where I am very curious.. or am curious to return to is your critique (well taken.. much WANTED) of how I did mountain ranges. I looked back over my maps.. and the one I liked the least and was going to go back to was the one that sounds like you might think I did best. At some point I do want to return to that subject and discuss modeling mountain ranges.
oh yeah.. all things being equal Robin.. I really wish I had paid more attention to what you were doing when I started this or hadn't started till our interest in Glantri overlapped. As I said, you are far better/knowledgeable at this than I am but it simply too late for me to go back and change things. Take Wylon.. i LOVE your non linear (for lack of a better word) dominion borders. Yes I did notice how you tied borders on natural features, like the rivers, much MUCH more natural than standard dominion border. However to go back and change things.. considering I've done roughly half or more of Glantri already... and that took a lot of time. I'd never be able to move forward if I went back haha. So one change obviously from mine to yours will be keeping the standard rote dominion borders I established with my maps from the very beginning.
I absolutely understand the love for detail and variation...it so livens up the area.
But then I need sharp pictures...for the links thus far don't give me usable sourced material that can be dowloaded sharp.
You may also mail me the maps directly if so desired on my gmail. np.
understandable. to redo everything is ...ouch.. to much work.
I have often wondered the best way to show them on these maps. Show them all.. just the important ones... but very often none of them are important. I have leaned, but never did, towards showing all the villages on the map.
Take a hill hex in Wylon. approxmiately 280 people live in a 8 mile square area. Villages are gatherings of population from what 50 people on up to that point where a village becomes a town. None of the domioins supported a 'town' sized settlement. But in reality there could be a quite a few valliages. Take for example that some player out there really likes this map of Wylon and thinks Threshold is road kill man and thinks.. hey.. I'll base my starting party there. Wouldn't it be best to have a near complete presentation of the dominon. Granted not every one has to be detailed in my writeups.. oh this village.. a farming village.. .this one? oh that is a farming village. oh that one? HAH! that is a mining village!
Perhaps I might want to consider showing ALL the settlements above a certain threshold hold. We can name them, names are easy, but only the important ones get put into the dominion write up.
so say what.. 50% of the population is urban, the other half rural... you might see what 2 villages per 8 mile hex on the wylon map. One in the mountains. That I might revisit with the maps I've already done.
Robin wrote: I absolutely understand the love for detail and variation...it so livens up the area.
it is at this point, honestly Robin for something that I am the likely the only one that will actually use the things. I am a perfectionist no doubt, but a sane rational one. If there was real interest in others using them, yeah, I would in a heart beat. This whole project was a creative release and a ton of fun, and damn educational. The quickest way to ruin it is to make it 'work'.
here is the dropbox link to my hexographer files and very large map images. The only one that might not be in there is the Upper Vesubian, it wasn't, so just uploaded it.
if for whatever reason the link or the images don't work for you.. let me know..
You have a very few real Cities on Mystara, including Glantri city...which on a 1 mile hex map would cover 1 hex for the inner city and 3 to 5 for the outer city, this due the vastness of population in ramshackle structures in the Norther (NW to E) outskirts,and the lack of high rising buildings. The same to Thyatis, which would cover an area of 10-15 1 mile hexes.just to name 2.
I use the canon Cities, towns and villages, and added Hamlets to the row. Cities have over 100.000 inhabitants, towns over 10.000, villages over 100. You could add large villages at 1000-5000 in between. Hamlets are rarely more than 50 inhabitants.
I then added those settlements listed in Your and other's descriptions as best as I could while befitting sociocultural behavioral...there is always a reason why a settlement chooses a location, mostly these are geological or biological (aka. agricultural) sometimes these are sociocultural created by war, commerce, produce (plant/geological/animal)and faith. War and commerce are ordained again by the routes the geological andd biological barriers create, and thus most locations seem very logical. Some(especially in a magical and immortal influenced world are chosen by faith or available magic and chosen as this.
Reflecting this to the Redstone area. After merging the maps you saw I noticed a familiar round shap resembling proof of an ancient meteor impact. Combining canon and RL together I this came to the conclusion the Center area mountain is actually the remaining red stone meteor...thus possibly metal...which is an important ore, and thus would reasonably place a settlement nearby. as this grows in number, more ground is needed for food production and thus more settlements arise following the geo-biological variations of the area.
This 5D thinking of me on a map or area makes the map alive, like I did with The Broken Lands and thus the bordering Glantrian/Darokin areas (http://pandius.com/Broken_Lands_East.png all by using geomorphologyhttp://breathofmystara.blogspot.nl/2016 ... overy.htmlbased on all canon AND fanon sources glued together. This is what it makes an area alive...and I even delved into the future as you'll be seeing soon in the new Threshold .
The problem with Mystara mountains is twofold. You would imagine tectonic plate movement...but then you forget that Mystara is a living planet , with a cellular structure. Some of thes cells, rotate, tilt, rise or sink, this causes mountains and plateaus (of which there seem to be a lot). Even if tectonic vast areas would move together , fold over or against eachother along the whole line the tectonic plates touch, as long as the rotation underneath through the magma core pushes the tectonic plates (and in RL these are like the peel of boiled milk still on the milk, push that either side and you'll get "mountains". In the case of Mystara you have cellular structures. Each cell has a function, like in any organism. NW glantri seems to have a lot of volcanoes (either dead, sleeping or active or even eroded away (following the PC4 wherewolf map, where many, really many dead or living or eroded volcanoes can be located)) This would imply the region was damaged earlier (and this could be millions of years ago). Like a pebble thrown in the milk layers, if the milk still is hot, new fat will fill the holes, the holes being the damage, and the milk the magma/volcanoes, the combined effect the creation /reshaping of the surface area into a mountanous region.
Secondly I thought about your display/mapping of a lot of singular mountains together with a small line of hills inbetween. This not only deems illogical, but in either tectonic or cellular opinion would deem impossible. At best the hills in between would slowly rise, come together at many points and thus combine as a vast single mountain chain. This would affect erosion by water/weather and each valley would have a stream/creak that flows down from the glaciers, recollected rainwater, and collected water into springs,until the water streams recombine into rivers and/or lakes. This is the reason I created Alpine meadows to differentiate the altitudial differences of the hilly terrain before going over into mountain terrain.
The only pok-marked mountain (this is how I call your current style of mountain making) solutions I could find in biology is a disease boiling from underneath, or a vast scab pushed up by new material from below. Both could in theory result in more singular mountains, but even then the areas in between will combine together at many points and succumb to the same erosion we have in RL. I can try to explain more if needed.
Either way, your work is awesome, and if it needs some changes, these should be minor touchups.
btw...I can't find volcanoes on your Nouvelle Averoigne map even though PC 4 displays them. Forgot them?. you did however place volcanic broken lands.
Btw the maps I could now (with continuous going back and forth from and away your link) download and are fine.
I'll give you a 4th draft of the Redstone map tomorrow. with some adjustments to the mountainchain Silver Sierras.. but it is a bit late here (2300) and tomorrow I have to do some work before more D&D joy.
so to bed I go.
To the vast empty area between Redstone, Wylon, Blackhill, on the map thus far I can use any input btw.
I also remove some minor flaws from the Broken Lands map West before and the one after meteor as that is my goal to finish this before this years New Year on the 21st december.
Thanks for the advice Robin. I want to fix the Upper Vesubian. I was quite proud of that map, and conversely so disappointed when I blew the mountains.. ..sky high.
I tried to post a picture of it.. but it was too big. Updated what I have done so far in the dropbox folder. Doesn't look like a did much but I did. The tedious work marking off dominion and Free Territory borders.
oh and one last thing about the mountains and take your time Robin. I'm one of those lollygaggers who never got with the times. I don't have a smart phone, tablet, just got a GPS last year and still have my dented and scuffed flip phone so I'm not usually around online during the week nor get much work done.
The map I thought I had really blown was the Sablestone map.. when you have a moment...if you can do me a favor and take a looksie at that. The differences are striking. I thought I had undermodeled it, yet if I am reading you correctly, I may have done the better job with that one. Let me know what you think of that.
micky wrote: oh and one last thing about the mountains and take your time Robin. I'm one of those lollygaggers who never got with the times. I don't have a smart phone, tablet, just got a GPS last year and still have my dented and scuffed flip phone so I'm not usually around online during the week nor get much work done.
It is cool...it makes the area even more alive and changing, according nature...something we forget, a world is ALWAYS slowly irrivocally inevicably changing.
I know of the Glantri City expansion map...it was unfinished, but really cool, continue to do so. maybe trying a vast hex overlay of 1 mile hexes according the map, OR...remap the whole city inside a single 8 mile map... ...yes I know I am mad .
Another tip that popped up in my head; Simply lay your hand flat on the table. The hand is the mountain the table the flat lands and inbetween the valleys that slowly rise up to the mountain. This is a common mountin and usable anywhere.
I have seen it. If copying my map take care to place it all on the same locations..this can be tricky sometimes. Best do the hexes first, secondly water and later add the details later (like settlements, roads, trails, crystals, monsters, etc) and then names. This to prevent ommisions and flaws.
To Sablestone...I am gonna explore it.. critizize it...make addon/improvement suggestions where needed.
btw I still work on an old pentium 3 PC, have a Nokia 3310, no ipad, no techwhatever, as it does not bring me anything I need. i caclulate on my old school calculator, or my oldSlide ruler and my personal library holds 40 meters of books if placed side to side(i've never counted them ). I've learned survival and used that in my homeless period to survive. I can work/survive with alnost nothing, I don't need those gadgets, that people seem to grown so addictifly upon. I fail and those people can't function no more and panic runs in...non not with me.
I still have a question about Swurtins...I had placed it somewhat NW of Wylon, but on your Redstone map it is SW of it instead, within the Silver Sierras free province.
Or do you have other solutions on this matter?
As to the Southern Free Province...this is very very fragmented, with Nathrat, Soth-Kabree in between. Politically it could indeed belong to one single province, but in effect the section North of Soth-Kabree would either be more reliable be controlled by either Blackhill or Soth-Kabree, while the section West of Nathrat would be 99% uncontrolled and part of the Silver Sierra free Province. The only "controlled" area would be around camp/later ford Huledain from Soth-Kabree unto Darokin, from the Cliff of the Broken Lands to Nathrat. The region to become Ritternour is also not much under control. There seems to be a geological change happening... as in 1014 AC it has several small lakes.
In the canon Great Crater after 1007 AC this can be explained by pressure and pressurized relocation of water.
In your non-meteor case this can only logically be explained by a similar reason, but a different cause. The best cause to solve this is that the lavatunnels underneath Nathrat, that some of these (maybe even dead magma chambers) were filled with water over ages and that new volcanic activity underneath Nathrat presses this towards future Ritternour. However, this would then be visible (measurable) before in 1000 AC as the hills seem to bulge somewhat before the water is released.
In the canon Great Crater version this happens much faster and within a single year. Eitherway the first water breaks through in 1008AC and the last lakes open on 1010AC.
In either case this is an interesting active geological area.
2 created altitude by creating mountain ridges, iced mountains and iced mountain ridges, and Alpine Meadows (this will be expanded).
I could not stop my blundering storm of Ideas and created the following story for Redstone.
The Legend of Redstone Valley. As Told by Paramion the Scribe during a lecture for the young lords and ladies of Redstone nobility.
Within the vastness of the Silver Sierras a now well-known witch had settled, in a large valley with a lake created by molten snow. She is as thin as a skeleton, her nose is so long that would rattle against the ceiling of any hut, a beak full of rotten teeth, but sharp as a dagger. Long slender arms with clawlike nails, and a skin so caked with dirt it almost appeared green. Her name was unknown in those days. But she was known even before the Rain of Fire, as Baba Yaga.
When she appeared, a wild wind began to blow, the trees around creaked and groaned and leaves whirled through the air. Shrieking and wailing, a host of dead Blackmoor spirits accompanied her on her way.
Being a somewhat secretive lady, (in spite of all the din she makes,) she swept away all traces of herself with a broom made of silver birch (what are brooms for anyway?). Amongst her other servants, were three bodiless and somewhat menacing pairs of hands, which appearred out of thin air to do her bidding.
The Childred listened in pure silence, their young eyes and ears wide open to engulf the story.
Upon the Burning embers of Blackmoor bones, within her enormous kettle she mixed a Solid Cloud, Clumps of the Invisible Moon, Essence of Death and Stars of Winter, then seasoned it with Bird, Pelican and dust of an Earth Elemental Ruler. Stirred it with a totem she first used on her self as a phallic item.
She spoke; "Jeza jeza jězě jezinka jędza iaga engti ingti ingas inca ekki"
What was her goal in this dangerous experiment, we will never know, for she failed in her attempt. It was disturbed by a daring fighter hereby sent by Baba Yaga earlier twice. Again he requested the questions asked before; " "Fie, fie," she said, "the Human smell was never heard of nor caught sight of here, but it has come by itself. Are you here of your own free will or by compulsion, my good youth?" "Largely of my own free will, and twice as much by compulsion! Do you know, Baba Yaga, where lies the thrice tenth kingdom?" "No, I do not". Baba Yaga whet her teeth and desires to consume the Fighter. The Fighter saw three horns lying on the table, and as he was foretold, he grabbed them. The first he blew softly, the second louder, and the third louder yet. This causes birds of all sorts to arrived and swarmed the hut. One of the birds was a Phoenix, a firebird, which told him to hop on its back or Baba Yaga would eat him. He did so and the Baba Yaga rushed him and grabbed the firebird by its tail. The firebird left with the fighter on its back, leaving Baba Yaga behind with a fist full of firebird feathers. She followed them within her giant Pestle, blasting one spell after another. Whole mountains were scarrred in the pursuit with terrible blasts of magical power (and thus came the valleys of the Silver Sierras to be). But then the kettle that was forgotten on the burning Blackmoor embers blew up, and flew to the sky. Around the stars, over the moon it flew and then returned, with a vast speed it penetrated the field of Power over the Planet and slammed into the Ground a few miles north of the valley, which such enormous power the mountains there were shattered. All that remained was a vast cauldron-like valley and in the middle within the iron of the huge kettle which onto this day can be found as a large iron Rock rusted Red. What further became of either Hero or Baba Yaga is lost in time, but woe who returned to her site of casting that spell....he or she would surely find power and doom.
What do we learn from this tale?...Never ever disturb a witch!!
The frightened children were awed by the story, and eagerly dived with their books, instead riding out to the south, where the Valley Häxa Pannadal (which actually means the Witches Cauldron Valley) can be accessed by the Gate of Kostianaya Noga ("Bony Leg" an ancient epithet of Baba Yaga).
not done much but added some hexes here and there, improved the Amsorak Coastline, added a few mountain and other names.
Mnt. Kratern Asikte (Translation; Mnt. Craterview) From here a wide unobstructed view of the redstone valley is at best.
Mnt. Sotberg (Translation Mount Soot) Turned black by volcanic soot.
Vulkanberg (Translation; Volcano mountain)...up to this day Phoenix birds nest within this region and can be seen hunting regularly. A gate to the Elemental Plane of Fire is suggested to exist there.
Gate of Kostianaya Noga (Translation;Gate of the Bony Leg). The old glacial valley which hides many sources of magic.
Robin wrote: I could not stop my blundering storm of Ideas and created the following story for Redstone.
love it... but do think we already had a Baba Yaga archtype already placed by fandom up in the Wendarians. IIRC (it was done by the GPD and was written in with the 'mysterious' birth of Princess Juliana).
very nice.. much better than mine. I'll be translating that to the larger map.
Robin wrote: I still have a question about Swurtins...I had placed it somewhat NW of Wylon, but on your Redstone map it is SW of it instead, within the Silver Sierras free province.
yes.. that is where Swurtens came from! See the Silver Sierra Free Province writeup. It can change of course, but the original writeup had it in the mountains around Wylon, thus I placed it to south and west of it.
My writeup is likely easier changed than the map. It is not a problem nor of any specific importance. If you let me know what to change it to.. I can change my document Swurtins to something else.
As to the Southern Free Province...this is very very fragmented, with Nathrat, Soth-Kabree in between. Politically it could indeed belong to one single province, but in effect the section North of Soth-Kabree would either be more reliable be controlled by either Blackhill or Soth-Kabree, while the section West of Nathrat would be 99% uncontrolled and part of the Silver Sierra free Province.
that is one reason it was considered an armpit assignment within the Glantrian bureaucracy (ranked 15th out of the 21 in terms of prestige).. even before Thar's invasion. It sort of is a mutt region whose only real importance was of being a buffer to the broken lands. One could consider it an area where the only laws that count are those enforced by the sword or spell.. sort of a kindler and gentler Broken Lands lmao... the one area of real frontier wilderness within Glantri itself.
The only "controlled" area would be around camp/later ford Huledain from Soth-Kabree unto Darokin, from the Cliff of the Broken Lands to Nathrat. The region to become Ritternour is also not much under control. There seems to be a geological change happening... as in 1014 AC it has several small lakes.
agreed.. pre war .. only around Huledain was there any real civilization and again, it served more as a military province (though still civilian administered). After the war it did gain somewhat in stature and the establishment of the border barony (Rittenour IMC) should help stimulate trade and again.. provide greater Glantrian control over the population and resources of those hills.
We now need a new name for the village I called Swurtins before.
As you see it has a small pasage trail on the NW and it can use the Trail to Wylon.
This is a source I slightly adjusted fitting in the region, with map, and came out wonderfully.
As to the Redstone Legend. Nice you liked this brainstorm story.
I assume Baba Yaga had/has her fingers in many pots and cauldrons, and in many shapes and guises. In my Breath of Mystara Blog she'll soon make her appearance too in the explanation of the wonders of the Streel River. Ethengar and Glantri seem to have some interest for her.
Eitherway it is a nice local "explanation" for the crater shape of the region. Surely some of the story will be truth, others just mixed up and gossip. One thing is sure. Some large metal object slammed into the region very long ago, leaving a large section of iron-ore in the middle which to this day is used to mine Meteorite iron see here. it was probably viewed by the rare humans/humanoids living in the region, which coincided with Baba Yaga being active in the region. Maybe she was responsible for conjuring the meteor, or just prophecied it, intending to make use. The main garbled rest of the story is indeed gossip, fear-mongering, ignorance and stupidity...just to explain natural features they could not explain then.
I'll Try to fill in the region between Redstone and the Red River towards Blackhill first now, but I'll leave out names. I just focus now on the socio-cultural changes caused by geological and ecological basics available. This will be draft 6. According to your info the region is not over populatated, more on the sparse, but agriculture and farming is done where possible. according to GKoM /Gaz3 I can place some additional locations. further it is mainly suggesting along these lines.
i'll keep draft 5 handy, if you're not content, to easily change where needed.
just keep me informed if you have some input in the region.
I am slowly catching up to you. I've Blackhill. Our scales are a bit off due to different courses of the river but all in all it fit fairly well. I will likely be adding more villages. Normally I show 3 per Principality 8 mile hex in clear hexes. It is a very settled area. Likely putting at least 2 villages per hilly hex. Of course on my map most of those will be ruined.. and there will be some deforestation due to Thar using Blackhill as his breakbasket and main source of supply for his jaunt into the heart of Glantri. The area has only really just started to recover in the time frame covered by this map.
Blackhill is indeed populated more. Hence I placed more hamlets than in other regions. You could easily place more hamlets or change existing ones into small villages.
Don't forget to look at my 1014 map where I caused Synn to take over the North in an attempt to raise/enlage Blackhill.http://sta.sh/025tofi26nug I know it holds the Great crater effect, but might give you some ideas.
As I am still working on the map, some minor changes might come forth from earlier drafts on the bordering regions, but I will now concentrate on the middle region first.
Nice you like the map thus far.
oh yeah.. speaking of Rivers.... big mistake on my maps. Corrected it on this current one but need to go back to all teh other ones. Especially the upper Vesubian and change the actual widths of the rivers. Most rivers are half a mile mininum in width. Larger ones.. are a mile.. 2.. perhaps 3 miles wide as the Vesubian likely would as it approached Glantri City.. to say nothing of how wide it might be after the Isoile drops into it.
I'll be curious to look at your Nyra map to see how wide you made the river Robin. For the time being though.. I did substantially increased the width of the Red River from my map... definitely making it more akin to your map.
^ I'll take a looksie at the map Robin.. I don't think I've seen that one yet.
two things for you on Redstone Robin... does that lake thingie on the Red River have a name... and that south western hex of Redstone is a hill hex.. do you think perhaps you might have oversold the clear hexes there??? Scale that up to a 8 sq mile hex.. it would be a clear hex in my estimation. Your call of course.. but I think it could use more hills.
I also think the barren hills South should have some more trees (pine I think), but as this region is more wind instead fluvial(water) erosion prone, thus less minerals to feed upon are available. yet still the wetter sections should have some more vegetation, don't you agree?(purple lines), the orange lines I am unsure if they should have forest or not, one way not resembles your map more, one way yes it deems more natural, and sociocultural realistic.
no new work on the current map this week. Just going back over older maps and firming up the New Averoigne map since that touches the Sablestone, Upper Vesubian and the in-progress Red-Arnus River maps. My mountain areas needed a lot of work and took Robin's feedback to heart and am MUCH more pleased with with I have now.
Also starting the Flausseflammes writeup, as the first of the long delayed New Averoignian write-ups, but that means finally reconciling the Dragonlord books to the already establishing canfandom which seems to have ignored the consequences of the Dragonlord books. A lot of outerworlders are in Glantri, I had hoped to pass them off to a previously existing canon monster class but I should have known better after all the years of fancanon that there were no openings to slide one of those into an outerworlder slot.
I did do a spot re-reader of the applicable section of the Dragonlord series to this problem. The only specific details given any of them, other than being 'non-human' was of course the Dragon-kin natives that inhabited that wasted world that Thelyvyn visisited. They might work as one of the various groups of those that settled in the new world post Overlord.. but I don't like the feel of it.. and I need at lesat two groups of outerworlders. Gullavians and Highlanders so if I have to create one.. might as well create two if the first doesn't 'feel' right.


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Daniel Heuer Fernandes, né le  à Bochum en Allemagne, est un footballeur germano-portugais qui évolue au poste de gardien de but au Hambourg SV.

Carrière

En club

Daniel Heuer Fernandes signe au SV Darmstadt 98 lors de l'été 2016.

En sélection

Il participe à l'Euro espoirs 2015 avec l'équipe du Portugal espoirs, en tant que deuxième gardien.

Statistiques

Palmarès
Il remporte la Niedersachsenpokal en 2015 avec le VfL Osnabrück. La même année, il est finaliste de l'Euro espoirs avec l'équipe du Portugal.

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Footballeur portugais
Footballeur allemand
Joueur du VfL Osnabrück
Joueur du SC Paderborn 07
Joueur du SV Darmstadt 98
Joueur du Hambourg SV
Naissance en novembre 1992
Naissance à Bochum

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Q: having trouble opening solution in source safe I am trying to open a solution file in source safe 6.0d in Visual Studio 2005 (no service packs installed) and I get the Conversion Wizard saying it was created in a previous version.
So I try to open it up in 2003 sp1 and it says it was created with a newer version of visual studio?
Is there a way to tell what version of Visual Studio is in Source Safe?
Any ideas?

A: Look in the .sln file. Starting with VS2005, the second line has an identifying tag, such as '# Visual Studio 2005'
Each project file also has a 'ProductVersion' attribute. My guess would be that some projects within the solution have already been converted to a newer version.

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CORTS, CARLOS
U18 Unicaja Malaga 5 Guard
Height: 1.82 Born: 3 April, 1997 Nationality: Spain
2014-15 ANGT STATISTICS
Totals 7 6 164:34 67 20/42 6/22 9/10 3 17 20 19 16 24 0 3 13 20 63
Averages 7 6 23:30 9.6 47.6% 27.3% 90% 0.4 2.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 3.4 0 0.4 1.9 2.9 9
U18 Rome
13 * at U18 Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 22:51 9 3/6 1/4 1 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 4 5
14 * vs U18 Zalgiris Kaunas 16:48 11 2/5 1/1 4/4 1 1 2 3 6 2 10
15 * at U18 Spars Sarajevo 24:12 2 1/7 0/5 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 -4
3 Totals 63:51 22 6/18 2/10 4/4 2 4 6 8 7 11 0 2 6 7 11
Average 21:17 7.3 33.3% 20% 100% 0.7 1.3 2 2.7 2.29 3.7 0 0.7 2 2.29 3.7
1 * at U18 Virtus Bologna 18:59 10 5/7 0/1 2 2 2 2 1 1 9
2 * vs U18 Armani Junior Milan 22:07 12 4/7 1/5 1/2 3 3 4 5 1 4 19
2 vs U18 Spars Sarajevo 28:49 19 4/6 3/4 2/2 1 7 8 6 1 6 1 2 4 26
3 * at U18 Stellazzurra Basketball Academy Rome 30:48 4 1/4 0/2 2/2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 -2
4 Totals 100:43 45 14/24 4/12 5/6 1 13 14 11 9 13 0 1 7 13 52
Average 25:10 11.3 58.3% 33.3% 83.3% 0.3 3.3 3.5 2.8 2.29 3.3 0 0.3 1.8 3.3 13
2014-15 ANGT individual rankings
#1 in Free throw % (100%)
#6 in Steals (7)
#9 in Turnovers (11)
#10 in Games Started (3)
#12 in Blocks against (2)
#13 in Assists (8)
#17 in Assist-turnover ratio (72.7%)
#17 in Games Played (3)
#19 in 3-pointers attempted (10)
#21 in Field goals attempted (28)
#4 in Assists (11)
#6 in Blocks against (1)
#10 in Field goals made (18)
#11 in 2-pointers made (14)
#13 in Index Rating (52)
#14 in Points (45)
#15 in 3-pointers made (4)
#17 in Free throw % (83.3%)
#18 in Defensive Rebounds (13)
#18 in Field goal % (50%)
#19 in True Shooting % (50%)
#22 in 3-point % (33.3%)
#23 in Minutes Played (100:43)
Index rating 26 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 12/28/2014
Points 19 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 12/28/2014
Offensive rebounds 1 U18 SPARS SARAJEVO vs. U18 UNICAJA MALAGA 5/16/2015
Defensive rebounds 7 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 12/28/2014
Total rebounds 8 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 12/28/2014
Assists 6 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 SPARS SARAJEVO 12/28/2014
Steals 5 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 ARMANI JUNIOR MILAN 12/28/2014
Blocks 1 U18 UNICAJA MALAGA vs. U18 Joventut Badalona 1/4/2014
Minutes 30 U18 STELLAZZURRA ROME vs. U18 UNICAJA MALAGA 12/29/2014
2013-14 IJT Unicaja Malaga 5 26 5.2 1/2 50 6/12 50 6/8 75 5 1 6 1
2014-15 U18 Unicaja Malaga 7 67 9.6 20/42 47.6 6/22 27.3 9/10 90 20 16 19 0
Totals 12 93 7.8 21/44 47.7 12/34 35.3 15/18 83.3 25 17 25 1
Averages 12 93 7.8 21/44 47.7 12/34 35.3 15/18 83.3 2.1 1.4 2.1 0.1


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Global wine consumption recovers from pandemic-hit 2020, but remains down on 2019
By Rachel Arthur
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Related tags Wine
Global wine consumption edged up in 2021 with the reopening of the on-trade: although consumption trends vary greatly between regions.
Global wine consumption for 2021 is estimated at 236mhl, marking an increase of 0.7% on 2020 volumes, according to figures released by international wine organisation OIV.
This represents a slight uptick on a downward trend that has marked the industry since 2018, although volumes remain down on pre-pandemic 2019's figure of 260mhl.
The latest global wine production figures from the OIV can also be found here.
EU consumers cut back on wine
The EU, with a wine consumption estimate of 114 mhl, accounts for 48% of the world consumption. This figure is 3% higher than the level estimated in the pandemic-stricken year of 2020 - where the industry recorded consumption of 110.5 mhl, one of the lowest volumes recorded ever - and brings the EU wine consumption back to its last ten-year average.
But the EU's share of global wine consumption has significantly decreased since 2000, when it was estimated at 59%.
"This is the combined effect of the rise of new markets in the world and an overall reduction of wine consumption in traditional producing countries within the EU, which today in total consume about 20 mhl less than in 2000 (-15%)," notes the OIV.
Within the EU, France is the largest consumer (and the second largest in the world behind the US) with around 25.2mhl consumed in 2021. As a market that relies heavily on the HoReCa channel, 2021 saw volumes grow 8.6% on 2020. However, volumes were also up 2% on pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Italy, the second largest market in the EU and third at world level, had an estimated wine consumption of 24.2 mhl in 2021, a level in line with 2020. This is the highest wine consumption level recorded in Italy since the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008.
Maintaining its position of 3rd largest consumer within the EU (and 4th at world level), Germany recorded a level of 19.8 mhl in 2021 (down 0.2% on 2020).
Spain also increased its wine consumption volume in 2021, reaching 10.5 mhl (up 9.9% on 2020), a figure in line with its pre-pandemic average levels.
Similarly, countries like Romania (4.0 mhl, +4.6%), Netherlands (3.8 mhl, +3.4%), Austria (2.4 mhl, +2.3%), and Czech Republic (2.3 mhl, +11.9%), all showed an increase in their wine consumption levels in 2021.
However, declines against 2020 and against five year averages were seen in Portugal (4.6 mhl, -0.6% on 2020), Belgium (2.5 mhl, -4.1%), Greece (2.2 mhl, -0.4%), and Sweden (2.1 mhl, -0.3%) were also seen.
In contrast to many other countries, the UK proved to be a resilient wine market in 2020 and shows a similar volume of wine consumption in 2021, estimated at 13.4 mhl (3.4% higher than its last five-year average).
Russia's wine consumption is estimated at 10.5 mhl, with a rise of 2% compared to 2020. This is the fourth consecutive year of growth recorded in Russia.
The US remains the largest wine consuming country in the world according to the 2021 figures: making up 14% of the world's wine market. 2021 consumption of 33mhl was in line with 2020.
"Over the last three years, the US has proven to be a resilient market, notwithstanding trade-related tensions with some EU countries and the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic," notes OIV.
Chinese wine consumption declines continue
In Asia, China's 2021 wine consumption is expected to have come in at around 10.5 mhl, accounting for a 15% drop with respect to 2020. Although this is an early estimate, it follows the expected downward trend observed in the industry since 2018, which has had a knock-on effect on global consumption figures.
"This steep decline reflects the rapidly declining demand after a boom in wine consumption that saw its peak in 2017, with a decline of more than 9 mhl," notes the OIV.
"The downfall in Chinese consumption since then is causing a significant impact in driving down world consumption."
The second highest consuming country in Asia is Japan, which is estimated to have a wine consumption level in 2021 of 3.3 mhl (down 5.4% on 2020).
Southern hemisphere markets
In South America, the wine industry's fortunes vary dramatically between neighbours Argentina and Brazil.
In Argentina, with 8.4 mhl in 2021, wine consumption has decreased by 11.1% with respect to 2020, a year that saw an increase in consumption even amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Argentina's wine consumption shows a clear downward trend since the beginning of this century, a decline accentuated by the reduced purchasing power of consumers because of the economic turmoil and currency devaluation facing the country.
"On the contrary, Brazil, second largest market in South America, with a level of 4.1 mhl in 2021, has increased its consumption by 1.2% with respect to 2020, reaching a record-high since 2000. This boom in wine consumption in the last two years could be due to a change in wine consumption patterns during the pandemic, shifting Brazil's demand for wine to a higher level."
In South Africa, reconciling from the restriction of the lockdown in 2020, where local sales of alcohol were banned for 14 weeks, estimated consumption in 2021 is 4.0 mhl, an increase of 27.5% compared to 2020. However, this level is still 5.3% lower than its last five-years average.
In Australia, tenth market in the world by volume, 2021 wine consumption is estimated at 5.9 mhl, only slightly higher than its 2020 level (+0.3%), but 7.9% higher than its last five-year average. This level is the highest consumption ever recorded in Australia.
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The growth of organic wine: 'We have gone from curiosity-based consumption to structural consumption'


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Q: FormRequest method to ignore null field upon validation in L5.4 I've a Form Request with this rule:
"password" => "confirmed"

This solution works well in L5.3 because the rule itself has a bug, if you pass two empty fields like
"password" => "",
"password_confirmation" => ""

they will be validated because both are empty strings ("").
Even though this is a bug, I guess, it's fine in a certain degree because my application does other checks after the request anyway but in L5.4 every empty fields are converted to null and the "confirmed" rule alone does not work anymore because of the new middleware.
I tried:
"password" => "sometimes|confirmed"

but it does not work because the key exists.
My question is simple:

Is there a validation rule that works similar to sometimes but it checks nullable values instead?

I would like to keep the middleware though.

A: Use the nullable validation rule.
https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/validation#rule-nullable


Broken Relationship, How It Happens?
There are happy stories where couples renew their vow by year end but there are also sad story if 2016 is a rocky journey often with misunderstanding. I came across a case where couple married for 4 years ended up in a divorce when one party is having an affair.


Good morning customer, how may I help you?
If you've ever gone to get a takeaway drink from Starbucks, you're probably aware that they like to take your name and write it on the cup. If you're someone whose name is even vaguely unusual or uncommon, you're probably also aware of how infuriating it is when the poor barista mangles your name when trying to write it on the side. "Why do they even bother?", you may have thought in such situations.
Whilst not entirely related to coffee shops, Anna Kristina Hultgren of the Open University looked into the politeness strategies of people working in call centres. Her aim was to compare the best practices with the actual interactions that call centre agents do. In particular, she noted an increasing trend of using vocatives – that exact trait where people constantly call you by your name – and considered how this could be accounted for.
Customer service was originally defined as being a "face-to-face" interaction, which orientated around what the customer desired from it, and the server's obligation to fulfil the customer's wishes. As Hultgren notes, the rise of call centres has changed this somewhat, along with what she calls the rationalisation of customer service interactions. This involves them being efficient, predictable, controlled, and calculable. (So yes, when you're ringing up to query your phone bill and the person on the other end sounds like a robot, it is because they have to follow these four principles.) However, this still needs to be balanced with the fairly basic task of treating the caller like a human being. So how does this work?
Madam, much as I would LOVE to spend another hour hearing about how your geraniums are doing, can you please just tell me what is wrong with your bill?
Hultgren looked at one particular call centre in Scotland, which specialised in pensions. She looked at the manuals that were provided to agents on training, and then researched the working practices of the call centre. This included on-site observations of the agents at work, a corpus of 79 call centre transactions, and interviews with call agents as well as their managers. Hultgren looked at 21 different rules that applied to the customer service interactions, dividing them into transactional rules (ones which focused on the call being efficient and saving money) and interactional rules (ones which focused on the customer care element).
Naturally, given the rationalisation of the interactions, Hultgren found that, where the opportunity arose, transactional rules took priority. Of the interactional rules, the ones that were most frequently used were the aforementioned vocatives – giving the customer a "verbal handshake" by asking for their name, and then using it regularly throughout the interaction.
Why is this? Some of the other interactional rules included small talk and personalised greetings. The problem with small talk is the possibility that the agent will lose control of the conversation, and risk being too inefficient. Meanwhile, personalising greetings requires a lot of effort on the part of the agent, which they may not be able to expend when they have targets to meet. However, there is still the requirement to personalise the call, and the easiest way to do this is to use the customer's name. Therefore, the use of vocatives sticks.
Hultgren theorises that this shows a new politeness strategy, called rationalised politeness, which has emerged from the economic, social and technological conditions of such interactions. When the overall goal is to make money, and the lack of face-to-face communication constricts the personal aspect of the conversation, there are limited ways for agents to engage with the customers.
It remains to be seen how much further this new form of politeness will spread. But if you're annoyed with Starbucks getting your name wrong every time, consider that you may well have to get used to it – this trend seems to be here to stay.
Hultgren, Anna Kristina (2017). Vocatives as rationalized politeness: Theoretical insights from emerging norms in call centre service encounters. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 21(1), 90-111.


Cybermoor (the UK's first broadband community co-op) was set up in 2003 to develop digital services and tackle issues around digital connectivity.
Testbed for innovative new web services and devices in rural areas.
Supporting other communities in securing better broadband services.
Many rural communities experience poor broadband services and lack the expertise to have the it improved. Cybermoor has worked with communities in the most sparsely populated parts of the UK, identifying innovative technical solutions and commercial models for broadband. The team not only advises communities, but has successfully built fibre and wireless rural broadband networks. Using community assets can significantly reduce the cost of delivering a new broadband service to a village and Cybermoor has demonstrated through its work with the government's market test pilots. Combining community development, financial and technical expertise, Cybermoor is able to deliver bespoke plans for communities that have been left out of plans by purely commercial operators.


Whether for health or environmental reasons, the number of people in the UK opting to follow a vegan lifestyle has soared - there are now an estimated one million vegans. In response to this popularity, vegan food has become more accessible, higher in quality and better value for money. Whether you're new to veganism and looking to experiment with healthy and environmentally-friendly alternatives to your favourite foods, or a seasoned vegan, this book is sure to inspire your dishes and tantalise your tastebuds. However you choose to eat, the key to a satisfying diet is variety, and with 200 mouth-watering recipes, you'll never be short of inspiration, and you can easily make vegan food a regular part of your life. From quick snacks and light lunches to decadent dinner party delights, Hamlyn All Colour: 200 Vegan Recipes is every vegan's essential new kitchen companion.


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Category: Celebs
This category is for all celebrities stuff, celebrity upskills, and biographies
TJ Rauel January 21, 2023
Nomhle Nkonyeni, a South African actress who worked in movies like Of Good Report and television shows like Mzansi, Tsha Tsha, and the 2007 miniseries…
Molobane Mbatha (born 18 April) is a South African actress best known for numerous roles across the South African screen. She can be seen in…
Tsepo Doncabe is a bright young South African actor. He was born in 2007 and will be 15 years old in 2022. Doncabe is well…
Liza van Deventer (born 23 December 1992) is a South African actress and professional dancer. She has been acting for quite a while, with training…
Prince Magoai is a South African actor, performer and creative artist. He was born 1997, age 25 years old as of 2022. The actor is…
A more complete biography of Samuel Medupe and his personal life
Samuel Medupe (born 12 January 1974) is a South African actor famous for playing Fly in the famous Ring of lies. However, he more recently…
The full biographical details of Thobile Silindane
Thobile Silindane is a South African entrepreneur, actress, dancer, model, and voice actress.She is best known for the role of Masechaba on ETV SoapOpera scandal…
A full biography of actress and animal activist Mayuri Naidu
Mayuri Naidu (born 16 February) is a South African actress and writer. Best known for her starring role as Dhananjay "Dhanny" Rangila in the SABC3…
The rare biography of Lihleli Toni from Isono
Lihleli Tini (15 August 1994) is a South African actor best known for his starring role as Asanda in the 1Magic drama series Grassroots. And…
10 South African actors who were arrested
Sometimes we take actors too personal when they portray villainous characters as thugs or gansters. We end up thinking they are real life Tsotsis or…


Mizu is the original outdoor lifestyle water bottle brand. Dedicated to reducing single-use plastic, Mizu is on a mission to put a reusable water bottle in every hand by creating products with a brand story active people can connect with. Given our own affinity for getting outside and reducing waste, we help support their efforts every step of the way through various mediums.


The United Nations believes there could be enough water to meet the world's growing needs, but only if we find a better way to make the most of every drop. One way to do this is to think about water in terms of the circular economy – keeping water within social or industrial systems for as long as possible and simultaneously extracting additional value from it.
"If you manage to treat and reuse wastewater, and extract useful materials and energy, like nutrients that could become fertilisers for agriculture, or added-value compounds for the chemical industry – you are both protecting the environment and shielding your cities and industries (from water scarcity)," said Dr. Makropoulos.
The technologies at all ten sites use water in ways that reduce the amount that needs to be extracted and therefore enhances regional resilience against water scarcity. Most of these solutions were developed prior to NextGen's inception, but the project is helping to refine and advance the technology while also showcasing their potential on a bigger, more commercial stage.
"In each site we demonstrate a different set up that closes the cycle in terms of energy, water or resources, or sometimes a combination of all three," said Dr. Makropoulos. "Part of the ambition here is to use these sites as living labs, in other words as spaces where people – like schools, regional authorities or municipalities, or businesses – can visit and understand how they work."
These 'living labs' are also a tool to help regulators see the need to change legislation, added Dr. Makropoulos. Outdated definitions and regulations of waste are currently standing in the way of some resources extracted from wastewater entering the market or becoming cost-competitive.
"Not many countries have circular economy strategies and the ones that do are still figuring out how actions can trickle down to planning on the ground," she said.
"The approach to water has been that it will always be there and we don't need to think about it when enlarging a city," said Schiavi, who is also the project coordinator of Project Ô, which aims to demonstrate different technologies and approaches to circular water management. "But that's not true anymore."
"We are trying to act on the contaminants close to the source of the contamination because they are concentrated enough to be effectively treated," said Schiavi.
"The best way to prevent waste is not to generate it and that's the same approach we want to create with wastewater," said Schiavi.


As your motorhome may sit dormant for several months of the year, it is necessary to take steps to prevent its tyres from becoming damaged or deteriorating prematurely. Motorhome tyre care is therefore very important.
First of all look out for any obvious signs of age deterioration, such as sidewall cracking and carcass deformation. Also pay particular attention to the tread depth. Motorhome tyres, like all car and light commercial tyres, are legally required to have a minimum of 1.6mm tread depth. However, in the interests of safety it is advisable to replace them well before they reach this legal limit.
There are some simple steps you can take to prevent early deterioration of your motorhome tyres. For instance, consider covering the tyres to shield them from direct sunlight and, if possible, relieve the weight by jacking the vehicle up. If you cannot jack the vehicle up you can help prevent pressure damage by turning the tyres occasionally to prevent flat surfaces forming.
Making sure its tyres are set to the correct pressure is an essential part of motorhome care and vital for the safety and stability of your vehicle. Incorrectly inflated tyres not only offer reduced handling capabilities and increased chances of a blowout but also wear out more quickly, increasing the vehicle's fuel consumption and costing you extra money.
The correct inflation pressure for your motorhome tyres can be found in your vehicle handbook. Tyre pressure should only be checked and adjusted, if necessary, when the tyres are cold. Never reduce pressures when the tyres are warm, because they could become too low when the tyres cool down. This also applies to the spare tyre. Here the pressure should be set at the maximum required for your vehicle.
After suffering a puncture it is always important to pull over and assess the damage. The use of pre-puncture sealant is not recommended by tyre manufacturers as a permanent repair since it is not in line with BS AU 159 safety standards. However, a post-puncture sealant may serve a useful purpose in an emergency when its use can enable the driver to move the vehicle to a safer location.
etyres offer a puncture repair service and will always try to repair a puncture before replacing the tyre if it is safe and legal to do so. If you do suffer a puncture call our National Sales Team on 0800 028 9000 to discuss your requirements.
When your motorhome tyre comes into contact with solid objects, such as kerbs, the force can cause the plies in the tyre sidewall to delaminate. The effects of such delamination can sometimes be seen in the form of bubbles below the tyre surface, caused by air escaping between the plies. When cornering, motorhomes can have a load factor of up to three tonnes, so it is not surprising that sidewall impacts can easily cause irreparable damage and result in dangerous blowouts.
For more information about motorhome tyre care or to order motorhome tyres, call our National Sales Team on 0800 028 9000. You can also use the search tool above to search online for tyres for your motorhome.


As kitchens strengthen their right to the title, having dethroned the living room as the brand new heart of homes, kitchen reworking continues to be among the many most popular and beneficial home improvement tasks there may be. When undertaking such residence enchancment, one of many main options that is largely concerned is the cabinetry. The walls aren't plumb in any respect, so will probably be very difficult to line up these cabinets and to verify they're stage and plumb. Wall mounted cabinets are recommended for small bogs. It has been my experience that many owners consider that because the toilet is among the smallest rooms in the house will probably be inexpensive and less complicated to remodel.
These in all probability are the fastest and best addition to your reworking undertaking. A high tip for your kitchen remodel concepts is to utilize all-round image simulation software so that you simply see your kitchen plan realized as if you stand within the middle and switch full circle.
Cabinetry, partitions, and flooring in lighter tones will add visible space. Usually occasions the crack may have been avoided by simply selecting an applicable flooring tile. MyHome New York is a team of transforming consultants, designers, and professional tradesman are skilled at bringing your kitchen reworking ideas to life.
Buying a bathroom with a low tank takes up less visual space and compact toilets go away more room, however as with every small rest room reworking project, use these strategies to find a bathroom that is each stylish and suits in the room.
After all, when designing and constructing an outdoor kitchen, appliances must be applicable for out of doors use, and heating and electrical issues will have to be addressed. Contemplate the cooking space form you want before beginning on small kitchen remodeling.


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Fairfield Glade
This 12,500-acre community on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau encompasses five championship golf courses, 11 lakes for boating and fishing, marinas, fitness, tennis and equestrian centers. Homes and Townhomes are priced from $70,000 to $1 million+; Lots from $5,000 to $300,000. Read More...
Fredonia Mountain Nature Resort
Dunlap, Tennessee
This gated mountain community in East Tennessee features a selection of custom homes on large homesites with pasture, creek, forest, bluff, and lake views. Amenities include a lodge-style clubhouse, nature trails, parks, and stocked lakes and ponds for fishing. Downtown Dunlap, healthcare, and golf courses are just minutes away. Homes priced from $200,000 to $1.3 million; lots from $7,000 to $200,000. Read More...
Jasper Highlands
Land for sale at Jasper Highlands ranges from small acreage homesites to large acreage properties suitable for mini-farms or equestrian estates. The community features long-range views overlooking the Tennessee River west of Chattanooga. Land prices range from $41,900 to $500,000, with new homes from $300,000 to over $500,000. Read More...
Lakeside Coves
Located on Watts Bar Lake, this is a true lakefront community, with all lots situated directly on the shoreline of the 39,000-acre Watts Bar Lake and ability to build individual docks. Residents enjoy fishing and water sports on-site, with the attractions of Knoxville and Chattanooga nearby. Lots are priced from $84,900 to $249,900. Read More...
Norton Creek Mountain Preserve
Featuring mountain estates in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, this luxury gated community is 6 minutes from the excitement of downtown Gatlinburg. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy the recreational amenities of neighboring Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and fly fishing in the nationally ranked Norton Creek. Lots priced from $150,000 to $450,000. Read More...
Vonore, Tennessee
Set in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, this private golf and equestrian community is located on a scenic peninsula with 10 miles of shoreline along Lake Tellico in East Tennessee. Amenities include 18 holes of championship golf, an equestrian center with 10 miles of riding trails, clubhouse, swim & tennis club, activity center and private boat docks. Lots priced from $19,900 to $595,000; Condos and Homes from $139,900 to $2.8 million. Read More...
Loudon, Tennessee
Situated along 40 miles of shoreline on Tellico Lake, this community offers year-round championship golf, lakefront views from almost every lot, and an active Yacht and Country Club. Located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with easy access to Knoxville, Gatlinburg, and Pigeon Forge. Lots priced from $3,800 to $500,000; Townhomes and Homes from $130,000 to $1.5 million. Read More...
Lenoir City, Tennessee
WindRiver is a gated lakefront and golf course community on Tellico Lake in East Tennessee. Carefully built among rolling hillsides and gently sloping shoreline, the community offers a range of lakefront, lake view and wooded home sites. Lots are priced from the mid $100,000s to $1 million+; Homes and Cottages are priced from the high $300,000s to $3 million+. Read More...
Boot Ranch
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Talisker Club
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Governor's Land at Two Rivers
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Kingsmill on the James
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Potomac Shores
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Port Ludlow, Washington
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Tumble Creek at Suncadia
Cle Elum, Washington
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White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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Herb Gould
Peaceful Ballyliffin holds a pair of scenic aces
Ballyliffin clubhouse presides over an inviting 36 holes and a few sheep.
As we headed off to Ballyliffin, our journey was about to change in many ways.
Not only had Royal Portrush concluded the Northern Ireland phase of our visit.
The weather, which had been so cooperative during our first week in Ireland, was about to become far less predictable, with rain elbowing out the largely sunny periods we had enjoyed.
In addition, we were heading off the beaten path—from popular top-100 must-plays such as Royal County Down and Royal Portrush—to some enticing but remote links in County Donegal, on the northwestern edge of the Republic of Ireland.
Ballyliffin is the northern-most golf course in Ireland, not far from Malin Head, the northern tip of the island.
It's all about the golf up here. And the golf is all about the wind.
The 60-mile drive, southwest to Derry and then back up the Inishowen Peninsula to Ballyliffin, took about 90 minutes. As we approached, we could see the large, modern clubhouse, an attractive building with a comfortable pub/restaurant upstairs that offers gorgous views of the stately links and surrounding countryside.
Ballyliffin has two courses. Its "Old Course'' opened in 1973 on linksland where golf had been played for decades before that. Nick Faldo supervised a 2004 bunker renovation.
In 1995, the club added its Glashedy Course, named after the Glashedy Rock that is Ballyliffin's version of the Ailsa Craig that sits offshore from Turnberry. It was designed by Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock.
No. 7 on Ballyliffin's Glashedy Links is a tricky downhill par-3.
There's an old saying that "One golf course is a golf course. Two golf courses is a destination.''
That's certainly the case at Ballyliffin. Barely a mile from the clubhouse is the town of Ballyliffin, which has several comfortable hotels as well as B&Bs.
With so many things to see in the north of Ireland, we budgeted two nights in Ballyliffin. A longer stay, however, would make for an enjoyable and relaxing golf holiday.
The Ballyliffin Lodge, where we stayed, had an excellent dining room, pool and spa, and attractive packages.
The golf did not disappoint. Both courses are excellent links that complement one another.
The Old Links, which we played first, is a fun, old-school layout with bumpy fairways and smallish greens, and with pot bunkers and fescue-laden dunes to be avoided.
The Glashedy Links is a bigger golf experience. Its fairways are wider and smoother, its large greens are an accessible concession to the ever-present wind.
Both were fun and challenging.
"Both golf courses are a step back in time,'' general manager John Farren said.
No matter how promising the weather when you tee off, it's always good. . .
. . . to have raingear handy in Ireland.
When the rain started coming down toward the end of our front nine on the Old Links, we opted to wait out the storm in the pub before resuming.
One of the many appeals of a remote links like Ballyliffin is that you can take it at your own pace. Fortified by a pint and some excellent seafood chowder, we resumed our game.
Another appeal of Ballyliffin is its solitude. The 36 holes of the two courses rise a bit to high dunes at a point farthest from the clubhouse, but Ballyliffin's layout rises gently in most places, providing excellent sightlines of the course, Pollan Bay, Glashedy Rock, the village of Ballyliffin, grazing sheep and the hills beyond.
In other words, it's a peaceful, scenic golfing experience.
A couple of purists I know had been more taken with the Old Links, but Liz and I also were impressed with the Glashedy Links.
Although it's a bigger golf course, it's a fun challenge for players of all skill levels. There are few, if any, places on either course where the demands are overwhelming at Ballyliffin—and yet, both courses are demanding.
"Two brilliant golf courses, on a spectacular piece of land,'' said Rory McIlroy, who's a big fan. "Ballyliffin should be on everyone's list.''
The dilemma of golf in Scotland and Ireland is that we Americans tend to want to experience as many of their wonderful links as we can, especially on the most publicized, highly ranked courses.
I was thinking about this when we encountered a group of 16 New Zealanders who were touring around Ireland together. Their bus driver described an itinerary that hit virtually all the biggest names in Irish golf, both north and south.
Recalling how Liz and I had had difficulty picking and choosing a mere northern route, I was impressed and boggled.
One of these times, we're hoping to narrow the field, choose a spot or two to really settle in, and relax and enjoy.
Which is a long way of saying, Ballyliffin would be a very peaceful place to spend more time. And the golf there would not get old.
For more information, visit the website, http://www.ballyliffingolfclub.com/
Please click on photos for an enlarged view.
TOPICS: Courses and Travel, Golf, Ireland, Irish golf, Lifestyle, Travel
ABOUT: Herb Gould
Herb Gould's historical novel, `The Run Don't Count: The Life and Times of Frank Chance and His 1908 Chicago Cubs,' was published recently. A longtime Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter, Herb is a co-founder of TMGcollegesports.com, an in-depth and off-beat national college football website, along with Chris Dufresne (LA Times), Mark Blaudschun (Boston Globe) and Tony Barnhart (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). He remains a contributor of golf and college-sports commentary at the Sun-Times. Herb also is the author of Victory March, an account of Notre Dame's 1988 national championship, and has written for many sports outlets, including ESPN.com, Lindy's football and basketball annuals, Chicagoland Golf and other golf publications.
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Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts Newspaper
Proposal for Acorn Street Security Gate Under Advisement
by Dan Murphy • November 25, 2020 • 0 Comments
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission took the proposed installation of a security gate on Acorn Street under advisement at its monthly meeting last week, which took place virtually on Nov. 19, although the commissioners agreed that the applicant would first need to bring their plan to the city's Public Improvement Commission before they can make a determination on the matter.
William Young, a consultant for the Acorn Street Association, which represents 18 homeowners, as well a longtime former employee of the Boston Landmarks Commission, provided the specifics of the gate proposal, which aims to temper the heavy pedestrian-traffic on Acorn Street that has increased dramatically in recent years, apparently due to the location's popularity on Instagram and other social media, along with the increased trash, safety and noise issues that have come along with it.
A conceptual rendering of one option for the security gate proposed for Acorn Street.
"The picturesque view has become problematic because of Instagram popularizing people taking 'selfies,'" said Young, who added that the street has also frequently become the site of professional fashion and bridal photo-shoots. "It's really become a bedeviling problem experienced by residents of Acorn Street."
A recent independent survey commissioned by the applicant estimated that 2,000 visitors came to Acorn Street over the course of a weekend in late September or early October, said Tom Palmer, a public-relations consultant, with some arriving as early before 6 a.m. or as late as after midnight.
Additionally, no-trespassing signage, which was installed earlier this year, with the Architectural Commission's approval to eliminate public access to Acorn Street, Young said, had subsequently been "cheerfully disregarded and considered another quaint feature of Acorn Street."
Young also maintained that "gates across private ways are extremely numerous in the neighborhood, some more distinguished than others," and that installing a gate on Acorn Street would be an "architecturally appropriate means of keeping [it] from being loved to death."
Rob Whitney, chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association board of directors, said installing the gate on a private way would set a "terrible" precedent for the neighborhood, and that the applicant was "premature" in coming to the Architectural Commission before bringing the matter first to the Public Improvement Commission.
"And this is just the first round. My guess is they fully intend to come back to the next meeting with the gate proposal," Whiney said.
In a letter dated Nov. 18 that was obtained by this publication, Chris Osgood, chair of the Public Improvement Commission, wrote in part to the Architectural Commission: "Acorn Street is listed in the City's Street Book as a private way. Due to this listing, emergency response personnel reasonably expect it to be open and immediately accessible at all times for emergency vehicle access. Should the owners of any private way wish to close their street, the street must be formally Abandoned through the City's Public Improvement Commission (PIC). This involves, among other things, a title opinion showing the ownership of the private way, unanimous consent by all property owners to abandon the private way, a review of any existing utility infrastructure located on or under the street, prior approval by a number of City agencies, and public hearings before the PIC, which, in this case, would inevitably include broad comments from the public given the historic nature of this street."
Commissioner Miguel Rosales recommended that the applicant return to the Architectural Commission following the PIC process "because we don't know if [it] is going to be successful or not," and if the application does in fact move forward with the application, he advised them to keep the design of the gate simple.
In another matter related to a violation issued to the homeowner of 4 Otis Place for unapproved exterior work, the commission voted to ratify a new railing installed at the street level, pending the submission of drawings to staff; new fire apparatus, pending a letter of approval from the Boston Fire Department; and an existing sprinkler system. But the commission also voted to deny the four windows that were installed in the penthouse without approval, and to instead only allow two of them, as was the original condition.
In addition, the applicant has installed inappropriate windows, a camera, an electrical outlet and several vents in the brick building façade, which must be rectified to comply with the commission's guidelines in order for the existing violation to be lifted. Other items that would need to be corrected, and which were voted on in the hearing last month, include modifying the front granite steps to remove an inconsistent flamed-finished and reducing the height of the penthouse by at least 2 feet. The extensive number of outstanding violations must be rectified prior to issuing a legal certificate of occupancy by the city's Inspectional Services Department, according to the commission.
Another violation citation was issued to the homeowner of 30 Chestnut Street (who also owns 4 Otis Place) for the unapproved removal of historic windows on the front and rear facades; the commission voted to ratify the work with the provisos that all replacement windows have a weight system and use historic glass, and that they be fabricated in wood to include true divided-lights. The homeowner would additionally be required to prepare shop drawings of all removed windows and submit them to staff for approval.
The commission also approved another application for the same address (30 Chestnut St.) to rebuild an existing chimney using hollow-core bricks, with provisos that staff approve the brick material and color, and that only matching ceramic chimney-caps are installed.
In another matter, the commission approved as submitted an application to install a new blade sign made of wood and using the existing hardware outside ouimillie, a store located at 126 Charles St. that specializes in European fashion, jewelry and decor.
The commission also approved an application to replace the front door and hardware, which included a 2¼-inch brass doorknob, as well as brass hinges and a brass mail-slot, at 24 Garden St. with the provisos that the new door be solid, without transom-windows and painted black.
Additionally, the commission approved as submitted an application for 55 West Cedar St. to replace 18 thermo-pane windows on the front façade, to paint the basement-level window grates and to repaint the front and rear doors and trim in kind, with the proviso that window cut-sheets and specs be submitted to staff for approval, and that items to be painted match the existing colors in-kind.
An application to replace 20 pairs of window shutters on two adjoining buildings at 45-47 Mount Vernon St. was also approved as submitted, with a change in color from the existing dark-green to black.
Likewise, the commission approved an application to replace two basement-level windows in kind at 104 Mount Vernon St., with provisos that the applicant provide a letter stating that the windows are beyond repair from an expert in the field, and that the applicant submit cut-sheets and shop drawings of the new windows to staff for approval.
The commission also approved an application for 74 Beacon St. to repair a leak in the rooftop pool, and to remove and replace the roof-deck and railing in-kind, with a proviso that if there is an issue with the prior approval of the railing, which is visible from a public way, as well as from the Boston Common and the Public Garden, it would come back to the commission for further review.
An application for 10 Walnut St. to replace a section of the front sidewalk made of blue bluestone slab with a section of wire-cut brick (a material which has been approved by the city for usage), and to add granite curbing was approved, with the proviso that the bluestone slabs be replaced in kind. (Use of wire-cut bricks was deemed unacceptable, since the bluestone is several decades old, and therefore, the commission insisted that the original material be preserved.)
The commission voted to approve an application for 20 West Cedar Street to replace windows and front-door hardware in kind, and to repaint the front-door dark blue, with the provisos that the proposed white door-surround be change to a historically appropriate white-color, and that a new ring camera be enclosed in a brass box to conceal it. The applicant will also be allowed to replace a pendant light fixture and house number, but not to install privacy glass in the existing door's clear glass "side-lites," which should remain as is.
The commission also voted to deny an application for 22 Irving St. to replace four two-over-two wood windows with four two-over-two aluminum-clad windows, since those types of windows don't comply with the established district guidelines.
Moreover, an application to install a bronze memorial plaque on the front façade at 63 Mount Vernon St. was removed from the agenda at the applicant's request, while an application to repaint the front door in-kind, to replace the door hardware and to replace a light fixture in-kind at 3 Sentry Hill Place was also removed because it was determined to be not visible from a public way and therefore exempt.
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They're at it again. Behringer is dropping yet another new synth on the market. This time, however, it's not a clone of a previous classic. Instead, it's a new design called the Neutron.
Killer sounds with a look to match, the Neutron marks a departure from Behringer's obsession with homage to the classics of yesteryear and focuses on a fresh, semi-modular design.
The new beast is a desktop synth, with two oscillators and a 56 point patch bay to slake the player's thirst for modular manipulation. It has onboard effects like overdrive and delay, features like sample and hold and an LFO.
In recent times, the company has focused its efforts on producing clones of classic synths from the likes of Moog and Oberheim. Yet, they also have recent form in original synths like the Deepmind 12, which has been widely popular.
One thing Behringer is definitely famous for is keeping the cost of the products in a very consumer friendly ball park and even teased plans to build a $49 synth. And while the Neutron probably won't land in that price bracket, it's sure to be competitive.


Sen. Maria Cantwell has a giant mural of Mount Rainier in her conference room. Rep. Derek Kilmer's office has a ton of Star Wars memorabilia. Rep. Denny Heck's office features a large portrait of Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. looking down over the room. And all the members of Washington state's congressional delegation are working incredibly hard and are not getting enough sleep.
The physical and emotional toll of their jobs is quite apparent when you meet them up close and personal. I learned all this — and more! — when I traveled to the other Washington last week.
I was joining several other trustees of The Nature Conservancy in Washington and more than 200 trustees from all 50 states and around the world at the Conservancy's annual Volunteer Leadership Summit. The best part of the summit was Advocacy Day, where we had a chance to use our voices for nature on Capitol Hill.
We met with both Sens. Cantwell and Patty Murray and with four of our members in the House of Representatives: Reps. Kilmer, Heck, Pramila Jayapal and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Though our day was packed, ours were just six of the nearly 300 meetings that were held across Washington, D.C., as part of Advocacy Day. We were a big group from Washington state: myself, board chair Kate Janeway, Byron Bishop, Greg Moga, Mike Schaefer and Diani Taylor, joined by staff members Cathy Baker, Mo McBroom and Brittany Gallagher from our Government Relations team and State Director Mike Stevens.
There was a lot to talk about this year. We thanked our delegation for supporting the recent fire funding fix, which helps the U.S. Forest Service fight the increasing number of wildfires without pillaging money from trails and other essential programs.
Next up was the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which was set up 50 years ago to direct a small portion of oil and gas royalty revenue into protecting nature: wilderness land, trails, parks and recreation, and much more. This landmark law has been critical to our state's beautiful natural areas and recreation opportunities in every part of the state. The law is set to expire this year. We urged our representatives and senators to work toward permanently reauthorizing the LWCF and ensuring that it is funded at a robust level.
Back at the Volunteer Leadership Summit, we learned about the state of the Conservancy from CEO Mark Tercek and from our youngest trustee (just 24 years old) from New York on what drew a city kid like her to nature.
At breakfast, I got a chance to hear about the great work that our newest international chapter is doing in India to help clean up New Delhi's choking air pollution by helping upwind farmers switch from burning crop residue to improved tilling and seeding methods. And in the hallway, I ran into Alex Wegman, who is using cutting-edge remote-sensing technology to enable scientists from all over the world do great science at the Conservancy's Palmyra research station without needing to be physically on the atoll.
Overall it was an incredible experience for me as a first-time Advocacy Day participant. The scope and scale of the Nature Conservancy's work around the world is breathtaking, and I'm incredibly proud to play a small part of it.


Amos Oz represents the perfect example of a writer of stories and tales who should stick to writing and not trade on his unrivalled excellence and international recognition in that field to try and influence the course of Israeli politics.
This becomes embarrassingly evident when considering his political opinions disclosed in an article written for the New York Times by Roger Cohen on 28 January.
Israelis were really taken for suckers after unilaterally evacuating Gaza in 2005 - receiving in return the indiscriminate firing of thousands of rockets into Israeli civilian population centres as thank you presents since then.
Israelis will not be suckered into suffering a repeat performance of such war crimes emanating from any areas of the West Bank ceded by them to the Arabs.
Israel offered to renounce its claims to more than 90% of the West Bank in 2000/2001 and 2008 - but the Palestinian Authority insisted that millions of Arabs be given the right to emigrate to Israel and that any newly created state not be demilitarised.
This was the kind of lousy deal that Oz must have had in mind when talking to Cohen.
Oz insisted that at the end of the day some 70 percent on both sides — kicking and screaming and crying injustice — were ready for two states.
The Palestinian patient seems strangely disinterested in submitting to such surgery - still insisting after 20 years of negotiations that such surgery requires cutting up the Israeli patient for spare parts.
Oz is quite prepared to brand Israel's recently elected Prime Minister a coward.
Since the dovish side in Israel managed to gain only 21 out of 120 seats in Israel's next Parliament - Oz's hopes seem more like fiction than fact.
Oz makes no mention of the Palestinian cowards who have refused to hold elections in the West Bank and Gaza since 2007.
Obviously - according to the wizardry of Oz - it must also be a mystery to 549000 Israelis who voted for Lapid as well. This political slap in the face to their supposed lack of intelligence is insulting.
The Peel Report had the same credo in 1937 - as did the United Nations in 1947. This credo was rejected by the Palestinian Arabs on both occasions.
That credo was spurned by the Palestinian Arabs between 1948-1967 when not a Jew lived in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem after six invading Arab armies had driven them from their homes - choosing instead to unify the West Bank with Jordan and not take the opportunity afforded to them in those 19 years to create the independent state they now so fervently call for.
Israelis will not now be suckered into doing what the Palestinian Arabs and their Arab brethren have so clearly rejected during the past 75 years. Twenty years of being played for suckers since 1993 has taken its toll on Israelis.
Trouble is there is no longer any Palestinian Authority. It was decreed out of existence by "President" Mahmoud Abbas and buried on 3 January 2013 alongside the Oslo Accords and the Bush Roadmap.
Will Israelis be suckered into believing that Hamas may change - that Hamas will never end up taking over the West Bank as happened in Gaza in 2007?
Conquering Haifa and Jaffa by getting rid of the Jews living there is a very different dream to occupying Hebron and Nablus by living alongside the Arabs - as currently occurs in Haifa and Jaffa.
And the Palestinian right of return?
This plea will continue to fall on deaf ears.
Cohen must have had the title of one of Oz's books in mind - The Hill of Evil Counsel - when penning this gem of gratuitous advice.
Stick to writing fiction, Amos.
This latest effort could be the basis for another best seller.


The thing I like the most about Aime Comme Marie is her amazing use of colour. Her fabrics are just so special! It's a happy day now that we have these feathers in again, so delicate and simple but just stylish as hell. This lovely lightweight cotton percale fabric, feels really soft and natural. The colour (I can tell you I've had fun getting this right on screen!) is a classic khaki green with a ever so subtle hint of greyness, does that make sense? The name translates to 'Light as a Feather', the deign is just that, the black and delicate feathers are printed in France using Oeko certified inks. This fabric would be perfect for a shirt due to it's 'floatiness' not quite as light as a cambric, think of those posh sheets that have a satin type texture and you'll be close!
Select the number of ½ metres you need, fabric is supplied as one piece.