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Albert Lindemann is perhaps the only Jewish scholar who, unlike most Jewish pundits, acknowledges the reasons why they've been so disliked. No ellipsis added between unquoted paragraphs:
Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Chapter 3. The Appearance of Modern Anti-Semitism (1870-1890)
Germans and Jews
The nature of German-Jewish interplay is still bitterly debated—in particular the extent to which one can properly speak of mutual benefit and respect—but there is little doubt that nowhere else have Jacob and Esau had a more intricate, fecund, and yet finally tragic relationship. Nowhere was the rise of the Jews more notable, and nowhere was it more searchingly debated whether the nature of Jews was unchangeably foreign, undermining those among whom they resided, or adaptable and beneficial to the host people. Similarly, the possible ramifications of the notion of closeness are nowhere more clearly revealed than in the history of modern Germany, for growing numbers of Germans came to believe that they were somehow chosen by history for a special destiny.
Real issues were involved, issues that emerged from the concentration of Jews in certain occupations, from their related extraordinary economic and social success, and from a range of cultural traits that distinguished them from non-Jewish Germans.
German-speaking Jews were the largest and economically most successful population of assimilated Jews in Europe, and because of their important positions in the German economy, they were almost unavoidably identified with the Depression. Germany's economy, or the economies of the various German states before unification, had been growing with remarkable, even breakneck speed in the 1860s, and it grew even faster in the early 1870s. Jews seemed to benefit disproportionately from that growth, and they were widely and plausibly (which is not to say justifiably) blamed for its sudden collapse.
For much of the 1880s and 1890s the first modern anti-Semitic movement found its most impressive and influential form in Germany. As noted, many Germans were inclined to see world historical significance in the establishment of the German Reich; it represented a turning point in modern history. Even more grandiosely, some German nationalists believed the new Reich was the expression of divine purpose, an affirmation of the mission of the German spirit in the modern world. How unique or "special" such beliefs were is debatable. We will see that the Jews in many countries, not only Germany, were inclined to see the rise of the Jews in modern times as expressing a divine purpose or a Jewish mission. Citizens of the United States, too, with their notions of Manifest Destiny, expressed a belief that they and the new American nation were agents of God's will.
For such reasons, the wave of anti-Semitic indignation and rage that passed over Germany, and the efforts to give to that wave the form of a modern mass movement, caught the attention of the civilized western world.
German Liberalism and the New German State
The liberal middle years of the century had seen the final steps in granting civil emancipation to Jews in most German-speaking lands, not without mean-tempered dissent from various quarters. Being counted among the most modern, most highly civilized nations was important to Germany's elites; discriminatory laws against the Jews characterized the backward nations, such as Russia and Romania.
By the late 1860s liberal principles were given fuller application in many arenas besides those touching the condition of the Jews. Indeed, those general principles were the primary consideration; the emancipation of the Jews was seen as a necessary of them, much as was the case in the debates of the French National Assembly from 1798 to 1791.
In 1871 a number of important liberal principles were incorporated into the constitution of the new German Empire, such as the free trade, the rule of law, representative institutions, and guarantees of free speech. Religious freedom and Jewish equality under the law were also a part of the constitution.
The Rise of the Jews in Germany
With the unification of Germany, Jewish wealth began to expand even more rapidly than before, and Jews began to move into a number of prominent positions in politics. However, until 1914 they remained almost completely excluded from the very highest and most prestigious positions of the state, as did most non-Jews without the proper pedigrees. Nonetheless, throughout the nineteenth century Jews continued to nurse hopes for an eventual change in such exclusionary practices; they persuaded themselves that much steady progress had been made and that the future was bright.
Banks, although less exclusively Jewish in Germany than elsewhere in central and eastern Europe, were still owned and operated by Jews (estimates range from forty to fifty percent, whereas Jews were one percent of the total population). The man reputed to be the richest in Germany was the Jewish banker Gerson Bleichröder.
Jews in Germany moved rapidly into the professions. Upwardly mobile Gentiles, or those who hoped for upward mobility in their children, encountered a most unwelcome competition to get into medical school or law school; Jews in those schools became overrepresented, often by ten, twenty, even thirty times their numbers on German society.
The liberal press was overwhelmingly in the hands of the Jews. It was an arena "in which Jewish intellectuals could be active in an unhampered way".
The Mittelstand and Modernism in Germany
In literature and many other arts Jews were prominent in modernist trends, not only in Germany but in most other countries. Modernism was characterized by a contempt for traditional aesthetic norms; modern art became ever more divorced from what ordinary people could appreciate, ever more disdainful of popular tastes, ever more "difficult."
Those arguing for an "organic" Aryan art, one that had roots in the traditional peasant communities of Germany, could see modern art as inorganic, market-driven, cosmopolitan–and Semitic.
The image of modernist Jews as "culture destroyers" reflected an undeniable reality; however much exaggerated by anti-Semites. The disproportionate numbers, visibility, and volubility of Jews in modern art roughly corresponded to the disproportionate numbers of Jews in journalism, medicine, law, banking and revolutionary politics.
The "Founding Years" and the Crash of 1873
Nouveaux riches of whatever origin have rarely been known for gracious manners. Those Jewish newly rich in Germany who had recent origins in the eastern European shtetekh, where standards of civility or public manners were markedly different from those of Germany, were widely regarded as especially offensive.
In Germany during the early seventies, the contrasts between rich and poor, successful and unsuccessful, were perhaps even more striking than in the opening stages of England's industrialization. In the summer of 1873 the stock markets collapsed. Certain anti-Semitic themes took on particularly sharp expression by the late 1870s. Now it was declared that Jews, constituting a mere one percent of the population, were more than "too influential"; they were talking over the new German nation, its economy, its political institutions, its art and music.
The Press Campaign against the Jews
The popular (circulation ca. 350,000) and generally liberal magazine Die Gartenlaube published a series of articles in December 1874 by Otto Glagau exposing the role of various shady entrepreneurs in the stock market crash. He maintained that ninety percent of brokers and stock promoters in the capital were Jews.
A century later, when it became clear that the stock market scandals of the mid-to-late 1980s in the United States saw an overwhelming preponderance of Jews–at least ninety percent was a widely accepted figure–that clear correlation seemed to interest the broad American public scarcely at all, and overwhelmingly non-Jewish journalists and politicians skirted the issue. But in Germany in the 1870s popular interest and indignation were intense.
By no means all Germans agreed with Glagau. He responded that "No longer can we suffer to see the Jews push themselves everywhere to the front... everywhere seize leadership and dominate public opinion."
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March 17, 2014, 3:58 p.m. EDT
Ingersoll Rand, Honeywell Express SB 340 Bill Will Undermine Energy-Efficiency Initiatives in Indiana
Companies encourage dialogue for constructive reforms to Energizing Indiana
In a recent poll, conducted by the National Association of Manufacturers, 90 percent of those polled stated that they "believe it's important to include energy efficiency as part of our country's energy solutions."
Energizing Indiana cuts waste and is a fiscally responsible way to address the state's energy needs. Evaluation of the 2012 program showed a 2:1 savings versus cost ratio, and the preliminary results for 2013 suggest an equal or stronger performance. All programs need to be evaluated and refined. Eliminating this particular initiative altogether is the wrong choice for Indiana, its businesses and its residents. Prudent reforms should benefit all of the state's ratepayers.
Energy efficiency helps drive a positive business environment and supports good, skilled jobs, like those at our companies. Related resource standards create a more level playing field between efficiency efforts and energy generation. Removing the Energizing Indiana goals and requirements delays opportunities for more efficient and sustainable communities, and removes a valuable money-saving tool for consumers.
We ask for a dialogue to generate constructive changes to build a successful program instead of a moratorium. Putting the program on indefinite hold will halt activity and set the state back years. Indiana's leaders should reconsider the proposed legislation and continue to support programs that deliver savings for all Indiana businesses and residents.
About Ingersoll Rand
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Honeywell HON -0.59% is a Fortune 100 diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; turbochargers; and performance materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York, London, and Chicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywellnow.com .
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- Beschreibung
PLANET Long Reach PoE Solution enables all enterprises and network service providers to set up an IP infrastructure in a remote location where 802.3af/at PoE compliant powered devices can receive both data and power via PLANET switches, and PLANET LRP extenders and injectors over a long distance but not limited to the normal 100 meters.
Intelligent Long Reach PoE Switch on Coaxial-based Network
PLANET LRP-422CST, a brand-new Multi-channel Long Reach PoE Switch, features an extended Ethernet and PoE networking of up to 1 kilometer over the existing coaxial cables going to multiple PoE compliant devices. It provides IPv6/IPv4 dual stack management and built-in L2/L4 Gigabit Switching engine along with 4 BNC portswith Long Reach PoE Injector function, 2 Gigabit copper ports and 2 extra 100/1000BASE-X SFP fiber slots. Each of the BNC ports provides 36 watts of power with a total power budget of up to 150 watts. As an advanced PoE switch, the LRP-422CST features intelligent PoE functions to improve the availability of critical applications. It provides a quick, safe and cost-effective PoE network solution to upgrading the existing coaxial cable infrastructure from the analog system to the HD IP surveillance system.
Environmentally Hardened Design
With IP30 aluminum industrial case protection, the LRP-422CST provides a high level of immunity against electromagnetic interference and heavy electrical surges which are usually found on plant floors or in curb-side traffic control cabinets. It also possesses an integrated power supply source with wide range of voltages (48 to 56V DC) for worldwide high availability applications requiring dual or backup power inputs. Being able to operate under the temperature range from -40 to 75 degrees C, the LRP-422CST can be placed in almost any difficult environment.
Multi-channel Long Reach Power over Ethernet
To support the enterprises in easily building a multi-channel and centrally-controlled Long Reach PoE system, the LRP-422CST works with the Long Reach PoE Extenders, LRP-101CE, via its 4 BNC ports being the Long Reach PoE injectors for all connected LRP Extenders. Each of the BNC ports features long range data and power transmission for distance up to 1,000m (3,280ft) over coaxial cable to the LRP Extender, and another 100m over Ethernet cable to remote PoE IP camera, PoE wireless AP or access control systems complied with 802.3af/at PoE.
Centralized Power Management
With the centrally-managed 150-watt PoE budget, the LRP-422CST eliminates the need for an additional remote site power while allowing a single power source to provide power to both LRP extenders and the PoE powered devices at long range. The Long Reach PoE capabilities provided help to reduce installation time and deployment costs for network devices as a result of freeing from restrictions of power outlet locations.
Daisy-chaining Multiple Nodes
PLANET Long Reach PoE solution can easily build a power system for centrally-controlled IP cameras in a high availability network infrastructure. It gives users the flexibility to expand small area network with BNC T-connector for sharing four nodes per port when needed, making the LRP-422CST with 4 BNC Long Reach PoE Ports an ideal support for up to 16 PoE powered devices.
Built-in Unique PoE Functions for Powered Devices Management
As a managed PoE switch for surveillance, wireless and VoIP networks, the LRP-422CST particularly features the following special PoE Management functions to accomplish a highly-efficient Long Reach network:
■ PD Alive Check
■ Scheduled Power Recycling
■ PoE Schedule
■ PoE Usage Monitoring
Intelligent Powered Device Alive Check
The LRP-422CST can be configured to monitor connected PD (Powered Device) status in real time via ping action. Once the PD stops working and responding, the LRP-422CST will resume the PoE port power and bring the PD back to work. It will greatly enhance the network reliability through the PoE port resetting the PD's power source and reducing administrator management burden.
Scheduled Power Recycling
The LRP-422CST allows each of the connected PoE IP cameras or PoE wireless access points via the LRP-101CE Long Reach PoE Extender to reboot at a specific time each week. Therefore, it will reduce the chance of IP camera or wireless AP crash resulting from buffer overflow
PoE Schedule for Energy Saving
Under the trend of energy saving worldwide and contributing to environmental protection, the LRP-422CST can effectively control the power supply besides its capability of giving high watts power. The "PoE schedule" function helps you to enable or disable PoE power feeding for each PoE port during specified time intervals and it is a powerful function to help SMBs or enterprises save power and budget. It also increases security by powering off PDs that should not be in use during non-business hours.
PoE Usage Monitoring
Via the power usage chart in the web management interface, the LRP-422CST enables the administrator to monitor the status of the power usage of the connected PDs in real time. Thus, it greatly enhances the management efficiency of the facilities.
IPv6/IPv4 Dual Stack
Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the LRP-422CST helps the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest investment as its network facilities need not be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up.
Robust Layer 2 Features
The LRP-422CST can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation, 802.1Q VLAN and Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), Loop and BPDU Guard, IGMP Snooping, and MLD Snooping. Via the link aggregation, the LRP-422CST allows the operation of a high-speed trunk to combine with multiple ports such as an 8Gbps fat pipe, and supports fail-over as well. Also, the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is the Layer 2 Protocol included to help discover basic information about neighboring devices on the local broadcast domain.
Efficient Traffic Control
The LRP-422CST is loaded with robust QoS features and powerful traffic management to enhance services to business-class data, voice, and video solutions. The functionality includes broadcast/multicast storm control, per port bandwidth control, IP DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance for VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources
Powerful Security
PLANET LRP-422CST offers comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge. It can be used to restrict network access by denying packets based on source and destination IP address, TCP/UDP ports or defined typical network applications. Its protection mechanism also comprises 802.1X port-based user and device authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. With the Protected Port function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to guarantee user privacy. Furthermore, Port Security function allows to limit the number of network devices on a given port.
Advanced Network Security
The LRP-422CST also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functions to prevent IP snooping from attack and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC address. The network administrators can now build highly-secure corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.
Friendly and Secure Management
For efficient management, the LRP-422CST is equipped with console, Web, Telnet and SNMP management interfaces. With the built-in Web-based management interface, the LRP-422CST offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management and configuration facility. By supporting the standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the switch can be managed via any standard management software. For text-based management, the switch can be accessed via Telnet and the console port. Moreover, the LRP-422CST offers secure remote management by supporting SSH, SSL and SNMP v3 connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.
lexibility and Long-distance Extension Solution
The LRP-422CST provides two Gigabit TP interfaces supporting 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 copper to be connected with surveillance network devices such as NVR, Video Streaming Server or NAS to facilitate surveillance management. Or through another two dual-speed fiber SFP slots, it can connect with the 100BASE-FX/1000BASE-SX/LX SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable) fiber transceiver to uplink to backbone switch and monitoring center in long distance. The distance can be extended from 550 meters to 2 kilometers (multi-mode fiber) and up to 10/20/30/40/50/70/120 kilometers (single-mode fiber or WDM fiber). The LRP-422CST is well suited for applications within the enterprise data centers and distributions.
Intelligent SFP Diagnosis Mechanism
The LRP-422CST also supports SFP-DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitor) function that can easily monitor real-time parameters of the SFP for network administrator, such as optical output power, optical input power, temperature, laser bias current and transceiver supply voltage, thus increasing the efficiency of network management
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Artikelnummer 8658-0581-01 Administrator PLANET Lieferzeit 28 Tage
Eigenschaften Physical Port 4 100Mbps BNC female ports with Long Reach PoE Injector function 2 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit RJ45 copper ports 2 100/1000BASE-X mini-GBIC/SFP slots RJ45 console interface for switch basic management and setup Long Reach Power over Ethernet Supports PoE power up to 36 watts for each PoE port Remote power feeding up to 1 kilometer with 5C2V/RG6 75Ω coaxial cable Long Reach PoE Management - Total Long Reach PoE power budget control - Per port Long Reach PoE function enable/disable - Long Reach PoE port power feeding priority - Per Long Reach PoE port power limitation - Long Reach PD alive check - Long Reach PoE schedule Industrial Case/Installation IP30 aluminum case protection DIN-rail and wall-mount design Redundant Power Design - 48 to 56V DC, redundant power with polarity reverse protect function Supports EFT protection for 6000V DC power and 6000V DC Ethernet ESD protection -40 to 75 degrees C operating temperature Layer 2 Features Prevents packet loss with back pressure (half-duplex) and IEEE 802.3x pause frame flow control (full-duplex) High performance Store and Forward architecture, broadcast storm control and runt/CRC filtering that eliminates erroneous packets to optimize the network bandwidth Supports VLAN - IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLAN - Provider Bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q, IEEE 802.1ad) support - Protocol VLAN - Voice VLAN - Private VLAN - Management VLAN - GVRP Supports Spanning Tree Protocol - STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) - RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) - MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol) - STP BPDU Guard, BPDU Filtering and BPDU Forwarding Supports Link Aggregation - IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) - Cisco ether-channel (static trunk) - Maximum 4 trunk groups, up to 4 ports per trunk group Provides port mirror (many-to-1) Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops Quality of Service Ingress/egress rate limit per port bandwidth control Storm control support - Broadcast/unknown unicast/unknown multicast Traffic classification - IEEE 802.1p CoS - ToS/DSCP/IP Precedence of IPv4/IPv6 packets Strict priority and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) CoS policies Multicast Supports IGMP snooping v2 and v3 Supports MLD snooping v1, v2 IGMP querier mode support IGMP snooping port filtering MLD snooping port filtering Security Authentication - IEEE 802.1X Port-based network access authentication - Built-in RADIUS client to co-operate with the RADIUS servers - RADIUS/TACACS+ login user access authentication Access Control List - IPv4/IPv6 IP-based ACL - MAC-based ACL MAC Security - Static MAC - MAC filtering Port security for source MAC address entries filtering DHCP snooping to filter untrusted DHCP messages Dynamic ARP inspection discards ARP packets with invalid MAC address to IP address binding IP source guard prevents IP spoofing attacks DoS attack prevention SSH/SSL Management IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack management Switch management interface - Web switch management - Telnet command line interface - SNMP v1, v2c and v3 - SSH/SSL secure access User privilege levels control Built-in Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client BOOTP and DHCP for IP address assignment System maintenance - Firmware upload/download via HTTP/TFTP - Configuration upload/download through Web interface - Dual images - Hardware reset button for system reboot or reset to factory default SNTP Network Time Protocol Cable diagnostics Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP-MED SNMP trap for interface linkup and linkdown notifications Event message logging to remote Syslog server Four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms and events) PLANET Smart Discovery utility RJ45 Ports 2 SFP Ports 2 PoE Standard 802.3af, 802.3at Manageable Ja
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Margaret Mariotti
Margaret has been a stained glass artist at Wasps studios for the past 9 years . She makes copper foil lamps, body casts, bespoke glass bowls made from blown glass and stained glass windows. Her work is exhibited in galleries throughout Britain. She has had exhibitions of her work in both Italy and Britain and has completed several public art works.
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Is it possible Wi-Fi could be a short-term technology? Could we eventually move away from this mobile technology that lets us access information, friends, business, sports and our special interests while we travel, visit, attend functions or stay in a hotel? Could it be that Wi Fi will become less popular? From the statistics, this isn't looking likely.
The rise of mobile use and the proportionate decline in desktop sales indicates that mobile is where it is at. You do not have to look far to realise the overarching presence of better quality Wi-Fi in UK society, in Europe or around the globe.
HRS, a hotel website, posted results of a 125,000 hotel property survey in Europe. Turkey leads the way for hotels with Wi Fi in a surprising 84.7 percent of all the nation's hotels. The UK ranks 14th with 63 percent of hotels offering WI Fi services. Most hotels offer the service as a free accommodation because it is expected by travellers.
Sweden ranks second in Europe with a solid 82.43% ranking. Below are the top 14 nations in Europe. Notice that France is not listed. Only 58 percent of hotels in France offer Wi-Fi.
Rank / Nation / Percentage
- Turkey / 84.70%
- Sweden / 82.30%
- Poland / 80.50%
- The Netherlds / 77.40%
- Norway / 75.30%
- Belgium / 74.60%
- Denmark / 74.40%
- Czech / 73.90%
- Russia / 71.60%
- Finland / 67.20%
- Hungary / 66.40%
- Germany / 66.36%
- Austria / 63.48%
- Great Britain / 62.60%
These figures suggest that Wi-Fi is in demand by travellers and the rest of us across the globe.
One only has to look at the surge in mobile technology sales, apps and laptops, iPads, iPhones and the like to realise how mobile society and business have become. We want to be connected no matter where we are.
Buses, Trains and Planes
Last year, Ireland announced that trains and buses were going Wi Fi. Translink is already offering high speed connection to its trains. The cross-border bus service Goldline is also offering Wi Fi on about 20 percent of all the country's buses. The new wireless internet service will also be available on the popular Belfast to Dublin Enterprise train.
In the UK, most bus lines offer Wi FI. Additionally, most trains offer the service. In fact many travelers choose trains and buses by their Wi FI capabilities. The train is a great way to travel but today you can get a good amount of important work accomplished on that familiar train ride. Or, you can catch up on Facebook or your other social media sites. We want to be connected.
The airlines know that. Once thought to be impossible, more airlines are offering in-flight Wi Fi connections. You pay a little extra but Wi Fi provides a great way to make a long trip go fast and be productive. Airlines that provide Wi Fi are popular. Customers inquire as to Wi Fi availability. If you check online, the ticket prices indicate whether the service is available on specific flights.
Wi Fi go away? It does not seem that way. In fact, it seems quite the opposite.
The UK Caravan Site Irony
Several years ago, several of the country's caravan sites offered Wi Fi services. Customers reported the rates were too high and declined, discouraging caravan site owners. The caravan Wi Fi environment changed in a hurry. Gone are the days when caravans were viewed as an escape from technology. Today a holiday is not a holiday without a Wi-Fi connection. We want access when we are traveling, when we are holidaying and when we need to be reached. That's just the way it is, and the way it will be for the foreseeable future.
In 2011, the Caravan Club erected a series of Wi Fi aerials and re-launched its internet service. Caravan vacationers young and old are liking it. It helps that rates are a bit more affordable. However, younger travellers might not caravan at all unless Wi Fi was available.
Additionally as more and more UK residents are working at home, they can go mobile and do their work no matter where they are. In the hotel, on the plane, on the train or on caravan, the at-home entrepreneur's revenue opportunity never sleeps.
A caravan warden who preferred anonymity told the Guardian: "We had Wi-Fi a number of years ago on certain sites; however, we found that the members thought that it was a little bit too expensive and we didn't have coverage throughout the entire site. Now, it's been very, very popular, it's taken off immensely. Everybody wants to use it; even the older generation is using it far more now, as they can book their next sites before they move on."
Hospitals, convention centres and other public facilities are offering Wi Fi because it has become a presumed convenience. Wi-Fi will continue to expand and grow in the coming years.
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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04240) Population: 644 Altitude: 1425 m
Allos is a small mountain village popular in the winter for skiing and winter sports, and in the summer for hiking. Allos is located about 130 km northwest of Nice (by road), and is the farthest of the four main ski stations in the Southern Alpes.
Allos | Allos Lake | Auron | Isola | Valberg | Allos Hotels |
Ski Station Val d'Allos
The Val d'Allos ski station alititude is from 1400 to 2675 m. The main ski areas are Le Seignus and La Foux d'Allos, interconnected with the Pra Loup ski area.
La Foux d'Allos skiing
80 pistes (180 km)
16 green; 25 blue; 34 red; 5 black
La Foux d'Allos 51 Ski Lifts
3 cabin lifts; 14 chair lifts; 32 ski-tows; 1 cable-car; 1 telecabine (gondola)
Le Seignus skiing
15 pistes (50 km)
2 green; 4 blue; 5 red; 4 black
Le Seignus 11 Ski Lifts
3 chair lifts; 7 ski-tows; 1 telecabine (gondola)
History of Allos
Prehistoric: Prehistoric as well and antiquity remains have been discovered in and around Allos.
Gallo-Roman: Allos village was the capital village of the Gaulois people called the Gallitoe, and was a fortified site from at least the Roman era.
Medieval: Allos was owned by the Counts of Provence until the end of the 14th century, and then was part of Savoy until the 18th century. A medieval necropole, with tombs beneath flat stones and pottery were discovered at Notre-Dame-de-Valvert
More Recently: Fire has been a constant danger for mountain towns, and Allos suffered serious fires in 1640, 1749, 1764 and 1833.
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There is fabulous hiking in the mountains all around Allos. With the summer/winter resort accommodation here, it's a great place to be based for a few days of mountain hiking.
A favorite hiking destination here is the Allos Lake (Lac d Allos), about 7 km east of Allos. There's a good hiking trail in to the lake, and a well-used little road (summer only) in to a parking area about one km before the lake. The hotel-refuge at the lake has a large deck with terrace tables and a magnificent view, but the view is even better from the surrounding mountains.
Trails into the mountains northeast from Lac d'Allos go past little alpine lakes.
The Lac d'Allos is also accessible by hiking in from the east. The D2202 road north from Guillaumes (near Valberg), past St Martin-d'Etraunes and Etraunes to the Col de la Cayolle passes just 3 km east of the lake. The village of Estenc is just south, near the Refuge-Auberge de la Cantonnière (1871 m altitude). The trail west from the refuge-auberge goes over the Pas du Lausson (2602 m). If you start at the Col de la Cayolle (2326 m), the trail goes southwest over the Col de la Petite Cayolle (2639 m), but we don't know about parking at the Col de la Cayolle.
Stage 17 of the 2015 cycling Tour de France Cycling passed through Allos village and La Foux d'Allos.
Transportation Allos
Nice-Allos Bus
There is a bus between the Nice airport and the Val d'Allos ski station, but it's not a regular service (by demand only) and takes 3 hours.
The drive from Nice to Allos is 130 km, about 2 hours 10 minutes. The route is north on the D6202 (the old N202) from near the airport (direction Digne-les-Bains). North past St Martin-du-Var and Plan-de-Var.
At the junction with the Tinée Valley, stay on the D6202, northwest, via Touet-sur-Var, Puget-Théniers and Entrevaux. Continue on the D908 to Annot, past Thorame-Haute and Colmars to Allos village.
Val d'Allos ski station is 3 km past Allos village.
La Foux-d'Allos ski station is 8 km past Allos village.
Another driving route (from the coast) is following the Route Napoleon, past Grasse to Castellane (1 hour), then north along the shore of the Lac de Castillon to Saint André-des-Alpes. From St André, the road continues north along the beautiful Upper Verdon River all the way, and with the picturesque Train des Pignes running alongside the river for the first part.
Department 04, Alpes-de-Haute Provence Buses
- See Beyond's Alpes-de-Haute Provence (04) Bus Schedules for downloading Alpes-de-Haute Provence bus-lines map and bus-line schedules [pdf for each line] (link for PDF files).


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Samsung teamed up with audiophiler Bang & Olufsen for the Helio Oceanesque M7600 handset. The internal B&O amplifier promises to make it a force to be reckoned with in the sound department. Specs:
- 2.8" AMOLED touchscreen (not sure if it's capacitive or resistive, hoping for the former)
- 3 MP camera
- DivX support
- HSDPA and GPS
The M7600 is rumoured to hit European shores this coming May, with no hint as yet of a US release. It's not out of the question that the device might pack some quad-band 3G, but until we hear some rumbling, we wouldn't bet on it. [Boy Genius Report]


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On one hand I really think this proyect has movement by itself, with no textural resource....on the other hand, the original image, where I am inspiring from, is a whole bunch of fabrics all together which moved me to do this particular proyect. Let's find out during the next weeks what will become of it. It is exciting to have transformations on the way. The fibres and the textures speak for themselves and they are the ones to tell you what they want, don't they!
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I am still working trying to figure out how will I develop my almost 3-D tapestry. As you saw in the detail before, I was trying to have an approach with crochet, now I don't know exactly because I am enjoying the simplicity of only working in the visual volumes....let's see what comes out of this. I am almost 3/4 done the back part as you can see. Keep in touch to see the final version. I am looking forward to see this piece fully woven.
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The White House will not stand behind any change in Internet law that limits freedom of expression, undercuts cybersecurity or upsets the worldwide computer network system. The declaration was made through a blog post from the Obama administration, just days before a scheduled House hearing on new anti-piracy legislation.
Two pieces of proposed anti-theft Internet law are circulating in the House and Senate. Music and movie makers are pushing for legal protection against piracy of their products, even as Internet companies try to block it for fear of censorship and stunted technological growth.
The Obama administration tempered its suggested restrictions with the admission that piracy is a serious Internet issue that requires legislation. An executive vice president for The Motion Picture Association of America took that to mean that the White House eventually will back some form of intellectual property theft legislation.
The MPAA official said his organization is hoping for "meaningful" Internet laws that affect search engines, advertising brokers and websites that process payments.
A bill in the House, called the Stop Online Piracy Act, was revised recently to exclude a provision to force Internet service providers to block foreign websites with pirated material. The proposal has been roundly criticized by companies like Google and Facebook for the threat of censorship.
A hearing on the proposal, which the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee called "fundamentally flawed," will be delayed.
The Senate is set to discuss a separate proposal for anti-piracy laws on Jan. 24, but it appears that enough opposition has emerged in the Senate that legislation in its current form could not pass.
And while legislation appears to be stalled, Internet piracy continues. Companies will still need to take vigorous measures to protect themselves and their intellectual property while Washington dithers.
Source: Bloomberg, "White House Won't Back Internet Censorship," Richard Rubin, Jan. 15, 2012


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Athletics are an important part of student life at Adrian, where you'll have the chance to realize personal growth through physical accomplishment. Whether you want to join an intercollegiate team, participate in organized intramurals, develop life skills in a sport, or just have fun, you'll find lots of opportunities at AC. Adrian is committed to a broad-based program of intercollegiat…
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Alliant International University is a convergence of strengths: a choice of outstanding schools and divisions; a map full of campus locations; a recognized focus on the "make a difference" social sciences. The combined effect of these strengths is the creation of a rich opportunity for students who want to put their knowledge into professional practice. All the pieces that fit into the whole of…
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First published in the Guardian on 8 March, 2015
Franz Schubert began work on his Ninth Symphony in 1825, the year after Beethoven unleashed his own great Ninth on the world. Schubert wasn't shy to acknowledge the influence — he quotes the Ode to Joy in his last movement — and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra turned to earlier, brusquer Beethoven to set up this performance. Principal conductor Robin Ticciati takes the art of programming seriously; if there's poise, sweep and astute detail in his conducting, the same tends to be true of the way he puts together a concert programme.
It was the violent, obsessive soundworld of Beethoven's Coriolan Overture that unfolded and resolved, almost, in this blithe Schubert Nine. The potent tension seeded in the overture's ferocious C-minor opening burst into uproarious bloom in the symphony's C-major close. The whispered pizzicatos that end Coriolan were chillingly inconclusive: the symphony's fragile opening picked up where they left off.
Schubert's Ninth spans about an hour, which Schumann called a 'heavenly length'. Keeping momentum through the potential doldrums of motivic development is one of the great tests for any conductor. Ticciati applied the same thrust, lucidity and shading as he had in the overture, but in a span this epic I'm not sure it was enough. The darkest corners were left unprobed, the bright, crisp lines didn't let us sink into the most outlandish tonal landscapes. This was a jovial, invigorating account, but never quite radical. Highlights were the trio, earthy and elegant, and the fearsome drive of the finale.
The buzz and gumption of Magnus Lindberg's Violin Concerto completed the programme, with Renaud Capuçon as a frenetic, searching soloist. He hurtled around his violin, matching the dogged insistence of the Schubert and the brawn of the Beethoven. The SCO didn't quite muster the work's filmic expanses but gave beautifully nimble, lissom support.


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Outdoors Column
By Chris Schultz Winsted-Lester Prairie Journal & Howard Lake Herald, Minn. June 8, 1998
Most fish caught are panfish
Bluegill, pumpkinseed, green, or orangespotted, sunfish are the bread and butter of fish and fishing in our area and state.
Although we are known for the walleye, the fish that people catch the most are panfish: sunnies and crappies.
They are the mainstay of fishing, and account for most of the fish caught in our state. The same is most definitely true in our local area.
Sunfish can be had in just about every lake or pond that is close to home. Most aren't big, but they are easy and fun to catch and super to eat.
Around here, four-to-a-pound sunnies are common, three-to-a-pound sunnies are a treat, and if half-pounders are found, look out, that's angling heaven.
Half-pound bluegills send most local anglers into a fishing frenzy tailspin. Believe me, if an angler finds a hot spot on dandy sunnies, you'll never find out where he got 'em and on what they were biting.
Big sunnies require search and find missions that can last weeks, and following a hot tip is sometimes the worst thing an angler can do.
About 15 years ago, my Dad and I ran into a bunch of monster sunnies on a local lake. They were over the spawning beds and three-quarter pounders were common.
That same day, my Dad told a buddy exactly where to find them and what to catch them on. He went there the next day and didn't get a sunnie over a quarter pound. He thought we were pulling his leg. But we had the fish to prove it.
During the spawning season, my Dad and I have tried that same spot on that same lake every year since and have never found the big ones like we did that day.
Fishing pressure and many other factors have seen a decline in the number of big sunfish on our local lakes. However, with a few tricks and some effort big sunnies can still be found.
Lately, I've converted to fly fishing on calm days for bigger sunnies. It works. When conditions are right, the big males seem to prefer a fly on top of the water over an angle worm or waxy dangled below the water's surface.
Other tricks include using small panfishing leeches with a floating jig head just off the weedline or break from the area where the spawning beds are, and to just keep moving and cruising the shoreline.
Big or small sunnies provide the best action our local lakes have to offer.
For more information on panfish, call the the DNR at 612-296-3325 and ask for a copy of the brochure "Panfish: Minnesota's Mainstay."
Outdoor notes
A good way to find panfish in deep water is to troll with a small rig and leech. When you feel a lot of little taps, you've found the fish.
Good baits for sunfish include angle worms, small leeches, wax worms, a variety of flys, and sweet corn.
The Howard Lake Good Neighbor Days fishing contest is set for Saturday, June 27 on Howard Lake. More information and entry forms are available at Joe's Sport Shop in Howard Lake.
Due to the recent cold snap, fishing has been a bit slow on our local lakes with not too many anglers giving it a try.
If you're tired of frying fish, take your next walleye, northern, or bass fillet and broil it in a garlic, lemon, and butter sauce. It's a good change of pace and the clean up after cooking is a piece of cake.
Song birds, and upland game birds have been experiencing excellent conditions for nesting this spring. Hopefully, we'll see a nice rebound in our pheasant population.
The application deadline for the 1998 Minnesota moose hunt is Friday, June 12.


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A Snow Man
by Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s) - 日吉守
|Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s) - 日吉守
|A Snow Man
|Series on Korean Subjects
|Kyoto Hanga-In - 京都版画院
|Woodblock - 木版画
|Oban - 大判, 25 x 36cm plus margins
|Fine. Embossing.
|$190 (EMS Express worldwide shipping: $30)
|Artwork Code:
|One of the rarest of all Mamoru Hiyoshi Korean series prints. Item K-79 in the Kyoto Hanga-In catalog.
|Publisher Notes:
|Here are some notes from Daiwa Shinagawa (current owner of Kyoto Hanga-In, 2014) regarding the woodblocks and their survival (or not):
He is quite clear in his explanation that all the blocks held by Nishinomiya were *completely* destroyed in an air-raid circa 1945 (including Bakufu's Fish series and Wada's Occupations series). This is quite strong evidence to support the suggestion that the blocks used after the war for these series' reprints were completely recarved.
He goes on to say that, due to the poor economic climate after the war, Kyoto Hanga-In did not have the finances to purchase new cherry blocks for each new print scene. As a result, whenever a new scene was to be published they used a block from a previously published scene (i.e., carving the block flat and then recarving the new scene). That is quite a revelation that I would never have expected. As a result of all the recarving of blocks, there are no surviving woodblocks from prior to the 1960s, so the blocks for all the usual 1950s scenes by Bakufu, Hiyoshi, Wada, etc. no longer exist.
|Hiyoshi Mamoru (a.c. 1950s) (See more prints by this artist)


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Account Officer at Audacious Business Concept Limited Lagos
Audacious is Nigeria's fastest growing fashion retail organization. The company retails female apparel (casual, business Casual, business) to the discerning woman.
Audacious currently has eleven outlets in different locations in Nigeria and plans to add more before the end of year 2017. We are very conscious of the importance of a convenient shopping experience for our clientele, this is why all our outlets are in the prime malls in the country.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Account Officer
Job Description
- The Account Officer post is one of the main functions managing the financial reports and accounting of the business. Successful candidates will have the opportunity of an exciting career path that can lead to higher positions.
- Posting of financial entries in the ERP
- Carrying out Revenue Assurance for the branches
- Preparing monthly account reconciliations as assigned
- Responsible for the preparation of audit schedules and assist auditors in their inquiries when necessary.
- Responsible for monitoring fixed asset acquisitions and disposals in the accounting system.
- Other accounting related responsibilities as assigned.
- BSc/HND in Accounting
- 1 – 2 years in a reputable multinational, consulting, or professional organization.
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Woman says fall changed her accent
A Fairfax County woman says she suffers from Foreign Accent Syndrome because of a fall she took at a 4-H youth conference, reports Ryan Abbott of Courthouse News Service.
Abbott reports that Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare condition occurring in stroke victims that affects speech by altering "rhythm and melody, suggesting a foreign accent," according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Robin Vanderlip seeks $1 million in damages from the National 4-H Council, in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
She claims that a "heal scuff" [sic: presumably "heel"] coupled with a "dysfunctional handrail" in a stairwell at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center caused her to fall and strike her head. She says she was rushed to a hospital for treatment, and two days later, after she was discharged, she woke up unable to speak.
Vanderlip says the blow to her head caused a stroke, which caused her Foreign Accent Syndrome, from which she still suffers, along with memory problems and fatigue. Vanderlip's complaint does not indicate what sort of accent she developed.
Vanderlip is represented by Christopher Nace with Paulson Nace of Washington, D.C.
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| May 24, 2010; 1:20 PM ET
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lady, stay out of arizona, whatever you do!
Posted by: SofaKingCool2009 | May 24, 2010 1:26 PM | Report abuse
Sounds like she's suffering from La B**LSH*T.....
Posted by: PublicEnemy1 | May 24, 2010 1:34 PM | Report abuse
i hate this country. not because of its great constitution or bill or rights, but because the citizens and inhabitants are turning into 100% grade A bovine excrement experts and morons. Shame on this country. If this case isn't thrown out, I will lose so much more faith in my country.
This is a sign of the end.
Posted by: FiatBooks | May 24, 2010 2:41 PM | Report abuse
Su-u-u-u-re she does...
Posted by: waterfrontproperty | May 24, 2010 2:43 PM | Report abuse
Please God let me be on the jury.
Posted by: slydell | May 24, 2010 2:43 PM | Report abuse
I would suggest throwing her down the stairs again, but she may end up with a different accent.
Better to try throwing her UP the stairs until the symptoms are reversed.
Posted by: 536nooses | May 24, 2010 2:58 PM | Report abuse
how old is this woman?
that might help me to make some sense of this story.
also, what was she doing at the 4H center?
Posted by: MarilynManson | May 24, 2010 3:05 PM | Report abuse
i wonder if this is the same Robin Vanderlip;
Posted by: MarilynManson | May 24, 2010 3:10 PM | Report abuse
Maybe she'll get to sit with Mel Torme at the head table and he'll sing to her...
Posted by: BigDaddy651 | May 24, 2010 3:36 PM | Report abuse
That explains why Madonna and Britney Spears started talking in British accents. They must have fallen and hit their heads.
Posted by: buffysummers | May 24, 2010 3:44 PM | Report abuse
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SAN ANTONIO — Any football fan who has ever watched Oklahoma State senior Jordan Sterns or any other designated hitter throw himself into a collision with complete fearlessness probably asks the question:
Why? How?
From where does that uninhibited valor spring?
"I couldn't tell you, man," Sterns says. "I just think that was something I was born with."
Sterns has guided the OSU defense for most of the last four years with that bravery, that inner fortitude that has otherwise turned football into a non-contact sport.
He is the increasingly rare defensive back that probably relishes tackling and hitting more than he enjoys playing pass coverage.
"His demeanor, he's somewhat old school in his willingness to strike the other team," said Cowboys coach Mike Gundy. "It goes against human nature to want to collide with another human body. I don't really think he gives a second thought about it."
Sterns is one of a handful of Cowboys finishing the 2016 season in their hometown, the Alamo City. He'll play his final college game on Thursday night when 12th-ranked OSU takes on No. 10 Colorado in the Alamo Bowl.
"We've been very fortunate to get good players who are quality people here," Gundy said. "It's been a real productive area for our program."
Among them, Sterns stands out.
"He brings a little bit of toughness to our program," Gundy said, "and especially our defense."
Sterns goes into the Alamo Bowl with 320 career tackles, seventh in school history and most ever by a Cowboy defensive back.
Sterns surmises that fearlessness and toughness comes from a childhood growing up with big brothers.
Really big brothers.
"My older brothers, they toughened me up," he said. "And they were some big guys back then. So there wasn't too much to be afraid of when your brothers are beating up on you and toughening you up. So there really wasn't too much I was ever afraid of."
Sterns grew up in San Antonio but lived with his father and big brothers in Waxahachie during his seventh-grade year. Jamison is three years older than Sterns. James is five years older.
"He was about 5-10, 230 at that time," Sterns said. "Big dude.
"So for a whole year I was living with them, they were wearing me out."
Sterns learned how to be physical in football by playing basketball.
"They'd take me in the back yard and we'd play basketball and he'd be like, 'Try to score on me,' and it would get physical, pushing me around and stuff," he said. "At first, I wouldn't like it. Then I'd get mad and it'd turn into me really trying to score on him. Like I said, he was a big dude, man."
Was this a case of big brothers shaping their little brother into manhood? Or were they just being mean?
"I think they knew what they were doing. They were just being big brothers," Sterns said. "But at the same time, I was always tough but they knew I needed to be tougher. And what I learned from them, I taught to my little brothers. It's kind of like they just passed it on."
Sterns had previously lived only with his mother. That formative year ultimately helped shape him.
"That year, that really just changed my life in a lot of ways because I was around men more," he said.
And it wasn't just family. Sterns became familiar with much of the rest of the neighborhood that one year thanks to his brothers.
"They never left me out," he said. "If we were playing pick-up basketball, I was the first person they picked up even if there was a bunch of old guys. So I'm going against guys much older than me. That's another thing why I think I'm not scared to compete because I was playing against guys bigger than me, faster than me, all the time. That's what I do with my brothers."
Sterns has three teenage brothers, Caden, Jerreth and Josh, to whom he tries to impart similar life lessons. One lives in San Antonio, the others in Waxahachie.
"They're getting what I was getting," Sterns says, though from his new perspective, he thinks it's probably not quite as much.
"It's all about that brotherly love, man."
Columnist John E. Hoover is co-host of "Further Review with Hoover & Rew" and can be heard on The Franchise Tulsa from noon to 3 p.m. every weekday with co-host Lauren Rew and most mornings on The Franchise in Oklahoma City. Listen on fm107.9, am1270 on the 107.7 Franchise app, or click the "Listen" tab on The Franchise home page.


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St Enodoc Golf Club, Rock, Wadebridge
St Enodoc Golf Club is situated in one of the driest parishes in Cornwall and being on sand is ideal for golf twelve months of the year; even in the depths of winter frost is a rarity thanks to the warm Gulf Stream climate. The area is renowned as a holiday resort and with the advent of the motorway network and the upgrading of the A30 is only about 4 hours drive from London.
St Enodoc Golf Club has two courses; the Church course which is designed by James Braid, an excellent Championship course which in September 2005 the club hosted the English County Finals and the shorter Holywell course which is an ideal course for those wanting slightly less of a challenge.
The St Enodoc Golf Club consists of a practice ground, two putting greens and an excellent clubhouse complete with bars and restaurant.
To find out more please follow this link to the St Enodoc Golf Club website.
North Coast Path
North Coast Path runs from Bude to Newquay for some 60 miles of breathtaking coastal scenery.
There is a particularly fine and varied stretch of coast from The national Trust car park at Port Quin (8 miles) to Pentire Head on the Camel Estuary. 3 miles each way.
Camel Trail
stretching for 18 miles, the Camel trail is one of the most popular recreational routes in the country. The camel trail runs from Padstow to Poley's Bridge, via Wadebridge and Bodmin. The trail passes through the wooded countryside of the upper Camel Valley and alongside the picturesque Camel Estuary.
Bodmin Moor
Wild open spaces, granite tors. Highest tor 1,300 ft. Beware of the weather changing quickly so ensure you carry a basic survival kit when walking on the moors.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
A major ground restoration and popular tourist attraction with numerous trees, shrubs and interesting gardens. An enchanting day out and not just another garden!
Llanhydrock House
Large National Trust house and gardens just 6 miles south open to the public. Restaurant, café and shop
Fishing port, narrow streets and alleys, picturesque houses and shops. Lobster hatchery. Large car parks. Home of popular TV chef Rick Stein who has his famous fish restaurant, and now a bistro, café and seafood cookery school.
The cottages are within easy reach of some of the finest beaches on the North Cornwall coast.
More Things To Do In Bodmin
Bridge Cycle Hire
Eddystone Road, Wadebridge.
Telephone no: (01208) 814545
See local press or ring these numbers for details:
Regal Cinema
The Platt, Wadebridge.
Telephone no: (01208) 812791
Film Centre
Chandos Place, St. Austell
Telephone no: (01726) 73750
Shore & Boat fishing – There are numerous places. Ask for advice from a local tackle shop or buy a local guide. Padstow and Looe are good centres.
St. Enodoc Golf Club
Rock, Wadebridge.
Telephone no: (01208) 863216
Trevose Golf Club
Constantine Bay, Padstow.
Telephone no: (01841) 520208
Pendennis Castle – Falmouth (Built by Henry VIII)
St. Mawes Castle – St. Mawes
(These two castles guard Carrick Roads where ships moor)
Lanhydrock House – Bodmin National Trust
Cotehele – St. Dominick, Nr. Saltash National Trust
Anthony House – Torpoint National Trust
Restormel Castle – Lostwithiel
Tintagel Castle
Tintagel Post Office
Trerice – Newlyn East, Nr. Newquay
(See also National Trust leaflets)
Polkyth Recreation Centre (Sports Hall, Swimming Pool etc.,)
Carlyon Road, St. Austell
Telephone no: (01726) 223344
Maritime Museum
Discovery Quay, Falmouth.
Telephone no: (01326) 313388
Wheal Martin China Clay Museum Carthew, St. Austell.
Telephone no: (01726) 850362
Polkyth Recreation Centre
Carlyon Road, St. Austell
Telephone no: (01726) 223344
Newquay Waterworld
Telephone no: (01637) 853828
Bodmin Bowling Club
Castle Canyke Club, Bodmin.
Telephone no: (01208) 73783
Cornwall Flying Club
Bodmin Airfield. Bodmin
Telephone no: (01208) 821419
Wadebridge Playing Fields
Egloshayle Road, Wadebridge.
Bodmin Priory Park
Minack Theatre
Porthcurno, Penzance. (Open Air)
Telephone no: (01736) 810181
Paradise Park
Telephone no: (01736) 751020
Seal Sanctuary
Gweek, Nr. Helston
Telephone no: (01326) 221361
Newquay Zoo
Trenance, Newquay
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Here we go. The learning process with most languages begins with learning about variables. Swift tutorials are no different. But, before I started learning about these fundamental concepts, I needed to be able to run code samples. If you're running a Mac, you can simply download Xcode and start a new "Playground". A Playground is a special project in Xcode designed for learning Swift. It's really just an advanced REPL and it's a great way to get your feet wet.
But, you may not have access to a Mac. There's still hope, dear reader. I found this great Swift REPL hosted by IBM. Not sure what the relationship is between Swift and IBM, but they have a sweet online Swift REPL that you can use anywhere a browser is available. It works like a Playground, it's just not as feature-rich. So, if you're without a Mac, you're still in luck if you want to learn Swift. Now that I had a place to run code, it was time to learn the ultimate beginner thing we do in software, the "hello world" program (my inner-grammar-Nazi want's to say, "hello**,** world" but who cares, he's super-inconsistent anyway).
Remember, I'm writing this blog series from a C# developer's perspective, so I'll be drawing parallels over the course of my experience learning Swift with C#. Also, with Javascript. Yep, Javascript too. Anyway, variables. Let's talk about those because they're a little bit unique in Swift. Below is the obligatory hello world program in swift:
print("Hello world!")
Now that's a buzzkill, right? How boring can a program be? But there's something interesting about this single-line program. There's no entry point. What the what? It's just a print statement. With C# and Java, we'd need something like this to enter a program:
class SomeClass
static void Main(string[] args)
System.Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
Swift doesn't require a main method as the entry point to start executing code. It just magically executes it in-place. Now, I don't know all of the details behind this, but I do know that it's pretty unique and semi-interesting. Let's get to the variables by modifying our super-basic program.
let hello = "hello"
let world = "world"
print(hello, world)
//prints: hello world
What's with this let business? If you've seen any Javascript ES6 syntax, you might think you know what this means. You'd be wrong. And, frankly, that's confusing. Unlike ES6, let is not a block scoped variable, it's a constant. Yep, a constant. Once you set a constant in Swift using the let keyword, it can't be changed. And if you try to assign it again, the compiler will yell at you with a big red highlighted line. Nobody wants to be yelled at by a compiler. Declaring a type using a let, is like using the const keyword in C#. Set it once and don't try to set it again (unless you want to be yelled at by the compiler).
And here's a unique thing to Swift, they're all about using let over var. If your value doesn't change, Xcode is going to let you know. And really, it makes sense. How sloppy of us C# people to have variables all strewn out in our applications that are really just constants. Really, we shouldn't be making everything a variable. The Swift compiler gently suggests that your variables be constants if it detects that they don't actually change. That makes sense, right?
Back to the main point. There's something interesting about these two declarations though. Notice that? Swift is very much about type safety, but we didn't preface our constants with a type of String. Well, that's because the Swift compiler knows how to infer types based on the context in which they're assigned. Because we gave each declaration a String value, the compiler knows we intend for those declarations to be strings. Oh, yes, like Javascript, right? No. Not like Javascript. If you later try to assign an Int value to the hello constant, you'd get yelled at by the compiler again because Swift has determined that the constant hello is a String from the context it was assigned in.
Okay, but I need more than constants. I need variables that, you know, vary. Maybe it's hello now, but It could be "Hola" later. That's where the keyword var comes into play. Yep, if you write C# or Javascript, you're familiar with this one. In C#, much like Swift, var can preface a variable and based on the assignment, the type will be inferred from the type assigned. When using Swift, this is the preferred method of declaring variables, so I'm told. And frankly, that's also the case with C#. Here's an example:
var hello = "hello"
let world = "world"
print(hello, world)
hello = "Hola"
print(hello, world)
//prints hello world
//prints Hola world
There you have it. A type that varies. A variable. It's initialized with the var keyword and a value of "hello" and then changed to "Hola". Such sweet magic. The possibilities. But, what if you want to declare a variable or constant with a type specified. You'd use some funky looking syntax to do it. Funky looking, but I find that it really makes sense. See, in Swift, you declare the type after the variable name, separated by a colon. It looks weird, but makes sense from a human language point of view. See:
var hello: String = "hello"
let world: String = "world"
print(hello, world)
hello = "Hola"
print(hello, world)
See what I mean? It looks weird. But stop and think about it for a minute. Declaring the type after the variable name makes sense. It's like saying "variable hello is a string and equals hello." Contrast that with the same thing in C#:
String hello = "hello"; // yikes! semi-colons. Swift doesn't need these
const String world = "world";
Notice that this doesn't read (from a human perspective) as nicely as the the Swift example. I mean, the C# way is much more familiar, but when you really think about it, it's a bit awkward to say "a variable of type string called hello equals hello." There's no poetry there. Nope. None. Anyway, C# bias aside, I think Swift gets this little detail right. And you don't need to use semicolons in Swift. You shouldn't use them at all (that's a lot of saved keystrokes).
There you have it. You can use a free online REPL to run Swift code (no need for a Mac at first). If you do have a Mac, you're in good shape and can use Xcode Playgrounds to, well, play with Swift. Also, Swift doesn't require a Main method in a class to execute code. I have no idea how that works, but it's cool. And, now you know that let is a constant, var is a variable and that we have type inference. If we want, we can declare the type of a variable or constant up front using some sexy syntax. We also found that you don't need to end every line with a semicolon. But, what happens when you run into this, and you will quite often run into this piece of strangeness using Swift (often):
var hello: String? //WTF is that question mark doing there?
let world: String = "world"
hello = "hello"
print(hello!, world) // does this mean, "really loud HELLO"?
//prints hello world // but why? WHAT'S HAPPENING?
To find out what all that ?!?!? crap is about, you'll have to wait until my next post about "optionals". Until then:
print("Goodbye, world!")
//prints "Goodbye, world!" -- but you knew that already, because you're almost as clever as me ;)


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- ¼ chopped onion
- 16 oz. penne pasta, parboiled and drained
- 6 cups spaghetti sauce
- 6 slices mozzarella
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
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Movie: "Monsters Inc."
TV Show: Not a fan of the tube
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Snack: Peanut Butter
Place to travel: The Caribbean
Quote: "You are what you repeatedly do."
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Based on the School-Based Curriculum (KTSP), English subject is aimed at developing the four skills in language learning (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The tenth graders of Senior High School students are expected to reach the informational level of literacy. The problems discussed in this study are as follows: (1) how generic structure constructs recount texts written by the tenth graders of State Senior High School 2 Pemalang in the academic year of 2010/2011? (2) How language features are used in recount texts written by the tenth graders? (3) How do the generic structure and language features of recount texts enable the students to achieve the social function? Descriptive qualitative research method is used in this research. The data of the study are recount texts made by the tenth grade students. In this study, writing test are given as the instrument of the study. The results of the analysis show that they have a good level of organization aspect. Most of all the students' recount writings have correct generic structure of a recount text. In the area of language features, they have done their tasks to achieve adequate level and they succeeded in achieving the social purpose of recount text. In details, from thirty students who take part in this research, there are three students who are in the excellent level, eighteen students, in a good level and nine students who in an adequate level based on Brown's analytical scale for rating composition tasks. In relation with the result of the study, it can be suggested (1) for classroom English teachers to apply appropriate methods and techniques in teaching recount text in class to his or her students so that they are able to write recount text well, and (2) for the next researchers, it is hoped that this research can be a source of literature review to conduct similar researches.
|Item Type:
|Thesis (Under Graduates)
|Uncontrolled Keywords:
|Recount Text, Generic Structure, Language Features, Social Function, Descriptive Qualitative Method.
|L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
P Language and Literature > PE English
|Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris (S1)
|Depositing User:
|dwi perpus unnes
|Date Deposited:
|13 Apr 2011 22:32
|Last Modified:
|25 Apr 2015 00:25
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