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- This article is about a region of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. For the former town in Chiba Prefecture, see Shōnan, Chiba.
Shōnan (湘南) is the name of a local Japanese region along the coast of Sagami Bay which is about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo.[1]
Shōnan is centered on Enoshima, which is a small island near the coast.[2]
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- ↑ Surf-Forcast.com, Shonan; MagicSeaweed.com, "Shonan Surf Report and Forecast"; retrieved 2012-3-3.
- ↑ UrbanRail.net, Shonan; retrieved 2012-3-3.
Other websites[change | change source]
- JR Shonan Shinjuku Line
- Michelin, Shonan region


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Western Corn Belt Dairy Budget Bleed Red
All dairy budgets, whether in freestall or tie stall barns, dipped into negative territory in February for herds in the western Corn Belt, reports Robert Tigner, an Extension dairy educator at the University of Nebraska.
"All the Nebraska-Iowa dairy budgets are now in the red. Last month's 24,000 pound freestall budget was positive by 44¢/cwt but is now 3¢ negative," he says.
The reason: A producer price differential, though still coming in at a postive 41¢/cwt, dipped 25¢ from January. Plus total feed costs jumped 25 to 30¢/cwt of milk produced in February with soybean meal up $9/ton and alfalfa hay up $10/ton. 'Thus, feed costs and lower milk income led to the drop in net income for all budgets," Tigner says.
For a freestall herd producing 24,000 lb. of milk per cow per year, the return to management after all costs and labor are paid was -3¢/cwt in February, according to Tigner's budgets. A 20,000 lb./cow herd was losing $1.74/cwt after all costs.
Farmers milking in tie stall facilities fared even worse because of higher labor costs. Herds making 24,000 lb./cow in tie stall barns were losing $1.19/cwt and 20,000 lb./cow herds were losing $3.05/cwt.


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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO – The St. Louis County Police Department's Bureau of Crimes Against Persons is investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday afternoon around 4:45 pm in the 10000 block of Lilac Avenue.
Police say an adult male was shot while walking on Lilac Avenue as a vehicle drove down the street. The vehicle and its occupant(s) fled the scene prior to the arrival of police officers from the North County Precinct.
The victim was transported to the hospital for treatment but later succumbed to his injuries.
If you have any information on this case, please call the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210. You can also call anonymously to CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477). You may be eligible for a reward.


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Same-sex couples marry in midnight ceremonies across Australia
Law passed last month but Australia requires all couples give a month's notice for weddings
Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia on Tuesday after the country's last legal impediment to gay marriage expired.
Marriage equality became law on December 9th with overwhelming support in Parliament, but Australia requires that all couples give a month's notice for weddings.
Athletes Craig Burns and Luke Sullivan married at a midnight ceremony near the east coast city of Tweed Heads.
"It's another way to show your love and appreciation of your partner in front of the people in your life," said Mr Burns, a 29-year-old sprinter who will compete in the Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast in April.
In Newcastle, north of Sydney, Rebecca Hickson, (32) married her partner of nine years, Sarah Turnbull (34).
Ms Hickson described the divisive build-up to a gay marriage ballot preceding parliament's vote as "a horrible time". She said the couple wanted to be part of history by becoming one of the first same-sex couples to marry in Australia.
In the west coast city of Perth, Kelly and Sam Pilgrim-Byrne solemnised their 24-year-old relationship in a midnight ceremony on the steps of the Western Australia state legislature.
"It was never anything we considered because it was never anything that was available to us, so we never had those dreams about what would our wedding look like, what would we do, who would we invite, where would it be — we never, ever considered it because we never thought that it would happen in our life time," Kelly Pilgrim-Byrne told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
The Australian Parliament overwhelmingly voted for same-sex marriage after a nationwide postal survey found that 62 percent of respondents wanted marriage equality.
The one-month waiting period was waived for some couples who wed in recent weeks. Those exceptional circumstances included a partner's terminal illness and overseas-based relatives booking flights to Australia before the official start date for the new law was known.
Civil celebrant Charles Foley has been campaigning for years to get Australia to drop the one-month waiting period, which he said is among the longest in the world.
The federal government imposed it at the request of churches decades ago so parishioners would have time to say why they may object to some religious unions, Foley said.
Ireland has a waiting period of three months.
Australia and Ireland are the only countries that have put the question of legalising gay marriage to a popular vote.
Ireland held a legally binding referendum in 2015 to change its constitution. The referendum found 62 percent of respondents wanted marriage equality.
Australia's conservative government held a non-binding postal survey to avoid dividing its own politicians and pledged to vote on the issue if Australians endorsed equality. They did, and politicians quickly passed the legislation. –AP


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Date : Sunday 15th March 2015(11:00)
Location: The Old Vicarage, Whetstone (LE8 6JH)
Hares: Dope and Heroin
Weather: Overcast, dry with chill in the air
Pack size: 12
The hares for the day, Dope and Heroin, introduced their trail with some excuses. Dope would be walking, the only one to do so today, because of injury. Reference was made to crossing railway lines and it was noted that we would not find a Heroin tied to the track - she would be sweeping the pack around the trail. We used many virgin trails from an On Inn not used before and most of the time nobody knew where they were. I did recognise the path along the now disused Great Central Railway track and correctly surmised we where heading in the direction of London. B*gger was able to reel off a load of facts about the aforementioned railway line and why it would make an ideal route for HS2. It made a good route for hashers, including a precipitous false trail down the embankment which I chickened out of doing after only a couple of yards. The fact we were running in the Leicester area did bring back traumatic flashbacks of Captain Oates' infamous trail from the Dry Dock.
It was a good length trail and one odd bit with flour in several directions where Dope had changed his mind. Obviously American miles are shorter than what we use. The promised trail of 6.1 miles turned out to be more than 7 GB miles. B*gger moaned a lot, including pointing out to the hare that she had a tendency to start walking along the correct trail at checks somewhat giving the game way. The positive of getting B*gger to moan was offset by not losing Captain Oates.
Back at the On Inn a bloody Barritone was totally unaware of his injury. We're a
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First DD went to B*gger for a good moaning performance today. Next DD was awarded to myself - OAP - for putting my safety first and not descending down that very steep false trail. Wallington tried to get out of christening his new shoes but the threat of having to drink out of Captain Oates' size 15s soon changed his mind. Barritone who did a splendid job standing in for the Curate on Run 860, and needed a beer to anaesthetise his arm wound, got the fourth DD. The hares were thanked for a good run decided by a non-secret ballot.
|Wallington christening his new shoes
That's the way I saw it today..On On..Durex.
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Stereo Leg prosthetic created for Victoria Modesta by Sophie Oliveira Barata, The Alternative Limb Project, represents the shift to making disability and accessibility solutions aesthetic and expressive
Missed the September 19 awards event? Curious who the Winners were? Check out the Livestream (beginning around the 12 minute mark).
The Gallery of Designs and more information on what's coming next is coming soon!
Get inpired. Watch th awards evening unfold in the video below.
ZeroThreshold: Perspective from Designer Jackie Holzheimer
Established designer and 5th generation business owner of Holzheimer Interiors, Jackie Holzheimer, shares her take on the ZeroThreshold Design Competition.
For student and professional designers who see a world that is not only free of barriers – but freely admired for its beauty and innovation.
Introducing an international architectural design competition with $15,000 in cash awards.
Organized by North Coast Community Homes, providing homes for persons with disabilities for more than three decades, with generous support from the Cleveland Foundation.
More than a competition – A New Way of Design Thinking.
ZeroThreshold is a design competition that is about more than creating accessible spaces. It's about elevating the idea of accessibility through intentionally beautiful design.
This competition is an important step in changing the conversation about accessibility. Not only will it launch Cleveland towards being the world's best "barrier- free city", the solutions that surface can be broadly applicable to cities throughout the United States and around the world.
Winning entries will receive monetary awards and be featured in an exhibition and publication. The strongest and most innovative awards may be constructed in a future second phase of the competition.
The neighborhood of Old Brooklyn, located in Cleveland, Ohio, serves as inspiration and a grounding point for our architects and designers.
Stay informed with news and other important updates: click here.
Final registration and submission deadline has been extended
to July 15, 2019 to accommodate our late registrants.
Join over a hundred individuals and teams
from 20+ different countries – Register today.
Online registration for the ZeroThreshold events is quick and easy. If you'd prefer to reserve your tickets by phone, please call Shannon at 216-365-2619 (M – F from 9 am to 5 pm).
September 19, 2019 Half-Day Design Expo
(Noon – 4:30 p.m.)
Featuring all winning designs stunningly displayed and short videos from the designers! Ariel International Center, Cleveland
Community Exhibit
Come explore the top designs from the competition laid out in gallery format. Multi-media exhibits with interviews and stories will appear on screens. See the amazing designs that may be coming soon to a neigborhood near you. Learn what inspired designers from all over the world to propose beautiful homes and community spaces for Cleveland, OH.
Discover beauty, innovation, and inspiration.
The exhibit is free, but we encourage a minimum $10 donation to North Coast Community Homes to help provide housing for people with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness.
|Ticket Type
|Community Exhibit - $50 charitable donation
September 19, 2019 Awards Event(5:30 p.m.)
Ariel International Center, Cleveland
Awards Celebration
The awards celebration will feature an exhibition of the winning and top designs from the competition in each of the categories. Join business, community, and government leaders from across Ohio and the United States to celebrate the culmination of 2019's most innovative design competition. Exciting speakers, like keynote speaker Chris Downey, will engage and energize guests. Experience the architectural, interior, and urban designs in beautiful detail. Learn who the winners are, what inspired them, and what's next for ZeroThreshold and a Barrier-Free Cleveland
Beer, wine, and a variety of heavy hors d'oueveres and delectable desserts will be served.Doors open at 5:30 pm. Free parking is available.
- City planners and other government employees, please use the discount code: government
- Community development corporations and other nonprofits, use discount code: nonprofit
|Ticket Type
|(student) Awards Celebration September 19, 2019
|(group) Six tickets, Award Celebration September 19
|(group) Eight tickets, Award Celebration September 19
2019 ZeroThreshold Sponsors
Todd & Associates
Nottingham Spirk
Menorah Park
Michael Weingart
Andrew is a Principal at Perkins+Will and the Design Director of the Toronto and Ottawa studios. Andrew's design approach is driven by a strong social agenda. He uses bold material expressions and considered responses to context to create space around which communities form. His designs for universities, municipalities, library systems and commercial and corporate clients have been published internationally and recognized through numerous awards. Andrew has taught at the University of Waterloo and serves as a visiting critic at the University of Waterloo, University of Toronto and the Ryerson University School of Architecture. Andrew shares his passion for design through exhibitions, published articles, and speaking engagements.
Gyungju Chyon is an assistant professor of Product and Industrial Design at Parsons. Her work focuses on relationships between artifacts, environments, and people through engaging natural phenomena and exploring materialities. She is interested in delving beyond technological performance, seeking deeper, poetic and meaningful connections between materials, environment and people for our health, well-being, and ecological living.
Through her design studio little wonder, she interpolates between installations and product design. She has collaborated with international companies such as Rosenthal (DEU), Interface (USA), Duravit (DEU), Emotis (FRA), and Lucifer Lighting (USA). Her work has been globally exhibited in venues in Helsinki, Venice, New York, Toronto, Philadelphia, Stuttgart, Sydney and Melbourne, and has been published both in design magazines such as I.D, Metropolis and Domus, and academic publications through conferences, journals and books.
She previously served on the board of directors for Craft, promoting craft and design culture within Victoria, Australia, and was the director of Melbourne Movement, fostering young Melbourne designers by annually exhibiting their work at Salone Del Mobile in Milan. She has lived and worked in Seoul, Helsinki, Toronto, Philadelphia, and Melbourne prior to joining Parsons.
Justin Garrett Moore is an urban designer and the executive director of the NYC Public Design Commission. He has extensive experience in urban planning and design—from large-scale urban systems, policies, and projects to grassroots and community-based planning, design, and arts initiatives. At the Public Design Commission his work is focused on prioritizing quality and excellence for the public realm, and fostering accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in public buildings, spaces, and art. He is a member of the American Planning Association's AICP Commission, the Urban Design Forum, Next City's Vanguard, Columbia University GSAPP's adjunct faculty, and a co-founder of Urban Patch.
A designer, urbanist, and spatial justice advocate, Liz Ogbu is an expert on social and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments globally. From designing shelters for immigrant day laborers in the U.S. to a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans, Liz has a long history of working with communities in need to leverage the power of design to catalyze sustained social impact. Her work blends human-centered design research methodologies, equitable architecture and community development strategies, design thinking frameworks, and social justice agendas. She is founder and principal of Studio O, a multidisciplinary design consultancy that works at the intersection of racial and spatial justice. In addition to her practice, Liz has been adjunct faculty at California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, and Stanford's d.school as well as the Visiting Porter Chair in Urban and Environmental Planning at UVa's School of Architecture. Previously, she also served as the Droga Architect-in-Residence in Australia, investigating urban marginalized populations and community development practices in the country.
Liz has written for and been profiled in publications such as the Boston Globe, Metropolis, The Atlantic's CityLab, and the Journal of Urban Design. Her projects have been featured in museum exhibitions and received numerous design awards globally. Among her honors include TEDWomen Speaker, IDEO.org Global Fellow, Aspen Ideas Scholar, Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, and one of Public Interest Design's Top 100. She earned architecture degrees from Wellesley College and Harvard University.
Sheena McGee, Allied ASID, is a highly trained analytical Interior Designer. Her firm, Sheena McGee Designs is based out of Cleveland, OH. It is a luxury full-service design/build company, focusing her client's functional needs of their spaces with their visions and goals of aesthetics. Accessible and Sustainable Spaces are the fundamentals of all her work, believing everyone should be able to access the built environment and have a home that supports and sustains them. Her practice primarily focuses on residential design in Cleveland, Ohio, Naples, FL and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She loves the creative process of design and the kinetic process of building, with no project being too small or too challenging.
An artist at heart, she focused her medium to Interior and Environmental Design at Syracuse University, at the age of sixteen; using her passion for architecture and design from her extensive travels throughout Europe, Central America and the Caribbean. She draws inspirations from her experiences in stained glass and pottery, music, folk art and painting. Currently, she is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at MAHO, providing accessible housing and advocacy for our community. She is also the Founder and CEO of COL4A1 Foundation, a medical research and family advocacy non-profit supporting individuals with the rare disease COL4A1/A2. Her free time is spent with family and she loves the outdoors, education, cooking, traveling and athletics.
Visit our Partners
This competition would not be possible without the support of our amazing partners. Learn more here.
LEAD PARTNER – NORTH COAST COMMUNITY HOMESNorth Coast Community Homes (NCCH) provides high quality, community-based homes throughout Northeast Ohio for people with developmental disabilities, severe mental illness, and other disabilities. With the support of many donors, volunteers, and professionals, we have developed and manage more than 220 community-based homes serving more than 1,000 men and women since 1984. In keeping with our mission, homes developed by NCCH are safe, comfortable, and affordable, and are designed to empower persons with disabilities to live fuller, more independent lives. Working with County Boards of Developmental Disabilities and local mental Health agencies, North Coast Community Homes has homes in more than 60 cities across Northeast Ohio.
FUNDER – THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATIONThe Cleveland Foundation's mission is to enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues. The foundation sees the Zero Threshold design challenge as an opportunity to begin the journey towards transforming Cleveland into the world's best barrier-free city. As such, the organization is proud to provide the financial support to such a forward-thinking initiative.
PRESENTING SPONSOR – MONT GRANITEMont Surfaces is a wholesale supplier of fine surface materials in natural stone (granite, marble, quartzite, soapstone, onyx, travertine), large-format porcelain slabs, Mont Engineered Surface and Precious stone. With over thirty years of industry experience, Mont Surfaces is recognized as one of the Midwest's premier wholesale suppliers of fine surface materials for commercial and residential projects. Their products combine sophistication with low maintenance and meticulous performance while transforming each space into a work of art!
C C HODGSON ARCHITECTURAL GROUPC C Hodgson Architectural Group is an architectural firm providing wellness-based design services to visionary clients who are passionate about creating healing environments. Driven by an unwavering belief that environments affect behavior and well-being – that design matters – they apply fresh thinking and innovation. Pioneering wellness design for more than 40 years, many of the concepts they helped bring forward, such as the first research study to track wellness in senior living communities, are now embraced by senior living communities across the nation.
CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESSCleveland Neighborhood Progress was founded in 1988 by philanthropic, civic, and corporate leaders. It serves as the only local community development intermediary in the region. Cleveland Neighborhood Progress is leading the revitalization of Cleveland's neighborhoods. It impacts the community by providing financial support, training and capacity building efforts to community development corporations (CDCs), supporting and performing placemaking activities to improve residential, commercial and greenspace properties, and delivering economic opportunity programming to ensure city residents can thrive where they live.
CLEVELAND URBAN DESIGN COLLABORATIVE (CUDC)The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) is the combined home of the urban design graduate program at Kent State University and the public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. The CUDC's professional staff of designers are committed to improving the quality of urban spaces through technical design assistance, research and advocacy. Supported by the university and private philanthropy, the CUDC offers architectural and urban design expertise in the service of urban communities, design professionals, and non-profit and academic partners in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
MAXIMUM ACCESSIBLE HOUSING OF OHIOMaximum Accessible Housing of Ohio (MAHO) provides and promotes accessibility for all people, at home and in the community. The extensive accessibility features in our Vistas Apartment Communities provide over 150 people with disabilities with the opportunity to live more independently. Our Anderson Center for Accessible Living promotes accessible housing and inclusive communities through education and outreach. We are acutely aware of the need for accessible housing and hope that the Zero Threshold Design Competition will provide inspiration and impetus for development of more accessible housing.
OLD BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONOld Brooklyn Community Development Corporation is a non-profit in the Cleveland community with the mission to develop and revitalize the community by uniting and empowering residents, business leaders, and government around plans and initiatives to achieve social, economic and civic improvement. Old Brooklyn and Cleveland are changing, and that change is the result of many factors. Many of these factors: demographics, the regional economy, and market sensitivities, lie outside the control of individual organizations. We hope the Zero Threshold competition will be a launching point for additional growth, development, and opportunity for Old Brooklyn, Cleveland, and beyond.
"Inspiration comes from The (dis)Abled Beauty Exhibition, Showcasing the most incredible and artistic solutions for people with missing limbs and other challenges such as hearing loss. If we could completely change our thinking about human solutions, can we disrupt the conversation on accessibility?"– NCCH Leadership Team
ScheduleRelease of Competition Brief – 7 January 2019
Question & Answer Period – 7 January – 31 May 2019
Early Registration Deadline – 8 March 2019
Standard Registration Deadline – 30 June 2019
Late Registration Deadline – 30 June 2019
Submission Deadline – 15 July 2019
Awards Announcement – 19 September 2019
Awards Celebration – 19 September 2019
Awards + RecognitionA Total of $15,000 US dollars and other recognitions will be awarded as follows:
|Grand Prize
|Retrofit - Colonial/Duplex
|Single Family - New Construction
|Accessory Dwelling Unit
|Community Gathering Space
|Holistic/Neighborhood Approach
|Student Award
|Best Practices in Accessibility
|Honorable mention, exhibition, publication.
Eligibility• The competition is open to design students and professionals, working individually or on teams. • Student submissions may be the product of work in a design studio or related class. • Judging of competition entries will occur anonymously. Submissions must designate a primary contact person for communication purposes only. • Staff and Board members of North Coast Community Homes, and all competition partners and advisors are prohibited from participating in the competition. • No jury member may advise or assist a competitor in any way. • Entrants assisted by any competition partner or jury member will be disqualified.
Competition StructureZero Threshold is an ideas competition for a real-world problem. In this first phase of the competition, entrants are encouraged to envision bold and innovative ideas for housing, public spaces, and neighborhoods that expand the practice of accessible design and barrier-free living.
A later phase of the competition will advance the strongest ideas into implementation…
Evaluation CriteriaCompetition entries will be evaluated based on:
• Accessibility: Readily usable by people with varying degrees of physical ability.
• Responsiveness: Understanding the needs of people with disabilities and conveying the ways that your proposal addresses those needs in an innovative and design-forward manner.
• Innovation: Bold new ideas or new variations on established best practices in accessible design that reframe accessible elements as something to be celebrated, rather than hidden or downplayed.
• Transferability: Concepts that apply to the specific physical, social, and economic context of Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood (see Inspiration section of this website) but can also be adapted to other places.
• Affordability: Housing solutions that are economically accessible to middle-income households and aligned with housing values in middle neighborhoods.
Competition Programs + CategoriesEntrants are invited to submit conceptual designs for one or a combination of these categories:
1) New Residential Construction for an infill site in an urban neighborhood: Design for a new, fully accessible house on an infill lot that fits into the context of a traditional neighborhood while advancing new ideas about the aesthetics of accessibility. We do not expect full house plans, just conceptual designs. See the attached map for examples of infill sites in the target neighborhood for the competition.
2) Accessory Dwelling: Accessory dwelling units can be detached from the primary structure, attached to the primary structure, or a repurposed existing space, like a garage or a spare bedroom within the primary residence that is converted into a fully accessible, independent living unit.
3) Housing Retrofit/Remodel: Design ideas that transform traditional urban housing for maximum accessibility. Two housing types—a single-family Cleveland bungalow and a two-family duplex are the focus of the retrofit category. See attached photos and floor plans for representative examples of these housing types. Please note: it is not necessary to provide detailed construction drawings. Entrants should provide drawings and descriptions that best characterize accessibility improvements through graphics that visually convey innovative aspects of your proposal.
4) Community Gathering Place: Landscape design/urban design for a vacant lot (or lots) that create an inclusive, barrier-free places for neighborhood residents to interact. See the attached map for examples of vacant lots in the target neighborhood for the competition.
5) Neighborhood-wide/Holistic Approach to Accessibility: Urban design strategies that remove barriers and embrace an entire block or neighborhood.
6) Student Submissions: Students can submit in any of the previous five categories. Student submissions will be juried separately from professional submissions.
7) Hybrid Submissions: (content to come)
In the real-world neighborhood of Old Brooklyn in Cleveland, OH, there are existing bungalows, duplexes, empty lots, accessory dwellings, and shared community spaces. Ultimately, accessibility encompasses many things: physical structures, accessibility features, affordability, and, potentially, community engagement. For this reason, we've selected this neighborhood with multiple typographies for your inspiration.
Your idea should be transferrable to a neighborhood like Cleveland's Old Brooklyn. By using this setting as your inspiration, your idea will be more real, more practical for every day life, and easier to assimilate into similar settings that exist in cities around the world.
You can do it! Take a deep dive into an innovative new construction. Renovate an old home. Fill an empty space. Add to an existing home. Your imagination is your limitation. And Cleveland's Old Brooklyn is your inspiration.
Your design will be evaluated on five key design tenants:• Accessibility: The ability to be readily usable by people with varying degrees of physical ability.
• Responsiveness: Understanding the needs of people with disabilities and conveying the ways that your proposal addresses those needs in an innovative and design-forward manner.
• Innovation: Bold new ideas or new variations on established best practices in accessible design that reframe accessible elements as something to be celebrated, rather than hidden or downplayed.
• Transferability: Concepts that apply to the specific physical, social, and economic context of Cleveland's Old Brooklyn neighborhood (see Inspiration section of this website) but can also be adapted to other places.
• Affordability: Housing solutions that are economically accessible to middle-income households and aligned with housing values in middle neighborhoods.
Entering the competition is a two-step process.
Step One
Participants will register for one or more categories by completing the registration form and paying the registration fee by credit card or PayPal.
There are 5 distinct categories for the competition: Retrofit of existing colonial or duplex, single family new construction, an accessory dwelling unit, a community engagement or gathering space, a holistic or neighborhood approach.
Professional designers, students, and others may enter one or more categories by selecting the appropriate quantity.
Registration fees are as follows:
01/07/19 - 03/08/19
03/09/19 - 06/30/19
06/30/19 - 07/15/19
|Studio or Class
|Student (Individual)
|Best Practices in Accessibility (no $ award)
Step Two
After participants complete their registration, they will receive an email within 48 hours providing a link to the submission site. Registrants can enter their submission anytime between the date they register and the end of the submission deadline, July 15, 2019 (DEADLINE EXTENDED). NOTE: registrants are not locked into a specific category until they make a digital submission to that category. Registration allows for submission.Upon digital submission to a category, a $100 printing and processing fee will be incurred by participants for each individual submission. Participants will not have to print or ship their own boards, as this service is provided as part of the competition.
Awards are available for each category and include both a grand prize and special student prize.
|Grand Prize
|Retrofit - Colonial/Duplex
|Single Family - New Construction
|Accessory Dwelling Unit
|Community Gathering Space
|Holistic/Neighborhood Approach
|Student Award
|Best Practices in Accessibility
|Honorable mention, exhibition, publication.
In addition to the above cash awards, at the juries discretion, some entries will receive honorable mentions based on anything from innovation to buildability, or some other characteristic or category not yet defined.
Select entries, including those winning a cash award or receiving an honorable mention, will also be included in a published coffee table style book. Winners of prizes or honorable mentions will receive a free copy of the book. If you experience ay difficulties registering, or have questions, please contact us – firstname.lastname@example.com
Once you download the zip file, you will find three other zip files inside. One for CAD. One for Photoshop. One for PDFs. The appropriate files for the bungalow, colonial, and duplex are in each zipped folder. Q. I want to register for a specific category of the competition, but I don't see how to do that? How do I let you know what category I'm competing in? A. You do not select a specific category when you register for the competition. Instead, you will select the category when you make your submission. This allows participants more flexibility in deciding what category (or categories) they'd like to offer ideas in.
More questions and answers will continue to be posted through May 31, 2019.
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Laminated Films and Preformed Pouches
KTL provides printed high barrier flexible packaging materials in Single / Two / Three / Four / Five laminated layers in roll form as well as preformedSide Seal / Centre Seal / Zipper /Standy / Shaped Pouches for various packaging needs. Heat Seal Lacquer / Cold Seal Lacquer and high-gloss surface coating using UV/E-Beam technology can be added to further enhance the productivity of the packaging.Following are the industry specific solutions offered:
Snacks and Spices
Proper allowance must be made for the low moisture and high fat content of snacks and spices and their vulnerability to foreign odours in order to select the most suitable packaging material.
Grocery Products
Producers of rice, dry pasta, cereals and other bulk products pay particular attention to the packaging, since film materials must be highly puncture resistant.
Two/Three/Four layers Laminated Films in Roll forms, o KTL offers a range of solutions for Beverages such as tea and coffee and liquids including juices, soft drinks, soup (both cold and hot fill).
Dairy Products
Milk and dairy products require careful storing and protection from oxygen and sunlight
Ketchup and Oil Products
Worldwide, most mayonnaises, ketchups and other sauces are packed in stand-up pouches, or sachets. These sauces tend to contain abrasive chemicals (acetic and citric acids, vegetable oils and fats).
Frozen Foods and Retort Pouches
Frozen food storage has demanded progress in preservation and storing technologies. Frozen ready-made meals, meat and fish, vegetables and fruitsare established parts of the average person's diet.
High-barrier, high clarity and excellent seal is needed for single-serve liquor packs.
Household Chemicals
Producers of various household chemicals (from detergents, cleaners and soaps through to wet wipes) have equally high demands with regards to their product packaging.
Pet Food
The packaging and long-term storage of dry feed and hygienic pet litter demands a moisture penetration barrier as well as unreactive and high-quality packaging materials.
The evolution of pharmaceutical industry and the development of packaging materials for pharmaceuticals go hand-in-hand. We provide packaging for syringes, sachets, flow-packs, infusion solutions, retorting packaging, contraceptives, pills, BAAs, beauty products, etc.
Industrial and Agro Products
Nowadays more and more goods are undergoing packing processes. Our company offers a range of packaging solutions, be it for office goods, automobile, textile, construction or any other industries.
Snacks and Spices
The key purpose of packaging produced for this industry is to maintain the original taste of the product whilst providing eye-catching packaging and a high output on the filling machines.


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PreSonus' popular Class A XMAX preamps are widely lauded for their clarity and transparency. Our tube preamps are beloved for their warm, smooth sound. With the Blue Tube DP dual-path mic/instrument preamp, you get both types of high-quality sound in one unit. No wonder it became a classic!
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"Jazz was never a career option for women and that we're still catching up to our male counterparts, in terms of numbers, but significantly this is changing."
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Three-Act Plot Analysis
You may have noticed that Foundation isn't really a novel in the sense that it tells one complete story. It's actually five different stories sharing a fictional history, all of which happen to be bundled beneath the same cover. Ergo (Latin!), each of the five stories has its own plot structure.
We're going to take a stab at the three-act plot of Foundation's first story,"The Psychohistorians." This should help you recognize the three-act plot structure at work in the other four stories. Go ahead and try it out yourself on another story—you might be surprised what you learn.
The first act of any story sets up the conflict. We learn (1) who the characters are, (2) where the story's set, (3) what the special story rules are, (4) what the major conflict is, and (5) what the stakes of the conflict are.
"The Psychohistorians" barrels through all of these points in its first act, and that act consists of chapters 1-4. Yep, half of the entire story.
In Act 1, we learn about Gaal Dornick's desire to work with Hari Seldon (Characters).Through Gaal's eyes,we wander through the planet of Trantor and get a grip on this technology savvy future (Setting). We also meet Hari Seldon for the first time, and the great mathematician explains psychohistory (Special Rules). Seldon also predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire (Conflict). However, using psychohistory, he hopes to limit the inevitable dark age from a bleak 30,000 years to a relatively minor 1,000 years (Stakes).
And voila! Simply by reading the story, you've learned all the information you need to read the story. Cool, huh?
Those in the story-making biz call Act II the "rising action." That's because this part of the story should raise the tension. It accomplishes this by having the characters try to resolve the conflict introduced in Act I.
However, in trying to solve the conflict, the characters often enter a worse situation, forcing them to deal with a new set of problems on top of everything else. If done right, the tension will be nail-bitingly great.
Act II of "The Psychohistorians" begins with Chapter 5, when Gaal is arrested. Seldon, Seldon's team, and Gaal are all put on trial for treason. If they can't prove their innocence, they'll be executed. If that happens, Seldon will be unable to accomplish his plan to help the galaxy in the ensuing crisis (death has a tendency to interrupt plans).
The tension is further bumped up by psychohistory. Seldon's calculations say that everything should work out in his favor, and he's a smart cookie, so he should know. But Gaal and the reader are left wondering whether or not psychohistory can predict the future or not. After all, we haven't seen it in action yet.
Guess we'll have to read on to Act III to find out.
The name of Act III's game is resolution. We discover whether or not the characters succeeded in overcoming the obstacles put in their way, and all lingering questions should be answered. (Well, maybe not all the questions. Sometimes questions are left unanswered.)
In Chapter 7, the Committee gives Seldon and Gaal a choice: death or exile. Seldon chooses exile (obviously), and it seems like he has been defeated. But Seldon reveals that all has actually gone according to his plan. He wanted to be exiled to the ends of the galaxy, so he could build two scientific refuges: the Foundations. These two refuges will shorten the inevitable Dark Age making Seldon's plan work out perfectly.
Conflict, resolved. We do have one lingering question, however. What happens next? Will the Foundation succeed and how? To answer that, we'll have to read "The Encyclopedists" and start analyzing the three-act plot structure all over again.


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To the Editor:
"Spectacular gardens!" "Wonderful day!" were some of the comments heard throughout Essex Village as hundreds of visitors participated in the first Friends of the Essex Library Garden Tour held Saturday June 4. To those who came to walk the gardens and enjoy the beauty of Essex Village, we say, "Thank you!"
To make such an event possible took the involvement of many people, including those who planned the event, the hostesses at each garden, Master Gardeners, plein air painters, ticket takers and traffic managers. Your help made the event run smoothly and for this we extend heartfelt thanks. We especially thank Rhode VanGessel for her patience and tireless effort in making the publicity both eye-catching and beautiful.
Lastly, and most importantly, we wish to recognize the garden owners who worked tirelessly creating their works of art. Those who attended saw the enormous effort that went into preparing for the event and it was gratifying to see your efforts appreciated by so many people. All the Friends of the Essex Library say, "Thank You."
Linda Levene and Daphne Nielsen, co-chairman


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His death was one of the most shocking in the entertainment industry in 2017.
But late SHINee member Jonghyun was astonishingly left out from the Grammy Awards' "in memoriam" feature.
Fans were quick to notice that Jonghyun hadn't been included in the annual tribute to the musicians and notable industry people who were in the previous year.
Even more surprising is the featurette was followed by a performance of rapper Logic's "1-800-273-8255" – a song about suicide.
Many felt the exclusion was disrespectful as it was not just a montage of domestic stages as it included international names, too.
Read some of the reactions below.
so the Grammy's can show international artists in their memoriam but not Jonghyun ??? ok
— ✨alivia✨ (@aliviahannant) January 29, 2018
i'm still frazzled as to why jonghyun wasn't included in the grammy memorium montage especially how it was followed by a performance about suicide but hey that's just my opinion
— x t i n e (@bbymaki_) January 30, 2018
I'm upset they didn't put Jonghyun in the grammy memorial :/
— haknyeon anti (@ftpledis) January 30, 2018
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW the Grammays are TRASH for not honoring Jonghyun and then had the fucking audacity to play 1-800-273-8255 after the memoriam FUCK YALL #GRAMMYs #Jonghyun
— maryam (@maryanno_) January 29, 2018
So the #GRAMMYS included Jonghyun in their in memoriam on their website but not the broadcast. You'd think they would considering they had a performance about suicide prevention.https://t.co/C3dGrvwXJF pic.twitter.com/23cz5ANiRG
— ♦♠♥♣LunarSkye♣♥♠♦ (@LunarSkye) January 30, 2018


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Once a year, a very special group of spa professionals choose to convene and collaborate towards raising the awareness of sustainability in our industry. This year, against a majestic backdrop of fall foliage and a snow-capped mountain range, Robert Redford's Sundance Resort hosted the annual congress of the Green Spa Network with almost 70 people in attendance from as far as Ireland and South Africa. A magical rainbow greeted the GSN Board at their first morning hike to Stewart Falls, and the full harvest moon provided the perfect setting for chairlift rides to the top of the mountain. No surprise that by the end of the conference, everyone left with a feeling of renewal and a sense of greater purpose.
Sundance Resort GM Chad Linebaugh welcomed delegates with the story of Sundance and their sustainability efforts. The 3rd oldest ski resort in the country recycles 84 tons (168K lbs) of waste a year, purchases 90% of their food items from locally grown sources within 50 miles of the resort, and founded the glass recycling program for the entire area. Artisan glass blowers from Mexico handcraft plates, bowls, and glassware for the resort… all made from the recycled materials.
David Oakey of David Oakey Designs, whose client is Interface, GSN's newest Sustainability Circle Sponsor and the world's largest producer of contract commercial carpet, challenged everyone with hard facts: 100 acres of forests destroyed, 70 million tons of toxic chemicals released into the air, 86 million barrels of oil wasted, 25K people died of starvation (17K of them children) in the last 24 hours (www.poodwaddle.com). His mantra: Reject, Reduce, Recycle, Renew, Redesign. As a designer and a strong proponent of Biomimicry, he emphasizes the importance of nature's design principles & efficiencies: after all, 16 billion worth of energy escapes thru holes or cracks from poor design; 17 million gallons of fuel is spilt during lawn care (almost 3X the 6.2 million for the Exxon Valdez). Lawns cover 20 million acres of land, twice the size of Pennsylvania.
Green Spa Members also shared some of their sustainability efforts. The Westin Riverfront uses Ozone Infusion and Gray Water Reclamation. Vygenhoek Spa in South Africa practices the 4 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle, and says NO to disposables. Portico/Under the Canopy enlightened delegates about conventional cotton, the leading cause of agricultural air pollution. Although it only makes up 3% of the world's agriculture, it uses more than 25% of the world's pesticides.
Closer to home, Marti Morenings, Founder of Universal Companies (one of GSN's Sustainability Circle Sponsors) shared her path towards the cause. Like any great leader, she read up on corporate America's efforts towards environmental responsibility and found so many cases: Nike's elimination of PVCs and its reduction of the use of 95% of its chemical solvents; Visa's Green Card, which pays off the planet in the form of carbon offsets. If you charge a $300 airline ticket that generates 2,000 pounds of CO2, Visa will make sure that 46 trees are planted to offset your carbon footprint. Turns out that Green Card holders use it 3X more than their other CC's because they feel good about using it.
Fascinated with business heroes like the late Ray Anderson, visionary and founder of Interface who changed his business model to become one of the first companies to recycle carpet waste, Ray proved beyond any doubt that what was good for the environment was also good for the financial growth of his company. He was able to cut the company's use of fossil fuels by 45%, its contribution to landfills by 80%, and the company now uses 1/3 the amount of water in its manufacturing process, yet sales are up 49%. 'Sustainability', Ray would often say, "doesn't cost – it pays in the form of customer loyalty, employee spirit and hard cash."
Hence, Universal's path towards sustainability began… A distributor of over 5000 products with a customer base of over 28K spa professionals, it made sense for them to lead the charge and set the bar for earth-friendly products. Soon enough, suppliers stepped up to the challenge and in the last 4 years, those that did experienced the most growth.
Another by-product of Marti's inspiration is Eco-Logical Energy Systems, which to date has installed a dozen wind turbines, several solar PV systems, and one geothermal system. Even more important, is their social responsibility and the outreach to the community by creating awareness thru education and assistance.
Armed with all this information barely 24 hours into the conference, attendees were filled with a sense of purpose – to create a vital planet with vital people. This year's theme, "Taking Root: Making a Difference for the Planet and your Bottom Line", set the intention for the planting of a young black spruce tree on the grounds of Sundance on the last morning of the Congress. The tree planting ceremony was followed by the release of a Great Horned Owl from the local wildlife refuge symbolizing hope and the infinite potential of such a worthy cause. I was humbled and grateful to be part of this unique gathering. And I look forward to experiencing many more with my friends at the Green Spa Network.


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I bought this solid carbide slitting saw at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition in 2014 and have been using it for some time on various materials.
At the weekend I decided to use this blade to saw a mild steel bearing block into 2 parts. I had already drilled 2 vertical holes through the blocks to take the bolts that will fix the blocks together in use.
I pushed the cutting rate too hard and stalled the mill – the result when I backed off was that a tooth had broken off.
I believe the blade had caught on the edge of one of the holes and stopped dead.
I managed to carry on using the saw and complete the job, but annoyed at my gorilla machining and lack of patience. Also, this is not the first time I have had a carbide tool just sheer this way and break.


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By Ahmed Necip YILDIRIM
People who are worried after American strike in Syria ask me: Is this the start of World War III?
There are two other questions I am being asked recently: "What is going on in the world these days" and "Where you think Turkey should stand amid all these significant events happening in the world".
WW I had began following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the WW II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Small incidents turned into world wars.
I think that the post-Cold War global system has not yet been fully established. Especially the spheres of influence between USA, UK, (Continental) Europe, Russia and China have not yet been clearly defined. Brexit, War in Ukraine and Arap Spring, Conflict in Syria, harsh economic competition in other parts of the world can be given as most outstanding examples.
Global balance of power is subject to dramatic change.
After the collapse of Soviet Union, Francis Fukuyama announced "the End of History". Western liberal democracies had won the Cold War. Democracies wouldn't go to war with one another. The main clash, as Samuel P. Huntington had claimed, was supposed take place between civilizations; i.e. between democratic West and non-democratic (mostly Islamic) nations.
Globalization era had begun. Joseph Nye of Harvard had alleged that preferences of states could be shaped not only by hard military power but also by culture, democratic political values, persuasion, economic instruments and other soft foreign policy means.
Integration in European Union was deepening and expanding.
The entire world was supposed to be happy under unilateral American hegemony. Bipolar stability of Cold War period was replaced by unipolar hegemonic stability under American leadership.
Why this dream did not work?
The fundamental reason is the division in Western World. If all Western countries were united around one single ideal and if they were sharing same interests; things would be different in international relations today. Conflicts in Middle East, Brexit, Crisis in Europe, War in Ukraine… and all other major international problems arise from this basic fact.
The biggest war, conflict, rivalry, competition, struggle… in the world today, is not between Russia and America or China and America. The biggest conflict is between continental Europe and America. British have explicitly chosen their side by Brexit. Germany and France are standard-bearers of continental Europe.
The West, of course, will cooperate when non-Western actors are in case. However, they will also be competing with one another.
EU will be much stronger after Brexit. EU will become even stronger with Ukraine's potential membership. Germany and France will never take Turkey as a full member in EU, unless Turkey reconsiders strategic partnership with America.
We cannot say that there are clear-cut lines like in Cold War days. When you look from this perspective, however, you can list hundreds of major and minor points of conflict between these powers.
China and Russia are not real opponents of American global hegemony. Unlike Germany and France, Russia and China lack the necessary social and political background for such a rivalry.
There will be, of course, problems between the West and the rest of the world. Yet this does not nullify the deep division inside the West.
I believe the new global balance of power in the West will be shaped according to the groupings around America-Britain and Germany-France.
War in Ukraine, Arab Spring, refugee politics and fierce economic competition and security related issues (NATO are only some of conflict fields between these polars.
What Turkey should do amid all this?
China is not engaging in direct antagonistic and conflictual relationship with any of its adversaries. This is primarily so because China is rising and it desperately needs stability in its regional and global relations. The engine of Chinese development is economic growth. Any problem endangering the economic growth will be hazardous for economic growth of China.
Turkey is rising too. The driving element in Turkey's advancement is economic growth. Turkey must be in good relationship with its neighbours. No country can advance economically if it is engulfed by instability and turmoil. Peace and stability is imperative for Turkish decision makers.
This approach was actually formulated under the brand name "Zero Problem with neighbours" especially when Ahmet Davutoğlu was active in the government, as an advisor, foreign minister and prime minister.
Conflict, war, terrorism, separatism and turmoil, uprising and everything that causes instability and turmoil especially in the Caucasus and the Middle East spoils up Turkish growth and development plans. The higher the violence will be in the region, the slower growth and development in Turkey. Stability contributes to Turkey's rise as a strong regional (and global) actor, while regional instability satisfies those who never wish to see a strong Turkey.
Peace does not mean neglecting, isolationism and entirely withdraw into its shell. Since, when we look into the region from this perspective, I believe that instability will not ease in the region. Relatively, Turkey should plan and act pre-emptively towards any potential instability in the region. As it is impossible to eliminate conflicts in the region, Turkey must make sure to turn any possible tide towards its own interests.
It will be highly speculative to claim that all sorts of regional problems have caused to stop Turkish influence in region. We can also confidently say that all sorts of unrest and instability in the region have perfectly served those who do not wish to see Turkey as a strong power.
Turkey must keep the balance between rival and divided West as well as West and the non-Western actors.
Importance of Turkish – Russian Cooperation under the speculations of a World War III
Relations between Turkey and Russia should not be evaluated under the light of short term, daily and conjunctural events.
The export based Turkish economy is in need of diverse and multiple markets. In this case, Russian Federation and other former republics of the Soviet Union (who are under Russian influence) are among the prominent markets for Turkish manufacturers and exporters.
The population of Russian Federation is nearly equal to half of the population in Arab countries. The sum of the GDP in all Arab countries hardly reaches that of Russian Federation alone.
I have been in Russia for more than ten times and I had a chance to visit several cities in this country. There are many products that can be exported to Russia. Economically, Turkish Foreign Policy should take Russia seriously. It must be kept in mind that negative relations with Russia will have negative implication over Turkey's relationship with (some of the) other ex-Soviet countries, who are under the influence of Russian Foreign Policy.
Clash of interest in minor, regional and local problems should not hinder the overall good relations approach towards Russia. Both Russia and Turkey should not risk their mutual relations.
Turkey has strong relations with Western countries and it is quite obvious and understandable that Turkey cannot follow antagonistic relations with the Western countries. Moreover, Westernization (or Westernism) has been one of the most important elements of Turkish Foreign Policy for the last 90 years. However, this reality does not necessarily have to force Turkey ignore "multidimensional foreign policy".
Currently, there are some procedural difficulties in exportation of Turkish goods to Russia. Eliminating these obstacles will develop economic ties further and Turkish exports to Russia will boom. It can easily be claimed that in tourism, construction, textile, furniture, machinery, energy, services, and many others sectors Turkish exports to Russia is not even in the beginning stage. The economic potential that Russia is offering Turkey is beyond comprehension.
Russian Federation constitutes an important market for Turkey that has to be taken under a serious consideration.
In the last decade, Turkey has been increasing its international popularity by pursuing an active foreign policy. The shape, depth and type of policy between Turkey and Russian will not only have significant implications for regional and international balances, but also to the direction of Turkish foreign policy. In spite of the fact that Turkey and Russia have different standings on certain fields, they both tend to prevent the crisis affect other fields in mutual relationship.
It has been traditionally been said that Turkey's direction is the "West". Turkey's modernization endeavors and Cold War dynamics played important role on this discourse. In today's conditions, however, this one-dimensional approach has lost its validity. Turkey's relative power has changed. Regional and global dynamics are not the same.
Should Turkey join the Eurasian Customs Union, founded between Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia?
Does rapprochement between Turkey and Russia necessarily mean a divergence from the West in general and USA in particular for Turkey?
What effect Turkey's close ties with Russia will have on its relations with Europe?
What about Turkey's relations with other Turks; both in Russia and other Turkish Republics? Cooperation or rivalry (and collision) will best serve Turkey's cause towards improving its relations with other Turks in Asia?
With its vast mass of land, young population, big economy, rich natural resources… etc. Russian market constitutes a great opportunity for Turkey. Is there any serious reason for not improving our relations with Russia?
What should be the scope of mutual relationship?
The 2023 Vision declared by Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan requires Turkey to come up with brand new approaches in foreign policy. The instability and fluctuations in Middle East and the persisting economic crisis in Europe have explicitly demonstrated that Turkey should establish close relations with the former Soviet Union region. In the same way, cooperation with Turkey will have contributive results in Russian Federation's economic, political and social development.
So; Turkish and Russian intellectuals, diplomats and politicians should elaborate possibilities of Turkish – Russian cooperation that will be for the benefit of these two nations and the region.
Will World War III?
We do not need certain labels to define global
The globe has always been a battlefield. I think that the war has never stopped on this planet in the course of human history. Only the labels have varied: Diplomatic war, economic war, regional war, ideological war, religious war, Cold War, World War…etc.
Whether American strike in Syria will drag more states into direct conflict or not? Let's hope and pray that it will not happen. There are no winners in war.
By Ahmed Necip YILDIRIM
(Originally published in Turkey Tribune)


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Metal Tiger plc
("Metal Tiger" or the "Company")
Pan Asia Metals – Commencement of Drilling Programme at Reung Kiet Lithium Project
Metal Tiger plc (LON:MTR), the London Stock Exchange AIM listed investor in strategic natural resource opportunities, is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling at Pan Asia Metals Limited's ("PAM") wholly owned Reung Kiet Lithium Project ("RKLP") in Phang Nga Province, Thailand. Metal Tiger holds a 13.6 per cent. interest in PAM.
The RKLP includes a historical pegmatite tin mine, where weathered pegmatite was mined until the limit of weathering, where the ground became too hard, reaching a depth of approximately 30m. The resulting historical pit measures around 450m long by 140m at its widest point, with the pegmatite body around 20m wide in the pit bottom.
Previous investigations, conducted jointly by the Thai/British Geological Survey in the 1960s, have shown the pegmatite to be lithium bearing, with lepidolite mica thought to be evenly distributed throughout the pegmatite.
The drill programme has commenced with initial confirmatory drill holes orientated to intersect the lepidolite pegmatite at around 20-30m below the historical pit floor. Depending on findings, it is intended that deeper drilling will then follow.
Michael McNeilly, Chief Executive Officer of Metal Tiger commented:
"We strongly believe that the Reung Kiet Lithium Project has unique characteristics, with potentially one of the largest suites of lepidolite pegmatites in its global peer group. Through PAM's drilling programme, we hope to realise the potential of the project and we look forward to updating shareholders as progress continues."
Background on Reung Kiet Lithium Project
The RKLP is situated within the South East Asian Tin and Tungsten Belt and is located about 50km north-east of Phuket in the Phang Nga Province, southern Thailand. Pan Asia holds a 100% interest in 6 Prospecting Licence Applications covering approximately 75km2.
The area of investigation was a major tin mining district up until the 1980s. In the late 1960's a joint Thai/British Geological Survey study was undertaken in the region. It was during this study that the lithium bearing mica lepidolite was identified in pegmatites being mined for tin at the Reung Kiet open pit mine. This lepidolite was found to contain 3-4% Li2O. PAM considers that the project may have the potential to be positioned at or near the bottom of the cost curve for the production of lithium carbonate.
RKLP has two key prospects, with a combined strike length based on pits, exposures and rock chips, of approximately 2.5km.
PAM's surface work to date has produced average rock chip grades of 1.54% Li2O, with good tin and tantalum credits. Previous mining and independent reports at RKLP indicate excellent potential to discover significant lithium resources.
Background on Pan Asia Metals
PAM is a Singapore registered metals exploration and development company focused on the exploration and development of specialty and base metal projects in South East Asia. PAM has four wholly owned projects; Reung Kiet Lithium Project ("RKLP"); Khao Soon Tungsten Project ("KSTP"); Bang Now Lithium Project ("BNLP"); and the Minter Tungsten Project ("MTP"). The RKLP, KSTP and BNLP are located in southern Thailand, whilst the MTP is located in the Lachlan Fold Belt, NSW, Australia.
Metal Tiger plc holds 7,626,447 ordinary shares in PAM, having acquired a 7.8% interest in the issued share capital of PAM on 8 December 2017 for US$250,000, and, on 17 September 2018, invested a further US$300,000 increasing its interest in the issued share capital of PAM to 13.6%.
For more information on Pan Asia Metals Limited please visit their website www.panasiametals.com.
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|Michael McNeilly
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|Mark Potter
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Richard Tulloch
James Dance
Jack Botros
|Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)
|Tel +44 (0)20 7409 3494
|Nick Emerson
|SI Capital (Broker)
|Tel: +44 (0)1483 413 500
Gordon Poole
James Crothers
Monique Perks
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|Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4980
Notes to Editors:
Metal Tiger plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM Market ("AIM") with the trading code MTR and invests in high potential mineral projects with a base, precious and strategic metals focus.
The Company's target is to deliver a high return for shareholders by investing in significantly undervalued and/or high potential opportunities in the mineral exploration and development sector. The Company's key strategic objective is to ensure the distribution to shareholders of major returns achieved from disposals. Metal Tiger has two investment divisions: Direct Equities and Direct Projects.
The Direct Equities division invests in undervalued natural resource companies listed on AIM, the ASX and the TSX. Through the trading of equities and warrants, Metal Tiger seeks to generate cash for investment in the Direct Projects division.
Metal Tiger's Direct Projects division is focused on the development of its key project interests in Botswana, Spain and Thailand. In Botswana, Metal Tiger, through its 10.48% interest in MOD Resources Limited and related JV, has a growing interest in the large and highly prospective Kalahari copper/silver belt. In Spain, the Company has tungsten and gold interests in the highly mineralised Extremadura region. In Thailand, Metal Tiger has interests in two potentially near-production stage lead/zinc/silver mines as well as licences, applications and critical historical data covering antimony, copper, gold, lead, zinc and silver opportunities.
The Company actively assesses new investment opportunities on an on-going basis and has access to a diverse pipeline of new opportunities in the natural resources and mining sectors. For pipeline opportunities deemed sufficiently attractive, Metal Tiger may invest in the project or entity by buying publicly listed shares, by financing privately and/or by entering into a joint venture.


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By PATRICK HEALY
It should be one of the most pained, poignant moments in any production of "West Side Story": a grief-stricken Anita tells her friend Maria to end her love affair with Tony because he has just killed Bernardo, Anita's boyfriend and Maria's brother.
Sitting together in tears on Maria's bed, Anita delivers this message — as well as a rebuke to the interracial romance of Maria, who is Puerto Rican, and Tony, who is Polish-American — in the song "A Boy Like That," toward the end of Act II:
A boy like that who'd kill your brother,
Forget that boy and find another,
One of your own kind,
Stick to your own kind!
In the current Broadway revival of "West Side Story" the creative team drew widespread notice this spring for having Lin-Manuel Miranda translate some English lyrics by Stephen Sondheim into Spanish, as part of a greater attempt at authenticity for Puerto Rican characters like Anita. Yet this summer the show's director, Arthur Laurents, and some of the producers found that the Spanish lyrics were not jolting audiences the way they had hoped — nor paying off in the next scene when the white Jets gang members try to rape Anita.
"Audiences were getting the general idea of 'A Boy Like That,' but they weren't getting hammered by it," Mr. Laurents said in an interview Wednesday. "The sheer power of 'A boy like that who'd kill your brother' has no real equivalent, and for people who don't understand Spanish, the impact was diluted."
After discussions among Mr. Laurents, the producers and some of the actors, most of the lyrics in "A Boy Like That" were converted back to English beginning with last Thursday's performance; the decision was announced Tuesday.... A few lines in "I Feel Pretty," Maria's Act II opening number, also reverted to English, although Maria (played by Josefina Scaglione) still delivers most of the song in Spanish.
While the alterations are relatively limited in the two-and-a-half-hour musical — the Puerto Rican members of the Sharks still speak a great deal of Spanish — such meaningful changes are somewhat unusual five months after a show's opening, especially in a production in which the Spanish lyrics were publicized as a sign that this was a different "West Side Story."
Mr. Laurents and one of the show's lead producers, Jeffrey Seller, said the decision was not made lightly. "Through this entire production, Arthur and I have had a terrific dialogue that's motivated by a singular question: Can we do better?" said Mr. Seller, who produced the show with Kevin McCollum and James L. Nederlander.
"Arthur and I went back to the show in midsummer to see how it was playing," he continued, "and we reached the conclusion that we could provide a bigger dramatic wallop if we incorporated more English back into 'A Boy Like That,' without gutting the integrity of the Spanish that carries the Sharks through the show."
Mr. Seller said he had investors who wanted "A Boy Like That" to be sung in English "from Day 1," but added that financial considerations were a negligible factor in the changes.
Box-office business tends to decline across Broadway for several weeks after Labor Day; even so, Mr. Seller said that the production was expected to recoup its original multimillion-dollar investment and begin making "a very nice profit" in the next three weeks. He added that advance ticket sales total more than $7 million. The musical, one of the biggest commercial successes now on Broadway, grossed $1.15 million for eight performances for the week ending Aug. 23; the weekly operating costs are approximately $600,000.
The producers never formally asked audience members about the Spanish lyrics, let alone held a focus group, Mr. Seller and Mr. Laurents said. But Mr. Seller noted that, in postperformance conversations with friends and audience members, he was surprised by how many people had never seen "West Side Story," with music by Leonard Bernstein, onstage or its film version and lacked a strong grasp of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," which was the basis for the plot.
"It means we have to work a little bit harder in making sure people understand the show better," Mr. Seller said.
Mr. Laurents said that he discussed the changes with Karen Olivo, who plays Anita — she won the 2009 Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical for her performance — and that she was comfortable with making the switch and "was doing marvelously in that number." Ms. Olivo could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
For Mr. Laurents, who is 91 and wrote the book for "West Side Story" more than 50 years before directing this current revival, the English-to-Spanish-to-English tinkering reflects his belief that a production does not need to be "frozen" — a theater term used to denote the point when rehearsals and tech work are done and the show is ready to be performed the same way night after night.
"If you keep making changes to the show, it keeps the performances alive, and the cast isn't just repeating themselves over and over," said Mr. Laurents, who regularly checks in on the musical, most recently to upbraid cast members for absenteeism. "I never consider my work done. I'm never satisfied."


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Re-activate a cancelled subscription via rest
In case a user asked to cancel his subscription there is no way to reactivate the subscription via REST in case he regret.
After discussing with your support , they mentioned that there's already an enhancement request logged for enabling this functionality via REST - PMT-1940.
This feature is important to all your rest API users, if cancelling a subscription is supported via rest, i think it only logical that a reactivate of a canceled subscription will also be supported.
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It would also be helpful to have an Out of the box Multiple Cancellation feature.
It would also be very helpful if Zuora can support Multiple Cancellations Out of the Box.
Can you let me know what you mean by multiple cancellation?
We are going to add a suspend / resume capability where you can put a subscription on suspension (instead of cancelling) which can later be resumed. It seems that's going to address your case of reactivation. This is currently slated for Q2 this year.
Thanks for your response. Let me explain the use case we currently have..
- Customer purchases the pre-paid product for 1 year say 01012016 to 12312016
- Customer contacts the customer service representative on 05012016 and requests cancellation of the product from 10012016 to 12312016; System must cancel and refund for 2 months
- Customer changes the mind and requests the cancellation for the second time on 06012016 for the period 08012016 to 10012016 System must now refund the cancellation for additional 2 months and keep the subscription active from 01012016 to 08012016.
If we use the OOB Cancellation Amendment for the first cancellation no further actions can be taken on the cancelled subscription. This requires us to implement this solution using Remove Product or creating multiple subscriptions. Both the approaches involve a lot of granular calls to Zuora impacting the SFDC performance from where the cancel and refund is initiated.
Would it be possible for Zuora to simply this process and allow Cancellation Amendment to be used on the same subscription and abstract the calling system from all the details. Thanks
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Would you be able to delete the first Cancellation Amendment and then do a second Cancel?
Yes.. We are currently planning on using the following process. I feel it is pretty complicated process, if any of the steps in the process fail, system should come up a robust failure management. If not done properly will lead to data integrity issues.
It would be helpful if Billing System can abstract all these steps and provide one API option that allows to cancel a cancelled subscription.
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@Lei How soon? It has been over four years. It is really silly that we need to Re-activate a Cancelled "In Arrears" subscription in order to make changes to it with effective dates prior to the cancellation amendment, but within the current Term. Zuora should be smart enough to re-order the amendments, so that invoice generation is correct.
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A company called Nokian Tyres claimed a new world record of speed on ice when an Audi RS6 ran to 206.05 mph on March 6 in Finland.
That betters Bentley's recent record of 205.48 mph just set in February by four-time World Rally champion Juha Kankkunen in a Supersports convertible.
Nokian says its record was set in freezing conditions on an 8.7-mile track with the Audi wearing the company's tires.
The company says it's an ice expert of sorts and maintains a testing facility 186 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It developed its first winter tire for subzero conditions in 1934.
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Eastern football position review: Offensive line
Tue., April 15, 2014
This is the fourth of an eight-part series on spring football at Eastern Washington. Today: the offensive line
The Eastern Washington offensive line is more than the sum of its parts, mostly because those parts are almost interchangeable.
The parts are talented too, which will come in handy as the Eagles must replace three starters in the interior line, including an All-American center in Ashton Miller.
"Last year, we had 10 guys who could be starters in some other years," coach Beau Baldwin said of a group that helped the Eagles set numerous school records.
Or as offensive line coach Aaron Best calls them, "1 1/2s" – not quite starters, but much more than backups.
"A lot of them could have started on other teams," said Best, now in his 14th year at Eastern.
A case in point: center Jase Butorac, an understudy for four years behind All-Americans Miller and Chris Powers. "It was hard at times, but now it's time to show what I've learned," said Butorac, a senior-to-be from Sammamish, Wash.
At this point, Butorac is the front-runner at center, while two-year starter Clay DeBord is a fixture at left tackle. Otherwise, the Eagles are still arranging those parts for the best possible fit:
"All he's done is win," Best said of Butorac, who won three State 4A titles at Skyline High and a trio of Big Sky Conference titles with the Eagles. More than that, the 6-foot-3, 285-pounder gained valuable game experience as the Eagles rotated freely on the line.
"It's been a long time coming," Butorac said of his chance to start.
Best hopes that Butorac will do more than "drive with both hands on the steering wheel" now that he has the ball in his hands to start every play.
"I want him to go over the limit," said Best, who will count on Aaron Neary, Jay Deines, Thomas Gomez and left-hander Jerrod Jones as potential backups at center.
Neary, a 6-4, 285-pound junior from Richland, impressed the coaches last year – enough to be penciled in as one of the starters at guard. A fullback two years ago, Neary has shown the ability to move and pass-protect, Best said. But more than that, "of all the guys I've coached, he's in the top five of transforming himself as a player and a person," Best said.
Former Shadle Park star and Washington State transfer Jake Rodgers looks to be the favorite to start at the other guard position. The ultimate interchangeable part – he played all five O-line positions at WSU in 2012 – the 6-6, 320-pound senior will be a presence no matter where he plays.
"Ultimately, he's going to find himself somewhere," Best said.
Gomez, a 6-3, 295-pound junior from Graham, Wash., looks to be one of the top backups at either guard spot.
Rodgers may move to guard partly because of an embarrassment of riches at tackle.
Clay DeBord, a 6-6, 290-pounder from Asotin, Wash., is in his third year in the program and has anchored the left tackle position for two years. Showing quickness for a big man, DeBord has been the blind-side protector of quarterback Vernon Adams.
Classmate Cassidy Curtis, a 6-7, 290-pounder from Denver, should start at right tackle, while T.J Boatright (6-5, 285), a junior from Vancouver, looks to be a top backup. In fact, Boatright started last year against Idaho State when DeBord was injured.
Coming Thursday: part five, the defensive line
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Vine Joins Top Free Android Apps List This Week
Vine joins the top free Android app this week at No. 4, according to research from Google Play. Twitter released the looped video app for Android last week and is already working its way up the charts.
Below, we've listed the top free Android apps of the week. The list links to Google Play's research about the individual apps, including user reviews.
As part of Mediabistro's Media App Summit which took place last year, we spotlight the top free apps every week–helping our readers discover, enjoy and analyze successful content.
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