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Q: Facebook app id for website social plugins I have like/share buttons on my website and am not currently using an appid. Finding information on whether this is a necessity for the above configuration is difficult to confirm. When going through the Facebook app "create" forms, I'm really confused by a lot of the requirements as it seems to be more focused around actual apps rather than websites, which login via fb etc.

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*In the past I have created an app for one of my other websites and I don't believe there was any verification/submission process at this point (about 2-3 years ago). Reviewing my old app configuration now I can see that it is not "live" - does anyone know whether Facebook implemented this submission process in the last couple of years, and then de-activated any live apps that were created prior to this?

*I now want to setup a new app for my new website and I'm unsure what the different 'action types' mean and what I would need to simply use like/share buttons on the website. Could someone give me a quick run down of what I'd need and what they are?
Any other info/tips people can provide would be greatly appreciated. I'm finding that the like/share DO still work without the app, but sometimes the share button doesn't work properly (I have a feeling this is something to do with the app).
Thanks

A: If you are just using the Social Plugins, you don't need to have a Facebook App ID.
If you want more integration, it will be required. Creating an App ID is like registering your App, wether an iOS or Android App or just a website, so that you can make Graph API calls for it.
The easiest way to register your website is to go the quickstart: https://developers.facebook.com/quickstarts/?platform=web (or https://developers.facebook.com/apps). There you can type a name and follow the steps.
You can then follow the "Sharing best practices" (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/best-practices#tags) on how to use the App ID. For example, by including an fb:app_id meta tag on your pages.
There is a review process, since last April, but that is only needed if you use permissions for your App. If you just use the plugins, that is not needed.
Can you explain more what is exactly not working?
Update
The time you create a page the Facebook crawler does not know yet what the Opengraph data for that one is. This will happen after the first share, but if you want to ensure it is correct from the first share on, you can force a re-scrape.
This section explains how that works:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/opengraph/using-objects#update

When an app triggers a scrape using an API endpoint This Graph API
  endpoint is simply a call to:
POST /?id={object-instance-id or object-url}&scrape=true


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Hello to the GoldenEye: Source community. I come bearing a sad message and a request for any that this may relate to.
On September 26, 2011, Mitchell Keesee (better known in the various communities he is involved in as "engineer" or "engi" as I will henceforth refer to him, as that's how I knew the guy ) has passed away. I am a dedicated tester and contributor for Firearms: Source and met him in that community, and quickly became very good friends with him. He had talked about his past contributions to this community, and I felt it necessary to address his passing here in case there is anyone here that knew him.
Although I never met engi, he quickly became a very close friend of mine; I talked with him almost daily and gamed with him constantly. I know he had many friends in many communities such as this one, so I also come bearing a request. His parents are extremely traumatized by his passing and only up until recently thought he was alone in life as he did not have many in-person friends, as he suffered from Asperger's and had some trouble with social interaction. I'd like to show them that this is not the case.
I am composing a letter to his parents that will contain any and all eulogies, paragraphs and any other memories that anyone who had the honor of knowing this great guy are comfortable putting forth. I want them to know that he had many friends in many places, and I believe this will put them at some ease knowing that he wasn't alone, and was a happy, devoted and admirable character.
I only have two requests...One, to try to keep the writing as positive as possible, as I think it will help them more hearing about the great things we enjoyed about the guy, and all the good times we had and all of his hard work. Two, if at all possible, please avoid the mention of anything related to firearms, guns, or anything to do with such (this is unfortunate as he has made some of the best weapon sound effects I've ever had the pleasure to test), as his passing was caused by a firearm; I imagine being reminded of anything related to such would bring them more grief, and I really don't want to accidentally upset anyone that is already going through so much grief.
If you aren't comfortable writing something, please don't feel obligated, but I am accepting anything and I feel this would be a great way to honor a great guy. You can post your letters and writings here, or if you wish them to be private, send them to me via an e-mail at cf.15094@gmail.com.
To any administrators: I am not sure if this is the best forum to post this in, and if there is a more appropriate place, it would be greatly appreciated if it could be moved there. If this thread could be stickied for even a day or two I would also really appreciate it; I want to make sure that anyone who would like to help in their small way are able to do so.
In any case, thanks for your time, and best of luck to you all!
Mitchell contributed many of the sounds we use in our mod. He even quoted my praise in his signature, something that can still be seen.
If sounds had taste, that would taste like bacon. I love it.
He and I collaborated on a few aspects of the game. He seemed very enthusiastic, so much so that I never really learned much about him other than what he wanted to work on next.
I was in the gameserver where "Engineer" (as we always knew him) first expressed his interest in our mod Goldeneye: Source. My memory is not perfect but I remember his enthusiastic essence and as a member of the sound department at the time, I was interested in seeing if he could contribute to our project and recommended he make a trial. Having heard him talk about ways we could improve.
Not a week later he was revitalizing the nostalgia factor he loved so much about the original game, as an official developer in our project. And collaboration was a factor he responded to kindly and wanted a strong result from the sounds he worked on.
I never asked him but I did know about his condition, and I thought he was a very unique and passionate person and enjoyed talking with him. Very keen to impress and do good things in this online community.
Rest assured he was very liked and appreciated by dedicated gamers and mod developers all over America and the world. His sounds live on in the projects he was part of, and people enjoy his work whether they knew him or not. Many condolences from everyone at Team GoldenEye: Source.
thanks everyone (and to those for the e-mails), your words will mean a lot to his loved ones.
I'll keep checking this thread daily until I've finally finished the letter, as to which I'll make another post notifying such. If anyone would like a copy at that time, feel free to e-mail me at the address in my original post.
I hope I make this on time!
Mitchell and I spoke regularly online. He was a great person, and will be missed dearly from the community in which he lived. Although we never met, Mitchell and I spoke pretty often. We would always chat about the games that we develop. He contributed so much to this team and many others with the utmost professionalism. His creativity and imagination, were amazing; he had such a beautiful ability to create sounds and effects and bring these to life. He constantly showed us that he cared dearly for the team and this game. He regularly would prove this to me when he would message me with some new sound effects way in the early morning hours!
Although Mitchell may be gone, his sound effects, and the things we would laugh, enjoy, and listen to will last forever.
P.S. Please feel free to contact me JBornstein90@Gmail.com if you would like to speak with anyone. I have lost my mother, and I know nothing I say will bring him back, time heals all wounds. Please know that Mitchell has effected my life in the most positive way possible. He taught me so much about the Gaming Industry, and technology; and this, is how I will remember Mitchell forever.
Just writing my own little blurb in the guy now (which is quickly becoming a big one), before I get everything else together and send it off.
I'd really like to thank everyone who's helped me out in my little project for engi and his family. Your simple memories will do them more than you can imagine, trust me on that. I've been in contact with engi's aunt, and by the sounds of things, I think a small tribute to what an easy-going, comedic, talented and generally great guy is exactly what they could use.
Thanks again, I really appreciate the help all. I hope you all had as much fun knowing engi as I did. Happy fragging to the lot of ya.


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//  This file is part of Linode API Client Library for PHP.
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//  the library. If not, see <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>.
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    public function addPrivate($LinodeID)
    {
        return $this->call('linode.ip.addprivate', [
            'LinodeID' => $LinodeID,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Assigns a Public IP to a Linode.  Returns the IPAddressID and IPAddress that was added.
     *
     * @param int $LinodeID [required] The LinodeID of the Linode that will be assigned an additional public IP address
     *
     * @return array
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    public function addPublic($LinodeID)
    {
        return $this->call('linode.ip.addpublic', [
            'LinodeID' => $LinodeID,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the IP addresses of all Linodes you have access to.
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     * @param int $IPAddressID [optional] If specified, limits the result to this IPAddressID
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     * @return array
     */
    public function getList($LinodeID = null, $IPAddressID = null)
    {
        return $this->call('linode.ip.list', [
            'LinodeID'    => $LinodeID,
            'IPAddressID' => $IPAddressID,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the rDNS name of a Public IP.  Returns the IPAddressID and IPAddress that were updated.
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     * @param int    $IPAddressID [required] The IPAddressID of the address to update
     * @param string $Hostname    [required] The hostname to set the reverse DNS to
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     */
    public function setReverseDNS($IPAddressID, $Hostname)
    {
        return $this->call('linode.ip.setrdns', [
            'IPAddressID' => $IPAddressID,
            'Hostname'    => $Hostname,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Exchanges Public IP addresses between two Linodes within a Datacenter.  The destination of the IP
     * Address can be designated by either the toLinodeID or withIPAddressID parameter.  Returns the
     * resulting relationship of the Linode and IP Address parameters.  When performing a one directional
     * swap, the source is represented by the first of the two resultant array members.
     *
     * @param int $IPAddressID     [required] The IPAddressID of an IP Address to transfer or swap
     * @param int $withIPAddressID [optional] The IP Address ID to swap
     * @param int $toLinodeID      [optional] The LinodeID of the Linode where IPAddressID will be transfered
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     * @return array
     */
    public function swap($IPAddressID, $withIPAddressID = null, $toLinodeID = null)
    {
        return $this->call('linode.ip.swap', [
            'IPAddressID'     => $IPAddressID,
            'withIPAddressID' => $withIPAddressID,
            'toLinodeID'      => $toLinodeID,
        ]);
    }
}

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--Sarah Langford, CSU, Chico Public Affairs and Publications
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A link to a one-minute version of the video, entitled "Meet the Family That Saved Monticello," was sent out to Monticello's friends and supporters in an email late in November.
You can watch it yourself on YouTube at http://bit.ly/LevyVideo The Foundation also posted a two-minute version on its Twitter feed.
JML in the SAR: I remember thinking when I learned that Jonah Phillips—Uriah Levy's grandfather and Jefferson M. Levy's great grandfather—had joined a Philadelphia military unit during the Revolutionary War that all of his descendants would be eligible for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution.
I pointed out that fact during many of my talks on the book and the family, after giving a brief synopsis of Jonas Phillips' life.
I discovered Jefferson Levy's SAR membership when a friend and colleague, Maral Kalbian, was digging throuhg 19th century documents on line and found Jefferson Levy's 1894 application to join the then-new SAR. The image to the left is the application's first page.
THE STATUE AND THE MAN: Two weeks ago the Washington Post's John Kelly, who writes a popular column on historical matters of local interest, told the tale of the statue of Thomas Jefferson that Uriah Levy commissioned in 1833 and presented to the United States—the one that now stands in the Rotunda in the U.S. Capitol.
How the statue got there is a complicated (and fascinating) story, and one I tell in detail in Saving Monticello.
I noticed a minor error in a quote Kelly used—that Levy rose to the rank of Captain in the Navy; in fact, he was a Commodore when he died in service in 1862. So I emailed Kelly, telling him I read the column with interest, and pointing out the misstatement.
He emailed me right back and asked if I would fill him in on Uriah Levy's life and Navy career. I accepted in a New York minute and the next day we had a great 45-minute talk.
To my delight, the following Sunday, October 28, Kelly devoted his column to Levy, highlighting his Navy career, including the anti-Semitism he faced, his six courts-martial (mostly on trumped-up charges), and how he spearheaded the successful effort to ban flogging in the Navy. Kelly also touched on the statue and how UPL and his nephew Jefferson M. Levy saved Monticello.
The column ended with a quote from Gaye Wilson, senior historian at Monticello's Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies—a quote that I completely agree with.
· On Tuesday, November 6, I'll be speaking about Saving Monticello at the monthly meeting of The Madisons of Montpelier Daughters of 1812 chapter in Gordonsville, Virginia.
· At the monthly meeting of the Anne Marie Fitzhugh chapter on Saturday, November 10, in Springfield, Virginia, I'll present a talk on my Francis Scott Key biography, What So Proudly We Hailed.
'ALSO AT MONTICELLO': While doing research for my next book—another history of an important American house (details to come later)—I came across a document I'd never seen: Jefferson Monroe Levy 1897 passport application.
I knew Jefferson Levy had to have had a passport because, as I wrote in Saving Monticello, he made many trips abroad—primarily to England and France—after he'd made a fortune in real estate and stocks in the mid-1890's.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND (con't.) The folks at Monticello were pleased to learn that, as I wrote in last month's newsletter, a second president—Grover Cleveland—had paid a visit during the Levys' ownership. Until I found a recently digitized Washington Post article detailing that July 1888 occasion, the only presidential visit we knew about was a 1903 trip up the mountain (on horseback) by President Theodore Roosevelt.
In the W.P. article, the reporter noted that Cleveland, who was not svelte, decided not to climb up a short incline to pay his respects at Jefferson's grave site. Cleveland, instead, sat in his carriage for a few minutes peering up at the obelisk marking Jefferson's grave, then ordered his driver to move up to the house. I used the modern-day photo on the right to illustrate the site that Cleveland saw.
Bill Bergen, the outstanding Monticello guide, found a Cleveland-era photo of the same spot (below), and kindly sent it to me.
This more accurately shows what Cleveland saw that day—that is, that there were no steps. So he would have had to make his way up the small embankment in the rain, another probable reason why he decided not to get out of the carriage.
SEPTEMBER 20: I had a memorable day at Monticello on Thursday, September 20. My wife Janna and I drove up to the Mountain around 12:30 that afternoon, and took a 1:15 tour of the house, led by the great guide, Bill Bergen. We learned many things, and Bill kindly allowed me to add a few thoughts about Jefferson Levy during his concluding remarks to the tour group outside on the portico. That's Bill with me after the tour.
After the tour we took in the new Sally Hemings exhibit—a short but moving, enlightening and brilliantly executed multi-media experience. After that, we went back down to the Visitors Center for a quick lunch at the café, and then I signed books at the Gift Shop. Folks who were attending the evening's reception for Monticello donors started coming in and I was happy to sign books and talk to them.
We then drove back up to a parking lot near the house and walked over to the tent on the lawn where I did a sound check and the IT folks got my PowerPoint set up. Then back into the house where I sat down in one of the upstairs rooms for a video interview that the Foundation will be using on social media and for marketing.
We were back out on the lawn at 6:00 for the reception before the program. There was plenty of food—of the heavy hors d'oeuvre variety—and beverages. I opted for water as it was a muggy evening. I talked to a bunch of friendly people, including two Jefferson descendants, several guides, and other Monticello staffers.
Luckily, the rain that threatened did not materialize.
The program began at 7:00 with welcoming remarks from Leslie Bowman, who heads the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Susan Stein, Monticello's long-time curator whom I have known and admired and worked with for nearly twenty-five years, spoke a bit about the Levys, and then gave me the best introduction I've ever had—and I've had more than a few over the years.
Then it was up to me to tell the story of the Levys and Monticello to around seven hundred people. My allotted half hour sped by. There were good questions from the audience, and more than a few folks came up to me afterward to chat. We left at around 9:00. A long, great day.
Special thanks to Leslie Bowman, Susan Stein and Mary Scott-Fleming, who did the logistical arrangements.
EVENTS: Just one for me in October. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, I'll be doing a talk on Saving Monticello in Norfolk for the Colonial Dames Tidewater Chapter.
GIFT IDEAS: Want a personally autographed, brand-new paperback copy of Saving Monticello? Please e-mail me at marcleepson@gmail.com I also have a few as-new, unopened hardcover copies, along with a good selection of brand-new copies of my other books: Flag: An American Biography; Desperate Engagement; Lafayette: Idealist General; What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, a Life; and Ballad of the Green Beret: The Life and Wars of Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler.
CLEVELAND AT MONTICELLO: Speaking of a discovery, I had a delightful one a few days ago while going through 19th century newspapers on the Proquest Historical Newspapers digital archive, a version of which my local library in Loudoun County, Virginia, provides to all library card holders.
I found a long Washington Post article that describes in detail an event that took place at Monticello in 1888 that I had never run across before: the June 27th visit by President Grover Cleveland.
I had thought—and said so countless time in talks I've done on Saving Monticello—that only one U.S. President had visited from 1834-1923 when Uriah Levy and Jefferson M. Levy owned the place. That was Theodore Roosevelt, who rode up the mountain on horseback on June 17, 1903. I describe that memorable occasion in the book.
As I wrote, TR had been in Charlottesville attending commencement ceremonies at the University of Virginia, arriving by special train from Washington. On his ride up the mountain Roosevelt "wore riding britches, puttees, an easy coat, and well beaten hat, modified [Rough Rider style]," a witness reported. Jefferson Levy and his sister Amelia Mayhoff gave Roosevelt and company a private tour of the mansion.
President Cleveland was running for re-election in the summer of 1888. He would lose to Benjamin Harrison, but would regain the White House after winning the 1892 election, becoming the only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive terms. As TR did, Cleveland took a special train to Charlottesville to attend what Post reporter David Lewsley called "the graduating exercises" at the University.
After all that palavering, eating, and drinking, Cleveland and company paid a visit to Monticello. The party set out at 5:30 on a wet June afternoon.
Cleveland had balked at first, but U.S. Senator elect, 68-year-old John S. Barbour Jr. (below), who had been instrumental in bringing Cleveland to Charlottesville, convinced the president that "it would never do for him to return to Washington without having seen the home and the grave of Jefferson," Lewsley reported.
Sen. John S. Barbour, Jr.
Many of the carriages didn't make it to the top. But Cleveland's—despite that not inconsiderable weight disadvantage—did. The first stop was Jefferson grave. It wasn't a big hit.
For decades after Jefferson's death visitors had vandalized his gravestone, taking dozens of chippings out of it. His family, which owned the graveyard at Monticello, began lobbying Congress in the late 1870s to build a new one. After years of wrangling, in April 1882, Congress appropriated $10,000 for a new monument over Jefferson's grave and for other improvements to the graveyard site. A new, 18-foot granite monument was placed on Jefferson's grave that fall. Repairs were made to six other graves, a new iron fence was installed, and the entire site graded, re-seeded, and re-sodded.
The paint and gold gilding on the fence looked "quite fresh" six years later, Lewsley reported. However, everyone—including the president—decided to stay in their carriages and not make the short climb up to the graveyard.
Cleveland sat in his carriage for a minute or two, and "without raising his hat or making any outward sign to show that the poetry in his soul was moving within him," ordered the driver to move up to the hill to the house.
Levy was on hand, along with several family members Lewsley didn't identify, to greet the president and his party. But he only allowed those with invitations to enter the house.
Cleveland and company were ushered into the Parlor where Jefferson Levy and "his family" (most likely his sister Amelia Mayhoff and her husband Charles) greeted them and gave them a tour of the house.
Cleveland enjoyed his visit "immensely, taking an eager interest in what was told him by the Levys." The last stop was a "nice new visitors' register that had been procured for the occasion," Lewsley wrote.
EVENTS: Just one event on the calendar for September, but it promises to be a memorable one. I'll be doing a talk on Saving Monticello at Monticello on the West Lawn on September 20. It's the annual event for Monticello supporters.
I have more events coming up in October, November, and December. Stay tuned.
STUDIO 360 REDUX: I distinctly remember the day in the summer of 2010 when I sat down in a small studio at WETA, the NPR station in Arlington, Virginia, put on a pair of large headphones, and began talking into a giant radio microphone about the Levys and Monticello. On the other end of the line at the studios of WNYC in New York where Studio 360 originates was the producer Amanda Aroncyzk, who had contacted me a few weeks earlier.
The interview became part of a 50-minute Studio 360 "American Icons" program that ran on October 22, 2010. It was very well well done, and I was gratified that the last ten minutes or so covered the Levy family story I told in Saving Monticello.
That section also included the words of Susan Stein, Monticello's long-time curator, and Harley Lewis, the Levy family descendant who helped me so much when I was doing the research for the book—and a bit of clever audio reconstruction.
In the intervening eight years, Studio 360 has rebroadcast the show three or four times, most recently last month. That most-recent version included up-to-date info on Monticello's new Sally Hemings exhibit and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation's latest efforts to tell the story of all the enslaved people at Monticello.
SISTER AMELIA: Twenty years ago, when I was doing the research for Saving Monticello, I spent many hours going through archival material at the Center for Jewish History at the American Jewish Historical Society in New York City. It was there that I discovered a treasure trove of primary-source material on Jefferson M. Levy: several giant scrapbooks containing letters, speeches, and scores of yellowing, crumbling newspaper clippings about that prominent New Yorker. The clips included extensive coverage of his fight to keep Monticello during the 1912-17 effort by members of Congress to take the place from him and turn it into a government-run shrine to Thomas Jefferson.
Since then, much of that material has been digitized and some is available on the Center's website. As I was browsing through the material the other day, I came across a newspaper clipping about Jefferson Levy's younger sister Amelia.
Amelia Levy, who was born in 1858, married Carl Mayhoff, a New York City cotton broker, in 1890. The Mayhoffs lived most of the year in New York City at 66 East 34th Street, the same block where Jefferson Levy lived. Their only child, Monroe, was born in 1897.
Four years earlier, in the summer of 1893, Amelia had begun to play a not-insignifcant role in her family's stewardship of Monticello.
As I noted in the book, after their mother's death in January of 1893, Jefferson Levy (a life-long bachelor) asked Amelia—who used the name "von Mayhoff"—to be his hostess at Monticello, a position she relished. For the next thirty years the siblings regularly hosted long visits from friends and relatives who often arrived at Monticello with children and servants. Amelia also occasionally accompanied Jefferson Levy on his travels to Washington and to Europe.
During the seasons when she was in charge of Monticello, Amelia Mayhoff also presided over countless dinner parties, playing hostess to visiting dignitaries including President Theodore Roosevelt, ambassadors, members of Congress, and university professors, in addition to family and friends from Charlottesville, New York, and elsewhere.
Jefferson Levy left his entire estate to Amelia in a will he had executed on September 28, 1923, less than six months before he died on March 6, 1924. He wrote the will after he had agreed to sell Monticello to the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. The deal was finalized on December 1, 1923, when Jefferson Levy signed the title of Monticello over to the Foundation in New York City. Within days after her brother's death in March Amelia announced that she would not stand in the way of the final transfer of Monticello to the Foundation.
Amelia Mayhoff lobbied in 1928 to have portraits she had inherited of her brother Jefferson Levy and her uncle Uriah Levy that had long been hung in Monticello kept on display in the house. But Fiske Kimball, who was hired to chair the Foundation's Monticello Restoration Committee, turned down the officer.


There will be 160 stalls selling everything from flowers to fashion at Christmas edition of The Linden Market.
This December, the two-day affair will be about more than just shopping for that perfect Christmas gift, with an extended offering of entertainment and opportunities to give back, making for a fun-filled day out. As always, the market will begin with a "Yoga in the Park" session by Yoga Works at 9am on both days.
The market itself has once again invited the team from Claw to bring some of their homeless pups along as part of their adopt-a-dog initiative. If you're looking to add a furry friend to your family this festive season, the market is the perfect place to do it – you can take it around for a walk to get to know each other, and potentially find your new best friend.
Open to families of all shapes and sizes, it's no surprise that this market has become one of South Africa's most loved and successful. Bring your kids and your dogs, and start getting into the Christmas spirit!


Amelia Academy seniors are beginning the countdown to graduation on May 23. It was therefore an appropriate time for Amari Hicks to speak about the inevitability of change in her Chapel Talk, delivered on March 13.
Amari offered several examples of change that many teens experience, such as evolving choices in fashion, music, and sports teams. Other intentional changes may lead to becoming a better person or achieving goals, she said.
Since arriving at the Academy in the second grade, Amari has emerged from the admittedly shy newcomer. "I didn't really talk to anyone except my teachers and maybe two other classmates," she said. During that first year, she eventually got to know the rest of her class and came out of her "comfort zone." She said that this was an example of a good change. "It was a wonderful decision," she said.
All went well until Middle School when Amari said she began to retreat again. "It was a crazy time full of change . . . the lovely time of hitting puberty," Amari said. However, just as she did in Lower School, Amari persevered and pursued new adventures, including playing volleyball.
She also decided to participate in Forensics, an annual public speaking competition of the Association of Virginia Academies (AVA). This experience led to an interest in "reading for fun" and creative writing.
Once again, in Upper School, Amari continued to step out of her comfort zone and pursue new opportunities. She joined the local chapter of Young Life, a positive experience that helped her confidence. "I made lots of new friends who never fail to make me smile," she said.
Attending her Chapel Talk were her parents Juliane and Boyce Hicks, along with her sister Meagan. Also present were her grandparents, Viola and James Booker, and her grandmother, Ann Hicks. Other special guests included her aunts, Lofonda Booker, Jennifer Cooper, and Lowonda Craft, along with her cousin, Chelsey Poe.


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Q: Google admob not display Google admob is not displaying.
I'm using Android studio. I first try android studio inbuilt functionality of advertisement activity - Banner ad and interstitial ad (New project > New AdActivity), but it doen't show me ad.
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I don't know why?
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Coventry City defender Dominic Hyam intent on being a first team regular
The defender made his debut in the pre-season victory over Sutton United
Mantej Mann
17:41, 8 JUL 2017
Updated 17:43, 8 JUL 2017
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New signing Dominic Hyam expects to be pushing for a place in Mark Robins's first team when the League Two season kicks off in August.
The 21-year-old defender joined the Sky Blues from Reading earlier this summer, but despite his age, Hyam is intent on a place in the senior side.
Speaking after making his debut in the pre-season clash with Sutton United, Hyam said: "I would like to think I've been brought here as a first team regular.
Sutton United 0 Coventry City 1: Match report as Sky Blues kick off pre-season campaign with a win
"Everyone wants to play games but it's down to me to get into the team and then stay in the team.
I had limited opportunities at Reading but hopefully I can progress my career at a massive club like Coventry City."
Asked why he joined the club, Hyam answered: "The manager, the size of the club and the ambition. I had already made my mind up after the first half an hour of meeting the manager.
"He wasn't tip-toeing around things. He is quite focused on what he wants to achieve, and if we all work together then hopefully we can do that.
"We're in the fourth tier at the moment but we've all got ambitions to play higher and hopefully we can push on to big things."
Sutton United v Coventry City in a pre-season friendly, with Jodi Jones
The defender was named at centre-back for the match at Gander Green Lane, and impressed on debut, before being replaced at half-time.
He added: "It was good to get 45 minutes under our belts. We weren't technically and tactically all there but it was a good fitness exercise."
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US military aircraft intercepted two Russian bombers and jets off coast of Alaska for second time in a week
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Published 12:41 PM EDT, Wed June 17, 2020
US military aircraft intercepted two Russian bomber formations that entered the Air Defense Identification Zone off the coast of Alaska Tuesday evening, the second incident in the last week.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement Wednesday that the first formation of Russian aircraft consisted of two bombers, accompanied by two fighter jets, and was supported by an airborne early warning and control aircraft.
The second formation consisted of two Russian bombers supported by another airborne early warning and control aircraft. The Russian military aircraft came within 32 nautical miles of Alaskan shores, but remained in international airspace and at no time did they enter US sovereign airspace.
"These are significant Russian formations in multiple locations," a US defense official said of the two recent intercepts. The US assesses that some of the Russian flights are simply training missions. But the pace of activity may be a signal by Moscow that they are determined to keep pace with American flights off Russian coastal regions, the official said.
According to a message posted on the Russian Defense Ministry's Twitter account, the bombers were on a "scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Northern Pacific."
Tuesday's incident follows a similar incident last Wednesday, and is the eighth such incident this year where Russian aircraft have penetrated the Canadian or Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zones.
In March, US and Canadian fighter jets intercepted two Russian reconnaissance aircraft while they were flying off the Alaskan coast. There were also multiple intercepts involving Russian military aircraft off the coast of Alaska in 2019.
CNN's Devan Cole and Chandelis Duster contributed to this report.


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Q: delete values of cells in the last column created I have been working on a code that copy the last column and insert a new one, copying its formula and format. However, I need to delete the values of the cells from row 6 to 24 and then from 56 to 78 in the new column created. I couldn't find a way to refer to those cells in order to delete their values, could anyone help me on this? My code is below:
Sub Copy_Column()
   Dim LastCol As Integer
   With Worksheets("BO_Corretora")
       LastCol = .Cells(4, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
       Columns(LastCol).Copy
       Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats
       Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas
   End With
End Sub

A: You could use intersect.  This keeps the rows to be deleted easy to read and you could store them in a constant for easy editing if required.
Sub Copy_Column()
    Dim LastCol As Integer
    Dim NewCol As String

    With Worksheets("BO_Corretora")
        LastCol = .Cells(4, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
        .Columns(LastCol).Copy
        .Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats
        .Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas

        Intersect(.Columns(LastCol + 1), .Range("6:24,56:78")).ClearContents
    End With
End Sub

A: Is this what you are trying?
Sub Copy_Column()
    Dim LastCol As Integer
    Dim NewCol As String

    With Worksheets("BO_Corretora")
        LastCol = .Cells(4, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
        .Columns(LastCol).Copy
        .Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormats
        .Columns(LastCol + 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteFormulas

        '~~> Get the Column Letter of the new column
        NewCol = Split(.Cells(, LastCol + 1).Address, "$")(1)

        '~~> Range would be like Range("A6:A24,A56:A78")
        .Range(NewCol & "6:" & NewCol & "24," & _
               NewCol & "56:" & NewCol & "78").ClearContents
    End With
End Sub


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The manufacturing industry has a lot on their plate as businesses move toward the future. From the lingering skills gap to the rapid adoption of emerging technology, manufacturers have a lot to think about. However, the future of the industry will be impossible to maintain without an enthusiastic young workforce to replace the retiring baby boomers.
Manufacturing continues to struggle with a public that has an outdated perception of what the industry actually entails. This highly advanced and incredibly fruitful industry has made impressive strides forward but the public is still influenced by outdated stigmas. The industry is working vigorously to correct the way the public perceives manufacturing and they're doing a tremendous job according to recent studies.
Manufacturing Day, STEM camps and other industry focused initiatives have had a dramatic impact on the way the public views the manufacturing industry. Deloitte recently released their latest public perception study and the results are impressive. 83% of Americans that participated in the survey believe manufacturing is important to America's economic prosperity; 7 in 10 believe the US needs to invest more heavily in the industry; 8 in 10 believe US manufacturing is important to maintain our standard of living and 64% believe the US manufacturing industry is a high-tech field. These results are proof that industry wide events, celebrations and educational programs have a direct impact on the public perception of the industry.
Even with all the good news, there is still much more work to be done. One-third of Americans still wouldn't encourage their children to pursue a career in manufacturing. A majority are worried about security and stability and right below that are people concerned that it is not a strong career path. Only half of those surveyed believe a manufacturing career will provide good pay when compared to other industries.
These negative perspective are however not based on fact. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics, "the average tenure of workers in manufacturing jobs is the highest among all private sector industries at 9.1 years (2016)". Furthermore, the average manufacturing employee in the U.S. earned $81,289 annually which includes pay and benefits. This compared to the $63,830 average annual income in other industries shows how fruitful a career in manufacturing can actually be.
With all the progress U.S. manufacturing has made over the past few years, there is still much work to be done. However, the good news is that the industry is making progress and this should be motivation to continue these incredible initiatives. They will be vital in convincing the public that the modern manufacturing industry has come so far and can offer so much when it comes to a career in the industry. It's exciting to see all this progress being made but businesses, academia and the workforce must continue to spread the message.


I agree, Linden Research clearly has the brain power to fix SL Inventory issues, however SL is still community driven. The folks at LL are trying to bring SL to true VR via project Sansar. It's almost like SL except you can use a VR headset to view and create content. This is a big deal for the folks at LL and they are spending huge sum of money and resources to pull this off, not only that but the people who make the VR headsets could make a lot of money if designers and builders begin to move to the new platform. With so much time and money going to Sansar why worry about Old secondlife.


No-Gods-No-Masters is donating $200 to an anti-fascist stabbed and seriously wounded in a neo-nazi attack in Kiev of Ukraine. The money will help to cover medical costs.
In the evening of 14th of April, social activist V.N. was seriously wounded in Kiev. He was assaulted by 5 Nazis in the area of metro station Dorozhichi. Young patriots used knives and cutted three times arteries in the legs of the activist. V.N. also lost teeth and suffered a brain concussion.
If it was not purpose of attackers to murder, at least they attempted to permanently main activist who takes active part to anti-government, anti-capitalist and animal right actions. V-N. lost much blood, but due to an operation made in time, his life is no more in a danger.
Currently money is needed for covering his medical costs.
Please write by e-mail how much you have donated, as same account is used for multiple campaigns.


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NRL CEO's meeting report
Wed 20 Feb 2013, 06:13 PM
An NRL Club Chief Executives meeting has seen all 16 NRL Clubs commit to working with the NRL in a joint approach to finalising new integrity measures that address emerging threats such as peptide hormone use.
Clubs will work with the new NRL integrity unit over coming weeks to develop reporting systems, accreditation models, compliance procedures and review all future testing options.
"We want to ensure a drug free game and the clubs are strong in their support of that aim," NRL Chief Executive, Mr Dave Smith, said today.
"Their attitude today underlined how seriously they have been focussed on integrity as an issue but we need to be conscious of dealing with new substances and new threats.
"All sixteen clubs see themselves as playing a role with the NRL and they couldn't have been more supportive.
"Everyone regrets the focus on individual teams but, again, all sixteen clubs see themselves as being active in the way forward.
"We all accept the need to wait for ASADA to complete its investigations and we will work with them to achieve that.
"Our clubs are also used to working with ASADA on an ongoing basis and the relationship has always been a cooperative one.
"We have said all along that the overwhelming majority of our players and clubs do the right thing.
"The way in which the group supported measures to address emerging threats underlined the faith they have in their clubs and the game.
"It echoes the support of the ARL Commission for the steps we've taken towards a game-wide response.
"There is no question in anyone's mind that we are in for a great season in 2013, one that the clubs, players and fans can be excited to be a part of."
Today's meeting also added support for an Auckland Nine's pre-season concept being further explored for 2014 by the ARL Commission.
The Nines would involve sixteen clubs playing across a maximum of 31 eighteen-minute matches (each club playing between three and six) over two days.
A key part of the discussion was that the dates could not affect the promotion of the Harvey Norman Rugby League All Stars, which remained the game's major pre-season event.
Today's discussion centred on the Nine's replacing the first official weekend of trials.
The Chief Executives also received a briefing from new Referees' High Performance Manager Daniel Anderson.
Mr Anderson outlined changes to the refereeing structure for 2013 in relation to video refereeing, as well as changes to rules and interpretations.
There was strong endorsement for the direction in which he has addressed the restructure.
The meeting also received briefings on the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the new NRL Club Network.
The new NRL Digital Media network has outlined an exciting program for building a deeper engagement with fans by creating more content.
A closer partnership with club websites and advances in fantasy league and tipping is expected to attract more than two million users a month to nrl.com alone.
Fans will also be able to access iPhone and Android mobile apps that broadcasts matches live-to-air throughout the season.
Due to launch in time for the season kick-off, the app will give fans the greatest access to live-to-air coverage in history.
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William Adolphe Bouguereau\'s Art Depicted Modern Interpretations Of Classical Subjects
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NOVEMBER 30, ON THIS DAY
"One is born an artist. The artist is a man endowed with a special nature, with a particular feeling for seeing form and color spontaneously, as a whole, in perfect harmony. If one lacks that feeling, one is not an artist and will never become an artist; and it is a waste of time to entertain the possibility."
William Adolphe Bouguereau
William Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter from the late eighteenth century with a deep affection for classical works. His depictions of the female figure in realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern takes on Classical subjects. The Impressionist avant-garde despised him because he was the prototypical salon painter of his time. His work often had repeating themes that drew on mythology, which is the modern interpretation of classical literature. Bouguereau used conventional painting techniques, such as meticulous pencil sketches and oil sketches, and his methodical approach produced an appealing and accurate depiction of the human figure. His depictions of hands, feet, and skin received particular praise. He also used some of the religious and erotic symbolism of the Old Masters, such as the \"broken pitcher\" which connoted lost innocence.
William Adolphe Bouguereau was born on 30 November 1825 in La Rochelle, France. He was educated in a formal setting by a Roman Catholic priest, who also taught him biblical and classical subjects. During the early stage, he won the first prize for painting Saint Roch at the École des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. He also studied anatomical dissections and historical costumes and archeology which would come in handy in the years to come. His career advanced when he was accepted at François-Édouard Picot. He studied academic-style paintings at the studio. Bouguereau earned the renowned Prix de Rome at the early age of 26. Zenobia Found by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes was the piece of art that brought him that award. His beautiful life-like paintings were remarkable because of the nuanced expressions and exquisitely drawn hands and feet of his subjects.
As early as 1850, William-Adolphe Bouguereau painted one of his most famous works 'Dante and Virgil in Hell'. Neoclassical art and medieval literature served as the painting\'s primary sources of inspiration. The two male figures\' detailed musculature is what makes the dramatic painting famous. One of his best religious works is called \"Pieta.\" It is a representation of the artist\'s own sorrow over the passing of his teenage son Georges and depicts Mary carrying the body of Jesus Christ after his death. The date of his passing is mentioned in a tiny inscription on an urn in the illustration. He wrote some of his most well-known pieces in the 1870s, including \"The Comforting Virgin,\" \"Nymphes et un Satyre,\" \"The Spinning Maid,\" \"Petty Thieves,\" \"Reapers,\" \"Charity,\" and \"Homer and His Guide.\"
Bouguereau used conventional painting techniques, such as meticulous pencil sketches and oil sketches, and his methodical approach produced an appealing and accurate depiction of the human figure. His depictions of hands, feet, and skin received particular admiration. He also used some of the Old Masters\' sensual and religious symbolism, such as the \"broken pitcher,\" which represented lost innocence. Bouguereau\'s career was almost all uphill with little setbacks. He represented taste, refinement, and a respect for tradition to many. Others saw him as a capable technician who was caught in the past. At the age of 79, Bouguereau passed away from heart disease at La Rochelle on August 19, 1905.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau
https://mydailyartdisplay.uk/2013/12/08/adolphe-william-bouguereau-part-1-the-history-painter-and-his-painting-dante-and-virgil/
https://arthive.com/williambouguereau/biography
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Why everyone wants a piece of the Arctic - Macleans.ca
Why everyone wants a piece of the Arctic
In temperature and politics, the Arctic has never been hotter. As other nations try to get in on the action, Canada is gearing up for a fight.
by Luiza Ch. Savage
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Ólafur Grímsson, the jovial, globe-trotting president of Iceland, likes to tell the story of his first state visit to Russia 11 years ago, when he asked to meet with Vladimir Putin to talk about the Arctic. The snow-haired Icelander was told that such esoteric matters would be best discussed with local authorities in Kamchatka and Murmansk, thousands of miles from the Kremlin. These days, says Grímsson with a chuckle, Putin himself gives speeches at Arctic conferences—and sends emissaries to Iceland to personally invite Grímsson to attend.
In temperature and in geopolitics, the Arctic has never been hotter. The ice cap is melting rapidly; new shipping lanes are opening up, as are previously inaccessible reserves of oil, gas and minerals. It is estimated that one-fifth of the world's petroleum reserves lie in the Arctic. Whether these riches will be developed and transported, under what conditions and by whom, are high-stakes questions that are growing in urgency for governments and industry around the world. Some projections say a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean could occur by mid-century. "For the first time in human history we will witness the creation of a new ocean," Grímsson told a conference in Washington last month. And the rest of the world wants in. Last summer, a Chinese-owned icebreaker, the Snow Dragon, sailed from Shanghai to Iceland. The purpose of that expedition was ostensibly to research how the melting of the sea ice creates extreme weather patterns in China. But China is also building cargo ships to sail across a polar route this decade using the ice-free summer months, cutting the distance to Europe and America.
"There's a long queue of other players—starting with China, India, South Korea, Singapore, Germany and France and others who want a piece of the action and want to sit at the table," Grímsson said. "And they are coming with a basket of investment finance."
Q&A: Leona Aglukkaq on northern perspectives and whether the EU belongs in the Arctic Council
Canada takes over newly broadened Arctic Council
It's precisely at this fraught moment of growing global interest that Canada is taking over the leadership of the Arctic Council, a once-obscure gathering of diplomats from eight Arctic countries who met in school gymnasiums of remote villages to discuss Arctic research. Founded in Ottawa in 1996, it is now the leading policy-making forum for the Arctic, producing binding international agreements among Arctic countries.
On May 15, in the northern Swedish mining town of Kiruna, Canada will officially take over the chairmanship. Not a mere formality, the role will allow the Canadian government to set an agenda and shape the direction of Arctic co-operation for the next two years, until it passes the reins to the next country in line, the United States.
Hillary Clinton attended the council's last ministerial meeting, in Greenland in 2011, the first U.S. secretary of state to do so. Her successor, John Kerry, says he will attend. Interest is so high that 12 non-Arctic entities have applied to join the council as permanent "observers." They include the European Union, China, India, Singapore, Japan, and groups such as Greenpeace and the Association of Oil and Gas Producers.
Some members favour expanding the tent to include the newcomers. But traditionally, Russia and Canada, who control the majority of the Arctic coastline, have been reluctant to let the world into their backyard. Some 120,000 people live in Canada's Arctic—and their interests and aspirations do not necessarily align with the agendas of the distant nations who want a say in Arctic affairs. The Harper government sums up its Arctic policy as "development for the benefit of the people of the North." It's a vision that emphasizes economic development over conservation, and—as highlighted by the choice of Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq as chairwoman of the council—one that gives priority to Arctic residents.
Aglukkaq, an Inuk who spent her childhood living a traditional seal-hunting, igloo-dwelling lifestyle in remote communities in Nunavut, is the first indigenous person to ever chair the council. She arrives as aspirations for self-determination among indigenous people around the Arctic regions have been increasing along with economic opportunity. A land-claims agreement led to the creation of Nunavut in 1999; 10 years later, the majority-indigenous population of Greenland won increased self-government from Denmark; the Sami people have been seeking greater recognition of their rights in Nordic countries; and the indigenous populations in Russia are still building a political movement.
The expectations on Aglukkaq's shoulders are enormous. "It's absolutely historical and of major significance," said Dalee Dorough, vice-chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, about Aglukkaq's role. "There is so much translation that doesn't have to take place in terms of indigenous perspectives—they are in her mind, in her language, they are everywhere."
In an interview with Maclean's, Aglukkaq said the interests of indigenous people are her top priority. "I want the people on the ground to be put first—the people who actually live in the Arctic," she said. But that goal is colliding with the desire of other countries to expand and internationalize the Arctic Council—a move that Aglukkaq fears could dilute the influence of indigenous participants. Under the current structure of the council, eight sovereign nations make decisions: Canada, the U.S., Russia, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Greenland. In addition, representatives of six cross-border groups of indigenous people sit at the council table as "permanent participants," engaging in discussions and policy work: the Inuit, the Sami, the Athabaskan, Gwich'in, Aleuts, and an association of indigenous people in Russia.
Moreover, there are already 26 "permanent observers" who are allowed to watch meetings and to contribute to the activities of the council's working groups. They include six countries from Europe, as well as organizations such as the Red Cross, the International Arctic Science Committee, and the Association of World Reindeer Herders.
"One of my worries is that when we get too many observers, there is a potential to diminish the role of the permanent participants," said Aglukkaq. "And the other concern I have is that the number of observers is so big that we won't be able to host any conferences or meetings in the Arctic."
Julie Gourley, the senior Arctic official at the U.S. Department of State, told a conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington last month that the council has always been a "small and friendly" forum. "We are being very careful about who we let in. The bigger it gets, the dynamic changes," she said. The Danish ambassador to the Arctic, Klavs Holm, said he'd never seen such close relationships between diplomats. On a trip to the North Pole, he said, "We actually hugged each other." But Denmark supports expansion because the Arctic impacts other countries—and their activities impact the Arctic. "There are international players whose points of view we need," Holm said. "And the risk is, if we don't take them on board, they will go elsewhere and make another forum."
Norwegian diplomat Christian Syse agreed. "We believe it is important to have them on the inside of the tent, instead of on the outside. That goes for China, South Korea and other nations as well," he said. The non-Arctic countries could help deal with environmental challenges, rescue opportunities and oil spills, he added. "We do a lot of science and research that they can take part in. The Arctic Council is a big umbrella with lots of different activities."
One particular area of concern for Canada is admitting the European Union, which has banned the commerce in seal products, a move that Canada opposes—and one that stirs Aglukkaq's passions. "The EU wants to impose stigma on the Inuit way of life in international forums. They think they know best how we should hunt or what we should eat. I think that is just ignorance, really," she told Maclean's. The seal-products ban will be one factor that Canada considers in evaluating the EU's application, she said, noting that one of the official criteria for membership is respect for the indigenous way of life. Moreover, there is fear that an official EU presence could pressure member countries Sweden and Finland, and EU membership applicant Iceland, to act as a bloc.
Aglukkaq also bristles at any suggestion that the Arctic should be "internationalized" in the mould of Antarctica—which is an uninhabited region governed by an international treaty. "This is not the South Pole. Canada's Arctic is Canada's Arctic. There are people in the North who live there all year long. We are not a giant park," she said. While Antarctica is a land mass surrounded by ocean, the Arctic is frozen ocean surrounded by sovereign, inhabited countries. Various nations are laying claims to extended continental shelf off of their coasts and the seabed and subsoil resources that come with it. (That process is handled by the United Nations, not the Arctic Council.)
But as global interest grows, non-Arctic countries are already joining another forum. Grímsson and others last month announced the creation of a new group called the Arctic Circle that will hold its first "open assembly" in Reykjavik in October. Aglukkaq says she does not fear a rivalry because only the council brings together top government ministers. "If there are groups that want to get together, talk to each other, research, I have no issues with that," she said.
But some Canadian critics also worry that the Harper government's approach is too parochial and development-focused. "As chair, we have a larger responsibility than pressing forward our domestic Arctic priorities into the Arctic Council," says Franklyn Griffiths, professor emeritus of international politics at the University of Toronto, and a long-time Arctic analyst. "It's not enough to say that Arctic residents should be the ones to set the tone alone because the Arctic is part and parcel of the world's climate. The Arctic is the world's air conditioner, or its weather kitchen. Canada should have an international or global view, which we haven't developed."
Griffiths proposes that non-Arctic countries be allowed to join the council as observers—but that they pay for the privilege. The money would go into a fund that would pay for the indigenous groups' travel and staffing costs so they "are able to cope with an ever-larger and more complex agenda" and "not be overrun" by the interests of non-Arctic countries.
But while Aglukkaq is leery of bringing more observers directly into council meetings, she does want to bring in additional voices into the group's orbit. She wants to create a circumpolar business forum for industry groups and companies that work in the Arctic.
"Organizations that actually are developing the North—the mining industry, cruise ships, fishing industries: how do we bring what they know to the table? How do we bring what they are seeing to the table? And when we set terms and conditions on projects and shipping routes, we don't do a very good job of asking 'How did we do?' or, 'How are the standards we put forward for your gold mine or shipping routes working?' I want a broader view of decisions made."
Aglukkaq insists that development can be reconciled with environmental protection. "As a northerner, we want jobs. We want development. But we want to ensure it is environmentally responsible," she said. The subsurface rights to many resources belong to the Aboriginal people through negotiated land claims. They receive royalties and can negotiate the terms of development with the companies.
In 2011, the Arctic Council oversaw negotiation of its first binding international agreement on Arctic search and rescue. At this month's meeting, members are expected to finalize a binding agreement on Arctic oil-spill response. Over the next two years, Canada also wants to work on a spill-prevention agreement. "We will make prevention of oil spills one of our main priorities," said Patrick Borbey, president of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Canada's senior official for the Arctic Council. Such an agreement would build on research into standards and prevention strategies in various Arctic jurisdictions, "recognizing that what works in northern Norway may be different from what we need in the Beaufort Sea," Borbey said.
The disastrous oil spill of BP's Macondo well off the coast of Louisiana in 2010 led to new regulations and a search for new spill-prevention technologies. "But how do those perform in Arctic conditions? Can they meet those standards? There is more work that needs to be done. We all benefit from sharing, even if at the end of the day decisions will be made through [domestic] regulatory regimes," said Borbey.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is slowly waking up to its own role in the North. Barack Obama's administration is overhauling its regulation of offshore oil drilling, and is beginning to look at scenarios to respond to the melting ice, including the eventual construction of deep-water ports. In his recent speaking tour, Icelandic President Grímsson reminded Americans that melting will mean, among other things, an extensive open border. "Anyone with a vessel will be able to land because there is nobody there," he said
With that open border come concerns about organized crime and illegal trafficking in drugs and people. National security has not traditionally been part of the council's mandate. But with Russia building new nuclear submarines, and the U.S. building additional missile interceptors in Alaska to protect against threats from North Korea, there are calls for that to change. "Canada can show leadership by recognizing the need for a frank and open discussion on military issues before it is too late," argued Rob Huebert, associate director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. Added Grímsson: "We are now entering a completely new era."
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Do not have time but still wish to get a glimpse of Vientiane. Then this half-day tour is absolutely for you. Visit Buddha Park to behold the human masterpieces of architecture. Experience the cultures and tradition through museum preserving long-established values of this land-locked country.
Time for visiting is about 1 hour. Our guide will pick you up at your hotel at 8.30 am. The first stop we visit is Buddha Park, built in 1958 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat, a monk studied about Buddhism and Hinduism. That is the reason why in the park is full not only Buddha images but also of Hindu gods as well as demons and animals from both beliefs. Besides, there are also have a local eatery and café offering food and drink to tourists at once end of the tour in Buddha, eat some snacks or drinks soft drinks next to the Mekong River that makes a great spot to chill after the walking and climbing. Besides snacks, try to eat papaya salad, fried bananas, and cold Lao beer. After finishing the visit to Buddha Park, drop in a souvenir shop to buy some gifts made by Laotian. Just only a small fee needed for entering the park and photography.
Transfer from Buddha Park at 10:00 am, you can take the tuk-tuk to visit the Lao Textile Museum. Founded in 2003, the Lao Textile Museum was the first privately-owned museum in Laos. Its purpose is to promote the traditional assets of textile culture in the country, including its revered silk production, antique textiles, and a lot of production facility for high- quality silk. However, Lao Textile Museum is not an easy place to find and many people don't know its existence.
End of half day tour, back to your hotel, take a rest and ready for another trip in your Lao tour.


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Don't forget about Java! The pilot has gotten a sound-lock and the picture-lock will be finished next week. Plus, we've gotten some awesome additional art by Emily Benning (see the image above). Java will be out this Spring!
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Moving Box Studios is launching a new service called Ithaca Tape to Disc. If you have any old home video tapes, you probably know by now that they wear down, and this service is the perfect solution – we'll convert your tapes to digital format! More details to follow.