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I recently purchased a course called "PHP Package Development" by @marcelpociot. The course was really good. If you are interested in package development for Laravel apps, I highly recommend it. After completing the course I decided to take a stab at developing a package. It took me about 4 hours to build the package and upload […]
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Speed Up Your PHPUnit Tests – Disable Xdebug
I recently noticed that my PHPUnit tests were running kind of slow which prompted me to start looking into how to speed them up. After some digging, I discovered that Xdebug can have a major impact on the speed of your phpunit tests. But, if you're like me, you can't live without a full debugging […]
Custom Collections – Laravel 5.3
I've been working on an application lately that is heavily dependent on data from a 3rd party API. To make matters more complicated the API terms of use don't allow my app to store any of the data locally for periods longer than 48 hours. Apart from the API data, I also have a MySQL […]
Testing Laravel In PhpStorm Is Awesome
I'm starting to feel the need for a good test suite now that my codebase is growing larger. I started testing using PHPUnit in the terminal which is fine. However, PhpStorm can make this process much MUCH better!
Quickernotes – SOAP notes for MINDBODY
It's finally ready for the big time. I have worked on Quickernotes for about a year now. I initially built it for my offices. After seeing how much the doctors liked using it, and how fast it was I decided to make it available for sale as an add-on to MINDBODY systems.
SOAP Notes For MindBodyOnline Anyone?
Finally a way to document client encounters that works with Mindbodyonline! I'm excited to announce that the application I've been working on for the past few months is ready to have a few users sign up so I can test it. Check it out at QuickerNotes.com!
Listen 360 WordPress Plugin
I have created a plugin for the Listen 360 Platform that displays your reviews on a WordPress site or blog. It has some nice styling and it is really easy to setup. You simply enter your API key and URL that you can find once you sign up with Listen 360, select how many reviews […]


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This current season; fashion gone beyond sophistication, classiness and simplicity! Fashion designers are presenting the most stylish items and fashion bloggers are showing us how to wear them in high style.
In this collection I'm presenting the most stylish fall and winter pieces and showing you how to wear them the right way. They are just some ideas on how to wear them but each item you can wear it in many different ways. Pick some ideas and get ready for the new season.
Sweaters and cardigans are must have items in our fall and winter wardrobe; you can wear them each day in many different styles. As well layering your sweater is very easy; you can wear a simple shirt, above it your favorite sweater, then put a nice plaid scarf around your neck to complete your layering style.
Warm colors such as maroon, cognac, tan, grey, and green and very popular; you can wear them the whole season and you will be ready to do all your tasks in practical and chic style.
Ponchos and capes are still on trend this season too and they are must items to keep us warm in the cold winter days. Enjoy the mixing and matching and pick some ideas.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Are the contract notices on lppsourcing.org LPP contract notices, or notices which have been validated by LPP?
No. Lppsourcing.org is an online eSourcing facility provided by LPP for our members to use to publish their own business opportunities. Full contact details and contract ownership details are provided with each listing on the eSourcing portal. Only those notices which specify LPP as the contract owner are LPP contracts.
Yes. We were set up (and are funded by) our NHS members to help the NHS use its buying power to better support patient care. We are all NHS employees (with the exception of any interim staff we call on when we need extra support). We are currently hosted by but are independent of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
You can, but we ask you to follow strict guidelines around the use of the NHS name, logo, and wording. For example, we do not 'appoint' or 'approve' suppliers as that is not our role. We 'award' a place on a framework when a supplier has successfully met the framework criteria. If you are on a framework, please contact the relevant team to discuss your plans as these must be approved by LPP before you undertake any promotion. You can find the relevant team's contact details on our website.
There is no fee to become a supplier on a framework. Please see our website to find out how to become a supplier to the NHS.
Yes but we do not provide this information externally as it would be a breach of the Data Protection Act.
When appropriate, we offer apprenticeships through the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Education and Development Team.
Yes, when a particular piece of work requires additional support. Generally we use agency partners on the CCS Non-medical Non-clinical Framework.
Some frameworks include the payment of Activity Based Income by suppliers. This is an amount based on an individual Trust's use of that framework, and is paid back to that particular Trust as a reduction in their membership fee.
Our member organisations can view their own uptake of LPP frameworks. We do not publish this information more widely.
Suppliers who are on our frameworks have been successful in bidding for work following the publication of a contract notice. This notice will have specified what the requirements are from suppliers for a particular service or product, and will have specified the full procurement process which must be followed for every public sector procurement. You can find out more about becoming a supplier to the NHS in the Suppliers section of our website.
Please send your question to 'firstname.lastname@example.com' and we will refer the question to the FOI team at our host trust, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Suppliers cannot join frameworks once they have gone live - use our Framework Search facility to see when current contracts end. To become a supplier on a new framework you need to respond successfully to a Contract Notice published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Where national frameworks are already in place, we decide whether to undertake a mini competition or negotiate rates with a single supplier. In line with EU legislation, all tenders for suppliers and services above £113,000 are advertised in the Supplement to OJEU. These adverts enable you to express an interest in bidding. You can find out more in the Suppliers section of the LPP website.
You can also apply to join one of our Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS). A DPS remains open to new suppliers throughout the period of the agreement. This enables suppliers who may not be able to meet the selection criteria at the time a DPS is first established to reveiw their processes, finances and capabilities and apply for acceptance onto the DPS at a later stage.
The NHS hubs were set up at different times and under differing circumstances, but all have the ultimate objective of helping the NHS to improve its procurement. Each hub has its own governance and fee structure. LPP is a membership body with a steering board and charges an annual membership fee. Other organisations use different funding methods, including charging access fees for the use of particular framework agreements. There are commercial hubs which are not part of the NHS. Unlike those commercial organisations, LPP and the NHS hubs are not profit making bodies and do not have to pay dividends to private shareholders.
LPP is a membership organisation. Members pay an annual fee to join us. In addition some funding comes from providing consultancy and project support to NHS organisations.
Please contact our Interim Director of Marketing & Communicaitons Mari Firbank firstname.lastname@example.com and LPP will discuss your needs, confirm which of our framework agreements would be accessible by your organisation, establish which of our added value services you would wish to use, and provide you with an estimate of your annual fee.
Our charging structure is set by our steering board each year. Fees are based on a combination of a Trust's turnover in the previous full financial year, its location and whether or not the Trust can access all or some of our frameworks – as a few are just for the London region. This is changing over time and eventually none of our frameworks should be limited to the London region.
LPP encourages SMEs to tender for NHS business where appropriate. You can find out more about becoming a supplier to the NHS in the Suppliers section of our website.
If you were not awarded a place on the National Collaborative Framework for the supply of Nursing and Nursing related staff which went live in May 2014, you cannot now join the framework - this is restricted by law, not something which LPP decides itself. To become a supplier on a new framework you need to respond successfully to a Contract Notice published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). Use our Framework Search facility to see when current contracts end, as this will give you an indication of when new tenders will be published, and visit our Suppliers page for links to where those new tenders are published.
LPP has helped its members to save £1.2bn since we started in 2006. You can read more about our achievements on our website.
This information is available to our members if they log in to view the secure areas of our site and use the Pipeline Search function. Any framework agreements ready to go out to tender will be published on TED and our website. Non-member NHS organisations which would like to find out more about our future plans can contact us for information.
For information on Dynamic Purchasing Systems (such as our Minor Works and Language Services Dynamic Purchasing Systems), which allow qualified suppliers to join at any point during the life of the DPS, please visit http://www.lpp.nhs.uk/for-suppliers/what-is-a-dynamic-purchasing-system/
A framework agreement is an agreement or other arrangement between one or more buying authorities and one or more suppliers which establishes the terms (in particular the terms as to price and, where appropriate, quantity) under which the supplier will enter into one or more contracts with the contracting authority in the period during which the framework agreement applies (normally a maximum of four years). The NHS procurement process is subject to strict rules laid down by the EU, and you can find out more in this Office of Government Commerce Guidance on Framework Agreements in the Procurement Regulations.
Once an agreement has gone live, no new suppliers can be added to the framework. Would-be suppliers must wait for tenders for new frameworks to be published - find out more in the Suppliers section of our website.
LPP supports our member trusts' procurement teams to get the best value from their purchasing. You can find out more about how we do that in the About Us section on our website.
LPP is working with the other NHS hubs to collaborate more widely, helping the NHS to cut down on duplication in procurement activities, and to bring greater benefits to all our hub members at no additional cost. Examples are the NHS CPP National Clinical Staffing Framework and the NHS Total Orthopaedic Solutions framework agreement.
When we identify new requirements for our NHS members, we are obliged to follow the formal procurement process under EU legislation. Tender opportunities are advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). It is only by responding to a contract notice in the OJEU that you can tender to become a supplier on one of LPP's framework agreements. Find out more including links to Tenders Electonic Daily in the Suppliers area of our website.
ROI varies between Trusts depending on a variety of factors including how many or which initiatives they have implemented. ROI usually averages in excess of 10:1.
Please use the framework search facility on our website, as that provides the start and finish dates for current framework agreements.
There are a number of ways to find opportunities to tender for government and public sector business. Visit the Suppliers section of our website for information and useful links.
We advertise our vacancies through the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust recruitment team. You can find out more in the Work for Us section of our website.
We are hosted by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, we are not a stand alone NHS organisation. As a result, our finances form part of the financial reports produced by Guy's. These are reported to our steering board at each meeting.
You can find out about our category areas in the Categories section of our website. In addition, we provide project and consultancy support which offers additional areas of experties. More about our Consultancy and Project support is available here.
You can find a list of our current members on our website here.
LPP members, led by our steering board, set our targets and agree our programme of work each year. You can find out more in the Structure and Governance section on our website. If you are a member you can influence our work by joining our category and stakeholder boards.


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Belize's Barrier Reef, the Second-Longest in the World
Here, the Caribbean coast of Central America is visible, including (from top left to bottom right) the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Belize, eastern Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and western Costa Rica.
The Pacific Ocean lies to the southwest (bottom) and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast (top).
In the Caribbean, off the coast of Belize, Ambergris Caye can be seen. The country's largest island, it is mostly a ring of white sand beach around mangrove swamp in the centre.
A Barrier Reef lies about half a mile off the winward side of the island. Flanking much of Belize's 386 kilometres (240 mi) of predominantly marshy coastline, it is the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere and the second longest in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia).
To the east of the Barrier Reef are three separate atoll reefs. There is also a fourth atoll reef, just to the north in Mexican waters. The three Belize atoll reefs are formed on two tiers of submarine ridges separated by deep marine trenches.
Inside the reef the water is shallow, with a blue tinge; outside the reef the water is deep and from the air shows a dark royal blue. On very clear days the reef appears as a narrow yellow line dividing the two shades of blue.


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Each season, a selection of our films will be caption subtitled. Caption subtitling is a service that makes our film programme accessible to our Deaf/deaf and hearing-impaired customers by displaying additional auditory information on the screen.
Caption subtitled screenings will have a transcription of the film's dialogue (in English) and a description of the sound in the film along the bottom of the screen.


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The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, Inc., a newly organized 501c3 non profit Texas Corporation, entered into an agreement with the City Of Plano to operate the Interurban Railway Station Depot Museum. This unique museum is focused on the Electric Railway System which operated in North Texas from 1908-1948.
The museum houses artifacts and displays from that system. In addition a one of a kind combination passenger/railroad postal car is displayed on the property. The old depot, which houses the museum was built in 1908, is an historic landmark.
The Museum is centrally located in the old downtown historic area of Plano. Children enjoy the atmosphere and adults appreciate the rare old photos and displays. The hours are 10-2 Monday-Friday and 1-5 on Saturday. Admission is free but all donations are greatly appreciated.
Groups and tours are welcome but advance scheduling is recommended. For information please call (972) 941-2117.
Children enjoy the museum and adults appreciate the old photographs and displays. This a hidden jewel and a must to see.
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PLANO CONSERVANCY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION,INC.operates the facility. The Plano Conservancy is new with board members, of which are involved in historic preservation and other community and outreach programs.
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A year or so ago I had a play with the Samsung NX10 and was unimpressed. Sure it had a sensor that most full-on DSLRs would be proud of, but it just didn't wow me. DPReview called it "a good start".
Now, Samsung have released the NX100. On paper it seems incredibly similar to the NX10. The same APS-C sensor, the same lens mount, similar size. But the difference feels like f2 compared to f22. The NX100 loses a built-in flash compared to the NX10, but overall it's faster, easier to use, nicer to look at, and just lovely.
I really only had a few days to play with it, but it takes nice shots and the range of tweaks and functions would suit most pro-am photographers. The i-Function lens is a neat addition: press the iFn button on the lens, and the focus ring becomes a control that you can use to dial in changes to shutter, aperture, exposure, and other camera settings. Heaps easier than fiddly buttons on the back of the camera.
You can get i-Function lenses as a 20mm f2.8 prime, or a 20-50mm utility lens. The NX100 also fits all of the existing NX mount lenses if you have any.
RRP is a spendy $1,099, but if you want something more compact than a DSLR with many of the same qualities, it could be a good fit.
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About Us
We provide affordable excellence in maritime security – appropriate protection; minimum fuss; optimum service.
PVI is focussed on the efficient delivery of high quality, cost effective security solutions for the maritime community. We were an early mover and pioneer of embarked armed guards to support the anti-piracy effort. We invest in our well-maintained logistic infrastructure to enhance customers' business continuity through the protection of their assets and people. We have a long track record of service to a well-established client base but we remain an agile, customer-focussed team providing solutions to security challenges in the maritime environment as they evolve.
Our parent company, PGI, is a leader in cyber security solutions as well as providing geopolitical risk consultancy, corporate intelligence services and an array of security training.


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Blatter's coffee blend is a very mild mixture. I pride myself on my knowledge, selection and consumption of good quality Colombian dark-roast coffees and I can tell you that the flavoring in this baccy is far from even being decent quality. Too moist, as usual, and if not let to air it will produce a lot of goop and gurgle..smoke will be predominantly steam with the addition of tongue sting.
The pouch aroma is slightly cheap "Maxwell House"-like coffee scent....Yuck!
I was disappointed with this blend. I was hoping for a more robust, quality colombian dark-roast coffee aroma and flavor.
Once allowed dry time it packs nicely and lights easily. Lots of white billowing smoke. Virtually tasteless and the room note is just barely, and I emphasize barely, coffee aroma.
If you like a very mild neutral smoke that won't burn the tongue if drawn slowly and allowed to dry, then try this.
I, on the other hand have found a better use for this baccy. I mix 50g of this with 50g of Captain Black and 200g of Blatter Executive (Lane's 1Q). The result is a wonderful tasty (ever so slightly sweet)cappucino smoke with a pleasant, light room aroma.
This custom blend I could, and sometimes do, smoke all day long when I don't feel like hitting the Balkan or English in my stock.
On its own, I wouldn't give it the time of day, but as part of my custom blend its superb!
You will have to decide for yourself on this one.
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November 30, 2007
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Minitab, LLC., announced today that customers of Minitab Statistical Software, the company's flagship product used to analyze data in virtually every major Six Sigma quality improvement initiative worldwide, dominated the list of winners of two recent quality awards.
Three such companies received the prestigious 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Established in 1987 and presented annually by the President of the United States, the Baldrige Award is the top honor a U.S. company can receive for quality achievement and organizational performance excellence.
Virtually all the companies honored at the Global Six Sigma Summit & Industry Awards held in Las Vegas in October use Minitab Statistical Software to increase profits and raise the standard of goods and services they offer.
As the leading provider of software and services for quality improvement, Minitab proudly congratulates the following companies and is honored to provide the data analysis package they use to achieve success.
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Winners
PRO-TEC Coating Co., an industry leader in advanced high-strength steel coating, received the Baldrige Award for small business. In an industry that has been undergoing widespread bankruptcies and consolidations, PRO-TEC's quality improvement programs have helped its profits double over the past five years.
Sharp HealthCare, a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system based in San Diego, received the Baldrige Award for health care. The economic value of community benefits Sharp provides has increased during the period 2001-2006 from approximately $100 million to approximately $180 million.
The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, the research and development center for armaments used by the U.S. Army and other organizations, received the Baldrige Award for nonprofit organizations. ARDEC, the first Department of Defense organization to receive the award, implemented a comprehensive performance culture over the past 15 years, resulting in reduced defects and enhanced customer satisfaction.
Global Six Sigma Summit and Industry Award Winners
Texas-based Valley Baptist Health System garnered three Global Six Sigma Summit and Industry Awards —the highest number ever collected. In addition to receiving both the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Healthcare and the Platinum Award for the overall most outstanding achievement through Six Sigma, Valley Baptist's Dr. Tomas A. Gonzalez received the Six Sigma Vice President of the Year honor for leading the system's Six Sigma initiative. His initiatives helped Valley Baptist reduce patient death from heart failure by 50 percent, complications from surgery by 77 percent and readmission rates by12 percent.
ATMI received the Best Achievement of Design for Six Sigma and Innovation for using the methodology to produce world-class semiconductors and achieve major cost savings.
Lonmin Plc, the world's third largest producer of platinum, received the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Manufacturing for completing 125 projects, saving $78 million in two years.
BMO Financial Group received both the Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma and the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Financial Services awards for a deployment aimed at improving customer service, which has delivered $7.9 million in annual savings.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation received the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Service & Transactional Environments for developing an integrated approach to administering new clients, speeding up workflow status, and improving customer experience.
WNS Global Services Ltd received the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Outsourcing for an effort that has so far involved 292 Six Sigma projects and 71 Lean projects, generating $10 million in savings.
Unisys received the Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Sales and Marketing for using the methodology to significantly expand the company's high quality sales pipeline.
About Minitab, LLC.
Minitab, LLC. is one of the world's leading developers of statistical analysis and process improvement software for academic and commercial users.
Minitab Statistical Software is the preferred package for businesses of all sizes and is used in more than 80 countries by thousands of distinguished companies, including Toshiba, 3M, Honeywell International, Wachovia, DuPont, Samsung and leading Six Sigma consultants. It has been used to implement virtually every major Six Sigma quality improvement initiative, and to teach statistics in over 4,000 colleges and universities worldwide.
Quality Companion by Minitab is the package professionals use to plan and execute Six Sigma projects in companies around the world, including Xerox, ITT Industries, Providence Health System, Nissan North America, and LexisNexis.
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Why Prohibition Failed Prohibition: Help or Harm? Prohibition damaged America Imagine this"æ It's 12:30 am in a dark New York City street during the 1920s. Everything is silent. Then a man walks around to the back of an old saloon, closed due to Prohibition. He knocks three times on the back door then mutters the words " Joe sent me"ÃÂ. The door opens to the sound of ragtime music and people singing. The door shuts and it is silent again"æ That was an example of just on of the 100,000 "speak-easies"àthat was open in New York City at the time.
"Speak-easies"ÃÂ were basically back door bars. Speak-easies were opened because the Volstead Act made the distribution of any intoxicating drink illegal. By 1925 (only about 5 years after Prohibition began) there were over 100,000 speak-easies opened in New York City alone. One of many speak-easies still stands. Today it is called the "21 Club"ÃÂ.
Which is located 21 West 52nd Street. Where they will give a tour of the old speak-easy which is still intact.
One reason why so many Speak-easies were allowed opened was because of the lack of enforcement. There were not enough federal agents or police to prevent liquor from entering the country. With only 1,550 federal agents and the east coastline and the Canadian-American borderline it's no wonder that they managed to impound 5% of smuggled liquor. Also the illegal liquor business came to the control of the mob, which overpowered most police. Not only that but also most bootleggers (people who made their own liquor) bribed federal agents, police, or anyone else who was trying to enforce the Prohibition law.
You see most Prohibitionists hoped that Prohibition would decrease drunken ness and the crime rate. Well at first the crime rate did have a...


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Latacunga and around
Some 20km south of the turn-off to Cotopaxi, LATACUNGA (2800m) is a charming, mid-sized market town huddled on the east bank of the Río Cutuchi. With its handsome, colonial-style buildings and bustling streets, it makes an agreeable base from which to organize forays into this part of the sierra, in particular to the not-to-miss crater lake at Quilotoa, or to the hectic indigenous market in nearby Saquisilí. It also makes an alternative launchpad for trips to Cotopaxi, well catered for by the town's tour operators. If your visit coincides with either of the town's two famous and colourful Mama Negra fiestas, one on September 24 and the other on the weekend before November 11, you'll be treated to a riotous display of parades and street dancing. Otherwise, Latacunga's charms are a good deal more sedate, and can be enjoyed in an afternoon's wander around town.
Despite its colonial look, most of Latacunga's architecture dates from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century – a fact owed to Cotopaxi's repeated and devastating eruptions, which have seen the town destroyed and rebuilt five times since its foundaiton in 1534, most recently in 1877. The focal point of town is the Parque Vicente León, a leafy square enclosed by iron railings that is locked after dark. A cathedral, with whitewashed walls both inside and out, dominates the south side, while the austere municipio flanks the east side. A couple of blocks north the twin-towered Iglesia Santo Domingo is the most impressive of the town's churches, with its Grecian pillars and extravagantly painted interior covered with swirling blue, green and gold designs. Right in front of it, on the little Plazoleta de Santo Domingo, you'll find a small artesanía market selling knitwear, shigras and other souvenirs (closed Thurs & Sun).
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OK. Here's the problem... I want my .NET application (in this case, TaskRunner) to open a new instance of the user's default browser and direct it to a URL. Sounds simple, right? Well of course not.... this is Microsoft we're talking about.
Now, this is the part where you offer your pointless suggestions and ask irrelevant questions and tell me how I'm being an idiot for ignoring the oh-so-obvious solution to this problem... ("Hey stupid... just use Process.Start and pass it the URL!!"). But notice that I said that I want to open a NEW instance of the user's browser. Unfortunately, if the user has Internet Explorer as their default browser, Process.Start (with a URL) will very often... not always, but sometimes (for reasons only known to Bill Gates himself) reuse an existing browser and direct it to the URL. So let's say you're sitting there replying to an email.... you've been up all night typing out some sappy love note to your girlfriend to try to get her to change her mind about dumping you... and you open TaskRunner's "WebSearch" app so you can search for snippets of crappy poety to include in your letter. Well, if IE is your default browser, then the WebSearch may very well commandeer the browser that you were using to compose that masterpiece of an email and direct you away from the work that you've spent hours pouring your heart into, thus erasing all that effort (and waste of emotion ).
Why, you ask? Because Process.Start(URL) does NOT always open a new instance of IE... but fortunately, I figured out how.... so you don't have to go through all the pain and emotional anguish of losing that email.
Now... here's where you probably have more bright ideas to challenge my methodology. "Hey dummy... IE has a setting in Advanced Internet Options called 'Reuse windows for launching shortcuts'... just uncheck that, and you'll be fine". To which I'd say... sorry chuckles... but that option is already unchecked (by default, in fact) and yet my problem still occurs. But even if unchecking that option did solve the problem, I'm not gonna ask my users to go into their IE options and change some settings just to get my program to work properly. That's lame.
So... here's where we're at. If I use Process.Start with a URL, it will open the default browser, BUT if the user has IE as the default, sometimes it will reuse an existing window (which is very annoying... in fact, I don't even use my own WebSearch tool because I hadn't fixed this issue yet). If I use Process.Start with a file path AND a URL, it will always open a new window, but I'd have to know where their default browser is... I can't just pass it "iexplorer.exe" and the URL. What if the user doesn't use IE? It'd be pretty silly for my app not to open web pages in their default browser. What we really need is to determine the default browser's file path and then user Process.Start with the path of their default browser and the URL. So... how do we do this.
Well, I stumbled onto something close here. Unfortunately, this solution involves using an API call (something which I am currently trying to wean TaskRunner off of). It also involves creating and cleaning up a temporary file on the user's drive, which I thought was a little much for what I was trying to do. The solution did work... but it was not optimal. Fortunately, someone later in the thread suggested an alternative... checking the registry (which is what TaskRunner does to determine your default Email App for the Email Monitor). Obviously, that thought had already crossed my mind, but I couldn't find a reliable registry key to get the info from. The .htm and .html keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT were no help, and the key that the person in that thread suggested was, in fact, not a reliable place to get it... HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command is usually not accurate.... at least... not on either of my machines at work. I did some testing and no matter what I set my default browser to, htmlfile always shows IE's path as the default. But I figured that the path had to exist somewhere... I mean... if FindExecutable (the API suggested above) could return the path properly, then it must be somewhere.... and that's when I found it... HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\http\shell\open\command. Seems pretty obvious, but honestly, I wasn't looking very hard for it before today.
So... now that we know where to find the path of the default browser, here's the code we need to open any URL, in a new window.
Sub OpenBrowser(ByVal sURL As String)
Dim sBrws As String
'Return the path used to access http from the registry
sBrws = LCase(My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey("http\shell\open\command", False).GetValue(Nothing))
'Trim the file path (removing everything after the ".exe") and get rid of quotation marks
sBrws = Replace(Left(sBrws, InStrRev(sBrws, ".exe") + 3), """", "")
'Open the URL using the path
Process.Start(sBrws, sURL)
'Add redundant attempts to open the URL, in case the code fails
'First just try using Process.Start, which will open the default browser, but might reuse IE's window
'If Process.Start fails (due to known bug), try launching IE directly and passing it the URL
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo("IExplore.exe", sURL)
psi = Nothing
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Could not launch the browser. Details: " & ex.Message)
End Try
End Try
End Try
End Sub
A couple things to note. I used the .NET 2.0 method of checking the registry (but I'm assuming that you know how to hit the registry if you're using .NET 1.1). Also, I added some redundancy in the Catch statement. First off, if for some crazy reason, the registry hit fails, you can just fall back on the "Process.Start(URL)" method (with all it's wonderful flaws). And there's a known bug with Process.Start(URL) (the details of which escape me at the moment, but I know there is one, because I added a catch for it in all my Process.Start(URL) instances), so if for some reason both the Process.Start(defaultpath, URL) and Process.Start(URL) attempts fail, it will try just opening the URL using IE... and finally, if that fails, it informs the user.
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Good work. Thanks for sharing your knowledge work in creating a new instance of default browser.
Just fyi, i don't believe this is accurate for Vista (nevermind that Vista is steaming pile of something bad and I would drop it like that pile if I could). I use Firefox on Vista, and the registry setting you've used above shows IE as my default browser, though the shell launches Firefox when I type in a URL. Isn't Microsoft fun...
It figures that Vista would screw this up. :oP
ah well... maybe I'll look into it again when I have the time.
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Hey there CNN and Hollywood, I've got a real mental health expert for you.
Why do Catholic lawmakers and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops endorse bills that permit violent abortion for babies supposedly conceived during rape and incest?
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I have over 30 years as a teacher, teaching every grade in the primary school as well as being a school principal/guidance counsellor and learning support teacher (literacy and numeracy), now working part time specialising in identifying and targeting skill deficits in literacy and numeracy.
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Robotics Business Review (RBR) unveiled its sixth annual RBR50 list, naming Seegrid as one of the most noteworthy companies in the global robotics industry for 2017. The global robotics industry is more competitive than ever, and new companies are emerging constantly. The RBR50 list outlines the companies that you should keep on your business radar. RBR50 members are the visionaries, trend setters, and companies to watch.
RBR50 companies are recognized based on their groundbreaking applications, market influence, and industry potential. The list represents many different levels and facets of the robotics ecosystem.
"For this year's list, our team had the daunting task of evaluating numerous competitive nominations. The RBR50 list for 2017 represents the cream of the crop of the world's most innovative, most influential, and most commercially successful robotics companies," said Eugene Demaitre, RBR senior editor.
"The robotics industry is a hotbed of innovation, and we are proud to be included among some of the top global companies making headway," said Seegrid CEO Jim Rock. "Seegrid offers flexible automation to optimize materials handling for distribution and manufacturing. Our solutions ensure our customers remain a step ahead with the power of robotics and enterprise intelligence."
This international compilation spans 10 countries and includes companies ranging from brand-new startups to the biggest robotics makers. The RBR50 list is dynamic, with robotics companies entering and leaving on an annual basis and thus creating a list that is indicative of where the global automation as a whole is headed.
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Following 21 years and 3 days since its original release at the Digital Symposium demo party on the 24th October 1992, I present my remake of the Jesus On E's demo audio I originally created 7,673 moons ago.
Recreated and sequenced from scratch using Ableton Live, the majority of sounds and samples have been re-sourced from the original (or better) sources and span some 80 channels of audio.
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My remix of Savlonic's Wandering Eye - It's my 3-year-old daughter, Lola's fault. There's only so many times you can play the original on repeat before you are infected with it.
"More broken eye song daddy"
Free to download. Not for commercial use without permission from Savlonic / Weeble's Stuff team.
The closing date for the competition is long gone, but that didn't stop me making my own mix of this awesome track. Hope you like it.
My 2nd shot at a Dubstep inspired track. Coining the term 'Spoonstep' for good measure - let me know what you think! :)
Updated 02-02-12: After listening to this in the car a bit over the last few months I've made some subtle changes to the mix.
Inspired by Darski and Mr Weebl I thought I'd have a go at making some Dubstep. This is the result!
Special thanks to Ben for providing a third and fourth ear.
This is my remix of an old Amiga mod called 'Dragon' by Chrome
I've started using Ableton Live to make tunes when I have time, and this track is the first attempt.
I think it's all sounding a lot tighter now and the production quality has increased significantly.
This is a step away from the norm too. It's good to try something new ;)
A collaborative tune; created by Spoon Wizard and Digital Dread - Spoon Wizard's first musical interest in the best part of 5 years!
This is the last track Neil and Graham ever did together before Neil moved to Australia. It's a fun tune with a great chorus that helped Neil vent some related frustration.
Now this is darker than night. Be prepared to cower behind furniture with fear as Spoon Wizard takes you on a trip through the deep dark catacombs of your mind.
Another pumping two-step breaks track, but this time it's on an eerie tip.


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16 Rue Jean Bologne, Paris, 75016
Aesop Passy, created by our in-house Design Department, marks our first foray into the city's west—an area once blanketed with farms, vineyards and stone quarries. The location prompted a design that acknowledged the neighbourhood's rich history and its surrounding landscape.
The interior stands in contrast to the busy street, with a calming atmosphere intended to invite extended stays; it features extensive use of stone, marble and metal. A mosaic floor of blue and grey stone, salvaged from a worksite in Normandy, complements walls of distinctly blue-green Esmerelda. A relic of 1970s Italy, the point-of-sale's solid timber trim lends the space warmth and contrast.
Lacquered metal shelving units finished with marble line the walls. Their latticed formation lends ordered geometry, which is offset by the subtle curve of the sales counter and the detailing of a Murano glass chandelier. A 300-kilogram travertine sink with matte nickel plumbing extends from the right wall—an unpolished element that references Passy's geologically significant roots.
'Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.'


text: TGI Fridays, a casual dining restaurant, is known for its Mexican and American offerings along with a variety of boozes that will keep you blazed for the night. It is a purely western set up and boasts of its lively and happening atmosphere. The menu has a lot to choose from and will surely satiate your hunger pangs. Some dished that are a must-have are 'Chimichurri Chicken Wings' - a Brazil inspired delicacy, tender and crispy chicken wings coated with fresh garlic and herbs chimichurri sauce served with their signature ranch dressing and grilled lemon and their hefty burgers like 'Jack Daniels Chicken Burger' - grilled chicken basted with Jack Daniels glaze and topped with bacon, cheese, Cajun-spiced fried onions, roasted garlic aioli and cracked bell pepper, it is a wholesome treat for meat lovers as it is layered with different kinds of meat. Not to forget their Handcrafted Cocktails like 'ENLIITENMENT'- an ultra-smooth blend of iced tea with Grey Goose Vodka, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Bacardi Rum and Triple Sec topped with fresh lime and coca-cola.


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In just a shade over a week we're heading off to the land of apple wine, thai food and cars that run on a strange concoction called "diesel." We're not quite sure what this odd, smelly substance is, but some say it's made from prunes, horse lard and the milk of a forgotten mammal elders say looked like Ernest Borgnine. There, in Frankfurt, many cars use this substance for fuel, and some even go fast. That is the aim of Mercedes tuner Brabus, which announced a new chip (sorry, auxiliary control unit with integrated injector drive module) that boosts power of the Merc 220 CDI from 168 hp to 217 hp. Perhaps more important, it extends torque from 295 lb-ft to a bulldozing 354 lb-ft. The dealer-installed D3 S kit also reduces zero-to-60 time from 8.8 seconds to a 7.8 seconds, comparable with, say, a 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS. We can't wait to hear more about this.
Press Release:
50 PS (49 hp) / 36.8 kW more Power and an Extra 80 Nm (59 lb-ft) of Torque with BRABUS D3 S POWER XTRA
An increase in maximum power output from standard 170 PS (168 hp) / 125 kW to 220 PS (217 hp) / 162 kW, a jump in torque from 400 Nm to 480 Nm (295 to 354 lb-ft), combined with maximum environmental friendliness in accordance with Euro IV emission limits, and all that backed by the one-of-a-kind BRABUS Tuning Warranty® of three years, up to 100,000 kilometers (see BRABUS warranty conditions): For the new Mercedes-Benz C 220 CDI BRABUS presents the new BRABUS POWER XTRA D3 S power kit.
The processor-controlled BRABUS auxiliary control unit with integrated injector drive module comes with a ready-to-connect wire harness and detailed installation instructions. It can be installed quickly and easily by any authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer. The BRABUS POWER XTRA D3 S tuning kit works flawlessly in conjunction with the standard particulate filter of the C 220 CDI and increases maximum power output by 50 PS (49 hp) / 36.8 kW and peak torque by 80 Nm (59 lb-ft). Despite the increased performance emissions of the turbodiesel engine remain on the low level of the production car: Even with BRABUS performance tuning the car meets stringent EURO IV emission standards.
The added powerful of the tuned diesel engine is noticeable in every traffic situation: The increase in torque gives the C 220 CDI superior pulling power even at low engine speeds, making passing maneuvers shorter and safer.
Vehicle performance speaks for itself: With a sprint time from 0 - 100 km/h (62 mph) of 7.8 seconds the C 220 CDI with BRABUS D3 S performance kit takes almost a full second less than the production car. The top speed of 239 km/h (149 mph) exceeds that of the production model by 10 km/h (6 mph).
The fully stainless-steel BRABUS quad sport exhaust for the Mercedes C 220 CDI looks great and gives the car a more powerful exhaust note.
In addition to performance tuning BRABUS offers an extensive customization program for the new Mercedes C-Class. The product range includes a sporty yet elegantly shaped aerodynamic-enhancement kit, sporty suspension modifications from a simple lowering kit to a complete sports suspension, high-performance brake systems as well as exclusive interior accessories including handcrafted fully leather interiors made from only the very best materials with utmost precision and loving attention to detail.


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Stone Sour Share Third Hydrograd Single, Taipei Person / Allah Tea
With the release of Hydrograd quickly approaching on June 30, Stone Sour have shared the third new track, "Taipei Person / Allah Tea," off the forthcoming album. It's been a minute since the previous two songs were released together back in April, so this new track came highly anticipated. Listen below!
Stone Sour will be supporting Korn's tour this summer just before the album drops, starting June 16 in Salt Lake City, UT and ending August 2 in Cleveland, OH.
Hydrograd track list:
1. Ysif
2. Taipei Person / Allah Tea
3. Knievel Has Landed
4. Hydrograd
5. Song #3
6. Fabuless
7. The Witness Trees
8. Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb & So Am I)
9. Thank God It's Over
10. St. Marie
11. Mercy
12. Whiplash Pants
13. Friday Knights
14. Somebody Stole My Eyes
15. When the Fever Broke


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Raduga Grez Vase Arch Stacker
PREORDER - WILL SHIP LATE OCTOBER/EARLY NOVEMBER (This includes extra precautionary time in case of Covid related delays.) *Please be aware pre-orders will not be cancelled or refunded so please take this into consideration when you place your order.*
Details: Inspired by nature. Toys made as art. This handmade stacker can be arches, bridges, tunnels, caves and homes. Perfect for learning and small world play!
Dimensions: 15.5 x 9 x 4 cm
Materials & Safety: Hardwood lime wood, non-toxic water-based wood stain. No lacquer. CE certified. The shades may differ from the shades on the screen. Tree-specific spots or streaks of wood are possible.
Recommended Age: 2 years old +
Origin: Russia
Brand: Raduga Grez is a third generation family run company that designs and produces heirloom quality handmade toys. They are located in Russia in a small mountain village and their toys are inspired by the forest, sea, sky, sun, animals and world around them. All toys are ethically handcrafted out of natural and eco-friendly materials that are safe for children and the environment. They use high quality, safe and durable materials like lime and beech wood and water-based paint without lacquer.


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How to Repair a Side-Lever Kitchen Faucet
When your kitchen faucet has a lever mounted on the side of the spout or one mounted to the side of the spout on the faucet base, its valve mechanism is probably a ceramic disk. These types of valves rarely leak, and when they do, the problem is usually worn washers or gaskets. When your faucet has two levers mounted on the side of the spout, the valves are still probably ceramic disks, and the repair strategy is the same. You must remove each valve to access the rubber parts underneath and replace them if necessary.
Turn off the shut-off valves under the sink before you begin. Open the faucet to let out water and relieve pressure.
Remove the handle. You may have to pry off a cap with a flat-head screwdriver to access the Phillips screw holding it. You can then remove the handle with a Phillips screwdriver. If you don't see a cap, look for an Allen screw under the lever and loosen it with an Allen wrench.
Unscrew the collar around the valve, if there is one, with adjustable pliers. Wrap a rag around the collar before you grip it with the pliers to avoid damaging the faucet.
Loosen and remove the screws holding the cartridge with a Phillips screwdriver. Grip the valve stem with the pliers and pull out the cartridge. Turn it over, pull off any washers you find and replace them with new ones.
Look inside the valve seat. You may see a rubber washer fitted around each water inlet hole. Pull it out with needle-nose pliers or, if pliers don't fit, pry it out with a flat-head screwdriver.
Insert a replacement washer for each one you remove. When you done that, insert the cartridge back into the valve seat. You will probably have to align grooves on the cartridge with notches on the valve seat to ensure that cartridge is in the proper orientation.
Replace the cartridge screws, screw the collar back on and replace the handle. Turn on the water and test the faucet.
- Be sure to turn the water off before you loosen the cartridge screws. If you forget, you may be scalded by hot water.
- If the faucet continues to leak, the cartridge is probably faulty. This doesn't happen very often, but when it does, the only option is to replace the cartridge.
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Abbas Mustaan's Race starring Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy and Bipasha Basu in the lead is perhaps one of the biggest films coming from the director duo's stable.
Touted to be an edge of the seat thriller, Race is likely to take the box office by storm when it releases. Pritam, fresh with the success of Life In A Metro and Jab We Met , has another winner on his hand with Race.
The title track of Race is an adrenaline packed song with the electronic guitar in the background supplementing the song perfectly. The inital beats have a James Bond like similarity to them and get the pace right for the rest of the song. Sunidhi Chauhan gets the club feel into the song with her spunky voice and Neeraj compliments her well.
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At the January Delegates meeting of the County Association , the Executive and Delegates were surprised and delighted to witness the presentation of £403 from Worcester Golf and Country Club to the County for the development of our junior girls.
The proceeds from their annual bridge drive have traditionally been shared between the Lady Captain's Charity and the Development fund for County Girls. This was a particularly magnificent effort for which the W&H County is most grateful.
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Important Current Affairs 17th December 2015 with PDF
Testbook | Updated: Dec 18, 2015 19:48 IST
Here is an update with all the daily Current affairs 17th December 2015. You can now download the PDF for the important current affairs 17th December 2015 pdf capsule as well.
Mumbai Central to Get Free Wi-Fi
- As per the agreement, Google with the telecom wing of the Indian Railway, RailTel, will provide WiFi facilities.
- The facilities will be extended to 400 stations in the country.
- By January 2016, Mumbai Central will be the first station to get this WiFi service.
- Another 100 stations will be provided with free wi-fi by December 2016.
Garwood Award for 'Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation' Presented to President Mukherjee
- President Pranab Mukherjee recently received the Garwood Award.
- The Award was for 'Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation'.
- It was presented by UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business.
- It recognizes individuals who have encouraged open innovation in a significant way.
- The President undertook several initiatives to promote innovation during his tenure.
- This includes hosting and gathering global innovators at the first-ever Global Roundtable on the Inclusive Innovations at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- He also organized the first Festival of Innovation at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Adoption of New Delhi Declaration 2015
- The Regional Conference on 'The Use of Money in Politics and Its Effects on People's Representation' took place at New Delhi.
- It was jointly organized by the Election Commission of India, International IDEA & India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM).
- 'New Delhi Declaration 2015' on Political Finance Regulation in South Asia was adopted at the end of the conference.
- It aims to strengthen the regulation of political finance across the South Asian region and to create level playing among all political parties.
India Ranks 97th on Forbes' Best Countries for Business List
- India is ranked at 97th place among 144 other countries for Business.
- This is according to Forbes' annual list of best countries for business in 2015.
- India scored poorly on metrics like trade, monetary freedom and tackling challenges like corruption and violence.
- However, it has indicated positive moderate growth rate of India pertaining to the young population, healthy savings and investment rates, and increasing integration into the global economy.
- Denmark topped the list.
PM Modi to Inaugurate Make in India Week on Feb 13
- PM Modi will inaugurate 'Make in India Week' on February 13th.
- The Week will be flagged off in Mumbai.
- The government expects participation of over 1,000 companies and delegates from over 60 countries in this event.
- The aim of the event is to attract more FDI in India.
- The theme of the event will be innovation, design and sustainability.
Largest Practical Science Lesson in Delhi Enters Guinness Book
- The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged "largest practical science lesson" in Delhi.
- It was conducted by 2,000 school students as part of the recently-concluded India International Science Festival (IISF) at IIT-D.
- The existing record was set by a group of 1339 Irish students.
- The event was jointly organised by the ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences. It was organized in collaboration with an NGO Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) and the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC).
Rajasthan Govt to Launch Jal Swavalamban Yojana
- Rajasthan government will launch Jal Swavalamban Yojana next month.
- It is a self-reliance water scheme.
- The scheme aims to make better use of the accumulated water in local resources.
- The Scheme comes at an estimated budget of Rs 1500 crore.
Physicists Find Hint of Mysterious New Particle
- Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN discovered possibly a new fundamental particle in the world.
- These particles are a heavier version of the Higgs boson.
- It could also be a graviton.
- The discovery of the graviton could imply the existence of extra dimensions of space-time.
ISRO Launches 6 Singapore Satellites
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently sent six Singaporean satellites into orbit.
- It was achieved with the help of the PSLV-C29 rocket.
- With this launch, it also tested the fourth stage of its PSLV rocket.
- This test will help launch multiple satellites with a single rocket but in different orbits.
- India has launched a total of 57 foreign satellites for 20 countries so far.
NHRC Notice on Leak from Uranium Mine
- National Human Rights Commission recently took suo motu cognisance of reports about the leakage of radioactive and toxic waste from the country's oldest uranium mine.
- The mine lies at Jaduguda in Jharkhand.
- The study was conducted by a US based news agency.
- It highlights the effect of the radioactive leakage on people, livestock, rivers, forests and agricultural produce in the area.
India, Bangladesh Begin Land Survey
- India and Bangladesh started the land demarcation in 'adverse possession' in the disputed border region of Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal.
- They identified the disputed areas and agreed to complete the "ground demarcation" of the boundary in 2016.
- The process aims to end to a humanitarian crisis triggered in 1947.
- The crisis was due to erroneous omission of a police station in Jalpaiguri district by British lawyer Cyril John Radcliffe, while dividing the country.
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
- International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers is observed annually on December 17 by sex workers and their advocates.
- The Day sensitises people about the atrocities committed against sex workers worldwide.
- It aims to remove the social stigma and discrimination against sex workers.
- The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was founded by Dr. Annie Sprinkle and the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA in 2003.
- The red umbrella is an important symbol for sex worker rights.
- It is used for events held on December 17.
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From October 1 through May 31, fishing on the following waters is permitted under the following regulations only:
- Only artificial lures may be used.
- No trout may be in possession (catch and release only) while fishing these waters.
- No bait may be in possession while fishing these waters.
- Trout license required October 1-June 15.
Note: During the period of June 1 through September 30 restrictions 1. through 3. above will not apply and these waters are like any other designated stocked trout water.
|Accotink Creek
|Fairfax County
|That portion of stream from King Arthur Road downstream 3.1 miles to Route 620 (Braddock Road). Primary access is via the FCPA Wakefield Park facility off Braddock Road.
|Back Creek
|Bath County
|That portion of stream from the Rt. 600 Bridge just below the Virginia Power Back Creek Dam downstream 1.5 miles to the Rt. 600 Bridge at the lower boundary of the Virginia Power Recreational Area. Take Route 39 west from Warm Springs to Mountain Grove, then right on Route 600 for 6 miles.
|Big Moccasin Creek
|Scott County
|That portion of the stream from the VDOT foot bridge at the lower end of Gate City downstream to the Wadlow Gap Highway Bridge (Highway 58/421).
|Chestnut Creek
|Carroll County
|That portion of stream from the U.S. Rt. 58 Bridge downstream 11.4 miles to the confluence with the New River. The stream parallels the New River Trail State Park, and parking is available at state road crossings and at the trail head in Galax. In addition to the state park, many private landowners have made this program possible and anglers should be sure to respect adjoining private property.
|Hardware River
|Fluvanna County
|That portion of stream from the confluence with the James River upstream 3 miles to Muleshoe Bend as posted. This section is located within the Hardware River WMA, and is accessed by taking Route 6 east from Scottsville then turning right onto Route 611 to the Kidd's Mill Road parking area. To access the eastern portion of the WMA, continue east on Route 6 and turn right onto Route 646. Detailed maps and information on the Hardware River WMA can be found on this website.
|Holliday Creek
|Appomattox/Buckingham counties
|That portion of stream from the Rt. 640 crossing downstream 2.8 miles to a sign at the headwaters of Holliday Lake. This section is located completely within the Appomattox/Buckingham State Forest that can be accessed by taking Route 24 north out of Appomattox to Route 626. Anglers should turn onto Routes 640 or 614 to access a series of foot trails to the stream that have been developed by the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF). A State Forest Use Permit is required by the VDOF for anyone 16 years and older who fishes in one of Virginia's 19 State Forests; the Use Permit is available at authorized retailers who sell fishing licenses or online.
|Holmes Run
|Fairfax County
|That portion of stream from the Lake Barcroft Dam downstream 1.2 miles to a sign posted at the Alexandria City line. A fairly good trail follows (and sometimes crosses) the stream from the parking lot off Columbia Pike (Route 244).
|Indian Creek
|Lee County
|That portion of stream within the boundaries of Wilderness Road State Park. The stream can be accessed from Route 58.
|Middle Fork of Powell River
|Wise County
|That portion of stream from the trestle bridge just downstream of the Town of Appalachia to the trestle bridge just upstream of the Town of Big Stone Gap. This stream reach parallels Business Route 23.
|North Fork of Pound and Pound rivers
|Wise County
|That portion of the streams from the base of North Fork of Pound Dam downstream to the confluence with Indian Creek. Access is available at the North Fork of Pound Dam and at parking lots within the town of Pound.
|North River
|Augusta County
|That portion of stream from the base of Elkhorn Dam downstream 1.5 miles to a sign posted at the head of Staunton City Reservoir. This is a remote section of stream that can only be reached by foot trail. Access is available by parking at Elkhorn Lake and following the trail along the lake to the spillway.
|Passage Creek
|Warren County
|That portion of stream from the Shenandoah/Warren County line downstream approximately 1 mile through the Department's Front Royal Fish Hatchery. This section is immediately downstream of the area that has historically been stocked under the put-and-take program. Parking is available on Forest Service lands adjacent to Route 678 or on Department lands adjacent to Route 619.
Attention Anglers! Due to construction/renovation activities at the Front Royal Fish Hatchery the Delayed Harvest Area on Passage Creek (Warren Co.) will not be stocked and closed to fishing until further notice. This is due to stocking and angler access constraints and public safety concerns.
|Peak Creek
|Pulaski County
|That portion of stream from the confluence of Tract Fork downstream 2.7 miles to the Rt. 99 Bridge. Approximately 1 mile of this section is in downtown Pulaski.
|Pedlar River
|Amherst County
|That portion of stream from the City of Lynchburg/George Washington National Forest boundary line (below Lynchburg Reservoir) downstream 2.7 miles to the boundary line of the George Washington National Forest (southeast of Buena Vista). The U.S. Forest Service and the Department have cooperated in the development of three access sites to the river located along FS 39 off Route 607.
|Roanoke River
|Roanoke County and City of Salem
|There are two delayed harvest sections located on the Roanoke River near Roanoke. The first section is located within Green Hill Park in Roanoke County and was established in 2001. The newest section is located within the City of Salem and was established in 2003. The Green Hill Park section is easily found off Route 11/460 west of Salem and stretches from the Route 760 Bridge (Diguids Lane) upstream 1 mile to a sign posted at the upper end of the park. It is best to access the stream from the park side of the stream, and anglers are encouraged to use the parking areas provided. The Salem section is located along Riverside Drive and stretches from the Colorado Street Bridge downstream approximately 2 miles to the Route 419 Bridge. This section is most easily accessed from the Riverside Drive side of the river.


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Hard Drive Setup and Security Questions
I'm preparing to install Arch Linux with some random Desktop Environment and some proprietary graphics drivers in the future and plan to recompile following Linux From Scratch and use the Intel C compiler for performance.
Then, when starting to install, It hit me, I haven't a clue how to choose a file system, or encrypting tools.
Questions that I have -
1) which file systems will work best on an SSD?
2) How do I know whether a File System utilizing Copy on Write is appropriate?
3) If I'm just using Swap and maybe 1 or 2 partitions, should I use LVM?
4) I've heard a lot about Ext2,3, and 4 as well as Ext3COW, ReiserFS, and Btrfs, XFS, and JFS. What are the pros and cons, and which one is right for me?
5) How should I choose an Encryption Software and Method? I Imagine this to be dependent on the File System, partitions or LVM used, and whether Full Disk Encryption is needed.
6) I'm thinking that I want to use LVM identifying Swap and root FS. Believe that ext4, Btrfs or JFS for easy recovery of accidentally deleted files. Also noticing that dm-crypt doesn't seem to support any of those file systems. Thoughts/Suggestions?
System to be used - Intel DQ77KB motherboard, Core i3-3225 CPU, 16 gb Ram and Intel Speed Demon SSD, and Intel wifi - believe the intel 5000 series wifi card, but could be newer than this.
Resolved -
1) Decided I didn't care too much about this for the time and Used Ext4 My SSD has decent Trim Support
2) Resolved as I'm using scheduled backups and will dive into snapshots later on.
3) Decided to use LVM for the ability to extend or shrink my Swap and Home partitions.
4) N/A Decided to go with Ext4
5) as I'm using LVM, will encrypt my /home partition only
6) Didn't really find an answer but not important for now.0


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In News from Heaven, Jennifer Haigh—bestselling author of Faith and The Condition—returns to the territory of her acclaimed novel Baker Towers with a collection of short stories set in and around the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton, Pennsylvania.
Exploring themes of restlessness, regret, redemption and acceptance, Jennifer Haigh depicts men and women of different generations shaped by dreams and haunted by disappointments.
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Run a Multiple Linear Regression
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1. Using the survey5ED.sav data set and codebook run a Multiple Linear Regression. Use the scale variables computed as the independent variables and the dependent variable as indicated in the codebook. Assume that all assumptions have been met.
Report the following information in your writeup, include all SPSS:
• Compute a scale for each construct - report the Crohnbachs alpha for each
• Multicollinearity - Tolerance and VIF (Tolerance not lower than .30 and VIF no higher than 10)
• Report the sig. For the model
• Report the R2 for the model - In your own word, what does this number mean?
• Optimize the model.
• Evaluate each independent variable - report sig.
• For each variable in the optimized model report and interpret the unique contribution (beta)
• Conclusions? Brief explanations
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A never before issued recital from Aldeburgh with two of the the most personal and expressive British singers of their generation is a gift from Heaven. Both singers are truly inspired and I've rarely heard these songs performed with greater vitality. It may be that other pianists have made more with the accompaniments, but what counts is the wholehardedly engaging singing. © 2013 MusicWeb International
'Wolf never intended the vignettes and character sketches of the Italian Songbook to form a unified cycle', writes Richard Wigmore in the liner notes. Steuart Bedford, who devised the order of the songs, grouped them in what Wigmore calls 'miniature dramatic scenes'. This works well. The final scene (tr. 41-46) is particularly entertaining. Here both singers let their hair down and indulge in some really juicy characterisation, to the audible joy of the otherwise very well-behaved audience.
Janet Baker is…wonderfully responsive to words and songs. Mein Liebster hat zu Tische mich geladen (tr. 5) and Mein Liebster ist so klein (tr. 7) should convince prospective buyers that this disc is worth anyone's money. Verschling' der Abgrund (tr. 25) is magnificent; there would have been clapping even if this hadn't been the last song before the interval.
Steuart Bedford's accompaniments are competent…
…this is a thrilling performance of Italienisches Liederbuch and lovers of Wolf or Janet Baker or John Shirley-Quirk or all three should contemplate a purchase—others too! © 2013 MusicWeb International Read complete review
Baker and Shirley-Quirk were at the top of their artistry when this was recorded. Neither was as closely associated with these songs as other singers, notably Fischer-Dieskau and Schwarzkopf, but they give a captivating reading. The superb vocal qualities for which each of them is remembered are captured in this fine sounding recording from the BBC archives, released here for the first time.
…lovers of Wolf songs will not want to miss this. © 2013 American Record Guide Read complete review on American Record Guide
No typical Italienisches Liederbuch, this. Neither Janet Baker nor John Shirley-Quirk was particularly known for this repertoire—though they're both so convincing that one can't guess why…those who don't normally go in for Wolf but want to hear these great artists in a significant, previously unreleased performance may find the songbook unexpectedly engaging. And, as one who puts the Italienisches Liederbuch at the summit of the song literature, I was continually excited by new insights at every turn.
Shirley-Quirk is wonderful at revealing the emotional complications of his more introspective songs. Why wasn't this recording released decades ago? © 2012 Gramophone
…here we are at the first Aldeburgh Festival after Britten's death. Three of his favorites are present here, Baker, Shirley-Quirk, and Bedford, the latter as piano accompanist rather than conductor, and the fare is Hugo Wolf, not Schubert.
By 1977, Baker's voice had become somewhat acidic in quality when singing forte, a tendency the singer herself noted. Her interpretive qualities remained intact, however, and at times in this recital she retreats from the sound barrier to produce some exquisitely sensitive readings of these songs. As for Shirley-Quirk, his large, black bass-baritone voice, with its somewhat closed vowel sounds and Italianate vibrato, always sounded better in person than it did on a recording…Here, it takes the singer a few songs for the voice to warm up and settle in, but once he does he is marvelous…
By the time this program ends, it is not only the singers (and pianist) who are much deeper into these songs, but the listener as well. These performances have the same great kind of vibe…this would certainly be my first choice for this cycle. © 2012 Fanfare
To me these performances, sung by Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk in a live recording from the 1977 Aldeburgh Festival, are glorious. Janet Baker was a wonderful Lieder singer and brings out the music's subtleties. Shirley-Quirk, a marvelous baritone born in Liverpool in 1931, has a voice that sounds as if it is coming from the bottom of a deep barrel. Steuart Bedford is equal to the accompaniments, adventurous piano parts that make me think of Mahler. These songs might be an acquired taste but it is a joy to acquire it. © 2012 The Buffalo News Read complete review
This release…will please fans of these singers and may easily win a few for Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch…performed in an order arranged by pianist Steuart Bedford, very carefully designed to exploit the male/female, love/relationship dynamic that informs each of these short but very colorful, earthy vignettes.
Janet Baker and John Shirley-Quirk are naturals for capturing these songs' expressive character and for conveying a sense of intimacy that convinces us that these two are the lovers speaking through the songs.
…Bedford is marvelous, reveling in the vigorous, uninhibited, and textually pertinent piano writing. No question, this is an important and very welcome document of significant artistic careers at a very special moment in history, and of some really fine music. © 2012 ClassicsToday.com Read complete review


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Click here to see the Best Scope for Bear Hunting available in 2018!
Boar hunters insist that boar hunting doesn't require scopes. It's more of a close-quarter engagement kind of deal, or perhaps one that deals with stealth, wiliness, and cunning (as well as loads of baits and traps).
However, for the last 150 years, scopes have advanced so much to allow for boar hunting applications. Optical sights have become so ubiquitous that even the U.S. Army, known for its conservative stance, has begun using them. At any rate, here are some boar hunting scopes for you to choose from.
The Best Scope for Your Money When It Comes to Boar Hunting
- Nikon Buckmasters 4×15 Mil-Dot Riflescope
For those who are used to shopping or reviewing for scopes for a living, it should come as no surprise that Nikon found a way to get to this list. Nikon products are renowned for their light-transmission excellence and versatility in hunting, military, and law enforcement applications due to their cost-effectiveness.
This is a best scope for hunting boar candidate because of its fixed 4x magnification and 15-millimeter objective plus mil-dot range-finding reticle. It's particularly advantageous to variable magnification because you don't have to turn the dial for the right magnification every time.
This is a highly recommended riflescope because of its cost-effectiveness. For its price, you'll get a German #4 type reticle that allows for shooting at any light, whether it's low light, bright light, and so forth. Your light transmission is completely controlled.
This is also the best scope for boar in its own way becauseshoots well with the likes of the Ruger Hawkeye in .338 Federal. It's a perfect fit with many a gun, particularly when you consider its scouting range to mid-range shooting capabilities. You can really get a drop on the boar even up until pointblank range at 2x to 7x with a 35-millimeter objective.
If you want to hunt boars effectively, then you should know full-well that they're easiest targeted from afar, when you get the drop on them or if they're charging at you and you're within scouting range to shoot with 1x to 4x magnification.
You don't usually snipe at them unless you're introducing bait into the scenario that keeps them still while you eliminate them with a caliber of gun that's enough to take down a rhinoceros.
With the Bushnell Elite 3200 2-7x32mm Riflescope, you're give an accurate scope that might not have as good an eye relief as a Leupold line, but is still excellent in all other aspects regardless.
Boars, unlike lions (specifically the national treasure and protected lion of Zimbabwe, Cecil the Lion, which was killed by American dentist and game hunter Walter Palmer) are an invasive species in many countries, so hunting actually helps in controlling their population somewhat.
You can help thin out the boar pest population in your area with this best boar hunting scope candidate and the appropriate firearm.
It's a perfect fit with many a scout rifle and assault rifle for sure, with its scout-rifle-range of 1.5x to 6x magnification and decent 24-millimeter objective. If aperture or open iron sights aren't enough for your boar hunting needs, bag them with the Leupold VX-7 1.5-6x24mm Riflescope.
If you're a young, spry hunter of the age of 20 to 25 years of age, then hunting boars with iron sights is enough. However, the inevitability of age affects all men, so if your visual acuity has been reduced, then you'll need something than the usual open sights or peepshow sights; you should instead have the best boar hunting rifle scope.
The Leupold VX-3 2.5-8x32mm Riflescope, as opposed to the Leupold VX-7 1.5-6x24mm Riflescope, has superior upper magnification range at the expense of a compromised CQB (Closed-Quarter Battle) range and a bigger 24-millimeter objective lens size. It also has an extended twilight lens system and Multicoat 4 lens coating to maximize light transmission.
With this scope, you might not be too familiar with it compared to the VX line.
Regardless, the Leupold European-30 1.25-4x20mm, 2-7x33mm Riflescope retains all the excellence of its VX brethren and remains in and of itself an excellent boar hunting choice specs-wise with its scout riflescope type of features such as a 1.25x to 4x magnification power range and 20-millimeter objective that gets the job done because of its topnotch glass and light-maximizing lenses that ensure excellent light transmission even in the dim jungle or forest where boars usually hide.
Although Leupold doubtlessly dominates the boar hunting market it hasn't by any means cornered it. There are still some excellent Leupold alternatives to choose from in case you can't afford any of the Leupold recommendations on this list.
The Weaver Classic V7 2-7x32mm Riflescope is an excellent choice because of its hard coating on the exterior lenses and edge-to-edge clarity that allows you to shoot that boar true before it could even gain enough momentum to charge at you in full force thanks to the scope's Dual-X Reticle with ¼-inch adjustments at 100 yards and nitrogen purging that ensures moisture-free and fogproof operation.
As for EOTech's Holographic Hybrid Sight II EXPS3-2 with G33.STS, it's probably the most high-tech sight in this list since it makes use of holographic technology to project the reticle from inside the scope and give you a clear, unimpeded look at your wild boar target without having to deal with glass-etched crosshairs.
It also features fixed 3x magnification within scout rifle range and a large viewing window for eyes-open shooting at a magnifier-increased target, thus it becomes easy to aim at the boar's vital spots this way. It's also ideal for whitetail deer and predator hunting on top of dealing with boar.
In Summary
These scopes present some excellent values in today's market of boar hunting, particularly the Leupold line that practically filled half the list with its different scout riflescope offerings.
There are times when iron sights aren't enough to deal with your hog-hunting requirements. The best scope for boar hunting need not be the most powerful scope around in terms of magnification, since boars aren't the type of animal you engage from afar and snipe. Also remember that a scout rifle (and scope) is a hunter's best friend as far as quick reaction accurate shooting is concerned.
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Romanian – Polish Theatre Festival
The "Romanian-Polish theatre festival" project was co-funded from the local budget of the municipality of Bistrita for the year 2017. Moreover, we also had the financial support of the European Foundation for Education and Culture from Zielona Gora, our project partner.
Our project is unique because our communities have never organized a similar event before, it is in fact, a premiere, and also because it succeeded to consolidate a partnership we started in 2014, to bring closer the twin communities from Bistrita and Zielona Gora, to develop knowledge about the Romanian and Polish cultures, languages and life styles and also to give life to new friendships. In addition to that, it stirred the young participants' interest in the art of theatre.
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Day 1
The Romanian participants arrived in Zielona Gora, after a long trip by train. In the train station, they were nicely welcomed by the Polish participants, their team leader Antonina Pauch and by the representatives of the .Europejska Fundacja Oswiaty I Kultury ׃ Arleta Czyż -headmistress and Karl Fisher – president of the Foundation. The participants had the first lunch together at Hotel Pod Debem, where the Romanian participants were accommodated during the 5 days of their stay in Zielona Gora. Then, at the end of the day, the participants visited the surroundings trying to discover the beauties of the town.
Day 2
The second day of the project started with an official welcome addressed by the representative of Zielona Gora City Hall -Iwona Skowrońska, the deputy head of the department of European Funds and by the headmistress of the Europejska Fundacja Oswiaty I Kultury – Arleta Czyż. The official opening of the project was organized in the school yard of our partners, most of the teachers and students being present. The day continued with an international gastronomic seminar where the participants and other students of the school prepared traditional Romanian and Polish dishes. Moreover, the Romanian participants promoted the traditional costumes wearing traditional shirts, scarfs and dresses. The Polish participants prepared flower wreaths in the colours of Romania and Poland flags.
Day 3
The project participants, together with other students of the school, discovered more about the Romanian and Polish cultures and also about the twin cities, Bistrita and Zielona Gora, during a film projection workshop. More precisely, the Romanian participants, prepared some short movies about Bistrita and Transylvania, such as Bistrita-the gate of Transylvania and Romania- Bistrita, while the Polish participants prefered to reveal us a part of their past in the movie Beats of Freedom. After the movie, there was a session of discussions where the participants could ask and answer questions.
Day 4
The Romanian participants organized 5 workshops of creative recycling using magazine's paper in order to make bags. Thus, they presented to the students of the school and also to the project participants, the technique of creating paper bags. Minodora Gherendi, Romanian participant, was the coordinator of this activity, her talent and creativity being even appreciated at national level – as she won the title of Volunteer of the Year in the field Arts and Culture for the year 2014 – an anual event organised by Volum Federation, Romania. The 4th day of the project continued with a photo and video workshop during which the project participants discovered the tourist attractions of Zielona Gora, took photos and created short videos.
Day 5
During the fifth day of the project, the participants and the team leaders, selected the best photos and videos of the exchange, drew the conclusions of the projects and decided together to continue this partnership that can bring a number of benefits to both communities of Bistrita and Zielona Gora. This was also the day when the Romanian participants started their journey back home, but not before a last ice cream…


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Macroconidiation in Neurospora crassa is influenced by a number of environmental cues, including the nutritional status of the growing organism. Conidia formation is normally observed when the fungus is exposed to air. However, carbon limitation can induce conidiation in mycelia submerged in an aerated liquid medium. A mutant was previously isolated that could conidiate in submerged culture without imposing nutrient limitation and the gene responsible for this phenotype (rco-3) has now been cloned. RCO3 exhibits sequence similarity to members of the sugar transporter gene superfamily, with greatest similarity to glucose transporters of yeast. Consistent with this structural similarity, we find that glucose transport activity is altered in the mutant. However, growth of the mutant in media containing alternate carbon sources does not suppress conidiation in submerged culture. The properties of the mutant suggest that RCO3 is required for expression of glucose transport activity, glucose regulation of gene expression, and general carbon repression of development.
- Received November 21, 1996.
- Accepted February 14, 1997.
- Copyright © 1997 by the Genetics Society of America


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Trade plays a significant role economic development and reducing poverty worldwide. The flows of goods and services between countries remains one of the primary drivers of job creation and economic prosperity, despite this, the international free market remains structured in a way that does not facilitate fair and equitable trade for developing countries.
International trading relationships have historically been weighted against producers and manufacturers in the Global South. The focus, and often insistence, on importing raw products from developing countries drives this imbalance as raw products generate significantly less profit than the finished "value-added" products manufactured in the Global North. Maintaining this trade imbalance between the North and the South can stagnate a countries economic development by restricting it to primary-sector economy.
Unfair and unequitable trade is a complex issue with a diverse set of solutions. Some actors work within the international markets lobbying for changes in international trading laws and standards or building a countries capacity to engage in the market as is, others have set their own external standards and focus on raising consumer awareness.
Countries in the Global South are increasingly working together through South-South trade and regional trading blocs. These blocs can promote regional cooperation and can reduce the Global South's dependency on international trade contributing to more sustainable economic growth. Fair and equitable participation in trade for these blocs is easier to ensure however, the issue of the international market must be addressed as a matter of equality and justice.
Dóchas Resources
- Dóchas Briefing to JCFATD 'Ireland's Trade Policies Post-Brexit' (2017)
- Dóchas Briefing to JCFATD 'Ireland's Tax Policies, Development and Brexit' (2017)
- Dóchas Submission to the DFAT review of Ireland's Foreign Policy and External Relations (2014)
- Dóchas 'Trade: A Way out of Poverty' (2008)
- Dóchas Report on UN Conference on Trade and Development (2008)
- Dóchas Study 'An Irish Dvelopment Bank?' (2006)
- Dóchas Joint Submission with ICTU to Irish Aid on Aid for Trade (2006)
- Dóchas Briefing paper on Ireland's participation in the WTO Ministerial Meeting Hong Kong 'An Agenda for Trade Justice' (2005)
External Resources
- Irish Aid Africa Strategy 'Ireland and Africa: Our Partnership with a Changing Continent' (2011)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO) World Trade Statistical Review 2016 - 'Developing economies' participation in world trade'
- UNCTAD Trade and Development Report 2018: Power, Platforms and the Free Trade Delusion