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Hear It, See It, Feel It, Be Part Of It: Mountain Resort Festivals, Carnivals
10th September 2010 | Peggi Simmons, Managing Editor
Resorts in this article: Breckenridge, Heavenly, Park City, Stowe Mountain, Sugar Mountain Resort, Sundance
A skiing and snowboarding season brings with it more than just time on the slopes, though that is most certainly the primal lure. Mountain resorts offer a whole range festivals and carnivals as that "value added" that beckons you to their slopes. Here are some samples of events across the land.
Perhaps the most well-known of all is the annual Sundance Film Festival in [R314R, Park City] Utah. It's set for Jan. 20-30, 2011. Some 200 films from among 9,000 submissions are chosen each year, including documentaries, dramatic, and short films. Crowds that usually top 40,000 people attended attend the festival, including many celebrities as well as the filmmakers.
Films are previewed in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and [R442R, Sundance], Utah. Anyone can, of course, view the films, but there is so much more going on during that time -- music performances, panel discussions with leading industry figures and filmmakers, stargazing, and late night parties.
You don't even need to be on the "A" list to at least rub elbows with the celebrities, either.
"There are a few places where Sundance meets Park City," says OnTheSnow's Southwest Editor Jill Adler, who covers the fest each January for our readers. Here are her suggestions on where to see and be seen.
For dining: Prime Steakhouse, Blind Dog, Wahso, and Shabu. For people watching: The Leaf Lounge, Entertainment Weekly Café at The Kimball Art Center, and the Ray-Ban Rock Bar. The hot events during the second weekend of Sundance are the ZonePerfect concerts. If you can score a pass, invite, name on the list, go.
Don't miss the Festival's Music on Main event, Adler says. "It's free and open to the general public, as lower Main transforms into a block party one night."
The Tahoe Adventure Film Festival at South Lake Tahoe will be presented in December 2010 at the Montbleu Resort Casino. The festival highlights the best adventure sports films of the year, featuring some of the best action sports world talent around. There are also special guest speakers, displays and, as the promoters say, "a few special surprises."
The festival showcases the top 10 films worldwide and each chosen filmmaker puts together a 10-12 minute clip or segment premiered at the festival. The full films are available for sale if you like what you see. Some of the action includes skiing, rock climbing, and kayaking.
You could be in for a special treat if you're in Park City from Jan. 11-17, 2011 when the Orion Independent Music Festival returns for its second run. Various genres of music, including rock, pop, jazz, R&B, country, and hip hop, will perform in several Park City venues. Consider it a warm-up act for Sundance, but it rocks on its own.
The mission of the Festival is to expose unsigned music acts much like Sundance does for filmmakers, according to creator Steffon Olsen, a Salt Lake City musician. People can pay at the door for individual showcases or purchase a festival "bracelet" which allows access to all venues. Your ski or snowboard day is handy. Just head up the gondola at [R169R, Heavenly].
[R77R, Breckenridge] will host its 47th annual Ullr Fest (pronounced Oool-er) Jan. 9-15, 2011. The organizers describe it as a wacky winter festival like none other. It's held to celebrate the winter season.
Ullr, if you know your mythology, is the winter god in Norse fantasy, who loves the cold and travels over the country on his skis or skates. Events include a skating party; Nordic party and bonfire at which the Ullr King and Queen are crowned; the Dating Game for those over 21 years of age; Ullympics, during which co-ed teams compete for fun and prizes; comedy night with B.T.; and the Chilly Chili Cook Off.
The highlight of the Fest is a parade where anyone can enter a float or parade entry at no cost. The parade generally attracts some 12,000 participants and bystanders. Ullr Fest is sponsored by the Breckenridge Resort Chamber.
The Stowe Winter Carnival at [R429R, Stowe Mt. Resort] in Northern Vermont is considered by many to be the granddaddy of all these kinds of celebrations and this one might even entice Ullr to personally attend. This is the 37th year and it occurs Jan. 17-29, 2011. There are a number of events such as snow golf, ski races, a kids carnival, snow volleyball, village night family block party and lots of live music Fun for the whole family and free for all spectators.
The highlight of the event is the ice carving exhibition and competition. This is some seriously cool artwork. The Winter Carnival was created by Craig O. Burt, to help bring the people in town during periods of economic and winter doldrums. It was suspended during the war years, but brought back to life in 1974 by community locals.
Head down south to [R434R, Sugar Mountain Ski Resort] in North Carolina for their eighth annual SugarFest weekend, Dec. 11-12, 2010. It's a weekend of fun that coincides with their pre-season adult ski clinic, including 1994 Olympic Gold and 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe, two-time Olympian Krista Schmidinger, and 2010 U.S, National Super G Champ Keely Kelleher. Or if snow's not your thing, try ice - ice skating that is with 1992 Olympic Figure Skating silver medalist Paul Wylie. You can demo new ski and snowboard equipment, enter the snowball eating contest, watch fireworks, check out the World/Burton Rail Jam Expression Session, and enjoy food and music during the weekend festivities.
You will certainly uncover many more festivals and winter carnivals in your mountain resort travels. Be sure and tell us all about them by using the comment box.


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namespace Redeye\StormpathBundle\DependencyInjection\Security\Factory;

use Symfony\Bundle\SecurityBundle\DependencyInjection\Security\Factory\AbstractFactory;
use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\NodeDefinition;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\DefinitionDecorator;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Reference;

/**
 * FormLoginFactory creates services for form login authentication.
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 * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
 * @author Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com>
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class StormpathFormLoginFactory extends AbstractFactory
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->addOption('username_parameter', '_username');
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    public function getPosition()
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    public function getKey()
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    public function addConfiguration(NodeDefinition $node)
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                ->scalarNode('application')->defaultValue('redeye_stormpath.default_application')->end()
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            ->end()
        ;
    }

    protected function getListenerId()
    {
        return 'security.authentication.listener.form';
    }

    protected function createAuthProvider(ContainerBuilder $container, $id, $config, $userProviderId)
    {
        $provider = 'redeye_stormpath.stormpath.authentication.provider.usernamepassword.'.$id;
        $container
            ->setDefinition($provider, new DefinitionDecorator('redeye_stormpath.stormpath.authentication.provider.usernamepassword'))
            ->replaceArgument(0, new Reference($config['application']))
            ->replaceArgument(1, new Reference($userProviderId))
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    protected function createListener($container, $id, $config, $userProvider)
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    protected function createEntryPoint($container, $id, $config, $defaultEntryPoint)
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            ->addArgument(new Reference('security.http_utils'))
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After more than a year, it seems Peter Parker is making his way back to us.
Last December, writer Dan Slott embarked upon what will surely go down as one of the most infamous storylines in Spider-Man history (and that's saying something) when he scripted Peter Parker's death inside the frail body of Doctor Otto Octavius. They had switched minds, you see, and while Doctor Octopus was enjoying a newfound strength and vitality in Peter's youthful body, Peter couldn't escape the death throes of Octavius' broken form. Before he left us, though, Peter was able to pass on to Octavius the true meaning of "with great power comes great responsibility," and so Octavius embarked on a personal mission to be an even better hero than Parker, a superior Spider-Man.
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So, for the last year, the flagship Spider-Man comic -- Amazing Spider-Man -- has been gone, replaced by Octavius' adventures in Peter's body in Superior Spider-Man. While many fans and critics have praised the storyline for its new approach to the Spider-Man mythos, and its daring conceit, other fans have been less kind. In fact, when Peter first bit the dust, some fans were so angry that Slott actually received death threats from readers, some so severe that he threatened legal action. The threats were so prevalent and so vicious that Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso also released a statement both supporting Slott and making it clear that Marvel would pursue an investigation if necessary. Things got a little out of hand in certain corners of fandom, but Slott kept writing this challenging story, even though it sometimes meant telling Peter Parker's tiniest fans that their hero was gone.
"To do that for a solid year of my life, that's the hardest thing I've had to do — to look small children in the eye at a convention and lie to them," Slott said. "One of them with an honest-to-God Little League uniform and a quivering lip. Inside, part of me was dying."
Even if you didn't like the Superior Spider-Man angle, though, if you've been around comics for a while you already know that no one but Uncle Ben stays dead, and certainly not one of Marvel's most popular characters. It was never of question of whether Peter Parker would return to his body and swing through New York City again. It was only a question of when. When will we see Peter Parker playfully swinging between skyscrapers again?
Now, at last, we know.
The above image is Humberto Ramos' cover to Amazing Spider-Man #1, which will hit comic-book stores this April after Superior Spider-Man ends. Yes, that's Peter Parker himself, body and soul, in the Spider-suit, clearly happy to be back. So, if you've been holding a grudge against Slott for the last 13 months, you can let it go. The inevitable return of what Slott calls "the one, true Spider-Man" is happening. Now it's only a question of how.
"In a strange and terrifying way. And... possibly... at a very great cost," Slott said in a press release from Marvel. "Remember, nothing is ever easy for Peter Parker. It's one of the reasons he's a true hero."
So, if you've been waiting for Peter to return, or you just really want to see how he makes it out of the Superior Spider-Man pickle, don't miss the Amazing Spider-Man relaunch.
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Sri Lanka in talks with India, Japan to build container terminal in Colombo
Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with India and Japan to construct a container terminal at the port in Colombo, next to a Chinese terminal built as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.
The involvement of India and Japan is the latest sign that Sri Lanka wants to neutralise the growing influence of China, which has poured money into the South Asian island under its mammoth Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure plan, to the alarm of other Asian powers.
A source close to the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said a framework for the terminal project will be "signed soon", while another source said the project would cost about $500 million and India and Japan will nominate companies that will handle the containers from their respective countries.
"The deal is being negotiated among Sri Lanka, India and Japan," Sudarshana Gunawardana, an official in Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office told Reuters. The Sri Lankan government will have a 51 percent stake in the terminal, he said.
Chinese firms have a mandate to operate Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) and develop another terminal on a 269-hectare plot of reclaimed land there.
This is not the first time that Sri Lanka has held talks with India and Japan to develop a container terminal.
A previous proposal for a terminal, with the state-run Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) owning a 15% stake and the remainder held by a consortium of firms from Japan, India and Sri Lanka was scuttled last year after a backlash from trade unions.
Trade unions protested against the privatisation of state assets including those being developed by Chinese firms, a dispute that led to President Maithripala Sirisena sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in October. Wickremesinghe was reinstated later after a court ruling.
A spokesman at SLPA said the company was unaware of the latest talks given they are being conducted between the governments.
"All the flash points are defused in the new deal compared to the earlier one," one Sri Lankan government source privy to the discussions said.
The three countries will set up a company to operate the terminal after the Sri Lankan cabinet approves the deal. Japan will provide a 40-year soft loan with a 0.1 percent interest rate with a 10-year grace period, this source said.
A diplomat at the Japanese embassy in Colombo also confirmed negotiations on the port terminal were taking place.
"Japanese funding will be decided later once the framework is finalised," the diplomat said.
The sources and diplomats declined to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the media.
India has been trying to counterbalance China's growing influence in Sri Lanka, which New Delhi has long considered its own backyard. India accounts for around 70 percent of the transshipment business in Colombo port.
China has also taken over a new $1.5 billion port city in Hambantota, in southeast Sri Lanka – which sits on a key east-west global shipping route – after Sri Lanka was unable to service debt payments.
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In February of 2015, Middlesboro, KY was hit by a series of winter storms. The mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain caused the collapse of many area businesses, including portions of the Blue Diamond plant. The offices, laboratory, maintenance and expansion area were completely totaled. Production resumed in March after inspection by engineers and the addition of temporary facilities to relocate support activities.
Sherri Simpson, CEO, said; "It was a long arduous search. We looked at several facilities in three different states, but it was always our desire to stay in Middlesboro where we started. Our employees are experienced and dedicated, we want to keep them and provide new employment opportunities. We're very pleased we are staying in Middlesboro (Bell County), KY."
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Q: SQL server reporting services: how to stop a report firing when opened We have some SQL server reporting services reports. I didn't write then but I have to take care of them.
These reports fire when opened in the browser, and with the default parameters (search terms and restrictions are blank) they retrieve a lot of data, which is slow. The client would prefer that the report is not generated until the user enters parameters and presses "view report"
Unfortunately I don't know SSRS at all well - how do I stop the report from firing when it is opened?

The details of how to do it on a deployed report (as per Rihan Meij's answer) is as follows:

Click on a report, click on "properties" at the top. You may have to wait a bit, because the slow report may be running now. Then click on "parameters" on the left.
For each parameter, make sure that "Prompt User" is checked, and for at least one parameter, "Has Default" is not checked. Click on "View" again at the top left (or go back to the folder and click on the report name) to view the report, and note that the report does not fire right away.
In the report builder, you can do this via the "Filter" menu. De-select values from at least one filter, and save the report.
Is it also possible to stop reports from firing on loading when the report has no parameters?

A: I set the default value of one of my parameter selections to a value of -1 which does not exist (not a valid parameter value).  This did not generate an error.  It simply set the parameter drop down box to  and prevented the report from running.  I couldn't use a default value of NULL because NULL selects everything, and I wanted the user to purposefully make the selection of ALL (NULL) before the report runs. It takes several minutes for the report to render if ALL is selected.

A: I have done that by changing my query slighlty to require parameters when it is run.
I have then after I have published the report on the report site, specified that the parameter, should prompt the user.  This does have the effect that the report does not pull the sql server to its knees when users just open the report to see.

A: I know this post is a bit old, but since I have another solution here to, I just posting it in case someone need it.
If you are using ReportViewer its posible to set the property ShowBody="False". Then on the OnSubmittingParameterValues event, change the ShowBody property to true. Then you do not need any extra parameters or parameters without default value in the report.
<rsweb:ReportViewer
        ID="rv"
        runat="server"
        Width="100%"
        Height="100%"
        SizeToReportContent="false"
        ZoomMode="PageWidth"
        KeepSessionAlive="true"
        ProcessingMode="Remote"
        PromptAreaCollapsed="false"
        InteractivityPostBackMode="AlwaysAsynchronous"
        AsyncRendering="true"
        ExportContentDisposition="AlwaysInline"
        ShowReportBody="False"
        ShowPrintButton="false"
        OnSubmittingParameterValues="rv_SubmittingParameterValues"/>

And then in the rv_SubmittingParameterValues method:
this.rv.ShowReportBody = true;

A: I found a nice trick for this when working with reports that have optional fields, but pull a huge amount of data if the optional fields are blank.
Step 1: Prevent Auto Firing

*

*Make sure "Allow null value" is not enabled for the optional parameters

*Make sure there is no default value for the optional parameters

Step 2: Make parameters optional without using 'null'

*

*Enable "Allow blank value" for the optional parameters

*Modify your where clause for the optional parameters to
WHERE (@param="" OR column = @param)
With this method there is are extra fields for the end users to worry about, the report will not fire until it is requested, and the conditions in the where clause will not be evaluated if the text box is left empty.

note: if the report specifies Available Values then any value that is not valid for your table structure may be used instead of "", you can also use with other data types (non-string) this way

A: I found that I had to set at least one of the report parameters to not have a default to keep the report from autorunning.
I had to use this configuration (notice that all 3 of the parameters I left without defaults accept Nulls so the users can just click the Null checkboxes):
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to get the users to see this and to keep the report from autorunning:
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A: I found the best way was to add in a parameter that does not allow nulls, but is not used by the report. This stops it from rendering at the start, but does not affect the report.
The only down side is if you are displaying the report in a report viewer you have a box at the top which looks a bit strange. I'm sure you could use some C#/CSS to hide it though.
As I'm not using a report viewer to display, only to render at the back end this doesn't affect me.
Even if you are using a report viewer it's helpful when developing!

A: I did this by just supplying a default value to the key parameter that doesn't return any results.

A: I added this in my query:

where 'Start' = @Start

and made a parameter with only available value 'Start'. The report is waiting for input.

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Ed Ruschavia enoughoftrump.org
Carrie Mae Weems, Shepard Fairey and more share public, anti-Trump artwork
The shareable art campaign, Enough of Trump, encourages viewers to vote in the 2020 election
Several big names in contemporary art have joined a campaign calling for the end of Donald Trump's presidency in 2020. Titled ENOUGH of Trump, the project primarily features publicly-displayed artworks that encourage viewers to vote in the upcoming 2020 US presidential election.
Artists involved in the project include Carrie Mae Weems, Shepard Fairey – who designed the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster – Christine Sun Kim, Richard Serra, and Ed Ruscha. "This is my way of throwing my hat in the ring, and it's because I don't see any social progress in these last four years," Ruscha tells the New York Times.
"We are at a precipice in this country," adds Carrie Mae Weems. "And we are either going to move forward or we are not."
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Prints of Ruscha and Serra's new artworks, created for the project, are available to buy from Enough of Trump's website for $2,200, with all proceeds going towards election work by the non-profit advocacy group People for the American Way.
However, the website also features a free "social media toolkit", which includes some of the artworks specially formatted to share on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (users are also encouraged to create and submit their own).
In May, both Carrie Mae Weems and Christine Sun Kim also featured – alongside Jenny Holzer – in a public art project offering a beacon of hope amid the coronavirus pandemic, displaying artworks on New York City billboards.
Another COVID PSA – RESIST COVID TAKE 6! – was shared by Mae Weems in June, raising awareness about how the pandemic disproportionately impacts People Of Colour.
View more artworks from the ENOUGH of Trump campaign below.
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It was Dec 5, 2012, the date of Xi"s first seminar with foreign experts in China after being elected top leader of the Communist Party of China in late November.
At the 80-minute meeting, Xi received proposals from 20 experts including Tokuchi, China"s first foreign senior executive at a State-owned enterprise. The proposals ranged from reforming universities to better accommodate the real needs of society to helping Chinese firms going abroad.
"We"re open to the world, and we want to learn from the world," Xi said at the meeting, adding that foreigners with expertise in their fields had contributed immensely to national development and had served as a bridge between China and the outside world.
Looking back, Tokuchi, a 65-year-old Japanese economist who has spent about two-thirds of his life in China, said he was impressed by China"s great determination to develop and its magnanimous attitude in welcoming talent from abroad.
"China is now showing its charm in the new era, providing more chances and opportunities to the world, and will be an attractive dreamland to the younger generations worldwide," he said.
The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs said it has records of overseas workers entering China about 3.3 million times in the past five years.
To attract more top overseas talent, the administration has made joint efforts with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as well as the Ministry of Public Security to simplify the visa application process from weeks to five days. Other preferential policies, including lowering the threshold for permanent residence applicants, also have been adopted.
Zhang Jianguo, head of SAFEA, said a more proactive, open and effective policy on competent professionals will be pursued to further implement Xi"s remarks in a report to the 19th CPC National Congress in October.
In the report, Xi said, "We should value people with talent, be good at identifying talent, have the foresight to employ them, be earnest to keep them, and welcome them into our ranks."
Zhang said applications for work permits for foreign experts whose skills are in urgent demand as well as top talent in all fields will be streamlined next year to attract more talent.
"We"ve seen great progress in policies to recruit more overseas talent, and there will be more of them," he said. "Those preferential policies reveal the country"s openness and inclusiveness, which a great power should demonstrate to the world."
Apart from that first seminar five years ago, Xi conducted two similar seminars with foreign experts — one in Shanghai in 2014 and the other in Moscow in 2015 — showing the great value he places on foreign talent in China.
In May 2014, Xi met with 50 foreign experts in Shanghai and listened to their proposals, ranging from reforming the talent evaluation system to better supporting innovation.
The president said the country must implement a more open policy for talented workers, to bring in talent no matter where it comes from, make the most use of it and trust it fully. "China will always remain devoted to learning, will learn modestly from the world no matter how well it develops, and will openly enhance learning and exchanges with other countries," he said.
Anthony J. Leggett, a Nobel Prize winner in physics from Great Britain and now a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said he was greatly impressed by the earnestness Xi showed at the meeting. He said he was especially impressed to see the president taking notes. "President Xi knows the necessity of bringing in and fully using foreign expertise," Leggett said.
Wang Huiyao, founder of the think tank Center for China and Globalization, said that Xi"s remarks on foreign experts had shown the direction of the country"s talent policy.
"In such an era, we should try to realize a Chinese dream that talent around the world could all come to China for a better development," he wrote in an article published after the Shanghai seminar.
In May 2015, Xi also met in Moscow with about 40 Russians who once worked in China or their family members. Since 1978, tens of thousands of Russian experts have come to China and participated in its reform and opening-up drive as well as its modernization.
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Brood: A Novel
Rebecca Lowman
An exquisite new literary voice—wryly funny, nakedly honest, beautifully observational, in the vein of Jenny Offill and Elizabeth Strout—depicts one woman's attempt to keep her four chickens alive while reflecting on a recent loss.
"Full of nuance and humor and strangeness…[Polzin] writes beautifully about everything." —The New York Times
Over the course of a single year, our nameless narrator heroically tries to keep her small brood of four chickens alive despite the seemingly endless challenges that caring for another creature entails. From the forty-below nights of a brutal Minnesota winter to a sweltering summer which brings a surprise tornado, she battles predators, bad luck, and the uncertainty of a future that may not look anything like the one she always imagined.
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Images taken at Mottisfont, Hampshire. December 2014.
We visited Mottisfont back in the summer when the gardens were full of butterflies and bees. This time, they were filled with winter sculptures, snowflakes and icicles, as part of The Nutcracker Christmas event. Inside the house were twinkling fairy lights, a huge Christmas tree, large wooden puppets and a selection of mechanical toys, which the children enjoyed looking at.
We love Mottisfont's wooden play area, despite it being a whole lot muddier this time and almost losing a shoe or two in the mud (we must remember to take wellies next time!) We enjoyed a stroll through the walled garden, which is very peaceful at this time of year being 'out of season' and a little further away from the main attractions. We left Mottisfont feeling very festive and decided to put our tree and decorations up as soon as we arrived home!


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As an alternative to oil, hydrogen seems so promising, and yet so impossible. The only emissions from hydrogen fuel cells is water. Alas, the expense and lack of infrastructure mean they're pretty much just a pipe dream for now. But over in Europe, two teams of drivers have driven hydrogen-powered Hyundai's over 1,400 miles, from Scandinavia to the Rivera, powered by nothing by hydrogen.
The journey was made using a pair of Hyundai iX35 FCEV's, and neither vehicle ever run out of fuel thanks to Europe's growing hydrogen fuel infrastructure. Granted, the journey was plotted specifically to utilize hydrogen fuel stations, but it was a long-enough drive to make it the longest recorded journey by a car running hydrogen fuel.
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Gambling Companies in Australia Benefit from Proceeds from Crime
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An 8-year-old diamond heiress from India gives up her $61 million fortune to live in poverty as a "monk"
Eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi from India was born to a life of luxury and a family of wealthy diamond merchants with a fortune of about $61 million. Devanshi was an heiress to the Sanghvi and Sons jewelry business located in Surat, the diamond capital of India.
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The report was compiled by The Times and unveils that Coates, who held the top place for the biggest taxpayer in the UK for three years in a row, came in second within the 2023 list. The first place on the 2023 biggest taxpayers' list was filled by Alex Gerko, a billionaire born in Moscow who recently renounced his Russian citizenship. Gerko's tax bill was £487.4 million ($603.1 million), positioning him as Britain's biggest taxpayer in 2023.


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Which Australian city has the best universities and lowest housing costs?
Australian universities have a global reputation for excellence, with many of our universities ranking in the global top 100 or top 50 rankings.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, our universities are attracting a growing number of international students. In fact, Australia is now the fourth most popular country in the world for international students and the sector added $28 billion to our economy in the last financial year.
Enrolments across our universities are growing – from both domestic and international students – with Sydney and Melbourne, our two largest cities, representing the largest share of university enrolments out of all our capital cities.
Sydney and Melbourne also account for four of the seven Australian universities ranked in the QS World University Rankings top 100, with Canberra (ANU), Brisbane (University of Brisbane) and Perth (University of Western Australia) taking the other 3 spots.
The great rivalry – Sydney vs Melbourne
Sydney and Melbourne are known for a longstanding rivalry. Sydney has sunshine, beaches, the harbour, the biggest economy, the largest population and the oldest and arguably most iconic university campus.
Melbourne is the nation's cultural and sporting capital, with a population that's set to outpace Sydney's by 2026 and a university that outranks Sydney: The University of Melbourne.
Sydney and Melbourne's global top 100 universities
The University of Melbourne ranked 39th in the world
The University of Sydney ranked 42nd in the world
The University of New South Wales ranked 45th in the world
Monash University ranked equal 59th in the world.
While higher education enrolments are up in both NSW and VIC, the latest data from the Australian Government shows that it's our Victorian universities that are showing the strongest upward trend in enrolments.
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Our Victorian universities are also the most popular for international students. In the 2017 financial year, NSW added 129,653 international students. During the same period, Victoria added 156,952 international students.
Perhaps more significantly, since 2005, Victorian universities have outpaced NSW's international student enrolments by a significant margin.
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Apart from its higher-ranking university, Melbourne also offers another appealing factor for students. Compared to Sydney, renting a home in Melbourne is significantly more affordable.
Students in Sydney would have to pay a 24% premium to rent a house, or a 29% premium to rent an apartment, compared to Melbourne. This is despite Sydneysiders earning only a 13% premium compared to Melbournians.
For a student who wants to live within walking distance of their university of choice, despite a pullback in the Sydney market, there is still a premium for living and studying at the University of Sydney as compared to the University of Melbourne.
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River join Boca in Madrid ahead of Libertadores decider
Madrid, Spain: Argentinian giants River Plate landed in Madrid Thursday ahead of their long-anticipated Libertadores Cup decider against bitter rivals Boca Juniors.
The first leg of the two-leg final -- the first to pit the Buenos Aires rivals against each other -- ended 2-2 at Boca's Bombonera ground last month.
River were set to host the return at their El Monumental stadium on November 24 but it was postponed after River Plate fans attacked the Boca Juniors team bus.
As punishment, South America's football federation CONMEBOL ruled that River would lose home advantage, and fears over further fan violence meant the game would be played outside Argentina.
The second leg is scheduled to be held at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Sunday.
Boca arrived on Wednesday and with River joining them in the Spanish capital, both teams are expected to train on Thursday.
River, who arrived early on Thursday morning, are scheduled to train at 1800 (1700 GMT) at Madrid's Valdebebas training base.
Boca will train at the Spanish football federation's training base at Las Rozas, north-west of the capital.
The south American giants were initially opposed to proposals to play their decisive second leg in Spain.
Former Boca idol Juan Roman Riquelme lashed out at the decision earlier this week, saying it would make it "the most expensive friendly in history".
"It won't be the same. No matter how much I want Boca to win it, I think the final has to be played in our country," he said.
"The way it is, makes it the most expensive friendly in history."
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And it's only minutes away from another prime choice in the area, Marriott's Shadow Ridge Resort, that distinguishes itself with an excellent layout, Nick Faldo Golf Institute and Marriott vacation ownership opportunities.
Palm Desert even makes golf courses a showplace for its "Art in Public Places" program -- the entry at Desert Willow is lined with art pieces created over several years by artist Allen Root. And a blown-glass chandelier by sculptor Dale Chihuly, greets visitors in Desert Willow's 33,000-square-foot clubhouse.
Out on the Firecliff Course, which opened in 1997, golfers will find another larger-than-life showpiece honoring the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, first residents of the Palm Springs area. Just behind the eighth and 17th holes the golfer views a replica of nearby Indian Canyons, a home for the area's first residents, and location of North America's largest natural oasis of native palms.
You will even be greeted by a sculpture as you drive into the clubhouse area at Shadow Ridge.
The golf is memorable too. There are more than 30 golf courses within the Palm Desert city limits. Can you say multiple options?
Here's a closer look at Desert Willow and Shadow Ridge.
"Not often is a church designed for Easter crowds, nor is a golf course designed to host a major televised tournament. But the Firecliff Course was designed with tournament golf in mind."
Those are the words of Desert Willow's design team, Michael Hurdzan and Dana Fry, who have become known for environmental gems and extensive ecological savvy. The Firecliff Course, 7,056 yards at a par of 72, is certainly a Top 10 Southern California layout, and past host of the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Invitational, the Subaru Southern California Team Championship and Pepsi Tour events.
Dunesy hillocks, native desert foliage and views of the Santa Rosa Mountains frame bowled fairways lined with 110 cloud-shaped bunkers in an Arizona-styled target tract. Desert Willow uses effluent water and the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects was so impressed it gave them the award for water and land conservation and reclamation.
While Firecliff will test the best golfers, Desert Willow's Mountain View Course is more traditional and friendly to the higher handicapper.
In addition to the two golf courses, the 540-acre site has plans for on-site resort housing, three hotels and a conference center. Best of all zero houses line the fairways.
"We think Desert Willow could be one of the best private facilities in the country but it is our own Palm Desert public course," said Mike Osgood, director of sales. "The guests of the resident love it. The list could go on, including a great restaurant. We are so busy on a daily basis the parking lot is overflowing and if things go well we should surpass the 72,000 rounds of golf played here last year."
Opened in 2000, Shadow Ridge is a 6,932-yard, par-71 Nick Faldo-signature layout with design work by Brian Curley and Lee Schmidt. It's hard to go wrong with the stunning backdrop of the sometimes snow-capped Santa Rosa Mountains.
Don't let that mountain scenery distract you on No. 17, a 157-yard par-3 beauty. The wind might be in your face as you survey trouble everywhere -- an all-carry huge lake, bunkers and putting surface that slants left to right. Finish your round with a difficult driving hole -- a 446-yard par-4. A stream taunts you to the left of your landing area and huge fairway bunkers follow the left boundary.
Faldo certainly met his dream -- a design loaded with strategic options and detail as he drew inspiration from courses like Royal Melbourne in Australia's sandbelt region. "The fairways are generous and the bunkering style is bold," Faldo said. "And the greens have plenty of subtle undulations that reward and encourage a variety of approach shots."
Visuals greet you on every hole. White sand and waste bunkers are bumped up against native tawny grasses or reed-filled ponds, but on the whole fairways are wide and friendly.
When you do miss the putting surfaces here most likely you will roll into tightly mown collection area or a greenside bunker. That's where a visit to the Faldo Golf Institute can come in handy to help with your short game.
Shadow Ridge is home to Marriott's third golf school along with Marriott's Grande Vista in Orlando and the Marriott Seaview Resort in Absecon, N.J. This Faldo Golf Institute features one of the largest, most unique practice facilities in the world with 20 acres of dedicated practice area.
For more information or reservations,visit palmspringsgolfcentral.com.
Marriott's on-site villas will spoil you. Why stay in a hotel room when these timeshare beauties give you abundant space, full kitchen and views of the fairways or mountains? You also have access to a fitness center, pool, tennis courts, clubhouse with restaurant and grills for a barbecue.
Typical villas are 1,250-square feet, two-bedroom, two-bath floor villa, two TV's, VCR, washer-dryer, microwave, dishwasher, full-size refrigerator, stretch-and-soak tub, separate shower and two separate vanities. Rental rates are as low as $99 in the summer.
When you play at Desert Willow stay at Lake La Quinta Inn. This is luxury in a B&B format just minutes from La Quinta Dunes and Mountain Courses and the PGA West courses.
This Inn will spoil you with great breakfasts and themed rooms. One is the St. Andrews Room decorated in Scottish plaids, golf books and wall hangings.
For more information or reservations, visit palmspringsgolfcentral.com.
Desert Willow's restaurant is packed on a daily basis. Whether it's a great hamburger off the grill, an elaborate banquet for 200, or weekend breakfast on the Patio, the food offered in the Clubhouse dining facilities are outstanding. Try Salmon Haida and Penne Pasta or Middle Eastern Falafels. You will agree the menu selections offered at Desert Willow are not what one expects to find at a golf resort. The main dining room is open for breakfast on weekends and lunch seven days a week.


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October 3, 2017 2017-18 season, Anthony Chiang, Erik Spoelstra, Justise Winslow.
MIAMI — Justise Winslow is not oblivious to the criticism surrounding his game. He knows he needs to become a better outside shooter.
Winslow was the last Heat player on the practice court Tuesday, working on his shot for about an hour after practice. He continued to take jumper after jumper as coaches watched on from the side.
And it's not just Tuesday. Winslow has dedicated his offseason to improving his outside shot, setting a goal to make at least 500 shots per day and even taking Heat shooting coach Rob Fodor with him on his five-day trip to Singapore in August.
Winslow has definitely put in the work, but everybody is still waiting to see if that work translates into improved shooting numbers when the season begins.
The 21-year-old averaged 10.9 points on 35.6 percent shooting from the field and 20 percent shooting from 3-point range in 18 games last season. Among players who averaged at least 1.5 3-point shot attempts per game, Winslow finished as the sixth-worst 3-point shooter in the league.
Winslow has done most of this while rehabbing from shoulder surgery. It wasn't until July that Winslow was able to resume full-contact basketball work after suffering a torn labrum in his right shoulder that required season-ending surgery in January.
But Winslow said he took advantage of the time he spent in a sling. Unable to use his right arm for the first few months after surgery, the lefty focused on the fundamentals of his shot and watched film on his shooting mechanics with Fodor.
In the Heat's preseason opener on Sunday against the Hawks, Winslow didn't shoot any threes. But he did make 1-of-2 jumpers he took from the range of 16 to 24 feet away from the basket.
Winslow, who played primarily as a power forward and small forward in training camp, finished Sunday's game with six points, eight rebounds, two assists, one steal and three blocks in 23 minutes. An all-around performance that Heat coach Erik Spoelstra wants Winslow to appreciate.
But after watching the Heat close out last season with a 30-11 record while he was sidelined because of his shoulder injury, Winslow knows 3-point shooting is important to Miami's success. The Heat were the third-best 3-point shooting team in the league (39 percent) during that 41-game stretch.
That's why Winslow has found himself on the Heat's practice court at AmericanAirlines Arena at 2 a.m. this offseason working on his shot.


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Opposing Density in Willoughby
Before the Christmas holidays, a development proposal went before Township Council to build housing between 82nd Avenue and 84th Avenue, just north of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' Langley Temple. The proposed project included 153 single-family houses, 8 duplexes, 29 rowhosues, and 54 townshouses. The higher-density housing was to be closest to the temple. According to an article in the Langley Times "church elder Paul Christensen said higher density housing nearest the temple, as called for in the current design, could lead to problems with people using the temple parking lot". It was almost implied that multi-family housing, and the people who live in multi-family housing, were less desirable than people who live in single-family housing.
The project was defeated in a tie as one council member, Bev Dornan, was away. Because of the tie, Township Mayor Froese brought the project back for consideration last Monday, where it passed.
Tonight, the Township of Langley will be holding a public hearing. One of the items on the agenda will be a proposed housing development with multiply housing types from single-family housing to 6-storey apartment buildings.
Proposed site plan for development just south of Willoughby Town Centre which includes 6-storey apartment buildings. Click image to enlarge.
This proposed development is part of a larger development planned around the under-construction Willoughby Town Centre. The project will incorporate an extensive greenway systems with housing density that steps down from the mixed-use town core. The end result should create a successful walkable node. Because of the proposed 6-storey apartment buildings, there is likely to be some opposition to the project.
Overall plan for residential build-out around Willoughby Town Centre. Click image to enlarge.
Opposing density in Willoughby is nothing new. Population and density has been increasing in Willoughby, but the majority of projects to date have been residential or auto-oriented. To do pretty much anything in Willoughby requires a car. This creates parking and traffic problems.
Unfortunately people are starting to associate density with problems in the community, when the real issue is that Willoughby is a community without a core. Willoughby Town Centre is under construction, and there are plans to build a walkable transit village around the new Park and Ridge, and walkable nodes throughout the community, but these projects will take time to complete. In the meantime, I think that people are become more frustrated.
Unfortunately, the original plans for Willoughby didn't incorporate sustainable community design principles. The Township has been playing catch-up with their plans over the last few years. Building mixed-use nodes will be key for the successes of Willoughby, I only hope that Township Council understands this and doesn't put the brakes on mixed-use projects during this transition period.
Of course having inadequate transit in Willoughby doesn't help, which is a why voting to increase transit funding this fall will also be key to the further successes of the community.
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Saltney Town Football Club is a football club within the town of Saltney, on the border between England and Wales. The club was formed in 2010 by two friends from the Saltney area, Marc Edwards and Andrew Johnson. Both have the ultimate vision of bringing their community together through football. The club are also known by their nickname of "The Bordermen", due to where they are situated.
In their debut season, the Bordermen were victorious in both the League Cup, and the prestigious Horace Wynne Cup, beating Llanuwchlyn and Castell Alun in the respective finals. They also finished 3rd in their league, Welsh National Division 1.
The first record of a Saltney-based football club was in 1908 when they joined The Combination.
The Combination was originally composed from clubs from Manchester and Liverpool and their environment. In later years, several Welsh clubs joined. One club, Northwich Victoria, earned admission to the Football League as members of The Combination. This League ran from 1890-1911.
Saltney had a fantastic first season in the league finishing in 2nd place, Tranmere Rovers finished 3rd! We are uncertain on what happened after the league disbanded in 1911.
In the 1919-20 season, Saltney-based side Crichton's Athletic was a founder member of Cheshire County League. In 1921, the side changed their name to Saltney Athletic. In 1923, the side finished in 6th position before leaving the Cheshire County League.
The history becomes a little hazy from then until the 1974-75 season when Saltney Social became founder members of Clwyd Football League, where they played for two seasons.
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In their first effort at the Clwyd top flight they finished in a very respectable 2nd place before going one better the following year, winning the League and being duly promoted to the Welsh Alliance League.
In their two seasons in the league they finished in 6th, then 11th positions before resigning from the Alliance in 1998.


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Lam Thi Thuy Ha Follow Explored Hunza Valley – Pakistan Heaven on earth
Mother Nature has bestowed Pakistan with the most wonderful and wonderful beauty possible. Pakistan has many places covered with beautiful scenes that are pleasing to the people. Such captivating and wonderful scenes make one think about the glory and creativity of the Creator.
Hunza is one of the most beautiful regions of Pakistan. Hunza is often referred to as 'Heaven on Earth' is a beautiful mountain valley. It is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in the northernmost region connecting China with Pakistan. The Gilgit-Baltistan Biafo Glaciers region is home to adventure, mountain treks with the second-highest K2 peak in the world, the Concordia, and Gondogoro treks. Hunza is surrounded by several high mountain peaks including Rakaposhi, Mount Ladyfinger, and Mount Hunza. Hunza was formerly a state that existed until 1974 and was dissolved by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The capital of Hunza is the town of Baltit also known as Karimabad. For Hunza Tour Packages get the details
Lovely weather of Hunza Valley
Hunza's climate is moderate in the summer. The maximum temperature in summer is about 14 degrees Celsius but in July and August, the maximum temperature is 31 degrees Celsius in central Hunza. In winter, the temperature drops to -10 degrees C or even more.
Hunza people are very friendly and hospitable. The Hunza people speak Urdu but some other languages are also being spoken such as Shina, Wakhi, and Burushaski.
Hunza Valley has three geographical subdivisions. These include the Gojal, Lower, and Upper Hunza valleys. The Hunza Valley has various beautiful and natural landscapes, which are popular tourist attractions. Every year, thousands of tourists visit and enjoy the natural beauty of the Hunza valley and surrounding areas.
Places to visit in Hunza
Tourists visit this valley to see two of the most famous fortresses known as the Altit and Baltit fortresses. Fort Altit is the oldest fortress in the northern region and it is located in the village of Altit. It was built with great architectural design on a rock of a mountain where the Hunza River flows in the back. Fort Baltit is another beautiful fortress in the Hunza valley built on top of Karimabad. Baltit Fortress has now been turned into a heritage museum after its renovation.
At Hunza, the Karimabad market is famous for its local handicrafts, handmade rugs, traditional and embroidered caps, various scarves, hand-woven fabrics, and gemstones including Ruby. Ruby mines are popular tourist attractions.
The Hunza valley is famous for its snow-capped and rugged mountains. Many people have come to Hunza just to glimpse the bright ice wall of Mount Rakaposhi. Other famous mountains in Hunza include Passu Peak, Ultra Peak, and Kuksel Sar.
Khunjerab Pass and Khunjerab National Park are a special place for tourists to visit the Hunza valley. Khunjerab pass is the area where Pakistan meets its Chinese neighbor. Khunjerab Pass is the highest pass in the world and has a high mountain in the Karakoram mountain range.
Valley of Gojal
Hunza's Gojal valley is popular for its lakes. Lake Attabad is located in the Gojal Valley. This lake was formed due to large landslides in 2010 that blocked water flow on the Hunza River. Now it is a popular tourist spot and picnic spot. Lake Attabad is a great place for boating lovers.
Duikar Valley
Duikar offers dazzling views of the Hunza River and the meandering ice sheet of the Karakoram highway. Duikar has turned into a famous landmark and is located above sea level. It also includes majestic views of Rakaposhi and Golden Peak but people from all over the world visit Duikar just to enjoy the breathtaking sunrise and sunset views.
Glaciers in Hunza Valley
Besides all these, the most famous and longest glacier of Pakistan is found in the Hunza Valley. Famous glaciers in Hunza include the Batura Glacier, Hussaini Glacier, and Passu Glacier. All of these glaciers lie in the Gojal Valley. Glaciers attract thousands of domestic and international tourists each year. The hiking opportunities are immense in the Hunza Valley.
Experience Pakistan- The magic of the mountains with The Happy Firm will be one of the most glorious and wonderful journeys in the journey of discovering the splendor of Mother Nature and freedom of heart.