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For GSS Energy Use chapter 10. Excerpt: LANCASTER, Calif. ...Two years ago, the mayor, a Republican, decided to leverage the incessant Antelope Valley sun so that Lancaster could become the solar capital "of the world," he said. ...We want to be the first city that produces more electricity from solar energy than we consume on a daily basis," he said. This means Lancaster's rooftops, alfalfa fields and parking lots must be covered with solar panels to generate a total of 126 megawatts of solar power above the 39 megawatts already being generated and the 50 megawatts under construction. To that end, Lancaster just did what former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger failed to do in 2006: require that almost all new homes either come equipped with solar panels or be in subdivisions that produce one kilowatt of solar energy per house. ...the city tripled the number of residential installations in the past 18 months. ...While the desert sunshine in California and Arizona helped put those states atop the national solar energy rankings, towns in cloudier regions are also adopting it. Napoleon, Ohio, for instance, benefits from 14 megawatts of local solar power. But energy politics in Ohio and other Republican-run states are not solar friendly. ...embracing solar power is not just a matter of energy costs or reliability. It's also about jobs. ...As Mayor Parris saw it, solar power could mean lower public expenditures and more private jobs.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/us/lancaster-calif-focuses-on-becoming-solar-capital-of-universe.html. Felicity Barringer, New York Times.
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How can the circular economy help address housing shortages and sustainability? This issue reflects on the question, and also casts its eye over telecommunications and tenancy.
In this issue, the spotlight falls on defects discovered in 17 Scottish schools, which, as Michael Dignan points out, are a salutary reminder of building owners' responsibility for ensuring regulatory compliance.
The RICS pathways and competencies framework defines the knowledge, skills, experience and level of competence that are required to become a chartered surveyor.
What can surveyors do to address the housing crisis? The first of our new-look issues examines the problem from a number of perspectives
UK agriculture is at a break point, according to this issue's lead article, while reports from Africa look at the challenges the continent faces in creating sustainable cities, and the impact of the recent drought in Cape Town.
If the profession is to uphold its own standards, enforcement is an essential responsibility, this is a key issue in this edition.
The UK faces some significant challenges over the next decade sourcing its energy and maintaining security of supply.
From the Soviet project to map the world to the use of camera technology in US water management, this issue is concerned with the past and future of land measurement.
Ash dieback disease hit the headlines in 2012 with predictions of devastation, but then seemed to be forgotten. Yet in the intervening years it has continued to spread and is now threatening millions of trees across the UK.
The tragedies of major fires in recent years have cast a spotlight on safety standards, risk management and the Building Regulations.
There is a revolution going on in the development and application of satellite technology, and much of it is highly relevant to surveyors.
The topics of security and diversity both feature prominently within this issue of the Building Control Journal.
The notion of selling nature seems, at first, to be rather uncouth. You might wonder what a romantic poet such as Wordsworth would have made of it.
This issue asks whether lessons can be learned from the US suburb of Levittown, Pennsylvania in building affordable homes quickly and cheaply in the UK today.
The RICS pathways and competencies framework defines the knowledge, skills, experience and level of competence that are required to become a chartered surveyor.
Ensuring fire safety can be problematic when dealing with flat entrance doors - this edition of the Building Control Journal explores.
The theme of this issue of the journal is fire – always a hot topic for building control.
In this Land Journal we look at how financial technology "fintech" and cadastres that can use digital currencies have positive applications in land and real-estate transactions.
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By Rachel Yeo
RACHEL YEO talks to students about the benefits of The Christieara Programme
Imagine the opportunity to learn about a country's environment, culture and government faraway from Singapore for three weeks through field trips, sessions with university professors and locals, all without paying a single cent.
Imagine no more, as such an overseas programme exists in Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Designed by NP's talent development programme, The Christieara Programme (TCP), the Overseas Merit Fellowship (OMF) is a prestigious flagship programme for final-year TCP students. Selected students from different faculties get to embark on a 19-day fully sponsored liberal arts programme in countries like the United States, Denmark, New Zealand or Australia.
Each country focuses on different themes like governance, social sciences and the environment. It aims to enhance students' critical thinking skills, broaden their perspectives and give them a competitive edge for future career and leadership roles.
"The idea [of OMF] was birthed in 2008 when we were given the challenge to extend and develop the talent programme," says Mr John Chng, 44, the Assistant Director of TCP. Mr Chng strongly believes that teaching and learning does not just happen in the classroom, but through exposure in the outdoors and group learning with peers.
Top cities like New York, Copenhagen and Auckland seem to be the main draw for students to sign up with the programme. Michelle Goana, 19, a final-year student in Advertising & Public Relations strongly agrees. She was in the pioneer batch to visit Auckland, New Zealand, in September last year.
"I don't think many schools and courses offer the opportunity to go to places like New Zealand as compared to popular countries like China," she shares.
However, the programme is much more than faraway locations that set off wanderlust vibes. Students discover the importance of the themes their country focuses on, gaining an insight into current affairs and deep-rooted issues.
"I was pushed out of my comfort zone as I was learning about a completely foreign topic – American Society and Public Affairs. The lectures taught by knowledgeable professors and passionate guest speakers, and also educational field trips were truly insightful," recalls Rachel Tan Shi Fang, 20, a participant of the New York OMF in 2014.
"I learnt so much about America than what I did in my past 19 years of life!"
Liew Zhi Xin, 20, embarked on the Denmark OMF last year. She and her team studied and compared Nordic and Singaporean models for social economic welfare, their education system and political parties.
"We were placed in an unfamiliar society with a different philosophy from what we know in Singapore," she recalls.
The academic rigour of the programme adds to the challenge further.
"We would have lessons in the morning until the afternoon, spending the rest of the day doing company visits and going to new parts of Denmark. Then, we come back at night to start on our assignments," Zhi Xin shares.
The team of 20, with the guidance of two mentors, push themselves academically, and learn values and life lessons. The impact of OMF lives on even after the trip ends.
"The trip has reinforced deeper core values like teamwork when I'm surrounded with my whole team. Being able to sacrifice your own time to help your team members and vice versa has restored my faith in young people," says Elizabeth Chua An Qi, 19, a final-year Arts Business Management student who went to New Zealand last year.
Most students on OMF trips also get to enjoy another special perk – they receive formal guidance for future universities and careers through mentoring sessions.
"It is a very meaningful support system that TCP has put in place to help us students to discover the many pathways that lie ahead after our polytechnic education," says Justin Chia Jun Xuan, 19, a final-year Accountancy student who went to Denmark last year.
"I have personally benefited as my mentor shared other plausible degree programmes with me, apart from my discipline in Accountancy through our one-on-one meetings."
The personal meetings have also helped alumni like Zhi Xin to choose the right university.
"I was deciding between NUS and another local university at that time. So I spoke to my mentor and she helped to evaluate what I was really out for when it came to my university and experience," she shares. Zhi Xin is now studying social sciences at the National University of Singapore.
OMF may be a positively impactful experience for most, but the programme will always strive to evolve based on a student's needs in the future.
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>Better think twice if you live in San Diego. Some friends of mine who live in San Diego informed me (via facebook) that the county is telling a couple that they cannot have a bible study in their house because it violiates the "property use" clause. Hmmm. This one smells fishy to me. Watch the video and decide for yourself.
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The Nintendo 3DS' Time is Now
The 3DS isn't just another Nintendo portable. It's the successor to the Nintendo DS, one of the most successful gaming machines ever. A big act to follow.
Next month the 3DS will go on sale in the West. Until then, there's this guide to tide you over and tell you what to expect when it hits. More »
The Source of the Call of Duty Hoax is Revealed
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Even though the game ratings authority in the U.K. says "the average 16-year-old would think everything in We Dare was beneath them," politicians, parents and media there are apoplectic that Ubisoft's ridiculous swinger-party game was rated a 12 - meaning suitable for kids. More »


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Subject Area
Start Date
Starts throughout the year
Course Length
5/6 weeks
City Campus
City & Guilds
Course Level
Who is this course for?
This course is for people looking to develop the essential skills required to gain employment within the hospitality industry.
What do you need to apply for the course?
You will need to have at least an Entry Level 3 qualification in literacy and numeracy as well as meet one of the following criteria:
- aged 18 or over who and unemployed, eligible to work in the UK and claiming JSA, ESA (WRAG), Income Support, Pension Credit, ESA Contribution based, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit or Working Tax Credit – where the household income is less than £16,190
- an unwaged dependent of someone claiming one of the benefits listed above
- aged 18 or over, not in receipt of benefit but have left paid employment in the last six months
- somebody without a full level 2 qualification.
What are the key things you'll learn?
This course covers the key areas of working in a contact centre including:
- Customer service
- Hospitality legislation
- Health and safety
- Food hygiene
- Roles in the hospitality sector
- Working with others
- Employability skills
- Writing CVs
- Applications
- Preparing for interviews
How you will learn
This course is taught through classroom based theory lessons, interactive activities, group work and observations.
Where could this course take you?
After successfully completing the course you will have the skills required to gain an entry position in the hospitality industry or progress on to further study in the field.


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Gary Barlow unfazed by The Voice as he prepares to Let It Shine
Take That hitmaker Gary Barlow has said he is not concerned about a ratings war with The Voice when his new TV singing contest launches on Saturday.
Singer-songwriter Barlow is leading BBC1 series Let It Shine in the search for a group of performers to cast as a boyband in a musical inspired by his group's hits, but its scheduling clashes with The Voice, which has left the broadcaster for a new home on ITV.
The 45-year-old said he was not worried about which show would draw in the most viewers when they both begin this weekend.
He said: "That's someone else's job to think of that stuff, yeah, everyone's going to be talking about that, I'm aware of it, but I think The Voice will be the same as us.
"You put your head down and you concentrate on your TV show and making it as good as you can, and it's the same when you're making records, if you're looking left to see what Coldplay and One Direction are doing, you're not focusing on your own project.
"You've got to be head and shoulders in this - but I might be checking the day after."
Barlow, who has previously worked on The X Factor, will judge the contest alongside another X Factor former mentor Dannii Minogue as well as Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp and a series of guest judges.
The guests include pop veteran Lulu and musical theatre star Amber Riley, and the programme will be presented by former Great British Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc with comedian Graham Norton.
Minogue said of working with Barlow: "We do disagree, I just sometimes called him Moodkiller, because he'd bring it right down, but you know, we have fun with it."
Barlow is keeping the plot of the musical a closely-guarded secret, but revealed that he was looking to cast lads who reminded him of the fresh-faced 90s version of himself, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald.
He said: "The one thing we were asking people to bring in the audition was kind of the 1992 version of us, and what I mean by that is it's not looking like us, or having the same names as us, but having the same energy.
"Everything's new, you're wide eyed, you're leaping about the stage, it's all fantastic and amazing - that's the version of us I wanted on stage."
:: Let It Shine begins on BBC1 at 7pm on Saturday.
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Exeter Jewish Community
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We may have food down cold, but wine? This is where we'll conquer it. Join us; we don't want to drink alone.
Today: 7 reasons to do yourself a favor and arm yourself with the perfect holiday wines.
Where holidays and wine are concerned, there is one very big favor that you can do for yourself this holiday season.
It isn't hard, it doesn't take a lot of time, and it's not all that expensive -- but it will add a hefty dose of ease to your holiday preparations. It will help you feel like you can smoothly handle unexpected company and last-minute invitations. And, best of all, it will alleviate stress.
Sound too good to be true?
It isn't. Go out to your favorite store and buy a few bottles of sparkling wine and a few bottles of sweet dessert wine.
Here are seven reasons why:
1. Bubbles, the kind in sparkling wines, provoke giggles. They're fun. They take the edge off. And goodness knows we could all use a bit of that around the holidays.
2. One bottle of dessert wine + Two very good chocolate bars + Creative presentation = Dessert. Done.
3. Sparkling wine works for the stand-up part of a cocktail party-style get-together.
4. Sparkling wine works even better for the sit-down part of a meal, especially if what you're eating is something creamy, less sweet, and more substantive.
5. You can grab either the sweet or the sparkling wine (or both) on your way out the door for an ideal last-minute gift.
6. Leftover sparkling wine can be used to make a simple vinaigrette, or as part of the liquid for a risotto.
7. Leftover dessert wine can be used in cocktails and spritzers, or as part of the liquid to poach fruit.
Here are a few of the sparkling and dessert wines that have my back this season.
ProseccoYou thought you knew Prosecco. It's often grouped with Cava from Spain and Sekt from Germany as a more cost-friendly alternative to authentic Champagne from France. But this year I was introduced to superior, DOCG-quality wines from the Nino Franco winery in Valdobbiadene, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Their Rustico label does exactly what you want Prosecco to do; that is, it's refreshing, crisp, very palatable with a variety of lighter foods and appetizers, and affordable. Seek out their Grave di Stecca and Primo Franco labels as well, especially for the sit-down portions of a meal. They're drier and often more suitable for drinking alongside the pastas, vegetables, white meats, and fish that find their ways to the holiday table.
ChampagneThe trend in Champagne production right now is toward wines with less sugar. Partly it's a response to consumers who are increasingly mindful of their intake of sugar and carbohydrates and partly -- and this is the explanation I personally prefer -- it's a growing appreciation for Champagne as a wine and not just as a sparkler. The house of Laurent-Perrier, for example, produces a Cuvée Rosé Brut -- "Brut" on a label means it'll be dry (less than 12 grams of residual sugar) -- and it's made from 100% Pinot Noir. It's a red grape, leading to a rosé wine, that showcases aromas and flavors of red fruits like strawberries, raspberries, and black cherries. It will be on my table alongside the main and the cranberry jelly.
Dessert WinesPort wines have been gathering steam recently among a younger demographic, thanks in part to a concerted effort by Port producers to demonstrate its versatility in cocktails. If mixology is on the radar for you or your host or hostess, look for Noval Black or an unusual white Port. What's caught my eye, and my palate, this year has been late harvest sweet wines from South Africa. De Trafford winery in Stellenbosch, for example, produces Straw Wine -- meaning the Chenin Blanc grapes were picked then laid out to dry on straw mats for about three weeks -- concentrating the flavors into a golden, rich wine. It manages to encourage sipping, and lingering, and wondering who exactly figured out that grape juice can be transformed into something quite that lovely.
Do you have any go-to wines that save your sanity during the holidays? Tell us about them in the comments!
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I'm back . . . The rumors of my death were premature. I am alive and well. Real life has just side tracked my world. In the past three weeks I have, well, I'll spare you details. Actually there are no details, For the first time since I started this Blog many years ago, this is the longest I have gone with posting some comment, story, or opinion. My world for the past 3 weeks have been hum drum with nothing I felt was "blog worthy" as several of my friends say.
But what better topic to bring me back to the page than my college reunion. Yes, my 35th college reunion is in a week or two. For years I avoided these events like the plague - why did I want to see most of these people? I didn't really have anything to say to them. I did not want to get cornered by some classmate that I never cared for who wanted to be my new best friend. The idea of having to chit chat with the girls who set their goals for a MRS degree by marrying a MD. With their tennis tan, sculpted body (that makes me feel like the Pillsbury Dough Boy), tales of the stress of where to "lunch", and wardrobe out of Voque that puts me in Later Amish style.
So each year I have come to Charleston and had lunch or dinner with a few of my good friends I had kept up with who were in town for the big do. It worked for me.
But this year is different, since it our 35th, the College has invited our class to have our reunion in the President's House. Given while we were in school, most of us never darkened the door of the Georgian Mansion on campus. And, if we were invited for some official function, I can assure you they would have put away the fine silver and moved any prized breakable to a safe spot. Just saying.
Also living in Charleston makes it different because I am here. It is not a matter of making plans to spend the weekend here or figure out when I would be coming down. I am balancing a few dinners, a sorority get together, a champagne brunch, then the big gala Saturday night.
For my sorority get together, I have had to find the names of long lost sisters who said they would be coming on Facebook to see if I recognize them - some I do, some I don't. It is comforting to know that we are all 35 years older and there were only so many well to do available Drs around. In fact as I looked at old pictures of us at porch parties, Greek Day, and just together it dawned on me - this is going to be a group of grandmothers getting together. Is that scary or what? Reality is frightening.
I have all my answers ready: where I have been all these years, how I got where I am, why I live in such a dodgy neighborhood. I contemplated just creating a life, a story much more interesting than what I have. But, I have more pressing matters - what the Hell am I going to wear?


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Recap: Barr Hill Gin Club at the Winslow
July 17, 2014 by Ally
Gin is something that I've learned to love with age. In college, the only gin I encountered was in plastic bottles with a strong Pinesol-esque aftertaste, leaving nothing to be desired. Post-grad as an avid olive-hater, I steered clear of martinis until I discovered the cocktail served up with a twist. Now that I've upgraded to solely drinking liquor that is sold in a glass vessel, I have finally embraced gin and all of the varieties it has to offer.
That being said, I am still a novice gin drinker and have a lot to learn. I jump at every chance to further my higher food-and-drink education, so I immediately RSVPed with my friend Andrea to check out Gin Club, which is hosted weekly at the Winslow in the East Village.
I've walked past the Winslow near the corner of 14th Street and 2nd Avenue and taken note of the great typography on the facade. I seriously judge a restaurant for poor font choice. Upon entering Gin Club for the first time, I was pleased to see the interior was just as nice. The Winslow reminded me of an upscale neighborhood sports bar, which is a pleasant difference from more traditional (aka dirty) sports bars nearby in the Village. There's nothing wrong with sports bars, but I'm the gal who orders white wine at a baseball game if that tells you anything.
Gin Club is situated in a semi-private room in the back of the Winslow, which comfortably seats about fifteen fellow gin-lovers and allows participants to engage in a lively dialogue. Each week a different gin vendor hosts the club and during this particular session we were hosted by Alex of Barr Hill based out of Vermont.
What I really loved about Gin Club was during the two hour event, we were never simply tasting or listening to facts. We were promptly handed gin and tonics garnished with fresh herbs during the introduction, learned how to make a few signature cocktails, tasted gin and honey wine straight, and crushed juniper berries, all while learning fascinating tidbits about the history and production of the spirit. For instance, one of my takeaways was that the primary difference between vodka and gin is that gin is made with juniper berries.
During the tasting, Andrea and I were both struck by the lack of alcoholic bite to Barr Hill gin. Even with more high-end gins, I was accustomed to needing to sip a few times to take the initial edge off. However, Barr Hill gin is made with raw honey, a unique element that softens and sweetens the traditional gin taste. We were both astonished that we could easily sip the Barr Hill gin straight, and may have over-discovered the spirit's easy drinkability based on our headaches the next day.
Alex, the gregarious director of sales, informed us that Barr Hill is available in a variety of local liquor stores and upscale bars and eateries such as The Smith and PDT. After this great tasting, I'll be keeping an eye out for Barr Hill at my next venture to a lower Manhattan speakeasy. Knowing me, that will probably be this weekend!
If the Barr Hill Gin Club was indicative of the upcoming Gin Clubs at the Winslow, I'd highly recommend checking out this gathering with friends in the place of a standard happy hour. You'll be treated to plenty of drinks and tasty bar snacks courtesy of the Winslow, and you just may learn something too.
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Human beings have lived in the Vegas valley for a long, long time. Humans build things as well, - like houses to keep the cold and rain out, and fences to keep their cattle in. I'm facinated by old wooden fences, broken down houses and barns and corals. Rest assured there will be more images to come to this, my "rustic" gallery!
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These days, it's hard to find a chef not talking about American whiskey. But for Sean Brock, it's been a lifelong obsession.
"Bourbon's my passion," he says. "I love the history of it, I love its connection to the South, I love how it tastes." And naturally, his restaurants, McCrady's and Husk in Charleston, S.C., and the new Husk outpost in Nashville, each stock more than 50 whiskies.
And he has a personal collection any whiskey aficionado would kill for. There's a wall of rare half-century-old bottlings in Brock's home that aren't just antiques—they're for drinking. "I prefer the stuff from the '50s and '60s," he says. "I feel like that was the golden era of bourbon."
It makes sense, since he is after all a Southern boy through and through. Brock grew up in rural Virginia, attended culinary school in Charleston and worked in Richmond, Va., and Nashville before returning to South Carolina to take over McCrady's in 2006. He's been nominated for four James Beard Awards there and was named Best Chef: Southeast in 2010, the same year he opened Husk.
Brock changes his menus daily, highlighting local and seasonal produce. He even calls out the farms he works with by name. Husk, he says, is "not about the chef or creativity; it's about shining a light on the producers and artisans." Brock also started a large garden in nearby Wadmalaw Island that grows an array of rare heirloom crops to save them from extinction.
While Brock is a big fan of enjoying bourbon with food, he draws the line at his kitchen. "I'd say that cooking with bourbon is sacrilege," he confesses. "When you use it for cooking, you ruin all the work that went into it." (If you must incorporate bourbon into food, Brock suggests adding it without cooking it.)
He also has strict rules for himself when it comes to cocktails. "I stick to four drinks: bourbon neat, Last Words, Micheladas and Gin & Tonics," Brock says. Though he taste-tests every new tipple before it's allowed on one of his restaurants' lists, he leaves the actual bartending to his skilled mixologists. "At the bar, my thoughts and ideas are secondary—we allow the bartenders to really have 100 percent free reign and creativity," he says.
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Verizon mentioned that increase in the propriety research, prototypes, and amounts of confidential personal data is the major factor for the rise in the phishing attack. It also mentioned that there is an increase in 50 percent in the attacks last year.
Almost 95% of the attacks include the phishing technique of software installation on the user device. There is also rise in getting the information by pretending someone else. These are called pretexting attacks. Eighty-eight percent of pretexting attacks originated from emails.
Many smaller organizations also suffered a data breach. Sixty-one percent of breach occurred at the companies having less than 1000 employees.
"Cyber-attacks targeting the human factor are still a major issue," Verizon Enterprise Solutions Global Security Services Executive Director Bryan Sartin said in a statement. "Cybercriminals concentrate on four key drivers of human behaviour to encourage individuals to disclose information: eagerness, distraction, curiosity and uncertainty. And as our report shows, it is working, with a significant increase in both phishing and pretexting this year."
Verizon mentioned that three quarters of the breaches was caused by outsider. Almost 51% involves criminal groups.
Finance sector was the major area where attacker focused. Almost 24% attacks counted for this sector. Healthcare involves 15% of data breaches.
"The cybercrime data for each industry varies dramatically," Sartin explained. "It is only by understanding the fundamental workings of each vertical that you can appreciate the cyber security challenges they face and recommend appropriate actions."
Survey also found out that 73% percent of the attacks are financially motivated.
"Social engineering is a common means for cybercriminals to establish a foothold," report authors warned. "And employees are making this easy by using easy-to-guess passwords. Users, and even IT departments are even often guilty of not changing the default passwords that devices come with, and can easily be looked up online."
The report author at Verizon mentioned that encryption and two-factor authentication also help to limit the damage.
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I've become one of…those people. One of those people who looks for opportunities to foodgeek over every damn thing.
Luckily, my recent trip back to North Carolina to see my folks provided just the opportunity to do some serious foodgeeking, vacation-style. Returning to one's hometown for vacation is hardly the most exciting opportunity for culinary tourism, but I've been freezing my bits off up here in the frozen north for long enough that a few new things have popped up.
Check after the jump for my recap of the week – no recipe today, but I can give you the lowdown on Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill, Town and Country Meat and Produce in Greensboro, and Saxapahaw General Store, Cup 22 and Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw.
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- God is really, really big.
- Housework is way overrated.
- Sleeping in is way underrated.
- God is not as uptight as I once thought.
- We as human beings have an astounding knack for over complicating just about everything. I find this interesting especially when so many of Jesus' teachings revolved around simplicity.
- Simplicity vs. Duplicity is a running theme in my life. More on that later.
- Monism vs. Dualism is also a theme. More on that later, as well.
- I am blessed. And I am thankful.
- If you want to have a great marriage, spend time with your spouse. If you want to have a great relationship with your kids, spend time with your kids. If you want to have healthy finances, spend time working on them. In other words, if you want something to be healthy, focus and work on THAT thing. Don't work on one thing, expecting it to solve problems or cause blessings to pop up in some other random area of your life. These are the very principals of sowing and reaping. You can't get cucumbers from planting tomato seeds. Sometimes, but not always, we may have unexpected pleasant consequences arise from seemingly unrelated actions or events. But we should never count on these. This may seem elementary and it probably is, but I see far too much of the other going on, and I think it's a duplicitous and dangerous way of shirking our responsibilities.
- Having a sense of humor is a necessity in life.
- Getting older, for me, really has meant getting fatter. And gravity isn't really helping matters either. But I'm finding that I like the older, fatter, saggier, sassier me than the younger, thinner, tighter, slightly bitchier version. Plus, I like me with brownies and cheesecake waaaaay better than I do without.
- I still have a voice, it's just currently being muffled by the sounds of Sesame Street.
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|Hassan tower
|Guards on horses
|The columns of the uncompleted mosque and Hassan tower
|The erected walls meant for the mosque
|The Mausoleum
|Look at the amount of detail that goes into the roof!
|The fortification wall of Rabat Medina
|A striking resemblance to the doors in Chefchaouen!
|Even the alleys too?
|Big waves crashing into the shore...
|Lovely view
|Goodbye Morocco!


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Sarah Sherman, Ph.D.
Dr. Sherman's expertise is in the field of injury and impact biomechanics, specifically related to injuries resulting from sports or ballistic impacts. She has conducted a variety of human and surrogate biomechanical tests both in a laboratory setting and in the field. Dr. Sherman's research has focused on quantifying head impacts sustained by amateur boxers while in the ring, measuring the response of the canine's thorax to blunt ballistic impacts, and identifying the level of injuries resulting from a blunt ballistic impact to the chest while wearing ballistic protection. Dr. Sherman also has experience collecting data from various transducers including accelerometers, strain gages, deflection sensors, and force sensors. She has analyzed their output using various software to process the data (determine frequency content, filter, and calculate biomechanical variables), including high speed video analysis.
She also has experience with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) controlled sensors and familiarity with government restrictions on their data access.
Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Sherman was a Research Assistant in the Biomedical Engineering Department at Wayne State University. While at Wayne State, she was the supervisor of the Sports Injury Biomechanics Laboratory, where she developed individual test plans, collected and analyzed data, and worked with customers to author customized reports based on their unique needs.
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, 2015
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, 2010
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, 2006
Kales Scholarship, 2009
Graduate-Professional Scholarship, 2007–2008
AIChE Undergraduate Poster Contest, 3rd Place, October 2005
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Baker J, Les C, Bir C. Review of canine deaths while in service in US civilian law enforcement (2002–2012). Special Operations Medical Journal 2014; 14(4):86–91.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Baker J, Bir C. Effects of a ballistic vest on field performance of law enforcement canines. Canine Science & Technology Workshop. Raleigh NC, 2014.
Hewins K, Anctil B, Stojsih (Sherman) S, Bir C. Ballistic blunt trauma assessment methodology validation. Personal Armour Systems Symposium. Nuremberg, Germany, 2012.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Longhurst D, Bir C. Behind armor blunt trauma: Comparison of field and experimental data. Personal Armour Systems Symposium. Quebec City, 2010.
Bir C, Stojsih (Sherman) S. The biomechanics of impact in boxing. In: Warnick, J and Martin, W. Advancements in the Scientific Study of Combative Sports. New York: Nova, 2010.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Boitano M, Wilhelm M, Bir C. A prospective study of punch biomechanics and cognitive function for amateur boxers. British Journal of Sports Medicine 2010; 44(10):725–730.
Uygun B, Stojsih (Sherman) S, Matthew, H. Effects of immobilized gylcosaminoglycans on the proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue Engineering Part A 2009; 15(11): 3499–3512.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Bir C. Comparison of experimental and real-time data in amateur boxers. ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference. Lake Tahoe, UT, 2009.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Bir C. Behind armor blunt trauma: case study. 4th European Conference on Protective Clothing. Arnhem, Netherlands, 2009.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Boitano M, Bir C. Head impact accelerations in boxing using telemetry system. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Conference. Las Vegas, NV, 2008.
Stojsih (Sherman) S, Bir C. Behind armor blunt trauma injuries in law enforcement from ballistic impact: Body armor assessment. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Conference. Washington DC, 2008.
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Menarche- a Journey into Womanhood
Published in Juno Magazine issue 20, Spring 2010, and an excerpt from the book
'Menarche a Journey into Womanhood' by Rachael Hertogs.
Rites of passage have begun to reappear in our society as we recognise the importance of honouring our young people and guiding them gently into adulthood. Ceremonies, vision quests, men's and women's lodges, rite of passage courses, festivals and camps are becoming more and more popular!
I have been working with women and their daughters for many years supporting them in celebrating their rite of passage. For girls there is a clear signal that their journey into womanhood has begun- with the start of their periods. The first period is known as Menarche; tribal traditions have celebrated Menarche for thousands of years- some rituals including the whole tribe, others more private among close women friends and family, some quite extreme- including genital mutilation, cutting, scarring and tattooing, other more gentle – being fed, massaged and sung to.
I believe how a young woman is guided through this experience can affect her for the rest of her life! Ask your women friends how they celebrated their first period- sadly for the majority of women it was ignored, shamed, at best explained clinically and 'gifts' of huge pads (sometimes huge tampons!) often terrified young girls! The menstrual cycle is a crucial element in the balance of the body, mind, spirit connection for a woman; this needs to be taught from an early age so when her cycle begins (signs can begin as early as 1 year before her blood flow) she can feel proud and excited to begin her journey of power!
I eagerly anticipated my daughters Menarche- I'd been working for a number of years around menstruation and creating pretty cloth pads for the women on my courses and their friends.
My period had started when I was 11- but Tabitha was a different build to me; very petite, so I wasn't expecting her to start as early as I had. But soon after her 12th birthday I began to notice a 'cycle' to her mood swings- even chocolate cravings for a few days each month! Other physical signs were night sweats for a couple of nights, slight cramps as she ovulated (which she presumed was a tummy ache), breaking out in spots….all the usual. She'd have a few days when she felt unattractive, hated all her clothes- they didn't fit or look right! And she would cry at the slightest thing. After about 6 months of these 'symptoms' one morning she came in my room as she had bled in the night and her sheets needed changing and she needed cleaning up! She was happy to have finally started but eager to wash and change.
I ran her a bath with rose bath salts and a sprinkle of lavender oil, re-made her bed while she soaked and prepared her a hot water bottle. She had the day off school and I excitedly gave her a set of pads I had made and mentioned the celebration I had planned; we would invite our girl friends over, dress in red, have red foods and drinks, bless her with gifts, songs and create a special ceremony just for her!
Oh, the look on her face, "Oh no mum!" she really wasn't up for it!
So I had to put my excitement, my plans, my expectations to one side and listen to what she wanted.
We celebrated quite traditionally; a meal out at her favourite restaurant with her best friend and a gift of a new pair of earrings!
For the next year or so she suffered from very heavy, painful periods- she was lucky that they were very regular from the start so we knew when it would come, but it concerned me that her flow was so heavy as she was still such a slight build of a woman- and vegetarian- so I worried about her iron levels and how draining this heavy loss was making her feel. She was flooding her disposable pads at school and was constantly worried about bleeding on to her clothes. Although she loved her cloth pads- and preferred them to disposables, even finding them better at absorbing her heavy flow- but she wasn't yet confident enough to use them at school, so we opted for the organic cotton throwaways as a compromise.
We visited a naturopath who recommended a liver cleanse drink to take for a couple of months pre-menstrually. Amazingly this totally balanced her flow (I joined her in the cleanse and felt its positive effects- more energy, clear skin and my periods became lighter! Even now I continue to do the cleanse every 6 months or so.) And her period has been 'normal' ever since!
And much to my joy I eventually got my wish to celebrate Tabitha with my community of women when she was 15!
I had been taking part in the Menarche Ceremony preparation at Sacred Arts Camp for a couple of years- running workshops with the young women and their mothers who were taking part; teaching them about charting their cycle, making moon necklaces, decorating red and white candles…
This particular year Tabitha came to camp with her friend who was keen to take part…so Tabi agreed to join her, choosing my best friend Nicho to be her 'Moon Mother' and my husband Tom as her 'Moon Father'.
What I love about this ceremony is that it is open to any woman who hadn't been celebrated at her menarche- as well as all the girls who have recently begun to bleed.So ages of those taking part can be from 10-40! It also involves the men, the grandmothers, the very young girls- anyone who wants to join in can have a role.
All week women meet in my moon lodge tipi to co-create the ceremony – deciding what songs will be sung, what dances to dance, finding musicians, collecting red and white clothes for the women taking part, choosing who will take which role….
Meanwhile the young women choose a Moon Mother who will attend the ceremony with them holding their hand and reassuring them, bringing them a gift, helping them to get ready, they might share blood stories with them and as part of the ceremony they dream them a 'moon name' the night before the ritual.
Many Moon Mother/Moon Daughter relationships continue years after the ceremony- even though girls may choose a woman who they only see once a year at camp! They also choose a Moon Father – someone older who can be another 'wise father figure' in their life and who will also make them a crown of leaves and flowers for the ceremony! The Moon Fathers have a powerful role in the ritual- bringing in the male energy.
Other men of the community get involved; they will meet to prepare- perhaps creating a song for the ceremony as well as sharing stories with each other about men's traditions and honouring women! Their part in the ceremony is to 'guard' the sacred ceremonial space by dressing as 'warriors' and walking around the outside perimeter whilst drumming and chanting.
Once the Moon Fathers enter (after being challenged by the 'Grandmothers' -menopausal women) all the men will join the ceremony.
The ritual begins with the decorating of the big top- draping it in whatever cloths and sheets we have, flowers are placed in vases and jars, an entrance is made from willow and flowers, (the entrance is guarded by the wise grandmothers who welcome the girls in) lighting candles and incense and raising the energy by singing and chanting while we decorate and smudge ourselves with white sage!
All the women dress up- white if you haven't begun to bleed yet,red if you're a bleeding woman and black/purple for the menopausal women- although some women prefer just to wear any 'dressy up' clothes they have brought!
While this is happening the young women get ready with their moon mums in the moon lodge, being anointed with sacred water and dressing in white with a white ribbon in their hair.
Each year the ceremony is slightly different, this year, watching my daughter take part- and also taking part myself as her best friends Moon Mother was an emotional time for me! I don't recall too much as I spent the ceremony on 'auto pilot' through my tears!
Walking in to a big top filled with 200+ women singing is a powerful experience! They sang and danced for the girls and their Moon Mothers, and then we left to change the girls from white to red-as each one left the space they turned and called out their name symbolizing leaving their 'girl- child' part of them self behind.
While we helped them change in the moon lodge, the ceremony continued with the passing of the 'Yoni Cushion' as a talking stick – as it passed each woman they spoke 3 words to summarise their bleeding experience- words like 'connected, pain, loss, renewal and even -I'm not pregnant'!
After that songs and chants are shared until the young women re-enter- dressed in beautiful red clothes. The singing continues in honour of them and then there is the ceremonial hair cutting- once again symbolising the letting go of their childhood- the hair with the white ribbon is cut away and they are anointed with a red ochre crescent moon on their forehead- to remind them of their moon connection and the rhythm and flow of the moon. They drank from the sacred goblet (blackcurrant juice!) and then the Moon Mothers step forward to bless them with gifts and their new 'moon names' are whispered to them.
Now is the time for the men to enter! The Grandmothers had been guarding the entrance the whole time and now step back to allow the men in- first they were challenged 'Do you come in to this space with love and respect for your sisters?' To which of course they answered yes!
The 'Moon Fathers' stepped forward and crowned their Moon Daughters, as the rest of the men sang their gift song they had composed.
In return- our gift to the men for protecting our space was to share with them a blood mystery story- told by one of our amazing storytellers.
After that the musicians played, joined by the drummers and it was time to celebrate and dance the evening away!!
The young women left with their Moon Mums to go back to the moon lodge and have chocolate cake and ground after the ritual. Later that night (it was a full moon) we had a women's sweat lodge- the perfect ending to a wonderful day!
Tabitha told me afterwards that although she had been really nervous and unsure about taking part, she was really glad she did and loved how 'special' she had felt!
Tabitha has been such a joy to me- such an amazing young woman who has embraced supporting me in my work, she has challenged school friends, teachers and colleagues to look at their menstruation differently and use earth and body-friendly sanitary wear. She even accompanied me to the USA to attend the Red Web Conference in 2007!
Tabitha is now 21!
To find out more about Sacred Arts Camp see www.sacredartscamp.org
Liver cleanse:
Supporting the liver has amazing results with menstrual problems!
Below is a Liver Tonic drink:
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
Juice of ½ lemon
1 clove of garlic
1 glass of Apple juice
1/8th inch of Ginger
Blend and drink each morning for 3 days, then reduce to 1 morning a week until menstruation. Avoid dairy products pre-menstrually.
The health and vitality of every organ, gland, and cell are dependent upon the liver. Even our intelligence, attitudes, emotions and vitality are largely related to the liver. Our ability to repel disease or recover from disease is very much associated with this incredible organ. The liver, along with the heart and brain, are the most important organs in our bodies. However, even the heart and the brain are dependent on the liver. No one can be healthy without a strong, clean liver.
© 2008 Rachael Hertogs, All Rights Reserved


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Material: 925 Sterling Silver
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I first made this as a gift and it was lots of good vibes in the process. I would be pleased to make another for you, in the same style.
The back can be personalized with a special name or date, or small message. There is no extra charge for your custom message.
Send me your choice of initials, a date or other special text to engrave on the back using the Order Instructions form or during checkout in the notes to seller section.
This listing is for a 925 sterling silver cross. It is hand stamped, hammered, engraved and an antique patina is applied. The jump ring is soldered on, so it won't come off. It comes with a cord to make a necklace. You can also use your own chain with this.
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Native Place is the name of our holiday home in the hills of western India. It is also home to Nirvana Adventures, a paragliding school, run by my husband. My gardening adventure began in 2003 when we finished building Native Place and moved in. It is an all consuming hobby that I juggle along with paragliding on weekends. During the week I'm back in the city and gardening online
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Mystery climber identified
The mystery climber I mentioned in a previous post continued to remain nameless for a while. This winter it flowered profusely drawing my attention each time I walked in or out of Native Place. I began to visit this climber every afternoon to watch the sun birds drink nectar from its hanging flower bracts. It continued to flower and show off up until the end of March inspiring me to keep the search on for its true name. Recently while browsing I hit pay dirt.
Thunbergia coccinea, Wall. (Hexacentris coccinea, Nees). A very tall climber: st. much branched, 4-angled: lvs. short-petiolate, variously shaped, the lower broadly ovate, with a hastate or cordate angled base, the upper ovate, cordate, all angularly toothed or the upper entire: fls. in terminal or axillary racemes, 1-3 ft. long; bracts large, inflated, as long as the tube; limb scarlet, of 5 reflexed emarginate lobes; throat orange. Autumn and winter. India.
Source: Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Local. Fresh. Modern. Primo restaurant offers a fun and casual environment with a menu featuring fresh, locally sourced and organic cuisine made in our 100% scratch kitchen. It's the perfect place for families and business diners. Experience what's new at Primo with our inventive and robust Italian cuisine influenced by Mediterranean, French and Spanish flavors.


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Olio Nuovo Festival at Durant (formerly Red Ridge)
Your first chance to taste and purchase this season's fresh, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil from Durant Olive Mill (formerly Oregon Olive Mill). Fresh Olio Nuovo is paired with complimentary seasonal appetizers and Durant Vineyards estate wine. Join us for a tour of our Olioteca (olive mill), enjoy live Italian music and experience some of Oregon's top food producers at our Local Marketplace. Shop holiday greens and décor at our Gift Shop . Bring the kids and make your own olive branch crown!
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This is a baseball term which describes a type of hitter who typically hits the ball to the same side of the field they hit the ball from. For example, a left-handed player who bats from the left side of the plate, from the first-base side, will typically hit the ball to the same side of the field, which in baseball terms is right field. If the same player were to hit the ball into left field, the player would be considered hitting towards the "opposite field." The reason for left field/right field difference between batter and the field is baseball's use of the viewer's perspective to assign sides.
It is helpful for the defense to know if a player at the plate is a pull hitter and to what degree. If the player always hits to the same side of the field as they bat, they might be known as a "dead pull hitter." However, most players do hit to the opposite field every once in a while. If the defense has a good idea of where the player is likely to hit the ball, the manager can shift their defense to those positions. For the same left-handed batter mentioned above, the manager of the defensive team might move his third baseman and shortstop an entire position to the left, putting the 3rd baseman in the shortstops usual position and so on, while moving the second baseman back and the first baseman to the first base line. This does create an opening on the opposite side of the field, also known as a gap, for the hitter to hit into.


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On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 01:41:31PM +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Steve Langasek <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > >> > No: there is nothing "proper" about rejecting mail from a host that you have > >> > configured to forward mail for you. > >> Nearly all of this mail flow is invalid in one way or another. > > Of course it is. That doesn't make it "proper" to reject such mail when > > you've told some other host to forward it to you in the first place; I'm > > sure it's a pretty common misconfiguration in the context of Debian mail > > forwarding, but that doesn't make it right... > How can I avoid such a problem if I do not have the power to influence > the mail server configuration of the machine that hosts the account I > forward my Debian mail to? > I currently forward Debian mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, and although the > domain is mine, the MX is not. I have no way to control the spam or any > other policy of this server. Fortunately (or rather unfortunately > except in this case) this server is really lax in accepting spam (they > only offer to mark it in the subject). But if it was strict, what > should I do? Not forward Debian mail and instead get it from master > with POP3? Grabbing your mail off of master is one option. For that matter, continuing to forward it is an option, too... just, y'know, don't try to claim that sending SMTP rejects back to master is a *good* thing... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. email@example.com http://www.debian.org/
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Eclipse Helios Mostly WorksJuly 30, 2010 at 5:00 pm | Posted in Eclipse | Comments Off on Eclipse Helios Mostly Works
For development at work, I downloaded and started using Eclipse Helios packaged for J2EE development, wanting to see what I could stumble upon as new or different, and whether I could recommend it to the rest of my team yet without having to describe a whole lot of changes to our practices.
We use a multi-module maven project, using mvn eclipse:eclipse to generate our eclipse projects, and that continued to work just fine, with the projects seeming to be imported without issue.
I noticed that Tomcat 7 is now listed in the set of servers that can be configured, and indeed the WTP 3.2.0 New and Noteworthy lists that in it's "Servers" section. Handy, but as we're hosting our own application, we do not need to test against Tomcat 7 yet.
I next noticed that the view of web projects added to the server included a couple of jars. Strange. I still haven't figured out why a small number of the many included jars get shown in that view.
The first thing I tried to investigate showed that specifying what gets deployed as part of your web application has been changed too. That's shown in the Java EE section of WTP's New and Noteworthy.
The applications deployed and ran ok, though a number of times I've tried starting tomcat only to have it complain that one of the web applications can't find hibernate classes, and looking in the deployed directory, the jar is indeed missing.
The next thing I noticed is that a whole lot of classes now show warnings. Apparently I should now change from using @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") to the new and more accurate @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") or according to the JDT New and Noteworthy, set the suppressRawWhenUnchecked=true system property when starting eclipse.
Another JDT change highlighted that our method of starting up one of our application included an unused object allocation. That actually highlighted that we were starting threads from within a constructor… something that is rife with difficulties, and to be discouraged.
While investigating what various people on StackOverflow recommend for eclipse.ini options I discovered the details of Oracle's changing the executable and libraries' organisation meta-data, and how eclipse has been using those to identify Sun's JVM and apply Sun's -XX:MaxPermSize setting. Oracle have changed the organisation back again for build 7 of Java 6 update 21.
I have not yet started using Helios for personal projects, since for the last little while I've been trying my hand at creating an Android application, implementing a nice looking Tree Mapping View showing space used by a various tables and indexes of a PostgreSQL database. The page detailing how to set up the eclipse plugins for Android development still says: "There are known issues with the ADT plugin running with Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice."
So far this sounds like a lack of any compelling reasons to upgrade.
Using the market to install the SVN plugins we use was a much nicer experience than in previous versions, and being able to find out about other plugins from within eclipse is great.
I'm also going to start using package name abbreviations, so that all our packages of the format:
can be nicely and succinctly shown as
Something I usually do with a new eclipse installation is tune the startup parameters, editing the eclipse.ini file to show me the workspace location. This is because I often work with multiple workspaces, one showing the current production code for investigating symptoms and behaviour of the production system, and one showing later code with a number of development changes. Eclipse 3.6 has a new preferences option that lets you specify a workspace name to show in the title, which works much better as you do not need to restart eclipse for it to take affect, you can use a short code for your workspace, and it appears first in the title, before the perspective and application name.
Lastly I'm looking forward to experimenting with all the new options for controlling the formatter. I believe I can finally now get it set up to alter the code formatting to my liking more consistently.
Towards MaintainabilityJune 19, 2009 at 12:58 am | Posted in Eclipse, Java | Comments Off on Towards Maintainability
Tags: Eclipse, Java, Maintainability
My friend Bevan has linked to the tools he referenced in his "Towards Maintainability" talk at the Wellington .NET users group recently.
I thought I'd add the equivalents from the perspective of an Eclipse-using Java developer…
- Definr.com
- Definr.com isn't specific to a single programming language.
- I simply type things into Google Chrome's Omnibar.
- FxCop & Gendarme
- FindBugs
- Visual Studio Class Diagrams
- Perhaps AgileJ though I do not use it.
- Snippets
- Snippets in Eclipse
- Creating extensions to snippets
- StyleCop
- Checkstyle
- NAnt
- Ant
- Maven 2
- NUnit
- junit
- TestDriven.Net
- junit is integrated into all IDEs
- Sandcastle
- Perhaps Doxia?
- TeamCity
- TeamCity supports java
- CruiseControl
- Continuum
- Hudson
- Gump
- ReSharper
- Mylyn is probably the closest productivity adding, IDE-changing example.
Eclipse Galileo Improvements to Java Developer ToolsJune 19, 2009 at 12:23 am | Posted in Eclipse, Java | 2 Comments
Tags: Eclipse, Galileo, Java, JDT
Here are some improvements to JDT Project in Galileo that I personally find useful:
- Support for
{@inheritDoc}in the javadoc popups.
- This is encourages its use, which in turn encourages documenting why a method has been overridden, or what's so special about this particular implementation, without having to repeat the purpose of the method itself.
- Warnings when a method overrides a synchronized method, but isn't synchronized itself.
- It's hard enough as it is to ensure you get the intended multi-threaded behaviour. This change can help prevent an error that while not very common, can be very hard to spot.
- When auto-reformatting an entire class, I can keep the line breaks that I've added.
- This caters for where the formatting rules are too general, and are not aware that I'd find some things much clearer if split into multiple lines in very specific places.
- Constructor completion has been made more useful, by offering more appropriate suggestions.
- I also often save myself some typing by writing the right hand side of the assignment, then using a quick assist to assign the result to a new variable.
- By holding down Ctrl, and hovering on a method, I can chose whether to jump to the declaration, or the implementation.
- I still find this method of navigation difficult though, preferring to keep my hands on the keyboard, navigating to the method call, pressing Ctrl-T, and choosing which implementing or declaring class I wish to view. (That's not a new feature.)
- What I'd like is a companion for F3's mapping of "Go To Declaration" that with a single key press I can "Go To Implementation". However I can't find that command in the key binding preferences page.
Eclipse Ganymede FeaturesJune 8, 2008 at 12:55 am | Posted in Eclipse, Java | 3 Comments
Tags: Eclipse, ganymede, Java
The Eclipse Ganymede release is only a few weeks away. As a long time eclipse user, inquisitive, early adopter, I've been trying the milestone and release candidates of the java developer tools components. (Ganymede is a coordinated release of an enormous number of eclipse projects. Several packages are available here.)
The list of new features is no longer as easy to find, since it was linked to from the download page for the milestone releases, and since the releases are now release candidates, there are no new features.
These will no doubt be combined into a single what's new page for the final release, but until then, the lists for each milestone release are well worth a read: M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7
Update: As expected, the release of 3.4 is accompanied by a new New and Noteworthy page. What's also worth reviewing is the feature comparison page for the various Ganymede packages.
My personal favourite dozen new features:
- System Proxy Settings – One less place to change those settings when I plug the laptop in somewhere new.
- Default console and file encoding – I develop on Windows for Linux.
- Shearing – I love the pun.
- The improved error log view, and the Plug-in registry view enhancements – these will help when trying out misbehaving plug-ins.
- Line support in overview ruler – much faster navigation.
- Runnable JAR export wizard – no more searching for and installing third party plug-ins to do this simple thing.
- Different highlighting for read and write occurrences of the selected or searched for element – this is fantastic.
- Direct interaction with text hovers – less hand movement is good. Being able to click through to other javadocs is fantastic.
- Breadcrumb navigation – this is a quite good compromise between ease of use and screen real estate.
- Support for external class folders – I haven't used this yet, but can think of some past experiences where it would have been useful.
- Java compiler on multi-CPU machines – parallelisation is how we go faster these days.
- Quick Assist becomes even more helpful.
Eclipse's quick assist feature saves a huge amount of work. There's no need to go looking through menus and dialogs to find the right place to activate the thing you want to do right now, you simply hit Ctrl-1 and what you want to do is invariably in the short list that immediately pops up. The "what's new" pages list these additional assists and fixes:
– Helps with regular expressions in find/replace
– Helps correct spelling in CVS commits
– PDE Quickfix for Java file issues
– Add @throws or @exception javadoc tag
– Select a missing method error in the Problems view and Quick Fix
– Create getter and setters for fields (encapsulate fields)
– Extract method on expressions
– Helps with the new SWT Templates
– Helps with user created templates
– Code completion helps with casts
– Complete static members of not yet imported types
– Ensure source entries found in build.properties are properly accounted for in the plug-in manifest
– Diagnosis (and removal quick fix) of redundant superinterfaces
– Improved key binding support
– Convert to StringBuffer
– Improved cursor jumping
– New Javadoc tags to annotate (PDE) API with explicit restrictions
– Quick fix provided for missing or incorrect @since tags
– The Java problem hover now offers all available quick fixes
– Use MessageFormat for string concatenation
– Extract local variable (without replacing all occurrences)
– only show templates applicable at the current location
– Remove invalid use of API Javadoc tags
– Inserting parameter name also shows guessed arguments
– Shows gory details of improved text search
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Suite à leur séjour au Manoir, nos hôtes nous ont écrit:
20/08/2016 Chris - England:
We had a lovely week, i hope we can come back soon
8/08/2016 - Helen - England :
Everything is great at La Motte. Your beds are comfortable and your kitchen well equipped.
5/08/2016 ( 2 weeks)- Andy - Spain :
Thank you for another lovely stay (5th) and a great time - Thanks again .
7/06/2016 - Nick - England :
Thank you so much to let us stay at your amazing property. The facilities are first class, the bedrooms were unique and comfortable. The spacious rooms made the stay for all 8 of us so convenient .
30/05/2016 - ( 4 semaines ) Robert- Canada :
"Nous étions vraiment contents de notre séjour. La maison est très belle et la grandeur nous a accommodé en confort et en espace pour être ensemble ( on était un grand group) aucun de nous autres va oublier les grands dinners dans la salle à manger , ni les jeux et les conversations dans le salon devant le foyer . votre équipe était gentille et nous ont aidé quand on en avait besoin . On a parlé à tous nos amis de ce beau domaine paisible - "
27 novembre 2015 - Beatrice - France:
Je voulais vous dire que notre séjour au Manoir s'est vraiment très bien passé et que nous avons tous été réjouis du temps passé là bas et vous témoigner de notre reconnaissance
5 aout 2015 - Daphné - England:
Thank you for the lovely time we had at the Manoir de la Motte. This is our second visit and as usual everythig was perfect .Thank you for arranging the extra bed for us, also those little extra touches like the rooled towels on the beds and the apple juice and paté which was very much appreciated.Maria was very hepful . I am looking forward to our next visit.
11 aout 2014 - Daphné - England:
I would like to say a big thank you for letting us stay at la Motte 2-9 August. It was a pleasure to meet Collette who was very helpful. We consisted of two families and there was plenty of room. The house is very big and beautiful. We thoroughly enjoyed our week in it. We had a lot of fun visiting the local boulangerie and local restaurants. I hope we will come and stay again.
28 juillet 2014 : G. and C - Atlanta -USA:
We just wanted to let you know what a great time we had at Manoir de la Motte. We absolutely loved the house. It was so quiet and peaceful. The bed was so very comfortable we had no trouble sleeping. Thank you so much for arranging our early arrival The kitchen was perfect for the two of us. We rode the bikes one day for 10 miles. We really loved the area there was so much to see. All and all, we had such a delightful time and we hope some day to come back
20/04/2014 - A.S. England
we have just got back from a fantastic week at "la Motte". Your house is fabulous and we all had a fantastic time - we were very lucky with the weather. La Ferte Vidame is a lovely little town, and we ate out several times in Verneuil. We caught a train to Paris for one day from Verneuil, which was fun. We went horse ridingto the place you suggested, and our children had such a good time.
16 août 2013 : Joyce (S):
" how much we enjoyed our holiday in your beautiful house. It is all so elegant and well cared for. We all enjoyed living in it and appreciated all the period decor. We felt we had made a very good choice as we all had lots of space and the young ones could make plenty noise without disturbing any neighbours. We had barbecues nearly every evening .The spacious green area with the practice golf holes was wonderful. We enjoyed visiting small towns and villages nearby and everyone in the shops and restaurants and tourist offices were very helpful and friendly and tolerant of our rather hesitating French. "
20 mai 2013 : Magrita (NL):
"We stayed for one week in manoir La Motte in spring with our entier
family. Despite the bad and cold weather we had a great week. Because
of the conditions we made good use of the fire place in the dining
room which made it nice and warm and gave a great atmosphere. The
grounds are amazing, with a big garden and even a small golf course.
When the sun came out towards the end of the week we got the BBQ out
and had a very pleasant time outdoors as well. The service was good,
price included the central heating, as well as the use of the logs for
the fire place, use of the wifi and cleaning. Thank you for everything."
8 novembre 2012, C et D (59) France :
Délicieux WE familial, dans un coin de Paradis.Ce manoir est splendide, authentique, sans luxe ostentatoire, très confortable, noyé dans son écrin de verdure. Cerise sur le gâteau : les chevreuils sur le golf de la propriété.La description de l'annonce est précise et exacte.Ce fut une parenthèse de vrai Bonheur.A consommer sans modération.
14mai 2012, Anna( Russia):
« I would like to say thank you! It was a wonder fulholiday in a wonderful place. We have become more like France and its inhabitants.
Thank you »
18 avril 2012 , Lucia (Germany) :
We had a wonderful week at Manoir a la Motte! It was like getting into a dream! We definetly would love to come back next year!
8 janvier 2012 de Suzan Canada :
I wanted to thank you for sharing your wonderful chateau. I must say, the house made me very happy. Its so warm, inviting and beautifully furnished. It had to be one of our best family holidays ever. Cooking in the sweet little kitchen was so cozy and the dining room felt grand. Thank you for having a tree and firewood ready for our enjoyment. Well definitely come back for another stay at Chateau de la Motte.
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All this talk of Druids has got me thinking about the phrase, to set up a straw man, meaning to attribute a position to someone that he doesn't hold and then to refute it in order to make it seem as if one has won the argument.
I was thinking of the practice of burning a straw man on Guy Fawkes night - which I understand is the sort of echo of Druidic harvest rituals. I also wondered about using straw men to practice combat with or using a straw man for a decoy.
Who was the straw man? Where does the phrase come from?


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Here we'll share all about the weather in Hokkaido in spring and summer, and the perfect clothing to wear. We'll also share why summer is the best time to visit Hokkaido!
If you're going to Hokkaido as well as visiting Tokyo and Osaka, you need to be aware that there's a big difference in temperature!
- Table of Contents
- Visiting Hokkaido in Spring 2020 (March to May): Overview
- What's Hokkaido like in Spring (March - May)? Average Temperature and Precipitation
- What clothes should I pack for Hokkaido in Spring (March - May)?
- Visiting Hokkaido in Summer 2020 (June to August)
- What's summer like in Hokkaido (June - August)? Average Temperature and Precipitation
- What clothes should I pack for Summer in Hokkaido (June - August)?
Hokkaido is the furthest north of the islands of Japan. It's 820km north of Tokyo and is separated from the mainland by a large stretch of water called the Tsugaru Strait. The average temperature in summer in Hokkaido is about 20 degrees Celsius which is cool and pleasant. In winter the temperature is often below zero and it also snows a lot.
Visiting Hokkaido in Spring 2020 (March to May): Overview
In March the temperature is still sometimes below freezing. Cherry blossoms bloom in Tokyo in April but in Hokkaido they don't come out till May!
1. It's still the end of winter in Hokkaido in March. Watch out for freezing temperatures at the start and end of the day!
March in Hokkaido is still the end of winter so there are still days when the temperature is below freezing. Even in April when the cherry blossoms are out in Tokyo, it's only just the start of spring in Hokkaido and quite chilly. On the mainland it starts to feel like early summer from May onwards, but in Hokkaido the mornings and evenings are still cold around this time.
2. In Hokkaido the cherry blossoms come out in May!
Although the cherry blossoms start budding on the mainland in March, temperatures can still be below freezing in Hokkaido. Here, the cherry blossoms don't come out till May. Keep this in mind!
3. You won't get hay fever in Hokkaido!
Hay fever is often thought of as a national affliction in Japan. However, cedar doesn't grow in Hokkaido, so there's no cedar pollen around to cause hay fever. But there is birch pollen, and you do find some people have an allergy to this.
Things to do in Hokkaido in: Flowers, Fish & Events
◆ Mizubasho (Asian skunk cabbage) (April/May), cherry blossoms (May), shibasakura (moss phlox)(May), tulips (May).
◆ Seasonal fish: Scallops (up till March), tokishirazu (summer-catch salmon) (May onwards).
◆ Spring event: Sapporo Lilac Festival
Date: May 16 (Wed) to May 27 (Sun).
Venue: 5 - 7 chome, Odorinishi, Chuo, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Access: Subway - Namboku Line, Tozai Line, Toho Line. Get off at Odori Station.
What's Hokkaido like in Spring (March - May)? Average Temperature and Precipitation
What clothes should I pack for Hokkaido in Spring (March - May)?
March: Average temperature in Sapporo 0.6 ℃; maximum temperature 4.0 ℃; minimum temperature -2.9 ℃
In March, you'll still need winter clothing to protect yourself from the cold. The roads get very wet and muddy as the snow melts, so we'd suggest waterproof shoes if you're walking about outside.
April: Average temperature in Sapporo: 7.1℃; maximum temperature 11.5℃; minimum temperature 3.2℃.
It sometimes snows even in April, so you'll need clothes that you can easily adjust to keep yourself comfortable.
May: Average temperature in Sapporo 12.4℃; maximum temperature 17.3℃; minimum temperature 8.3℃.
In May it still feels cool in the mornings and evenings, so take some long-sleeved outerwear. It's also good to have a hat and T-shirt for outdoor activities, as it sometimes gets quite hot during the day.
Visiting Hokkaido in Summer 2020 (June to August)
On the mainland it feels humid, and it's the rainy season in June through mid-July. However, there's no rainy season in Hokkaido, so this is a very pleasant time of year to visit!
1. It hardly ever gets over 30℃ so the days are very pleasant!
The summer temperature in Hokkaido is around 20 ℃. Due to abnormal weather conditions and global warming a high of 37.8 °C was recorded for the first time since records began in June 2014, but in a normal year there are very few days when the temperature exceeds 30° C. That's makes for a cool and comfortable climate. Some days might feel a bit chilly if the temperature drops below 10 ℃ in the morning and evening.
2. There's no rainy season and not much humidity in the air!
On mainland Japan, you get a lot of rainy days from June to July and increased precipitation. During the rainy season (tsuyu) in Tokyo and Kyoto, and in most parts of Japan, it tends to get hot and humid. The humidity can be quite uncomfortable at this time of year. However, in Hokkaido there's no rainy season. Humidity is not an issue and the climate is refreshing and comfortable.
3. The best time to see the lavender in Furano is early to late July!
The summer in Hokkaido is short, and many flowers bloom all together between June and August. You can see the lavender fields in Furano all stretched out from the beginning through to the end of July. In Biei the flower patchwork rows bloom one after the other from June onwards. It's a truly awesome sight! There are plenty of seasonal vegetables and fruits available, so this is a great time of year for sightseeing.
What to watch out for in summer: Flowers, Fish & Events
◆ Summer blooming flowers: Lilac (June), fly honeysuckle (June), begonia (June/July), lavender (July), roses (July and August), marigolds (July and August), sunflowers (August).
◆ Seasonal fish: tokishirazu (summer-catch salmon) (June), hokke (Okhotsk mackerel) (June onwards), surumeika (Japanese squid) (June onwards), sea urchin (June - August).
◆ Seasonal fruit and vegetables: White asparagus (June), asparagus (June/July), corn (July/August), yubari melon (June to August), potatoes (August/September)
◆ Summer event: Otaru Tide Festival
Date: July 27 (Fri), 28 (Sat), 29 (Sunday)
Venue: Otaru port around Wharf No. 3 (Firework display)
Access: 10 minutes' walk from Otaru Station (JR Hakodate main line)
What's summer like in Hokkaido (June - August)? Average Temperature and Precipitation
What clothes should I pack for Summer in Hokkaido (June - August)?
June: Average temperature in Sapporo 16.7℃; maximum temperature 21.5℃; minimum temperature 12.9℃.
It can be chilly in the mornings and evenings even in June, so it's a good idea to have some warm outerwear like a fleece or cardigan.
July: Average temperature in Sapporo 20.5℃; maximum temperature 24.9℃; minimum temperature 17.3℃.
It's pleasantly cool, but the temperature can still get over 30 degrees on some days. Make sure you protect yourself against the sun with a hat and sunglasses. Sunscreen is also essential.
August: Average temperature in Sapporo 22.3℃; maximum temperature 26.4℃; minimum temperature 19.1℃.
Rainfall picks up again in the fall - keep a foldable umbrella handy for days when you get sun and showers. Sunscreen is essential as the sunlight can be very strong.
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*Unless stated otherwise, all prices include tax.
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5 Insanely Addictive Hokkaido Ramen Dishes: What You Need to Know Before Ordering!
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Exploring Sapporo's Winter Olympics History
Hokkaido Summer Guide: Best 6 Lavender Fields of Furano! (Farm Tomita & More!)
6 Surprisingly Cheap Things in Japan
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