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Howden brand film reaction
15 July 2014
As part of recent re-brand for design and engineering firm Howden - we recently completed a global brand film to represent the company's brand values – revolving around you.
Featuring a stellar cast and beautiful locations across the UK – the film has made an instant impact with staff and internal customers. Having been shown throughout the company's offices around the world - feedback describes it as an 'exciting and radical transformation of the company brand'
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Why have over 1,000 of the largest wineries already secured their .WINE domain? The answer is simple: because they've seen that the new domain extension is the future of marketing to wine consumers.
Marketing is about reaching the right customer with the right message at the right time. Many big brands are using the new domain extensions, including Taco Bell, Barclays Bank, and Warner Brothers to increase their campaign relevancy.
For the international wine industry, nothing could be more relevant than the new .WINE domain extension.
For the same reasons of relevancy, brevity, and simplicity mentioned above, there has been an unprecedented rush of developers buying into this new extension.
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And what about John Cox and Michael Jingozian?
Certainly, the other candidates may be "fringe" candidates, but a couple of them have real courage, and their voting records stand up to their convictions, not like the "mainstream" candidates do. I urge you to be a little more open when discussing the presidential campaign in the future.
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Two Night Stand: Blu Ray Review
Rating: M
Released by Roadshow Home Ent
Pairing together two of the hottest young actors at the moment, Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton, this rom-com offers a bit more than you'd perhaps expect.
Tipton plays Megan a frustrated single who joins a dating website and ends up meeting Teller's Alec and sharing a connection. But after a one-night stand the duo ends up trapped in the Alec's apartment when a snow storm hits.
But the snow storm could have more than just a few implications for the duo.
Initially pacy and zingy, Two Night Stand ends up losing its way as the truth comes out; Teller and Tipton make an engaging couple but the film just isn't up to par with them. Cyber dating and an engaging duo make it stand out, but they struggle to keep the piece moving despite the 85 mins run time.
It may have charm and be a little quirky, Two Night Stand is guilty of squandering its promise; it could have been a smart little film about cyber one night stands but ends up being a piece that panders to the tropes of the rom com genre. A pleasant enough viewing experience with some nicely written moments, but it feels like it could so easily have been more.


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Hello, I am back! I have been away from this blog for a while now, and I feel that I need to continue my blogging throughout the rest of these semesters. Well, wow. 2017 was an absolute rollercoaster, I am not even sure where to even begin. I can still recall this exact time last… Continue reading Thank you, 2017.
Author: Megan Bird
What a Mentor Should Be
Since I will no longer be continuing my education at Central Michigan University next fall, I won't have the chance to ever have a mentee. Although I am quite bummed that I will missing out on this opportunity, I am glad I learned what it takes to be a great mentor. When I graduated high… Continue reading What a Mentor Should Be
A Year in Review: Hello to Goodbye
How is it already the end of the year?! In a blink of an eye, I'm already taking down my loft as room 111 is looking more bare by the day, and I'm preparing for my final exams here at CMU. I never really believed anyone when they said that college flies by faster than… Continue reading A Year in Review: Hello to Goodbye
LDR 200L Reflection
Introduction to Leadership 200 is a class required for our Leader Advancement Scholar cohort to take together as a class. This class was a stepping stone from 100L where that previous class was to get us adjusted to college and introduce what we will be doing in 200. This class at first was going to… Continue reading LDR 200L Reflection
Life as a Member of The CMU Dance Team
Growing up, I was an ambitious child who wanted to find what her passion was at a very young age. I was constantly active, always outside being adventurous and trying out some sports from soccer, softball, ice skating, to basketball. I actually played softball and basketball for four years and was the point guard for… Continue reading Life as a Member of The CMU Dance Team
HST110L Reflection
As part of our protocol required for LAS, we had to take HST110L, The American Experience. I was a bit anxious to take this class since it also counted as a Writing Intensive. History has always been one of my strongest subject, but this class definitely challenged that aspect of it. This point in the… Continue reading HST110L Reflection
LAS in the D Reflection
In only the few short days that we were there, the weekend service trip to Detroit with the Leader Advancement Scholar Cohort was one of the most unforgettable trips of my life. I have never experienced so many eye opening, aha moments that are hard to describe through these words. These two days of the… Continue reading LAS in the D Reflection


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Enjoy interactive exhibits and programming dedicated to water conservation and the New York Seascape. Highlights include a walk-through maze, a zipline ride, water cycle puzzles, and a wildlife wheel of facts. Special weekend events will feature art exhibits, hands-on activities, and more.
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Our Mission
The Vancouver Humane Society is dedicated to exposing animal abuse and assisting individuals, businesses and governments to end animal suffering, cruelty and exploitation.
Our Vision
The Vancouver Humane Society envisions a future in which humanity recognizes and respects the inherent rights and needs of all animals – a society in which all animal cruelty is unacceptable and animal protection is valued and acted upon by the public and its policy makers.
Our Strategic Plan
The Board of Directors approved our strategic priorities between 2019-2023. Read our strategic plan.
Policy on Fundraising
The Vancouver Humane Society has never and never will use expensive external fundraising companies like telemarketers. Our Board has consistently considered this to be unethical and misleading to our donors. Less than 5% of your donation to VHS goes to fundraising purposes, which includes using organizations like CanadaHelps (a charitable foundation). Your donation to our McVitie Fund (which will be doubled by a generous donor) goes 100% to direct animal care!


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Hope you are all well. As promised, here is a video from me this week. I have hauled from Merly Impressions for the first time and I am very pleased with how fast they shipped my products to me.
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Sponsored (Work) Visa
Sponsored (Work) Visa
- Temporary Work (skilled) –Subclass 457 (Temporary) visa
- Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) – Subclass 186 (Permanent) visa
- Regional Scheme Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) – Subclass 187(Permanent) visa
Temporary Work (skilled) –Subclass 457 (Temporary) visa
'457' visa is not a permanent visa and it is not possible to do ENS. But this visa allows '457' visa holder to work if '457' visa holder finds a sponsor. Sponsor must satisfy conditions; for the visa applicant, academic qualification, work experience and English proficiency are subjected to assessment.
457 visa can be granted for a period up to 4 years.
1. Conditions for Sponsor
- Business is legally operating.
- Business conducts training for employees who are permanent resident of Australia or Australian citizen.
- Documents required for assessment vary depending on whether business has operated for more or less than 1 year.
- Organisational Chart
- Genuine Position (Company needs to explain why the position of 457 visa applicant is necessary for company.)
- Balance Sheet
- Bank-related document
- Business-related contract
2. Conditions for 457 Visa Applicant
- Relevant work experience
- Relevant Academic Qualification
- English Proficiency
Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS)- Subclass 186 (Permanent) visa
ENS Visa is Australian permanent residency visa and sponsor is required.
Three ways are possible to process this visa to permanent residency.
1. Temporary Residence Transition stream
- In this category, applicant works for 2 years on 457 Visa and apply for ENS without Skills Assessment.
- Nominated Position must be a full time position and the applicant must work 2 years after ENS.
- Must have complied with 457 visa regulations while holding 457 visa.
2. Direct Entry stream
- Pass Skills Assessment
- Three years fulltime work experience
- English proficiency test result
3. Agreement stream
- This category is rarely processed. Sponsor and DIBP needs to sign Labour Agreement.
* These are few points on preparing documents for 457 visa.
Market Salary Rates
Nominated Position's wage must not be less than wage of permanent resident or Australian citizen in the same position. If the company does not have employees as such, company must prove through market research that the wage is not low.
Training Benchmark
Sponsor has responsibility to conduct training to permanent resident or Australian citizen.
Regional Scheme Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) – Subclass 187(Permanent) visa
Unlike ENS, RSMS is only possible if the sponsor is located in regional area selected by DIBP. Previously, immigration law made it easy to issue permanent resident visa in regional areas. However strict immigration law is now placed so RSMS became less attractive.
But, RSMS still receives attention because if applicant has studied to a level spected by the DIBP, applicant is exempt from Skills Assessment.Unlike ENS, applicant needs to go through the assessment by State Regional Body.


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A School of Psychology Optimal Aging Colloquium Featuring Dr. Kathleen C. Insel, University of Arizona.
Self-management of chronic conditions increases among older adults at the same time capacity for self-management may diminish. Addressing limitations in prospective memory through strategies developed to improve medication adherence, provides an exemplar for applying what is known about cognitive aging to support older adults leading to optimal aging and improved quality of life. Leveraging technology, the use of which is ever more ubiquitous in this population, can provide a means for general dissemination of these strategies.
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Chapter 5
"Cherish, Cherish Williams, where are you?" Chandelle called.
"I have been in my room ever since you were on that phone. So who was it? Seems like you knew the person because you guys talked about twenty minutes. You wanna share? Cherish asked impatiently.
"The only way I'm gonna discuss anything right now is…….. Hmm… You know what, never mind."
"Are you gonna talk or not. Like I told you earlier on tonight, I don't want to talk about anything. If you are so serious about hearing nonsense from someone, it's not going to be me. It's definitely not gonna be me. Do you understand every word that's coming out of my mouth, Chandelle Nelson?"
"I don't still understand why you are jumping and yelling. Delle responded calmly. I mean, am right here, am sure I will be able to hear you clearly when you speak lower than you are right now. It has not gotten to us being sentimental about the simplest things like talking about ourselves." She explained.
You don't have to share if you can't. I'm off to bed." Cherish said as she walks pass Delle to go to her room.
"Good then, Cherish M. Williams. Goodnight. You wanna sleep, hell go on and sleep. I don't care anymore either. Whether you want to talk or not." For the first time, Delle angrily yells back at Cherish.
When Cherish heard Delle calling her by her last name, she pauses consciously and began walking back to the living room, where Delle is now sitting in one of the wooden rocking chairs near the fireplace.
"What did you call me? She asked shockingly.
"I said goodnight Cherish Williams, yeah, I said it. What huh, what, you gonna deny it now? Isn't that your real last name? All these years; you have always lied to me about your family. I thought I was your family, your only one.
Cherish was shaking at this point, she became anxious as if to shut Delle up. "Now wait on, hold on Delle, you are going too far with this. I don't know where you get your information from. If you wanna argue with me, why not say it without you dissing me. Am sick of this."
Delle crossed her arms, looking at Cherish expectantly as she changed her seat. "Well, if you are sick of this, then why ask me to share, Ms. Williams. "
"We need to talk. I want us to have this talk and get over with it. So, why did you call me by Williams? Who told you about that name Delle?
"Well, what about you start telling me about the real you first," Delle demanded.
Because the last time I check, strange people start calling our house number, and saying that they were calling for Cherish Williams. When I redialed the number earlier on today, a lady answered the phone; and without really knowing whom she was speaking with, she decided to open her mouth. She said some things about you running off to college and never returning home; how your parents love you so much and never ceased to worry about your whereabouts. She continued.
"I don't believe that. I don't think she was referring to me Delle. Cherish said frighteningly.
"Oh, so you think am stupid or something? What you take me for? Delle asked clamorously.
"C'mon sis… You know we can discuss this situation without us yelling over each other. Fine, I'm ready to open up to you. Cherish said.
"I know I'm giving you headaches, but you know that's why our best friends. Come over here and have a seat so we can talk. We will talk about everything, no lying. Just honesty." She continued calmly.
Cherish became very calm after being yelled at by Delle.
"Hey, come here, sit next to me. Let's talk. Delle invited Cherish as she opens her arms as if a mother is calling for her child.
Cherish quickly moved to where her friend was sitting, on the rocking chair.
"Delle, so you really wanna do this? Cherish asked. 'I mean, I thought you knew me enough to believe one retards you spoke with on the phone? Do you wanna question my honesty and my characteristics right now? Are you freaking serious? The questions kept dripping from cherish mouth back to back.
At this point, Delle was wearied out. "Look hon, you don't have to do this. We do not have to do this. I'm not gonna force you to talk to me. We can definitely leave things as they are. Am tired. Am seriously tired. You are not a child for me to keep pushing and nurturing. I can only do the best I can. So it's either we talk today or never."
"Fine, fine, God dammit." Cherish yelled as she pushed Delle over to sit. We can introduce ourselves like we just met. Let's start over again. Let's go back to the ole days, where we first met in college. Would you? She asked
"Well, yeah, duh, I would if I were you. We just met, now tell me about yourself. Delle suggested.
"My name is Cherish, Cherish M. Williams; daughter of Crystal and Jean Williams. You know, I was the only child of my mother. She always loved me and supposedly provided me with everything I needed and desired. We were not considered billionaires, but my parents had so much money to waste."
"Wow, so you a daughter of a rich family, huh? Delle interrupted.
"Would you shut up and let me talk? She demanded.
"Fine, go ahead. Delle said.
"Thank you. Anyways, where was I? Cherish asked.
"You were talking about y'all wasting money. You said your parents were rich and had nowhere to spend the money, but waste it on your black ass. Aha.. am just playing girl. Please continue.
"Shut up. Well, like I was saying, being the only child for a mother is sometimes intimidating. She would want you to be the best in everything you do. She wanted me to do this, that, those, these, and blah blah, blah. Cherish was nervous at this point.
"What the hell eh. What are you saying with the these, those, this, that, the blah, blah? Can you speak English. I mean tell me in details, isn't it why we are talking? Delle complained.
"Ah.. Sigh.. Dammit Delle, you're so annoying sometimes. What I meant is that my mother always wanted me to get good grades, read five books a month, go to the library on the weekends instead of partying and hanging out in the street. She had so many rules to comprehend.
"And that was too hard for you? Delle asked confusingly.
"Well, yes it was. I had freedom, but not the kind of freedom I desired.?
"So, what's your definition of being a free child?
"Ugh Delle. I could just choke you right now with your silly questions. Cherish shook her head as she bit her lips tightly. "Don't act like you do not understand my kind views on freedom. I mean from the last time I checked, you had more than freedom as a youth. Your ass went everywhere and hung out with whomever you wanted, if I could remember correctly."
"Yeah, whatever. At least you were rich. Anyways, please educate me more on your freedom. Delle joked.
"My parents never gave me that freedom. Like going out to clubs, the movies with my boys and opening up my own account.
"How old were you, to own an account and go out with some dumb boys by yourself? Weren't you like six? Delle interrupted once more while laughing.
"No..I was not six, you idiot. I was sixteen. Old enough to have my personal money and hang out with my guys. Cherish yelled defensively.
"I felt like my mother was too strict and my dad didn't care. He always gave me seventy dollars for allowances and when I asked for more, he would say, "honey, I'm saying up for your college bills. I don't want you to pay for loans and other expanse." Cherish exclaimed. So then I would lie to my mom that am broke, and she would give me another sixty-five. I had to about hundred and five dollars for two weekends.
"Wait, you were mad about that? You were sixteen, had that much money for two weeks and you're telling me you dislike that? When I was sixteen, the only thing I could afford was a ninety-nine cent product." Delle interrupted frustratingly. Anyways, why didn't you return, what are your reasons for running off? Cherish Richie. You know what, from now on I will call you Ms. Richie cause you are rich. Delle continued, still being silly.
"My parents helped me apply to colleges and during move in day, my mother and my nanny took me to my dorm. They were really helpful and bought everything I needed for that semester. To make a long story short, she still treated me like a child. She wanted me to do the things I used to do when I was at home; No partying, hanging with friends on a daily basis, clubbing and the wild college fun stuff. The only difference was, she opened my personal account loaded with lots of money. Like what's the point of being good in college and sticking my head in the books when am rich. They had the money so why torture me. Eventually, I stopped going home for the weekends, ceased from calling my mother twice a day like she recommended. And by the time I realized things, it was already in the middle of the semester. I felt like I didn't need my parents because I got everything I want… Money and popularity.
"Wow, wow, am impressed. I'm extremely impressed with your phenomenal story. Delle said sarcastically.
"What's so funny. You never serious. Never ever serious with nothing. That's exactly what made you more annoying back in the days. I don't know how I put with your gusty ass back in college. Stupid idiot. Look at your silly self. Cherish responded jokingly.
"Remember how we met? Delle asked. Yeah, it was funny. Funny story. Funny friendship, but in a good way. We met in the dining hall. She answered herself.
"Of course I remember. You were so looking around like you were lost. Aha… You had no one to sit with. I was walking with my girls and I felt bad, so I called you up. Cherish said. "Damn girl, you were a loner. She laughed.
"First of all, I was not a loner. I had friends. A lot of good friends, when you met me in the dining hall, it was a bad day for me and decided to be alone. And the only reason I went to sit to with you and your stupid, ratchet friends was because you were nice to me. Delle defended herself.
"Okay Chandelle Nelson, you plead has been accepted. Is there anything else you want me to tell you?
"Well, yes… so what happened to your parents do you know? I mean, don't get me wrong, but it has been a long time since you saw your parents and you've never once mention them to me. Don't you miss them, Cherish?
"I have told you all you need to know right now. So keep it that way. I told you everything you need to know and the rest, is my problem and not yours. What you don't know what hurt you? Cherish explained angrily. By the way, I know everything about you, but I forgot about what you told me about your parents. What did you say happened to them again? She asked.
"I told a long time ago what had happened to my parents and the rest of my family. I hate talking about it because it reminds me of things I despise to remember. I detest my past and everything in it. Delle exclaimed as tears stream down her chin.
"Am sorry Delle, I don't mean any harm. Those tears… I-I, hmm, didn't mean to bring them back. Cherish said apologetically.
"It's fine. I will tell you again if you wanna be reminded. My mother was a wonderful woman. She gave me everything I needed, but not what I wanted. She was a middle school teacher and didn't make that much. And my dad was never around. She basically took care of me and my little sister all alone. She told me and sister that life took him away. And asked us not to ever mention him again. Years after I moved to college, she got sick and died from cancel. Delle explained.
So what happened to your sister?
"She was taken away. My aunt took her in. Since then, I have not seen my sister. Sometimes I wish life could bring back my daddy. It has been hard since I lost my mother and little sister. After telling this sad story, She busted out crying.
"Oh, am so, so sorry honey. Come here, hug me Delle. Let me hold you sis." Cherish opened her arms wide and received Delle into her arms as she wiped the tears in her eyes.
"I love you Cherish Williams" Delle smiled lightly.
"I love you too, honey." Cherish said as she hugged Delle
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Printable Vector Map Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, exact detailed City Plan, 100 meters scale map 1:3862, editable Layered Adobe Illustrator, 36 Mb ZIP.
All streets named, main objects. Map for publishing, design, printing, publications, arts, projects, presentations, for architects, designers and builders, business, logistics. The most exact and detailed map of the city.
Layers: legend, grids, labels_roads, names_places, names_streets, names_objects, objects, arrows_streets, streets_roads, waterways, water_objects, color_fills.
Text format street names
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Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This vector map of Buenos Aires city is used as a basis for design, editing, and further printing.
This is the most detailed, exact map of Buenos Aires city for high-quality printing and polygraphy. You can always clarify the map development date by contacting us.
For your convenience, all objects on Buenos Aires vector city map are divided into layers. And the editing is very easy – colors, lines, etc.
You can easily add any objects needed (e.g. shops, salons, sale points, gas station or attraction) on any layer of Buenos Aires vector map.
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre". The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 14 million.
One of the advantages of Buenos Aires city vector maps of our production is the relevance of cartographic data, we constantly update all our products.
This vector map of Buenos Aires city is used by:
designers, layout designers, printers, advertisers and architects. Our product – vector maps – is designed for further editing and printing in large formats – from @Wall format (a few meters) to A-0 and A-1, A-2, A-3.
The Buenos Aires city map in vector format is used for design, urban planning, presentations and media visualizations.
The advertising and presentation map of Buenos Aires city (usually the final designer marks the routes, and puts the client's objects (shops, saloons, gas stations etc.)
The undoubted advantage is that people will NEVER throw out this advertising product – the map. In fact, as an advertising medium, a city map is the most "long-playing" of the well-known polygraphic advertising media, with the longest lifespan, and the maximum number of interactions with the customer.
For travelers, maps are sold at the airports and gas stations around the world. Often the source is our vector maps.
Take a look, who purchases our vector maps of Buenos Aires city in "Our Clients and Friends" page – these are large and small companies, from super-brands like Volvo and Starbucks, to small design studios and printing houses.
It's very easy to work with vector maps of Buenos Aires city, even for a not very experienced designer who can turn on and off the map layers, add new objects, change the colors of fill and lines according to customer requirements.
The undoubted advantage of Buenos Aires city vector maps in printing is an excellent and detailed visualization, when customer can expand a large paper map and instantly define his location, find a landmark, an object or address on map, unlike using the popular electronic formats of Google and Yandex maps for example.
The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores; both are now neighborhoods of the city. The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires; "CABA"). Its citizens first elected a chief of government (i.e. mayor) in 1996; previously, the mayor was directly appointed by the President of the Republic.
Printable vector maps of Buenos Aires city are much more convenient and efficient than any electronic maps on your smartphone, because ALL DETAILS are displayed in the entire space of Buenos Aires city map.
Useful tips on working with vector maps of cities and countries in Adobe Illustrator.
«V» – launches the Selection tool (cursor, black arrow), which makes active any vector line.
«А» – launches the Direct Selection tool (white cursor), allows you to select curve elements and drag them to the desired place.
«R» – activates the Rotate tool, which helps you rotating selected objects around the center point by 360 degrees.
«E» – gives you the opportunity to use the Eraser tool and erase unnecessary parts.
«X» – switches between Fill and Stroke in the Tools section. Try to get used to this hot key and
you will quickly understand that you can't live and work without it.
Buenos Aires is considered an 'alpha city' by the study GaWC5. Buenos Aires' quality of life was ranked 91st in the world, being one of the best in Latin America in 2018. It is the most visited city in South America, and the second-most visited city of Latin America (behind Mexico City).
Guides are not limited to vertical and horizontal in Adobe Illustrator. You can also create a diagonal guide for example. Moreover, you can turn any contours into guides. Select the outline and go to View > Guides > Make Guides (Create Guides), or simply press Cmd/Ctrl + 5. You can also turn the guides back into an editable object. Go to menu, View > Guides > Unlock Guides (Release Guides), select the guide you want to edit and select View > Guides > Release Guides (Reset Guides), or just press Cmd/Ctrl + Option / Alt + 5).
You will probably want to change the color scheme used on our Buenos Aires vector city map.
To quickly and effectively play with colors.
Of course, you can do it manually, all objects in our Buenos Aires city vector map are divided according to types and layers, and you can easily change the color gamma of vector objects in groups and layers.
But there is more effective way of working with the whole VECTOR MAP of Buenos Aires city and all layers:
The overview dialog «Edit colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» (this dialog box name can change depending on the context):
If you have selected a part or a layer of Buenos Aires city vector map and open the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel, on the Samples palette or the Color Catalog, or if you choose Edit > Edit Colors> Repaint Graphic Object, then the «Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box appears, and you get access to «Assign» and «Edit» tabs.
If a picture or a map fragment is not selected, and you open the dialog box by clicking the icon in the Control panel, on the Samples palette or in the Color Catalog, the «Edit Colors» dialog box appears and you can only access the «Edit» tab.
Regardless of the name at the top of the dialog box, the right-hand side always displays the color group of the current document, as well as two default color groups: Print Color and Grayscale. These color groups can be selected and used any time.
Create and edit color groups of Buenos Aires city vector map, and also assign colors using the «Edit Colors»/ а «Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box.
A. Creating and editing of a color group on the «Edit» tab
B. Assigning colors on the «Assign» tab
C. Select a group of colors from the «Color groups» list
The option «Repaint a graphic object» in the lower part of the dialog box allows you to preview the colors on a selected layer of Vector map, or a group of elements, and specify whether its colors will be redefined when the dialog box is closed.
The main areas of the dialog box are:
The «Edit» tab is designed to create a new or edit the existing color groups.
The harmony rules Menu and the Color Wheel are used to conduct experiments with color harmonies. The color wheel shows how colors are related in color harmony, and the color bars allow you to view and manipulate an individual color values. In addition, you can adjust the brightness, add and remove colors, save color groups and view colors on the selected Vector Map of Buenos Aires city or a separated layers.
The «Assign» tab is used to view and control on how the original colors are replaced with colors from the color group like your corporate colors in the Vector Map of Buenos Aires city.
The assign color ability is provided only if the entire map, layer or fragment is selected in the document. You can specify which of new colors replace the current colors, whether the spot colors should be preserved and how colors are replaced (for example, you can replace colors completely or changing the color tone while maintaining the brightness). The «Assign» tab allows you to redefine colors in the Vector Map of Buenos Aires city, or in separate layers and fragments using the current color group or reducing the number of colors in the current Vector Map.
Buenos Aires is a top tourist destination, and is known for its preserved Eclectic European architecture and rich cultural life. Buenos Aires held the 1st Pan American Games in 1951 as well as hosting two venues in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Buenos Aires will host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and the 2018 G20 summit.
Color groups
Is a list of all saved color groups for current document (the same groups appear in the «Samples» palette). You can edit and delete the existing color groups, as well as creating a new ones using the list of "Color Groups" in the dialog box. All changes appear in the «Samples» palette.
The highlighted color group shows, which color group is currently edited.
Any color group can be selected and edited, or used to redefine the colors in the selected vector map of Buenos Aires city, its fragments or elements.
Saving a color group adds this group to the specified list.
Opening the «Edit Colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box.
Open the «Edit Colors»/«Repaint Graphic Object» dialog box using one of the following methods:
«Edit»> «Edit Colors»> «Repaint Graphic object» or «Repaint With Style».
Use these commands if you need to edit the colors in the selected vector map of Buenos Aires city.
«Repaint Graphic object» button on the «Control» panel.
Use this button if you need to adjust colors of Buenos Aires city vector map using the а «Repaint graphic object» dialog box.
The specified button is available if the selected vector map or its fragment contains two or more colors.
Note. This color editing method is convenient for global color adjustment in a vector map, if global colors were not used when creating a City Map of Buenos Aires.
The «Edit colors» button or «Edit or apply colors» on the «Color Catalog» palette
Click this button if you need to edit colors on the «Color Catalog» palette or edit and then apply them to the selected Vector Map of Buenos Aires city or its fragment.
The «Edit color group» button or «Edit or apply color group» on the «Samples» palette.
Click this button if you need to edit the colors in the specific color group or edit and apply them to the selected Vector Map of Buenos Aires city or a group of its elements, for example, the whole layer "Streets and lines". You can also double-click the color group in the Samples panel to open the dialog box.
If the map file is too large and your computer freezes or even can't open it quickly:
1. Try to reduce the color resolution of the video card (display) to 256 colors while working with a large map.
2. Using Windows Task Manager, select all the application you don't need, while working with map, just turn them off.
3. Launch Adobe Illustrator. (DO NOT OPEN the vector map file)
4. Start the Windows Task Manager using administrator rights > Find the "Illustrator" process > set the «real time» priority,
5. Open the file. When you see the LEGACY FONT popup window – click "OK" (do not update). You can restore the TEXT later.
6. Can also be useful: When file is opened – Edit > Settings > Basic Settings > disable smoothing. /// It looks scary, but works quickly)))
We recommend saving the file in Adobe Illustrator 10 version. It's much more stable when working with VERY BIG size files.
Buenos Aires is a multicultural city, being home to multiple ethnic and religious groups. Several languages are spoken in the city in addition to Spanish, contributing to its culture and the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because in the last 150 years the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of immigrants from all over the world, making it a melting pot where several ethnic groups live together and being considered as one of the most diverse cities of the Americas.
The city of Buenos Aires lies in the pampa region, except for some zones like the Buenos Aires Ecological Reserve, the Boca Juniors (football) Club "sports city", Jorge Newbery Airport, the Puerto Madero neighborhood and the main port itself; these were all built on reclaimed land along the coasts of the Rio de la Plata (the world's widest river).
The region was formerly crossed by different streams and lagoons, some of which were refilled and others tubed. Among the most important streams are Maldonado, Vega, Medrano, Cildañez and White. In 1908 many streams were channelled and rectified, as floods were damaging the city's infrastructure. Starting in 1919, most streams were enclosed. Notably, the Maldonado was tubed in 1954, and runs below Juan B. Justo Avenue.
Main articles: Barrios of Buenos Aires and Communes of Buenos Aires
The city is divided into barrios (neighborhoods) for administrative purposes, a division originally based on Catholic parroquias (parishes). A common expression is that of the Cien barrios porteños ("One hundred porteño neighborhoods"), referring to a composition made popular in the 1940s by tango singer Alberto Castillo; however, Buenos Aires only consists of 48 official barrios.
There are a several subdivisions of these districts, some with a long history and others that are the product of a real estate invention. A notable example is Palermo — the city's largest district — which has been subdivided into various barrios, including Palermo Soho, Palermo Hollywood, Las Cañitas and Palermo Viejo, among others. A newer scheme has divided the city into 15 comunas (communes).
Buenos Aires
Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires is Argentina's big, cosmopolitan capital city. Its center is the Plaza de Mayo, lined with stately 19th-century buildings including Casa Rosada, the iconic, balconied presidential palace. Other major attractions include Teatro Colón, a grand 1908 opera house with nearly 2,500 seats, and the modern MALBA museum, displaying Latin American art.
Great Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area or Buenos Aires Metropolitan Region refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) over the Province of Buenos Aires. Thus, it does not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads south, west and north of Buenos Aires city. To the east, the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.
Urban sprawl, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast conurbation of 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated partidos, as of 2010, and a total of 12,801,365 including the City of Buenos Aires, a third of the total population of Argentina and generating more than half of the country's GDP.
• Metro 3,830 km2 (1,480 sq mi)
Population 12,801,365 (24 partidos, plus Federal District)
• Metro 13,641,973 (including partidos not yet conurbated)
• Metro density 3,342.39/km2 (8,656.8/sq mi)


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360 VOX Files Business Acquisition ReportInvestment Services & Trading Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/29/13 — 360 VOX Corporation (TSX VENTURE: VOX) – 360 VOX Corporation ("360 VOX") announced that it has filed a Business Acquisition Report ("BAR") with respect to the acquisition of a group of real estate businesses in Canada known as Sotheby-s International Realty Canada, Sotheby-s International Realty Quebec and Blueprint Global Marketing. The transaction closed on November 15, 2012.
The BAR includes unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of earnings for the year ended December 31, 2011 and nine month period ended September 30, 2012 and an unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as at September 30, 2012. The BAR also includes the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Mt. Ventoux Holdings Inc. ("Mt. Ventoux") (which through its affiliates, does business as Sotheby-s International Realty Canada, Sotheby-s International Realty Quebec and Blueprint Global Marketing) as at September 30, 2012 and for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the audited consolidated financial statements of Mt. Ventoux as at and for the year ended December 31, 2011, together with the unaudited financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2010.
As described in the BAR, certain holding companies (acquired by 360 VOX as part of the indirect acquisition of Mt. Ventoux to facilitate the sellers from a tax perspective) amalgamated with Mt. Ventoux and the Company effective December 31, 2012.
The complete BAR has been filed under 360 VOX-s SEDAR profile at .
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About 360 VOX Corporation
360 VOX is a publicly traded company, incorporated under the laws of Ontario and listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "VOX". 360 VOX is engaged in the business of managing and developing international hotel, resort, residential and commercial real estate projects through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, 360 VOX Asset Management Inc., 360 VOX Development Inc., and in Cuba through its wholly owned subsidiary, Wilton Properties Ltd., in joint venture with Grupo Hotelero Gran Caribe S.A. 360 VOX is also engaged in the sales and marketing or real estate through Sotheby-s International Realty Canada and Blueprint Global Marketing.
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You want the good life… Creating the good life, health, wealth, love and happiness, will require creativity from you… 1
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'Star Wars' Nerd-Out: Own a Giant AT-ST Walker, Plus: Han Solo Discovered in Carbonite on Mercury
We love Star Wars around these parts, so what better way to kick off the week than with some cool news about stuff related to George Lucas' epic series? Hey, at least it's not more stories about secret meetings for Episode VII casting, right?
First up, if you ever wanted to own your very own Imperial AT-ST scout walker to lay siege to Hoth (or your neighbor's backyard), you're in luck. An eBay auction is currently underway for a gigantic replica of one of the iconic creations immortalized in The Empire Strikes Back – and it can be yours for a measly $16,000... provided you can get it home from England.
Made of wood and metal, this 16-foot-tall re-creation comes with its very own trailer for easy transport, but can also be taken off the trailer with ease so you can display it however you'd like. This behemoth was built to withstand the harshness of Hoth's climate, so it's A-OK to store inside or out – and would make a totally awesome conversation piece at your next family get together. Crack open that checkbook and get bidding. [via Gizmodo]
ALSO: Han Solo Discovered in Carbonite on Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft snapped a photo of the surface of Mercury last week – and if you look off to the right, you might notice something that looks an awful lot like Han Solo encased in Carbonite. Has Jabba been hiding him here all this time? Is there a Sarlacc pit on Mercury too? Come on, science – we need answers! [via Mashable]
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Hot stone dining – how it works
Using hot stone is one of the oldest methods of cooking. With lava stone dining, every mouthful is hot, tasty and succulent right to the very end.
The dry cooking process sears in the meat's natural flavours and with no oils or fats, it's tremendously healthy too!
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Archive for August, 2015
Desperate Congress
The Desperate Congress
Lies and more lies the Congress is reeling out in the hope that it can topple the Modi government. The Congress cannot tolerate anyone other than the Congress puppets to hold power in the government. Look at its arrogance. It cannot countenance the simple fact that Modi is popular and for a mere one year record has done remarkably well. What was the score card of Manmohan Singh in the last ten years? How can Sonia call Modi arrogant when the Congress under her is not only arrogant but defiant and thinks that it can hold the government to ransom and get away with it. The falsehoods that the Congress sycophants utter is simply shocking to say the least. If Rahul Gandhi has proof that Sushma Swaraj had taken money from Lalit Modi to keep him out of jail then he should present the proof and give more facts. The Congress was and is the most corrupt party in the country. It was steeped in corruption and now it wants just to blame Modi's government hoping that people will forget what it was and is for the past 50 years.
According to Manish Tiwari Modi can't act against ministers due to his own background and he continues to assert that during Modi's rule in Gujarat the biggest killings since 1947 happened. Manish Tiwari must be talking through his hat-he forgets that after the assassination of Indira Gandhi the pogrom that the Congress unleashed against the Sikhs has no parallel in Indian history. The worse part of it is that Rajiv Gandhi justified it. So who is the Congress to throw stones at the BJP and Modi while it sits in the glass house '.He who has not sinned let him throw the first stone'
The Congress is synonymous with corruption-.arrogance-and disruptive tactics if it is not in power. This clearly shows that it does not believe in democracy and the people's mandate. If it cannot be in power then it will not let others be in power. Does it think that India is written off and handed over to the Nehru-Gandhi family? Its dynastic politics clearly betrays its arrogance and its craze for power. Who is Sonia Gandhi to dictate to this nation and think that only she and her son can wield power? It is a shame and a disgrace that the Congress which was in power for more than 50 years has papauerized the people-had no development on its agenda except to aggrandize itself and its coterie. Now when the BJP appoints its men and women in power positions it cries its self hoarse. Look at the number of Trusts which Sonia Gandhi heads. From a modest ancestry house in Italy, today she owns a mansion there. From where did all the money come? Did she and Rahul Gandhi sweat it out? What assets did she and her family have when she came to India in the 60s? So Rahul Gandhi must be more circumspect when he blames others of taking money. Perhaps Ahmed Patel will be able to provide the country of the amounts that have been siphoned off and how it has been stashed and who are the benamis to that ill gotten money.
The early invaders of India fleeced India now we have a brand new gang of fleeciers with political immunity – fleecing the poor and like leeches sucking the blood of the Indian polity. And all the time the Congress sheds crocodile tears for the poor. The Congress will keep the poor and make them poorer only then it will be able to grab power at the cost of false promises and crocodile tears. Hence we have Rahul Gandhi perpetually proclaiming that he stands with the poor. If so what did his party do for the poor-kept them in poverty? That is the only thing the Congress can claim on its score card. Shame on the Congress
Dr Mrs Hilda Raja,
Look who is speaking on mediocrity
Look who is speaking of mediocrity
Rahul Gandhi thinks that politics is a big 'tamasha'. He has his coterie sycophants to keep prodding him on and makes him believe that all that he utters are great words of wisdom. But we all know RG and his ability! He cannot think straight-focus on issues- nay he even cannot read properly what has been scripted by his backroom boys .He has no sense of history nor has he a vision for this country.
How easily he goes to the FTII and politicizes the whole issue. He was invited by the students it seems. So what-he could politely refuse or else he could patiently hear out their grievance-not blame 'this government' and blame the 'one man who makes all the decisions in this government' etc.. He talks as though the rest in India are dullards. The one issue which the students ask is a discussion he states. Is that what they are on agitation for? They want Gajendra Chauhan to be removed. It is not the business of the students to seek the sacking of a Director because he has no big achievements to his credit. What is required of a Director is to motivate-to administer and to encourage the students to produce good films. This I am sure Gajendra Chauhan is capable of. Let him be given time to prove his mettle. To fault the government that it has a larger scheme in his appointment-to blame Modi saying that 'the government don't want discussion, anything that does not suit their ideology is anti-national …blah blah blah.If this is not communalizing and politicizing the issue then what is it. By the way what is the ideology of the Congress –communalism. The Congress cannot be taking the people for a ride simply because it wants to shield its Vice President who as usual lacked political probity and sagacity. He used the FTII as a political platform to bash the government. This is very cheap of Rahul Gandhi and shows his immaturity in handling issues.
Let us talk straight-what is wrong in saffronizing institutions? Should institutions and Trusts and schemes be all congressied? What is wrong in wanting Hindutuva ideology? Rahul Gandhi must learn to talk in plain terms and not be a juggler of words. He says that in this government only one man makes the decisions he forgets that during the UPA's regime only one woman-his mother- made the decisions. And his mother was an extra constitution power center. But Modi is not an extra constitutional power centre. What is wrong if this government wants to put its men and women with the BJP ideology at the helm of institutions? Should they then appoint Congress sycophants? What did the Congress do when it was in power for the last ten years-of course earlier too. Every single institution-every power wielding position was packed with Congress men/women.
What has the Congress achieved? In all its more than 50 years of rule it has Increased poverty, created more backwardness and pauperized the rural people. It also communalized every aspect of government diktats and injected communalism in every sphere of political life. This to the Congress was 'secularism'. Now Rahul Gandhi is playing out his role as the VP of the Congress goes to every segment of the people where there is a stir or discontentment. So he tells the farmers that he is there to wipe their tears. He meets the fishermen and asks them to protest against the ban of 60 days. He is with them he proclaims .He tells the rural poor that he stands by them-all this when he is in luxury and does not have an idea of what poverty and suffering is. The poverty of the rural poor-the suicides of the farmers-the grievances of the fishermen-all did not suddenly crop up now when the BJP is in power. Why this double role and why this deception? Why does he choose to go to people who are agitated?-To incite their dissatisfaction and to create distrust with disinformation-at the cost of their sufferings- to indulge in vote bank politics?
People of this country are not that fools. Why has poverty not been wiped out-nay at least alleviated. During the UPA's rule there was a complete policy paralysis. Nothing happened except the spread of the National Rural Employment program which was picked from Rahul Gandhi's grandmother's 20 Point Program and given a new face. Now he visits the FTII and tells the agitating students that this government wants to muzzle the views of people. RG must remember that the biggest blot on Indian democracy was made by his grandmother who imposed Emergency-thereby suspending all rights of the citizens. That is his 'paramphara' and he has no right to talk of Modi's government wanting to muzzle people's views and opinions.
How and on what basis did Mrs Sonia Gandhi-his mother form a NDA and draft bills to be passed? She became its chairperson-thereby presiding over an extra constitutional body-superseding the Parliament.Who were its members-all Congress men and women.. How had it the right to advise the PM of India? All that was unconstitutional was wrought by his mother and the UPA government. Sonia Gandhi was a puppeteer and made ManMohan Singh a puppet. Now he blames Modi for everything. Look at the obstructionist policy the Congress it is following in Parliament. The fact remains that RG and the Congress do not want Modi to improve the lot of the Indians and make India proud. They want the people to ever remain poor and illiterate towards that they would do anything and everything. If India grows in strength and maturity then it will not auger well for the Congress especially for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. When today the Congress faults Modi for blaming the UPA government for non performance in his foreign trips it forgets that Rahul Gandhi demeaned not only Man Mohan Singh but the Indian government when he tore the Ordinance in public when Man Mohan Singh was in the US. Could he not have at least waited for the then PM to return. ?What does it indicate when one tears an Ordinance? Did Rahul Gandhi apologize? Did he not exhibit utter disrespect to the government of India for the foreign countries to see? And who was Rahul Gandhi then-a mere MP. It seems that the Congress and Rahul Gandhi can do anything and get away with it.
Rahul Gandhi must know that he has no right to talk of mediocrity because what he knows and what he stands for are well known……But he must remember that his 'tamasha' will not pay off. He must become sensitive to India's needs and give up his childish mentality and attitude. For example he cannot be referring to Modi's 56inch chest which will be reduced to 5.6 inches in Parliament he warns. That is not what Parliament is meant for and that is not how a mature person will talk. His father had also the same mentality and inhuman attitude when In Parliament he referred to Jaipal Reddy-(then in the Telugu Desam )and stated that 'his mind is as crooked as his body' .Again while attacking Arun Shourie, Rajiv Gandhi referred to his son suffering from disability, by saying 'no wonder he has such a son..' This goes to show lack of sensitivity -lack of humaneness and lack of maturity. Now his son Rahul Gandhi also does the same. I hope and wish that Rahul Gandhi restraints himself from making such third rate personal remarks.
It is always known that when the Congress is not in power it will not let any other party rule. No government can function. It will use its muscle power and throat power to stall Parliament. That is exactly what is happening. Rajiv Gandhi also did the same hence he had the 'Shouting brigade'. Now Sonia Gandhi prods the Congress to protest, to rush to the well of the House and to stall Parliament. She has no sense of Indian democracy and is least bothered of what happens to this country. All that she seeks is power and nothing short of that. Towards this the Congress under Sonia Gandhi and Rahul follow three major tactics-communalism, appeasement and vote bank politics. It even communalized terrorism-terming it Hindu terror and saffron terror. It is easy for the Congress now to deny this. I am sure that Rahul Gandhi will detest from making politics a game for amusement and take things seriously. Issues must be discussed-not politicized and communalized. Rahul Gandhi is now 44 and it is time that he shows some maturity…
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We always talk about cool places to visit but not of the best way to discover them 🙂 Check out this story and flip your view about this paradisiac country 😉
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" This is not how I'd normally spend a Wednesday morning. I'm perched on another man's lap in a miniscule plane with no seats. Behind me my instructor is tightening a series of straps while whistling with the nonchalance of a man who does this for a living. We hit 14,000 feet, the door opens and we're out.
The next 60 seconds is a cheek-tugging, mind-rushing, scream-inducing blur. And then he opens the chute. I feel as if I've been in fast-forward and someone has just pressed the play button again. Our descent transforms into a serene succession of graceful arcs. He lets me steer and we swoop majestically between the clouds. Wollongong and its beaches far below have never looked more beguiling.
When we finally hit the ground, I want to hop straight back in the plane and do it again. Which, of course, is exactly what he does as an instructor for Skydive the Beach.
Instead, I let the adrenalin surge subside over a calming cappuccino and study the roadmap. I'm following one of the Sydney to Melbourne touring routes, a series of itineraries that highlights the myriad activities and destinations between these two great cities.
There are two options: a nature-themed drive that weaves its way along the coast and an inland route via Canberra that focuses on the region's cultural heritage. Side trips include the Great Alpine Road between Wangaratta and Bairnsdale and the Kosciuszko Alpine Way from Canberra to Albury. The beauty of these itineraries is that you can tailor them to focus on the experiences you enjoy most."
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London City Airport to raise flights 50 percent
The Borough of Newham said it had agreed to the 50 percent increase in the number of flights, despite objections from environmentalists over the increase in volume of greenhouse gases.
Newham Council originally agreed to the expansion in October, but decided to reconsider after objections by Friends of the Earth. They sought to overturn the decision arguing that it would increase air pollution and impact upon the local population.
Jenny Bates, one of Friends of the Earth's London campaigners, said: "It's just completely the wrong way to go - from a climate point of view and in terms of noise and pollution for the locals."
"It's right in the middle of London and air quality is a big issue in the city," she added.
A spokeswoman for Newham council said that early morning flights will not be increased and that there would be strict restrictions on night and weekend operations.
The expansion will be in place for the 2012 Olympic Games – the site is only two miles from the airport.
A record 3.2 million passengers used the airport last year, a 12 percent increase on 2007. But numbers could be considerably lower in 2009 after a 20 percent decline in the first half. Two thirds of the airport's passengers are on business trips compared to 44 percent at Heathrow.
In September, BA will begin flying from City to New York, the first non-European flight to be operated from the airport.


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Socio economic and legal studies
RFU comments on the Albanian studies on the socioeconomy and the legal report
September 2001
par Web Team
We would like first to emphasize the good quality of the two Albanian reports on the legal and socio-economic studies. They are very rich and they provide a lot of new information that enable significant progress in protection measures or in the management plan of sites. We think, however, that these reports are more detailed in the "analysis/description of what exists" section than they are in propositions. It would be useful to develop the latter section on certain points :
Concerning the legal study:
This report raises several difficulties that limit the protection capacities of the environment in the whole country and lists many gaps that deserve completion. Considering the amplitude of the needs, it is highly recommended to formulate propositions that take into consideration the human and financial resources of control and repression that will be available during the coming 5 to 10 years. It is useless to propose protection systems and frameworks that conform to « ideal» norms but which are not in accord with the needs, the possibilities of social acceptance, the capacities of application and with human and financial capacities.
As it is indicated in the report, the inalienable public domain corresponding to the sensitive areas has to be determined and the mecanisms of putting these lands at the disposal of the NAE or any other management structure (transfer, convention...) should be studied. The objective is to have at our disposal lands that will be later excluded from every real estate market and therefore, in their great part, cannot be used for construction in a permanent manner.
The propositions should, as of now, become part of the decentralisation process to come and they should elaborate the headlines of a coastal law that will direct the future qualifications of the regional and local authorities mainly in urbanism (strip of land not liable for construction, maintenance of green cuts or environmental corridors, impossibility of creating road infrastructure parallel to the shore of approximately 2km...).
As indicated in the legal terms of reference, the present priority is to obtain legal protection of the project's sites. Propositions should be formulated and discussed at the local level. These preliminary propositions of protection of sites should be approached as pilot projects that should be extended to the whole country. The legal and reglementary propositions as well as the implementation process should therefore be simple, pragmatic and synthesized during discussions to serve as guidelines and be replicated elsewhere later on.
Propositions, regarding the management aspects of lands, should also be formulated. Standardised management conventions should be suggested to allow management on private lands that are included in the project's sites, but what mainly should be suggested are conventions of use of public lands inside the project's sites. Certain activities will be authorized on the project's sites during the implementation of the management plan. In this case, a conventional framework, which allows the reglementation of these activities, should be proposed (agriculture, pastoralism, aquaculture, forestry...).
This preliminary work of reflection at the national level and the initiation of discussions and inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral discussions seem necessary to later optimise the intervention of an international expert.
With regard to the socio-economic study:
Many sectors were dealt with particularly well like questions concerning demography/ population, agriculture...Other fields apparently need to be completed mainly in the urbanism and land sectors : right to the land and distribution of properties (public/private) and of activities. Infrastructure projects also need to be completed.
Finally, it appears that the work is a current inventory and it doesn't anticipate enough the short and medium term evolution (5 to 10 years / 20 to 30 years). In this context, evolutions in land management should be better described in the form of a long term scenario: projected projects (with their chance to succeed), evolution of urban areas and of villages and hamlet (those that will be developed, those that will disappear...), evolution of roads and infrastructures.
The document, which we dispose of, doesn't include a map whether in land occupancy, land rights (construction...) or property (private / public). This type of aid is a necessity and an important exchange and communication tool with the other sectors influencing the area.
But it is convenient first to follow scrupulously the framework proposed by the terms of reference provided for by the Regional Facilitation and to control the fact that all points were tackled, all that needs to be done is to evaluate this by referring to the following tables.
Web Team


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Drawing its materials and inspiration from the city landscape, the Street Art two-light galvanized wall sconce by Troy Lighting is a chic urban look for the contemporary home. A half-cylinder frame of weathered galvanized iron features colorful graffiti-style original artwork as a long strip of corrugated metal down the center of the frame cleverly conceals the light source. An avant-garde homage to city vibrancy no matter where your crib stays at.


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One of our favorite annoyances in programming education is the useless or even stupid exercises we hand out to our students. This is especially annoying given that we, the teachers or educators or whatever we want to be called, claim that the students are lazy when we're the really lazy ones not bothering to write proper exercises.
So, enough is enough. We must stop writing all these stupid (beyond belief) exercises.
An example of stupid exercise
Take a look at the exercise below. It is a version of typical exercises for students learning how to program in C, but it applies to Java and other languages as well.
Ok, to the exercise:
Write a program that counts the number of 'i' in "Liverpool"
Why isn't that a good exercise? Let's discuss this shortly:
- Why write a program for this when everyone already knows the answer? Can you honestly say that there exists a student that can't answer this wothout writing a program? .….the exercise is boring and useless.
- You're solving a very specific problem with an equally specific program. …the exercise is not general.
In defense
We (this blog's authors) have learnt from experience that there seems to exist a, sort of, catch-all explanation to the existance of exercises (and all other things in programming education) like these. The phrase goess:
It's a classic!
OME (Oh my Emacs)! How could this possibly be a motivation behind anything? It used to be a classic that the world was flat. Is it still a good explanation? We will tag all our posts dealing with this stupid and ignorant explanation with the tag "classic". If you ever motivate anything with "it's a classic" chances are you should remove it.
Towards a better exercise
Ok, if the two of us are so damn good (actually we're not claiming we're good but we are claiming that we're trying) what is our take on this?
We're not saying that the exercise above is 100% useless. Ok, as it is written above it is probably 99% useless and stinks. But fact is, we believe it serves as a nice starting point for a larger exercise with a progression. Here are some suggestions on what can be done to make the exercise more useful. Let's turn the exercise into several exercises (in progression):
- Write a program (with a main function) that counts the number of 'i' in "Liverpool"
- Put the code doing the count in a separate function.
- Make the function general – any letter in "Liverpool"
- Make the function more general – any letter in any text
- Make the function even more general – any (sub)string in any string
- Make use of existing API functions
- Make the function robust
- Put the function in one file and the main function in another
- Write tests
- Write a function printing out the lines containing the string "liverpool". This is not general – but a useful start.
- Write a function printing out the lines, in a file, containing any string., using the function above. This is not general enough – still rather useful.
- Write a function printing out the lines, as read from stdin (a stream) or a file, containing any string
Compare the program with the grep command. The student now has her/his own version of the program grep.
Note: in some languages the word function above should be replaced by method.
Why is this so much better?
Simply because:
- the resulting code is more general (and quite useful)
- the code can be reused (since put in a function)
- the code is tested
- the student has implicitly been taught and practiced HOW TO go from a specific problem to a general solution
Extending the exercise even more
We could add even more tasks for the students
- Use a versioning control system (e g git)
- Add automatic build software (e g make, ant, gradle) to control the building/compilation
- Add © notice
- Add license
- Comment the code
- Write API manual (javadoc, doxygen…)
- Check code coverage on our tests
- …..
We try hard to avoid exercises like the above in the books we (the authors behind this blog) are writing:
The books come together with videos:
The books and videos are public and licensed under a free license so feel free to use.


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Like my co-worker Karman said so poetically today, I'm "sick of having the cloying, traditionally heterosexual holiday crammed down [my] throat every year." But if I did celebrate Valentine's Day, I'd be pleased to get one of these lovelies in my box. Inbox! I meant inbox.
First, here's an awesome Alien-themed valentine that I really did get in my inbox this morning, from my very talented friend Andy Swist (click for a larger version):
Isn't cartoon Ripley foxy?
Next, here are a few Lost ecards from the ABC website:
I do trust you, Juliet, I do!
Whoa. Deep.
Kate, thank you for bringing the sarcasm.
And now for some Ugly Betty sweeties:
And the doctors of love from Grey's Anatomy (gah, clearly we're in the land of traditional valentines now):
But if you really want to hit the perfect un-valentine-y note, try someecards.com, whose tagline is "When you care enough to hit Send."
Happy … er … Thursday!


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Kyiv Medical University of UAFM or Kyiv Medical University of UAFM is a Ukrainian Higher Learning Institution established in 1992 by Dr.Pokanevich Valeriy. The university has trained over 10,000 health personnel—mainly general practitioners, dentists and pharmacists. Kyiv medical university with an excellent record of success and establishment is one of the premier medical institutes of Ukraine and as of August 2014, about 1000 foreign students study at KMU. The Kyiv Medical University has the license from the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport of Ukraine, also it is recognized as a higher medical education institute and is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools.
As the University is situated in the capital of Ukraine you will be fascinated by the beauty of the ancient city of Kyiv, friendliness of its inhabitants, can get to know the unique Ukrainian culture – an integral part of the European Community.
The Kyiv Medical University has the license from the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sport. The IMED (The International Medical Education Directory) and The Avicenna Database thus making the qualification offered by the university recognized all over the world.
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During the initial stage students are taught the basic fundamentals of medicines. Students begin their clinical studies from second year. Our graduating certificates are attested by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine..
The undergraduate course at KMU takes 6 years and the successful student is awarded a medical degree for MD (Doctor of Medicine) or MBBS.
The University offer both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on General Medicine in English, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
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by Alissa Gonzalez, Staffwriter
The Devils' Advocate
Just as volleyball season seems to be creeping around the corner, your 2016 female team seems to be ready for any challenge. For the past couple years they have been able to successfully bring home banners to our wall of fame in the new gym. However, this season may be a bit more challenging considering that three more teams have been added to their league. The new season also means new teammates and new captains.
For the past two years, our Ladies' Sweetwater High School Volleyball Team has been able to bring home banners by going 6-0. This season would mean bringing home a third banner, all back to back if all goes well; however, the team does not want to underestimate their opponents. Sweetwater's first official game is August 31st against Morse and it is an away game. Their first home game is September 2nd against Foothills Christian. When asked which of the two schools they believe will put up the best fight during a match, our Red Devils responded that Mar Vista and Chula Vista are expected to be their biggest competition of the season. So, be sure to attend those games and cheer on your fellow teammates!
Although the team may be division four, they play just like division one and the record shows it. When you attend their practices you see just how much effort and work they put in to ensure a great season for you Red Devils! Their coach, Eric Hernandez, must be very proud and excited to start this 2016 season.
Be sure to be on the lookout and listen to your Red Devils Review for upcoming home games to show the team your love and support. Hope to see you all there!


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Trying to teach, mentor a student teacher, prepare for science fair, and gear up for yet another round of state testing. It's not looking too promising.
Praying for this little guy.
Making my way through this stack. Almost done!
And these. They taste great, but how does she make them look so cute?! Mine look like they have measles. Or worse.


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12. 05. 2011
New software identifies Photoshopped images
A new kind of software program has been created, which allows you to detect images that have been tampered with using Photoshop.
The new program, created at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, uses eight different parameters to detect changes, like to face shape, body parts and different textures of skin.
Yes this new piece of software is very cool, but it also has huge implications when it comes to representations of celebrities and public figures in the media. For a long time many different groups have been asking for more transparency from our newspapers and magazines about which images have been edited and which haven't. Let's hope the media is forced to reveal the Photoshopped images (now that anyone could with this software) as it could help to give people of all ages a more healthy view of their own bodies.
[Via Gizmodo Image via Young Design]
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I want my M[ies] TVBy Lee Bey
I want my M[ies] TVBy Lee Bey
The 124th anniversary of architectural great Mies van der Rohe's birth is March 25th, so I'll be blogging Mies stuff here and there throughout the month.
Today's offering is an ingenious Mies music video by TV/video producer and one-time Chicagoan Ted Kamp. Kamp did the video a couple of years ago and the song is catchy as all get-out, I must warn you.' I did an email Q&A with Kemp two years ago for my old Urban Observer blog. Here's what we said:
LB: What moved you to create this work?
TK: There aren't enough rockin' songs about architecture. The master builders of the recent past have really come up with some colossal innovations and were often some mighty intriguing characters, if not outright nutjobs"¦ I studied architecture a bit in college and I've stayed an enthusiast. For some reason, these tunes started popping up in my head in the course of reading about various architects and schools of architecture. I've been working in television for the past 12 years in a spectacularly unsatisfying career. I have decided to put my accumulated skills (writing/producing/directing/camera/editing/composing, etc) and quirky passions (architecture, etc) to use by creating my own little films to put out into the unspoiled artistic wilderness of the internet.
LB: Why Mies? I mean when you've got "Louie Kahn, Louie Kahn, let me rockya Louie Kahn, let me rockya that's all I wanna do..."
TK: The Mies song has to have been with me for about 15 years. Architects like Mies catch my imagination because of the level of innovation and subsequent influence they have. I lived in Chicago for about ten years and I found not only his buildings fascinating, but also how Chicago's look transitioned through him. People in Windy City are actually more aware of architectural style because of Mies, Sullivan, Wright, etc. I remember some Second City sketches where Helmut Jahn was a punchline, which I thought unique. I chose to do the Mies tune for some practical reasons, including the availability of public domain images I could use, and' buildings here in LA that I could shoot that are very directly derivative of his work.
LB: You're the singer, the songwriter and the guy in the video? You do some mean shimmying and high-kicking in there.
TK: I wrote and produced the song by myself using a midi keyboard to create various sounds, chords, etc. and loads of loops. I am the singer (and choreographer, for' what that's worth.)
LB: Do you have any other architects in mind for future songs and videos? I would imagine the Saarinens -- either one -- would be good. And I take this time to renew my plug for Louis Kahn.
TK: I am at work on heaps of other architects. I like ones that are slightly less well-known than the superstars like Wright and Gehry (although I hear there are some hot selling t-shirts that say "[Screw] Frank Gehry" --there's a rock song if I ever heard it.) I drive around the Los Angeles area a great deal, almost always with a camera or two in my car, so I keep collecting footage to use. Putting the songs together and editing takes a bunch of time, so it's been slow going. I also have a busy, schleppy life, what with the wife/kids/house/soul-crushing career/ mid-life ennui and all. But I vow that you will see more videos very soon, as this is apparently My Destiny. I'm even getting requests on YouTube, like Louis Kahn and Hans Poelzig. Go figure.
LB. I can't wait to see more. Any parting words?
TK: Say hi to everyone in Chicago. I miss them, but not the winters.