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Viewing a house on the tail end of winter provides such a different impression from viewing during summer. One must imagine the lush expanses of greenery and the leafed-out trees blocking the neighbors. But anyone who knows Virginia knows that when spring arrives, a transformation occurs. Other people's patio furniture and garden gewgaws vanish behind a veil of verdant growth. And that's when the fun begins.
Down a country road past a local cemetery and a few small undistinguished houses, this house appears, situated in an open field like a giant pastel yacht crashing through amber waves of grain. Definitely an eye-opener and more Big Sur than southern Albemarle. One wishes for some foliage to soften the edges and make it a little less show-offy.
As we walk in, light bounces off every new surface, raising not a mote of dust or spider web anywhere. Its pristine shiny-penny condition stems from the fact that it has never been occupied.
While the views out the windows are sadly not of the California coast, the views inside more than make up for it. The vast octagonal space of the giant entry room seems designed for entertaining on a grand scale. At one end, the open kitchen with wraparound bar could happily oblige a dozen tipplers.
Building materials as well as appliances all look like they just came out of the box– probably because they did. Every gleaming square inch screams perfection. Areas are demarcated in the main area by changing flooring: tile for the foyer, bamboo for the big room, and cork in the kitchen.
Two medium-sized bedrooms flank the main area, reached by separate hallways. Feng Shui principles dictated both the building location and room placement and provide airiness coupled with privacy. The bathrooms, though, seem like a destination point all on their own. Accustomed to varying shades of beige in houses these days, both inside and out, we were delighted to see aquamarine tile surrounding the tubs and mint green granite countertops.
Behind the kitchen, a steel spiral staircase descends gently to the terrace level. Because the house is built on a slight hill, this floor opens to the outdoors. Wide open with randomly placed support pillars and acid-etched cement floors, the space creates a faint Roman-bath-meets-1950-roller-rink vibe. Either way, it's clearly meant to be party central. Another bedroom with full exquisitely tiled bathroom awaits the partied-out.
Also down here is a 2,000-pound Tulikivi soapstone fireplace, the pride of Finland. Although this item does not convey, one wonders where else it might go. With no chimney yet and seemingly impossible to move easily, it might just stay here as an art piece.
It's clearly not needed as a heat source. The entire house is heated and cooled by a geothermal system integrated with radiant floor heat and forced air. This system works by absorbing renewable solar thermal energy stored in the ground (aka water) and funneling it through an intricate pipe network below the floor. This allows for the inside air to stay at a constant 55 degrees (like a cave). So when temperatures drop into the teens or soar to the nineties, one only has to heat and cool from the 55 degrees. Apparently, this can reduce utility costs by up to 60 percent.
This house packs a punch, not just visually but also physically. Solid 2x6 exterior walls create greater insulation value. Decking along both front and back is said to be safely forest-harvested Brazilian hardwoods. Positioned for optimal passive solar gain and bermed to the north for efficient temperature control, the house is a veritable cornucopia of groovy green practices.
Someone just needs to plant some real green outside so that when all those parties start happening, the neighbors won't have a bird's eye view.
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Robert Downey Jr hopes that the third Iron Man film will outshine the others.
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Greenwood Village's swank new condominium development, The Landmark, was the setting for a reception at which Girl Scouts of Colorado revealed the identities of the Denver Women of Distinction for 2008.
The women, nominated by their peers and chosen for their professional and personal contributions to the community, will receive additional recognition Oct. 22 when the Women of Distinction Dinner takes place at the Marriott City Center. It will be chaired by Marilyn VanDerbur Atler, a Woman of Distinction in 2000, and her daughter, Jennifer Atler, who was honored in 2003.
Marilyn Atler is a former Miss America who has gone on to become an author and motivational speaker; Jennifer is executive director of Invest in Kids.
The 20 honorees are:
Retired dentist Julika Ambrose; Mary Baca, a community leader and mother of 1998 Woman of Distinction Patricia Baca; Pamela Kenney Basey, an accomplished cook who has been active in Project PAVE and other community organizations; Margaret Brown, president of Colorado Business Bank Northeast; Colleen Colarelli, president and chief executive officer of Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver; retired registered nurse Kay S. Daugherty of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority; Raylene Decatur, chief executive officer of Decatur & Co.; Bonnie Downing, vice president/development for Denver Museum of Nature and Science; andDawn Engle, co-founder and executive director of the PeaceJam Foundation.
Also, Lynn Gangone, dean of the University of Denver Women's College; Irene Ibarra, president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Trust; Frances Jefferson, regional administrator for Region VIII of the U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau; attorney Barbara Kelley, a partner at Kamlet Shepherd & Reichert; Mary Rhinehart, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Johns Manville; and Lucinda Sanders, chief executive officer and founder of the National Center for Women and Information Technology.
And, Sandra Scanlon, president of Scanlon Szynskie Group, Inc.; Lisa Snider, executive director of the Colorado Ballet; Teresa Taylor, executive vice president and chief administrative officer for Qwest Communications; Lynne Valencia, vice president of community relations for 9News; and Barbara Yondorf, president of Yondorf & Associates.
Being named a Woman of Distinction is "An incredible honor," Gangone said, and "Girl Scouts is an amazing organization. I credit Girl Scouts for my path to leadership."
Another honoree, Barbara Kelley, said there is more to the Women of Distinction honor than meets the eye. "There is a real meaning to this. This is an opportunity to get to know (individual) Girl Scouts. I am looking forward to this."
Since 1997, Girl Scouts has honored 328 women in the Denver area, all of whom share their commitment to the ideals of the Girl Scout program by providing mentoring, career exploration and guidance to Girl Scouts throughout the year.
The Women of Distinction program is a profitable one, having raised more than $2 million for Girl Scouts' outreach programs. These programs serve thousands of girls who otherwise would not be able to participate in Girl Scouts.
The announcement reception was sponsored by Northern Trust, with members of Brownie Girl Scout Troop 285 of Denver helping to greet guests and distribute flowers to the honorees. In a break with tradition, the reception didn't include the roasting of Girl Scout s'mores. Instead, guests enjoyed appetizers and desserts from Occasions by Sandy, as well as a Champagne toast to the 2008 Women of Distinction.
For more information on the Women of Distinction program, or to reserve a table for the celebratory dinner, call 303-778-8774.
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Amid mounting criticism about the timing of a major race in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Sunday's New York City Marathon has been canceled, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement late Friday.
Earlier, some runners and elected officials had called for Sunday's race to be either canceled or postponed, as the storm's death toll mounted and thousands remained without power or heat.
"While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division," Bloomberg said.
"We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it," he said.
(Read more: Scope of Sandy's Devastation Widens, Death Toll Spirals)
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Kevin Barney, who lives in the Los Angeles area, has been training and fundraising for the annual event for months. Yet when the storm hit Monday and Tuesday, he decided to cancel his plans in light of the tragedy.
"I'm an avid runner but I think they should have put the race off until some semblance of order has returned," Barney said. "I can't imagine what New York City is going through."
A marathon immediately following the superstorm "just seems like a bad idea," he said.
Earlier Friday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer reversed his support to hold the marathon this weekend, saying the region isn't ready to hold such a monumental sporting event.
"The prudent course of action here — postpone the marathon, come back a different day," he told TODAY. he first priority, Stringer said, should be to "help people who lost their homes, who are missing loved ones." (Read more: Hurricane Sandy Special Report.)
Runners have been jogging around the edges of Central Park, which has been off limits since the storm.
Los Angeles runner Barney, who completed 11 marathons so far, nixed his own appearance in the event. He felt it could sap the city's vitally needed resources at a critical time.
Like many runners, Barney was planning to race and raise money for a cause, so making the decision to cancel a hard one. He lost a niece to Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare genetic disorder, and was raising funds for a related group called Debra.
Though he feels guilty about not running, "I think they should cancel or put it off a couple of weeks," he said.
Marathon Backlash Hits Twitter
Meanwhile, the city's promises to use private transportation for the marathon hadn't placated some irate citizens. Some people had taken to Twitter to vent their anger about the marathon and its impact on storm survivors.
Some survivors without power have been holed up in area hotels. But they can't get additional reservations because many hotels rooms previously were booked months in advance by runner, scheduled to participate in the race. (Read more: Available: NY Hotel Room, No Power for $400 a Night)
"#Disgraceful," tweeted one Twitter user.
Hotels are obliged to honor legitimate reservations — whether for stranded storm survivors or marathon runners. "If a guest has a legitimate reservation, you've got an obligation," said William Carroll, senior lecturer at Cornell University.
But there's nothing preventing hotels from proactively contacting those with reservations, who have yet to arrive, to confirm their travel plans, said Carroll, who is also a senior hotel and lodging analyst for market research firm PhoCusWright.
As the storm's aftermath continues, many travelers probably won't be able to get into New York City this weekend.
With additional reporting by Darren Booth.


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The American Cancer Society (ACS) offers these general screening recommendations for healthy women. If you have certain risk factors or symptoms, work with your doctor, who can create a cancer screening schedule that is right for you. It is important to remember that people of any age can get cancer, but the risk for most cancers increases with age.
The following is advice from ACS on how to watch for common cancers in young and middle-aged women. Since screening tests and exams are the best way to catch cancer early, carefully check to make sure you are getting what you need.
Breast Cancer
In women, breast cancer is the most common cancer other than skin cancer. It is also one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women.
Screening Tests
The ACS recommends mammogram screenings for breast cancer. Mammograms use low-dose x-rays to make a picture of your breast tissue. The ACS recommends having a mammogram every year starting at age 40. You can continue to have this exam yearly if you are in good health. Due to family history, genetics, or other factors, some women may also want to have an MRI in addition to mammograms. Your doctor can help you decide if additional screening is recommended for you.
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Thanks to widespread screening with Pap smears , cervical cancer has declined over the past 30 years. This type of cancer is usually found in women aged 50 or younger, but it can occur at any age.
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- If you are aged 21-29 years—It is recommended that you have the Pap test every 3 years.
- If you are aged 30-65—It is recommended that you have the Pap test along with the human papillomavirus (HPV) test every 5 years. (Or, you can continue to have just the Pap test every three years.)
- If you are aged 65 or older—You may be able to stop having Pap and HPV tests if you have had normal results. Normal results include 3 normal results in a row and no abnormal results in the past 10 years.
Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is another common type of cancer affecting the female reproductive organs.
Screening Tests
There are not currently effective tests for early detection of ovarian cancer. You should let your doctor know if you have any symptoms that may be caused by ovarian cancer such as bloating, abdominal or pelvic pain, feeling full early, or problems urinating. Remember that these symptoms may have other causes than ovarian cancer.
If you are at high risk for ovarian cancer, there are some screening tests that may be used, such as pelvic exams, transvaginal sonography (a type of ultrasound test) and CA-125 blood test (a protein that may be higher in women with ovarian cancer).
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Endometrial cancer affects the inner lining of the uterus (called the endometrium).
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ACS recommends that you talk to your doctor about the risks and symptoms of endometrial cancer, especially once you reach menopause (usually around the age of 50). If you have any symptoms, such as vaginal bleeding or spotting, pain in the pelvic area, or pain during urination or intercourse, tell your doctor right away. If you are at high risk for endometrial cancer, after age 35 you may need to have an endometrial biopsy every year.
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Colorectal cancer affects the colon or the rectum, which are parts of the digestive system.
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According to the ACS, you should begin screening at age 50. If you have certain risk factors for colorectal cancer, you may need having screening tests started when you are younger. Screening may involve one of the following tests:
Tests to find polyps and cancer:
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy (every 5 years)—a visual exam of the rectum and lower portion of the colon
- Colonoscopy (every 10 years)—a visual exam of the rectum and colon
- Double-contrast barium enema (every 5 years)—a test that involves inserting barium (a milky fluid), and then having x-rays done of the intestines
- CT colonography (every 5 years)—a radiology test that looks at the colon
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Sort field options
- <sort-field>
- Syntax: <field> | auto(<field>) | str(<field>) | ip(<field>) | num(<field>)
- Description: Options you can specify with <sort-field>.
- <field>
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The name of field to sort.
- auto
- Syntax: auto(<field>)
- Description: Determine automatically how to sort the values of the field.
- ip
- Syntax: ip(<field>)
- Description: Interpret the values of the field as IP addresses.
- num
- Syntax: num(<field>)
- Description: Interpret the values of the field as numbers.
- str
- Syntax: str(<field>)
- Description: Interpret the values of the field as strings and order the values alphabetically.
By default,
sort tries to automatically determine what it is sorting. If the field takes on numeric values, the collating sequence is numeric. If the field takes on IP address values, the collating sequence is for IPs. Otherwise, the collating sequence is in lexicographical order. Some specific examples are:
- Alphabetic strings are sorted lexicographically.
- Punctuation strings are sorted lexicographically.
- Numeric data is sorted as you would expect for numbers and the sort order is specified as ascending or descending.
- Alphanumeric strings are sorted based on the data type of the first character. If the string starts with a number, the string is sorted numerically based on that number alone. Otherwise, strings are sorted lexicographically.
- Strings that are a combination of alphanumeric and punctuation characters are sorted the same way as alphanumeric strings.
In the default automatic mode for a field, the sort order is determined between each pair of values that are compared at any one time. This means that for some pairs of values, the order might be lexicographical, while for other pairs the order might be numerical. For example, if sorting in descending order: 10.1 > 9.1, but 10.1.a < 9.1.a.
Lexicographical order
Lexicographical order sorts items based on the values used to encode the items in computer memory. In Splunk software, this is almost always UTF-8 encoding, which is a superset of ASCII.
- Numbers are sorted before letters. Numbers are sorted based on the first digit. For example, the numbers 10, 9, 70, 100 are sorted lexicographically as 10, 100, 70, 9.
- Uppercase letters are sorted before lowercase letters.
- Symbols are not standard. Some symbols are sorted before numeric values. Other symbols are sorted before or after letters.
You can specify a custom sort order that overrides the lexicographical order. See the blog Order Up! Custom Sort Orders.
1. Use the sort field options to specify field types
Sort results by "ip" value in ascending order and then sort by the "url" value in descending order.
... | sort num(ip), -str(url)
2. Specifying the number of results to sort
Sort first 100 results in descending order of the "size" field and then by the "source" value in ascending order. This example specifies the type of data in each of the fields. The "size" field contains numbers and the "source" field contains strings.
... | sort 100 -num(size), +str(source)
3. Specifying descending and ascending sort orders
Sort results by the "_time" field in ascending order and then by the "host" value in descending order.
... | sort _time, -host
4. Changing the time format of events for sorting
Change the format of the event's time and sort the results in descending order by the Time field that is created with the
eval command.
... | bin _time span=60m | eval Time=strftime(_time, "%m/%d %H:%M %Z") | stats avg(time_taken) AS AverageResponseTime BY Time | sort - Time
(Thanks to Splunk user Ayn for this example.)
5. Specify a custom sort order
Sort a table of results in a specific order, such as days of the week or months of the year, that is not lexicographical or numeric. For example, you have a search that produces the following table:
Sorting on the day field (Day) returns a table sorted alphabetically, which does not make much sense. Instead, you want to sort the table by the day of the week, Monday to Friday. To do this, you first need to create a field (sort_field) that defines the order. Then you can sort on this field.
... | eval wd=lower(Day) | eval sort_field=case(wd=="monday",1, wd=="tuesday",2, wd=="wednesday",3, wd=="thursday",4, wd=="friday",5, wd=="weekend",6) | sort sort_field | fields - sort_field
This search uses the eval command to create the sort_field and the fields command to remove sort_field from the final results table.
(Thanks to Splunk users Ant1D and Ziegfried for this example.)
6. Return the most recent event
Return the most recent event:
... | sort 1 -_time
See also
Have questions? Visit Splunk Answers and see what questions and answers the Splunk community has using the sort command.
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4, 6.1.5, 6.1.6, 6.1.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.9, 6.1.10, 6.1.11, 6.1.12, 6.1.13, 6.1.14, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, 6.2.5, 6.2.6, 6.2.7, 6.2.8, 6.2.9, 6.2.10, 6.2.11, 6.2.12, 6.2.13, 6.2.14, 6.2.15, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.1612 (Splunk Cloud only), 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 6.4.8, 6.5.0, 6.5.1
Thank you for pointing this out. You are correct, the description for <desc> was unclear. I have changed the description to explain what this argument really does.
try this yourself:
| makeresults count=9
| streamstats count AS uid
| fields - _time
| eval city=case(uid<4,"B", uid<7,"A", uid<10,"C")
| eval state=case(uid IN (1,6,8),"B", uid IN (2,5,7),"A", uid IN (3,4,9),"C")
| sort city, state desc
Could you please update the docs clarifying 2 things:
1) while "desc" is a valid optional argument, there is no "asc"
2) please stress that "desc" REVERSES order; it does NOT actually sort in descending order (as the name implies) <-- this is super misleading
I have a config file, when imported it is alpha sorted. How can I have the output unsorted (in its original format)?
Sorry if this is really basic.
I have a search followed by a rex sed-mode command and I want to sort the results alphabetically. For example:
logger | rex field=_raw mode=sed s/^bunch of stuff:// | sort +_raw
This doesn't work though. I think it might still be using the substituted portion of the sed command to sort the output.
Any ideas?
Here is what you need for a custom sort order. Assume the field your values is named "status"
... | eval sort_field=case(status="critical",1, status="high",2, status="medium",3,
| sort sort_field
There are other examples of a custom sort order in the Examples section and also in the documentation for the case function: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/ConditionalFunctions
Is there a way to force it to not sort lexicographically? I need the order "critical, high, medium, low," not "critical, high, low, medium." Thanks!
Helge - Thank you for your feedback. I have forwarded your request to the product team. Please also file an enhancement request through the support portal so we can track your request properly.
I would also love to be able to sort strings case-insensitively. I can see that this has been requested as early as 2012. It should be a simple addition to the command.
Thank you for your question. The sort command sorts all of the events in the results from the previous command, and then returns the number specified with the count argument. If the count argument is not specified, the sort command returns the first 10000 of the entire sorted list. If you want all of the events returned, you must specify zero ( 0 ) for the count (for example ... | sort 0 ...
Syntax: <int>
Description: Specify the number of results to sort. If no count is specified, the default limit of 10000 is used. If "0" is specified, all results are returned.
Default: 10000
-> Does it mean that by default, if i add sort command, it will only return first 10000 rows, not all rows? are these first 10000 rows first before sorting or first after sorting?
example 1 is a bit problematic - using the num option on an ip field when there is an ip option sounds odd - example shows ... | sort num(ip), -str(url
Do not trust auto sort, prefer to specify a format sort num(field) or sort str(field).
Me anand1984,

Nope. That really is the only way to do this particular type of sorting.
I'm using the below command today, but would love to find a better way

| eval temp=lower(APP) | sort temp | fields APP
I would love to have a way to sort case-insensitively. I see in splunk answers that lot of people are interested in it


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FAIRFAX —The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has a new web tool that shows the status of plowing in northern Virginia neighborhoods.
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Happy Winter
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Every summer on Palermo's Mondello beach, over 1,000 cabins are built in preparation of the Ferragosto holiday. Centered around a family who goes into debt, three women holding onto the feeling of youth, and a politician seeking votes, Happy Winter portrays a vanity fair of beach goers hiding behind the memory of a social status that the economic crisis of recent years has compromised.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Blake Bortles passed for 288 and three touchdowns and UCF stunned Penn State 34-31 on Saturday night.
Storm Johnson ran for a career-high 117 yards and a score and added a touchdown reception as the Knights (3-0) beat a Big Ten team for the first time in school history. UCF never trailed, having its way against Penn State's defense to give the newly minted American Athletic Conference a shot of respectability.
Zach Zwinak rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns for the Nittany Lions (2-1) but also fumbled inside UCF territory with less than 6 minutes remaining, blunting a late Penn State rally.
Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg completed 21 of 28 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown but the Nittany Lions couldn't quite catch the faster, sleeker Knights after spotting UCF an 18-point lead.
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27 January 2019
Vijonara wins the best exterior award at the Boat International Design awards in Cortina Italy last night. Our team at Hoek Design is very proud that the judges recognise our work in such a very strong field of competitors. We have done more then 130 yachts in this style but try to improve with every new design we make. The 128 ft 'Vijonara' is the first sloop rigged yacht in this style with a bowsprit what has several advantages in the use of downwind sails and light upwind sails. We would like to thank her owners who had trust in us and the talented team at Pendennis Shipyard for their great work.
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50-metre classic ketch Meraki launched
24 January 2020
This week the 50 meter modern classic named "Meraki" designed by Hoek Design with interior by Rhodes Young Design and built by Vitters Shipyard is launched.
Sultana and Mazu at Spetses Regatta
2 July 2019
Topaz and Kealoha at the Superyacht Cup Palma
24 June 2019
The Superyacht Cup Palma featured some great racing in three classes. Two yachts designed by our office took part, the J Class yacht J8 in Class B and the Truly Classic 90 Kealoha in Class C.
TC 128-3 Vijonara wins World Superyacht Award 2019
18 May 2019
The team at Hoek Design is very happy and proud that Vijonara has been crowned best sailing yacht at the World Superyacht Awards 2019.
Eagle 38 at Palma SuperYacht Show
27 April 2019
Launch of MY Stargazer
15 April 2019
The 23-metre Chase Boat MY Stargazer was launched last Thursday by Claasen Shipyards in the Netherlands.
Two yachts nominated for Classic Boat Awards
28 January 2019
There are two Hoek Design yachts nominated in the Spirit of Tradition category of this year's Classic Boat Awards.
Visit us at BOOT Düsseldorf
16 January 2019
Les Voiles de St Tropez was a success again this year
10 October 2018
The final event of the Mediterranean season, Les Voiles de St Tropez was a success again this year, showing Hoek-designed yachts to their full advantage.
Spectacular J-class racing at the Rolex Super Maxi Class
10 September 2018
The 2018 edition of the Rolex Super Maxi Class was spectacular this year with some close racing. 3 J Class Yachts were participating in the Super Maxi devision sailing under ORC sy.
Vijonara, Marie & Athos at the Monaco Yacht Show
28 August 2018
New Truly Classic 128, Vijonara delivered to owners
15 August 2018
The second yacht in the Truly Classic 128 series has been delivered to knowledgeable clients who customised our design to suit their lifestyle.
Construction 50m Ketch well under way
31 July 2018
Construction work is under way at Vitters Shipyard on a graceful 50 meter classic ketch with hull turning on July 22nd.
Athos and Svea at the Superyacht Cup Palma
25 June 2018
A trio of Wally Nanos race in the Palma Vela
10 May 2018
76ft modern ketch under construction
1 May 2018
A unique new sailing yacht is under construction, to a new design by Hoek Design Naval Architects. The aluminium-hulled yacht has been developed for a European owner as a long-distance cruising yacht that is easy to handle, fast and comfortable for cruising.
76ft Chase Boat under construction
16 April 2018
Presently under construction is a new concept by Hoek Design. This chase boat is unique and designed around several purposes the yacht needs to fulfil.
Svea price winner at the Classic Boat Awards
3 April 2018
Hoek Design feels honoured that Svea was a price winner at the Classic Boat Awards 2018 event hosted at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London on April 3, 2018.
SVEA storms in for a win ...
19 March 2018
Yachts created from the drawing boards of Hoek Design Naval Architects have once again been turning heads in St. Barths.


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Trumpf Adds SPC Software
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
Trumpf North America has invested in GainSeeker statistical-process-control (SPC) software from Hertzler Systems Inc., Goshen IN. The SPC software will help Trumpf improve the quality management of its manufacturing processes. Explaining its choice, Trumpf data management engineer Min Huang says: "The easy data accessibility of the dashboard was a big attraction for us. The server edition of the dashboard and charting without an additional license also was attractive. The charting tool is easy to use and the dashboard gives us great visualization of the collected production data, enabling quick and easy reference."
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Ari Ashe, wtop.com
ROCKVILLE, Md. – Last month, WTOP reported that red-light camera tickets jumped 343 percent in Rockville between August and December 2012, compared to the same period in 2011.
However, the number of red-light camera tickets is declining so far in 2013, according to documents obtained by WTOP.
Rockville issued 2,047 tickets overall in January and February. While the number is up from 1,510 tickets during the same period in 2012, it is down from 8,782 tickets issued last August and September.
"The drivers' past behavior was inappropriate. They weren't coming to a full and complete stop before making a right turn, as required under the law," says Maj. Michael England of Rockville City Police, referring to what is known as a rolling right turn. "The new behavior is known and they come to a full and complete stop, so the numbers have dropped."
Critics of red-light camera programs point to studies in Los Angeles, Longview, Wash. and parts of Illinois that show nearly 90 percent of all tickets come from rolling right turns.
But a 2004 study from Texas A&M's Transportation Institute found that accidents from these turns are exceedingly rare and do not pose a serious traffic safety problem.
England says Rockville only issues tickets for rolling right turns when the driver is going above 13 mph, which he says is dangerous to pedestrians.
"We throw out any tickets if we're unsure about whether it's a violation," says England. "Our goal is that every citation holds up in court."
Meanwhile, there has also been a similar drop in tickets at two intersections (at West Gude Drive and Gaither Road and at West Gude Drive and Research Boulevard), but not all drivers are seeing the decline.
In the first two months of 2013, 665 tickets were issued at Gaither Road and 352 tickets were issued at Research Boulevard, according to the documents. The 2013 numbers are up from the same period in 2012 but down from the 5,342 tickets combined at the two intersections last August and September.
Rockville City Police say they will unveil five new red-light cameras later this year at the following locations:
- Westbound Park Road at N. Stonestreet Avenue
- Northbound N. Washington Street at Middle Lane
- Southbound Tower Oaks Boulevard at the I-270 Ramp
- Northbound Gaither Road at Redland Boulevard (one block from West Gude Drive)
- Westbound W. Jefferson Street at W. Montgomery Avenue
Rockville City Police have not released the exact date to when these cameras will become operational. Some of the cameras are on state roads, requiring state approval.
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Day 33: Counting down to the Denver Film Festival
Get ready to know Denver a bit better when the Starz Denver Film Festival begins Nov. 1 (and continues through Nov. 11.)
The single biggest change to the 35th installment of the festival will be that it will no longer screen movies at the its former home, the Starz FilmCenter on the Auraria campus.
Last year was something of a grace period. Although the contract between the University of Colorado at Denver had ended, the fest had one last run at the campus multiplex.


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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
...despite $12 trillion in federal welfare spending and $3 trillion in state and local government welfare spending over the past 48 years, says Tanner, "the poverty rate never fell below 10.5 percent and is now at the highest level in nearly a decade" — 15.1 percent and climbing. "Clearly," he adds, "we have been doing something wrong."
The War on Poverty: $15 Trillion and Nothing to Show for It
Written by Michael Tennant
Fifteen trillion dollars: That's how much American taxpayers have forked over in the name of helping the poor since 1964. And what do we have to show for it? A poverty rate that has barely budged, an entrenched bureaucracy, and a population — like that of Greece and Portugal, two welfare-state basket cases — increasingly dependent on government handouts.
These are the conclusions of a recent Cato Institute report on the American welfare state by Michael Tanner, Cato's director of health and welfare studies and author of The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society. It is hardly an encouraging read, to say the least.
When President Johnson declared war on poverty nearly half a century ago, writes Tanner, "the poverty rate in America was around 19 percent and falling rapidly." Increasing prosperity brought about by the free market, coupled with strong civil institutions such as churches, charities, and fraternal organizations, was already accomplishing the unthinkable: making poverty, the general condition of mankind throughout most of history, a rarity in the United States. A rising tide, as Johnson's predecessor observed, does indeed lift all boats.
The man at the helm of the '64 ship of state, however, decided the tide wasn't rising quickly enough and so he would help it along by filling buckets with water from the port side of the ship and emptying them on the starboard side. Not surprisingly, this strategy failed to increase the water level. Thus, despite $12 trillion in federal welfare spending and $3 trillion in state and local government welfare spending over the past 48 years, says Tanner, "the poverty rate never fell below 10.5 percent and is now at the highest level in nearly a decade" — 15.1 percent and climbing. "Clearly," he adds, "we have been doing something wrong."
Of course, that all depends on how one defines success in the war on poverty. For those on the receiving end of government handouts — not just the poor but also those paid to provide services to them, such as doctors and landlords — success is getting more taxpayer dollars every year; and by that standard, the war has been a remarkable achievement. "Government spends $20,610 for every poor person in America, or $61,830 per poor family of three," Tanner reports. "Given that the poverty line for that family is just $18,530, we should have theoretically wiped out poverty in America many times over."
The war on poverty has also been a rousing success for the bureaucracy. At the federal level alone there are now 126 separate anti-poverty programs administered by seven different cabinet agencies and six independent agencies. Then there are the hordes of social workers and government employees who administer the various programs. All of these people have a vested interest in the programs' continuation and expansion. As a result, "anti-poverty programs are usually more concerned with protecting the prerogatives of the bureaucracy than with actually fighting poverty," Tanner avers.
Needless to say, taxpayers have been the big losers in the war. Federal welfare spending has risen 375 percent (in constant 2011 dollars) since 1965. Total welfare spending has climbed almost as much: Governments are now disbursing $908 billion a year to alleviate poverty, up from $256 billion (also in constant dollars) in 1965. Moreover, notes Tanner:
Over the last decade the increase has been even more rapid. Federal welfare spending increased significantly under the Bush administration, but President Obama has thrown money at anti-poverty programs at an unprecedented rate. Since taking office, the Obama administration has increased spending on welfare programs by more than $193 billion.
While some of the spending hikes under Obama can be attributed to the recession, Tanner writes, "part of the program's growth is due to conscious policy choices by this administration to ease eligibility rules and expand caseloads." This, he points out, "undid many of the incentives contained in the 1996 Clinton welfare reform, which helped states to reduce welfare rolls." As a result, the administration projects that "combined federal and state welfare spending will not drop significantly once the economy fully recovers," with the annual tab reaching $1 trillion in 2014 and the 10-year total hitting $10.3 trillion — an amount that, Tanner calculates, comes to "$250,000 for every American currently living in poverty, or $1 million for every poor family of four."
If all that money could really eradicate poverty, perhaps it would be worth it (constitutional and moral issues aside). Unfortunately, as we have seen, the massive amount of money already spent on that objective has failed to make a dent in the poverty rate. "In fact," observes Tanner, "the only appreciable decline [in the poverty rate] occurred in the 1990s, a time of state experimentation with tightening welfare eligibility, culminating in the passage of national welfare reform." The poor, despite the unprecedented redistribution of wealth in their favor, have been losers, too.
"The vast majority of current programs are focused on making poverty more comfortable — giving poor people more food, better shelter, health care, and so forth — rather than giving people the tools that will help them escape poverty," Tanner remarks. "The best way to create wealth," he explains, "is not through government action, but through the power of the free market."
That means that if we wish to fight poverty, we should end those government policies — high taxes and regulatory excess — that inhibit growth and job creation. We should protect capital investment and give people the opportunity to start new businesses. We should reform our failed government school system to encourage competition and choice. We should encourage the poor to save and invest.
We should also set about shrinking all government transfer payments, not just those directed specifically at the poor. One of the ways politicians have bought off middle-class voters who oppose welfare for the poor is to offer those voters their own form of welfare such as Social Security and Medicare. Because of this, "government payouts, including middle-class entitlements, now account for more than a third of all wages and salaries in the United States," according to Tanner. "Worse, if one includes salaries from government employment, more than half of Americans receive a substantial portion of their income from the government."
"Any way that you look at it, we are rapidly becoming a society where more and more people rely on the government for their support."
This is why our government is already nearly $16 trillion in debt with many more trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities as far as the eye can see. It is also why European welfare states are in their current precarious positions.
The grip of government dependence must be broken not just for the poor but for everyone. It is the only way to save both our dignity and our country's financial future.
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