakdowns when you need it to work the most.
The charm and beauty of an older home is hard to resist, but it often comes with several heating concerns. However, the more heating tips you collect, the more time and money you can save.


Journey through the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Experience the unique culture of each country as well as the similarities which make them a true ―Nordic Delight!
Short on time, but want to experience the famous natural beauty of Norway? This 3-day independent package includes two nights in Bergen as well as a full day of sightseeing along the Oslo/Bergen and Flåm Railways, a fjord cruise and a thrilling bus ride on the Stalheim Road.
We enjoyed the beauty and people of Norway. Our tour was well planned and we saw many wonderful sights in Southeast Norway.
Brekke Tours is the way to see Norway. Never a dull moment with magnificent views and places of interest. Top notch Tour!
Norway is a country of amazing beauty, very friendly people and great food. Brekke Tours provided an experience of a lifetime in my tour of this most memorable country.
Spectacular Norway was spectacular. From scenery to hotels, the tour was new and exciting each day.
The tour was exactly as described – nothing missing. The tour director was awesome and fun and knowledgeable.
We all commented that the tours were the right length of and we had time to test and do things on our own without feeling rushed.
Our hopes and dreams to experience Norway were fulfilled by Brekke Tours & Travel. Our tour was exceptional in every way.
Outstanding tour director, first class bus travel, absolute beauty of the country and it's culture.
Well-thought out tour – visited many places in a short time. Pace of tour just fine – balanced one night/two night stays.
From our initial contacts to the careful work Mr.Brekke did in researching where the family grandparents had immigrated from and making the arrangements for a guide for that part of the trip; to Kim who made the arrangements for the extra day in Oslo, taking care of the airline tickets, and answering questions-to the other staff members who provided assistance, it was all super. Brekke Tours provide an excellent opportunity to see Norway and the selection of an excellent tour guide and bus driver who makes the trip fantastic from the beginning to the end. Participants feel they had the best of the best!
We considered it the trip of a lifetime! Brekke staff certainly knows how to put on a great tour -- with a skillful tour bus driver, good guides, and docents at each stop, and most of all, a peerless trip guide and a kind and knowledgeable person to boot! The lodgings and outstanding food were only to dream about!
Family connection worth the trip!
What a wonderful vacation. Everything was planned for us—we didn't have to think about accommodations, modes of transportation, or meals. Brekke did an excellent job of making this a full experience of Norway (and for us Iceland). Everyone we encountered was helpful in making this the most memorable trip in my life thus far.
For most people, a trip to Norway is a once-in- a lifetime experience so it might as well be done right; Brekke does Spectacular Norway right!
What is the Swedish Krona?
Sweden has not adopted the Euro (yet). Swedish kronor (currency code: SEK) have been the currency of Sweden since the 19th century. The plural is kronor and one krona is divided into 100 öre.
An adapter (which changes the physical plug) and/or converter (which changes the electric current) are necessary if you plan to use an appliance (curling iron, flat iron, rollers, etc.) in Scandinavia. Please note, if your appliance has dual voltage you may still need an adapter for the plug.


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Costa del Este es una localidad argentina ubicada en la provincia de Buenos Aires, perteneciente al partido de La Costa. Es una villa turística y balnearia, ubicada a orillas del océano Atlántico. Limita con Mar del Tuyú al norte y Aguas Verdes al sur.

Población

Cuenta con , incluida en la población de Mar del Tuyú. Se la incluye dentro del aglomerado Santa Teresita - Mar del Tuyú con una población de  y representando un marcado incremento del 68,1% respecto a los  del censo anterior.

Historia

El balneario fue fundado en 1966, cuando todavía era un lugar desértico. Son considerados fundadores los señores Fidel A. Zabalo, Emilio Doura y Marcelino Grizutti, quienes compraron las tierras a la familia Duhau.
La fijación de médanos y caminos se hicieron sin cambiar el relieve ondulado y suave. Para ellos se plantaron diversas especies arbóreas, como tamariscos y acacias, formando una duna densamente forestada. Más tarde se agregaron eucaliptos, varias especies de pinos, álamos y sauces. Desde entonces se la conoció como La playa del millón de pinos.
Gracias al trabajo forestal que se llevó a cabo, el pueblo está densamente forestado. Las calles son en su mayoría de arena, aunque las importantes están asfaltadas. No por casualidad, las mismas llevan nombres de especies de árboles o flores. Cabe señalar que el encargado de dirigir la forestación inicialmente fue el técnico forestal Arnaldo Félix Esquivel y por indicación del señor Doura esbozó el proyecto en el balneario uruguayo Punta del Este, así como también estuvo a cargo del vivero de San Clemente del Tuyú, dado que allí los pinos se desarrollaban más rápido y fue quien colocó el nombre a las calles. Originalmente se trató de un barrio cerrado que al no contar con el número crítico necesario de propietarios capaces de sostener con su aporte la infraestructura básica, en asamblea de vecinos optaron por municipalizar el desarrollo urbanístico pasando a ser un barrio abierto manteniendo ciertas características y reglamentaciones que garantizan una arquitectura agreste y distintiva

Atractivos turísticos

Estas playas tienen arenas muy finas, con restos de conchillas y están protegidas por las dunas. En bajamar miden aproximadamente 80 m de ancho, reduciéndose las crecientes.

Estatua de Cristo

En la rotonda de acceso se encuentra emplazada la «Estatua de Cristo», realizada en mármol de Carrara por el pintor y escultor Raúl Podestá. Representa a Jesucristo crucificado, con María Magdalena a sus pies. La obra data de 1944 y tiene cinco metros de alto, fue donada por los fundadores de la ciudad.

Es una zona agreste donde se conservan médanos con pinocha y cortaderas o colas de zorro autóctonas.

Punta de Lago Hoy Rincon del Lago

«Punta del Lago» era un recreo que cuenta con un lago artificial, diseñado inicialmente como receptor del agua de lluvia sus grandes dimensiones, alojan peces típicos  de lagunas como la tararira, hasta el año 2015 contaba con parrillas y una granja de animales regionales y domésticos. Actualmente la familia propietaria ha destinado el área a una reserva natural privada, implantando mediante una planificación profesional especies nativas autóctonas del litoral bonaerense, talas espinillos y otros que producen en un vivero propio para garantizar el desarrollo de un entorno natural que re instale la flora y la fauna autóctona. Durante 2022 se inauguró un apart y spa, con instalaciones bio climáticas, y se desarrolló un sendero para caminatas de contemplación y avistajes.
También aloja la bicicletería del bosquemar y muy pronto un vistro de cocina silvestre.
El establecimiento integra la ruta de la yerba mate y orienta su propuesta a servicios prémium para parejas.
Está ubicado en las Lilas 455.

Club Hípico del bosque

En Punta del Lago se realizan cabalgatas guiadas, nocturnas y diurnas y cuenta con una Escuela de Equitación.

Restos del «Barco de la galleta»

Los restos del naufragio de «Barco de la galleta». Se supone que era una embarcación de cargas y descargas. Según una versión, debe su nombre a como los lugareños llamaban a un médano forestado alrededor del año 1945 por Arturo D'Elía, ubicado cerca del naufragio. Para llegar al lugar, conviene hacerlo desde Mar del Tuyú por la Avda. Costanera hacia el sur.

La Virgen de los pobres

Se halla emplazada en la intersección de la Avenida 1 y la Playa.

Galería de imágenes

Véase también

 Partido de La Costa
 Turismo en Argentina

Referencias
Costa del Este

Balnearios de la provincia de Buenos Aires
Localidades del partido de La Costa
Localidades rurales de Buenos Aires

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Only some years in the past, Japanese trend was top-of-the-line kept secrets in menswear. Whereas all three designers are identified for groundbreaking Eighties gender impartial collections, in right this moment's avenue style scene we see them worn more by men than women. The other 30% of Haruno's stock are one-of-a-form items from Yamazaki's personal punk-inspired brand Anti (as in Anti-fast fashion).
There have been formal and casual connections among virtually all of the Japanese designers in Paris, some by way of faculty networks and others by way of professional networks. Fujita was on the lookout for somewhere unencumbered by the luggage that comes with Harajuku", Koenji", Shimokitazawa", or different similarly branded style districts.
Nonetheless, the shop is a contemporary example of the distinctive remixing of types that occurs on the streets of Tokyo. Never Mind the XU has prepared the ground in making Korean designers like Extra Than Dope, Open The Door, and AnotherYouth hot with trendy highschool age Harajuku-ites.
The duo behind ANDYKEY were in the same lessons at Bunka Trend School and Bunka Vogue Graduate College (BFGU) for six years earlier than launching their very own label. The classic style — which has no catchy title but — appears to be like like super colourful grandma trend worn by cutely styled young Japanese ladies.
Our site features the most up to date details about Japanese style shops, designers and developments straight from the streets. After the first era Japanese designers, different Japanese were flocking to Paris one after another. For that to occur, it might seemingly want a name and at least one in style vogue icon often wearing the fashion.


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em Nachikatsuura, província de Wakayama, Japão, é uma das quedas d'água mais conhecidas do Japão. Com uma queda de 133 metros (e 13 metros de largura), ela é a queda d'água mais alta do país, com uma queda ininterrupta única, embora as cataratas mais altas com múltiplas quedas sejam as Cataratas de Hannoki com 497 m (sazonal) e as Cataratas de Shomyo com 350 m (o ano todo).

Há duas pedras no topo das cataratas que são os kamis guardiões das quedas e do templo xintoísta. Havia também um templo budista lá que foi destruído durante a Restauração Meiji (final do século XIX). Muitos shugenja e amantes já se jogaram do topo das cataratas acreditando que eles renasceriam no paraíso de Kannon. No início de todas as manhãs os sacerdores xintoístas fazem oferendas para as quedas de água em um ritual silencioso. Em 1918, um monte sutra foi escavado na base da cachoeira e encontrou-se muitos artefatos arqueológicos importantes, incluindo estátuas, espelhos, altares e cilindos sutra. Esses artigos atualmente são exibidos no  Ryuhoden ("Salão do Tesouro"), localizado próximo ao Pagode Sanjūdō (o pagode de três andares). Esses montes sutra foram criados por sacerdotes em tempos de guerra para esconder seu tesouro mas também muitos foram enterrando desta forma como um resultado da crença de que o fim do mundo estaria para acontecer no início do século X.

O Kumano Nachi Taisha abrigaria o kami chamado Hiryū Gongen, sendo parte dos "Locais Sagrados e Rotas de Peregrinação nos Montes Kii" e patrimônio mundial da UNESCO.

Ver também
 Turismo no Japão

Notas

Ligações externas
 Japan Guide (em inglês)
 Tanabe City Kumano Tourism Bureau (em inglês)
 Nachi-Katsuura Town Tourism Association (em inglês)

Nachi
Wakayama


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Remembering Legendary Rock Icon Vince Fontaine (Aug. 2, 1959 - Jan. 11, 2022)
"The gift of a sunrise..." These words from my late client and friend the legendary rock icon Vince Fontaine are the first that come to my mind every morning. On Monday, January 10, just one day before he died of a heart attack on Tuesday, January 11, he sent me this photo, with a caption: "About 30 minutes ago. Lovely morning, a bit chilly -24 (Celsius)." I don't know how this started but it got to be that every morning we would compare weather temperatures, me on the US east coast and Vince in Winnipeg, "the center of Turtle Island," as he always would tell people. And about an hour after the weather check-in, even on weekends, I could always expect a text as he was on his way to get his daily morning coffee from Tim's (those of you in the U.S., who don't know "Tim's," that's a Canadian restaurant chain, Tim Horton's…). It was during this time that we typically had our daily phone meetings, with short- and long-term strategies and plans carefully laid out for his various projects. He would say, "I know you're at your laptop and taking notes." I have dozens of pages of detailed notes from our daily conversations.
I don't know if there is anything I can possibly say about Vince that hasn't been said before and much more eloquently especially by those who were close to him for many years. I was his Publicist for a little less than a year, starting in early 2021, but I had known of his reputation and his music for years. My dear friend Jennifer Robin, a fellow radio producer from northern California, started everything in motion with Vince and me after she featured him on her weekly radio program, "Resilience Radio" on KVMR 89.3 FM in northern California. I complimented Vince on social media about his interview. I was surprised when he reached out and asked me if I would I consider being his publicist.
I jumped at the opportunity and immediately accepted. Contracting with a new client usually takes some negotiation time but with Vince it was different. He signed a contract with my agency right away, and we were off and running. He immediately connected me with Maria Urso, who is a talented photographer, videographer and video and editor (many of the photographs and videos of Vince and his bands are Maria's), graphic design (she designed the beautiful CD covers of Eagle & Hawk's 2019 "Liberty" album and, most recently, the cover of "Code Red") and was social media manager for Rising Sun Productions and all of Vince's projects. Introducing Maria to me and insisting that we work closely together remains one of Vince's greatest gifts to me, as Maria has become a truly wonderful and treasured friend. (Photo of my beautiful friend Maria Urso. Photo courtesy Maria Urso.)
During the past year, there were many successes culminating with the November release of his Indian City band's 4th album, "Code Red." There were a lot of plans being laid for 2022, including one for a U.S. tour of either Eagle & Hawk or Indian City – or both. He was eager to reconnect with his fans here in the U.S. — and he had so many. He was a legend in Canada for many years, of course. But he was also extremely well-known, respected and loved in the U.S. When we talked, he impressed me with his vast knowledge of U.S. history and politics and, especially, Indigenous history. He felt a closeness to the U.S., because his father was an American citizen and Vince spent some of his younger years in Clinton, Iowa. In fact, at the end of 2021, we received word that he had received a grant from the Canada Council on the Arts — a proposal that I had written for him to compose up to 40 minutes of new music inspired by the life of his father Henry Charles Fontaine, a WWII veteran and prisoner of war. He was so proud of his father and wanted the world to know his extraordinary story. I knew when we submitted the proposal that it would be successful because it was such an amazing and inspirational story and with Vince's talent as a composer the proposal would be a winner.
Vince wasn't sure because he said there was so much competition. I am so sorry that he didn't live to see this project realized. (Photo of Vince's father Henry Charles Fontaine, courtesy Vince Fontaine)
There were other grant successes, as well, throughout the year, including a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council for a project called "Red Thunderbird Man," a body of original music that would represent his inspiration and conviction to define and strengthen his Ojibwe identity as Rising Red Thunderbird Man. It was planned to be an opportunity for him to reflect on his life and ancestry and revisit all that has transpired with a new sense of purpose. Other grants made it possible for the promotion and marketing of "Code Red."
There was still so much more to do with the "Code Red" CD that we discussed needed to happen in 2022 and Vince, as usual, was filled with ideas. I promised I would do whatever I could and do whatever he asked to make it a success. More reviews, more radio airplay, gigs (in the U.S., in particular) and more visibility overall.
I really miss his daily texts, which always started out with "Good day." Or "Hello, quick call?" And occasionally he'd text a photo of his cup of coffee at Tim's or some scene from his morning walks (after a big snowfall late last year, he texted a photo: "Stuck bus…" on Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg). These photo greetings were common and would often make me laugh, always a good start to the day.
After Vince's death, we found out that Eagle & Hawk has been nominated for six Native American Music Awards! He would have been so happy and proud!
And on Saturday, February 19, a single from "Code Red," a beautiful song titled, "ForGiving," with lead vocals by the amazing Don Amero, reached #1 Canada's Indigenous Music Countdown. Even now I can hear him chiding me not to talk about my hope that the band's singles would reach #1. He would always say "to even get to the top 5 is an honour …and I would be happy with that…"
I miss you, Vince Fontaine. You were more than my client. You were my friend and because we are both Ojibwe, a relative. We had a contract at the time of your death and that contract continues to connect me to you. I will always be your Publicist and do what I can to keep your memory and legacy alive.
My Two Hours with Malcolm Burn on "The Long Way Around" on Radio Kingston, March 6, 2022
Congratulations to Adam Piron — New Director of Sundance Institute's Indigenous program!
Resilience Radio on KVMR 89.3 FM, Nevada City, CA Features Eagle & Hawk Frontman Vince Fontaine
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