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Installing GDOME
From EPrints Documentation
|Manual Sections
Since EPrints 2.2 you may use either XML::DOM or XML::GDOME. XML::GDOME is recommended as it's faster and uses much less RAM, but it does require you to install a whole lot of extra libraries and perl modules. If you are running a pilot or demonstration service then XML::DOM is fine, and you can always switch over later by installing the required tools and setting the GDOME flag in perl_lib/EPrints/SystemSettings.pm
Addional Libraries Required for GDOME support
libxml2 libxml2-devel
either get the tarball from: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml2/
or the RPMs (but we have had problems with complex RPM dependencies):
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml2 http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libxml2-devel
The GDOME Library
Obtain this from
You may either use the RPMs (gdome2 and gdome2-devel) or the tarball.
Additional Perl Modules Required for GDOME support
XML-LibXML-Common XML-NamespaceSupport XML-GDOME
All of which are in http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML/


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Sometimes it's time for a change and this week was one of them. I chose to redo my profile picture. I used the old photograph loosely as a reference but I added some important extra parts like my cat Cocco the Coconut Boy. Nowadays he does everything with me so he deserves some profile picture coverage. I painted the illustration with gouache, continued with coloured pencils and did some colour adjustments on photoshop. I love how it turned out. How about you?
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From Antep to Antakya by bus. I remember the clouds gathering over the mountain peaks. They kept building and building, higher and higher until they roiled twice the height of the mountains themselves before the first strands of storm began to snake down the other side toward us.
The morning we woke up in Antakya, it was raining outside—a
warmish rain, but nevertheless, how were we supposed to spend our day in a city
where most things you wanted to see and do involved walking around outside?
We'd planned to go up to a 'little picnic place' in the mountains called
Harbiye. Someone had recommended it, but now? Despite the weather, despite our
forebodings, we boarded the minibus anyway and started up into the mountains
behind Antakya.
|The Cave of Saint Peter--Hatay/Antakya
|The Crusader built facade (Antakya is ANTIOCH in the Bible by the way)
The Mediterranean mountains around the city are gorgeous—lime stone cliffs and rocky outcroppings covered in a lush foilage of vine and trees. In one cave just outside of town is an old church where Peter and Paul preached to the first Christians. We had gone there the day before, walking up the The Mountain of the Cross through the back streets. It was a quiet place—Crusaders had built a facade outside a thousand years before. Inside was an empty stone chair, an altar and the remnants of mosaics. There was a Japanese tourist reading bits of the Bible, and some Turkish covered ladies taking turns taking pictures in the stone chair.
In the far corner was a small pool of water fed by drippings from the cave walls. A little tin bowl floated on the surface. When everyone had left, I went over, bent down, and took a drink. The water was pellucid, cold and slightly musty. The tin bowl bobbed up and down on the ripples my hands made. I thought of my trip to Kamakura two years ago with Kuniko and the well at the Kaizo Temple. The Sokonuke Well is one of Kamakura's famed 'ten wells'. It stood to the right of a leafy courtyard—the leaves of the autumn trees gold and red. It had the same clear water, the same musty scent as the cave of Saint Peter. Instead of a bowl, a fallen red maple leaf bobbed on the ripples caused by the wind. A noble woman of the Uesugi family named Chiyono was working at the temple. One day she was carrying water from this well. The moon was reflected on the surface. Suddenly, the bottom of the bucket fell out, the moon vanished, and 'the spiritual darkness fell from her mind.' She experienced a satori.
I stared at the dim light streaming in from the doors as it broke into white and shadow in the water and thought of the poem she had written about that night
With this and that I struggled
And then the bottom fell out of the bucket.
Where water does not collect,
The moon does not dwell.
Our bus wound up the mountain and the rain increased. By the time we got to our stop, it was pouring down hard and we ducked under the awning of a hotel to avoid getting wet. Then Delal put on her jacket and hood, I pulled off my jacket and threw it over my head, and we marched down a dirt road that dove into the trees, winding between roadside stalls that were busily packing up as the rain fell harder.
|The first of many falls
We expected nothing, and were rewarded with magic. Just past the stalls, to the left, was a waterfall splashing down a small outcropping of rock. It went under the road and emerged in two enormous cascades of white crashing water—in between the two falls was a cafe. A little ways down was another set of water falls, even larger than the first. They formed huge pools and ponds that in turn slowly drifted toward another set of rocks to become yet another set of water falls. At one point, small paths branched off passing under arches of falling water. One cafe had tables set out in the pools and you would wade ankle deep out to your seat, I suppose, if you were going to sit there. Only there was no one there—that was the beauty of the rain. The sound of water was everywhere—a thousand drips, great dollops, gurgles and babbles and trickles over rocks, the faraway roar of falls and the strike of raindrops on leaves. But no people. And the green, in the fresh rain the green on the sycamores and laurel trees seemed like a flame leaping off the leaves. We stopped at a cafe for nargile, and smoked peach and mint flavor as beside us flowed a rushing river—the water running white from a water fall in front of us to another behind us. The rocks were covered in ducks and geese standing in the rain. The smell of wild mountain thyme came in with one breeze and then was swept away in a chill draft from the water.
|This is the view from your table
I couldn't get the red leaf back in Kamakura out of my mind. It's edges were folded gently inward so that it formed a little boat on the well water. And here we were surrounded by water. A bottom had fallen out and left us here.
The cafe has been built around the sycamores, so that the great trees were everywhere you looked. According to Greek myth, this was the place that the god Apollo chased the water nymph Daphne. She prayed for help and the earth opened up and transformed her into a laurel tree. Her name 'Defne' means laurel in Turkish. It looks like a whole country of water nymphs exploded here.
The sun came out, shining bright beams of butter gold through the trees, and brought cackling bands of tourists up from Antakya—a group of University kids walked up the path shouting and laughing and the spell was broken. We walked back up the path to the bus where old ladies with Arab accents were selling laurel soap and laurel oil and of course, ashtrays (of paintings from Antakya's tile museum), towels, T-shirts, Syrian whiskey and whatever else they could hawk.
|Notice the nosy ducks in the back and me in the far far corner
|From our nargile smoking vantage point
Later that evening we were walking near the old streets around the Orthodox church, looking for one restaurant when we found another—called Leban (white in Arabic according to the waiter). We decided to give it a shot. It had a terrace that overlooked the courtyard of the church and a large part of the city and turned out to be some of the most delicious food we had the whole trip. The best of which was a plate of hummus. They spread the hummus to the edge of the plate until it formed a little bowl and then filled that with melted butter and a sprinkling of cumin—easily the best hummus I have ever had in my life.
|Hummus, a kind of Arabic-Turkish salsa, a yogurt-herb soup, and 'kağıt kebab' in the back--yum
Here is the story of the Lady Chiyono and the well—from the www.everydayzen.org website
In the eighth lunar month of the following year, the full moon was shining. Chiyono went to draw some water from the well. As she did, the bottom of her bucket suddenly gave way and the reflection of the moon vanished with the water. When she saw this she instantly attained great realization. Carrying the bucket, she returned to the temple and found the elderly nun. She said, "The one moon of self has illuminated the thousand gates of the dharma." Then she made three prostrations in front of her teacher.


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In the prior two essays that I posted on this site, I discussed the parable by ibn Tufayl where we saw that most people are unable to understand the truth and are even disturbed by the truth, and in the essay focusing on the "noble lie" that educated people need to hide the real truth from the masses and need to lie. If it is true that it is impossible to teach the truth to people, it would follow that the Torah also does not reveal the truth, but only as much of it that will help people to improve themselves and society. It would also follow that as time passed and civilization matured many biblical laws needed to be updated to what the Torah really wants of people. This is what Maimonides taught in his Guide of the Perplexed.
For example: If scripture had told ancient people to give up the practice of offering sacrifices to God, that God did not need them and that there was no need for a temple for worship, people would have rejected the Bible as nonsense. Only a few people realized that sacrifices and temples are unnecessary, such as the biblical prophets and the philosopher Maimonides (1138–1204), who quotes these prophets in his Guide of the Perplexed 3:24 and 41. Thus it is clear, as Maimonides wrote, that the biblical approach is to "allow" the ancient practices but to restrict them in many ways so that, ultimately, the people will realize that the practices are wrong.
Thus, the Bible allowed sacrifices but did not allow the Israelites to engage in the extravagant pagan sacrificial ceremonies, and restricted the kind of animals that could be offered to only a few. It also limited the occasions and times that Israelites could enter the houses of worship; for example, people who had seminal emissions or who came into contact with the dead were not permitted to enter until they had undergone a purification process. This process, Maimonides explains, was only designed to restrict entrance into the house of worship. The idea that these people had become impure and needed the "purification process" were only ruses; people could be cleansed in minutes by washing in soap and water. Thus, seeing how the Torah restricted sacrifices, the general population would ultimately realize that sacrifices, the butchering of animals, and placing their carcasses on altars is not something that God wants.
Just after the revelation of the Ten Commandments, to cite other examples, the Bible mandates many "allow" commands in Exodus 21 and 22. Addressing the house of worship, it does away with the ancient concept that temples create a sanctuary for murderers in 21:14. Similarly, the ancients were so enamored of worship that many sacrificed their firstborn sons to their gods. The Bible shows its displeasure with human sacrifices in Genesis 22, and it changes the practice of sacrificing firstborns to dedicating these sons to God, as a kind of priest (Exodus 22:28–29 and 24:5). This was later changed when the Levites were selected for the tabernacle duties and firstborns were redeemed, that is, released, from this duty by a gift of money.
Exodus 21 begins by allowing slavery but restricts it by determining when male slaves must be freed. The law required masters to release the slave's wife when the slave was released. Slaves could decide to remain enslaved at the end of the mandated time period, but if so, the law required the master to bore the slave's ear with an awl against the master's doorpost, so that every time the slave went in and out of his master's house, he would see the hole and be reminded that he had made a stupid, even immoral decision (Exodus 21:2–6). The laws of slavery were so restrictive – to teach that slavery was wrong – that the rabbis commented: he who acquires a slave is acquiring a master.
These laws are followed by the case of a man selling his daughter as a slave, a brutal ancient practice showing, among other things, insensitivity to women. Recognizing that masters will generally insist on having sex with their female slaves, the Torah mitigates the degrading harsh treatment by insisting that the master install her as his concubine. If he no longer wants her, he may not sell or give her to another person; he must free her. Furthermore, if after purchasing her, he gives her to his son, she may not be his concubine but is his wife in every sense (Exodus 21:7–11).
The ancients allowed revenge killings, especially when a person killed a relative, even in self-defense. Unable to stop the retaliations because of the mindset of the time, scripture established places where the killer could flee with impunity (Exodus 21:22).
In the award-winning 2002 book Reading the Women of the Bible, Tikva Frymer-Kensky acknowledges that the Bible reflected the ancient view of women being subjugated, but it told many stories where women were able to successfully exert power despite their subjugation – stories such Moses's mother and sister and, later, his wife who saved his life; the matriarch Rebecca, the wife of Isaac, who secured a blessing for her son Jacob; the prostitute Rahab who aided Joshua in conquering Jericho when the Israelites entered Canaan; and the prophetess Deborah who encouraged the Israelites to fight against their oppressors. This teaching of the use of power despite subjugation encouraged women to fight against their lower status and encouraged Jews who were subjugated to use their power to acquire freedom.
Some of the laws in these chapters were not mitigated in the Torah itself but were changed by rabbis centuries later, when Jews realized that while the laws were moderate in ancient times compared with most pagan practices, the punishments were too harsh. Among others, the following punishments were eventually discontinued: death penalties for hitting (Exodus 21:15) or cursing (Exodus 21:17); an "eye for eye, tooth for tooth," etc. (Exodus 21:26–27) was later understood to refer to money payments; forcing a girl who was seduced to marry her seducer (Exodus 22:15); and death penalties for the owner of an ox who killed a man or woman (Exodus 21:29), for sorceresses (Exodus 22:17), one who has sex with an animal (Exodus 22:18), or those who offer a sacrifice to an idol (Exodus 22:19).
Thus religion has its values, but it must be understood correctly. While the Bible states that the Ten Commandments were carved into stone, the rest of the Bible was not. Thomas Aquinas, the famed Roman Catholic philosopher and author of Summa Theologiae (c. 1225–1274), wrote: "Reason in man is rather like God in the world."


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It requires a burning passion to rise before the dawn, in the fog and frost of five consecutive autumnal mornings beside the Thames to watch a Test match half a world away when your team is on an all expenses paid holiday in the Caribbean, yet that is what The Tooting Trumpet has done, not for money, not for prestige but for the love of cricket.
It appears that his perfervidity even extends to lunchtime for he has relinquished the urge to pop down to the Elephant and Castle for his customary cold pork pie and warm pint and instead has produced a review of the Indian performances in Mohali for your reading pleasure and respectful criticism.
Virender Sehwag – A match aggregate of 125 runs off 158 balls shows that Viru is as positive as ever at the top of the order. The daunting prospect for the Australians must be their nagging doubt that he hasn't really fired yet and might prove to be the loudest firework at Delhi's Diwali Test.
Gautam Gambhir – Assessed the match situation and pitch perfectly, delivering two model opening innings, in stark contrast to his opposite numbers. An unlikely candidate to be the first of the young guns to establish himself amongst the old stars of the Indian order, but that is what he has done. The future looks very bright for the stylish left-hander.
Rahul Dravid – Amidst some stellar performances, this was a quiet match for the crumbling Wall. Dhoni showed his authority by usurping him from the Number Three slot in the second innings dash to declaration. After a glittering career, the end looks very close now. His best friends should be urging him to leave with Ganguly at Nagpur, mirroring their joint debuts at Lord's in 1996 (a day witnessed by The Trumpet).
Sachin Tendulkar – Wrested the initiative back to India when wobbling at 163/4 in the first dig, then uncharacteristically gave it away late in the day. During the innings, Sachin passed BC Lara's Test aggregate runs record topping 12000 in his long, distinguished career. It was fitting that the individual glory should come within a glorious team performance.
VVS Laxman – So often a key man in wins over Australia, he scratched around in the first innings and wasn't required in the second. Needs to discover a bit of his old fluency in the last two Tests to be completely sure of his place against England, but the muse may return at any time.
Sourav Ganguly – With two Tests of his thirteen year career left, he is in the form of his life, almost radiating bonhomie and confidence. I can hardly believe I'm writing this, but he seems to revel in taking a back seat to MS Dhoni's captaincy and batting. Had he not capitalised on the first innings umpiring error (which should have seen him stumped), the match might have taken a different course.
MS Dhoni – A sensational performance from India's darling. After meeting fire with fire (and taking more chances than he should have) his first innings settled into a perfect wicketkeeper's attack, as was his second innings bludgeoning. But this Test will be remembered as a masterpiece of controlled, aggressive captaincy, inspiring his two young and two experienced bowlers and as dynamic a fielding display as India have delivered in years. In a match in which India outplayed their opponents in all elements of the game, the biggest gulf was between the captain in his second match and the captain in his forty-sixth.
Harbhajan Singh – If not quite at his best, he bowled some lovely stuff showing confidence in going through his variations. Unlike under previous captains, seemed much more concentrated on the matter at hand, no doubt helped by the astonishing debutant turning it both ways at the other end.
Zaheer Khan – At the peak of his considerable powers, he bowled without luck in the first innings, but got wickets in the second, as he assured that there would be no Aussie fightback with three superb deliveries in his first two overs of the fifth day. His mastery of reverse swing on an unresponsive pitch was a captain's dream.
Amit Mishra – A slightly tubby little man of whom few non-Indians had heard, was unlikely to have occupied the Australian planning meetings for long – rest assured, he will in the future. Showed a marriage of technique honed over an already long career in domestic Indian first class cricket, with the savvy picked up in the IPL, in troubling all batsmen with a potent mix of leg-breaks and wrong-'uns, all flighted, tossed up from over and round the wicket. His dismissal of Michael Clarke to the last ball of the second day with a perfectly pitched, round the wicket wrong'un, might not have been a ball of the century, but it may well be the ball of the year. Australia went from struggling to broken in one ball.
Ishant Sharma – Is there a better pace bowler in world cricket? Not on current form. He was a constant threat with his hostile reverse swing, pitched on an attacking full length and holding an immaculate line. Cut the heart out of the Australian resistance twice in dismissing the captain, whom he has snared five times now in as many matches. Not so long ago, he was one for the future – now he's very much one for the present.
Tomorrow: A scathing player review of the Australians involved in the 320 run loss at Mohali.


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Chief Government spokesperson Dora Siliya says the government is not aware of any offer from Canada's First Quantum Minerals to buy shares in the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Investment Holdings.
Ms. Siliya has explained that there is no official offer before government from FQM to the tune 700 million US Dollars to buy shares in the company.
She told a media briefing yesterday that government is therefore not considering any offer of such nature as it is not officially in existence.
Ms. Siliya says the government has only seen the story in the media as cabinet has not sat to discuss any of such matters.
But Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe disclosed yesterday that Zambia has received bids from Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FQM) and others for a 17 per cent stake in state mining investment arm ZCCM-IH.
"There are multiple unsolicited offers on the table, including from FQM, which are based on preferential share conversions," said Margaret Mwanakatwe on the sidelines of a mining conference in Cape Town.
"The offers relate to the ministry's 17 per cent holding in ZCCM-IH and a sale would be subject to cabinet approval," she said.
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I have been doing a few DIY projects recently and i promise to upload them to the blog soon. My latest can i do is Macrame. I have made one very basic hanging basket, see below, and now i am going to go for something a little more complicated. I love the one below with its bright coloured jute.
Sunday, 29 June 2014
Thursday, 26 June 2014
twenty One Twenty Two - 52
holidays snaps - wish we were still there!!
Twenty One
Twenty Two
Twenty One
Pops loved being on the beach she had the best time
It was very hot and sleeping on the beach wasnt the best for this little man, this was the only time he managed it.
Twenty Two
He loved the sand and the shells, and yes he tried to eat them!!
Poppy loved to dress up at night and go to town
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Small Design
Check out this great company Small Design. Its fantastic furntiure for kids, its super stylish and functional. The company is run by two Danish ladies, who met at design school.
i love the idea the chair can also be used as a table, the colours are great and the designers seem to really understand space and needs of children and parents. They are also durable and easy to wipe down.
i love the idea the chair can also be used as a table, the colours are great and the designers seem to really understand space and needs of children and parents. They are also durable and easy to wipe down.
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Haman Towels
A couple of years ago i purchased some Turkish haman towels from Toast. They were about £15 each. They have to be one of the best purchases ever!! I use them mostly as beach towels when we go away. They are amazing!! They are small and lightweight in your suitcase and beach bag, they are super quick drying, they are flat weave so wont trap the sand, a quick shake and they are ready to be packed up. They look great and come in lots of different colors. You can get them from Toast and Not on The High Street amongst others. I couldn't recommend them enough.
back to blighty this week and camping with a difference. This is something i really want to do when the kids are a little older. Its an overnight safari lodge, the only one in the UK, and its at Port Lympne Zoo in Kent. There are 3 ways to stay here, the elephant lodge, which is more suited to families who want to stay for a few nights, Livingston lodge experience and VIP cottage and hotel. The lodges are luxury tents sleeping upto 8 people. They are situated overlooking the elephant paddocks and cheetah enclosure. They do camp food, guides with keepers and evening safaris. The zoo itself it set in 100s of acres and land and alot of the animals, herds of wilderbeest, giraffe, rhino, zebra, ostrich, and antelope roam free together in the paddocks. A fantastic experience without having to fly to Africa.
Im back!!
Sorry for the absance we have been on holiday!! It was a fantastic, although a little hard work. I had planned some blogs whist i was away but there was no WIFI so i didnt have any chance. Anyway lots of updates this week and back to the norm.
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Picture Rails
I love the idea of displaying kids books and pictures in their bedroom. It makes a plain wall look fantastic.
You can get this shelving idea from Ikea.
......and at £8.25 each they are a real bargain.
This is also a fantastic Ikea Hack book shelf. Its their spice rack, painted in a colour of your choice. At £3 per rack its even more of a bargain!!!
You can get this shelving idea from Ikea.
......and at £8.25 each they are a real bargain.
This is also a fantastic Ikea Hack book shelf. Its their spice rack, painted in a colour of your choice. At £3 per rack its even more of a bargain!!!
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Eighteen and Nineteen - 52
this week they are both on the move!!
Taylor is desperate to get moving by whatever means necessary. At least this way isnt me carrying him!!
Dribbling all the time. Those teeth dont stop!!
Eating a yoghurt!! She always does this with her spoons
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Romper Stomper
Check out these amazing Rompers, they are by an American lady who hand makes them and sells them on her etsy shop Brassrazookids I think they are to die for. I love the neck detail and the colours. I really want one but alas they are sold out for the moment. Gotta keep cheecking the etsy site and her instagram to see when more will be for sale. She also makes the shoes, shorts skirts and vests.
Cute Skirt
I love these cute skitrs from Zara Kids. They are perfect for all occasions and at £12.99 they are a must for all girls wardrobes.
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- Darienne Mobley - Speaker/Coach/Facilitator - contacted me recently wanting to update her headshot as she had recently launched her website, www.darienneinc.com. While reviewing her website, this language stood out to me "I believe that we all have a small voi[...]
- I was so happy when these two horses decided to nuzzle right in my shot! Sometimes everything aligns and you get an image like this. Callie's two horses were the most important thing she wanted photographed during her Senior Portrait session. SENIOR SESSION[...]
- Harper was so much fun to photograph. She was very busy and I was there at her whim! What a perfect age to capture in the life of this little girl. She is just starting to talk and investigate EVERYTHING!
- I just love shooting in New Orleans. You never know what kind of backdrops you will find. Laura and I shot a portion of her SENIOR PORTRAIT SESSION in front of this graffiti art on Magazine Street.
- Maybe the boardroom still wants a stuffy, static headshot, but not the modern businesswoman. Darienne and I worked together to come up with a professional but approachable look for her business headshot as she will be using it for a new website, www.tourismbui[...]
- I just LOVE how Chloe's red formal gown pops in this image. A Senior Portrait session should show all sides of who the senior is at this time. I encourage my clients to express themselves through their outfits.
- Had the honor to photograph Stephanie and her two beautiful daughters at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park recently. What beautiful women, inside and out!
- Worked with Olevia in Baton Rouge. She found some different and interesting backgrounds to shoot. I love it when my clients get involved with their shoot and work with me to capture who they are.


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Revolutionary product in the field of solid fuel fireplaces
Over the years people had continuously affected the earth's atmosphere by polluting it with hazardous gases and pollution. This in turn had lead to eruption of numerous health issues. Human beings are suffering from breathing problems like asthma. We are directly responsible for our deteriorating health.
But after all these problems people are getting concerned about their environment. This can be a possible reason that nowadays people are getting more conscious about their living environment. The demand for eco-friendly product had increased over the years and to meet with the requirement of their customers many manufacturing companies are producing eco-products.
New evolution in the field of ordinary open Fireplace
Over the years people of Ireland had seen evolution of a new product in the field of open fireplace. This evolution had given new direction to use of solid fuel in fireplaces by reducing its consumption. Fireplace is used by people across the globe. During winter season the temperature within the house drop drastically by the evening and to warm up the atmosphere one uses fireplace. Fireplace are not just used to warm up your room but with proper decoration and a beautiful mantle it also elaborate the look of your space. But have you ever wondered about the wastage of fuel it had caused by consuming more fuel for maintaining the room temperature? If yes, then why not replace it with something more attractive and effective – EcoGrate.
Save nature, save fuel – use EcoGrate
EcoGrate is a revolutionary product to be used in fireplaces for conservation of heat and energy. With their excellent construction and engineered body they increase the heat output from fireplace by 4 times of the original grate. An open fireplace have the capacity of producing only 20% heat output , the rest heat forms into carbon dioxide and flows out through the chimney in the outer atmosphere thereby increasing air pollution. It means most of the fuel used in lilting the fire got wasted. But in EcoGrate it draws cold air form the room passes it through the cats iron manifold heat up the cold air 6-8 times hotter and send it back to the room . This leads to less wastage of fuel with more effective result.
Advantages of placing EcoGrate in your fireplace:
- Saves Environment – EcoGrate are eco-friendly products designed to emit minimal amount of carbon into the outer atmosphere thereby protecting the user from health issues related to air pollution.
- Easy to Clean – Unlike an open fireplace which are difficult to clean, EcoGrate provides the user easy cleaning and removal of ashes from the Grate.
- Easy to install – They are designed to get fitted into any standard size or a large size fireplace.
- Equal distribution of heat – They are designed to evenly spread heat throughout the room rather than seating in front of an open fireplace.
- Reduced wastage – It provides 80% heat output from the fuel used that means less wastage of fuel.
- Reduced fuel cost – EcoGrate do not add any flute liner or add up fitting costs to its expenses, therefore reducing its overall cost as compared to ordinary open fireplaces.
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If Marquez flexed his muscles in yesterday's race, it was Honda's turn today during testing at Jerez. They continue to work tirelessly on the RC213V in Japan, the latest and most obvious new element a frame covered with a carbon fibre 'skin' to vary its rigidity. Bradl tested it over the weekend and today Marquez took a turn on the test rider's bike. It seems he really liked it, seeing as he set his best time on that very bike.
"I focused on the new components today, without going into too much detail - explains Marc - Stefan's bike is a new concept, different from what I usually use. I made two exits to be able to make some initial comments, one with new tyres and the other on used tyres, and I set my best time ".
How is it different?
"I can't say too much or they'll kill me - he jokes - I can say that we're working to improve confidence with the front and this bike has positives and negatives, perfection doesn't exist after all, and you always have to find the best compromise. The positive thing is that my comments were very similar to Bradl's, which is important in light of the next tests".
For now though, there is no mention of the new frame being used in races.
"That's not in the plan - says Marc - Honda continues to work of course and there is continuous development. I've tried some new things on my bike too, to improve engine brake management, which has giving us some problems during the first rounds. We were able to improve that over the weekend already and today I've identified some more interesting things".
Many ask whether the Honda is the best bike or only in the hands of Marquez. The Spaniard is quick to reply.
"Every can be more or less successfully adapted to one rather rather than another, I'm pleased with where I am. Crutchlow and Lorenzo were also quick today, but it's true that I'm able to exploit the Honda effectively in the race".
His final comment regards Rins, his new rival for the title. Is his arrival a good or a bad thing?
"If I say it's a good thing, he'll win the next race for sure - laughs Marc - I think it's for the best, both for the show and for us, but it's nothing new that there are many competitive riders. In recent year Dovizioso and I have fought for the title, but in individual races, the slightest mistake can see you miss the podium or be ruled out of Q2. We saw it here at Jerez too,with Morbidelli and Quartararo at the front".


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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The race is on between Paramount's Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and Sony's Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Just Go With It.
In an impressive start, Never Say Never opened to an estimated $12.4 million from 3,105 theaters on Friday to beat Just Go With It, which grossed an estimated $9.7 million from 3,548 theaters.
Both movies should crack the $30 million mark for the full weekend. Heading into the frame, most box office observers expected Just Go With It to win the session, but Never Say Never is now a real contender.
Concert films generally drop more than regular movies as the weekend unfolds, and that's the reason why no one is ready to call the contest between Never Say Never, directed by Jon M. Chu, and Just Go With It, directed by Dennis Dugan.
Of those turning out for Bieber's bigscreen debut, 84 percent were females, with 67 percent under the age of 25. Just Go With It played to a distinctly older audience, with 67 percent of those buying tickets over the age of 25. The Sandler-Aniston pairing played heavily to females, or 61 percent.
In 2008, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour opened to $8.7 million on Friday on its way to grossing $31.1 million for the weekend.
Moviegoers liked Never Say Never and Just Go With It, portending good word of mouth. Bieber fans gave Never Say Never an A CinemaScore, while Just Go With It received an A- (females gave the romantic comedy an A).
Disney's animated family film Gnomeo & Juliet opened to an estimated $6.1 million from 2,994 theaters on Friday. The 3D film should pick up Saturday and gross north of $20 million for the weekend.
Focus Features' Channing Tatum Roman epic The Eagle, directed by Kevin Macdonald, opened to an estimated $2.8 million from 2,296 theaters, in line with expectations.
Coming in No. 5 on Friday was Screen Gems holdover The Roommate, which grossed $2.6 million in its second Friday bringing its total ticket sales to $20.3 million.


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Vozdvizhenskaya St. 10b
Cuisine: European
Average cheque: 150 uah.
Working hours: round-the-clock
The gastronomic pub GastroRock, located on the ancient Podol near the Kontaktova Square, draws with variable cuisine, interesting interior and attentive service.
Pub's menu features over 15 sorts of beer, and large assortment of snacks: steaks, specialty sausages, burgers, boiled crawfish, crispy pork ears, chicken wings. All dishes are cooked from fresh organic products.


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See/Saw Film Festival to feature works representing underserved children
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will present the See/Saw Film Festival later this month, featuring works exhibiting, disrupting and renegotiating constructions of children and young people from historically underserved and marginalized backgrounds.
The film festival will take place April 24-26 at Lawrence Public Library. One of the opening night features, "Rich Hill," will be screened at 7 p.m. April 24 at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union and include a panel discussion with film director Tracy Droz Tragos and author Laura Moriarty.
Professor Elizabeth Kozleski, chair of the Department of Special Education, suggested graduate students Maggie Beneke and Sorcha Hyland curate the film festival with the graduate organization KU Professionals for Disabilities. They sought films that take a unique perspective on the expression and representation of children and youths. They found local, national and international stories that heighten the visibility of childhood and adolescent experiences that are normally underconsidered.
The festival challenges the status quo in how people imagine and perceive childhood and adolescence with an array of award-winning features, documentaries and shorts, including one 2015 Oscar-nominated children's animation film, "Song of the Sea," and a selection of locally produced short films created by Van Go Mobile Arts youths with WOLF (Women of Lawrence Film). The full program, with links to trailers, is available online.
KU and community partners include the Department of Special Education, the Department of Film & Media Studies, the Office of First-Year Experience, the KU Common Book, KU Cultural Psychology, Jewish Studies, the Center for Global and International Studies, the Hall Center for the Humanities, Douglas County CASA, The Shelter Inc., NAACP, Van Go Mobile Arts, Women of Lawrence Film, Bert Nash, AWAVA and Heartland Healthcare.
For further information or to schedule an interview - please contact Sorcha Hyland and Maggie Beneke at firstname.lastname@example.com or on 785-864-0544 or 785-330-5137.


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One of the few positive take-aways from New York City FC's loss Saturday to the Montreal Impact was the continued offensive assault from striker David Villa, who contributed on both of NYCFC's goals in the disappointing 3-2 defeat.
Villa, 33, netted his 13th goal of the season on a penalty kick and now trails only Columbus Crew's Kei Kamara (15 goals) for the MLS lead. He also recorded his fifth assist of the season on Tommy McNamara's late goal.
The Spanish national team's all-time leading scorer, Villa's transition to the MLS has gone as well as NYCFC could have hoped after the team signed him to a three-year contract worth roughly $6 million annually in June 2014, giving him the distinction of being the franchise's first player.
Amid all the hoopla surrounding the arrivals of fellow European stars Andrea Pirlo and Frank Lampard, Villa has really heated up this summer by scoring a remarkable 10 goals in his past eight matches, with NYCFC going 3-4-1 during that stretch.
NYCFC has struggled to find a goal scorer capable of complementing Villa's production, as McNamara and Patrick Mullins are tied for second on the team in scoring with just four goals apiece.
Playing the remainder of the season with Pirlo and Lampard creating plays in the midfield will surely help NYCFC's attack and hopefully allow another forward to emerge as a consistent scoring threat next to Villa.
With 12 regular season matches remaining, even if NYCFC (6-10-6, eighth in Eastern Conference) fails to reach the playoffs in its inaugural season, the club can at least take some solace in the event Villa is able to take home the MLS Golden Boot trophy for the league's top goal scorer, which should be attainable at his current pace.


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|a long way from here to there
|paintings decorating the bar of the Tibooburra Hotel
|our camp
|how's the serenity?!
|the border fence
|my first visit to Queensland...
We went exploring during the school holidays. We packed our tent, our swags and headed north. Tibooburra was our destination as this is essentially in our backyard and we have never been! Three and a half hours, some dirt road, a stop at Milparinka and many property names I recognised from my School of the Air days and we were there.
Wow! Tibooburra and its surroundings embody the essence of 'The Outback'. It's vast, it feels like a long way to anywhere, the colours and the spaces are BIG and it's a little bit quirky!
Once again I am reminded that, while we travel a long way to enjoy some city pursuits, our spot has something special too.
Have you had any adventures lately? What do you like about where you live?


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District Leadership Team
DLT members: Barb Kruthoff, Mike Fischer, Denny Olhausen, Kevin Litterer, Beth Litterer, Sammie Bruce, Dave Gastelum, Sharmin Grundmeier, Becky Dettman, Crystal Pudenz.
Meeting agenda and notes will be posted after each meeting. If you have any questions please talk to the DLT member that represents your building.
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Game of Thrones: Season 7 - Official trailer 2
THE great war is here – as evidenced by the newly released trailer for Game of Thrones' seventh season.
The eye-catching trailer promises action on a grand scale – perhaps compensating for the shorter number of episodes.
We get to see dragons and Dothraki ripping across the fields of Westeros, Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and his fellow Northerners contending with the frozen forces marching toward the Wall, and the Mad Queen Cersei (Lena Headey) in the thick of her own schemes and plots as she bids to outwit her loathed brother Tyrion (Peter Dinklage).
The highly-anticipated seventh season of HBO's powerhouse series is due to air on Sky Atlantic in July. The countdown is well and truly on…
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Below is a collection of resources from the 2017 Data-Smart Summit presented by the Civic Analytics Network (CAN).
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
1-2:30 Hands-On Pre-Conference Sessions
Applying Mobility Data in Cities
Louisville was one of the first cities to partner with Waze, the world's largest community-based traffic and navigation application. Through the Connected Citizens Program data exchange, Waze and the City of Louisville share incident, speed, and construction data. This enables the government to respond more immediately to accidents and congestion on their roads, and mine the historic data for future improvements. In turn, the company aggregates the City's work-zone and road closure data on the Waze platform, resulting in the most succinct and thorough overview of current road conditions for citizens. Louisville has processed the raw Waze data feed into a usable platform internally that provides value for various departments. The City is now working to replicate this in AWS, and will open source code and processing tools on GitHub for other cities to quickly use. This session offers a look at the Waze data, process, code and how you can use it in your city to transform the data feed into actionable analytics and other valuable use cases for residents.
- Michael Schnuerle, Data Officer, City of Louisville
- Workshop slides
- Louisville Leverages Crowdsourcing for Civic Good (Ash Center)
- Waze—Louisville's First Internal Hackathon (Louisville)
- Lane Closures & Construction Data (Open Data Louisville)
- Waze Technical Data Dictionary (Lousiville Metro)
- Waze Connected Citizens Program (Waze)
- Waze Live Map: Louisville Data (Waze)
Leveraging Geospatial Data: The Los Angeles Story
Los Angeles has won international recognition for its GeoHub, a city-wide resource for data management and data visualization. Learn how the hub was created and how the CDO team developed a community of practice to improve city operations with data visualization.
- Sari Ladin- Sienne, Ash Fellow, City of Los Angeles
- Lilian Coral, Former Chief Data Officer, Los Angeles
- Workshop slides
- Location is Driving the Value of L.A.'s Open Data (Ash Center)
- The Power of Data Visualization in Cities: Los Angeles' GeoHub (Ash Center)
- How Civic Tech Can Address Urban Inequality (Ash Center)
- Los Angeles Leads Open Data Innovation with the GeoHub (GovTech)
- Los Angeles GeoHub (Los Angeles)
SF Data Academy: Developing a Data Culture Through Training
The San Francisco data team will share an overview of the way the city supports data literacy with its Data Academy. The session also includes highlights of the training delivered to city staff on creating dashboards and visualizations using Power BI.
- Joy Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco
- Blake Valenta, Ash Fellow, City of San Francisco
The Value of Data-Driven Decision-Making
This session provides an introductory data literacy workshop that could be delivered in your city. Topics include data quality assessment, basic data analysis tools and how to present data for decision-makers.
- Rayid Ghani, University of Chicago
Police Early Intervention Systems
In this session, Joseph Walsh, Senior Data Scientist, provides a look at the data science work of the University of Chicago to develop a Police Early Intervention System that improves on current methods to identify officers at risk of adverse interactions. The model correctly flags more officers than existing early intervention systems while reducing incorrect flags.
- Joseph Walsh, University of Chicago Center for Data Science and Public Policy
Data Science Applications in City Government
San Diego has had a data scientist for over a year now and over that time has developed a methodology for working with departments to make the engagements maximally effective. Hear about data science engagements across the city, what works and what has been challenging. This session helps demystify the role of data scientist in city government and provides advice on how to make projects successful.
- Arnaud Vedy, Data Science & Analytics Program Coordinator, City of San Diego
2:45-4:15 Hands-On Pre-Conference Sessions
A Practical Guide to Predictive Analytics in Chicago
From forging unique partnerships to finding new ways to use its data, the City of Chicago has taken on many innovative approaches to develop predictive models that enhance city services and quality of life for residents. In this workshop, Chicago reviews these approaches through the lens of several successful use cases, which include projects for restaurant inspection forecasting and beach water quality protection, among others. Attendees will also have an opportunity to gain insights for launching advanced analytics projects in their own cities and organizations.
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, Chicago
- Sean Thornton, Program Advisor, Ash Center
- Workshop slides
- Making Chicago's Beach Water Safer With Analytics (Ash Center)
- Delivering Faster Results with Food Inspection Forecasting (Ash Center)
- Chicago's Data-Powered Recipe for Food Safety (Ash Center)
- Using Predictive Analytics to Combat Rodents in Chicago (Ash Center)
- Chicago GitHub (City of Chicago)
Saving Lives Through Data: New Orleans Smoke Signals
When the New Orleans fire chief sought help from the city analytics team, he wanted to be able to prevent fire fatalities by identifying the homes most likely to have a fatality and least likely to have a smoke alarm. The city was already providing free smoke alarms but not on a data-driven basis. The model has already saved lives in New Orleans and the model is available for other cities. Syracuse has already replicated the model. Learn how your city can use this code to prevent fire fatalities.
- Oliver Wise, Director of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans
- Sam Edelstein, Chief Data Officer, Syracuse
- Workshop slides
- Predicting Fire Risk: From New Orleans to a Nationwide Tool (Ash Center)
- Nolalytics (City of New Orleans)
- Smoke Signals (DataKind, New Orleans, American Red Cross)
- Where There's Smoke, There's Data (Governing)
- The City of No-Frills Innovation (Living Cities)
- Stats in Action: New Orleans, LA: Smoke Alarm Outreach Program (US Census Bureau)
Preparing for Emergencies: New York City Data Drills
The Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA) conducted a series of "data drills" to prepare for a variety of possible incidents that could stress city data systems and operations. Bringing together leaders from across city departments to role play how they will respond to an emergency has improved data quality and interoperability, disaster or not. This model of preparation for how data is used as a tool for response to an incident has been institutionalized as a regular practice. Learn how you can conduct data drills in your city.
- Craig Campbell, Special Advisor, Mayor's Office of Data Analytics, New York City
- James McConnell, Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Data, New York City Office of Emergency Management
- Mitsue Iwata, Project Manager, Mayor's Office of Data Analytics
- Francoise Pickart, Senior Risk Analyst, Agency Preparedness, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Madhury Ray, MD, MPH, Senior Analyst, Risk+Analytics, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Amen Ra Mashariki, Innovations in American Government Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School (Former NYC Chief Analytics Officer)
Human-Centered Approaches to Data + Digital Services
The framework of human-centered design - which starts with end-users and tailors solutions to meet their needs - has emerged as an effective and empathetic way to build tools and services, craft public policy, and solve problems that matter. Learn how municipalities are beginning to practice these techniques, and how the City of Pittsburgh is democratizing their use through training for frontline employees.
- Robert Burack, Ash Fellow, City of Pittsburgh
In this session, Lauren Haynes, Associate Director at the Center for Data Science and Public Policy, walks participants through how to scope projects involving data, starting from identifying the problem you are trying to solve and the actions to address the issue.
- Lauren Haynes, University of Chicago Center for Data Science and Public Policy
Automation of Open Data Delivery
Automating time-intensive manual processes has saved San Diego city staff countless hours and has improved timeliness and accuracy of data. The San Diego CDO and his team have made the city's open data more useful and usable by removing manual labor steps from open data delivery. Automation of processes enables alerts for data-driven decision making at scale and has also saved on costly outside solutions.
- Maksim Pecherskiy, Chief Data Officer, City of San Diego
4:30-6:00 Harvard Tour
6-7:30 Reception hosted by What Works Cities
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
7:30-8:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:30-9:00 Opening Remarks
9:00-10:00 Plenary
New platforms are allowing cities to publicly share and visualize data in compelling ways. Hear about leading examples of data portals and data visualization enabling insights into data. Chief Data Officers from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Cincinnati will share their insights on operationalizing and engaging constituents in interaction with open data, fostering transparency, public participation, and greater citywide data literacy.
Andrew Therriault, Chief Data Officer, City of Boston
Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
Sari Ladin-Sienne, Acting Chief Data Officer and Ash Fellow, City of Los Angeles
Brandon Crowley, Chief Data Officer, City of Cincinnati
- Stephen Goldsmith, Professor and Director, Innovations in Government Program, Harvard Kennedy School
10:00-10:20 Lightning Talks
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:40 Plenary
How do data teams engage with departments to source, scope and execute analytics projects? Hear about models and lessons learned from leading CDOs.
- Oliver Wise, Director, Office of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans
- Joy Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco
- Richard Todd, Strategic Advisor, Citywide Performance Team, City of Seattle
- Maksim Pecherskiy, Chief Data Officer, City of San Diego
- Stephen Goldsmith, Professor and Director, Innovations in Government Program, Harvard Kennedy School
- Lessons from Leading CDOs: A Framework for Better Civic Analytics (Ash Center)
- A Starter Kit for Data-Smart Cities (Ash Center)
- Analytics Excellence Roadmap: A Four-Stage Maturity Model for Data-Driven Government (Ash Center)
- Building the Data City of the Future (Policy Data Infrastructure)
- Intragovernmental Collaborations: Pipedreams or the Future of the Public Sector? (SSIR)
11:40-12:00 Lightning Talks
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Breakouts
Cities are beginning to take advantage of the power of the Internet of Things to understand the urban environment. Hear about early sensor projects and lessons learned from leaders in urban data analysis, including the innovative research, design and partnerships that launched these successful initiatives.
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- Eric Roche, Chief Data Officer, Kansas City, MO
- Laura Meixell, Assistant Director, Digital Services, City of Pittsburgh
- Sam Edelstein, Chief Data Officer, City of Syracuse
- David Margalit, Executive Director, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
Emergency responders can save more lives when their basic logistics are optimized. Learn how cities are using data and analytics to speed the time from 911 call to response on the scene for medical emergencies.
- Stefanie Costa Leabo, Director of Performance Management, City of Boston
- Oliver Wise, Director, Office of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans
- Amen Ra Mashariki, Innovations in American Government Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School (Former NYC Chief Analytics Officer)
- Warren Dent, Program Manager for Content and Communications, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Ash Center
UX: The Power of Design and Nudges in Government
Putting the user experience at the center of government operations has transformative potential. Hear about how design and behavioral insights are already being successfully applied in cities.
- Lindsay Moore, Advisor, Behavioral Insights Team
- Andres Lazo, Director of Citizen-Centered Design, City of Gainesville
- Santiago Garces, Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend
- Stephen Goldsmith, Professor and Director, Innovations in Government Program, Harvard Kennedy School
- Paving a Path from Open Data to Open Government in South Bend (Ash Center)
- Three Tips for Designing Municipal Tools with Employees in Mind (Ash Center)
- Nudging Cities: Innovating with Behavioral Science (Ash Center)
- Ten Ways Cities are Nudging for Better, Healthier Citizens (Ash Center)
- The Behavioral Insights Team: Publications (BIT)
- How One Florida City is Reinventing Itself with UX Design (Fast Company)
Tackling the Opioid Crisis With Data
Americans are dying at an unprecedented rate from opiate drug poisoning -- the national average stands at 78 fatal overdoses per day. Forced to grapple with the ravaging effects of drug addiction and overdose in their communities, cities, counties, and states across the country are turning to data analytics and mapping to help alleviate the human toll and better direct critical resources to address the epidemic. Learn how data analysis and visualization are shaping effective responses across the country.
- Brandon Crowley, Chief Data Officer, City of Cincinnati
- Ray Campbell, Executive Director, Center for Health Information and Analysis, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Kim Hicks, Data Scientist, City of San Francisco
- Tyler Kleykamp, Chief Data Officer, State of Connecticut
2:10-3:10 Breakouts
Addressing the Challenges of Homelessness, Eviction, and Addiction
The challenge of homelessness in cities is compounded by the complexity of gathering accurate operational data. Hear about uses of data analytics to predict and prevent homelessness and to target those at risk of homelessness due to eviction or problematic use of opioids.
- Lubov McKone, Analytics Fellow, City of Boston
- Kim Hicks, Data Scientist, City of San Francisco
- Carter Hewgley, Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Family Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Joseph Cevetello, Chief Information Officer, City of Santa Monica
Leveraging Cross-Sector Partnerships
Effective city data projects often need to leverage outside capacity from all sectors. Hear about how cities have effectively engaged with partners, ranging from universities to the private sector.
- Santiago Garces, Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- Laura Meixell, Assistant Director, Digital Services, City of Pittsburgh
- Oliver Wise, Director, Office of Performance and Accountability, City of New Orleans
- Kathy Pettit, Director, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, Urban Institute
- The Smart Chicago Collaborative: A New Model for Civic Innovation in Cities (Ash Center)
- The Power of Partnerships in Economic Rebirth (Governing)
- National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)
- Ten Notable Resources for Cross-Sector Collaboration and Smart Cities (Intersector Project)
- New Orleans Brings Data-Driven Tools to Blight Remediation (Ash Center)
- Cross-sector Collaboration in Data Science for Social Good (University of Chicago's Data Science for Social Good Conference)
Optimizing Inspections with Analytics
Allocating limited city inspector resources in a city is an optimal challenge to address with data. Cities are able to direct inspectors in a more targeted way by using data analytics to predict and prioritize sites of public safety concern, such as restaurants health code violations, units at risk of fire safety violations, or rodent control issues.
- Lauren Haynes, Associate Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago
- Michelle Tat, Principal Data Scientist, City of Boston
- Peter Casey, Senior Data Scientist, District of Columbia
- Craig Campbell, Special Advisor, Mayor's Office of Data Analytics, New York City
- Andrew Nicklin, Director of Data Practices, Center for Government Excellence, Johns Hopkins University
Using Data to Improve Mobility and Infrastructure
In this session Shan Jiang (MIT) and Laurel Paget-Seekins (MBTA) will discuss advanced approaches to transportation analysis. They will present a range of data projects that draw upon various sources, from train schedules to cell phone data. The panel will discuss new ideas in the field of mobility management through data, and highlight challenges that still require innovative solutions.
- Shan Jiang, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
- Laurel Paget-Seekins, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
3:20-4:20 Breakouts
Open Data as a Gateway to Engagement
At the nexus of accountability, transparency, and public engagement, open data represents an opportunity to build new relationships with city stakeholders. Hear how have cities leveraged open data as an opportunity to engage internal and external audiences.
- Sari Ladin-Sienne, Acting Chief Data Officer and Ash Fellow, City of Los Angeles
- Laura Meixell, Assistant Director, Digital Services, City of Pittsburgh
- Katya Abazajian, Open Cities Analyst, Sunlight Foundation
- Eric Gordon, Director and Professor, Engagement Lab at Emerson College
- Connecting Open Data to Residents' Lives (Ash Center)
- Tactical Data Engagement Guide (Ash Center)
- Boosting Engagement by Gamifying Government (Ash Center)
- Digital Government is the New Social Network (Ash Center)
- How Citizens See it (Ash Center)
- Customer-Driven Government (Ash Center)
- #techLA Brings Citizens to the Table in Los Angeles (Ash Center)
Hacking Open Data: Interactive Engagement Tools
To be engaging to the public, open data portals need to be designed with end use in mind. Hear from CDOs who are building open source tools that crate visually-engaging and widely-useful applications that enliven portal data. Based on user-centered design principles, engaging open data portals offer clear, tailored and interactive user interfaces that foster return engagement from users with a range of technical experience.
- Joy Bonaguro, Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco
- Tim Wisniewski, Chief Data Officer, City of Philadelphia
- Maksim Pecherskiy, Chief Data Officer, City of San Diego
- Teresa Acuña, Associate Director, Democratic Governance, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Most cities routinely collect thousands, some millions of rows of data with their 311 systems, but few fully leverage the potential for analytics and insight. Learn how cities use 311 data to understand crime, combat rodents and improve customer service.
- Andrew Therriault, Chief Data Officer, City of Boston
- Sam Lovison, Data and Performance Analyst, City of Boston
- Tom Schenk, Chief Data Officer, City of Chicago
- Stephane Contre, Chief Analytics Officer, City of Edmonton
- Lena Geraghty, Senior Implementation Advisor, Center for Government Excellence, Johns Hopkins University
Improving Public Safety Using Data Analytics and Visualization
How can data be used to make our criminal justice system more fair and efficient and enable allocation of resources to root causes of crime. Hear about new uses of analytics for reducing jail populations as well as data management and visualization for law enforcement.
- Lauren Haynes Associate Director, Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago
- Barney Krucoff, Chief Data Officer, District of Columbia
- Santiago Garces, Chief Innovation Officer, City of South Bend
- Devin Romanul, Associate Director, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School
4:40-5:30 Plenary
Challenges and Opportunities in Transportation Data
Dive into the current landscape of transportation data with experts Finch Fulton (DOT), Ariel Gold (DOT), and Andres Sevtsuk (Harvard Graduate School of Design) to learn about the most pressing issues in the field, the work that's being done, and the questions left to be answered.
- Finch Fulton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Ariel Gold, Data Program Manager, Intelligent Transportation Systems, U.S. Department of Transportation
- Andres Sevtsuk, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Stephen Goldsmith, Professor and Director, Innovations in Government Program, Harvard Kennedy School
- US DOT to Publish Data on Vehicle Connectivity, Automation, and Smart Infrastructure (Eno Transportation Weekly)
- A Better Way to Get Around (Governing)
- The Need to Manage Mobility From the Ground Up (Governing)
- Why it Will Take More Than a Light Rail to Fix U.S. Transit (Next City)
- Shorter City Blocks are Better, Analysts Say, But If They're Too Narrow, People Spend Too Much Time Crossing Streets (Phys Org)
5:30 Close


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If your LG G7 ThinQ won't charge then it means that when the battery dies your LG G7 ThinQ won't turn on either. As frustrating as it may seem, there are some quick and easy troubleshooting tips to help solve the problem.
This guide teaches you what to do when your LG G7 ThinQ won't charge or turn on. It's useful if your LG G7 ThinQ has slow charge issues as well.
8 Quick Fixes For LG G7 ThinQ Won't Charge Problem
- Test your phone using the wired charger and make sure the latter is plugged into a working outlet.
- Leave the phone connected to its charger for at least 5 minutes even if it doesn't show the charging signs.
- While it's still connected to the charger, perform the forced reboot procedure by pressing and holding down both the volume down and power keys at the same time for 45 seconds or more.
- If it's still not responding, try connecting your phone to a computer if possible. This will give your device an alternative source of power.
- If you have a wireless charger, you may also try using that to know if the phone responds to it.
- On the other hand, if your LG G7 ThinQ is still powered up but won't respond to its charger, try rebooting it normally. I would also suggest resetting it if the problem continues. Do this before you decide to bring the phone to the store.
- After doing all those things and your phone is still not responding, then check the charging port on your phone to see if there's something obstructing the connection. Look for debris, lint or any foreign objects that may hinder conduction.
- You may also check the physical condition of the cable you're using to charge your phone. If you have other compatible chargers, you may also try using it to know if the phone charges because if it still won't, then you have to bring the phone back to the store and have it replaced.
Fixes For When LG G7 ThinQ Not Charging
Don't charge your LG G7 ThinQ near water or in excessively hot or humid conditions. Also, do not overcharge your LG G7 ThinQ; charging overnight when your battery only needs two or three hours is a bad idea. Your device has a cut-off switch for your battery, but sometimes this doesn't work. Always make sure that you charge your phone for no more than the amount of time required.
If you replace your LG G7 ThinQ charger or cable, be careful. There are many cheap third-party chargers that went bang in the middle of the night or turned smartphones into toast. As with any electrical equipment, make sure that anything you buy complies with all the relevant safety standards.
Use The Correct LG G7 ThinQ Charger
Make sure that you are using the LG G7 ThinQ charger and cable that came with the LG G7 ThinQ. Other chargers may have different voltage ratings, and they won't always work with the LG G7 ThinQ. A charger from another device might not provide the right amount of power.
For example, a charger for a Bluetooth headset won't put out as much power as one designed specifically for smartphones. In the case of the LG G7 ThinQ, use an LG G7 ThinQ fast charger. Although, if it was built in recent times, any charger will work.
Charge The LG G7 ThinQ A While Before Turning It On
As a rule of thumb, allow your LG G7 ThinQ to charge for about 30 minutes. Do this before you attempt to use the LG G7 ThinQ.
Try A Different Wall Socket
Change the wall socket and use the cable and charger on a different device to make sure there are no faults with the charging apparatus. Try a different charger and cable with the same voltage rating. Note: Charging from a wall socket always charges faster than via PC or laptop. Most computers' USB ports don't deliver very much power.
A wall outlet produces twice the power than that of a USB port. In the case of fast chargers, it gives as much as five times the power — which means faster recharging.
Charge The LG G7 ThinQ via USB/PC
Try plugging the LG G7 ThinQ into a USB port on your PC or laptop. Although, it will load much more slowly using the USB port than from the charger connected to the wall.
Be sure to download the correct LG G7 ThinQ USB drivers to ensure seamless connections.
Consider Charging The LG G7 ThinQ Wirelessly
Try charging the LG G7 ThinQ using a wireless charger. You can find wireless chargers here. By the way, even if your LG G7 ThinQ says that it detects moisture in the charger port, a wireless charger is still able to charge your LG G7 ThinQ.
Check The LG G7 ThinQ Charging Port
Inspect the LG G7 ThinQ charging port. Is the charging port choked up with dust & debris? Yes? Often, a simple glance reveals nothing. With a can of compressed air, blow out the offending irritants and get your USB connection back to normal. If you don't have access to a can of air, then blow (not spit) into the charging port.
Update Or Rollback The OS On Your LG G7 ThinQ
Software updates and new Android versions can mess with your LG G7 ThinQ battery life. This effect occurs when upgrading an old device to current software. Newer smartphones oft take advantage of the latest OS. Highly optimized, bigger cells and pre-optimized hardware. However, a two-year-old smartphone struggles when it makes the jump from behind the pack.
If this happens to you, consider rolling the device back to an earlier Android version. Turning back your device, however, carries security risks. (The latest software versions always keep your device protected. The risk of operating your smartphone on an older version is often negligible, but it's worth noting.)
Similarly, the LG G7 ThinQ battery life significantly improves after some updates. Does your Android software version require an upgrade?
LG G7 ThinQ Won't Charge? Switch Off Your LG G7 ThinQ
Using battery intensive apps/features while you are charging your device will affect how fast it gains battery life. Do you charge your LG G7 ThinQ while Skyping etc.? In this case, the LG G7 ThinQ naturally takes longer to load. The LG G7 ThinQ charges faster when locked with Wi-Fi and 4G turned off.
Switch the LG G7 ThinQ into airplane mode, or off completely. Turning the LG G7 ThinQ off during charging produces the fastest energy boost
If, at the end of this tutorial, you can't repair your LG G7 ThinQ charging problem, contact your retailer or a Google certified repair. Furthermore, your mobile carrier or Google can also give advice. If you're out of warranty, then you can try buying a replacement charger or even replace the charging port.
Don't know what you are doing? To troubleshoot an LG G7 ThinQ that is not charging, it is probably best to take the device to a professional. Have the technician do the repairs for you. Thanks for reading this how to fix an LG G7 ThinQ that won't charge tutorial. If you found the information useful, then please share it with your friends.


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Without further ado, this is the news!
Acoustic Project
The wiring has been completed in the bar area, the plaster board has gone back up and the ceiling has been plastered. In the restaurant area, an extraordinary amount of dust has been created and cleared, the new wiring is almost completed, the plaster board is going back up and the new lights are being put in. The next stage is when the plasterer comes back in, the painter comes in and the acoustic panels go in. And all this will happen over the next few weeks or so. In the meantime, the building site that is the restaurant, will be transformed over the next couple of hours into a suitable bridge playing venue. Gulp.
Quiet Thursday Supper 19th January 19:30
You'll be pleased to know that our chef is back this week and is ready to cook. This was such a popular event last year, that for the moment, it remains unchanged. So, the places will be limited to 30 people and there will be a carvery. Please reserve your places by emailing email@example.com by noon on Thursday 19th January.
Friday Supper 20th January 20:00
And Friday supper also makes a welcome return. This week's menu to beat the January blues is:
Ricotta & Spinach Tortellini with garlic bread and salad £8.50
Chicken Panzanella (roasted chicken, tomato, herbs and bread) £12.00
Soy Baked Salmon with zingy salsa £12.00
Irish Stew £12.00
Dessert £2.50
Cheese and Biscuits £3.75
To reserve your places, please email email@example.com indicating your choice of food (including cheese or dessert) by 17:00 on Thursday 19th January.
Saturday 21st January Club Draw
Come on. There's double discount drinks between 18:30 and 19:30 on Saturday evenings and the chance to win hundreds of pounds. Your Club is a very good place to be on Saturday evenings.
Sunday Lunch from 13:00
This will gladden the hearts of all our chef's Sunday Roast fans. They're back on for Sunday. So come along and enjoy the most delicious of carvery's.
Burns Night 28th January 19:00 for 19:30
Great Scot! It's Burn's Night. Hopefully you've all read the information on the website and you have ordered your Burn's Night tickets.
Training at BSC
Club member Dick Pratt, has been persuaded to run his series of brilliant training sessions again this year, and they will cover both being a race official and a racer. Each session will cover a different aspect, from being an Assistant Race Officer to racing rules. They're fun, informative and informal and most importantly, useful. The first session is on Sunday 5th February 10:00 – 12:30 and is entitled "How to be an Assistant Race Officer or a Race Recorder" This is for you whether or not you're a novice to the bridge or whether you've already got a bit of experience. Helping out with these sorts of duties is great fun and as the Race Officer's assistant or a Race Recorder, the main qualifications that you need is an ability to listen and to carry out simple instructions given to you by the Race Officer. Come along to this session and you will get an idea of what happens during racing. Further details about the rest of the series will be put on the website over the next few days. The cost for each session is just £6, payable on the day. Please reserve your place by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
And a reminder
Formal Dining In Night at the Club Saturday 18th February 19:15 for 20:00
We are now taking reservations for this special evening at Bosham Sailing Club in February. The menu will be finalised shortly and details will appear on the Club website. The cost of the ticket is £25 per person, for what will undoubtedly be a delicious dinner. So find that Black Tie or Mess Kit or LBD and email email@example.com to reserve your place at this gala event.
Bosham Sailing Club Office Team
Bosham Sailing Club The Quay Bosham PO18 8LU United Kingdom Telephone: 01243-572341 Email: email@example.com Web Site: https://www.boshamsailingclub.com/


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First Interantional Workshop on Data-Driven Gamification Design (DDGD 2017)
Held in conjunction with Mindtrek 2017
Tampere, Finland
20 September 2017
Call for Papers – Deadline Extended: September 5, 2017
Gamification has been attracted much interest, not only in the HCI community, in the last few years. However, there is still a lack of insights and theory on the relationships between game design elements, motivation, domain context and user behavior. In this workshop we want to discover the potentials of data-driven gamification design optimization, e.g. by the application of machine learning techniques on user interaction data in a certain domain.
We are looking for:
- Gamified systems that exploit data mining, machine learning and AI techniques.
- Insights on game design elements built upon empirical data that can expand the catalog available to gamification designers and practitioners.
- Personalized gamified systems that exploit physiological, psychological, environmental, emotional and social data to provide tailored game elements to users with different characteristics.
- Domain-dependent gamified services and applications addressed to contexts like health, learning, workplace, security, crowdsourcing, and so on.
- Field evaluations of gamified systems in specific contexts of use, and new techniques to envision, design and assess gamification design techniques.
- Theoretical reflections and ethical considerations on the future of gamification enabled by the increasing availability of data.
Topics of Interest
In this workshop we want to discuss and learn from planned and already executed studies. Therefore we invite the submission of position papers as well as novel research papers and demos addressing insights on Data-Driven Gamification Design. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Gamification approaches in a variety of domains, e.g.: education, workplace, health and e-commerce
- Empirical studies to improve gamification design
- Evaluation of gamified applications and services in specific domains
- AI and machine learning for gamification
- Player's data to be used in gamification design
- New theoretical approaches for gamification design
- New game design elements grounded upon empirical data
- Personalized gamification systems
- Ethical issues and critical reflections
08:30 – 10:00 Breakfast an Check-In (Mindtrek)
09:45 – 10:45 Conference Opening Words & Keynote (Mindtrek)
10:45 – 11:30 Introduction and paper presentations
11:30 – 13:00 Networking Lunch (Mindtrek)
13:15 – 14:15 Group work I: idea generation and discussion
14:15 – 15:00 Coffee and Cake
15:00 – 16:00 Group work II: data-driven solutions
16:00 – 17:00 Group work III: presentations, discussion and conclusion
17:45 – 20:00 Conferece Reception (Mindtrek)
20:00 – … Official Mindtrek After Party
Submission Details
All papers should be 2-6 pages long (in PDF format) following the ACM proceedings format. LaTeX and Word templates are available at: http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. We plan to publish the papers as CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
Please submit your papers in PDF format through: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ddgd2017
Program Committee
- Raian Ali, Bournemouth University (UK)
- Jon Chamberlain, University of Essex (UK)
- Sebastian Deterding, University of York (UK)
- Udo Kruschwitz, University of Essex (UK)
- Elisa Mekler, Universität Basel (CH)
- Ashok Ranchhod, University of Southampton (UK)
- Susanne Strahringer, TU Dresden (GER)
- Albert Weichselbraun, University of Applied Sciences Chur (CH)
Organizing Committee
- Michael Meder, TU Berlin (Germany)
- Amon Rapp, University of Torino (Italy)
- Till Plumbaum, TU Berlin (Germany)
- Frank Hopfgartner, University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: September 5, 2017
Submission deadline: August 20, 2017
- Notification date: September 10, 2017
Notification date: August 27, 2017
- Camera-ready due: September 15, 2017
- Workshop date: September 20, 2017


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Lamb kidneys diced and cooked with Dubonnet and grapes is a French classic and, like so many such recipes, deceptively quick and easy to prepare. If you do not have any of the very delicious Dubonnet – not the most common of inventory items in the average liquor cabinet – to hand any other aperitif or fortified wine such as Vermouth or Sherry, or simply red wine will suffice very nicely.
¼ cup olive oil.
6 sheep's kidneys, cored and diced.
¼ tsp Quatre Épices mix.
Salt to taste.
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed.
1 tsp lemon zest.
½ cup Dubonnet.
2 spring onions.
½ cup chopped parsley.
1 cup seedless grapes.
½ cup fresh cream.
Heat the oil in a sauté pan over a hot flame and brown the kidneys all over. Sprinkle with the spices and the salt and add the garlic. Stir fry for a minute or two until the garlic turns golden then add the lemon zest and the Dubonnet.
Allow the liquor to reduce by half, stirring frequently, then add the spring onions, parsley, grapes and cream. Bring to the boil and allow to bubble for 2-3 minutes until thickened and serve immediately.
Serves: 2.


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Use this for the Hurricane's Eye cocktail. Plus: Ultimate Cocktail Guide
How to Make It
In a jar, combine the sugar, pineapple and rhum agricole. Stir to dissolve as much of the sugar as possible. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Strain into an airtight container, reserving some of the pineapple for the drink. Refrigerate for up to 1 week.


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