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"UDAIPUR", the capital of the former princely state of Mewar is a beautiful city in Rajasthan, India. Udaipur city is also referred to as the "Venice of the East", the "Most Romantic City of India" and the "Kashmir of Rajasthan". Udaipur the "City of Lakes" is one among the most romantic and most beautiful cities of India. The city of Dawn, Udaipur is a lovely land around the azure water lakes, hemmed in by the lush hills of the Aravalis with a population around 500.000, founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II.
A vision in white drenched in romance and beauty, Udaipur city of Rajasthan state is a fascinating blend of sights, sounds and experiences – an inspiration for the imagination of the poets, painters and writers. Udaipur's kaleidoscope of fairy-tale palaces, lakes, temples, gardens and narrow lanes strewn with stalls, carry the flavor of heroic past, epitomizing valor and chivalry. Their reflection in the placid waters of the Lake Pichhola is an enticing sight.
Udaipur is a popular tourist destination in India. The lakes, palaces and lively workspaces and culture attract foreign and domestic visitors. It is a favourite marriage destination. Many celebrities, including film stars, business families, and politicians chose Udaipur to hold marriage ceremonies and parties. Udaipur have three interconnected lakes – the Fateh Sagar Lake, the Lake Pichhola and the smaller Swaroop Sagar Lake; along with forts, palaces, temples, gardens, mountains and narrow lanes lines withdrawn with stalls, relives the reminisces of a heroic past, valor and chivalry.
Udaipur city is Located at 24°35′N 73°41′E / 24.58°N 73.68°E / 24.58; 73.68, It has an average elevation of 598.00 metres & it is easily accessible from all the major cities of India including Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur.
Famous places in Udaipur:
City Palace complex is actually a conglomeration of buildings added by various Maharanas, the palace manages to retain a surprising uniformity of design.
Building was started by maharana Udai Singh II. The palace is surmounted by balconies, towers & cupolas and there are wonderful views over the lake and the city from the upper terrace. Main entrance is from northern end through the Baripol of 1600 and the Tripolia Gate of 1725 , with its eight carved marble arches. It was once custom for Maharanas to be weighed under the gate and their weight in gold or silver distributed to the populace. The City Palace extends for a long stretch along the east bank.
Beautiful Lake Pichola was enlarged by Maharaja Udai Singh II after he founded the city.
Lake Pichola is a lake that has two islands, Jag Niwas and the Jag Mandir.
He built a masonry dam, known as the Badipol, and the lake is now 4km long and 3 km wide. Nevertheless, it remains fairly shallow and can actually dry up – in severe droughts it's possible to walk to Jagniwas and Jagmandir island. A handful of crocodiles are believed to inhabit the more remote parts of the lake, near the inhabited sections of the shore.
This lake is 4 km long and 3 km wide, originally built by Maharana Udai Singh II. There are many ghats, like the bathing and washing ghats, which can be approached through boats from the City Palace of Udaipur (Bansi Ghat). In the heart of the lake the Lake Palace stands, which is now converted into a heritage palace hotel. The lake remains fairly shallow even during heavy rains, and gets dry easily in times of severe drought.
Jag Mandir is another island in Lake Pichola.
Which is known for its garden courtyard. Shah Jahan took refuge here while revolting against his father. There is a restaurant run by the HRH group of hotels.
Moti Magri or Pearl Hill,
Atop the Moti Magri or Pearl Hill, overlooking the Fateh Sagar Lake is the memorial of the Rajput hero Maharana Pratap with a bronze statue of the Maharana astride his favourite horse "Chetak". More details are available at Maharanapratap.net, a collection of facts and figures on Maharana Pratap and his life.
Sajjan Garh offers a panoramic overview of the city's lakes, palaces and the surrounding countryside.
Sajjan Garh, a formar monsoon palace 1100 ft. high above the surrounding and 3100 ft. from sea level, was built by Maharana Sajjan Singh in 1884. The palace looks its best during the rainy season. It offers a panoramic overview of the city's lakes, palaces and surrounding country side. The hillside is thickly wooded and the former rulers maintained this as a royal shooting preserve. The palace provides a beautiful view of the sunset
Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in the north of Lake Picholas.
It was originally built by Maharana Jai Singh in the year 1678 AD, but later on reconstructed and extended by Maharana Fateh Singh after much destruction was caused by heavy rains. In 1993-1994, the water vanished from the lake, but in 2005-2006, the lake regained its water.
Dudh Talai is a beautiful laid out rock garden in Udaipur.
It was once used as a bathing ground. Sunset view in Pichhola Lake and panoramic view of the old Udaipur city and its palaces can be enjoyed from here. Another attraction of this garden is the musical fountain. The local handicraft market is very close to this garden. Dudh Talai, situated adjacent to the City Palace, is 24 km from Udaipur Airport.
Saheliyon ki Bari or the "Garden of the maids of honour".
Saheliyon ki Bari or the "Garden of the maids of honour", brings to the fore the unique life-style of the royal ladies who once strolled in this gardens. This spectacular garden has four pools and five fountains, each one with a different look, embelished with delicately chiselled kiosks and elephants in marble. It also has a Science Laboratory with different types of reptiles, frogs and specimens for the visitors.
Shilpgram, a craft village 3km west of Fateh Sagar, has displays of traditional houses from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa and Maharashtra.
Literally meaning a "Craftsmen's Village" is a living ethnographic museum depicting the enormous diversities in craft, art & culture between various Indian states, but the exquisite terracotta work mainly in dark red and dark brown sand material along with the wooden carvings are the forte of this ethnic village . Shilpgram comprises 26 huts set in 70 acres of natural surroundings at the foot of the Aravali Hills.A colourful craft festival during winter seasons to the whole set up induces viatanity and zeal.
Sukhadia Circle, a large round about in the city's northern suburb of Panchwati, on the road to Ranakpur and Mt. Abu.
The centrepiece of the Circle is a large, three-tiered fountain just over 21 m. high, with scalloped dishes surmounted by a wheat-ear motif, representing prosperity. Illuminated at night, it is now a well-known landmark. Its foundation was laid in 1968 and was opened in 1970. The Circle is a popular recreational centre and meeting place. A circular pond surrounds the fountain; nearby are pleasant gardens. Families and friends come together, especially at night, when music plays. Children particularly enjoy the experience: they float toy boats in the central pond, where odd duck-shaped pedallos (paddle boats) vie for space; there is even a mini train nearby. Sukhadia Circle commemorates the memory of Udaipur's MOHAN LAL SUKHADIA, one-time Chief Minister of Rajasthan and a native of Udaipur.
The Jagdish Temple is a large Hindu temple in the middle of Udaipur.
A big tourist attraction, the temple was originally called the temple of Jagannath Rai, but is now called Jagdish-ji. It is a major monument in Udaipur. The Jagdish Temple is raised on a tall terrace and was completed in 1651. It attaches a double storeyed Mandapa (hall) to a double – storied, saandhara (that having a covered ambulatory) sanctum. The mandapa has another storey tucked within its pyramidal samavarna (bell – roof) while the hollow clustered spire over the sanctum contains two more, non – functional stories. Lanes taking off from many of the sheharpanah (city wall) converge on the Jagdish Temple. It was built by Maharana Jagat Singh Ist in 1651 A.D. It is an example of Indo – Aryan architecture.
PRATAP GAURAV KENDRA RASHTRIYA TIRTH is a new Tirth at Manoharpura, Badgaon in Udaipur city in the Rajasthan state of Bharat.
Started by the Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap Samiti, This project aims at providing information about historical idol maharana pratap of mewar and its past. This project aims at providing details about ancient heritage with the help of modern instruments. Pratap Gaurav Kendra is aimed at providing detailed information about the history and achievements of the king of mewar Maharana Pratap.
Under the Sun Aquarium built at Fateh Sagar Pal (promenade), the newly constructed 125-meter long gallery will play host to 156 varieties of both fresh water and sea-fish procured from 16 countries which have been showcased in specially built tanks. The visitors would get a feel of being inside an ocean and can have a close look at the carp species.
This will be the first of its kind virtual fish aquarium in the country. The aquarium will have 216 species of fishes brought from 16 countries across the world.
Vintage and Classic Car Museum Udaipur's brilliant history of the Mewar dynasty has a lot of interesting factors about it. Many of the characteristics of the glamorous Rajput rulers set them apart from others of their time, and with their blend of Mughal and Rajasthani culture and tradition in architecture, the royal families of Mewar enjoyed quite a life.
Although there are a lot of things in Udaipur that capture the luxurious lifestyle of the Mewar royals, the Vintage and Classic Car Museum is one of the best ways to witness how grand it used to be back then. Many of the most amazing vehicles used by the Mewar dynasty in Udaipur that have been presented at the Vintage Car Museum.
Sajjangarh Biological Park is a zoological garden located in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. This biological park is situated just beneath the Monsoon Palace (also known as Sajjangarh Palace), around 4 km from the city center. The zoo has different varieties of animals and birds which have been brought from different parts of world.
At present, it houses 60 animals of 21 species including tigers, panthers, lions, ostriches, alligators, rhesus monkeys etc. Within two months of its inauguration, the park has received more than 46,000 visitors in a month, generating a revenue of Rs 14 lakh for the forest department, which is a record in itself.
Ahar Archaeological Museum is known for its various architectural features and sculptures pieces date back to 1700 BC.
A historic tenth century metal figure of Buddha is a special attraction in the museum. There are rare pieces of earthen pots which are of historical importance.Located at 3 km distance from Udaipur city, around Ahar museum there are about nineteen cenotaphs of Maharanas, where they were cremated. Among all of them cenotaph of Maharana Amar Singh, who reigned from 1597 to 1620 is more attractive.
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was the capital of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar, ruled by the Sisodia clan.
The founder of Udaipur was Rana Udai Singh, father of Maharana Pratap. The ancient capital of Mewar was Nagda, located on the Banas River northeast of Udaipur. Legend has it that Maharana Udai Singh came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range. The hermit blessed the king and asked him to build a palace on the spot and it would be well protected. Udai Singh established a residence there. In 1568 the Mughal emperor Akbar captured Chittor, and Udai Singh moved the capital to the site of his residence, which became the city of Udaipur. As the Mughal empire weakened, the Sisodia ranas, and later Maharanas, reasserted their independence and recaptured most of Mewar except the fort of Chittor. Udaipur remained the capital of the state, which became a princely state of British India in 1818. After India's Independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Udaipur acceded to the Government of India, and Mewar was integrated into India's Rajasthan state.
Sisodias, or the Guhilots (Suryavansh), have ruled the Mewar region since V.S 191,[clarification needed] were against Mughal dominion, and tried to distance themselves from them.[citation needed] Being a mountainous region and unsuitable for heavily armoured Mughal horses, Udaipur remained unmolested from Mughal influence in spite of much pressure. Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur was the only royalty who did not attend the Delhi Durbar for King George V in 1911. This fierce sense of independence earned them the highest gun salute in Rajasthan, 19 against the 17 each of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bundi, Bikaner, Kota and Karauli. Rosita Forbes, who passed this land during the decline of the British Raj, described it as "like no other place on earth".


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Going through the Python tutorial again:
Tuples can be used as keys if they contain only strings, numbers, or tuples; if a tuple contains any mutable object either directly or indirectly, it cannot be used as a key.
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I have only had to use this once, and it was for a rather baroque situation, but it was rather cool that I could do it, and fairly simple as well. Just pick which non-mutable instance variables of the class that should be used to generate a hash value, and shove them into a hash function.

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So, you know the comedian (and I use that term loosely) Carrot Top? That was the "natural" look I had going yesterday. When my hair guy told me he was going to make it "pop" a little more, I think it's safe to say that we were on 2 different pages (perhaps even books!)!!!
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The beautiful South West is home to some of UK's most picturesque cities and two of our most popular launch sites – Bristol and Bath.
Keep an eye out for our 2018 Bristol guide, but for now here's brilliant Bath:
If Bath has been on your bucket list for years and you're looking to finally tick it off, here's our take on the incredible city, which quite frankly, we can't get enough of looking at from above.
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Famous for it's incredible architecture and history, you can't possibly visit Bath without experiencing the 2,000 year-old Roman Baths. Wander around the ancient heated rooms and plunge pools at one of the world's best preserved Roman remains.
As well as the world-famous baths, there's also a museum showcasing many objects that were once thrown into the sacred spring – a fascinating trip for the whole family.
2. Explore Bath by Bike:
As Bath is such a pretty city, why not hire a bike and cycle to magnificent sites like Royal Victoria Park, where you can take in the iconic Royal Crescent and even catch a glimpse of our Bath balloon taking off.
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3. Recharge at the Thermae Bath Spa:
Yes yes, we keep talking about the baths, but whether you're the spa type or prefer the great outdoors, the incredible open-air rooftop pool at the Thermae Bath Spa should not be missed – awesome views both during the day and at night.
4. Treat Yourself to Tea and Cake:
Pop into Sally Lunn's for a famous bun. You'll feel like you're stepping back in time at the oldest house in the city, complete with locally sourced foods and a museum with the original kitchen where Sally first opened her bakery back in 1680.
5. Get Glamorous at the Fashion Museum:
Known as one of the world's top ten museums of fashion, to round off your trip with a bit of fun, why not check out Bath's fashion museum where you can try on the wide range of Victorian dress? There's also plenty of workshops and tours for all ages where you can discover more about the ancient gowns and famous pieces by top designers.
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Pricing, Promotion, Analytics and SCRM
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First, I'd like to take this Veterans Day (it is this Sunday) as an occasion to express my appreciation to those who have sworn to uphold and defend our Constitution with their very life. From one vet to another, "Happy Veterans Day". For those of us who have served or do serve as Marines, a "Happy 236th Birthday". May all of us remain faithful to the courage, honor and commitment required of Marines in all areas of our lives – Semper Fidelis!
Second, I've put together a few thoughtful questions and some questioning thoughts that I hope will stimulate your mind on three important topics – pricing and promotion of consumer goods, making the most of analytical decision support, and supply chain risk management.
On pricing and promotion in consumer goods
If you are a consumer goods manufacturer, you likely purchase syndicated data to evaluate product trends and share by category, market and channel. If you are more advanced, you have figured out how to leverage this data in your demand planning process so that your SKU forecasts are more accurate. But, many firms have not yet incorporated it for the purpose of analyzing and optimizing pricing and promotion decisions. If you haven't, why haven't you?
On making the most of analytical decision support
I have argued in previous posts that the process of analytical decision-making is not just math and data, but it is an interactive process through which the analyst must use his or her experience and skill to artfully find information despite defects in the data and deficiencies in the data model. One case-in-point would be multi-stage, stochastic, inventory optimization (MESIO – for more, see "Who Is Spending Your Cash?", the 30 September post from Supply Chain Action). Consider the possible objectives of an effort to improve inventory (a portion of working capital) efficiency. Here are a number of possible goals:
- Achieve a stated average time between stockouts
- Minimize the total value short
- Minimize the total stockout occasions
- Minimize the cost per unit short
- Minimize the cost per unit short per period
- Minimize the combined costs of shortage, overage and replenishment (think about shipping an individual unit versus a more economical pack size)
- Achieving a target likelihood of no stockouts in a period
- Achieving a target likelihood of demand satisfied directly from the shelf (think fill rate)
- Using idle capacity to build stock that will sell in a specified period of time
Most off-the-shelf applications will only give you one or two of these objectives and necessarily prohibit interaction of the modeler with the model because the software company needs to protect its intellectual property.
This does not mean that an off-the-shelf application will not work for your business. It may, indeed, be the best answer and provide an enterprise-scale solution that is fully integrated with your other planning operations. The point is that you have to do some careful thinking and testing in order to validate that it will work and that you will have whatever ability to interact with the model that your analysts will require.
On supply chain risk management
How do you evaluate the resiliency of your value network? Do you have the capability to electronically represent your value network from one end to the other? Have you determined how to represent the value (in terms of materiel, currency and data) that pulses along the paths in the value network? Have you quantified the consequences of a disruption (from whatever cause) that would impact that flow? If so, do you have a plan for dealing with such an interruption? What have you done to make sure key people know the plan and can execute it?
Thanks again for dropping by Supply Chain Action.
Until next week, remember this thought from an anonymous source, "Make sure what you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it."
Have a wonderful weekend!


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See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of the Dec. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports.
News and Analysis
Wheat Piles Up, Sell Corn and Beans into Rallies
As expected, ending stocks of corn and soybeans are declining, but wheat stocks are rising, according to USDA's Dec. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
Jerry Gulke Analyzes Dec. 10 Reports
Find out which numbers in today's reports will have the biggest market impact. Jerry Gulke comments on the reports and what they mean for farmers and their marketing plan going forward.
USDA Projects Record Milk Output, Strong Dairy Prices in 2014
Demand both at home and abroad is expected to support prices for all dairy products.
Blog Commentary
Cash Grain Insights: Crop Report does little to Sway Markets
Grain Hedge: USDA Reports Tighter Ending Stocks - Grains Trade Lower
Hedging Corn and Soybeans: WASDE Report 12/10/13
WASDE: Average Corn Farm Price Lowered a Dime
WASDE: Soybean Exports Lowered to 1.475 Billion Bushels
WASDE: Record Wheat Production Increase Supplies
WASDE: Cotton Estimates Remain Unchanged
WASDE: Rice Season-Average Price Up 20 Cents
WASDE: Total Red Meat, Poultry Production Increased
Crop Production
Crop Production: Cotton Production Down From November Forecast
Dec. 10 Crop Production: Crop Area Planted, Harvested
See how the reports are affecting prices. Visit the AgWeb Markets Center.


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Madison Rayne recently sat down for an interview with The Mirror and below are highlights from that interview
"I don't want to toot my own horn and say that I was sought after by everyone and highly in demand but I am thankful for and humbled by all of the opportunities that this year has presented me. I've been able to work for IMPACT Wrestling, compete once again for the Knockouts Championship, which is very special to me and has held a large portion of important moments in my career, and to finally have been able to wrestle for WWE and be part of something as big as the Mae Young Classic, which has been a highlight of my career. Earlier this summer being able to compete for the Women of Honor championship was incredible and to be part of that first tournament to crown the first ever WOH champion and then to be part of All In, which was such an incredible, history-making moment… it's just all felt really good. But when it came down to making the decision for what was best for me and my career, it just felt like ROH was that perfect fit. There's just something very special about the locker room and for me at this point in my career, being part of good energy and being a part of something bigger than myself [is important].
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SystemSoft Alpha have released the opening movie to their super moe World War II adventure/strategy game.
Moe Moe Niji Taisen 3 is a mix of the Daisenryaku series and 'moe,' with players taking control of weapons personified called 'steel maidens.' It was announced for Japanese release back in early July, and is set to hit the region this Winter – SystemSoft Alpha only now releasing the opening cinematic to drum up some hype.
Check it out;
Moe Moe Niji Taisen 3 is due out in Japan on December 8th, 2016.


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This is a continuation of the previous post which you can view by clicking here.
2: Questioning "Trust"
2-0: If someone says "I have trust in the US Dollar," what exactly does that mean?
2-1: For most people, it probably means that they have trust in the functionality of the dollar as both a means of exchange and a store of value.
2-2: But can we say that the dollar's functionality is predicated on trust (by consensus) in its value prior to its use?
2-3: If so, what gives the dollar its value?
2-4: After all, isn't this "value"–whatever it might be–one of the main reasons we have trust in the dollar as a legitimate and reliable currency?
2-5: Do we still view the dollar as a "promissory note"? If so, what does it promise?
2-6: There was a time when the US dollar was backed by gold. The dollar's value rested on its "promise" of gold convertibility.
2-7: Gold, once considered the ultimate object of monetary value, was seen to possess the primary characteristics of money: durability, portability, divisibility, uniformity, scarcity, and acceptability.
2-8: When convertibility was completely abolished in 1972, so too was the dollar's "promissory" attributes. Yet trust in the dollar remained.
2-9: But if trust in the dollar was initially based on its promise of gold backing and convertibility, as dollars represented gold, then what values replaced the original promise?
2-10: Did this abolishment transform the dollar from a representation of value into the actual embodiment of monetary value itself?
2-11: As a "legal tender" object, minus gold backing, does the dollar then represent governmental authority?
2-12: Doesn't this create a weird feedback loop: a "promissory" note whose value rests on government's "promise" of value?
2-13: Or is value to be found in government's monopoly over the creation, oversight, and distribution of all monetary assets and activities? (this of course means printing, taxation, surveillance, etc.)
2-14: Let's back up and consider the implication of money creation (as most recently demonstrated by the Fed's QE program).
2-15: Doesn't the "artificial" creation of money violate one of money's key characteristics: scarcity?
2-16: If you have trust in the dollar, wouldn't that also require you to have trust in the system of third-party institutions, networks, and processes supporting and facilitating the circulation of dollars (banks, payments systems, technologies, regulatory restrictions, fees, etc.)?
2-17: And the regulations enforcing the entire system?
2-18: At this point, is this "trust" (in the dollar) a matter of choice or coercion?
2-19: If it's a matter of choice, what is your alternative? (although gold and silver are still "sound" assets, neither make for a convenient means of exchange).
2-20: If it's a matter of coercion, can we say that the emergence of cryptocurrencies constitutes a movement in which "the market takes care of itself"?
2-21: If so, wouldn't that mean that at the heart of the cryptocurrency phenomenon is an overwhelming demand for (the creation of) a more reliable, efficient, and effective form of money?
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@nagarajendra thanks for hunting! Hi everyone, I am very happy to introduce Cone — a real world color picker. Being a colorblind designer, it was often difficult for me to figure out "which color is that?" and hence I decided to build this app. Cone lets you pick colors in real time using the phone's camera. It lets you build color palettes while on the run, capturing and recording color for later comment/discussion, sending the colors to someone else quickly and efficiently, and of course translating a physical objects color to a usable set of information without having to get expensive colorimetric equipment etc. Really excited to hear feedback from you all :)
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Great idea -- I'm always on the lookout for new color schemes for personal projects. I can see this being very handy when I've found that special and unique shade that I'd rather not just take random, uncomfortable photos of. Lovely app; feels very stable. UX is very intuitive and I love the different shades that are shown when you save a color to the palette. 👍🏼
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Will this do PANTONE colors? If it did, every single interior designer in the world would snatch this up in a heartbeat.
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Adobe used to have an app for this called Color which synced with the app, but it has since been pulled from the store. The app was awesome and had a similar UX to this one per the video. If this had the same sync capability to a Sketch palette or Adobe palette, it would probably be a boon to illustrators/artists/designers.


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I hope 2016 brings you more highs than lows xxxHayley: Sparkles and Stretchmarkshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-58278894567450250412016-01-01T15:26:19.279+00:002016-01-01T15:26:19.279+00:00Goodness me you have had a roller coaster of a yea...Goodness me you have had a roller coaster of a year. I'm so sorry about your dad passing away. I hope 2016 is full of lots of happiness and positivity xSian QuiteFranklySheSaidhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-64353670033183378202015-12-31T22:46:40.721+00:002015-12-31T22:46:40.721+00:00I enjoyed getting to know more about you. Fatigue ...I enjoyed getting to know more about you. Fatigue is not a fun thing to have and i know all about it! Thanks for sharing and good luck for 2016Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-5678320645148734842015-12-31T22:45:05.041+00:002015-12-31T22:45:05.041+00:00I'm sorry to hear that 2015 has been tough and...I'm sorry to hear that 2015 has been tough and I'm really sorry to hear about the passing of your Dad. I hope that you are on the mend soon. Well done to your daughter. I hope 2016 is a much better year for you all x.Bek Dillydropshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-11771396421432178542015-12-31T21:57:06.088+00:002015-12-31T21:57:06.088+00:00Wow, you've had a tough year of ups and downs....Wow, you've had a tough year of ups and downs. Amazing that you have been able to blog about it all, best of luck for 2016.Emmahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-17569514892238458132015-12-31T20:25:52.154+00:002015-12-31T20:25:52.154+00:00what a rollercoaster of a year?! January always le...what a rollercoaster of a year?! January always leaves me with mixed feelings, sometimes it is good to see the back of a year but sad to leave some parts of it behind.Rebecca Uhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-31334812189868127962015-12-31T19:17:21.198+00:002015-12-31T19:17:21.198+00:00Bloody hell — you've had a rollercoaster of a ...Bloody hell — you've had a rollercoaster of a year haven't you? I'm so sorry about your dad Cliona — and your diagnosis too — although it's brilliant that you have a handle on that and can start the road to recovery. Wishing you a very happy — healthy — and uneventful 2016! Happy new year to you and your family! xxAnonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-23110473148484614542015-12-31T17:39:22.684+00:002015-12-31T17:39:22.684+00:00Sounds like you've had a good and bad year thi...Sounds like you've had a good and bad year this year! I'm sorry to hear about the death of your dad :( It must have been so tough, I really hope 2016 is your year, you deserve it :) xAnonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-23883712046682619822015-12-31T17:03:16.335+00:002015-12-31T17:03:16.335+00:00Oh bless you! I am so sorry about the loss of your...Oh bless you! I am so sorry about the loss of your Dad :( Can't imagine life without my Dad. And sorry for yours and your daughters diagnosis' too. I hope 2016 is a better year for you and your family xLife-As-Mumhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-85307054581985496412015-12-31T15:43:23.541+00:002015-12-31T15:43:23.541+00:00It doesn't sound like 2015 will be a year you ...It doesn't sound like 2015 will be a year you look back on fondly. I'm so sorry for your loss of your dad. I hope you are on the mend and feel better soon. Happy New Year and all the best for 2016.xPlutonium Soxhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-14106062840887536682015-12-31T15:22:49.209+00:002015-12-31T15:22:49.209+00:00Sounds like it has been an eventful year for you, ...Sounds like it has been an eventful year for you, both good and bad. So sorry to hear about your Dad, I can't imagine how tough that must have been for you xRebecca Smithhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-59285747596324133832015-12-31T14:27:47.876+00:002015-12-31T14:27:47.876+00:00You got some amazing things done this year! So sor...You got some amazing things done this year! So sorry to hear about your dad passing. That must have been a really rough time for you! Glasgow is such a beautiful city, my hometown is about 50 minutes away by train. <br />Hayleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6195370273317041496.post-13854579443152884382015-12-31T13:12:53.263+00:002015-12-31T13:12:53.263+00:00What a big year for you, so many things to endure ...What a big year for you, so many things to endure and experience. I'm sorry you lost your father but I'm glad you were with him at the end. Hoping 2016 treats you and yours with heaps of luck and peace!Lauren Belle Du Brightonhttp://email@example.com


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Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union Surprise Moviegoers at 'Think Like A Man Too' Premieres
Kevin Hart and Gabrielle Union stunned cinema-goers at New York and Atlanta, Georgia screenings of their new romantic comedy Think Like A Man Too on Thursday night by showing up unannounced.
The actors appear together in the sequel to 2012's Think Like a Man, and they decided to drop in on fans who had purchased tickets to early screenings on the eve of the film' release on Friday.
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MRes Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Research
Your Autumn term and academic year 2020–21
Your course will begin on schedule in the Autumn and we plan to reopen our campuses. Your teaching will be a combination of on-campus (in-person) and remote (online) learning and research opportunities. We call this 'multi-mode' delivery. Depending on official government guidance throughout the entirety of the next academic year, the balance in the 'multi-mode' offering may be subject to change. We will do our best to provide you with increased on-campus teaching and research activities as we progress throughout the year.
We are looking forward to seeing you in person, if travel and visa arrangements allow. If you can't travel to campus in time for the start of the academic year, you should immediately contact the Department using the details in the 'Further information' section below.
For more information about multi-mode delivery and the steps we'll be taking to keep you safe on campus if you are able to join us, please see our COVID-19 information for applicants and offer holders.
Key information
Start date: September 2020
Campus: Silwood Park
ECTS: 90 credits
1 year full-time
2 years part-time
3 years part-time
This course will give you broad experience in current whole organism research and strong theoretical, laboratory and field research skills.
Based at Silwood Park Campus, an internationally renowned centre of excellence for ecological research, this course is taught by active researchers throughout the department, and these internationally recognised experts use their own research as model systems to illustrate the fundamental scientific principles that underpin the study topics.
The course will equip you with the necessary skills to proceed to a PhD and an established career in academic, government or non-governmental organisations engaged in research into biodiversity and its protection or exploitation.
External visitors from a range of conservation organisations will highlight the issues around applying science to practical conservation.
You complete eight weeks of taught modules as research training, and then conduct two five-month research projects on topics of your choice.
The MSc course offers a wider range of instruction across a large set of research areas, allowing you to gain a clear insight into your own research interests from among current research topics. The MRes course hits the ground running: the greater focus on independent research allows you to specialise in your existing research interests.
Silwood Park open day
Our courses in ecology, evolution and conservation biology are taught at Silwood Park campus.
An open day will be held on Wednesday 15 July 2020 and is an opportunity for you to:
- find out more about Master's courses and PhD opportunities
- tour the campus and on-site accommodation
Modules shown are for the current academic year and are subject to change depending on your year of entry.
Please note that the curriculum of this course is currently being reviewed as part of a College-wide process to introduce a standardised modular structure. As a result, the content and assessment structures of this course may change for your year of entry. We therefore recommend that you check this course page before finalising your application and after submitting it as we will aim to update this page as soon as any changes are ratified by the College.
Find out more about the limited circumstances in which we may need to make changes to or in relation to our courses, the type of changes we may make and how we will tell you about changes we have made.
You start the course with five one-week modules on core topics in ecology and evolution:
- Plant Community Ecology
- Speciation and the Evolution of Biodiversity
- Macroevolution and Micropaleontology
- Population Dynamics and Modelling
- Aquatic Resource Ecology
The first project starts in week 6 and lasts 20 weeks. Towards the end of your project you complete a two-week compulsory statistical computing module linked to the project write-up and data analysis.
The second project starts after Week 27 and finishes in September. The projects should be with different supervisors and chosen to represent two of the following general categories:
- Ecological Modelling and Population Management
- Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Analysis
- Molecular Ecology, Phylogenetics and Development (lab component)
- Ecology, Evolution or Conservation Field Research
Entry requirements
We welcome students from all over the world and consider all applicants on an individual basis.
Minimum academic requirement
Our minimum requirement is a 2.1 degree in a science subject.
International qualifications
We also accept a wide variety of international qualifications.
The academic requirement above is for applicants who hold or who are working towards a UK qualification.
For guidance see our Country Index though please note that the standards listed here are the minimum for entry to the College, and not specifically this Department.
If you have any questions about admissions and the standard required for the qualification you hold or are currently studying then please contact the relevant admissions team.
English language requirement (all applicants)
All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the College.
For admission to this course, you must achieve the standard College requirement in the appropriate English language qualification. For details of the minimum grades required to achieve this requirement, please see the English language requirements for postgraduate applicants.
How to apply
Making an application
All applicants must apply online.
For full details on the online application process, please visit the admissions website.
You can submit one application form per year of entry. You can usually choose up to two courses.
ATAS certificate (overseas candidates)
An ATAS certificate is required for all Non-EEA/Swiss nationals who require a visa to study in the UK.
To apply for an ATAS certificate online, you will need your programme details and the relevant Common Aggregation Hierarchy (CAH) code and 'descriptor'. For this course, these are:
|CAH code
|ecology and environmental biology
Your Tier 4 visa application, or extension of stay, will automatically be refused if you need an ATAS certificate and cannot provide one.
For further guidance on obtaining an ATAS certificate please see the information on our International Student Support website.
Tuition fees and funding
The level of tuition fees you pay is based on your fee status, which we assess based on UK government legislation.
For more information on the funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Fees and Funding website.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees (Home and EU students)
|2020 entry
|Full-time (1 year)
|£12,200 per year
|Part-time (2 years)
|£6,100 per year
|Part-time (3 years)
|£4,067 per year
* Please note that the tuition fee amount you will pay may increase each year.
Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.
Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2020 will apply to fees for the academic year 2020–2021.
Tuition fees (Overseas and Islands students)
|2020 entry
|Full-time (1 year)
|£24,250 per year
|Part-time (2 years)
|£12,125 per year
|Part-time (3 years)
|£8,084 per year
* Please note that the tuition fee amount you will pay may increase each year.
Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.
Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes. The measure of inflation used will be the Retail Price Index (RPI) value in the April of the calendar year in which the academic session starts e.g. the RPI value in April 2020 will apply to fees for the academic year 2020–2021.
Postgraduate Master's loan
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For 2019-20 entry, the maximum amount was of £10,906. The loan is not means-tested and you can choose whether to put it towards your tuition fees or living costs.
We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students to support you through your studies. Try our scholarships search tool to see what you might be eligible for.
There are a number of external organisations also offer awards for Imperial students, find out more about non-Imperial scholarships.
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The days are getting the shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and fall fishing is underway cross Southern New England. It seems like with the flipping of the calendar to the 9th month that fishermen come back out of their summer hiding places, looking for the next hot bite. While many anglers set their sights on the fall classics of striped bass and bluefish, it's not too early to start thinking about tautog. And with this being one of eight eligible species in The Fisherman Magazine's annual Dream Boat Challenge, they just might the key species in winning you that brand new Steiger Craft boat!
Keep in mind this fall that 2018 saw several bag and possession limit changes enacted, so be sure that you know the regulations BEFORE you hook that first tog! Connecticut does not open its fall season until October 10 (after closing its summer season on August 31), but we'll get to them in a minute. In both Rhode Island and Massachusetts, the early-fall limits are as follows.
Massachusetts: August 1 – October 13, 3-fish bag limit, 16-inch minimum length. Maximum per-vessel bag limit is 10 fish for a private boat REGARDLESS of the number of anglers onboard.
Rhode Island: August 1 – October 14, 3-fish bag limit, 16-inch minimum length. Maximum per-vessel bag limit is 10 fish for a private boat REGARDLESS of the number of anglers onboard.
Connecticut: As noted, Connecticut does not open its fall season until October 10, but there is still something that you can do, right now, if you live in the Nutmeg State through the Long Island Sound Tautog Fishing Study. This Thursday, September 6, 2018 in Old Lyme, Connecticut at the Marine Fisheries Headquarters and Boating Division building, a multidisciplinary team of UConn scientists led by Pengfei Liu of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Steven Swallow of the same department and Eric Schultz of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology will investigate how fishermen's behavior changes in response to new regulations on size limits, season length and numbers of fish that can be caught. The researchers will engage focus groups and survey anglers to learn how fishermen respond to restrictions on tautog (blackfish). Ultimately, they hope to determine the effectiveness of different management strategies intended to rebuild depleted fish populations.
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Brandy and Coke is without a doubt the most popular and most South African drink there is. Even the most refined Sauvignon sipping snob will seriously contemplate going over to the dark side after his third glass of wine.
Excessive Brannas and Coke consumption either turns you into a lover, a fighter, or a combination of aforementioned.
I turn into a lover, then a beggar and finally a whiner – you see Brannas and Coke turns my wife into a fighter even though she doesn't drink anything at all.
The lover/fighter combination is usually something spectacular to behold. I have seen Brannas and Coke fuelled full grown men first trying to bliksem each other to within inches of death only to then make loving peace in a way that resembles a scene from Brokeback Mountain.
All this calamity happens because Brandy and Coke is a contradiction in a glass. The alcohol makes you want to go to sleep while the caffeine overrides the drowsiness.
It also creates a high similar to being on heroin as Brandy and Coke act on the same pleasure centres of the brain as heroin does – this apparently makes you want to drink more.
The carbon dioxide in carbonated drinks increases the pressure in your stomach, forcing the alcohol out through the lining of your stomach into the bloodstream – making you do ridiculous things far quicker than anticipated.
Unfortunately the Government seems to have caught up with us Brandy and Coke connoisseurs. Sugar tax will be collected from 1 April 2018. Excise duties will increase by between 6% and 10% and it is expected that this will bring an additional R1.33bn in revenue in the 2018/2019 financial year.
Other non-related Brandy and Coke changes include donations tax increasing to 25% for all donations exceeding R30m and estate duty increasing to 25% for all estates exceeding R30m.
The biggest change is undoubtedly VAT increasing to 15% effective 1 April 2018. This raised numerous nervous questions, especially from property developers, regarding what rate would be applicable to certain transactions.
The general time of supply rules are governed by section 9 of the VAT Act. We all know the golden rule, earlier of payment or invoice. Section 67A of the VAT act deals with an increase in the tax rate and contains anti-avoidance rules which override section 9. In a nutshell, where goods are supplied or services rendered before the 1st of April 2018, the rate of 14% will be applicable, irrespective of the fact that the invoice may be issued or payment received after the effective date. In cases where the time of supply has been triggered under section 9 (for example by issuing an invoice), but goods or services are only delivered 21 days after the 1st of April, those supplies will be deemed to have taken place on 1 April 2018 and will attract VAT at 15%.
The sale of residential property is specifically addressed under section 67A. The time of supply rule under section 9 (3)(d) includes the supply in the period where transfer is effected to the purchaser, or payment of the consideration has been received, whichever is earlier. Under these rules, if the purchase consideration remains outstanding on 1 April 2018 and transfer has not been effected, the time of supply would fall after the effective date, and the transaction would attract VAT at 15%. Fortunately section 67A provides relief, deeming the time of supply to be the date a written agreement is concluded between seller and purchaser. If the sale contract is concluded before the 1st of April 2018, a tax rate of 14% will be applicable, irrespective of date of payment or transfer. This relief extends to agreements concluded for the construction of residential property by any vendor carrying on a construction enterprise.
For the sale of commercial property, no relief is granted under section 67A. Fortunately, suppliers will have recourse to recover the increased VAT from the purchaser under section 67 of the VAT Act, unless the agreement specifically stipulates otherwise. It must be noted, that the supplier will remain liable to pay VAT at 15% to revenue services, irrespective of its success in recovering the additional VAT from the purchaser.
We South Africans are a resilient bunch. We will overcome any adversity. Even the increase in the price of Brandy and Coke.
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Yes, the day has finally arrived: Pinterest released their official API including a (bit buggy) documentation!
It was almost a year ago when I needed to work with Pinterest for one of our clients at TakeTwo. We promised the client to integrate their boards and pins in their new website, which normally isn't really a problem since we had worked with third parties before. But the whole story changed when we found out that Pinterest lacked the support of an official API. Solution: I created a nasty PHP wrapper for some unofficial Pinterest API. Good enough for the client at that point, but not good enough for further usage.
A year later a new client arrived with the same question, he wanted to integrated different social media sources in his website. So I started to search on Pinterest's website to see if they had finally added an API. After I searched for a few minutes I stumbled on the Pinterest Dev site. Well look at that, they finally added an API! :) One 'problem': it missed a wrapper/SDK for PHP. So to help myself a bit, and maintain my PHP skills, I decided to develop a wrapper for it. Quickly I registered myself as a developer and waited for them to approve my application submission. A day later they approved it so I got started on the wrapper.
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[edit January 2016] Previously this section contained some stuff about certrain endpoints which didn't work. By now all the endpoints in the Pinterest PHP Wrapper work.
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During the development of the PHP Wrapper I noticed the documentation not being completely in line with the API itself. For instance:
Missing endpoints
Some of the documented endpoints aren't working. I've still added them to the wrapper in case they are going to work, but for now it isn't possible to make the following requests:
PATCH /v1/pins/ POST /v1/me/following/interests/ DELETE /v1/me/following/interests/<interest_id>/
I've also added these to the project's README.
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Normally, and according to Pinterest's docs, we should first obtain an access code. Once we've obtained this code we can exchange it for an access token. At this point the Pinterest API directly returns an access token when the user is redirected from the Pinterest authentication page back to your application.
For now I've added the required methods for exchanging a code to an access token, in case Pinterest decides to change their authentication flow.~
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As you can read, the API isn't working 100% properly. But hey: at least we finally have an official API to work with!
At the moment of writing the wrapper is almost finished. All the documented methods are available and working and the tests run successfully. If you have any comments, please drop them below or in the repository's issue tracker.
Interested in the wrapper? You can check it out in my Pinterest-API-PHP repository..


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Arthur Wentowski and his wife moved into Hunting Towers in 1971 — shortly before he was deployed to Vietnam as a chief warrant officer. At that time, the towers seemed like a glamorous place where fresh flowers filled the lobby with a faintly sweet scent and an eager concierge responded to every whim of tenants. Wentowski says that airline pilots and stewardesses used to add color to the buildings.
"This was a regular passion pit," he said, seated at his kitchen table. "They used to have wild parties on the roof."
Yet the mood these days in Hunting Towers — now known as Hunting Point — is decidedly more subdued. Wentowski, 86, doesn't know what he would do if he were forced to move. His wife died several years ago, and he lives on a fixed income. He spends most of his life visiting with his neighbors in the building, who have grown closer over the years dealing with the uncertainly of living in a sort of limbo.
"I'm worried about being forced to move. I don't want to move," said Wentowski. "The next move I want to make is up to Arlington Cemetery."
The Virginia Department of Transportation currently owns the building, the result of a complicated agreement between state, local and federal officials forged when the Woodrow Wilson Bridge was designed. Giuseppe Cecchi, the famed developer who build Watergate in the 1960s, tried to buy the building last year but transportation officials pulled the property off the market when negotiations over the price fizzled. For now, Wentowski continues to send his rental check to VDOT — a temporary situation that makes him wonder about his future. He lives on a fixed income, and the thought of being forced into a buy-or-move situation is frightening to him.
"I've been out of the housing market for so long, I don't even know what that kind of conversion would cost," he said. "I guess it all depends on what the price is."
THAT'S WHY Del. David Englin (D-45) will be introducing a measure in the upcoming legislative session in Richmond.. Englin said that one of his major legislative goals for this General Assembly is to give certain tenants who find themselves in the midst of a condo conversion the ability to assign their right to purchase the unit to a third party — specifically, a government agency, housing authority or nonprofit housing corporation. After the third-party has successfully purchased the property, it would then rent the unit back to the renter whose affordable housing had been threatened. Under Englin's bill, those who are eligible must be disabled or elderly (62 or older) and qualify for a three-year lease.
"It's a win-win situation for everybody," said Englin. "The developer gets make a quick sale at the market rate and city gets to preserve affordable housing."
In Alexandria, one organization is poised to take the lead in making these kind of third-party purchases: the Alexandria Housing Development Corporation. Created in 2003 by Mayor Bill Euille and former Councilwoman Joyce Woodson. Alexandria Housing Director Mildrilyn Davis and then-City Manager Phil Sunderland put together a working model for the new non-profit housing corporation to address needs in the city. The plan anticipated that the corporation would avoid direct city oversight — creating a sense of independence for the quasi-public agency.
"This organization should by no means be considered the entire answer to all of the affordable housing questions," said then-Mayor Kerry Donley when the City Council voted to create the corporation in December 2002. "It is one vehicle that can be used to facilitate certain projects."
Since that time, the City Council approved a $12.8 million allocation to the housing corporation for the acquisition of Gunston Hall Apartments, one of the few remaining low-cost rental units in the city. The government-created corporation plans to keep about 80 percent of the property affordable to households at 60 percent of the area median income. But — just like the Hunting Point — the plan was put on hold after negotiations failed. In the meantime, Englin said that the corporation should have additional authority to meet housing demands.
"I think one of the problems with preserving affordable housing in Alexandria is that the Alexandria Housing Development Corporation doesn't have enough authority to accomplish its mission," said Englin. "That's why this bill is so important."
FOR ENGLIN, this is an issue that's taken a prolonged effort. Last year — in one of the first bills he filed as a freshman — Englin supported a measure that was designed to help renters caught in a condo conversion. It had been originally proposed by the city's Landlord-Tenet Relations Board, and Englin took it to Richmond as one of the major goals of his first session as a legislator.
"This bill gives older residents and the handicapped an opportunity to stay in our community," he said before heading to Richmond last year.
But the bill faltered in the House of Delegates when the Housing Subcommittee asked questions about how the process would work. Then the committee sent HB 393 to the Virginia Housing Commission. Now, as a result of the commission's findings, Englin has modified the bill with a narrower definition of what kind of third-party can receive the purchasing rights. In the new version of the bill, which has been cleared by the
Virginia Division of Legislative Services, housing nonprofit organizations must receive special certification before receiving purchasing rights from participating tenets.
"It's a measure of protection that would prevent some fly-by-night agency from sweeping in the buying the property," said Englin. "It's certainly a better bill than it was last year."
Although Alexandria Legislative Director Bernard Caton said that the bill faces virtually no opposition, some are questioning the limited nature of those who can qualify for the program. Michelle L'Heureux, a former Hunting Terrace resident who has become an advocate for affordable housing at Hunting Point, said that she'd like to see a broader bill that would protect renters who are not elderly or disabled.
"While it's a good start, I would definitely prefer that it be extended to all renters," said L'Heureux. "In my mind our biggest problem is the diminishing stock of affordable rentals. There are plenty of folks who believe that their units should remain affordable for not just them, but also those future generations of Alexandrians that follow."


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Broadband as Means For Job Creation Debated at FCC Workshop
Rolling out broadband does not necessarily translate into job creation, and online video will be the death of traditional TV.
Those were some of the conclusions from some academics weighing in on an FCC workshop on "Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Private Investment."
James Prieger, a professor at Pepperdine, pointed out that broadband may add to productivity, but that could mean doing more with fewer workers. He said that deploying high-speed Internet was not a Band-Aid that could be "slapped on" an ailing labor market or economy.
Broadband could attract workers from town x to town y, he said, but he didn't see how from a state's point of view that was necessarily a good thing. And he called a deeper problem the issue of globalization.
While he said that senators "wax eloquent" about broadband drawing rural workers into the urban workforce, he asked why it was going to be rural Indiana rather than rural India that was going to benefit.
Chris Furman, a professor at the Georgia Tech, seconded Prieger's assessment, saying that there was "little evidence that use of advanced Internet was associated with growth in employment."
Spurring employment is one of the goals of the economic stimulus package, part of which included spurring broadband deployment through grants, loans and requiring the FCC to produce a plan to get broadband to unserved and underserved areas.
Ralph Everett, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic studies, wasn't ready to concede the point. "Broadband means jobs and communities need jobs," he said. He had his own studies, including one that showed that increased broadband contributed to 52,000 or 281,000 new jobs in California in 2005.
He said access to broadband was about online job searches and 21st century skills that would be necessary to live in that century.
He pointed out the higher unemployment rate for African Americans and lower broadband adoption rates said the way out begins with a broadband plan that connects them and at least gives them a fighting chance for the social and economic progress that for them is now "just a dream."
The workshop, one of many, is part of the FCC's preparation of that plan, due to Congress by Feb. 17.
Brent Goldfarb, associate professor at the University of Maryland, said that online video is "on its way to killing [traditional] television," as VOiP and cell phones are leading to the demise of landline.
Given that, he argued, leading providers who are increasingly bundling video, voice and data have incentives to leverage their control of broadband to protect that service. He did not say he had evidence of that, but that it was something the government needed to be aware of and track.
The key, he said, was preventing barriers to entry so that the broadband rollout could be a test bed for what works. He said being able to measure that broadband ecosystem would be "very informative" in charting how well it sustains new entrants over time.
Prieger and Golfarb agreed about the need for experimentation in technology, business models, products, services, and implementation. The key to that, said Goldfarb, was keeping barriers to entry low.
Experimentation creates big winners and big losers, said Goldfarb, and incumbents will exercise their power to prevent being one of the latter.
Another theme running through Wednesday's workshop was a common one: The need for more and better data.
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