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LOGISTICS SECTOR
Asia Pacific Real Estate Market Outlook 2020
Hear from our experts
Office Sector
STEADY DEMAND EXPECTED
Logistics market fundamentals appear solid. The World Bank4 anticipates 1.9% y-o-y growth in global trade volume in 2020, a moderate rebound from 2019's 1.1% y-o-y. Regional private consumption growth is expected to be stable. Online retail sales growth will remain strong but the pace of expansion is slowing, with emerging consumer markets including India and Southeast Asia set to perform well on the back of steady urbanisation and demographic growth.
Although the shift towards omnichannel retail will drive steady leasing demand from retailers and third-party logistics firms (3PLs), CBRE expects the latter group of occupiers to turn more cautious towards extending their footprint due to tightening profit margins. Elsewhere, export-related manufacturers and trading companies will stay quiet amid continued geopolitical tension between the U.S. and China, despite the signing of the trade deal in January.
CBRE expects Asia Pacific logistics occupiers to be cautiously optimistic in 2020. Tenants will continue to place a strong emphasis on location, which will remain key to minimising delivery times and transportation costs. Modern logistics facilities with good connectivity to major transportation infrastructure and near large customer bases will remain popular. Renewal rather than expansion will be the primary focus in mature markets and lease negotiations are likely to be prolonged. Leasing demand in India, which has seen solid occupier expansion and consolidation since the implementation of the Goods & Services Tax (GST), will remain upbeat as more new investment grade supply is completed.
Competition for prime industrial and logistics space remains intense, with CBRE tracking growing interest from occupiers along different stages of the e-commerce supply chain. Recent years have seen robust demand from cold storage operators, particularly in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Korea, supported by solid domestic consumption growth and the shift towards omnichannel retailing. The rapid growth in online grocery orders is also fueling demand for last mile logistics facilities such as dark stores, which are usually located in industrial space. Elsewhere, selected retailers are assessing the feasibility of converting obsolete retail properties into distribution centres or to serve-in-store fulfillment. Other new sources of demand include central kitchens, supported by the increasing popularity of dining out and on-demand food delivery.
Bonded warehouses – which enable dutiable goods to be stored or manipulated without payment of duty – are increasingly popular amid rising consumer demand for imported products. Total cross-border e-commerce sales in Asia Pacific are expected to grow from US$181.4 billion in 2018 to US$389.5 billion in 2023F5. Bonded warehouses will benefit from this trend as they facilitate faster delivery compared to direct shipping from the country of origin. CBRE expects to see a rise in leasing demand for this property class, especially in large consumer markets such as China and India, and particularly in cities with major ports and airports, such as Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Mumbai and Chennai.
4 Global Economic Prospects, The World Bank, January 2020.
5 Forrester Analytics: Online Cross-Border Retail Forecast, 2018 To 2023 (Global), April 2019.
AVAILABILITY TO REMAIN TIGHT
Modern logistics supply remains limited. With the exception of Guangzhou, Singapore and Shanghai, vacancy rates in Asian gateway markets stood below 5% as of Q4 2019. However, tier II markets in China have high availability, with vacancy reported at 15.7% at year-end.
New logistics supply in Asia Pacific gateway cities in 2020 is projected to total 76 million sq. ft., with a further 52 million sq. ft. due for completion in Chinese tier II cities. Although most cities will continue to favour landlords, tenants will gradually enjoy stronger bargaining power.
Vacancy pressure is expected to mount in Greater China over the course of the year. Demand has weakened alongside slower economic growth, a situation further exacerbated by the relocation of major e-commerce tenants from leased buildings to self-developed facilities. While the situation in tier I cities is relatively stable on the back of limited new supply, tier II markets such as Dalian, Shenyang, Chongqing, Chengdu and Wuhan will struggle with rising vacancy.
Vacancy in Hong Kong SAR edged up to 2.1% at year-end as occupiers turned more cautious amid the uncertain economic outlook. While several tenants may surrender space in the first few months of 2020 and landlords are likely to adopt a less aggressive stance towards rental negotiations, vacancy will remain low.
The bulk of the new development pipeline for 2020 is in Greater Tokyo and Greater Seoul. The former enjoyed strong pre-leasing activity in 2019, reporting record-high net absorption of 25 million sq. ft. In the latter, pre-leasing momentum slowed over the course of 2019 and was insufficient to fill new supply, most of which comprised large size properties. The situation will remain challenging in the coming years, with the development pipeline set to rise to 20 million sq. ft. in 2020 and a similar figure due in 2021.
RENTAL GROWTH SET TO MODERATE
Regional rental growth in 2019 was below forecasts due to the impact of the U.S.-China trade conflict and weaker-than-expected economic growth. Perth was the main laggard, with rents falling by 9.5% y-o-y amid deteriorating engineering sector investment and a construction industry slowdown. The recent announcements of major resource projects are likely to boost leasing activity over the course of 2020, but rental growth prospects will remain limited.
2020 is expected to see milder rental growth as logistics occupiers remain cautious towards expansion, while landlords turn more flexible and offer higher incentives. Rental growth in Japan will moderate after a strong year, with landlords refraining from aggressive rental increases in view of the ample pipeline in 2021. Greater Seoul has limited room for rental growth as older facilities offer more rent free periods and lower rents in anticipation of new supply. Rental growth in China tier I cities will maintain its current momentum but forecasts for Hong Kong SAR have been revised downwards as occupiers turn more cautious amid local sociopolitical unrest.
LOGISTIC TRENDS IN 2020
E-commerce will continue to be the main tailwind propelling the logistics sector in 2020. Additional warehousing space will be required to meet the surge in last mile delivery as well as the structural shift towards omnichannel retailing.
The rise of online retail has raised supply chain costs, particularly those associated with last mile delivery and return of goods. Elsewhere, the profitability of 3PLs is being squeezed by rising labour and upgrading costs. Major e-commerce platforms also pose a threat to logistics service providers, with more companies now operating their own parcel and express operations. This will require logistics companies to conduct strategic reviews of their real estate operations.
Rapid growth in e-commerce related parcel volume; demand for quicker and more accurate delivery; and rising costs require logistics providers to create more efficient distribution systems. Many occupiers have already begun introducing automation technology into their logistics facilities, a trend that will continue. Major e-commerce platforms will also enhance their own delivery capability by constructing their own facilities.
Growth in Asia Pacific industrial land prices, especially in densely populated cities, has accelerated in recent years. Competition will remain stiff as data centre operators expand aggressively and local authorities look to attract high-tech manufacturers. This will prompt more logistics developers to maximise land use efficiency by constructing multi-storey warehouses.
Although overall conditions will remain in favour of landlords, tenants can expect to command stronger negotiation power as owners look to shore up occupancy. Landlords are advised to enhance their service offering to retain tenants and develop new income streams such as pre-quality checks, customs clearance support and procurement solutions. They should also be more proactive in implementing new technology such as sensors and building information systems into their facilities.
As in the office and retail sector, CBRE believes logistics landlords must transcend the traditional role of space provider and work more closely with tenants to help them achieve their business objectives. In particular, next-generation facility design must consider Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) requirements by incorporating environmentally friendly features and providing high quality working conditions.
APAC Property Market Outlook by Sector
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The "Phase-One" trade agreement signed by the U.S. and China should provide a welcome boost for the global economy in 2020.
CBRE expects Asia Pacific GDP growth to stand at 4.2% this year.
Economy Outlook
Regional investment volume will hold firm in 2020, supported by low interest rates and strong investment liquidity.
Yields are expected to stay low for longer.
Capital Markets Outlook
Office demand is poised for a mild recovery as business sentiment has gradually improve.
New office set-up is expected to increase following China's opening of the financial sector to wholly-owned foreign institutions.
Office Outlook
Demand for brick-and-mortar retail space should remain stable, although retailers will continue to adopt a prudent approach to their real estate footprints.
Retail Outlook
Market fundamentals appear solid and the ongoing shift towards omnichannel retail will drive steady leasing demand from retailers and third-party logistics firms.
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This is a list of roundabouts in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. Intersections that are called traffic circles or roundabouts in the rest of the US are referred to as "rotaries" in Massachusetts, as well as other parts of New England including parts of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine & Vermont.

In 2017 the MassDOT announced that it was eliminating rotaries in favor of Roundabouts.  In 2020 it issued guidance on the design and planning for roundabouts.

City of Boston
Sullivan Square (Interstate 93/U.S. Route 1, Massachusetts Route 99, Massachusetts Route 38 Alford St., and Main St.)  in Charlestown, Boston
Orient Heights (Saratoga St., Boardman St., and Ford St) in East Boston
Old Colony Rotary in South Boston
Columbia Point Rotary (Southeast Expressway:Interstate 93/U.S. Route 1/Massachusetts Route 3)
Neponset Circle (Southeast Expressway:Interstate 93/U.S. Route 1/Massachusetts Route 3, Morrissey Boulevard and Massachusetts Route 203) in Dorchester, Boston
Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester, Boston
Hyde Square (Centre Street, Day Street, Perkins Street) in Jamaica Plain
General Heath Square (Heath Street, Parker Street, Wensley Street, New Heath Street) in Jamaica Plain

City of Cambridge
Alewife Brook Parkway (Massachusetts Route 2, Massachusetts Route 16, and US Route 3) with Concord Ave, in West Cambridge, in a rotary interchange built in a small space.
Dawes Island Park Massachusetts Avenue (Massachusetts Route 2A) Peabody, and Garden Streets in Harvard Square, in an elongated configuration due to portal into Harvard Square Bus Tunnel
Fresh Pond Parkway (Massachusetts Route 2, Massachusetts Route 16, and US Route 3) with Concord Ave, in West Cambridge, in a rotary interchange built in a small space.
Memorial Drive (U.S. Route 3) & Boston University Bridge (Massachusetts Route 2), Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a rotary interchange built in a small space.

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

Airport Rotary, Massachusetts Route 28 and Massachusetts Route 132 in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Route 111 and Route 113 in Pepperell, Massachusetts.
Route 111 and Route 2A in Ayer, Massachusetts.
Route 12 and I-290 in Sterling, Massachusetts
 Saugus Center and Civil War Memorial
Cliftondale Center a small quintessentially New England rotary located in Saugus, Massachusetts
West Main St. and North St. in Hyannis, Massachusetts
 Orleans Circle U.S. Route 6 at Massachusetts Route 6A/Massachusetts Route 28 in Orleans, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 2 & Pearson Boulevard, Gardner, Massachusetts, is a rotary interchange.
Massachusetts Route 2 & Massachusetts Route 68, Gardner, Massachusetts, is a rotary interchange.
Interstate 91, Massachusetts Route 2, and Massachusetts Route 2A all meet at a grade-separated rotary interchange in Greenfield. (Exit 26 of I-91)
Massachusetts Route 3 & Union Street, Braintree, Massachusetts, is an oval shaped rotary interchange.
Roosevelt Circle (Interstate 93, Route 28 & S Border Road), in Medford, Massachusetts, is an oval shaped rotary interchange.
Medford Square Rotary (Interstate 93, Massachusetts Route 60, and Ring Road) in Medford, Massachusetts
State Route 60 (a.k.a. High St.) and Mystic Valley Parkway and Arlington Street, in Medford, Massachusetts. No state "rotary" sign marks this rotary immediately east of the Mystic River, the boundary with Town of Arlington. Immediately west of the Mystic River bridge, about 200 feet away, is the Route 60 rotary in Arlington, which is marked by state "rotary" signs. The pair of rotaries connects Mystic Valley Parkway roads adjacent to Mystic Lake in each city.
Interstate 95 & U.S. Route 20, Waltham, Massachusetts, is a large rotary interchange with the on ramps inside the rotary.
Interstate 95 (wrong-way concurrency with US Route 1) & Canton Street, East Street and Allied Drive in Westwood, Massachusetts, is a rotary of surface streets with ramps leading to and from the highway below.
Mass Route 147 and US Route 5 (as a highway) in West Springfield, Massachusetts, is an open circle rotary with access ramps leading to and from the highway below.
US Route 20 and US Route 5 (as a highway) in West Springfield, Massachusetts, is a tunnel style rotary with a mini park in the center where the highway passes through the tunnel. Access ramps leading to and from the highway are provided.
US Route 5, State Route 57 (Massachusetts), and River Road in Agawam, Massachusetts, is a rotary of River Road and Route 57 with US Route 5 (as a highway) as an overpass with access ramps to and from Route 57. It is notorious for near misses due to the awkward ramp configuration.
Cape Cod Rail Trail rotary in Harwich, Massachusetts
Grant Circle (Route 128 and Route 127) in Gloucester, Massachusetts, dangerous rotary as it interrupts Route 128 just after the A. Piatt Andrew Bridge, where it is not uncommon to see people driving at highway speeds not yield to traffic on the rotary despite various warnings.
Blackburn Circle (Massachusetts Route 128, School House Rd. and Dory Rd.) in Gloucester, Massachusetts large rotary where most of the traffic is continuing traffic along Route 128
Bell Circle (Massachusetts Route 16, Massachusetts Route 60, Massachusetts Route 1A, and Beach Street) in Revere, Massachusetts notorious for having a high accident rate
Monument Square, Massachusetts Route 62, Concord, Massachusetts
Brown Circle (Massachusetts Route 60, and Massachusetts Route 107) in Revere, Massachusetts
Copeland Circle (U.S. Route 1, Massachusetts Route 60, and Abandoned interchange to Interstate 95 Interstate 695 (Massachusetts)) in Revere, Massachusetts
MA Route 129 Rotary at MA Route 128(Interstate 95/Massachusetts Route 128, and Massachusetts Route 129) in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and Reading, Massachusetts exit 40
Santili Circle Massachusetts Route 16 (Revere Beach Parkway) at Gateway Center shopping plaza, in Everett, Massachusetts
Sweetser Circle Massachusetts Route 16, Massachusetts Route 99 Site of the Abenaqui Tanker explosion. in Everett, Massachusetts
(Interstate 95 (Massachusetts Route 128), and Massachusetts Route 38 in Woburn, Massachusetts
Woburn Center (Massachusetts Route 38, Winn Street, Pleasant Street, and Montvale Avenue) in Woburn, Massachusetts, somewhat triangular shaped rotary
Goodwin Circle - Lynnfield Street Rotary (Interstate 95/Massachusetts Route 128, U.S. Route 1, Massachusetts Route 129 Salem Street Lynnfield, Lynnfield Street Lynn, and Lynnfield Street Peabody in Lynn, Massachusetts, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, and Peabody, Massachusetts
Hingham Circle (Massachusetts Route 3A, Summer Street and Green Street) in Hingham, Massachusetts
Mashpee Circle (Massachusetts Route 28, Massachusetts Route 151 and Great Neck Road) in Mashpee, Massachusetts
Middleboro Circle (U.S. Route 44, Massachusetts Route 18 and Massachusetts Route 28) in Middleborough, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 85 and Broad St. in Hudson, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 18, Massachusetts Route 28 and Massachusetts Route 104 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, signed as a rotary but is two parallel streets carrying the three highways with two cross roads completing the rotary at the north and south ends
Plymouth Rotary (Water Street, South Park Avenue and Town Wharf) in Plymouth Center, Massachusetts, 0.2 miles east of the junction of U.S. Route 44 and Massachusetts Route 3A
Massachusetts Route 3, Furnace Brook Parkway and Willard Street in Quincy, Massachusetts, is a rotary interchange
Massachusetts Route 3A, Wharf Street, Dee Road, and the access road to the Fore River Shipyard and the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, at the north (west) end of the Fore River Bridge, in Quincy, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Route 3A, Massachusetts Route 123, New Driftway, and Country Way in Scituate, Massachusetts
Interstate 93, Massachusetts Route 110 and Massachusetts Route 113 in Methuen, Massachusetts. Rotary will be replaced with a partial cloverleaf starting in mid-2013, with completion of new interchange and demolition of rotary set for early 2017.
Whitman Circle (Massachusetts Route 58, Essex Street and Raynor Avenue) in Whitman, Massachusetts
Bourne Circle (Massachusetts Route 28 and Trowbridge Rd), at the south end of the Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts
Buzzards Bay Circle (U.S. Route 6, Massachusetts Route 28, Head of the Bay Road, and the ramp to Massachusetts Route 25 west and Massachusetts Route 28 south (the Bourne Bridge)) in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, east of the village
U.S. Route 6, Massachusetts Route 28 and access road leading to Lincoln Avenue in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, west of the village
Winchester Center (Mt Vernon Street, Shore Road, Park Street, and Main Street and the Boston to Lowell Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail) in Winchester, Massachusetts
Shaker Road (Connecticut Route 220), Maple Street, North Main Street (Massachusetts Route 83), Elm Street, Pleasant Street, Somers Road (Connecticut Route 83), and Prospect Street in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts,
Massachusetts Route 140, in Foxborough, Massachusetts, is a large rotary around the town common intersecting with Cocasset Street, Mechanic Street, South Street, Bird Street, Rockhill Street and Central Street.
U.S. Route 6 in Fall River, Massachusetts and Exit 5 of Massachusetts Route 24 meet in a rotary.
Massachusetts Route 103 in Somerset, Massachusetts, travels along Wilbur Avenue and meets with Riverside Avenue and Brayton Avenue in a rotary at the former location of the Slade's Ferry Bridge just 0.2 miles south of its terminus.
U.S. Route 7 and Massachusetts Route 2 in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Main Street in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Electric Avenue and the name change between Rollstone Street and Rollstone Road in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Natick Mall area has 3 Rotaries: One at Flutie Pass and Natick Mall Road over by Macy's. Another at the intersection of Flutie Pass, Nouvelle Way, and Natick Mall Road over by Wegmans. And another Rotary on Natick Mall Road in between former Sears Entrance and Nordstrom Entrance (recently completed in 2018).
Mass. Route 2 in West Concord, next to MCI-Concord ("The Reformatory").
US Route 202 in South Hadley, Massachusetts
U.S. Route 1 and State Street in Newburyport, Massachusetts
U.S. Route 1 & Nahatan Street and Neponset Street in Norwood, Massachusetts is a rotary of surface streets with ramps leading to and from the highway below.

References

Roundabouts and traffic circles in the United States
Transportation in Massachusetts
Road interchanges in Massachusetts

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from __future__ import absolute_import, division, with_statement

import random
import string

from revolver.core import sudo
from revolver import command, package, file, service
from revolver import contextmanager as ctx
from revolver import directory as dir

def _preseed_server(root_password):
    seed_config = """# Mysql preseed generated by revolver
mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password %(root_password)s
mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password %(root_password)s
mysql-server mysql-server/start_on_boot boolean true
""" % {"root_password": root_password}
    seed_dir = "/var/cache/local/preseeding/"
    seed_file = seed_dir + "mysql-server.seed"

    if file.exists(seed_file):
        return

    with ctx.sudo():
        dir.create(seed_dir, recursive=True)
        file.write(seed_file, seed_config)
        sudo("debconf-set-selections %s" % seed_file)

def _store_root_cnf(password):
    cnf_config = """# Config generated by revolver
[client]
host = localhost
user = root
password = %s
""" % password
    cnf_dir = "/etc/mysql/"
    cnf_file = cnf_dir + "root.cnf"

    if file.exists(cnf_file):
        return

    with ctx.sudo():
        file.write(cnf_file, cnf_config)
        file.link(cnf_file, "/root/.my.cnf")

def _generate_password(length=15):
    chars = string.ascii_lowercase + string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits
    return "".join(random.choice(chars) for x in xrange(length))

def _execute_mysql(sql):
    sudo("mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/root.cnf -e '%s'" % sql)

def install(server=False, password=None):
    packages = ["mysql-client", "libmysqlclient-dev"]

    if server:
        if not password:
            password = _generate_password()

        _preseed_server(password)
        _store_root_cnf(password)
        packages.append("mysql-server")

    # TODO Use this always on package.install?
    with ctx.prefix("export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive"):
        package.install(packages)

    if server:
        service.start("mysql")

def ensure(server=False, password=None):
    commands_found = True

    if not command.exists("mysql"):
        commands_found = False

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        commands_found = False

    if not commands_found:
        install(server=server, password=password)

def ensure_database(name, charset=None, collate=None):
    sql = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `%s`" % name

    if charset:
        sql += " DEFAULT CHARACTER SET %s" % charset

    if collate:
        sql += " DEFAULT COLLATE %s" % collate

    _execute_mysql(sql)

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Historygram – The Top Accounts for Historical Architecture
We all love a bit of property porn, don't we? Staring at pictures of houses we couldn't afford in a million years, or that belong to a totally different time or place. Luckily for architecture addicts like me, Instagram is a great portal to get an insight into these types of places. And historical architecture is particularly special as it invokes a certain type of feeling. Be it a Palladian mansion or a Victorian Gothic Revival Church, historic buildings are living symbols which give us as people an identity, collective memory and, perhaps most importantly, a history. Here's a round up of the best accounts to follow on Instagram for historical architecture.
(N.B. All the pictures in this post are taken from the respective Instagram accounts, and all copyright etc belongs to the account owners unless otherwise stated)
Nicholas Keeble (@Nicholas.keeble)
Nicholas is an historic building and planning consultant from Herefordshire. I'm presuming he manages to take photos of all the beautiful buildings that feature on his Instagram account during travels with work. I love this account for two main reasons. One – the quality of photography is just as good as the chosen subjects. And two – its not all about big fancy buildings, there's a lot of wonderful Welsh vernacular buildings featured too.
Colin Gray (@colin_awg)
Colin describes himself as a 'Purveyor of old buildings, beard enthusiast, accomplished cook, interior designer, stylist, dealer of period furniture & textiles'. His passion for all these things come across in his Instagram account. There's also lots of travels to the picturesque Cotswolds, complete with a ton of 'the loveliest building material in England' – the famous Hamstone. Oh, and be prepared to fall in love with Colin's oh-so-cute dog Hetty!
Rupert Dixon (@Rupert.dixon)
This is THE account to follow if you love stately homes and the suchlike. Rupert is a London based artist whose work is inspired by the architecture of grand buildings. The mix of interior and exterior shots is just right, and (in my opinion) its one of the most aesthetically pleasing historical architecture accounts out there! I mean, just look at this picture of The Queen's Staircase at Hampton Court Palace, with its breath-taking ceiling by William Kent.
Camilla Beresford (@camillaberesford)
One of the very few ladies in this field that I could locate on Instagram, Camilla is a landscape historian based in London. Camilla is naturally interested in the houses and buildings that sit in the landscapes she thoroughly researches, and its great to find an account that displays the often fundamental relationship between houses and their estates or gardens. A beautiful account to follow.
The Irish Aesthete (@the.irish.aesthete)
The Irish Aesthete is run by Robert O'Byrne, a writer and lecturer specialising in the fine and decorative arts and former vice-president of the Irish Georgian Society, an organisation established to promote the protection of Ireland's architectural heritage and decorative arts. I don't know much about Ireland or Irish history, but this account provides a great insight into its historical architecture. A great blog site accompanies the Instagram account.
Buildings with Pheobe (@buildings.with.pheobe)
Pheobe is a buildings fanatic studying an MSc in Architectural Conservation at the University of Edinburgh. I visited Edinburgh last winter and fell in love with it, so the fact this account features so much of the city's beautiful architecture, both from the Old and New Towns, really appeals to me. Pheobe's only been running her Instagram account since the start of the year, but its already one that I look forward to seeing.
Architectural Photos (@myarchitecturephotos)
This Instagram account run by a mysterious anonymous person does exactly what it says on the tin – its an account devoted to photos of architectural features. What I love about this account is the sheer variety of features it shows, demonstrating that architecture really is everywhere. There's photos of ceilings, staircases, churches, shop fronts, doors, courtyards, streetscapes, houses, columns, windows, stained glass – the list is endless!
DKF (@graciousopulence)
Now this account features a whole other level of architectural gorgeousness – it only features the most sumptuous, ornate and luxurious interiors and exteriors from all over the world. If this account was a beverage, it would be the most expensive champagne in the finest crystal glass. The only problem with this account is that it makes me dream of a lifestyle I could never afford in a hundred million years!
Gary Lawrance Architect (@mansionsofthegildedage)
Gary Lawrance is an architect from New York, and a bit of an expert of Gilded Age Mansions tbh. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for these massive, American nouveau riche mansions that sprouted up in the late 19th Century in places like Newport and The Hamptons on the East Coast of America. Basically, I think I've watched The Great Gatsby too many times.
Architectural Heritage and Ruins (@forgottenheritage)
Forgotten Heritage is the Instagram account of multi-award winning historic and architectural photographer Matt Emmett. Unlike the other accounts featured here, Matt's work focuses entirely on deserted historic sites and their often haunting beauty. This isn't one of those usual urban explorer accounts – this is so much more. If you like Matt's work, don't forget to check out his website and book as well.
Architectural Historian (@architectural_historian)
The fab account Architectural Historian is run by architectural enthusiast Matthew Wood (his personal account is well worth a follow too). This account is the best one to follow if you like the detail and history behind the images. Matthew also makes great use of the Instagram stories feature to take his follows on a sort of 'mini-tour' of the places he visits. Definitely a must-follow.
I hope I've introduced you to some great new people to follow, but If there's some fab Instagram accounts for historical architecture that I've missed out, let me know in the comments below.
By clairemiles · In Historygram · Tagged: architecture, historical buildings, instagram
The Church With The Hidden Treasure – St Anno's Church, Llananno
Pristine Presteigne
Does Historical Accuracy in Period Drama Really Matter?

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Q: firebase - android - RunLoop in 9.0.0 Firebase 9.0.0 calls back to the listeners on the main thread on Android. I'd like to change this and use my custom executors.
(I've read that in previous firebase versions (2.5.2) there was a RunLoop class.
I have not tried that but it seemed to be the entry point to configure custom executors/threads.)
Is it possible to configure the callback executors in 9.0.0 somehow?

A: Adding your own executors is not yet supported in 9.0.0. We're looking to (re-)add support for it in an upcoming release.
Keep in mind that Firebase Database only surfaces the callback on the main thread. All its network interaction and internals run on a separate thread already.
If you want to do significant work in the callback, for the moment you'll have to use the usual methods (AsyncTask or one of its brethren).

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Visitors to the Melbourne Gardens will be pleased to see the restoration of the William Tell Rest House just over twelve months since it was destroyed by fire. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the rest house will soon be restored to its rightful place on the edge of Ornamental Lake.
Construction of the Rest House began in early May with site preparation and concrete footings being poured ready for the brickwork plinth. Due to the restricted nature of the site, the Rest House has been built off-site, then dismantled, trucked to the Melbourne Gardens, craned into position and then re-erected.
Garden's Director and Chief Executive Professor Tim Entwisle welcomed the progress that has been made in the past twelve months since the fire.
"It's not the first time that the William Tell Rest House has been destroyed by fire. In 1994 the original rest house was lost to an accidental fire and was replaced with a replica in 1997.
The new rest house is a replica of the original structure built in 1897 and which was based on the design of the William Tell Chapel, located on the edge of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, which William Guilfoyle, the Gardens' second director, visited when on a trip to Europe in 1890.
Professor Entwisle said work is expected to be completed in July, when it will be re-opened it to the public.
Work still to be completed includes roofing, mounting the fletch, internal lining, asphalting, seat installation and some surrounding landscaping.
Repair work is also progressing on the Lake View Pavilion which was damaged by fire at the same time as the William Tell Rest House. It is anticipated that this Pavilion will also be re-opened during July.


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by: Bianca Myrtil
Is Trump blocking us from learning more UFO news? Inside the rumors
We can't get over the fact the U.S. government had to change UFO to UAP. UFOs gained too much of a joke connotation from pop culture. Instead of calling those mysterious spaceship-looking things in the sky unidentified flying objects, the government refers to them as unidentified aerial phenomena. (Unmanned aerial vehicles is another terminology used for UFOs, although it can also refer to things like drones.)
As recently as this August, the Department of Defense (DoD) approved the creation of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) whose primary objective is to investigate sightings of UAPs. That's right. Better think twice about jokingly claiming you've sighted a UFO. You might end up with Big Brother on your tail.
At the moment, President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a bill that would give the public more access to government information about UFOs. Many are wondering what the deal is. Is Trump potentially leaving us hanging about UFOs in order to protect national security, or is he in cahoots with the aliens to keep their secrets?
Trump & UFO info: Does he not want us to know?
UFO enthusiasts everywhere have their panties in a wad because of Trump's threat to veto the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This move would prevent them from learning some long sought-after information about the mysterious visitors in our sky.
The truth is, Trump's threat to veto the bill has nothing to do with withholding top secret UFO information. At the very least, that's not what his administration says it's about. The National Defense Authorization Act is a bill that's passed annually in the U.S. to set the policies and budget of the U.S. Military.
As many know, Trump is all about strengthening the U.S. Military. What he's not about is renaming every single military base named after a Confederate leader. Controversy over the tearing down of monuments and name changes of schools and streets has been going on for a while.
Many feel it's inappropriate to honor those who were in favor of slavery by allowing any tributes to them to remain. Others, like Trump, feel it's unreasonable to tear down every vestige of confederate residue because large portions of the country's history would be torn down with it.
In an attempt to take a stand regarding this matter, Trump has delivered the ultimatum that unless lawmakers remove the amendment that includes renaming military bases he will veto the entire NDAA bill. Of course, with it would go the appropriations for the UAPTF. Thus, bye-bye UFO info, we'll see you in a couple years maybe.
The Pentagon's loose lips about UFOs
Essentially, June's Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) allocated some funds toward the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) for 2021. This language was included in the NDAA that Trump is threatening to veto. If Trump does indeed end up vetoing the bill, Congress won't be able to produce a new version before the deadline. This move would stall the act that has made so many UFO buffs hopeful.
You may be wondering why the potential NDAA would even make people hopeful the government will disclose intelligence on UFOs or aliens to the public. The feds have a history of being pretty tight-lipped about the matter. What makes people think they'll be disclosing information all of a sudden?
Well, in April of 2020 the Pentagon released coveted footage of UFO activity to the public. Videos leaked in 2004 and 2015 were finally confirmed to be true. One of them had footage of a Navy pilot exclaiming as they caught sight of a UFO while flying.
The DoD explained they were "releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as 'unidentified'."
In truth, the government sees UAP as much more likely to be the intelligence-seeking devices of hostile nations than evidence of strange green men. It seems the Pentagon has chosen to be more transparent about UFOs to downplay the alien life aspect and instead encourage the public to think of it as their duty to report any sightings for national security purposes.
Acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Marco Rubio, had this to say about the government's mission to investigate UFOs: "The bottom line is that if there are things flying over your military bases and you don't know what they are because they're not yours, and they exhibit – potentially – technologies that you don't have at your own disposal, that to me is a national security risk and one we should be looking into."
Government operations concerning UFOs used to be very covert operations, but Big Brother is clearly trying a new tact. The re-establishment of an organization devoted to "detect, analyze, and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security", combined with their recent divulgence of UAP intel, shows we could be in for a few surprises.
Hopefully, Trump's ultimatum doesn't get in the way of any planned UFO reveals. For now, all we can do is dream about alien life with movies like Proximity and speculate about their existence with documentaries like The Phenomenon. Oh yeah, and you should probably hope no foreign government is planning the demise of your country by spying on it with aerial vehicles.
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Sports Academy has formed a partnership with Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club to give talented football players opportunities at both clubs.
The new agreement could open doors for College students who are looking to get a foothold in football. Students from the academy will have the opportunity to play showcase games, enjoy a match day experience and coaching sessions from first team staff at Stocksbridge Park Steels.
Students will also have the chance to gain relevant experience in match analysis, sports therapy, strength and conditioning, coaching, sports journalism and media opportunities with the highest ranked non-league club in the locality.
Luke Forgione, Sports Performance and Athlete Development Coordinator at Barnsley College, added: "These opportunities do not come along often, we are very fortunate that Stocksbridge Park Steels have allowed us to be an official partner and we look forward to a long and mutually-beneficial partnership.


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The course covers many valuable lessons in the Christian's application of the spiritual truths about their faith in Christ. This course is necessary in our daily walk of our Christian Faith.
There is no textbook with this course. All of the study materials are located in the course syllabus on this website. Once you have purchased the course, you will be given access to the course syllabus which is in a PDF format. This allows you the option of either reading the study materials online or printing them out for your own convenience.


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Lestadi Al Bayt (; ) és un estadi de futbol que se situa a Khor, Qatar. És una de les seus oficials de la Copa Mundial de Futbol de 2022. Té una capacitat de 60 000 persones assegudes. Actualment és la seu de l'Al Khor SC.

La construcció va iniciar el 2015 després de la demolició de l'antic estadi Al Khor. El seu disseny està elaborat a l'estil d'una tenda beduïna, amb capacitat per a 60 000 seients per als aficionats, a més de 1000 addicionals per a la premsa. De la mateixa manera l'estacionament al lloc compta amb 6000 cotxes, 350 autobusos i 150 autobusos privats o públics, així com 1000 taxis i taxis aquàtics, inclosa la seva connexió amb el metro de Doha.

Copa del Món de Futbol del 2022

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor City Progress – juny 2018 a Youtube .

Estadis de la Copa del Món de Futbol de 2022
Estadis de futbol de Qatar


In addition to our pre-planning booklet to help you prepare for your NDIS Planning Meeting, we have developed the following NDIS Planning Resources based on Life Stages which give ideas of typical supports and possible goals for each life stage.
It should be noted that each NDIS plan is individualised and not everything in these resources will be relevant for every individual at that life stage, and there will be additional supports that are not included in these resources. The purpose of these is to give ideas and promote thinking around what may be discussed in a planning meeting or included in a plan.
These resources have been adapted from resources developed by Down Syndrome WA.


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Perhaps one of the most legendary corners in racing is the "Corkscrew" at Laguna Seca. In this newest video from our friends at /FRIVE, Drivers of the #30 MOMO NGT 991 Porsche GT3 Cup, Henrique Cisneros and Kuba Giermaziak, explain step-by-step what it feels like to take on this most difficult turn: Turn 8, AKA The Corkscrew, at Mazda Laguna Seca.
There is a visual reference for this turn, it is the three trees directly in front of you when you crest 8A. Line your car up with the middle tree and you'll be lined up correctly for entering 8B.


EDINBURGH, Scotland—Defenders of freedom of speech are organizing protests here and in Glasgow in support of attorney Aamer Anwar, charged with "contempt of court" because of a statement he made after the conviction of one of his clients on "terrorism" charges. His trial is expected in March.
Anwar's client, British-born Mohammad Atif Siddique, then 21, was jailed for eight years under the Terrorism Act last October 23. He had been convicted of possessing and distributing "terrorist material" over the Internet. Under covert surveillance by the British security services for several months, Siddique was detained at Glasgow Airport in April 2006 by Special Branch officers as he and his uncle were about to board a flight to Pakistan to visit family. Siddique's laptop computer, passport, and plane tickets were seized before he was released.
A week later, dozens of armed cops raided his family home, arresting him and tying up the wrists of his parents and three brothers while searching their house.
A letter protesting the charges against Anwar as "an unprecedented attack on freedom of speech" was sent to the Scotsman November 7. It was signed by author Iain Banks; Labour politician Tony Benn; Respect party MP George Galloway; Muslim Council of Scotland convener Bashir Mann; and human rights lawyer Gareth Pierce, among others.
In recent months two other people in the United Kingdom have been convicted under the Terrorism Act. In December Samina Malik, 23, was found guilty of owning "terrorist manuals" and sentenced to 18 months' supervision and 100 hours of unpaid community work. The capitalist media branded her "the lyrical terrorist" because of a pseudonym she had used on the Internet. On January 9 dentist Sohail Qureshi was sentenced to four years in jail for "preparing to engage in acts of terrorism and possessing items useful to terrorists." He had pleaded guilty to the charges. The police and prosecution are calling the four years "lenient" and are pressing for a harsher sentence.


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AROTILE: US reacts to death of Nigeria's first female combat pilot
The United States of America has reacted to the untimely death of Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria's first female combat pilot.
The US mission in Nigeria issued a statement on Monday expressing grief over the death of Arotile who was accidentally killed by a former classmate.
In the statement via its official Twitter account, the US Mission also commiserated with the family of the late 24-year-old officer.
READ ALSO: Flying Officer Arotile for burial July 23 with full military honours
"We hope her inspiring story, perseverance, and patriotism comfort all those who supported her dream of becoming Nigeria's first female combat helicopter pilot", the tweet read.
This came after details of preliminary investigations carried out by the Nigerian Airforce revealed the identity of the driver of the car that hit the late combat flying officer.
At a briefing in Abuja, the NAF Director of Public Relations, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola stated that the driver, identified as "Mr Nehemiah Adejoh", happened to be an ex-school mate of the deceased Flying Officer at the Air Force Secondary School, Kaduna.
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The first poster for the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey movie has been revealed.
The poster shows Jamie Dornan's Christian Grey suited and booted, looking out on the Seattle skyline, along with the tagline 'Mr Grey will see you now'.
The film, out Valentine's Day in 2015, is directed by Sam Taylor Wood, with Dakota Johnson playing Anastasia Steele.


Francis inherited a chunk of pu'er tea from his grandfather years ago and has never tasted it. This week he learns the story of that inheritance and tastes it for the first time with tea master, Tim Hsu. Cecile Richards is a national leader for women's rights and economic justice, and she finds that cooking with her family is exactly what she needs to take care of herself in these turbulent pre-election months. And what does she love to cook? Pie! Her new book is Make Trouble. Food writer Ruth Reichl tells us about an eye-opening experience she had at The Center for Discovery while on the hunt for prosciutto. Tucker Shaw, of America's Test Kitchen, talks about taking care in the kitchen. Plus, Francis talks with a listener about and shares his thoughts on feeding a picky toddler.
Cecile Richards is not only one of the most powerful and accomplished activist leaders of her generation, she's also a serious cook and baker of pies. She talked with Francis Lam about the ways in which food can bridge the divide we feel in our current politics and culture.
Francis inherited a chunk of puer tea from his grandfather years ago and has never tasted it. He learned the story of that inheritance and tasted it for the first time with tea expert, Tim Hsu.
Food writer Ruth Reichl went to upstate New York in search of a story about prosciutto. She found something that moved her even more at The Center for Discovery, a facility where people suffering from severe disabilities find more than nourishment from the organic feed they help raise; they find a sense of purpose.
The kitchen is a place of joy, solace and comfort. There we find peace in the form of the food we cook, the ingredients we cook it with, and the equipment we use. Managing Producer Sally Swift talked with Tucker Shaw, of America's Test Kitchen, to find out some of his thoughts on taking care of the things that take care of you in the kitchen.


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CASTLES & PALACES OF THE SPANISH WINE REGION
About Spain - From $2,925.00 USD
Share in a blissful escape featuring two nights in Madrid and Parador stays in off-the-beaten-path villages of the northern Rioja and Ribera de Duero wine regionsTour splendid castles, churches, and attractions as you explore life like a local in Burgos, Laguardia, Olite, Sigüenza, and Alcalá de HenaresEnjoy winery tours and private tastings at Abadía Retuerta in Ribera de Duero, Ysios in Rioja, Dinastía Vivancos in Rioja, and Señorío de Ayles in Cariñena
SUN I MADRID
Upon arrival to Madrid Airport you'll be met by our chauffeur and transferred to your hotel downtown in the Spanish capital. Rest of the day is at leisure to rest or discover the highlights of this monumental city.
MON I MADRIDI LERMA
Today you will hit the road, destination - wine country! Travel north into the plains of Spain crossing the plateaus of Castille and visiting a stunning winery such as 'Abadia Retuerta', run by the charismatic New Yorker Donald Cusimano. You´ll visit the vineyards by 4X4, check out the modern machinery worthy of the CSI forensics lab and taste Cru wines in a 13th century monastic dining hall in the Romanesque Abbey - priceless highlights include the Reserva Selección Especial (winner of best red wine in the world at the London Wine Challenge) and the sexy Pago Negralada wine. After this visit, continue to Lerma, via Roa and Aranda de Duero, two of the most important wine villages of the Ribera de Duero D.O. Region. The more than 30 meter cliff is the first image that you get of the Monastery de la Vid, the Parador of Lerma, formerly a 17th Century Ducal Palace. (B)
TUE I LERMA I BURGOS I SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA
Depart to Burgos, the capital of the Castilla
WED I SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA I RIOJA MAIN VILLAGES I SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA
& Leon Community, land of kings and the birth city of the famous medieval Spanish hero 'El Cid'. Here we will pay a visit to one of the world's best Gothic Cathedrals, built in 1221, the Arch of Santa María, Casa del Cordón, a beautiful Renaissance Palace from the 16th century, before continuing to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The Parador, attached to the Cathedral, is housed in a 12th Century Hospital formerly used to shelter the pilgrims on the Road to Santiago. (B)
THU I SANTO DOMINGO DE LA CALZADA I LAGUARDIA I LOGROÑO I OLITE
We will depart for the Rioja Wine route, visiting the most important villages, such as Haro, El Ciezo, Cenicero…where the most important wineries of La Rioja are located. Visit
FRI I OLITE I CARIÑENA I SIGÜENZA
& wine tasting at some of the cellars. Today we will visit the Winery of Ysios, whose main building has been designed by Santiago Calatrava, the famous Spanish architect, and has made it an icon into the art/design wineries. Here wine tasting will be offered after visiting the cellars. Lunch at your own leisure and return to Santo Domingo de la Calzada for a local visit of the village including the Torre Exenta, the Cathedral with the Mayor Altarpiece, Mausoleum and Cloister, before heading to your Parador. (B)
SATI SIGÜENZAI ALCALÁ DE HENARESI MADRID
After breakfast, depart towards Olite. En-route, pay a visit to The Wine Culture Museum, located in Dinastía Vivanco Cellars, in the Old village of Briones with permanent
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& temporary expositions, where we learn about wine experience all over the world. A visit to the Museum
Day #9
& Cellars ends with a Wine Tasting and explanation given by a sommelier. Then, continue to LaGuardia, probably the most preserved medieval village in la Rioja. You can enjoy some free time to walk along the ancient wall, have a coffee outside in the plaza, take in the views, and see its collection of splendid country churches. Hardly mentioned in the guide books, LaGuardia might not seem like a destination city for Spain, but it is a gateway for experiencing the Rioja wine region and it is a good example of a walled village that has not changed much since the 13th century. Lunch at your own leisure. Continue to Logroño, the capital of La Rioja Region. Although it is renowned by the Wine denomination, this capital has remains from the 3rd century B.C. with a celtiberic setting at the Catabria Mountain, overlooking the city. Here the Stone-Bridge, one of the symbols of the city, welcomes you to the old quarter. Later, drive towards Olite for your overnight stay. This Parador in Olite is partially set into the Old Palace from 15th Century, where you can find beautiful hidden corners of Medieval archeries, glaziers, etc. (B)
Day #10
Today visit Olite, an ancient village where you will go back in time. Don't miss the French Gothic Castle- Palace, home of the Kings of Navarra during centuries. A stroll along its narrow streets, manor stone houses with Coat of Arms by the wooden doors, medieval galleries and, of course, the very well preserved Roman walls. The Mediterranean climate has also made Olite one of the capitals of Rioja Wine. After this visit, continue to Cariñena, another important village giving the name to the Cariñena Wine, for a visit
& tasting at the Cellars Señorío de Ayles. Lunch at your own leisure then continue towards Sigüenza. Arrival for check-in
& overnight at the Parador, a gorgeous 12th Century Medieval Castle, which is the symbol of the city. (B)
Today you will explore the village of Sigüenza with its storied history, winding paths of medieval buildings, its distinguished cathedral, 16th Century Plaza Mayor, and its 12th Century Castle turned Parador. Next visit Alcalá de Henares, featuring a rich historical and artistic heritage and boasting the best conserved Renaissance university complex in Europe at the University of Alcalá. During your visit here, discover: the house of Hippolytus, remains of a Roman villa dating back to the 3rd Century A.D.; the Calle Mayor (Main Street), the longest porticoed street in Spain; the Gothic Magisterial Cathedral of Saints Justo and Pastor built over the tomb of the saints martyred here in 305 A.D.; and the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, at Museo Casa Natal de Cervantes. Enjoy lunch on your own before departing to Madrid for overnight. (B)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred by private car to Madrid Airport for your flight back home. (B)
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I've activated (and tweaked) the WordPress JetPack mobile theme for WIST, so that people on smaller mobile devices don't get eyes strain trying to visit the place. If you visit on a mobile phone or any device below a certain resolution, you will get a streamlined version of WIST which should be much easier to read. If you want to shift back to the original, there's a link at the bottom that says "View Full Site" that will take you there.
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I love eating a big handful of money. Er…pecans. I meant pecans.
Seriously though, sometimes a gal just wants to snack on some of those delish pecans, right? And evidently also wants to cease having that extra $14.50.
Not to get all squirrely about it or anything, but I had a craving for them the other day and the only bag I could find at the convenience store was tiny—and eight bucks. I bought them anyway. Even though I knew that was just nuts.
I wonder if squirrels even know what they're stashing away these days. If they figured it out and learned to trade them on the gem market, maybe they could leave those old trees behind and move on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky.
Our faith walk is often affected by what we squirrel away, spiritually speaking. Sometimes without even realizing it, we find we're spending all our work energies angling for hanging onto comfort and ease and contentment in our circumstances. Sometimes our focus is stolen away by an intense desire to stash away money and things. Sometimes we can find ourselves desperately scrambling for great power, influence or fame—scrambling like we're readying for the hardest winter.
As we're following Christ, the "hardest winters" are the ones we experience when all those earthly aspirations leave us feeling disappointed, dissatisfied, disillusioned—empty. Joyless. Brr. Even worthy aspirations are empty when we seek them selfishly or we leave Jesus out.
Paul said in Romans 14:7 that "the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit," (CSB). It's not about that handful of snacks. We find joy as we focus on the kingdom of God, and as we let the Holy Spirit rule our hearts.
Two of the parables of Jesus teach us the overwhelmingly precious value of His kingdom. "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it," Matthew 13:44-46, CSB.
Jesus teaches that the kingdom is so valuable, a person will freely give up everything else in life to lay hold of it. The kingdom of heaven—that place where God, our King, rules.
For believers, the King rules in our hearts by His joy-giving Holy Spirit. To follow whole-heartedly is our calling. Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it," (Matthew 16:24-25, CSB).
Lord, by the working of Your Holy Spirit in me, help me focus right there, finding life, stashing away the eternally valuable, letting go of anything temporary I might selfishly crave. Giving all. As Your kingdom dwells in me, may I dwell in Your kingdom.
I want to pray that regularly, allowing Him to renew my focus every place it gets off.


With every small to small product the Chinese tech giant entering into your home like a boss. Now this time its weapon is "Xiaomi Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2".
Providing quality products at low price-range has always been its tactic. Especially in India, this formula works nicely.
Due to offering budget prices for its smartphones, it becomes the most selling smartphone brand in India.
It also produces many other products than the smartphones. Sometimes it doesn't bring all the items in the Indian market which it has launched and sometimes we are lucky.
With the evolution of technology, people are becoming more sophisticated and wants to control things through their voice command. Therefore, the companies are bringing their products accordingly.
Recently Amazon unveiled its new Echo Products which includes a talking microwave and clock.
The Echo speakers are now become more effective and act as both Bluetooth Speaker and controller of your smart home devices. As usual, The virtual assistant Alexa is inbuilt with them.
This "Xiaomi Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2" looks like the Echo Dot but it is not a smart speaker, it only allows you to play Audio through Bluetooth connectivity.
After seeing a lot of products from the brand like Xiaomi TVs, Air purifiers, Power banks, earphones, Wi-Fi routers etc. everyone taking interest with each product that the brand brings new to the Indian market.
Maybe everyone's intensity is not to buy that product but to screen what savor the brand has brought.
So, Let's have a look at the complete details from design to Price of this new Bluetooth Speaker from Xiaomi. After which you can make your decision whether you will buy it or not.
This Xiaomi Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2 comes with a mesh covering that produce an aesthetic look.
Its measure a dimension of 52mm in width, 32mm in height and weighs just 54g.
There is a speaker grill is on the top with Mi branding on it. The speaker also comes with a built-in microphone, which enables hands free-calling.
This Bluetooth speaker ships with a single physical button at the top half. Pressing and holding the button for 2– the second will be power on/off.
Press and hold the button for 4–Second will enable it for Bluetooth pairing or Discovery mode.
A short press will play/stop audios and accept phone calls. Press and hold the button for 1–sec to disconnect the phone call. Long press the button for 6–sec will clear all the paired devices and restore it to factory settings.
There is a LED flash at the bottom of the speaker which act as a status indicator. This Bluetooth speaker also has a hole to attach a carry-strap so you can carry it anywhere easily.
This Bluetooth Speaker support to Bluetooth v4.2 and has a range of 10 meters.
The portable speaker has an audio frequency range from 200Hz to 18,000Hz. It has an impedance of 4ohm and supports profiles like A2DP, AVRCP, and SPP for streaming music over Bluetooth.
This Bluetooth device has a neodymium magnet on the speaker which Xiaomi claimed to produce more "powerful and crystal clear sound".
Xiaomi also claims that if any device is not connected to this "Bluetooth Speaker" then it will automatically turn off after 10 minutes.
This Xiaomi Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2 is powered by 3.7v 480mAH lithium-ion battery which will charge through a Micro-USB port.
The most interesting thing about it is, this will run up to 6–hours continuously on a single charge when the volume is set at 80%.
Xiaomi quietly launches this Bluetooth speaker with Silver-color in India at ₹ 799. Which is now available on mi.com for purchase.
This Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2 came after the company launches a slew of products in India.
The Chinese tech Giant launched five variety of products last week in India, among those four products are smart and the fifth one is Xiaomi's MI luggage.
The items that Xiaomi launched last week are Mi Band 3, the Mi 360 degree security camera, the Mi Air Purifier 2S and the Mi TV 4C Pro, the Mi TV 4A Pro and Mi TV 4 Pro Android TV-based smart TVs.
This surprise product "Xiaomi Mi compact Bluetooth Speaker 2" is the successor of "Mi pocket speaker 2" which supports to Bluetooth v4.1 and allow up to 7-hours continuous music playback.
It has a cylindrical aluminum body with minimalist design, 5W speaker driver and powered by a 1200mAh battery. Which is available at ₹1,499 on mi.com for purchase.
Though there are multiple options of Bluetooth Speakers are available from Xiaomi in India, but this one is the most affordable Bluetooth Speaker option out there.
If there was any voice assistance present in it, then surely it would definitely be a tough competitor for Amazon Echo Dot.
As Xiaomi is among the top seller smartphone brands in India and has a great brand value. So, it can be said that the new Bluetooth Speaker could be sold with this fame.


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Deep Neural Networks: The Tale of a New Technology
Whether your work requires you to classify cucumber types, screen diabetics for debilitating eye conditions, or equip self-driving cars for the road—deep neural networks can help your organization in getting your work done in more intelligent and automated ways than has been possible so far.
A relatively new and exciting branch of machine learning, deep neural networks are loosely modeled after the human brain's own complex wiring. Built as a series of deep layers with nodes that 'light up' the way neurons do when they process a causal connection, these networks are engineered to refine what machine learning customarily does. This is because deep neural networks enable far 'deeper learning' in ways that mimic the human brain. They not only assist in carrying out repetitive tasks that require a minimal understanding of a monotonous process, but also are specially designed to read, decipher, and connect a large volume of input—in the form of images, videos, words, or sounds—to intelligent outcomes.
Take the case of cucumber sorting. In 2015, a former systems designer from the Japanese automobile industry decided to help his parents streamline some processes of procurement at their cucumber farm in rural Japan. The nine different classes of cucumber grown on his parents' plot of land used to take his mother eight hours of backbreaking work a day to sort in peak harvesting times. In Japan, the task of cucumber sorting is done not only according to size and thickness, but also by color, texture, prickliness, and whether the product is straight or bent. This is because each type bears a certain value and price. For instance, cucumbers that happen to meet a bunch of criteria simultaneously—including being 'straight and thick with vivid color and lots of prickles'—are highly coveted because of these command higher prices in the market.
The former systems designer applied deep neural networks to cluster cucumbers into one of nine types for easy sorting and stacking. He did this by inputting thousands of images of the different varieties of cucumber into a simple cucumber sorter. The machine helped save his parents' time and effort that they used to spend on manual work, and quickly delivered to them the kind of cucumbers that would fetch them the best price.
The ability of deep neural networks to intuitively and correctly recognize features after being fed with the widest possible range and volume of data on a subject is also a function that has helped researchers at Google's Research Lab propose an unusual eye test for diabetics. They suggest that deep learning in combination with artificial intelligence can be applied to develop an eye-screening technique that can help ophthalmologists identify the signs of diabetic retinopathy. According to Google, such methods promise to help doctors correctly evaluate scores of patients quickly and refer those in urgent need of further help to a specialist. At Infinite we are integrating deep neural networks into our Zyter Health collaborative platform. Using neural networks to sift through a plethora of medical information can help physicians narrow down to only the most relevant patient information to help make timely and accurate decisions. This would not only save time per patient visit but also significantly improve the quality of care.
The capacity to 'read' tons of images and sounds by using this technology lends itself seamlessly to self-driving cars. Researchers at Berkeley say that speech, image recognition, translation, and robotics are functionalities that are crucial to making an autonomous vehicle run. So far, it has required different technologies to deliver these functions. However, since deep neural networks are equipped to simultaneously handle these capabilities, they can play a leading role in putting self-driven automobiles on the roads sooner than we imagine.
However, as with all new and evolving technologies, deep neural networks do pose some challenges. First, they require tons of data. This is not always feasible. Second, technology cannot be employed for tasks that need higher levels of strategic thinking, such as building a factory. Third, the technology itself is largely a mysterious 'black box'—unable to explain why it gets to the results it does. And finally, it is not safe or suitable to fields where we require foolproof guarantees. For example, there shouldn't be a minuscule chance that trains 'be allowed' to run on the same tracks at the same time.
Yet, businesses are waking up to the opportunities deep neural networks bring, especially in domains that rely on perceptive tasks such as sorting and ranking search results, interpreting x-ray images, or running autonomous cars. I believe that as technology builds a repertoire of successful applications, it is bound to find new avenues to mark its presence.
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Rome Travel Guide
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The eighteenth century to World War II
After the Renaissance Era, Rome became the capital of Italy. In 1527 Charles I, king of Spain, invaded Rome. Charles I's troops looted all that was in Rome, the pope's life was in danger, and this fact marked the end of the Renaissance.
In the eighteenth century, Rome was the epicenter of the artistic style of Neoclassicism; however, Rome was not only an outdoor museum in the eighteenth century. The world around Rome was changing and it could not be a stranger to the arrival of a modern world.
Napoleon Bonaparte occupied Rome after the French Revolution, the city was taken, the ancient papal authority was ridiculed, so Romans lodged a republican and nationalist sentiment that culminated in rebellion. Rome joined to the young Italy in 1870, when the French empire and the papal troops fell. Rome came to life again this year so many people came back to Rome and the population began to grow very quickly. Many architects developed projects in order to get a better urban planning; it helped people not to damage the monuments around Rome.
Many others suggested building a new Rome on one of the hills of Italy, but this idea seemed very crazy. Rome joined again many of the best artists, so it became one of the most important cities around the world.
In 1929, Benito Mussolini suggested changing the ideology of Rome and so Romans and Italian people became fascist. Because of him, Hitler invaded Italy and part of Rome so British and Americans attacked Rome in World War II. This war damaged some historical monuments like the Roman Coliseum; Nazis also stole many artistic works for their private collections of art.
When World War II finished, many Romans had died, because Rome was one of the most important cities in the strategy of the Axis, just like Tokyo and Berlin. British, Americans and Germans left Rome in 1944; Mussolini was murdered a year after. Romans were tired of fascism, so Referendum of 1946 abolished the monarchy and established the Italian Republic.
It would take time for Rome to recover, Rome was still the main headquarter of the Catholic Church so many people helped rebuild most of the buildings. Rome would begin a new stage.
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Musashi Shinjo of JR Nambu Line is a very peaceful town. I heard that there is a reputable shop in Miso Ramen here, so I tried visiting. The name of the shop is "Techi". I do not know the origin of the name at all. I heard that the store owner of this store says that he practiced at a famous shop called "Kuriyama". My expectation increases.
This shop is a Miso Ramen specialty shop, offering very contemporary Miso Ramen. It is wheat miso based ramen, it has very high sweetness and a distinctive sweetness. And, it contains the pig and chicken extract firmly, it is tasty. Even more interesting are two. Pepper called 'Sansho' is working. And oil called "Rayu" is used. So, it is hot and it tastes fragrant, it is fun.
The noodles are thick. And the amount is slightly larger. Noodles taste of wheat and are compatible with miso soup. Overall it is a rich taste, but the topping pork and flavored vegetables refreshes the whole. Radish, carrot, sprouts, onions are scattered all around and beautiful. It was very delicious.
The shop is bright and can be very relaxing. BGM is the Beatles. It was a pleasant space. I liked it very much, so I'd like to recommend it to my friends.


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Ms. Rizzotti teaches her lacrosse players a skill.
At RHS for the first time ever a girls' lacrosse team is finally being offered as a spring sport. There hasn't been a girls lacrosse team at RHS in past years because it wasn't supported by the youth. Just recently the youth started a kindergarten through eighth grade lacrosse teams and in the spring 2013 the first boys' lacrosse team was formed at RHS. People at RHS never really considered a girls' lacrosse team to be an option, but now that it is everyone is excited.
The teacher taking on the first ever girls' lacrosse team is Ms. Rizzotti, a first year math teacher who played lacrosse at St. Martin's College. Rizzotti says the main reason for starting a girls' lacrosse team is "my students coaxing me into it." Rizzotti has a lot of experience in lacrosse as she started playing in seventh grade and just picked it up easily and stuck with it.
Colleen Burke, a freshman at RHS, never expected to play lacrosse in high school. She says that she "never thought I would have the opportunity to play lacrosse." Burke is very excited for the upcoming season. She has always heard about how much people loved to play lacrosse and that it was a great sport to learn. Ever since her cousin started to play she's wanted to play too. Burke has never played lacrosse before but is optimistic and can't wait for the season to start and to pick up her lacrosse stick.
All the girls on the spring lacrosse team have never played before. When starting a new sport the athletes must have patience and the will to try and learn. With a new sport there comes a lot of training and hard work. It's "harder to pick up the older you start," says Rizzotti. The team this year will open up a lot of opportunities for the players and for the school as well and Coach Rizzotti says that she can't wait to see what the future hold for RHS girls lacrosse.


Aboriginal Sculpture originated in Yirrkala and the Tiwi Islands. Some early sculptures can be very collectable.
The aim of this article is to assist readers in identifying if their aboriginal Sculpture is an early example. It shows examples from different early artists.
If you have a Aboriginal Sculpture to sell please contact me. If you want to know what your Aboriginal Sculpture is worth to me please feel free to send me a Jpeg because I would love to see it.
Before European settlement of Australia, aboriginal sculpture was ephemeral. After ritual use sculptures made and empowered for a particular ceremony are discarded.
Unlike Papua New Guineans or Africans, Aboriginal people did not make wooden figures and venerate them over long periods of time.
The Earliest sculptures from this area are Lorrikon. Lorrikon are hollowed log bone receptacles painted with totemic designs. According to oral history, Carved Human figures from Yirrkala in Arnhem land were first created by Djuakan. They were first carved at the turn of the 19th Century. Djuakan got the idea from an old Macassan Fisherman, to carve a human head on top of a burial post.
In 1948 a collector called Mountford recorded the carving of full-length human figures. These full-length human figures are painted in clan motifs. The surface painting on sculpture refers to aspects of legends and myths and to clan designs related to the figure represented. Local Yirrkala artists gained access to far better tools like pocket knives, rasps, and axes During World War II.
Eastern Arnhem land also has ceremonial sculptures made from bark, string, feathers, human hair or other fibers. These are ceremonially important items. They are symbolic representations of animals food and birds. They sometimes have small painted wooden heads fixed to the top. These sculptures called Rangga are seldom sold and are collectible in their own right.
Figurative Aboriginal Sculptures were first collected at Parunear Bathurst Island. Figures were left at the graveside. This was so that the ghost of the recently departed would haunt the wooden figure instead of the closest kin. It was from this small community that many of the most important and collectible Aboriginal Sculpture Artists worked.
Initially, they worked making posts and spears for traditional use. As European demand increased they soon made the sculpture for sale as well.
Tiwi Island Artists often traded sculptures with the Mission on Bathurst Island for supplies. The people at Paru referred to themselves as Mandimbula. They maintain traditional beliefs, particularly the Pukumani ritual.
The Pukumani ritual includes the carving of Painted Pukumani poles and large painted Ceremonial Spears. An artist called Katuhe was the first to make a figurative carving. He carved a Pukumani pole with a figure on the top. Katu may have been inspired by wooden sculptures he had seen in Darwin at the end of the second world war. Tiwi Sculptures have painted designs in traditional skin design patterns.
The origins of Central Arnhem Land Aboriginal Sculptures is very poorly documented. In the Berndt collection at the University of Western Australia, there are some small bee wax figures. These early sculpture come from the "Honey Men ceremony". The majority of figures associated with the wild honey men have a very distinct diamond pattern on the body. A term used to refer to sculpture from this area is Mokoy Figures. Other figures from this area depict Mimi spirits. Mimi spirits live in the rocky areas of Western Arnhem land and they are always long and slender.
There are a few very old sculptures from the Torres Straits. They were made to help with the growing of tobacco. They are flat and two dimensional.
These sculptures are very rare and highly collectible.
Traditional sculpture from the central desert is predominantly flat intricately carved oval boards called Churinga. Out of respect for Aboriginal culture, they will not be discussed here.
The other form of sculpture from the desert started in the 1950's and consists mainly of realistic looking desert reptiles.
The two best artists who later became well known painteds are Tim Leura and Clifford Possum.
Many traditional Aboriginal Weapons and Coolamon have wonderful sculptural forms. These weapons are collected by some people as sculpture rather than Artifact.
Aboriginal weapons and coolamon are covered in separate articles.
There are also several types of Artifact that could be considered sculpture. These artifacts though are of a secret and sacred nature and it would be inappropriate to show them on line.


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Our new product is this AK magazine loader plate form 10/20/30 rounds of 7.62×39 43M cartridges.
This is the first one. In the next few weeks, we will post test videos and articles about it.
You can pre-order by e-mail to info@kalasnyikov.hu.
The planned price is about a loaded AK magazines price, means 30€/35 USD + shipping fee from Hungary.
Due the anniversary of the AMD-65, we get a wallpaper/poster from FEG Defense Systems to share!
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"We've intended to dedicate a video to the Hungarian FEG SA-85m for a long time. Sure this rifle has appeared in several other compilations in the past, but it was never the star of the show. Finally today, it gets a whole video to itself. We try it out at the range, tell its story, and point out some features. The SA-85m was the only AK type rifle imported from Hungary before the ban in 1989. It was a semi-auto version of the military's AK-63, built by FEG and sold here by Kassner. Both a fixed stock and an underfolding stock version were on offer back in the late 1980s. After the ban, KBI continued importation with a compliant version in the 1990s and then a low-cap version known as the SA-2000m. The final FEG AKs were imported by TGI, but that's a whole other story. "


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Home Politics As Minority Leader, I Should Automatically Be Next Senate President, Says Akume
As Minority Leader, I Should Automatically Be Next Senate President, Says Akume
The Senate Minority Leader, George Akume, on Friday said that he was the most qualified candidate for the position of the Senate presidency.
Mr. Akume, who represents Benue North-West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
The ex-governor said that going by the presidential system of government which Nigeria practices, the minority leader should automatically takeover the leadership if his party man emerges as leader of the central government.
"We are practicing the presidential system of government and in that system, the path of succession to leadership in the legislature is clearly established; as minority leader, automatically I should have become the president.
"I got into the senate after eight years as the governor of Benue state.
"During my stay here, I moved from the PDP which I co-formed to the ACN and eventually I became the minority leader of APC after the merger and from that vantage position I became the chairman of the minority caucus.
"I believe that given my track record and the fact that I have been leading the caucus in the senate, I should be considered the most worthy man to preside over the affairs of the 8th Senate.
"For anybody to say that I should withdraw is purely in the imagination of a few, I do not have any skeletons in my cupboard", he said.
"This is exemplified recently, in the U.S. whose democracy we copied, where the minority leader automatically rose to become speaker. That is the way things are done", Akume added.
Other leading contenders for the Senate top most job are Bukola Saraki and Ahmed Lawan.
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The next morning we presented ourselves to the Selva office, just across the road from the terminal, while the rest of our group gathered for their 30 minute DC-3 flight. As mentioned in the previous article, only five of us went out on a limb to fly on the Antonov An-26. Our flight was to be much longer, at least a couple of hours, to the Venezuelan border with a couple of other passengers and a load of freight.
First we had to be weighed with our bags so the crew could perform weight and balance calculations, much like smaller aircraft or during the glory days of flying.
Formalities done, our passports were kept by the co-pilot for paperwork at the destination, and then we were led out to the ramp via the security gate on the road onto the ramp, and not via the terminal.
Our aircraft was still being prepared so we were allowed to hang out while the DC-3 was loaded and started up, with the remainder of our group alighting.
An-26 HK-4388 was now ready and we were led up the rear loading ramp and onto the aircraft. It was split 50/50 with seats at the front and space for cargo at the rear.
Finally I was to fly on the elusive An-26!
It was a grey morning but we soon climbed above the clouds and were treated to a green scenic view of the Colombian countryside. Even close to the cities, this is the greenest country I've been to with all vegetation seemingly growing huge naturally, but outside the cities, it's just a mass of green everywhere!
After two hours and five minutes, we made our descent into Puerto Carreno Airport.
On exiting we were greeted by a soldier with a machine gun, a reminder that rebels are still an ongoing issue in these less populated areas.
We were free to wander around for a while, but it was so hot that we chose to hang out where we could see any action on the airport airside.
Soon we were asked if we'd like to look at the control tower. Well, why not?
It was small and old, but the controller explained that a new tower was being built very soon. We could see the Venezuelan border from here, but it was just too far away to walk before our flight was due to return.
Our co-pilot eventually came back and handed back our passports and then mentioned that we'd be making a technical stop on the return journey. Who are we to argue?
The next sector was just us and a small amount of freight, which allowed us to explore the cargo hold while we were airbourne.
After 50 minutes we started a spiral descent into our mystery destination and, after a 360 degree turn, we discovered we were on final approach to a dirt strip.
The airfield, we later found out, was Cumaribo, and this area used to be an ex-FARC stronghold. Apparently this was a military controlled airstrip, but we saw no sign of any solders. There was just a single Cessna 182 parked up on the red dirt and a small open shed that doubled as the 'terminal'.
Some locals came out to unload the aircraft and my guess is this is the air-bridge for the local indigenous village. There are upwards of 38 indigenous reserves in this area.
We were free to wander around but stayed close to the aircraft as the cargo was being unloaded. Our co-pilot told us we had plenty of time, but five minutes later herded us up stating, "We need to go now!", pointing at a huge building storm.
Two young girls boarded with babies, I would guess they were going to a larger hospital for check-ups, compliments of the government.
No sooner were we all onboard the crew started the aircraft and taxied to the end of the runway, taking off without delay. Watching the ground go by we were airbourne with only approximately ten feet left of the runway, no doubt kicking up the dust as we went.
Another uneventful flight of an hour and ten minutes with beautiful scenery and we were soon back at Villavicencio, where we said our goodbyes to the crew before being allowed to wander the ramp again.
All in all, an excellent day where we were so glad we'd strayed from the main group. Four hours and five minutes flying in an An-26, heaven!


cooked and mashed beans,known as Ewa Agoyin.
This sauce can also be used to serve boiled rice, fried yams, potatoes and plantains.
out the liquid in it..be careful not to burn it.
its natural red color to golden…it should look more like vegetable oil now.
crayfish and fry a bit.
until the onions is no longer visible and the sauce begins to darken a bit.
minutes… put of the heat and your sauce is read to be placed on the beans.
Place on cooked beans, yams, potatoes and Rice.
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Ridgefield Academy's Parents' Association, RAPA, is an organization consisting of parents from our school community who help support the mission, events and fundraising activities of our school. RAPA extends a welcoming arm to all RA families by encouraging participation in a wide range of school-wide events including our wonderful Fall Family Day, Run4RA event, community service activities and many other events. RAPA volunteers are an integral part of our school community and generously offer hundreds of volunteer hours to help support the culture and programs of the Academy.
The organizational structure of RAPA consists of a RAPA President and a Vice President for each of the schools four divisions (Preschool, Lower School, Middle School and Upper School), a Secretary and Treasurer. All RAPA Board members work closely with the RA Head of School, Division Heads and other key administrators to bring issues to the attention of the school and learn about changes in policy, upcoming events and other issues that may impact the educational experience for our students. Additionally, RAPA has numerous event chairs and classroom representatives.
Selection of a new RAPA president takes place in the spring of each year. This year we welcome Jessica Brooks as our RAPA President. We invite anyone interested in joining RAPA at any level to get involved. Working with others can be enormously gratifying as well as you can learn more about Ridgefield Academy as a whole.
Please use the community directory to connect with any of our RAPA leaders.
Please use the community directory to connect with any of our RAPA grade/class representatives.
We encourage you to join us for our RAPA meetings. Your involvement in the life of our school is important to the success of our program! Please direct all questions to RAPA President Erin Macri.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to meet other parents within our community and a terrific way to model community service for our children. You can find out more about volunteer opportunities by contacting Erin Macri.


The views from the Vale of Avoca are breathtaking. Situated 300 metres above the Grose River Gorge this lookout gives you rugged, views into the contorted gorges of the Devils Wilderness and beyond to the upper Blue Mountains.
The lookout is on a sandstone outcrop and is unfenced so care is needed. The River you can hear below is the wild Grose River and is 56 kilometres in length starting at Mt Victoria in the upper Blue Mountains.
To access Vale of Avoca Lookout head to the end of Cabbage Tree Road, Grose Vale. The last few kilometres are dirt road which can be slippery after rain – return the way you came.