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Essentially, the State intervention was met with hostility and skepticism. This was obvious in the many Board meetings which evidenced flaring tempers and caustic verbal exchanges. Such resistance was demonstrated by both the Board and community residents alike. From 1996 to the fall of 2000, the Board ran the district with intermittent involvement by the Panel and some input from the


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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) (formerly known by its code name "Avalon") is a brand-new presentation framework for Windows XP and Windows Vista, the next version of the Windows client operating system. For developers, WPF is a cornucopia of new technologies, including a new graphics engine that supports 3-D graphics, animation, and more; an XML-based markup language (XAML) for declaring the structure of your Windows UI; and a radical new model for controls.
Programming Windows Presentation Foundation, authored by Microsoft Software Legend Chris Sells and WPF guru Ian Griffiths, is the book you need to get up to speed on WPF. By page two, you'll have written your first WPF application, and by the end of Chapter 1, "Hello WPF," you'll have completed a rapid tour of the framework and its major elements. These include the XAML markup language and the mapping of XAML markup to WinFX code; the WPF content model; layout; controls, styles, and templates; graphics and animation; and, finally, deployment.
Programming Windows Presentation Foundation features:
The next generation of Windows applications is going to blaze a trail into the unknown. WPF represents the best of the control-based Windows world and the content-based web world; it's an engine just itching to be taken for a spin. Inside, you'll find the keys to the ignition.
Updated samples and change notes for the move from the February CTP to Beta 2 are now available from the example site: http://www.sellsbrothers.com/writing/avbook/
Chris Sells is a Program Manager for the Connected Systems Division. He's written several books, including Programming Avalon, Windows Forms Programming in C# and ATL Internals. In his free time, Chris hosts various conferences and makes a pest of himself on Microsoft internal product team discussion lists. More information about Chris, and his various projects, is available at http://www.sellsbrothers.com
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Justin Bieber Shooting New Concert Movie in Miami
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Justin Bieber confirmed on his Twitter account that he has begun shooting a new concert movie in Miami. The movie is being shot for his Believe tour:
"And yeah word is out .. We are shooting a movie here in Miami. Need u all live tomorrow again!! #BELIEVEtour #BELIEVE"
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Flat Iron
17 Beak st, Soho
UPDATE: Flat Iron is back with a vengeance now in Soho. Months on from their pop-up at the Owl & pussycat back in August (read below) Flat Iron now have their own permanent set up, and what's more prices have remained the same. Still unbeatable value, and things have got better these chips are probably some of the best I've had in London. It's not a massive place, with under 30 seats, so expect a queue at peak times.
As well as the dinning area there is a cocktail area downstairs, so even if you have to wait, it won't be out in the cold. Be sure to try their 'off-menu' doughnuts which were a treat for us for one of my friends birthdays, an unexpected but lovely suprise, on this point the FOH are brilliant. I can see me going here time and time again. It's hard to get bored of steak and chips especially this good and this cheap.
Flat Iron @ Owl & Pussycat
34 Redchurch Street
If you are going to do one thing make sure you do it well, and Flat Iron have certainly achieved that. A lot places are running simplified menus, and Flat iron certainly takes this to the extreme, serving up just steak, and only flat iron (a cut from the shoulder) at that.
Flat Iron have found home in the upstairs of the Owl & Pussycat pub, right near Shoreditch high street station. Got there at 6 and just missed out on getting the first allocation of seats, and were told we would have to wait half an hour. Luckily for us while waiting for drinks some seats had been freed up, bonus, I was starving and I could smell maillard reaction
If you want a private dining experience this isn't the place for you, with the place set out with a few long tables rather than the usual individual tables. This made for a lot better atmosphere, but depends on your taste.
While we 'decided' what to have we were given a cup of beef dripping popcorn, a nice touch and very moreish. After ours were finished we then ploughed into our neighbours'.
With a minimal menu to choice from, this didn't take long. Steak, medium rare and fries each please. Despite so many people within a small place and no designated seating plan, the service was really good and we got our drinks fairly quickly
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You do get a lot of bang for your buck here, for £10 this is incredible value. Normally you'd pay more than this in a standard pub for substandard quality beef. They've done alot of sourcing from different suppliers and it shows. I've not had the flat iron cut before, so can't really compare it, but the meat is cooked perfectly, it would be interesting to see if this is done sous-vide and finished on a grill, from the photos it looks as though they are seasoned post-cut. You don't get a knife, but you do get these quite awesome meat cleavers instead, there was a warning on the menu not to take these home as souvenirs.!As you can see the colour is perfect throughout the steak. My only gripe is that with the steak already cut up, it does get cold quite quickly. So while it retains it's flavour, it's more of a cold cut at the end of the meal.
The beef dripping fries were a good accompaniment, they had a good crunch to them, although slightly too much salt for me. The salad was fresh and the vinaigrette was very light and didn't over power the flavour of the steak. Our final bill came to about £30 for 2 people
The beef dripping fries were a good accompaniment, they had a good crunch to them, although slightly too much salt for me. The salad was fresh and the vinaigrette was very light and didn't over power the flavour of the steak. Our final bill came to about £30 for 2 people
You can't afford to miss out on a steak at this price this good. Get there early before the queues for the last couple of days. I hear they are doing Wagyu for £16 (200g).


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|Welcome to Saab92x.com!
Just drove by a desert silver/tan Aero in a Publix parking lot. Was it any of you? Seemed like a cool dude, recognized my linear and gave me a peace and thumbs up. Makes me sad that I'm selling my linear; I love the instant camaraderie that comes with owning these cars.
Nope, sold mine a few years ago. I don't know many folks on here from our area. If you sell yours, we will have one less GA 92X
The fact he gave you a peace AND thumbs up certainly puts cool guy status in his favor. Did he do it with two hands and steer with his knee?
Nope, one hand. Would have been cooler.
And yeah, that being said. Once I finish with student loans (will finish within the year), I fully intend to hunt down an aero and bring one back to GA.


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Nissan's 'The Wedding' video shows off new features
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Nissan along with creative agency DAN Paris, has created an interactive and immersive video experience to showcase new features in its Note range.
The video links with your Facebook profile to add in images and friends, which provides a virtual test drive that takes a crazy turn.
The idea of the video is to show off the car's Safety Shield and Around View Monitor (360° vision).
A clever use of video and social media. Take a virtual test drive for yourself here.


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WGB-WM-500 - Sd.Kfz 251/1 ausf C halftrack
The Hanomag played a key role in German Blitzkrieg warfare. The speed, reliability and manouverability of this half-track allowed German Panzergrenadiers to easily overcome their Allied counterparts.
With a large transport capacity, good armour, and an array of possbile armaments, the Hanomag was at the very heart of countless German manouvers during the Second World War - from the frozen plains of Russia to the Bocage-lined Normandy countryside.
This Boxed Set contains one plastic miniature. This model is supplied unpainted, and assembly may also be required.
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Refinsihing Hardwood Floors
OK - first timer on the flooring refinishing project. All went well - from the sanding to the staining. Quiet pleased with Husbands handywork, although I supervised. Only problem was the first coat of polyurethane we put on. We waited over 24 hours before we started the poly - Louisiana humidity and all.....Husband was using a synthetic applicator (instructions said either lambswool or a synthetic pad for the oil based poly). Took a couple of days to dry completely due to the weather, but there are some spots that are really shiny in comparison to the other. (satin finish poly was used). The marks look like where we stopped the applicator pad and maybe picked up more poly to start again although we did try very hard to "feather" as we went. Now - if I come back and do a light sanding and use the same technique as before - will the same thing happen? Should I use a different applicator? Should I just give up and call a pro? I figure I have at least 2 more coats to go but we have decided to wait till the weather is a bit better - since there seems to always be a chance of rain every 3 days around here right now and can't miss out on that much golf on the good days now can we?.
Would really like my room back as soon as possible, but I want to do this right since I have 3 more rooms to go!
stirred - no bubbles that i saw. (used the minwax pamphlet from HD to ensure our success - ha)
Satin poly requires a really good stirring to get the flatting agent well mixed with the clear. Stir a lot before you start and stir as you go. Sand the floor lightly and continue. The two more coats that you're planning shouild even things out.
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I am waiting for Canon to make a camera which will be a suitable replacement for my Powershot A620. Currently they make nothing that ticks all the right boxes.
Its quite simple. All I want is a tilt and swivel LCD and a reasonable battery indicator. The powershot I have, has a tendency to run the batteries down when its not being used. And when they do run out it gives you under 1 minute of warning before they give up completely..... which is absolutely ludicrous.
I have emailed them to ask if they have such a camera in their range. The reply i have says that they do either or, but not both. Until that day... I will wait.
How about the Canon Powershot A650is?
Now the price is down to 𧵃.99 at Jessops the A720IS looks a very good buy for anyone wanted a bit more control than a simple P&S.
I only paid 𧴹.99 for mine at Jessops. Lacks the 28mm capability of my Canon Ixus 850 (pickpocketed in Cape Town) but zooms out to 200+mm. Bulkier too but otherwise it's great and a real bargain at that price.
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The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guides).
By: Bill Thompson III.
Availability: Usually ships in 1-5 days.
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.Covering 300 of the most common birds in all of the United States and Canada, "The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America" is loaded with color photographs, drawings showing typical behaviors, range maps, an easy-to-use checklist, fun facts, and authoritative information about each bird, its vocalizations, and its habitat.
While other field guides might overwhelm kids who are new to birding, "The Young Birder's Guide to Birds of North America" was created with help from kids. Bill Thompson's own son and daughter and their elementary school classes helped select the content. Kid tested, kid approved!
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According to Christopher Flores, director of communications for Microsoft, Windows Phone is gaining traction on both ends of the market. Flores claims that Windows Phone is the second most popular platform in 14 markets around the world. And if that doesn't make Windows Phone fans feel giddy, consider this. According to Flores, in 24 markets, Windows Phone is outselling the Apple iPhone. While overall the improvement is coming from a small base, Flores says that Windows Phone is the fastest growing platform globally.
We should point out, since Flores didn't mention it, that much of this growth is coming in emerging markets where the Apple iPhone's cost is prohibitive. And while the Nokia Lumia 525 has taken the Lumia 520 and doubled the RAM, Microsoft might start feeling some pressure on the low-end with the Motorola Moto G. BlackBerry, too, will be going after this market with the Foxconn designed and built handset currently codenamed BlackBerry Jakarta. Rumored to be heading first to Indonesia, this model will most likely find itself shipped to emerging markets.
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Vending Rewards Card
- Vending on campus and at the extension sites is provided by CC Vending, Inc. in partnership with Pepsi. Vending machines are equipped with the "MIND" technology that displays nutritional facts. Vending machines takes cash, credit/debit card and the vending rewards card.
- We are excited to offer our new vending rewards card and look forward to your participation in the program.
- Not only will you receive vending machine discounts, cash back and loyalty rewards, but a portion of your purchases will be donated to the Westchester Community College Foundation.
- Vending Rewards Cards are available in the FSA Office behind the Bookstore and the Security Office in the Student Center
- Funds can also be loaded onto your rewards card at the Vending Card Kiosk located in the Student Center.
- Further details regarding the Vending Rewards Card can be found at www.usconnectme.com.
- Register your Vending Rewards Card and click Sign Up in the top right corner of the screen. Keep track of your transaction history, cash back awards and redeem loyalty points and available offers online.
- Come to the FSA office in the back of the bookstore if you need a vending refund
Vending Machine Locations
- Academic Arts – 3 in gallery lobby
- Administration Bldg – 3 in basement
- Classroom Bldg – 7 in third floor lounge
- Gateway Center – 2 in the second floor east lobby
- Health Science Bldg – 4 in first floor lounge
- Knollwood Center – 3 in lobby
- Library – 6 in first floor student lounge
- Maintenance Bldg – 1 on first floor
- Phys Ed Bldg – 3 on first floor lobby
- Science Bldg – 6 in first floor lounge
- Student Center – 5 Bsmt/First Floor/Sec Floor
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg University will host several upcoming concerts which are free and open to the public.
The Wittenberg Flute Choir and Chamber Ensembles, under the direction of Lori Akins and Richard York, will begin the week of music with a concert at 8 p.m. Monday, April 17, in Krieg Hall.
At 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, also in Krieg Hall, Alan August, tenor, and Adjunct Professor of Music Stephen Siek, piano, will present a guest and faculty artist recital. A Los Angeles-based singer, August performs regularly as a soloist in opera, oratorio, musical theatre and song. His program will include eight rarely heard songs by famed composer Rachmaninoff, sung in Russian.
The Wittenberg Choir, under the direction of Donald Busarow, professor of music, will present a Faculty Memorial Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 21, in Weaver Chapel.
At 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in Weaver Chapel, the Wittenberg Handbell Choir and Wittenberg Singers will be featured in concert. Trudy Faber, professor of music, and Carol J. Todd, adjunct instructor of music, will conduct.
Finally, the 25th Gabrieli Festival, Brass Choir Invitational, will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, in Weaver Chapel. A celebration of the music of Giovanni Gabriele and other composers for brass instruments, the annual event is hosted by the Wittenberg Brass Choir, under the direction of Daniel Zehringer, adjunct instructor of music.
For more information about these events, contact the music department at (937) 327-7341.
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The need for redefining the concept of agriculture and rural areas for sustainable development
The document Agenda 21 of the United Nations on Sustainable Development in Chapter 14 calls for "major adjustments in agricultural, environmental and macroeconomic policy" and for the integration of different policies. A great number of similar calls can be found in documents of other international organisations (FAO, OECD, Council of Europe, EU etc.). Still, it seems that no real progress has been achieved so far in reforming agricultural policies and in integrating different policies.
The author believes that the main reason of this situation is the prevailing false concept of agriculture and rural areas which is a result of the disintegration and substitution processes in the development of industrialized agriculture. Disintegrating agriculture from its natural environment and the rural area in which it was operating, the substitution of industrial inputs for natural resources became an aim just for its own sake to make agriculture more "modern" or more "industry like". Finally, agriculture and rural areas became just mere receptacles or markets for products and services of industrial companies located in towns and industrial centres. The utilisation of local natural and human resources decreased, less and less value added was produced by agriculture. In this way its contribution to the maintenance of rural areas decreased rapidly. This so called "development" proved clearly not being sustainable.
In order to have a really sustainable agricultural development a radically new approach is needed. Agriculture has to be reintegrated with its natural resource base and with rural areas. The main objective of sustainable agriculture has to be the production of the greatest amount of value added by the efficient utilisation of local natural and human resources. To translate this new concept of agriculture into practice a radical reform of agricultural policy and intensive research to find new possibilities to utilize local resources is needed. The paper explains in more detail the non sustainable "industrial input transforming" and the sustainable "resource utilizing" concept of agriculture.
The need for a real progress towards sustainable agricultural and rural development
The Agenda 21 document of the United Nation on sustainable development declares that "Major adjustments are needed in agricultural, environmental and macroeconomic policy at both national and international levels." It also stresses the need to integrate different policies into "a coherent national policy framework".
A great number of similar statements and declarations can be found in the documents of other international organisations. There is also a vast number of books and journal articles on different aspects of sustainable agriculture and the relationships between agriculture and rural areas. Here only a few examples can be mentioned.
OECD has paid increasing attention to agricultural policy reform during the last two decades. Ministers of agriculture of the OECD member countries adopted a set of policy principles in March 1998 including the need of governments "to take actions to ensure the protection of the environment and sustainable management of natural resources in agriculture" (OECD, 2001). This most recent report concludes that agricultural policies have not changed enough and calls for integrating the different, sometimes contradictory policies (i.e. agricultural, environmental and other policies).
The situation is similar in the European Union, however the need for policy integration and for a radical reform of the CAP is well recognized. The often cited Cork Declaration in Point 2 calls for an integrated approach to rural development. It would be too long to overview the great number of statements and declarations of EU leaders and politicians which all call for more reform of the CAP in order to move agriculture towards sustainability and to ensure a greater contribution of it to rural development. Franz Fischler (2001), the Commissioner responsible for agriculture and rural development, declared: "common agricultural policy has also changed, but not enough", and: "We must ensure that the much-touted sustainability is translated into practice". Molterer (1998) for example emphasizes that the European modell of agriculture is a sustainable and multifunctional agriculture in which the different functions must not be separated but have to form a whole (i. e. should be integrated). The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has also been intensively working on the problems of sustainable agricultural and rural development and has produced a major document, the "European Charter for Rural Areas" (Council of Europe, (1996)).
In spite of all these works and declarations no real progress has been achieved yet. The CARPE (Common Agricultural and Rural Policy for Europe) concept presented by a group of experts during the discussions on the Agenda 2000 document (European Commission, 1997) in which the removal of all the subsidies coupled with production was finally rejected by the European Council (Berlin, March 1998). Willis and Bryden (1999) in their analysis of Agenda 2000 drew the same conclusion: "When compared to the vision expressed in the Cork Declaration on Living Countryside, what is called rural development in Agenda 2000 seems better described as agricultural policy paying lip-service to rural development".
These few examples show that sustainable agriculture and rural development are mostly just a fashionable topic for scientific discussions and declarations of politicians rather than a concept realized in practice. It seems to be right time now to try to answer the question: Why has so little progress been achieved in "translating sustainability into practice"?
2. The present situation: non-sustainable agriculture
As a result of disintegration and substitution processes in the course of the development of agriculture it has become separated from its natural environment, and from the rural areas in which its operates. Different branches of production has become specialised and separated from each other. Food processing was removed from rural areas into towns. In this way, value added produced by food processing has also been removed from rural areas. Parallel to this disintegration process, industrial means of production and industrial inputs have been substituted for natural, human, farm produced and other local resources to an ever increasing extent. In this way, the scope of agriculture has been narrowed to transformation of industrial means of production and inputs into some fresh food and raw materials for industries located in towns. Agricultural labour, natural resources and other local resources has become less and less important and for this reason they have got devaluated or completely lost their value while industrial inputs are relative more and more expensive (i.e. the well-known problem of price disparity). The relative role of agriculture in the national and rural economies has decreased dramatically. Rural people were forced to move to towns to find jobs, depopulation of rural areas in some cases reached a frightening level. While specialisation and the use of more productive means of production can be justified to a given extent by the need of feeding more people but later on, the use of more and more industrial inputs, larger and larger machines, more and more industrially processed feeds for animals, substituting artificial resources for natural ones has been continued just for its own sake following the directives of the prevailing economic development and modernisation theories according to which agriculture is just one among the other branches of industrial activities, and farms have to be organised and operated as business enterprises.
As a result of this so called "development" or "modernisation", agriculture and rural areas have become just mere receptacles or absorbing markets for industries located in towns. The only function of agriculture and rural areas is to take up the maximal possible amount of industrial products for consumption or to transform them into agricultural products even if there is an overproduction of these products and the natural environment and rural areas are deteriorated or destroyed. We call this concept of agriculture "industrial input transformer agriculture". This kind of agriculture and the rural areas housing it are just auxiliary to towns and industries and they are clearly not sustainable.
The EU is still following this "modernisation" concept and try to help and force the candidate countries to follow the same direction in spite of the nice talks about rural development and agricultural environmental programs. The internal relations among the element of this "non-sustainable" concept of agriculture and rural areas can be summarized as it is show by Figure 1.
Figure 1: The system of non-sustainable agriculture
This system is not sustainable because sooner or later it would completely exhaust its rural base. This is very vaguely recognised in the concern about the maintenance and development of rural areas. But still there is not strong enough political will to break up this system in which subsidies intended to help farmers are in fact supporting the industries located in towns and causing further decline of rural areas. Agricultural policies which keep up this mechanism including the CAP of EU are deemed as typical cases of "government failure" by some authors in Environmental Economics. (See for example: Turner et al., 1994.)
3. The concept of sustainable resource utilising agriculture
To achieve any real progress towards sustainability we have to depart from the above described concept of agriculture and modernisation. An integrated and multifunctional agriculture has to be developed. The main function of this type of agriculture is to utilise the human, natural and other local resources available in rural areas to produce a diverse mix of products and services in order to supply the highest amount of added value for the maintenance of rural areas. This means that the disintegrated parts of agriculture have to be reintegrated, agriculture has to be reintegrated with its rural and environmental base, and its dependency on external input and output markets has to be decreased. Farming has to be based on the creation, modernisation and efficient utilisation of local resources. Industrial means of production and inputs are to be used only as auxiliary factor to such extent necessary to increase the productivity of local resources, but not for the sake of substituting them. In short, the traditional exogenous way of "modernisation" which is forced on agriculture from outside has to be changed into endogenous type of development.
This concept of agriculture can be termed as "resources utilising agriculture" which is sustainable because it is built on the maintenance and development of its own local resource base. The system of this resource utilising agriculture is summarized in Figure 2.
Figure 2: The system of sustainable resource utilising agriculture.
This "new concept" of agriculture is really very old and the one which had existed before "industrialised" agriculture became dominant. It can be realised only if radical changes in agricultural policies can be achieved. First of all, farmers have to understand that present agricultural policies (including the CAP) in fact are not supporting them but subsidies finally go to industries. Secondly, the politicians forming agricultural policies have to be persuaded that agricultural policy supporting "resource utilising agriculture" is much cheaper than the present system in which first industrial input intensive agricultural production is subsidized, then a great amount of money is spent on repairing environmental damage caused and on rural development. Subsidizing agriculture to produce more value added from its local resource base simultaneously help to maintain viable farms, to protect the environment and to develop rural areas in one coherent supporting system. In this way, integration of different policies called for in Agenda 21 can be realized. Besides, taxpayers' money could be saved and the agricultural policy would be more efficient.
We can just regret that the basic problem of the concept or the definition of agriculture and rural areas is given very little attention in discussion on sustainable agriculture and on agricultural policy reforms.
Still, it has been encouraging to find a similar approach in a recent presentation of van der Plough and Rooij (2001). They use the term "Capitalist commodity production" for the type of non-sustainable agriculture in which even labour is used as a commodity, and "petty commodity production" for the "resource utilizing agriculture" outlined here. They contrast industrialization with repeasantization as alternatives of agricultural development. But "repeasantization" might easily be rejected as being old fashioned and regress. While the concept of integrated, multifunctional and resource utilisating agriculture is a "modern" concept in the real sense which is using any kind of "high tech" means of production but only to increase the efficiency of mobilizing, maintaining and utilising local resources. The issue of the need to redefine the meaning of agriculture has already been raised in some other publications but there has been almost no response from agricultural experts and researchers. (See for example: Szakál (1997) and Szakál (1999).)
4. Conclusion
According to general economic or modernisation theory, agricultural development means the substitution of industrial means of production and inputs for local human and natural resources. As a result of this kind of "development" agriculture and rural areas became just mere receptacles and transformers of industrial products and inputs. It we want to move towards sustainability the concept of agriculture has to be redefined. In contrast to the industrial input transformer concept, the basic function of agriculture should be the utilisation of the human and natural resources available in rural areas to produce marketable goods and services in order to contribute to rural development with the maximum possible amount of values added. To develop such a "resource utilising agriculture", which would be really sustainable, agricultural policies have to be changed accordingly.
- Council of Europe (1996): Recommendation 1296(1996) on an European Charter for Rural Areas, Strasbourg
- European Commission (1997): Towards a Common Agricultural and Rural Policy for Europe. European Economy, Reports and Studies, No.5. Eur-OP, Luxembourg
- Fishler, F. (2001): The CAP after Agenda 2000. The achievements and challenges. Opening address for International Green Week, Berlin, 18 January 2001
- Molterer, W. (1998): Statement at the Congress of European Agriculture, Ljubljana, 30. Sept.– 2. Oct. 1998. Proceedings of the Congress, 31-35 p.
- OECD, (2001): Improving the environmental performance of agriculture: policy options and market approaches, Paris, 51. p.
- Plough, van der, J. D. and Rooij, de, S. (1999): Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe: Industrialization or repeasantization? In: Rural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Proceeding of Research Conference, 6-9 December 1999, Podbanske, Slovakia, 45-53 p.
- Szakál, F. (1997): The need to redefine the meaning of "Agriculture". Information document. Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Parliamentary Assembley of the Council of Europe, Strassbourg, Doc. No. AS/Agr.(1997) 7. 12 p.
- Szakál, F. (1999): A fenntartható mezőgazdaság és szerepe a vidéki térségek fejlődésében, A falu, XIV. évf. 2.sz. 23-37 p.
- Turner, R.K., Pearce, D. and Bateman, I. (1994): Environmental Economics, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hemtead. 328 p.
- Willis, P. and Bryden, J. (1999): The implementation of Agenda 2000. In: Rural Areas of Eastern and Western Europe. The Arkleton Trust, Eston, Oxon, 35 p.


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NUMA hardware solves this scalability challenge by dividing the processors into groups, with each...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxNo respect: NUMA affinity meets query parallelismhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/28/no-respect-numa-affinity-meets-query-parallelism.aspx2012-01-28T05:32:51Z2012-01-28T05:32:51ZWhat happens when NUMA affinity meets query parallelism? It gets no respect! SQL Server allows you to affinitize a TCP port to a specific NUMA node or a group of NUMA nodes. Books Online has an article on How to: Map TCP/IP ports to NUMA Nodes . And this BOL article discusses various NUMA affinity scenarios. Recently, I have been playing with NUMA affinity on various servers with hardware NUMA, such as those with Intel X5690 and Intel E7-4870, running SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM (10.50.1600) and SQL Server...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxT-SQL stored procedure for finding/replacing strings in a text file. Really?http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/27/t-sql-stored-procedure-for-finding-replacing-strings-in-a-text-file-really.aspx2012-01-27T05:33:11Z2012-01-27T05:33:11ZI know people have been doing all sorts of things with T-SQL, and I have absolutely no issue with people trying to push the limit of what T-SQL can do, or what you can use it to accomplish, especially when it's for demonstration or pedagogical purposes, or as an intellectual exercise. But then I bumped into an article on writing a T-SQL stored procedure to find and replace strings in a text file. That really unsettled me! 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I had to go back to SQL Trace....(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxPerformance impact: hyperthreading on Intel Westmere-EP processors (X5690)http://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/22/performance-impact-hyperthreading-on-intel-westmere-ep-processors-x5690.aspx2012-01-22T06:41:23Z2012-01-22T06:41:23ZRecently, I have been looking into the performance impact of enabling hyperthreading on various platforms with various SQL Server workloads. All the results I have shared so far are from a DL580 G7 with four Westmere-EX  (E7-4870) processors. Overall, the results of enabling hyperthreading have been positive for both the tested reporting queries and the tested OLTP queries, although I did run into one exception where a reporting query workload performed better without hyperthreading . In all...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxPerformance impact: not all is better with hyperthreadinghttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/17/performance-impact-not-all-is-better-with-hyperthreading.aspx2012-01-17T22:57:32Z2012-01-17T22:57:32ZIn the comments to my previous post on the performance impact of enabling hyperthreading on reporting queries, Serguei Tarassov indicated that it might be interesting to try different reporting queries, and suggested a specific parameterized test query. I happened to have some free time over this past long weekend, and I was curious to see how a different workload might behave, differently, similarly or the same. So I modified the workload driver client I wrote earlier to work with Serguei's query,...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxPerformance impact: driving up context switches/sechttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/12/performance-impact-driving-up-context-switches-sec.aspx2012-01-12T05:23:52Z2012-01-12T05:23:52ZToo many context switches per second are considered bad for your database performance. But how many is too many has never been clear. With the core count of new servers going up rapidly, it becomes even less clear how we should evaluate this counter to help understand the SQL Server behavior in the environments we support. 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The former is SQL Server 2008 R2 with Service...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxElephant in the room: TPC-Ehttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/07/elephant-in-the-room-tpc-e.aspx2012-01-07T05:21:44Z2012-01-07T05:21:44ZOver the past few months in several semi-formal occasions, I ran into folks from your well-known vendors (minus Microsoft). Some of the folks were from the vendors' performance labs and were involved in conducting benchmark tests and publishing benchmark results. So naturally they were very happy and eager to talk about performance, I mean any database performance, until the topic of TPC-E came up. They might not be squirming. But it's hard to be mistaken that they really didn't want to talk about...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxPerformance impact: hyperthreading for OLTP querieshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/06/performance-impact-hyperthreading-for-oltp-queries.aspx2012-01-06T04:44:00Z2012-01-06T04:44:00ZMy previous post focuses on the performance impact of enabling hyperthreading (HT) on a machine with four Intel Westmere-EX processors on reporting queries. Let's turn our attention to OLTP queries. To oversimplify it, reporting queries are generally processed by scanning a large number of pages, whereas quick index seeks are the hallmark of OLTP queries. The OLTP queries used to check out the hyperthreading impact are the two TPC-C read-only transactions (Order Status and Stock Level), slightly...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxPerformance impact: hyperthreading for reporting querieshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/05/performance-impact-hyperthreading-for-reporting-queries.aspx2012-01-05T05:36:00Z2012-01-05T05:36:00ZThere are a lot of questions on hyperthreading, but not a lot of answers. There is no shortage of opinions, but very few are based on significant first hand experience or solid test data. We know that the hyperthreading technology in the older generations of the Intel processors was not well received by the SQL Server community. Hyperthreading in the newer generations of the Intel's Nehalem-based Xeon processors, however, is decidedly better implemented, and it appears to be much better received...(read more)Linchi Sheahttp://sqlblog.com/members/Linchi+Shea.aspxEvaluating server hardware: a sign of the timeshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/linchi_shea/archive/2012/01/03/evaluating-server-hardware-a-sign-of-the-times.aspx2012-01-03T05:02:20Z2012-01-03T05:02:20ZFor nearly ten years, I have had success in using a specifically modified version of the TPC-C benchmark for evaluating server hardware running SQL Server. Depending on your purpose, you can evaluate computer hardware in numerous ways with numerous benchmarks. Arbitrarily picking a generic benchmark to evaluate a server is of no interest to me. Rather, I'm interested in a piece of hardware only in how SQL Server runs on that hardware or that specific configuration of hardware. 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As the first year of McCracken County High School winds to a close, there are still firsts for students, faculty and staff members to experience.
About 46 students were in the cast and more than 1,600 tickets sold for the first musical at the high school. "Footloose" played three showings over last weekend in the 780-seat C-Plant Auditorium at the high school. Each performance was within 100 tickets of selling out, according to Mary Bowden, McCracken County High School theater teacher and play director.
"I could not be more proud of the hard work that these students have dedicated to the production of 'Footloose,'" she said. "We are establishing great theater traditions here at McCracken County High School and I am excited for the future."
She said the consolidation of three high schools necessitated some problem solving but the group found its niche and developed into a family-style cast through effective leadership from students.
"I had some doubts in bringing all new students together in a new department, but we have just thrived," she said.
Bowden said the cast represented a mixture of grade levels, houses, and students from choir, musical theater and drama classes as well as those new to acting.
Auditions for the musical were in late January, and students had been rehearsing since early February.
"The turnout and interest in the musical was just amazing ... the students had never seen anything like 'Footloose,'" she said.
The two play leads, who played Ariel Moore and Ren McCormack, emphasized their gratitude for the experience.
â "I can't express how blessed I feel to have been a part of this 'Footloose' cast," junior Haleigh Martin said. "It was the time of my life."
Junior Brad Walker agreed, adding: â "'Footloose' allowed me to grow as an actor, singer, and even learn a few dance moves. And I became a part of a family, one that I will never forget."
Bowden plans to continue the structure of one play in the fall and one musical in the spring at the high school next year. Last fall, the featured play was "Our Town."
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Hmm, i think for some manga-influenced character, her legs are a bit too short. The rest looks good.
Some of the spaces look a little flat. For example, the pink pillow on the left hand side in the middle. The shine looks nice and satiny, but there it falls behind the rest of the pillows its just a flat color. Maybe do a bit of shading, cast shadow, or even a bit of reflective color (since it satiny, it should do a little of that).
Look carefully at the shadows in general. Adding a lot of them won't help much, since it looks like its supposed to be a bright happy image before you notice the poor leached critter But the shadows around her tail look a bit off, the puff she's on should be casting a shadow as well, the wall would probably have some shadows around the curtains and would probably get darker as it goes down by the right hand side. Try to keep the same value of the darkest dark in the shadows (the space between her feet looks great, as does the darkest spots in her hair, try to make the rest of the shadows reach the same richness).
Also maybe work on smoothing out her skin some. The fur and hair has lovely texture to it, but the skin maybe shouldn't have as much.
On the other hand, you've done a lovely job relaying the fabric throughout the image; the lights are perfect on the fabrics, the puffs look fluffy, the teady bear is so fuzzy you can't even see his edges! Now that is soft. The hair, especially the highlights, is lovely and smooth. Keep up the good work on your lighting!
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In drawing the book together, Chaloner has updated and revised poems into a thematic whole, a decision supported by the remarkable consistency of vision, inquiry and purpose in his work. What we have is a magnum opus, a chronological sweep through Britain's dynamic and troubled reinvention from the Sixties to the present day extending his range from the intimate and local to the social and global. Chaloner's personal battleground is the truth, but his writing is a triumph of poise and tone. His is primarily a poetry of sensibility, and we are accompanied rather than addressed, encouraged rather than admonished.
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'I think of David Chaloner as a poet of the real mainstream, steering well clear of all the marginal temptations from language-fixated monopolism to the dull chatter of cheap success. A poetry which draws its discourse from the central history of poetry in English by being an ever-new thing, the script of here and now by its very freshness, its constant and calm searching among vocabularies, and the authenticity of its meditations through and beyond the personal, image and abstract at play and in serious converse.
And always truth. Truth
Like morning hauled from darkness.' —Peter Riley
'This ingathering of work published over four decades comes none too soon and there's not a page out of place. The section of uncollected early poems is a bonus. Chaloner's long-term readers will need no reminder of his variousness and power to astonish; both they and those for whom this collection makes the earlier books available for the first time will be struck as well by the work's core consistency manifested as an independent sensibility with the authority to take (or sometimes leave) the world on terms its own. Here then the everyday is not a simulacrum to be deplored since it is always already seen otherwise so that, in all their nonchalance and panache, these poems though sometimes dark remain unembittered. They present us with an unfamiliar world which may be ours and very likely is, and that's their challenge.' —Andrew Crozier
'Chaloner's Collected, generously stocked as it is with love poems, family memoirs, occasional pieces and travel poems, contains more 'doors and windows' (to use Andrew Duncan's phrase) than much experimental poetry. But this letting of the world into the work generates a surface tension which sharpens the edges of these elegant, moving, funny poems.' —Signals Magazine
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European stocks tread water as US fiscal gloom halts Christmas rally
Europe's main stock markets treaded water with investors nervous that US leaders have still not agreed a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, dealers said.
London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies slipped 0.05 per cent to 5,958.34 points, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 edged up 0.05 per cent to 7,672.1 points and in Paris the CAC 40 added 0.06 per cent to reach its highest close of the year at 3,666.73 points.
The Milan market added 0.41 per cent and Madrid shares were flat.
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Gold prices slid to $1,650.50 an ounce on the London Bullion Market, from $1,665.
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On Wednesday, European equities had staged a "Santa" rally on hopes of a breakthrough deal to avoid the US fiscal cliff and following news of rebounding German business confidence.
After European markets closed it emerged that little progress had been made in the talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of huge tax hikes and deep spending cuts that comes automatically into effect on January 1 unless US lawmakers agree on other measures.
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Official data showed the US economy grew 3.1 per cent in the third quarter, faster than previously estimated, but analysts said underlying economic activity remained fragile.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.06 per cent to 13,244.11 points.
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With fewer than two weeks to go before the fiscal cliff of huge tax hikes and deep spending cuts is due to take effect, US lawmakers have still not reached a compromise budget deal to cut the nation's deficit with less painful measures.
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he and the Republicans had narrowed differences to "a few hundred billion dollars". But a deal remains elusive.
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While both sides have rejected the other's offers for a deal they said that talks are ongoing.
Asian markets traded mixed yesterday following big gains in the previous session.
The yen slipped against the euro and dollar after Japan's central bank unveiled more huge monetary easing but it held on to earlier gains as traders had mostly expected the new measures.
Tokyo fell 1.19 per cent on profit-taking after surging to an eight-month high on Wednesday.
But Seoul closed 0.32 per cent higher, with the election of conservative Park Geun-hye seeming to have little effect, although dealers were broadly happy as she favours stability over big change.
Shanghai gained 0.28 per cent, Sydney was up 0.35 per cent and Hong Kong staged a late rally to end 0.16 per cent higher.
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In a country known for its simple cuisine, the fare in La Mosquitía is inescapably traditional. Complicated transportation in and out of the region essentially guarantees that most of the food is grown right at home, although a few basic staples such as coffee, sugar, and cured meats are regularly brought in on water taxis. Indigenous villagers subsist principally on rice, beans, and the
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Project Hawaii gave my children the best Christmas when me and my husband couldn't. With both of us losing our jobs and had no income. So depressed. Project Hawaii was there for us. Magen became my inspiration. And I told God one day I'll be like her. And give back. Years went by and today I'm a owner of a restaurant that was always my dream. And when a storm came and damage our town. My family went and feed the community, and now till this day we are the only restaurant in the Hawaii states, that has and runs a food pantry for our community open every day. And do a big thanksgiving feeding for our community. Feeding over 1000. It all starts with a wish and of hope , for all our children and families in need. Magen gave my family that hope and answered my wish. And today I am walking beside her in spirit sharing the Aloha to all families . Project Hawaii deserve top honors for all they do for our children of all islands. Mahalo
My mother found this Teen Mentoring Program online and it definitely became one of best experiences I've been able to go through. It lasts 3 weeks and during it I witnessed the increasingly heavy poverty that Hawaii suffers through. I was blessed to meet a some 25 kids and have the opportunity to care for and get to know them. I was able to see the hope and humility these kids still have in their hearts, even though they suffer from disadvantages every single day. After just a week with them, I have obtained a bigger heart and a better understanding of the real world and its difficulties. I absolutely loved being given the opportunity to serve those less fortunate and giving them the same resources most people are so used to having. Serving and being with children are two immense passions of mine and this program only made them grow. From fundraising on the streets to putting clothes on the keiki, I have a whole new perspective on life. Overall, this program has changed my life and I encourage every teen to take part in this adventure.
I love these kids. They do not deserve to suffer through the hardships that have been forced upon them by their situations. Helping them did not feel like a chore, it fed my soul. The smiles every morning as I served them breakfast they would not usually eat, the beautiful voices singing along with me as I played ukulele, the "I love you for taking care of me's"; All of these things make all the work of being a teen mentor worth it. I can only hope that the knowledge of appropriate and kind behavior I tried to impart on them everyday sticks and they can be successful in school and life. Magin and Cliff create a truly unique and amazing experience for these children, with countless elements they would not typically experience, being homeless.
As we are gearing up for the 10th year of providing a summer educational camp for the homeless children it never cease to amaze me the dedication from these awesome volunteers. While I have not been involved the entire 10 years, I have seen ups and downs with all the issues to keep this camp going. Not only having to raise all the funds to provide a free summer camp for homeless children, but to coordinate the community volunteers, set up the transportation and schedule for the field trips, plan the menu and of course do all the shopping. These two dedicated souls have made this a mission beyond what any words can describe. Great Job Project Hawai'i and the two wonderful souls who make this what it is. Magin Patrick and Cliff Kama!! Imua
I met this dynamic duo at a conference about people making a difference in the community. I was amazed at the dedication these two people put towards making the lives of homeless children better. Not just basic needs, but their emotional needs, and way beyond just a hand out.
Project Hawai'i, Inc. seems to be a tiny organization because there is no paid staff, no office or building, but on the contrary, this program is operating on a large scale of production. I personally work for another nonprofit organization and I don't put in half the time or energy these two do. Of course I love my job, but I don't make it my life like these two. I am very fortunate to have met these two.
What a blessing they are to the community, and to our homeless children. Keep up the great work.
A note to those who might be wondering who these two are, or if it is a great cause. Just do your research, google Magin Patrick, or Project Hawai'i. See the changes they make all year round. See their passion and their dedication for your self. Don't judge the fact that they don't have fancy names under their organization, or funding from the government. These two are real.
My family is blessed to know Cliff and Magin. We are so happy to have Project Hawai'i in our lives. Our family counts on their support all year long. We struggle, work two jobs and still can't find a place to live with our large family. Project Hawai'i helps with our needs. We rely on their support. I know that they get donations. Thank you to those who give. You help my children all the time. Thank you for not giving up on us
What an impact my donations make for these precious children. I provide a $25. donation every month for Project Hawai'i, Inc., to use as the see fit to help the homeless. I follow on Facebook to see what a difference they make everyday. I know that I don't give much, but it seems to really change lives. Last week they were able to help a new found family with a tent, a camp stove, pots, emergency supplies, meal gift cards and of course giving that family hope! WOW, that was just one of the days that I know I was part of that difference. It is amazing the happiness these children receive from the dedicated volunteers who truly make a difference on this island.
Project Hawai'i and its volunteers have been so blessing to us. Our family was living in homeless situations for many years. We could always count on the support of Magin and Cliff to be there for our family. My children call Cliff Uncle...not just as respect but as a true family member. They feel he was part of our family and was there to help. I can't put in words how happy that is for us to have them in our lives. We are not homeless now. I am going to job training and my children are doing well.
One thing that we are so grateful is that when the hard times come, we can still call them. We can reach out for help and know they will help. It has been a family tradition to attend their Christmas party with Santa. We wouldn't miss it for the world. That is the ONLY SANTA my children have ever known, and will ever know. It isn't easy being homeless, and isn't easy struggling to stay here in our appartment, but with Project Hawai'i, we know we will succeed
In six months of fundraising with Project Hawaii, I have seen the absolute dedication of Magin and Cliff to helping Hawaii's homeless keiki. Magin is very efficient with funding, and ensures that all money raised goes directly to those in need without any being taken by a middle man. This is literally the most efficient and productive charitable organization I have ever seen or heard of.
Aloha to Cliff and Magin.
Mahalo for making Project Hawai'i, Inc., such a wonderful program for the homeless children on our islands. I have been a supporter for several years. Not only do I provide donations as needed, but participate in various activities to help raise the awareness and support the program. I have found after being involved with this organization, it is truly heart-led, and unmatched by any other I have been involved with. Keep up the good work. Congratulations on your successes with helping homeless children escape their cycle of poverty.