In 2015 John Devoy was honoured in the county of the birth by the erection of a statue at Poplar Square, Naas Co. Kildare. The statue was commissioned by the Kildare Association of New York and received support from the Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee and Naas Local History Group. Its unveiling on 29 October 2015 was the first of hundreds of 1916/2016 events in the county.
This year two events will be held in Naas to commemorate him on the anniversary of his death Friday (29 September). A short commemorative ceremony will be held at the John Devoy Statue at 6.30 p.m. in Poplar Square, Naas, in conjunction with Naas Local History Group.
A musical and spoken word performance by Fia Rua on the life and times of John Devoy, Kildare Man, Fenian, Prisoner, Exile, Unparalleled Irish Patriot, with guest musicians Adam Downey and Christophe Capewell, will take place in Kavanagh's Back Bar, Naas from 7 p.m. onwards.
This performance has been kindly sponsored by the Kildare Association of New York and Naas Local History Group. It was written by well known local musician Eoghan Burke.


The commercial offer is an advertising document.The main goal of the compilation is to motivate and motivate the potential client to cooperate, use the service or purchase the goods. In the construction sector, not only services for the erection and repair of buildings, but also design work, reconstruction or demolition of buildings may be offered.
As a general rule, the commercial offer of a construction company is divided into general and specialized.
In general, KP indicates all the capabilities of the company.For example, even if the building is erected, but no repairs are done inside, the offer of cooperation may have information about the possibility of carrying out design and dismantling works.
A specialized proposal can only contain targeted information, for example, only general construction or finishing works are offered.
The second version of the CP is sent in those cases,when a potential customer is interested in innovative solutions and quality assurance for him is the most important moment in cooperation, in other words, the price policy is the least interesting.
The contract for construction work is enougha specific activity and implies long-term cooperation. Therefore, very often even in the primary sentence, you can see preliminary calculations in tabular form. If preliminary calculations are given, it is necessary to indicate on the basis of what data they were conducted, that is, the figures should not be taken from the ceiling. If the calculations are approximate, then this should be emphasized.
Naturally, the examples of commercial textssuggestions can always be found on the Internet or order the writing of text from specialists, but it should be remembered that there are no clear standards. Each word should be selected depending on the specifics and advantages of the company. For some contractors in the priority of quality, for others, optimization of customer costs and so on. In practice, we can distinguish a number of standard sections of KP, which should not be neglected.
Greeting is not required only if the document is not personalized.
Personal appeal, especially if you have already had telephone talks before. The name and patronymic at the beginning of the text already obliges the recipient to at least get acquainted with the text.
The sender of the letter should always be reminded that the proposal was made at the request of the recipient.
In this part of the offer, you needas much as possible to entice the reader and position him to a careful study of further information. Naturally, if the letter is sent to the municipal authorities for the purpose of participating in the tender, then the headline should be concise and clearly define the essence of the proposal.
"Commercial offer on the reconstruction of the building at ..."
After the title, it is necessary to briefly describe the essence of the proposal. A potential client should, as a short period of time, understand what the company is doing.
The main problem of the client.
Every business sooner or later faces certain problems, you can help your client solve it - say so.
Current need. Needs are constantly changing, that is, one that is relevant at a certain point in time.
Now you can proceed to a detailed description of the proposed works and services. To ensure that the text is not overloaded, the price list with prices can be attached to the proposal by a separate document.
"... Our company has created 99 projects of private houses, 98 of which have already been built and their owners are satisfied with the result, which can be found on the website of our company in the" Reviews "tab ...".
Great warranty periods, both on the work itself, and on materials.
A rational solution and a small shock.
Offer a favorable price to the client and justify that it is a guarantee of quality.
Benefits in the future. The client should understand why he should cooperate with your company.
and other features of cooperation with the company.
"... In the period from October 1 to December 31, we have seasonal discounts on building materials ... .can be listed if the discounts are not for all goods ...."
Commercial offer on cooperation withthe construction company must contain information about the person with whom you can contact if you are interested in the proposal. Even if the proposal is a continuation of the preliminary agreement, contact details should still be indicated.
"... If you call today ... you can specify the date .... Then get a discount on all types of services at a rate of 5% .... contact details ...".
Do not forget to thank the potential client for taking time to read your information.
What is a two-part proposal? How to distinguish it from a single-member?
What are the suggestions for intonation and the purpose of the utterance?


My hometown is very Catholic, which seems like an odd place to raise a Jewish family. I'm sure that from the first moment that my mom stuck her head out of our kitchen window and broke the suburban silence by shouting for her children to "come in and eat!", all the members of my family, to different extents, have butted heads with our community. The entire school district consisted of one set of elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. If you moved to town before kindergarten, like I did, and stayed long enough, you would get your diploma with the same group of people that you napped with. Diversity was also a theory in my town, rather than a practice. A lot of people liked the concept of diversity without ever having to see it.
I learned this lesson again and again. I learned it when in middle school chorus they chose a Hebrew song for the "winter concert" to supplement the carols, and when I corrected the teacher on her Hebrew pronunciation, she shushed me. I learned it when my freshman biology teacher assigned an exam on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, a day my school couldn't afford to give off, and wouldn't let me make it up. Years later, I remembered an interaction in 2nd grade where a little boy asked me why I killed Jesus and I responded by asking who Jesus was.
Most of all, I learned it verbally sparring with various atheists who'd determined after their Christian religious educations that not only were all religions just like Christianity, but they were all pointless. What they didn't know was that Judaism is just as much a culture, a shared history, as it is a religion. That you can be Jewish and an atheist. And while I was not, I fiercely defended my faith against accusations of being a backwards mindset.
This matter wasn't helped by the fact that I had attended an orthodox synagogue since I was ten. There are many denominations of Jewish practice, and while my family was of the conservative denomination, there were no conservative synagogues where we lived, so my parents went up in traditionalism. My mother got backlash about that from her peers, who saw her raising (then) three daughters and asking how she could put us in such an oppressive environment, where we were second class citizens. She responded in typical New York fashion – by telling them they had no idea what they were talking about.
Since I've come out as transgender three years ago, I have never gone back. They didn't force me out – in fact, they don't even know. But my tumultuous relationship with my faith, sexuality, and gender formed a hidden rift between me and that synagogue that I'm still healing from.
When I was 13, I had a dream about kissing a girl, and woke up in a fright. My first thought was to wonder if I was gay, and my next two thoughts were about my parents, and about Hashem. While I had a feeling that my parents would be fine with whoever I decided to date, I'd been taught that religion and gayness didn't mix. I had never learned this in my synagogue. I learned this from the predominantly Christian narrative surrounding me of damnation for the sin of same-gender attraction. Jews don't even have a concept of Hell like Christians do. We have certain mysticism associated with the soul's journey after death beyond Heaven, but I had been strictly informed by my teachers that Jews do not believe in Hell. Nevertheless, I was terrified.
I repressed these feelings for two years. I went through school talking about how attracted I was to boys, I went to my Jewish sleepaway camp and kissed a boy just to prove to my bunkmates that I wasn't as gay, and I never spoke of what I was feeling. However, it was at that camp that I learned a lesson that would eventually help me to accept my sexuality.
Rabbis would often come and visit the camp for a weekend and speak to us. Many times their wives would come along and hold small lunches as well. At one of these lunches, I learned about how Hashem tests us. I learned that we have free will, that you can pass or fail a test, but if you come upon a crossroads and recognize a test, and make the right choice, you'll know. You'll just feel better than you did before.
I decided my sexuality was a test, and that if I repressed it enough, I would feel better. I adopted a narrative, this non-Jewish narrative, as my own, and determined there would be dire consequences if I didn't repress. Yet, I was still miserable. Freshman year turned into sophomore year, and that summer, I went to a pre-college and met other gay people, Jewish and not Jewish, who helped me realize that I'd read this all wrong. The test had never been to repress my sexuality; the test was to accept my sexuality in a world that wanted me to hate myself. I always learned that Hashem was about love. That He was a caring father who loves His children. My old hypothesis didn't work out, so I decided why not give this a shot?
I came out my junior year of high school as bisexual, and started dating a girl a few months later. We were the second same-gender couple our high school had ever seen. For a while, I was at my happiest. I realized I had passed the test the way Hashem had wanted me to. But it didn't last very long.
That relationship turned out to be startlingly unhealthy. As my dependency increased, my mood decreased, and I got very depressed. I made the connection between my mood and the relationship, but wrongfully assumed that Hashem was punishing me for dating a woman. For months, I thought I could never be happy with who I was. To make matters worse, I began to question my gender. I'd never felt like a woman. I'd waited and wished for puberty to turn me into the woman I knew I was supposed to be, and when it came, the feelings didn't subside. I was afraid my girlfriend wouldn't love me if I came out as a man, and I was also afraid of the change and the backlash that coming out would bring.
My senior year, the relationship ended, and I tentatively came out as nonbinary. It didn't really work in an environment where everyone had known me since I was five, but it was a start. I had no idea what the Jewish perspective was on transgender people, but I knew I couldn't pretend to be something I wasn't any longer. I stopped going to synagogue because they separated members of the congregation by gender. When I called the wife of my Rabbi before I left for college, she reminded me to only date Jewish men at school. She didn't know that I was one.
Throughout my freshman year of college, I worked towards coming out as a transgender man. However, the more towards male I transitioned, the more a portion of my gender dysphoria centered around being previously prohibited from male Jewish traditions. I never had a bar mitzvah. I could never read from the Torah. I missed the orthodox environment that I loved, but I felt as though I could never go back to a synagogue unless it was very modernized. While that's something some enjoy, it was never for me.
Nevertheless, as I moved closer to the man I was meant to be, I felt myself moving closer to Hashem. When I got upset and drew into myself, I found myself having long dialogues with Him. Why did you make me this way? Why must I be tested again and again? I know you have a reason, but I'd appreciate a sign. At this point I was over my fear of damnation. I knew that Hashem was doing this out of some kind of love, and that His choices made me kinder, gave me more empathy and an open mind. But sometimes that didn't feel like enough.
I did the male traditions I could on my own, like fasting during the fast of the firstborn son and not lighting candles on Shabbos. Then, last summer, I decided I wanted to go back to services. I was on the track to getting testosterone and finally medically transitioning, and at this crossroads in my life, I wanted to again be closer to my religion. There was a reform synagogue walking distance from where I lived on campus, and I asked to meet the Rabbi. He brought me into his office, and before I could finish speaking, I started crying. Through my tears, I told him that I was used to an orthodox environment, but I wanted to come back to services, and I just wanted to be a man there. He told me in his synagogue that was possible.
It wasn't perfect, and certainly not what I was used to, but it was something that I was missing. In the months that followed I went home to see my parents, and researched what little information there was on the Jewish perspective on hormone replacement therapy. I was taught that Jews have a law again permanent body modification, such as tattoos, because we believe that our bodies are borrowed vessels for our souls. I was afraid HRT fell under that category.
What I found was an essay from an orthodox rabbi which said that in the event of health, most things are permissible. If the hormone therapy alleviates mental health struggles, it can be forgiven. This eliminated some of the doubt in my mind, and a few weeks later, I got my testosterone.
I really loved reading this story about faith and overlapping identities and how you didn't come to your current understanding of yourself all at once. It reminds me that I'm not done becoming who I am yet. Thank you for sharing!


Hunting could not realistically take place without the permission of landowners. All land in the UK is owned by someone, and it is these landowners who enable hunting to take place.
The League Against Cruel Sports believes that many of these landowners are allowing hunting to take place on their land without fully understanding what is actually taking place. We believe the illegal chasing and killing of animals is taking place on a mass scale – but this could be stopped if landowners prevented the hunts from gaining access to their property.
A relatively small number of landowners own a large proportion of land in this country. We believe they have a responsibility to ensure the law is enforced on their property, by understanding what takes place on a 'hunt', and refusing to give them access.
Although the National Trust does not directly license illegal hunting, it does offer licences for 'trail' hunting, a form of hunting with hounds that was invented after the passing of the Hunting Act 2004, which the League believes to be a cover for illegal hunting.
The National Trust remains one of the only, if not the only, non-government conservation bodies to allow hunting on its land, with peers including English Heritage, Woodland Trust, Canal & River Trust, and even its own sister-organisation, National Trust Scotland, refusing permission.
The League believes the evidence clearly shows that hunting activities on National Trust land are cruel, illegal, unauthorised and dangerous to the public, as well as damaging to Sites of Scientific Interest and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Why have the National Trust licensed hunting?
Hunting wild animals like deer, hares and foxes with dogs for sport is illegal under the terms of the Hunting Act 2004, except where an exemption applies. When the ban came in, hunts created the activity of 'trail' hunting, which they claimed involved following a scent-based trail (for example fox urine).
Evidence suggests that 'trail' hunting (not to be confused with drag hunting) is not a genuine sport, but in fact a cover for illegal hunting. Our analysis was done looking at over 4,000 hunt monitoring reports from different organisations (covering the majority of hunts in England and Wales). We've found that since 2005, only on an average of around 0.04% of occasions did monitors believe they may have witnessed a genuine 'trail' hunting event, rather than a fake one.
We therefore believe that illegal hunting is taking place on National Trust land on a regular basis.
Hunts can claim various 'exemption' excuses that the law allows as their purpose for being on National Trust land – and it's stags that are feeling the effects the most. The defiant attitude of stag hunts combined with the existence of weak exemptions in the Hunting Act 2004 has created an effective loophole which desperately needs closing. Too many opportunities to falsely claim an exempt hunt is undoubtedly causing suffering to hundreds of deer every year.
Published in 2017, 'Observed' to death is the first ever report to look at how stag hunts are breaking the law, 12 years after the hunting ban was enacted. League investigators regularly witness stags being chased on National Trust land adjacent to the charity's wildlife sanctuary in Somerset.
Citing that hounds need exercise, hunts often let full packs of hounds loose in the countryside which can cause all kinds of disturbance to the local wildlife as well as damage to natural ecosystems. The League regularly receives reports of unsupervised hounds entering protected natural reserves – endangering the habitats of foxes, hares and other animals. We've also received reports of hunts interfering with badger setts - which is illegal because badgers are a protected species.
Two reports were published in 2017 highlighting the negative impacts hunting with dogs has on conservation. The conservation problems of hunting with dogs was published by the League, and The impact of hunting with dogs on wildlife and conservation by Prof. Stephen Harris.
The Quantock Hills in Somerset is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), with parts owned and managed by the National Trust. The Quantock Staghounds Hunt, like all the other stag hunts, was banned from hunting with dogs on National Trust land in 1997, so is not permitted to carry out actual stag hunting on its land.
The League Against Cruel Sports has evidence that the Quantock Staghounds Hunt has repeatedly engaged in stag hunting, trespassing onto National Trust land without a licence, driving hunt quad bikes and other vehicles on a restricted byway and footpaths used regularly by the public (including children) and across protected moorland, and has discharged firearms to kill deer on National Trust land, which is open to the public.
On one occasion, a National Trust vehicle passed along a restricted byway as hunt vehicles were being driven illegally in the opposite direction but there was no intervention. The evidence shows that National Trust estate staff may be aware of what is going on but take no action to stop it.
In 2017 a group of National Trust members, supported by the League, submitted a motion calling for the 'cessation of trail hunting, exempt hunting and exercising of hounds'. Over 61,000 members voted on the motion. The number of people voting against the motion to ban Trail hunting was 30,985. Those for the motion was 30,686. This means that the motion failed by 299 votes. It is worth noting that the National Trust was given discretionary votes by some members, meaning that those votes were used by the National Trust to vote against the motion. Without those discretionary votes, the number of people who voted for the motion was greater than those who voted against. So the decision was swung against the motion by the National Trust board.
The Debate was streamed live online and is available to watch here.
Since 2017, the National Trust has updated its rules on 'Trail' Hunting. While the League does not believe these rules are strong enough to prevent illegal hunting from taking place, we are still keen to see them properly enforced, and to know how the National Trust plans to deal with Hunts that trespass without a licence.
Listed below are the reported incidents of hunts trespassing onto National Trust land during the 2018/19 hunting season.
● The Horton Court Estate, Gloucestershire, has granted a license to the Beaufort Hunt, which was filmed hunting a fox through a churchyard in the nearest village to the estate on 17 March, showing the hunt is operating unlawfully in its daily activities. It is clear unlawful hunting was taking place on that day as the full pack of hounds were 'in cry', the huntsman was giving short horn and voice calls - something done to 'egg the hounds on' to follow the scent of a hunted animal. A number of badger setts were also found blocked up — a common tactic used by hunts to prevent a pursued fox from 'going to ground' — in a wood which was surrounded by terriermen after the animal took refuge. It is notable that nearby Tetbury Town Council has refused permission for the Beaufort Hunt to meet in the town centre on New Year's Day on 10/12/2018.
● The Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset, has granted a license to the Portman Hunt, which was witnessed by wildlife monitors chasing a fox over National Trust land in March 2017. The hunt has since been witnessed chasing a fox at a meet in Manston on 27/10/2018, where a badger sett was found blocked up nearby. Terriermen – people on quadbikes whose purpose is to dig out foxes which have taken refuge underground during a hunt – were filmed when the hunt met on the estate on 21/11/2018. This is in direct breach of the National Trust's licence, which expressly prohibits terriermen and their vehicles from operating on its land during the course of any hunt meet. The National Trust is clear that "terrier men have no place in a trail hunt".
● The Farnborough Hall Estate, Warwickshire, has granted a license to the Warwickshire Hunt, which was filmed trespassing on the estate on 11 November 2017, when no license was issued. It is clear unlawful hunting was taking place on that day as the full pack of hounds were 'in cry' and the huntsman was giving short horn and voice calls - something done to 'egg the hounds on' to follow the scent of a hunted animal. Had a trail been laid the hunt would not have gone near, let alone onto, the grounds of Farnborough Hall. A number of recent incidents also show the hunt is operating unlawfully in its daily activities: the hunt was seen chasing a fox in Hunningham on 01/11/2018 and the hunt was again seen chasing a fox, which went to ground in a badger sett in Admington on 03/11/2018.
● The Buscot and Coleshill Estate, Oxfordshire, has granted a license to the Old Berkshire Hunt, which was then witnessed chasing and killing a fox on the estate on 17/11/2018. The National Trust launched an investigation, however no outcome has been announced. The same hunt was witnessed by monitors chasing a fox in Alvescot, 10 miles north of the estate, on 07/11/2018, showing that the hunt is operating unlawfully in its daily activities. This was on the same date the hunt was scheduled to meet on the estate, but switched hunt meets for unknown reasons. It is understood the incident has been reported to Thames Valley Police.
● The Penrose Estate, Cornwall, has granted a licence allowing access to Porkellis Moor by the Four Burrow Hunt, which had on 24/11/2018 six of its hunting dogs becoming trapped for four days down a mine shaft - resulting in one of the animals dying.
● The Woolbeding Countryside Estate, West Sussex, granted a licence to the Chiddingfold, Leconfield and Cowdray Hunt. Terriermen – people on quadbikes whose purpose is to dig out foxes which have taken refuge underground during a hunt – were filmed when the hunt met on the estate on 24th November 2018. This is in direct breach of the National Trust's licence, which expressly prohibits terriermen and their vehicles from operating on its land during the course of any hunt meet. The National Trust is clear that "terrier men have no place in a trail hunt".
● The Hanbury Hall Estate, Worcestershire, granted a licence to the Worcestershire Hunt. This hunt was photographed chasing a fox at Goosehill Green, two and a half miles from the estate, on 7th November 2018.
● The Shropshire Hills Estate, Shropshire, has granted a licence for two hunts to access its Long Mynd Estate. On 10 December a fox was seen fleeing the South Shropshire Hunt, one of those licensed, alongside terriermen being present, during a meet on the estate. On 11 December, terriermen were filmed accompanying the United Pack, the other licensed hunt, on the estate as well as the hunt conducting activities on areas outside of the licensed area.
So far, the Trust has failed to give a satisfactory answer as to how they will prevent this from taking place, and what the repercussions of these offences will be.
Share this page with your family and friends – spread the word!
National Trust members weren't given all the facts.
The motion wasn't to ban non-lethal 'drag' hunting. It was to ban 'trail' hunting which is actually real hunting in disguise.
Do you live near a National Trust property? Have you seen a hunt take place? They may be in breach of the National Trust licence, or even trespassing. If you suspect any illegal activity, please report it to our Crimewatch team.
Read our 'trail' hunting leaflet and see what a 'trail' hunt looks like.
Your actions can stop hunting being allowed on National Trust land.


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Q: Steganography using audio stream I am working on a project that is audio steganography and i need any new scheme along with its implementation. My input is text that will be encoded in the audio file. I want some suggestion on new encoding scheme related to phase coding. I have thought of using the complete intial phase to hide the text to increase the data transmission. Can anyone help me with the code.

A: Here's a technical paper where professionals describe methods of Audio Steganography:
http://airccse.org/journal/jma/3311ijma08.pdf

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Definition - What does Grand Cru Classe mean?
Grand Cru Classe refers to the Wine Official Classification of 1855 by declaration of Emperor Napoleon III, which states that the wines of Bordeaux (other regions followed) should be ranked and given status according to their reputation and/or vineyards which made exceptional wines throughout many years.
Each of them are from the region of Medoc with the only exception of Haut-Brion from Graves.
The Gran Cru Classe ranking remained unchanged for over a hundred years, even though many estates had long-since proved themselves to be worthy. It was not until 1973 that Mouton Rothschild was promoted to Primier Cru status. Chateau Haut-Brion was also given another appellation of Pessac-Leogan in 1988.
Most of the wines classified under the Grand Cru Classe system were reds, however white wines from the region of Barsac and Sauternes renown for their sweet wines of Semillon and Sauvignon blanc made the ranking as well. Chateau d'Yquem is one of them.
In other regions of France like Burgundy and Alsace, the system is slightly different with recognizing not just estates, but special vineyards as well.


To achieve exponential growth in the next 10 years, the floral industry must better understand consumers and the right channels to reach them. We also need to create efficiencies in the supply chain and ultimately do things differently.
Shopping Reinvented: This mega trend is no surprise. We all are experiencing the change in how we purchase goods and services. Our shifting values and access to the internet allows us to make purchases from many different platforms and merchants. We will continue to see more selling via social media and social messaging, internet-enabled subscriptions, and other innovative methods. Consumers know that big data has changed the shopping experience to allow for personalization.
Artificial intelligence is allowing us to create a customized consumer experience, which means millennials will likely be the last generation to be marketed to as a generation. Behavior-based analysis will lead to greater personalization, signaling the end of demographic-based marketing tactics, according to 10ecommercetrends.com.
Consumers expect you to save them time by knowing shopping patterns and suggesting the right product, at the right time, at the right price. If your floral selection or marketing is the same for most of the year, you are missing opportunities.
Connected Consumer: Consumers are using computers, smartphones and tablets to experience and interact with your company. And, they expect retailers to engage with them in ways that suit their interest and lifestyle. The connected consumer performs more research-oriented shopping than ever before. A consumer can quickly conduct a good deal of research on product details and pricing across different websites and platforms all while in a store.
Digital connections are the foundation to how consumers live, work and shop. It is the central nervous system supplying convenience, simplicity and knowledge, according to Euromonitor. It is also allowing technological advances such as augmented reality to be a part of everyday life. Augmented reality allows consumers to visualize what floral purchases would look like in their homes by using their mobile devices.
Experience More: This trend, as explained by Euromonitor, works well for the highly perishable floral market where the consumers really experience flowers rather than possess them. The need for experience over possession begins with the decision to purchase an item.
Consumers are demanding an experience in the path to purchase, which means having an intimate knowledge of consumer behaviors and desires to provide a seamless shopping environment whether it's online or in-store. Sales relationships are being replaced by a digital-first discovery process and a buyer-centric, simplified ordering process. Optimizing the purchase experience also means creating an experience for when purchasers receive your floral product.
E-commerce companies are optimizing their last-mile deliveries with drones. How this is executed will influence the customer as to whether they will use your service again.
The market share of e-commerce purchases in Europe's spending on flowers and plants currently ranges from 3 percent in Germany to 14 percent in the UK, but Rabobank expects this share will grow to 30 percent by 2027. More and more younger consumers now want to buy flowers. In the Netherlands in 2010, 32 percent of all purchases in this sector was done by someone aged 39 years or younger. By 2016, this share had increased to 60 percent.
Brick and mortar retail is not dying, but a transformation has begun. About 50 percent of millennials still prefer to shop in-store, according to 10ecommercetrends.com. Therefore, merchants must master the combination of merchandising online and in-store so consumers have a positive and consistent experience with your brand.


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Q: How to check if a database client is installed in C# before using an action Just made a windows forms application that at some point when a button is clicked it tries to open a connection to a Terada database (or it can be an Oracle database, or what ever database).
The thing is that the application can be used on computers which don't have the client for that database installed therefore when clicking that button a huge error message appears("Cannot load file or assembly...").
All I need to change is to first put on my buttons a verification which to check if the database client is installed but I do not know how to do that check...
A forced way was first to check if the .dll file which I used for my project (as a .Net reference) exists on that computer. But I think a better way may exists.
Any hints?
Many thanks in advance, Bogdan.


Downland Dance offers a range of classes to suit all ages and abilities. All classes are held in a warm, friendly and professional atmosphere and are well planned to meet the individual needs of every student.
The first step towards becoming the best dancer you can is to make sure that you have a solid technical base. The Downland Dance Technique Open Class has been developed with Miss Laura to help students fully understand the essential base of a good ballet technique, and to build the strength necessary to sustain it. It is for students who already know how a ballet class is structured, and have a basic understanding of their technique, but would like to feel more secure in their movements. Recommended for students aged 11-15.
Open to students of the same age group as above, this class will focus on adding artistic flare onto a solid technical base. The exercises will be slightly more difficult than those in the Technique Open Class, but they will help you to unlock your full artistic capacity, and ensure that your movements have the 'wow factor' that makes them look so professional, and shows everybody how much you love to dance! Recommended for students aged 11-15.
This is a class for our older and more advanced students, including adults. These classes will be based around a professional company class, which means that it will be conducted in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, and those who attend are welcome to do as much or as little as they need. The exercises will be constructed of a combination of technique and artistry, with plenty of opportunity for dancers to try new things and to learn new skills. Recommended for dancers aged 16+.
This does exactly what it says on the tin! Open to adults of any age- if you would like to give ballet a go but you don't have much previous experience, or if it's been a while since you last donned your ballet shoes, then this is the class for you. This class is set at a slightly slower pace than the others, and its simpler nature makes it the ideal setting for beginners to get to grips with ballet technique.
Mrs Harris's much loved senior open class is open to anyone Grade 5 or above and offers its participants a fun and relaxed environment in which to benefit fully from Mrs Harris's many years of teaching experience. Need we say more?
All of our open classes are available as either a one off Pay As You Go class or regular invoiced classes, so feel free to come along any time and see what makes our open classes so popular!
For more information about any of the classes which we have on offer, please do not hesitate to get in touch: info@downland-dance.co.uk.


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Q: How do you configure a different page size for production and test for Kaminari I'm running some rspec unit tests involving getting data back through kaminari paging, but the default page size for our application is 20, whereas 2 would work fine for test.
How do a set a different configuration for the default kaminari page size for test, or how do I set it up during the rspec setup for the test?

A: In your model you can override the default per_page:
class Something < ActiveRecord::Base
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A: Don't. You are supposed to test the data as similar to the production environment as possible.


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Where are polychaetes known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where polychaetes are known to exist in the Commonwealth
Where are pelagic sharks and rays known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic sharks & rays are known to exist in the
Where are pelagic fish known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where pelagic fish are known to exist in the Commonweal
Where are molluscs known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where molluscs are known to exist in the Commonwealth Marin
Where are marine mammals known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where marine mammals are known to exist in the Commonw
Where are hard corals known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where hard corals are known to exist in the Commonwealt
Where are dermersal sharks and rays known to exist in N and NW Australia's Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal sharks and rays are known to exist in the
Where are demersal fish known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where demersal fish are known to exist in the Commonwe
Where are brittle stars known to exist in Australia's N and NW Commonwealth Marine Reserves?
Researchers from Project D1 of the Marine Biodiversity Hub of the National Environmental Science Programme present this interactive map-based summary of where brittle stars are known to exist in the Commonwea
Shear stress on the seabed in the Oceanic Shoals CMR and beyond
Water flowing along the sediments (mud, sand, gravel, rocks) that make up the ocean floor can move them (sediment transport) given sufficient energy (shear stress). Essentially, when the force of water flowing against a sediment is greater than the gravitational force holding it in place, the sediment begins to move. The magnitude of shear stress required to cause sediment transport depends on the sizes and types of sediments present in a given location.
How steep is the seafloor in the Oceanic Shoals CMR?
The topography of the seafloor can play a major role in determining what types and abundance of organisms can survive there as it controls water circulation (read how it works). One of the most common measures of topography is the slope - the rate of change of depth with distance (rise over run).
Average turbidity within and beyond the Oceanic Shoals CMR
Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness of water caused by suspended particles (so small that they are usually invisible to the naked eye) that limit the transmission of light through the water.
Ocean productivity within and beyond the Oceanic Shoals CMR
Much of life on earth ultimately depends on the capture of energy from the sun and its translation into energy via photosynthesis. The relative extent to which this (primary production) occurs is a useful measure by which to compare the biological activity of regions.
Relative distance to shore of the Oceanic Shoals CMR
Use the interactive map below to see the relative distance of the Oceanic Shoals CMR from shore compared to other CMRs. Click on the four-arrow icon to activate the interactive map. You then click on the 'Commonwealth Marine Reserve boundaries' data layer to see how the Oceanic Shoals compares to the other CMRs.
Migration patterns of whalesharks from 2005-2008 and the Oceanic Shoals CMR
The Whale Shark is listed as vulnerable and migratory under Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Act. Each year from March to May, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), aggregate on the NW Australian continental shelf, particularly around Ningaloo Reef.
Geomorphology of the seafloor within and beyond the Oceanic Shoals CMR
Geomorphology is a major driver of the type and abundance of organisms living on and near the sea floor. Much work has been done to define and characterise ocean geomorphology at spatial scales ranging from the entire world's oceans to the NW Australian region.
How does ocean temperature vary across the Oceanic Shoals CMR and beyond?
Sea surface temperature is the measure of how hot or corld the water in the ocean is at a given time and place. Ocean organisms have adapted to certain levels of sea temperature and can be harmed if the water is too much warmer or colder than normal (for example, this can cause coral reefs to bleach). Satellite data such as MODIS can be used to measure surface temperature across the world's oceans on a regular basis.
How does ocean surface salinity vary across the Oceanic Shoals CMR?
Salinity is the measure of how much salt is in the ocean at a given time and place (why is the ocean salty?). Ocean organisms have adapted to certain levels of salinity and can be harmed if salinity changes too much from typical levels (for example, low salinity in flood plumes can stress coral reefs). Satellite data such as MODIS can be used to measure salinity across the world's oceans on a regular basis.
IMCRA regions and the Oceanic Shoals CMR
The Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA v4.0) classified Australia's marine environment into ecologically relevant bioregions for regional planning. These bioregions are the basis for the development of a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (NRSMPA).
Coral reef ecoregions of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and beyond
Coral reefs support a diverse array of life, including hard and soft corals, sponges, macroalgae and fish.

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Oncology and the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
By Pamela Gayle White
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In inpatient oncology, the pace is sustained but rarely as frenzied as in the ICUs. Our cancer patients tend to stay longer for treatment, or return when fevers or blood counts need monitoring. Working here as a chaplain gives me the time and continuity to begin a conversation around pets, families, recipes, and local sports, and channel the flow into faith, suffering, mortality, and meaning. These encounters provide a fertile environment where bodhicitta—awakening heart—can blossom, but they also tend to jerk me right out of my "feeling-enough-to-be-effective-without-being-over-or-underwhelmed" comfort zone. Permeability can be painful; sometimes I wish I could swaddle my heart.
Our cancer patients are Tex, a bull rider with gold front teeth who was thrown one time too many; as they were patching up his bones, they found malignant melanoma. Felicia, who has been raising her teenage daughter's twin toddlers while the daughter "goes out and parties," but who will likely die of pancreatic cancer before the twins' next birthday. Lee, who fled Gambia on a leaky boat, was working 7/7 in a noodle shop, and now battles esophageal cancer alone; he's beating the odds and doing well. Gray-eyed Tess, with multiple myeloma, who loved trees, her sons, and scripture, and who asked me to dedicate her Bible. I was rooting for Tess; it ripped me up when I learned from a "condolence card" list that a last-chance clinical trial up north had been unsuccessful and she'd died just before Easter.
Our cancer patients could be you; they could be me. It isn't easy to embrace the terrible truth of this and remain emotionally accessible. The temptation to swaddle the heart or simply disconnect can be awfully persuasive, but then you remember that you've taken the bodhisattva vow countless times. You manage to shift your focus from just how exhausted and fed up and raw you feel to just how much need there is, and you keep going. With any luck, your motivation, self-awareness, self-care, and the resilience you've built on the basis of your practice will help you keep burnout at bay.
One of the practices that I turn to time and again has its roots in a simple verse of the eighth chapter of the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, where Shantideva, that 8th-century paragon of bodhisattvas, writes:
Whosoever wishes to swiftly provide
Deliverance for themselves and others
Should practice the sublime mystery
Of exchanging self and other.
Also part of the lojong [mind training] transmission, the exchange of self with other is not quite the same astonglen, or sending and taking. It's a deceptively simple contemplative exercise that can be used in all sorts of challenging situations, including conflicts, resistance to suffering, empathic distress, and traffic jams. It can be as straightforward as creating the space to put ourselves in someone else's skin to the best of our ability, imagining what they're going through and how they perceive us, and identifying how we might help. A side benefit of seeing ourselves from another's perspective is that it's a great way to keep the ego in check. Though Tex, Felicia, Lee, and Tess had very different backgrounds and narratives, by sliding into their skins, dissolving boundaries, and remaining as permeable as possible, I could feel our stories merge. By holding their heartbreak, I could also share in their unique humanity and beauty.
Sometimes, though, the suffering we encounter leaves us gasping for air. We don't have the energy or emotional space for our usual practices. At times like these, miraculously, we may be saved by someone who simply puts herself in our shoes, wraps her arm around our shoulders, and says the right words.
Late one stormy afternoon, the oncology nurses called me in to pray with the family of a young teenager whose brain cancer had triggered increasingly violent seizures. They were waiting for the chaplain to arrive before withdrawing artificial life support. When he breathed his last, his mother was in bed with him, sobbing, and two younger sisters wailed with grief nearby. As I left the room, I felt utterly depleted and inadequate, and my empathy had made itself scarce. I didn't plug in to my compassion practice; I didn't try to put myself in the skin of any of the people in that room. I wanted nothing more than to go home, drink a good porter, and watch pudgy puppy videos for an hour or so.
A pediatrician about my age, composed and kindly, was standing behind the nursing station. I took a deep breath, gravitated toward her, and we chatted for a minute. "Why would anyone choose to do the job you're doing?" I asked. "It can be so unbearably sad. . . ." She put her hand on my arm and was silent for a few moments. "We do it because we can," she finally answered. She explained that she believes that it is a gift to have the qualities and motivation that enable us to be with these situations, and it behooves us to make use of that gift.
She saved my skin that day. I've carried her simple statement with me from patient to patient, from heartbreak to recovery. I don't always rise to the challenge, but I'm learning to recognize that it is, truly, a gift to be able to trade places and remain fully present. And that usually, I can.
Pamela Gayle White is a hospice chaplain. She teaches meditation, with an accent on lojong (mind training), in the Bodhi Path network and the greater community. Her latest publication is Bringing Mind Training to Life, a book based on teachings by Shamar Rinpoche. She is a Tricycle contributing editor.
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Perfume Architecture CDG2 Eau de Parfum
Size 50 ml - Final Sale
50 ml - Final Sale
Limited Edition Packaging created by Lindy Foss-Quillet and Frederic Couderc.
Plays with complements and contrasts... with reflection and opacity... with mirrors and brilliance... with light and shadow... with earth and the energy of the sun.
Why we're addicted: This fragrance is an unusual alliance representing the Japanese art of calligraphy. Light and Shadow; ink and paper.
Ink, Incense, Amber, Labdanum, Patchouli, Chinese, Cedarwood, New Aldehydes, Cumin, Angelica Root, Vetiver, Cade Oil, Absolute Maté, Magnolia, Absolute Folia.
Lindy Foss-Quillet and Frederic Couderc explore new dimensional concepts around three Comme des Garçons classics.
Fred as a carpenter is the outfitter for all the pop-up shops and is used to creating an environment in which to showcase CDG products so in a way it's like he created a mini individual stage for each perfume bottle.
Lindy is both a painter and a perfume connoisseur. She coordinated the color choices and the finishing touches to the different materials.
"We both love the original pebble stone shape of the perfume bottle and we didn't want to cover it or hide it or re-design it. So we thought: Let's make a casing in which you can see the perfume bottle but it's trapped in some kind of scaffolding. We wanted to do something a bit spectacular and make a strong but simple visual impact. The idea was to create a contrast between a beautifully designed high-end product like CDG 2, Wonderwood or Amazing Green and an industrial-looking architectural structure made with everyday materials like plastic, metal and bolts."
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Comme des Garcons is the Tokyo-based, avant-garde fashion design house of Rei Kawakubo, who designs clothes like conceptual art. Rei Kawakubo designs are coveted by worldwide by those who celebrate the unconventional. The same goes for her CDG fragrances, inspired by anti-perfumes, such as gunpowder, smoke, laundry, and ink. To wear one of these scents is a fashion statement of originality in itself.
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