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The Isle of Wight is a small island situated in the English Channel whose coastline is peppered with small coves and secluded bays. One such bay can be found in Freshwater, a small village to the west of the island which became popular as a coastal resort in the 19th century. Well known Victorians such as the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson and the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron both settled in Freshwater and may well have strolled along the promenade overlooking the bay, listening to the gentle roll of waves as heard in this contemporary recording from 2006.
Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight (unknown artist after William Daniell). Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
More recordings of waves can be found in the Water collection on British Library Sounds.
Recording of the week: let it snow!
There's nothing quite like the sound of walking through freshly fallen snow. This particular recording was made in the Kentish village of Knockholt, just after midnight on the 3rd February 2009. This signalled the start of a prolonged period of heavy snowfall that was to see most of the British Isles grind to a halt, forcing schools, railway lines and even airports to close because of the treacherous conditions.
Visit British Library Sounds to listen to more recordings of weather from around the world.
On Tuesday 6th December the 2016 British Composer Awards ceremony took place at the British Film Institute in London. This annual event recognises the achievements of composers working in musical fields as diverse as jazz, choral and orchestral composition.
Though each area is fascinating in itself, our eyes were firmly fixed on the category of Sonic Art where composer and artist Claudia Molitor was nominated for her major audio work, Sonorama. Conceived as an audio companion for the train journey between London St Pancras and Margate, Molitor drew extensively on the resources of the British Library's sound archive during both the research and composition process. From cheeky music hall songs to tranquil woodland soundscapes, Molitor skillfully combined archival sound recordings with interviews, readings and original compositions to create a rich soundtrack that vividly brought to life the social history of the otherwise silent landscape experienced by passengers from the train window.
Each track related to a specific point or area along the train line and covered topics including visio-centricity, Roman history and hop-picking. The historian David Hendy helped inform the project and artists such as flautist Jan Hendrickse, poet Lemn Sissay, Saxophonist Evan Parker and writer Charlotte Higgins lent their talents to the mix.
Sonorama was an enjoyable and highly rewarding project to work on. It is a brilliant example of the creative reuse of archival sound recordings by contemporary composers and so we send a huge congratulations to Claudia for this fantastic achievement!
Visit Sonorama.org.uk for more information about the project, including information on how you can access the audio work.
Sonorama was curated and produced by Electra in partnership with Turner Contemporary and the British Library, with funding and support from Arts Council England, Southeastern Rail, Kent County Council Arts Investment Fund, Hornby, University of Kent. The Sonorama catalogue is published by Uniformbooks.
'Honk, Conk and Squacket'... anyone?
Honk Conk and Squacket. Fabulous and Forgotten Sound-words from a Vanished Age of Listening is a compilation of sound-related words by researcher and sound recordist I. M. Rawes.
I. M. Rawes, aka Ian Rawes, is a former British Library Sound Archive colleague. He worked at the Library for years while building The London Sound Survey on the side. This is a unique online sound map documenting the sounds of everyday life in London. It includes urban field recordings made by the author, archival materials, photographs, illustrations and a related blog.
Honk Conk and Squacket explores the sounds of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their surrounding socio-cultural context through what is often - notably in regard to the Victorian, pre-recording, era - the only evidence remaining: written documentation.
For this the author has investigated a myriad of sources including patents, dictionaries, glossaries and out-of-copyright period illustrations from the British Library collections.
The book works as a virtual audio nostalgia trip, laced with charm, humour and insight. On a more melancholy note, it touches on the ephemeral nature of everyday sounds and their eventual disappearance. I would recommend it as playful shared reading for the inevitable procrastination of Christmas and a must-reference volume for accurate historical sound writing.
Honk: was naval slang meaning to drink in an impressive way, echoic of the noise that eventually results. Early 20C.
Conk: is a large conch-shell of the genus Strombus, imported and then fitted with a mouth-piece. In former times it was used by fishermen as a fog-horn, producing as it did a loud and distinctive note on being blown. Late 19C. Cornwall.
Squacket: to quack as a duck; to make any disagreeable sound with the mouth. Late 19C. Surrey, Sussex and Somerset.
If you are interested in sound and would like to know more about the Library’s sound preservation programme to digitise the nation's rare and unique sound recordings check out our Save Our Sounds programme and #SaveOurSounds.
Find more about the British Library's Drama and Literature Recordings and keep up with our activities on @BL_DramaSound.
Earlier in the year the Irv Teibel Archive generously donated a complete set of the hugely influential environments LP series to the British Library. This collection of environmental field recordings, released over a 10 year period from 1969 - 1979, represents the work of Irv Teibel, the ambient and new age music pioneer whose record label Syntonic Research Inc brought the sounds of nature to a public that was becoming increasingly interested in the natural world. In this special post, Creative Director of Syntonic Research and the Irv Teibel Archive, Jonathan Een Newton, writes about the work and legacy of one of the leading figures from the environmental sound movement.
If you’ve ever drowned out your co-workers’ chatter with rainy sounds, or fallen asleep to a loop of the ocean, you owe your peace of mind, in large part, to field recordist Irv Teibel. His environments series, released on eleven albums from 1969 to 1979, helped introduce popular culture to the utility of natural sound.
Irv was born in 1938 in Buffalo, New York and studied art in New York and California before becoming a public information specialist for the US Army. While stationed in Germany in the early 1960s, he began experimenting with electronic music at a local radio station. After his service, he found his way to New York City where he photographed and designed layouts for magazines Popular Photographer and Car and Driver.
His fascination with natural sound was piqued while on a field recording trip for Tony Conrad and Beverly Grant’s film Coming Attractions. Playing back his ocean recordings the next day, Irv became excited by their potential to mask noise and positively affect mood. He soon threw his creative energy into producing a record designed to be "useful.” In late 1969, he released environments 1, which he assembled with his friend Lou Gerstman, a Bell Labs neuropsychologist.
Over the next decade, the series found surprising mainstream success and was even licensed to Atlantic Records for distribution. The thought of a major label releasing a record with just a single 30 minute track per side and without the involvement of a known artist is unimaginable today. Irv eventually released most of the series on cassette and some on CD while he experimented with other projects like video environments, and continued to run a mail order business from his house until his death in 2010.
Environments has often been lumped together with the new age music genre it helped inspire, most likely because of the way it was marketed. But talk to almost any sound artist of a certain age and they’ll tell you that these recordings were hugely influential and helped pave the way for the flood of environmental releases that proliferated in the 1980s and 90s and continues today as Spotify playlists and white noise apps. Like me, many younger listeners have picked up an environments LP in a local record store bin precisely because of the colourful quotes and distinctive Bauhaus-inspired design. But in the end, it is the meticulously constructed soundscapes, which include everything from the classic “Psychologically Ultimate Seashore” to the porto-ambient “Tintinnabulation,” that keep us loyal fans of Irv’s work.
What continues to surprise me as I've worked on this project over the past two years is environments' diverse admirers. I’ve connected with musicians working in metal (Earth), noise (Prurient), and electronic music (Matmos) who all cite Irv Teibel and the environments series as an influence. Even pop musician Henry Gross told me he used environments to help write his hit single “Shannon.” There are also pages of comments I'm still sorting through—from students and teachers to army captains and correctional officers of every age—collected via the feedback cards inserted into each record sleeve.
We’re excited to be working on a number of projects to showcase Irv's work including a recently-launched website featuring his writing, photography, and of course, recordings. We're also in the early stages of creating a mobile app to re-imagine environments for the twenty-first century.
We’re thrilled that the British Library’s exceptional sound archive now has a full set of environments. I hope you’ll take some time to listen to this seminal series of creative field recordings and discover your own favourite (mine is "Dusk in the Okefenokee Swamp"). Thanks for caring and keep in touch.
Opening this Saturday 9 July, Hidden Traces is a new sound installation by Gabriele Reuter and Mattef Kuhlmey. It takes the listener through a promenade of voices on the streets around The Place, the dance venue just off Euston Road, London.
A combination of sound choreography, urban history and oral reminiscences of childhood and everyday life in the local area, was used to create a series of short audio plays, which have been placed on listening points on and around the buildings and streets surrounding The Place.
For Gabriele Reuter, understanding city planning and the way the cities are constructed is very much related to understanding space and choreography. In this context there is no dance; here, choreography is about arranging memories in time and space.
Gabriele Reuter (on the right) with interviewee Emma Coates from Wallace Space.
Gabriele is a choreographer, dancer and urban historian. She works in Berlin and Nottingham and trained at The Place where she has presented many of her works over the past ten years. She collaborates regularly with sound designer, artist and composer Mattef Kuhlmey.
Hidden Traces has been commissioned by The Place and supported by the British Library. The sound journey has been inspired by interviews with local residents made for the project, and archival recordings from King’s Cross Voices interviews, courtesy of Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre.
Experiencing Hidden Traces is free but booking is essential through The Place box office. On collection of your ticket you will be given a map showing the different listening stations, a pair of headphones and a mp3 player. The order of the listening journey is up to each individual listener.
The project has amassed a legacy of audio interviews with local residents, plus sound pieces composed from the fieldwork materials, and a short video interview with Gabrielle talking about the connections between choreography, urban history, memories and the use of dance as a discipline to engage with communities. All the recordings will be archived and eventually made available to listen to at the British Library.
Hidden Traces runs from Sat 9 - Sat 16 July, 10am - 5pm. Please come along for a unique experience.


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Pretoria – A defiant President Jacob Zuma has refused to resign immediately as head of state, daring the ANC’s National Executive Committee to recall him.
The party’s highest decision making body resolved to recall him, invoking the clause in the African National Congress constitution that gives the structure the powers to recall a public representative. The party was expected to write to Zuma on Tuesday morning, informing him of its decision.
The ANC NEC held a 13-hour-long marathon meeting in Irene, outside Pretoria. The urgently called meeting, started at 14:00 on Monday and ended at 03:00 on Tuesday.
At 23:00, the NEC instructed party President Cyril Ramaphosa and secretary-general Ace Magashule to drive to Zuma’s official residence Mahlamba Ndlopfu in Pretoria to give him an ultimatum to resign or face a recall.
That meeting lasted less than an hour, with Zuma refusing to comply.
Ramaphosa and Magashule delivered that news to the NEC meeting at 00:00. The venue was on lockdown in the hour that the two left to meet Zuma and returned.
NEC sources told News24 that during the trio’s meeting, Zuma was still asking “what he did wrong”.
“Zuma told Ramaphosa and Magashule that he will respond to them publicly when the party informs him of the decision to recall him,” a source said.
The ANC is expected to brief the media on the outcomes on the NEC meeting at 12:00 on Tuesday.
Zuma is said to have demanded to stay on at the Union Buildings for another three months to attend at least two upcoming events. The NEC, however, rejected his conditions.
Sources insisted that Zuma wanted to still be head of state when the Brics summit is held and he wanted attend another African Union meeting.
The Brics summit is scheduled for July in Sandton, which would mean Zuma would stay for five months. Zuma pioneered South Africa’s entry to join the Brazil, Russia, India and China grouping.
“We couldn’t allow him to stay on. He was disrespecting the organisation. The party also needs to move on, we need to have State of the Nation, we need investors to come back,” a source said.
Another NEC member said that Ramaphosa had earlier told the NEC that Zuma had agreed to step down during his direct talks with him last Tuesday, February 6.
At the time Ramaphosa cancelled an emergency urgent NEC meeting that was called for last week Wednesday in Cape Town, describing his talks with Zuma as “fruitful and constructive”.
ANC senior member Enoch Godongwana is said to have led the charge for Zuma to go.
He is said to have argued that in light of the State Capture inquiry investigating Zuma’s relationship with the Guptas, threat of impeachment and a motion of no confidence against him, recalling him was “saving Zuma from himself”.
However, Zuma is said to have been defended by several members, including ANC Women’s league secretary general Meokgo Matuba and North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo.
They are said to have argued that the NEC never gave the top six officials a mandate to recall Zuma but instead to negotiate a transition.
The sources who spoke to News24 on condition of anonymity, could not say if the meeting had decided on the next step if Zuma refused to resign.
One said the party would have to “consider its legal options” should Zuma defy a party directive, while another said Zuma could not deny a party directive.
The most obvious option left for the ANC should Zuma decide not follow the party’s directive for his recall would be to vote him out of office in a motion of no confidence.
The ANC is under pressure to decide on Zuma’s fate as opposition parties have demanded that Speaker Baleka Mbete move forward a motion of no confidence tabled by the Economic Freedom Fighters.
The EFF has given Mbete until 10:00 on Tuesday to decide on a new date for the motion.
Earlier, News24 reported that if Zuma had refused to resign even after a decision to recall him, the battleground would move to Parliament.
In the past, the ANC had called it the “worst form of betrayal” of the party if its MPs voted with the opposition.

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Best Point is a good landmark as you paddle north up Indian Arm. Once you get past this conspicuous point on the west side of the Arm, houses really start to thin out and the scenery takes over.
You can either use it as a convenient turnaround spot back past Lone Rock Point or cross here to get a closer view of the Power Stations on the east side of the Arm.


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Well, you don't really NEED them, since people have MVPd for years without them. But I do see where you are coming from on why an open server gets an item that the vip derver does not.
how is it not fair?
i reckon ur stupid, the one that camps mvp already have 100+ mvp boxes store in storage ready for any competition that they have for each spawn, the reason why it is a bad idea to put them in in kafra shop, the people that spends BILLIONS of zeny on mvp boxes will just get -_-ed over by the new system, is prety much putting a GTB card for a rental in kafra shop. personally imo, idc i can share time with people to kill mvp, thats if they are good enough to beat me, not saying im such a good player and such, but MVP comps are prety much who gets the luckiest wing = win, and for who ever that does want a chance at the mvp,why dnt they spend 10-20m buying mvp boxes?
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These would be nice for the casual player who does not have 24 hours a day to spend on this game. But in turn the people who have the time to do so complain. I want mirrors. I only hunt the easy mvps that die in a few seconds so it might not be worth it. I can see how the higher tier mvps could be affected having a lot of competition all the time. Would be nice to know since the time window I play this game is sometimes the spawn amount of some mvp. Just saying.
I don't camp MVPs often, when I do I go find the time, I never mirror.
Why should I have to pay to stand a chance of beating someone who drops a dollar on to the game.
Game play experience should be > a 10c mirror that a noob buys.
Mirrors should stay off Ymir. And sorry if you have a hard time getting times, it's really not impossible though, just keep going back to the map if you have other times or prioritize the mvps you're killing so you can afford to spend (at most an hour) getting the time. That's how most people did it for years, why not just PLAY the game instead of bitching about competing against others as the MVP?
I want them removed tbh (ygg), were getting that update in the future, so leave it for then.
Edited by Kirameki, 07 April 2011 - 01:10 PM.
Wanting I do not. Oh no no no.
Maybe because I have a life? There's this thing grownups do called "work", and not all of us can sit picking out butts playing RO when we are supposed to be working. If I'm on site it usually means the network is either A: down for some reason or B: non-existent yet since I'm designing the damn thing.
Plus the damage has been done for YEARS, there are still MVP boxes floating around from the first time they came out. Add in the ones stockpiled from the most recent release and guess who has most of them? The rich guys of the server, you know the same ones that don't want others to have a chance to beat them and are posting here against it. Why should THEY have the upper hand just because they happened to have more liquid zeny at the time or they blew whole paychecks on kafra boxes?
another vote for do not want.
could be considering how with the vip i see less ppl on now then before lol..
I don't want them unless they implement some sort of in game quest to get them.
I want Convex Mirrors on Ymir. We have paid a lot of money over the years, we should have them.
One more for do not want.
You allow rental items but not convex mirrors?
Anyone else see the flaw here?
Edited by DarkSakul, 07 April 2011 - 06:35 PM.

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text: ‘Kennebec’ is best harvested late. It is a large potato, especially fine for baking. Its skin is tan, and its flesh white. Potatoes are perennials grown as annuals. They are related to eggplant, tomatoes and peppers. Potatoes need a frost free growing season of 90 to 120 days. They are a cool weather crop and grow best in areas with a cool summer. Ideal potato growing temperature is between 60 and 70 degrees F. Hot weather reduces tuber production. Traditionally, potatoes are grown in the summer in the North and during fall and winter in the South. Potatoes are grown from whole potatoes or pieces called seed. Each seed must have at least one eye. Potatoes must have well-drained, fertile soil that is higher in organic matter and having a pH between 5.0 and 5.5. Plant in full sun, 4 inches deep and 18 inches apart in rows that are 3 feet apart. Potatoes are usually planted on hills or raised rows, to allow for drainage. Fertilize again around midseason. Even moisture and a good thick layer of mulch will result in a better crop. Harvet time ranges from 75 to 130 days after planting. Dig up new potatoes after the plant blooms, or if it doesn’t bloom, after the leaves start to yellow. Potatoes that are sold in grocery stores are usually dug two weeks after the vines have died in the fall. Rotate crops to prevent pest build-up in the soil.

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It was a horror start to the Picola & District League season for Blighty’s A grade side, suffering a massive 37 goal loss to Strathmerton on Saturday.
The Redeyes had a slow start but eventually found their rhythm at Strathmerton Recreation Reserve.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the newlook Blighty side, showing their skills with some really good moments.
Playing-coach Molly Cochrane said while her side had plenty of things to work on she was still happy with their first game as a team.
Alana Coates was solid down in defence with new recruit Deni McKenzie also putting in a strong performance running through the centre. Final score, Strathmerton 59 to Blighty 22. Awards: Local Dental - Alana Coates; Blighty Hotel - Deni McKenzie.
Blighty’s B grade netballers put together a dominant display to start their season with a 31 goal victory over the Bulldogs.
It was an outstanding game for a new team with awesome shooting as well as great rebounding and turnovers out of defence. Final score, Blighty 49 to Strathmerton 18. Awards: Courtney Plattfuss; Judy Plattfuss; Sarah Hanmer.
With a new coach and new look, Blighty’s C grade worked brilliantly in their first game together to take their first win. Final score, Blighty 26 to Strathmerton 15. Awards: Jessima Munro; Storm Birks; Emma Barker.
The Redeyes had a great start to the season in the Under 17s, despite suffering a 13 goal loss.
The scores didn’t reflect how well Blighty played with Gabby Clarke and Ellie Hardford shooting well all game against a solid defence.
The visitors’ defensive end of Kelsey, Emmy, Zara and Sophie turned over many balls.
Karla, Jazz and Ebonie ran out the game in midcourt. Final score, Strathmerton 40 to Blighty 27. Awards: Bakery - Gabby Clarke; Canteen - Jasmine Ackers; Finley Quality Meats - Kelsey Hislop; Players’ award - Karla Nicholls and Emmy Weir.
Blighty’s U15s came out with a point to prove on Saturday, smashing their way to a 30 goal win.
The Redeyes had amazing pressure all the way down the court with the great shooting and turnovers being converted into a goals. Final score, Blighty 45 to Strathmerton 15. Awards: Ellie Caruso; Eliza Bradford; Kate Westcott; Harmonie Tidcombe.
The U13s Redeyes had a remarkable start to their season, recording a 20 goal win. Blighty’s leading, passing, shooting and defence were outstanding. Final score, Blighty 29 to Strathmerton 9. Awards: Shae Learmonth; Jessica Hanmer; Erica Nicholls; Lily Westcott; Melina Tidcombe.
The U11s girls played a great first game against the Dogs.
Awards: Encouragement award - Ally McKenzie and Millie Hanmer; Drink Bottle - Lucy Dudley; Club Towel - Ellie Gavel; Canteen - Catie Michael.
The Club Person of the Day went to Kylie Barker.

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A traditional British classic; sticky toffee pudding is the perfect accompaniment to a Sunday roast. Moist, sweet, and served with ice cream, there are few people in the world who could turn down this delight!
So I have to admit that before making this, I had never eaten sticky toffee pudding before. The Fiancé was appalled! However, with my Mum coming from Belgium, we didn’t tend to eat a lot of classic British meals or puds – and I have to admit that it always sounded a little too sweet for my tastes.
Now I have to admit that I’ve done a complete 180. Yes, it is undeniably sweet, but this recipe is not overpoweringly so. With dates and plenty of spices for depth of flavour, it’s really hard to say no to a second piece! I would say that this pudding needs to be served with ice cream or cream (dairy free of course!) to break through the sweetness of the caramel sauce, which of course is a great shame!
This recipe should come with a warning; once you’ve tasted the caramel sauce, you will start to find lots of things to eat it with… I’m talking about spooned onto ice cream, or layered between biscuits from the cupboard, or perhaps just spread onto toast (although I still need to try this last one!!)… It’s delicious and so easy that it could even be a recipe in it’s own right!
As the never ending winter continues, I couldn’t think of a dessert I’d rather eat to celebrate the cold weather; the perfect cure to feeling the chill after a bitterly chilly walk.
Indulgent éclairs, filled with a pistachio and almond crème pâtissière and topped with a sweet chocolate icing. Not as impossible as they seem, these éclairs would make the perfect special treat.
Whoops. You know that feeling when you think, ‘when was the last time I….‘… well that’s rather how I’ve been feeling about blogging recently! Life has been more than a little hectic, and the end of 2016 seemed to flash by like big and exciting blur. Whilst the rest of the world seems to be (understandably) lamenting the going ons in 2016, I actually had a great year. I took a big leap forwards in life and now when I introduce myself to people, I can say I am a full time baker! So, with a wedding to plan and a new business to grow, the end of 2016 flew by.
I’m back with a triumphant recipe with these delightfully indulgent éclairs. I don’t know if there is anything as pleasing as making something that belongs in a French Pâtisserie (in taste, not in looks – these definitely don’t have quite the finesse of professional pastry makers) at home. It’s something to do with debunking the myth that they’re impossible to make and only a demigod can succeed! I talked before in my recipe for Profiteroles that Choux pastry is not nearly as complicated as it seems, and then we’re just making a simple Crème Pâttissière (or thickened custard if we want to be less fancy about it!) to fill it.
As with all filled choux pastry recipes, these are best eaten as soon as possible after filling. If you don’t want to eat them all in one go (then you deserve a medal!) cooked choux pastry buns freeze well. Just defrost at room temperature, and pop back in a hot oven for a few minutes to get crisp again before filling.

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Paul Lewis has been praised by The Guardian for his 'thoughtful and refined' pianism.
He concludes his three-year journey weaving together the threads that connect the music of Haydn, Brahms and Beethoven.
This concert opens with Haydn's E minor Sonata, Hob.XVI:34, at once playful and dramatic.
Brahms' late Op.117 Intermezzi take the form of three poignant lullabies, expressing the quiet grief that the composer felt all too deeply in the last years of his life.
Closing the concert, Lewis then takes on Beethoven's magnificent set of 33 Diabelli Variations.
Radically inventive, they contain musical multitudes, exploring a range of moods and styles from the parodic to the deeply profound. The interpretative possibilities presented by Beethoven's stupendous achievement are almost infinite.


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How Does Google Treat Subdomains For SEO?
Time and time again, Google has shown that they treat subdomains very differently from root domains, in some cases treating them as completely different sites. For SEO purposes, it’s generally recommended to use a subfolder instead of a subdomain.
A subdomain is a string of characters that precedes the root domain and uses a period to separate them. A subfolder comes after the domain suffix and is separated by a forward slash. You can have multiple subdomains or subfolders, and you’ll frequently see them combined.
Blog.chrisberkley.com/posts/ is a subdomain with a subfolder.
First.blog.chrisberkley.com/posts/recent/ is two subdomains (“first” and “blog”) with two subfolders (“posts” and “recent”).
In the URL www.chrisberkley.com, “www” is technically a subdomain. It’s true!
There are legitimate reasons that necessitate the use of subdomains and subdomains are not completely unavoidable.
Sometimes there are technical infrastructure limitations that prevent the use of a subdomain. In large organizations with big sites, it’s common for access to the root domain to be limited, instead using subdomains for ease of use.
This may include piecing together multiple CMSs. If the core site is hosted on one CMS like Magento or Sitecore, but the blog is hosted on WordPress, it can be difficult (or impossible) to make them work together on the root domain.
Large organizations often have multiple divisions that operate independently. Such is the case with universities, where individual colleges need to have edit access to their own sites (School of Nursing, School of Engineering, etc.). The same is true for other national organizations like banking institutions.
It’s a lot easier to spool up a separate site on a subdomain and grant a team of people edit access to that particular subdomain. You wouldn’t want the School of Nursing making edits that ended up taking down the entire root domain for the whole college.
Sometimes organizations will create international subdomains like fr.chrisberkley.com or en.chrisberkley.com. There’s no inherent SEO benefit to including a country code in the subdomain, but it may comeback to organizational structure or technical limitations. In a perfect world, you’d place those in subfolders (chrisberkley.com/fr/ or chrisberkley.com/en/) and implement hreflang. Alas, we don’t live in a vacuum and that isn’t always possible.
Working with subdomain-heavy clients, my firsthand experience is that Google treats subdomains as separate sites. A client of mine who had two divisions of their company had one set up on subdomain and another on the root domain. They had some content overlap and we sometimes saw their pages swap places in search results.
It’s my belief that subdomains don’t inherit domain authority or site equity from the root domain. WordPress.com has a domain authority of 94. If subdomains inherited that value, wouldn’t it make sense to setup free blogs on their platform (which uses subdomains) and immediately benefit from the SEO value?
Secondly, Google’s own Search Console requires you to set up separate profiles for subdomains. That’s another good indicator that they value subdomains differently.
That doesn’t mean subdomains inherit ZERO equity from their root domains. They may inherit a greatly reduced amount. OR, Google may adjust the amount of equity they inherit on a case-by-case basis. Since WordPress.com has thousands of low-authority blogs on subdomains, Google may devalue their subdomains more than other sites that only have a handful.
Google has stated that their search engine is indifferent to subdomains vs. subfolders, but the SEO community has repeatedly found that to be false. Industry thought-leader Moz moved their content from a subdomain to a subfolder and saw measurable increases just as a result of that move.
Questions? Comments? Leave them here or reach out to me on Twitter: @BerkleyBikes.
There is no SEO benefit to WWW URLs vs non-WWW URLs. Best practice is to pick one as the preferred version and use server-side redirects to ensure all visitors (human and search engine) end up on one single preferred version of the URL.
Protocol is a topic for another time, but WWW is technically a subdomain. Websites often use multiple subdomains for different purposes: one for email, one for intranet access, etc. The www subdomain has traditionally been used as the designated subdomain for public-facing websites.
As noted, there is no benefit for SEO purposes. You don’t actually need a subdomain. It’s perfectly fine not to use it and there is zero functional difference for SEO purposes. However, you DO need to pick one version and use it consistently.
Non-preferred URLs returning 404 errors.
The website rendering pages in both variations.
Configuring the server to redirect non-preferred versions to preferred versions ensures that ALL URLs will be redirected automatically.
Creating a Google Search Console profile is actually quite easy, with the possible exception of the pesky verification part. Nevertheless, it’s not that difficult, and I’ll show you how to do in record time. There are 5 ways to verify a Search Console profile. Your site configuration, tracking setup, user permissions, etc. will determine which one is best for you. I’ll explain them all here, starting with my preferred methods. If you’re doing this on WordPress, skip to the bottom of the post, I’ve got specific instructions just for you.
You’re using asynchronous (analytics.js) tracking code.
Tracking code is placed in the <head> section.
You have ‘edit’ user permissions.
If any of these three things raises a red flag, the GA verification option is not for you. If you pass the criteria, click the red Verify button and you’re off to the races. If you’re using Google Tag Manager, this method is a no-go, but you can use the GTM method in the paragraph after this.
You have to be using the container snippet.
You must have ‘manage’ user permissions for that container.
If you don’t fit those criteria, keep moving. If you do, click ‘Verify’ and you’re done.
The HTML tag is simply a meta tag (a single line of HTML code) that gets added to the homepage and voila, verifies the site/profile. Depending on the CMS, this may be very easy to do (in WordPress it’s a pinch). You can either do this yourself if you have CMS access, or ask a web developer or marketing manager to implement it. How you do this depends on what CMS you’re using. It’s likely you have a custom HTML field or something similar where the tag can be added. The tag needs to go in the <head> section of the homepage.
Once you’ve verified it has been added, go back into Search Console and click the big red ‘Verify’ button. Even after you’ve succeeded, leave the HTML tag on the home page, or the property will revert back to unverified status.
The HTML file upload is similar to the HTML tag, but instead of a line of code, you’re adding a small HTML file to the root domain. To do this, you’ll effectively need the ability to add files to the root folder on the hosting provider. FTP access is ideal, but if you’re a marketer, you probably don’t have that. If possible, ask the web developer to add it. Once you’ve done this, visit the URL created by the file to ensure it’s in the root folder and not a subfolder.
This method is listed as Google’s recommended method – possibly because it’s the most secure? In any case, Google will prompt you to log into the provider where you bought your domain name (for example, GoDaddy or NameCheap).
If you have access to the domain name provider – that’s fine. However (and speaking from experience) it’s much more likely that you don’t have access to this, which makes it a moot point. I’ve only used this method to verify a Search Console profile once, and it was on my own site. On the hundreds of other GSC profiles I’ve created over the years, I’ve never had access to the domain name provider. With clients, getting access to that may involve going through a compliance department or IT team, which, as you can imagine, takes far more time than it’s worth. There are simply easier ways!
If you’re trying to verify Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools on WordPress, you’re in luck, because it’s ridiculously easy. I’ll assume you already have one of two SEO plugins installed. Either A) Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin or B) All In One SEO Pack. Both are really freaking good plugins and you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t have one of them installed on your WordPress site.
In the WordPress backend, go to SEO > Dashboard > Webmaster Tools. Yes there is also a Search Console menu item. No, that’s not where you actually verify Search Console.
Once you’ve done that, click ‘Save Changes’ then go back into Search Console and click verify (using the HTML tag method).
Additionally, don’t forget to setup Bing Webmaster Tools so that you can get the same insights from Bing.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Joshua provides strategic advisory services to established mid-market and emerging growth companies. Services include strategic planning and business problem solving; corporate recovery services including crisis management and turnaround strategies; securing financing through our capital resources network; mergers and acquisitions due diligence; business valuations (as client advisers); preparation of financing memorandums; preparation of company budgets, business plans, and annual reports; and financial modeling and analysis. In addition to his work with High Rock Partners, Inc., Joshua is the principal and founder of Nelson Business Financial Consultants, Inc. (www.nelsonbusiness.com).
Mr. Nelson has developed a powerful template-based, financial modeling and analysis software package for performing M&A analyses, valuations, corporate recovery assignments, and preparing financial forecasts and projections, all based on his “Business Performance Management” approach.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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As promised, Famitsu unleashed the first screenshots and details of Bandai Namco’s vampire RPG Code Vein in this week’s edition. The game is being created using Unreal Engine 4, and it is being helmed by Producer Keita Iizuka, Director Hiroshi Yoshimura, and Team Leader Yusuke Tomizawa, all members of Bandai Namco’s God Eater team.
The game unfolds in a dungeon exploration style, and they will dive into the depths of the Earth to learn more about their fate and also drink a lot of blood.
One of the biggest features of Code Vein is the existence of a “Buddy.” When exploring Vein, you can take along a single Buddy. By sharing the sense of accomplishment of defeating strong enemies and overcoming the point of death, that feeling evolves into something special. You’ll witness Vein’s variety of faces—from mountainous regions enclosed by ice to caves and underground shopping areas—as you travel alongside your Buddy.
A Gift is Revenant’s special ability that creates various battle effects using the absorbed blood of enemies. It has various effects, including direct attacks on the enemy, self strengthening, and weakening the enemy. Figuring out how to successfully land blood sucking attacks and when to use Gift in battles against Losts are key to exploring Vein and clearing dungeons.
The first screenshots are hardly dripping with the style that Bandai Namco used in the trailer. They carry a bit of the “gleam over anime” look that occurs a lot in JRPGs these days, Valkyria Revolution being the first game to come to mind. That’s not to say that the art isn’t cool. I’m not really one for flash over substance, but that only applies when the artists don’t go totally over the top. Not the case here. These vampires are awesome.
I only hope that Bandai Namco can set it apart from the rest of the action games of the world. I wouldn’t want to see it devolve into a musou game or yet another Monster Hunter knock-off.
The best part is that it has a worldwide release date, meaning it will be coming to North America in 2018 as well. No platforms have been announced yet.


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A rusted old barge that has been stuck in Dutch Kills for over 20 years.
A view of the water from the 49th Avenue Bridge in Long Island City, Queens.
Industry along the Newtown Creek, from Long Island City.
Newtown Creek as seen from the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge.
Digester eggs at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Words of caution at the Newtown Creek Nature Walk.
The walled pathway of the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, perfectly framing the Empire State Building.
A rendering of the proposed boathouse and esplanade.
The end of Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint marks the northern tip of Brooklyn, a spot on Newtown Creek with a magnificent view of the Manhattan skyline. It’s prime waterfront real estate that residents and visitors would surely take advantage of, if only they could get to it–and if it wasn’t quite so polluted.
Industrial rubble and fences litter the banks of the creek, and the water itself is a soup of chemicals and bacteria. The scene is the result of an industrial legacy that spans more than two centuries, during which conservation took a distant back seat to economic development. Recent legal battles over pollution, and two sizable settlements, have inspired plans to revitalize Newtown Creek, starting with a community boathouse and creekfront esplanade.
Community advocates want to reclaim Newtown Creek by constructing a boathouse in the ground floor of the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC). The project would also include a repaired bulkhead and an esplanade along the waterfront. For boaters and the kayak-curious, it will mean storage space for non-motorized watercrafts and a training center for recreational boating. For all other visitors, it will provide a place to enjoy the waterfront, as the development would create a public gathering spot that is more of a park than a club.
If all goes according to plan, Greenpoint will have this new waterfront park by 2014.
The larger goal, according to the North Brooklyn Boat Club’s proposal, is to expand public open space, assist in the GMDC’s mission to retain and create new local jobs and create an educational facility for studying the creek and the surrounding area. It would also develop the northernmost piece of a waterfront public esplanade, which would eventually go from Manhattan Avenue Street End Park all the way down to South Williamsburg.
Dewey Thompson, president of the North Brooklyn Boat Club, was one of the first in the community to lobby for the project. “I always had an interest in trying to open up the waterways to community access,” he says.
Yet developing green spaces in North Brooklyn continues to be an uphill battle. Plans for a park at the Transportation Authority site on Commercial Street have been delayed indefinitely. The spot currently provides storage for MTA buses and emergency vehicles, and the Department of Transportation will not allow the MTA to relocate them to a city-owned site under the Williamsburg Bridge.
Brian Coleman, president of the GMDC, says that under these circumstances, the 374 feet of waterfront park that the boathouse project would provide are especially vital. “I see the extension of the park as a great opportunity for the Greenpoint community to take advantage of a relatively small amount of open space, particularly open space with access to the waterfront,” Coleman says.
The banks of the Newtown Creek were home to the country’s first kerosene and oil refineries, and by the end of the 19th century Standard Oil had more than 100 distilleries on either side of the waterway. There was little government regulation or oversight until relatively recently, leaving the area with the remnants of underground oil spills, hydrogen sulfide and undissolved oxygen, garbage and old tires.
As part of an agreement to bring the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant up to code in 2008, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) allocated $10 million dollars to environmental benefit projects.
“When I heard about the money and the very narrow definition of where it could go, I had this idea that the GMDC building would be a great place for a community boathouse,” said Thompson, the boat club president.
The City Parks Foundation (CPF) is in charge of administering $7 million of those funds, from which the boathouse project, with a projected budget of $3 to $5 million, will receive its share. CPF will keep 10 percent for administrative costs, a $700,000 cut. The Hudson River Foundation was allotted $1 million, and the remaining $2 million originally went to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. This was later redirected, and will now be administered by both the CPF and Hudson River Foundation.
A second pollution settlement was reached with Exxon Mobil in 2010. Promising $19.5 million to correct damage stemming from more than 2000 oil spills that polluted the Newtown Creek and surrounding areas over the years, the distribution of the settlement funds is in the infant stages. The money will be dispersed once an agency is assigned to handle the process, and then projects will be selected to receive funding.
After the first settlement was reached, the DEC reviewed community-proposed projects, which were required to meet specific environmental criteria such as installing green infrastructure, creating or improving open space and creating ecological stewardship through educational programs. Residents of Greenpoint, Maspeth, Long Island City and Blissville, the four communities most affected by the treatment plant, were invited to vote on several dozen of those projects. The DEC used that public input to decide which projects to fund.
Though the GMDC does not yet have cash in hand to start building, of all the projects in play the boathouse has the most traction. The number-two contender is a park in Dutch Kills, across the creek in Queens, a prospect that has been stalled because the landowner has not agreed to sell. Hot on its heels is a phytoremediation project, which would use floating plants to naturally remove contaminants in Newtown Creek. Sarah Durand, an associate professor of natural science at LaGuardia Community College, is leading the phytoremediation charge.
For now, with the boathouse and esplanade at least a year-and-a-half away from completion, the best way to explore the waterway is with the Newtown Creek Alliance’s resident historian Mitch Waxman. He guides tours along the creek, educating visitors about the thriving industrial engine that laid waste to the natural environment. The tour winds through the railways and warehouses of Long Island City, over the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge and through the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, a walled path that resembles the inside of a ship. It concludes on concrete steps that descend into the creek, with a dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline beyond.
On a recent Saturday tour, Waxman posed with tall buildings in the far background, industrial flotsam and jetsam surround him, and stopped to make a dramatic connection between the gleaming skyscrapers and the filthy water.
Photos by Julie Strickland, boathouse drawing courtesy of the North Brooklyn Boat Club.
I really don’t understand why anyone would want to hang out next to, much less take leisure boats out into, such a gross polluted waterway. Shouldn’t they just install the phytoremediation and let that work for 5-10 (?) more years first?
Prog. people like parks. I live in Greenpoint, and I’d welcome a park, and the chance to go kayaking. That said, I do think the phytoremediation project is probably the smarter, more ethical choice. Can’t we do both? Please.
That sign essentially says it’s okay to eat eels caught in the creek, as long as you’re a dude over 15. But no fish. And it may be harmful.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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An initial public offering by Sensata Technologies Holding will give investors a chance to bet on a rebound in the auto industry as well as consumer spending in emerging markets, but they may balk at the price.
Sensata, once a subsidiary of chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. and now backed by private equity firm Bain Capital, makes sensors that go into everything from cars to refrigerators.
The company hopes to raise as much as $632 million next week by selling about 31.6 million shares for as much as $20 each. If it's successful it will be the biggest IPO so far this year.
The auto industry fallout put a major dent in the company's revenue, more than half of which comes from the auto sector, according to Paul Bard, vice president of research at Renaissance Capital.
The auto sector stabilized during the second half of 2009 as sales picked up, but Bard said there are a couple of reasons why investors may stumble over Sensata's offering price.
For starters, the company is entering an IPO market that has looked at times more like a flea market. Almost 70 percent of year-to-date IPOs priced below the expected range, according to a report released by Renaissance Capital last month.
That compares with an average of just 28 percent from 2001 to 2009.
And like a number of other companies trying to enter the market this year, Sensata comes with a sizable amount of debt, Bard pointed out.
The company listed a total debt of more than $2.3 billion in a recent securities filing. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Sensata said it will use about $350 million of the proceeds from its IPO to pay off debt.
Still, after a rough year, the economy has stabilized and the outlook appears to be growing brighter for Sensata. Revenue in 2009 dipped 20 percent to $1.1 billion, only to rebound by 26 percent in the final three months of the year to $338.1 million.
Moody's Investors Service cited improving financial results when it boosted Sensata's credit rating last month.
Sensata has a strong position in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil, where robust consumer spending may help lead the world economy out of a rut. The company said 18 percent of its sales last year were in developing countries.
And Sensata makes products intended to make the products of other companies safer, particularly items with engines.
That is a growing priority for consumers, Bard said, particularly at a time of massive auto recalls.
Sensata Technologies Holding BV, which is based in the Netherlands, plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ST."

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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CCDC members with disabilities who use mobility devices are being denied access to RTD’s buses because of RTD’s policies, practices, and procedures, which allow large objects or strollers to occupy the securement areas.
CCDC has tried for many years to get RTD to implement policies that would fix this problem. RTD has drafted policies that, if followed, seem like they could work, but RTD does not seem to follow even its own policies. Unless passengers with wheelchairs argue with bus operators about who is occupying the securement areas, they do not get to board. Drivers simply say, “The bus is full.” And they leave passenger who uses a wheelchair at the bus stop.
The ADA prohibits RTD from denying or refusing rides to passengers who use wheelchairs. The securement locations exist because that is the only place on the bus designed with sufficient space to accommodate a passenger who uses a wheelchair.
This is the second time CCDC has filed a lawsuit against RTD for violations of the ADA. That case resulted in a Court Order requiring RTD to comply with the ADA and had CCDC providing training and monitoring services for five years. See RTD in Completed Cases for information about the prior lawsuit.
If the priority seating area is occupied, the rider using the stroller should proceed to the rear of the bus holding the stroller firmly at all times. The stroller must be collapsed and stowed if it is too large to fit in the aisle. They may need assistance locating or moving to an available seat. If asked to help do so pleasantly.
The complaint says RTD does not do this. What is the result? Passengers who use wheelchairs are left sitting at the curb. They must wait for the next bus. Meanwhile, people with large items like strollers are riding in the wheelchair securement area.
For some passengers who use wheelchairs who know the rules, they are forced to argue with bus operators. They must ask whether people in the wheelchair securement areas use wheelchairs. Then, sometimes the bus operator will ask people to move. That is a violation of the ADA. RTD says it is not an ADA violation if a passenger who uses a wheelchair has to “remind” a bus operator to ask the intruder in the wheelchair securement area to move. Most of the time, bus operators say “the bus is full.” Passengers who use wheelchairs have no reason to know whether the people sitting there need to sit there or not. There are only two wheelchair securement areas on the bus. Under RTD’s own policies, people with large items should move to the back of the bus. They can sit anywhere. Passengers who use wheelchairs have no choice.
On December 3, 2013, RTD filed a Motion to Dismiss. In this Motion, RTD claimed CCDC’s members who use wheelchairs cannot prove to the court that RTD’s new wheelchair securement policies will harm wheelchair users. RTD requested the court dismiss the Complaint. RTD said that it “was collaborating with CCDC to implement a Campaign” to fix its policy; “RTD has a policy that strollers are permitted on RTD buses but that the stroller must be collapsed if the bus becomes full;” and “passengers must be prepared to move towards the rear of the bus, and bus operators must ask passengers in the securement area to move for a passenger in a wheelchair.” RTD claimed that before the suit was filed it sent a letter with proposed new policies to CCDC for review and comment. They claimed CCDC filed suit instead of talking with them.
RTD does not get it. CCDC recently filed an Amended Complaint. The Court has not ruled yet, but you can read the original complaint. It shows CCDC already had to sue RTD once. It also shows that CCDC and its members have dropped everything they were doing on at least 4 separate occasions over a span of 8 years because RTD stopped enforcing policies we all agreed upon long ago. That is the problem. RTD’s “new” “share the ride” campaign fails to provide as much protection for passengers who use wheelchairs as previous policies did. In the last year, despite RTD claiming to have policies in place, CCDC members have had to argue with bus drivers and passengers routinely to be able to access the securement areas. CCDC requested records from RTD about other people who have complained about this. CCDC found RTD had 100 other similar complaints. You may read the case documents here. We will update as often as we can.
It has been resolved. See Settlement Agreement and Joint Statement below.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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THe next person who says that the twentieth century has been the worst era in human history should be made to spend the whole of the year 2000 going round on the London Eye, the non-stop big wheel by the Thames. When they are at the top of that visionary machine, looking down on a city that is a living monument to modern civilisation, perhaps they might see things a little more clearly. At the very least, the Jeremiahs will be turning their own stomachs instead of mine.
There have been plenty of setbacks and tragedies over the past century, and there is no shortage of problems left to deal with in the world today. But for all that, the fact is that people now are living longer, healthier and wealthier lives than ever before in human history. And if we were to raise our sights a little, we could be doing a lot better yet.
Before we crucify the twentieth century and dance on its grave, consider this. Life expectancy in Britain is now around 30 years longer than it was a century ago; a boy born today can expect to live till he is nearly 75, a girl till she is past 80. Even in the poorest countries that used to be known as the third world, people who would have died in their forties just half a century ago can now expect to carry on into their sixties.
Look at infant mortality, a constant preoccupation of those who study and worry about population health. At the opening of the twentieth century, the overall rate of infant mortality in Britain was a frightening 150 deaths per thousand live births. By the time of the Second World War, it was still above 50 infant deaths per thousand births. By 1996, it had fallen to below six.
Back in 1900, in England and Wales, a total of 142 912 babies died in their first year of life. In 1990, the figure was 3390. However paranoid parents might be today about the slightest threat to the safety of our children, we no longer have to worry about smallpox, polio, influenza epidemics or other scourges of childhood that were rampant during the infancy of the century. Life and death remain far from fair, and infant deaths are still relatively more common in poorer families. But the most striking thing is how uncommon they are now in any section of society.
These changes reflect the tremendous advances made in society, science and technology through the century - advances which have transformed the way that we live as well as postponing the day that we die. A lot of attention is currently focused on poverty in Britain, and the widening income gap between the richest and the poorest in society. It is quite right for these studies to use a relative measure of poverty rather than an absolute one; just because nobody starves to death in Britain, that does not make it a classless society. But, as Michael Fitzpatrick examines in this issue of LM, the fashionable tendency to over-relativise poverty can blind us to the impressive gains in the quality of life that almost everybody in the West has experienced in the modern age.
Even many of those now categorised as poor in British and American social surveys have access to consumer goods and services that were beyond the dreams of the rich a century ago. This is not to deny the continuing problems caused by inequality and inadequate incomes. But anybody who doubts the complete superiority of the modern way of life over its forerunners cannot have watched 1900 House on TV. Allowed only what would have been available to them a century ago, the 1990s family in the programme struggled to cope with the everyday hardships of life as it was back then. As so often, it was the little things that made the difference; never mind cable television or the internet, the woman forced to play the Victorian housewife found it next to impossible to cope without shampoo and tampons.
Laws and values, too, have been revolutionised over the past hundred years. There is plenty of racial tension in a society like ours. But those who complain that racism is getting worse and worse might like to reflect that, a century ago, words like racism and imperialism were still being used in a positive sense, to define the self-conscious identity of the British elite. Women in Britain were not kept in place by a glass ceiling so much as a concrete lid; they did not have the vote, nor any prospect of equal pay or the right to divorce and legalised abortion. The most celebrated homosexual of the age, Oscar Wilde, was imprisoned rather than knighted (like Elton John) or canonised (like George Michael). Things sure ain't what they used to be, and let us thank humanity for that.
None of this is intended as an excuse for naive optimism. The path of progress certainly has not been, as the Stalinists promised it would be, 'Onwards and onwards and upwards and upwards', or 'Forward ever, backward never'. Yet in our darkest moments today, it is easy enough to spot the seeds of further positive developments (even if they are genetically modified). The lesson of history, and perhaps of the past century in particular, is that resolute societies can continually discover the capacity to solve problems and turn another corner.
The irony is that, more than at any other time, the barrier to human progress now is the backwardness of humanity. Many of the technological and scientific initiatives already in place could help the twenty-first century to far outstrip the remarkable achievements of the twentieth. All that is lacking is the vision and the will to make it happen.
In contrast to the forward-looking mood in which humanity entered the twentieth century, the cautious climate of our times is not conducive to boldly going anywhere. The dominant 'isms' of the past century - capitalism and socialism - represented competing claims on, and visions of, the future. Both ideologies have since been exhausted, and replaced in the public mind by a motley collections of new isms - pessimism, cynicism, fatalism - which regard the future largely as a risk to take out insurance against. This is the mood which has led many to view the approach of the year 2000 less as a milestone than a millstone.
The problem goes well beyond a general loss of faith in the future. Even the achievements of the past are being put to question in the present.
What, for instance, is the dominant reaction to the impressive way in which life expectancy has been extended? It has encouraged a new wave of alarmist concerns about 'overpopulation'. The growth of the world's population from 1.5 billion at the start of the twentieth century to six billion at its end should surely be a cause for celebration, a testimony to the incremental growth of humanity's capital - especially given that the productivity of the global food industry has grown even faster. Instead, it becomes the pretext for a panic.
Or how do the great and the good respond to the dramatic increase in the world's wealth over the past century? By spreading doom and gloom about 'over-consumption' - a technical term for the preposterous notion that people in the West have too much of everything. A major United Nations report, published in September, warned that time was running out to save the planet, unless the developed world cut its use of resources - by a mere 90 percent. The archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, mounted his national pulpit in November to demand that we in Britain must learn to live 'more simply' in the twenty-first century. Bring back the 1900 house!
Such pessimism now shapes the political agenda. The nostalgia men of the old right spend more time looking over their shoulders than in front of their noses. By comparison, New Labour and its supporters find it easy to look dynamic and positive; thus David Aaronovitch of the Independent can have fun laying into the conservative 'cult of miserablism'. Yet in truth New Labour has its own downbeat politics of low expectations, expressed in the language of the precautionary principle and summed up by chancellor Gordon Brown's bizarre obsession with containing economic growth and offsetting a 'boom', for fear that it would lead to 'bust'.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, many identified the primary barrier to human progress as the capitalist free market, and the constraints imposed by the subordination of need to profit. At the century's end, things look a little different. Capitalism may well still be a restrictive system. Yet the pervasive culture of restraint, the over-anxious instinct to hold back, means that we are not even being allowed to test the system's limits.
Some of the most powerful cultural trends of our time, from the belief that people are incompetent therapy-cases to the economic bad habit of under-investment, point to the possibility that we might waste the golden opportunities which are coming society's way.
I did not want to mention the Millennium Dome, but it seems a fitting symbol of the century's end. Awesome on the outside, yet effectively empty within, the Dome is a magnificent technical achievement with a hole where its soul should be. Designed as the stage for an historic celebration, it has become instead the platform for a national carnival of breast-beating.
Enough of this nonsense. To paraphrase a man who built pyramids rather than domes to mark his place in history: look upon our works, ye mighty, and stop weeping.


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If you see two of whatever you are looking at, you may have a condition known as double vision, also referred to as diplopia. Double and blurred vision are often thought to be the same, but they are not. In blurred vision, a single image appears unclear. In double vision, two images are seen at the same time, creating understandable confusion for anyone who has it.
There are two possible causes.
Failure of both eyes to point at the object being viewed, a condition referred to as "strabismus" or "squint". In normal vision, both eyes look at the same object. The images seen by the two eyes are fused into a single picture by the brain. If the eyes do not point at the same object, the image seen by each eye is different and cannot be fused. The result is double vision. Why might eyes not point in the same direction? Possibly because of a defect in the muscles which control the movement of the eyes or in the control of these muscles through the nerves and brain.
Refractive. Light from an object is split into two images by a defect in the eye's optical system. Cataracts may cause such a defect.
Strabismus is a more common cause of double vision than is refractive defect.
Double vision can be extremely troubling. The brain acts to alleviate the discomfort by suppressing, or blanking out, one of the images. In young children, if this suppression persists over a continued length of time, it can lead to an impairment of the development of the visual system. The suppressed eye may get to the point where it is unable to see well, no matter how good the spectacle or contact lens correction. Doctors call this condition "amblyopia". Since it is a result of a defect in the interpretive mechanisms of the eye and brain, it is more difficult to treat than a refractive condition (one having to do with the eye's ability to bend light).
Treatment of double vision consists of eye exercises, surgical straightening of the eye or a combination of the two. Therapy is aimed at re-aligning the squinting eye where possible without surgery and re-stimulating the part of the visual pathway to the brain that is not working correctly.
If the double vision is due to the presence of cataracts, referral for possible cataract surgery will be undertaken.


text: Happy Horse characters are among the best cuddly toys for children. Loveable characters, warm expressions and soft textures make them delightful soft toys for children to care for and look after. We stock a range of characters in small or large sizes.

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One of the largest banks in Russia has started to implement and participate in several projects, which have already had a positive impact on the shares' value. Sberbank joined the program to issue new bank cards, which helps it to increase the turnover due to the developed network of ATMs and local departments. It's worth noting, that the amount of Sberbank's online users during this year has risen by 3 times and now exceeds 10 million people.
Sberbank has also launched a special program for small and medium-sized businesses. Clients will have the possibility to get a lower interest rate and set up their own minimum monthly payment, which will undoubtedly increase the flow of new customers.
The common positive sentiment has affected the value of Sberbank shares, which has increased by 2.26%. Traders have a good chance to earn money on a further growth. Trading will be available during the European session, from 6:30 to 14:30 GMT time.


text: Philadelphia Gear Corporation has announced the availability of two versions of the company’s proprietary CORE Continuous Oil Rescue Equipment. Launched as an alternative to traditional barrier filtration techniques, the CORE models filter metallic particles as small as one micron. Unique to Philadelphia Gear, these filters are now designed to fit lubrication systems ranging from .5 up to two inches in diameter, providing protection for critical rotating equipment not previously available.

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I am developing a GUI interface using python and Tkinter. I dynamically generate buttons and text boxes and the user would be able to move them around.
My requirement is, when the use selects a button, I need to give it a border with small rectangles on 4 of its edges. (To give an impression to the user that this is the button which is actually selected. ).
I tried to use a fixed size image to do this. But some how this is not working. Also the user has option to resize the button (change width and height). If he do this, then enlarging will cause the fixed image not to display correctly.
Is there any general solution to this problem which I can apply to buttons, text boxes or any other widgets the user drags on the screen.
OT: Is Tkinter the right toolkit to use these days?
If you need to be able to select multiple widgets, the most flexible way to do it is to make the widgets part of a Canvas widget, and use the Canvas widget to draw the rectangle.
This also allows you to create other shapes around the widget like resize handles and such.
Setting borderwidth is another way to do it, but it will not give you the right results on all operating system.


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There’s no denying clothes can give us a confidence boost—if we are comfortable and feel good in what we wear, our attitude and mood reflects this outwards.
But did you know that the colours we wear can also enhance or dampen our moods, sending out subliminal messages that can be used to interpret not just our mood, but our personality?
Research suggests that you can ‘dress yourself happy’—also known as dopamine dressing—a trend with seems to have emerged as a reaction to Emma Stone’s gorgeous canary yellow dress in the hit flick, La La Land.
And, if that wasn’t reason enough to take a walk on the bright side of life, anecdotal evidence suggests that people who wear brighter colours often appear more cheerful and extroverted, prompting others will react to them this way.
As the seasons change, we’ll often see a change in the colours of what’s available in store—from lighter brighter shades in the summer to warmer, deeper tones in autumn and winter—but that doesn’t mean we can’t go for brighter and bold shades even when the weather is cool.
Statement coats and jackets are all the rage this winter and while a neutral coat can be timeless and classic, this show-stopping Red Brushed Wool Coat now from Cue can transform any outfit whether it be something as simple as a pair of skinny jeans and stripe tee, or a sleek and stylish corporate dress (I’ve paired it with the eye-catching Cobalt Panelled Pencil Dress, also from Cue in the Wintergarden).
If you’re brave enough to go bold, and don’t mind the occasional double take, try pair two bright colours together like blue and red, red and pink, pink and green, green and yellow (it seems very patriotic but trust me, it works), yellow and navy, navy and orange or even red and purple.
But being bright and bold doesn’t come naturally to everyone and I am frequently asked about how women can incorporate colour into their wardrobe—particularly if they generally lean towards more neutral tones.
This probably isn’t the time to throw yourself straight into the deep end because you’ll most likely spend the day/event feeling uncomfortable, so instead I recommend starting with soft, subtle tones – blush pink, light blue, lavender etc (and lots of these colours are popping up in store at Seed Heritage right now). These pastel ice-cream tones will also continue through Spring/Summer. These soft colours work well with grey and navy.
You could also embrace the jewel tones that are still floating around—ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue—as these work well when paired back with black or navy.
If your day-to-day look involved a lot of black or has a more corporate-focus, try adding some bright accessories—a pop of colour in your shoes (Nine West’s red Tatiana heels are my pick), handbag or even a colourful scarf or earrings is a good start.
Brooke wears: Cue Red Brushed Wool Coat and Cobalt Panelled Pencil Dress. Look two: Seed Mid Rise Skinny Jean, Blouson Sleeve Sweater and Bobble Knit Beanie.


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Laparoscopic extended liver resection: are postoperative outcomes different?
Abstract:Background: Although laparoscopic major hepatectomy (LMH) is becoming increasingly common in specialized centers, data regarding laparoscopic extended major hepatectomies (LEMH) and their outcomes are limited. The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes of LEMH to standard LMH.Methods: All patients who underwent purely laparoscopic anatomical right or left hepatectomy and right or left trisectionectomy between February 1998 and January 2016 are enrolled. Demographic, clinicopathological, and perioperative factors were collected prospectively and analyzed retrospectively. Perioperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes in LEMH were compared to those of standard LMH.Results: Among 195 patients with LMH, 47 (24.1%) underwent LEMH, colorectal liver metastases representing 66.7% of all indications. Preoperative portal vein embolization was undertaken in 31 (15.9%) patients. Despite more frequent vascular clamping, blood loss was higher in LEMH group (400 vs. 214 ml; p = 0.006). However, there was no difference in intraoperative transfusion requirements. Thirty-one patients experienced liver failure with no differences between LMH and LEMH groups. Postoperative mortality was comparable in the two groups [3 (2.5%) LMH patients vs. 2 (5%) LEMH patients (p = 0.388)]. Overall morbidity was higher in the LEMH group [49 LMH patients (41.5%) vs. 24 LEMH patients (60%) (p = 0.052)]. Patients treated with left LEMH experienced more biliary leakage (p = 0.011) and more major pulmonary complications (p = 0.015) than left LMH.Conclusion: LEMH is feasible at the price of important morbidity, with manageable and acceptable outcomes. These exigent procedures require high-volume centers with experienced surgeons.


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is any chance for redis in the same way as mongodb?
Well, Redis is a key-value store and MongoDB is a document-oriented store, the JSON style provided by Mongo is more suitable to abstract objects to documents, I'm not clear how the same could be accomplished in a key-value store.
yes right. I love phalcon way of everything, i though about some support for models on KV store engines.


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Today it rained...actually poured when we were at the outlets. It worked out well since we were shopping and not swimming or at the beach. The outlets had some good sales! Noah got some really cute stuff.
After we got back from the outlets Clint made jambalaya. Yum! Shay and Uncle Mike came up to visit too. After we fed Noah dinner and gave him a bath, Clint and I went to the movies!!! I was so excited. We haven't been to the movies since fall of 2007! I was psyched! We saw Funny People and it was hilarious!
Tomorrow we are going to the Gulfarium!


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The Client approached Field Office Architecture with a fairly simple brief – Provide a light-filled, simple, durable and modern extension that doesn’t require excessive heating and cooling all year round. They also wanted to be able to walk directly from the living room onto a lawn whilst entertaining and have the kids roam inside and out freely and within full sight.
An original early 1900s Victorian era dwelling, the house had had many an add hock extension over the years, and the first approach was to strip all of this back to the original form, both externally to the rear, but also internally. There were wonderful higher ceilings with ornate plasterwork along with gorgeous fireplaces that had been blocked up and hidden for a number of years which we saw as a mandatory opportunity open up and reveal.
With the rear of the dwelling facing directly north, the opportunity to open up the living spaces in this orientation was obvious. We embraced this fully with large double glazed, thermally broken windows that opened up with huge sliders. Concealed within the frame are retractable insect screens, meaning the client can really use these all summer. Significant north-facing eaves add to the practicality of the entertaining area whilst providing shade when required in summer.
The built form of the existing front part of dwellings also allowed for an opportunity to break the living space away from the Victorian era portion to the South-East corner and provide a courtyard to the south side of the living space. The ability to open up this courtyard allows for cross-flow ventilation throughout the warmer months.
Other sustainable features of the dwelling include a grey water recycled water system that feeds directly back into the dwelling, a tight, highly insulated building fabric that included an upgrade of the existing part of the dwelling to all floors, walls and ceilings, and solar panels.
Field Office Architecture were also engaged for the landscape design. Both courtyard and rear garden have been heavily planted which will evolve and grow over time, providing a real sense of retreat within the main living space.
Thornbury is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km north of Melbourne’s Central Business District. It has a population of around 19,000.


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text: Here comes below a crucial text from Satprem that a friend of mine from Auroville (thanks Claude!) gave me while I spend a whole month there. I can’t resist to share this text in which I see so much force. It resonates with the words I share during my conferences on the evolution of our species. The difference? He wrote it in 1969.

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The leopard print has been very popular for decades, used for clothes, handbags, blankets, and so much more. But have you ever seen it used in baking? Maybe you have and maybe you haven’t, but now we have a way you can use the leopard print in your own baking with our fabulous and flashy Leopard Print Cookie stencil.
The Leopard Print Cookie stencil is a super fun design that can be iced right onto cookies. The food-grade mylar sheet is 5.5” x 5.5”, which makes it perfect for icing 3” to 4” cookies. It can even be used on small cakes if you want! Just apply a basecoat of icing in a design of your choice and then use a fine-tipped icing applicator to stencil the Leopard Print right onto the cookie in a complementary color.
This is a fabulous design to use when baking cookies for a big party or event because you can literally decorate dozens of cookies in mere minutes. And if you want to mix things up while still keeping the wild cat theme, you can decorate half the cookies with our Jaguar Cookie stencil. The best part is, the cookies will look so amazing everyone will think you hired a professional baker!
Yet you will have washed the evidence and tucked it away where no one will see it. That’s right, the Leopard Print Cookie stencil is 100% reusable, making it the perfect DIY baking investment. Plus, you will be able to recreate your famous cookies if anyone asks for them. And if you want to give your secret away, you can always lend your stencil to your friends and family, so they can make the cookies themselves.


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Used Fiat Seicento Review - 1998-2004 | What Car?
What's the used Fiat Seicento hatchback like?
City cars aren't normally renowned for their cute looks, but this is where the Seicento steals a march on its rivals. Compared with the high-sided and boxy competition, the Seicento looks like a proper car, but in miniature.
However, there's a good reason that the competition is built that way - it gives more space inside. And, since Fiat chose to go another way, the Seicento is seriously cramped. The Seicento drives well enough if you stay in town, but its weak engines, so-so handling and patchy ride mean that it struggles everywhere else. It will hit the motorway limit, but it takes an age to get there, and is horribly noisy once it has. No version is particularly well equipped, and the base car is extremely sparse. But, perhaps the most worrying thing is the omission of basic safety kit. Well, that and the poor two-star Euro NCAP crash test results.


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The holiday season is here, and now is the perfect time to get your senior loved one a gift he or she will love. Henderson in-home senior care professionals suggest a few senior-friendly items to add to your Christmas shopping list this year.
Consider buying your loved one a new computer, Smartphone apps, an iPad, or a Smart TV to help him or her stay up to date with the latest technology while boosting his or her brain activity. Using technology can help prevent memory loss and make it easier for your loved one to stay connected with family and friends.
Pets often play a significant role in the lives of seniors, providing companionship and opportunities for physical activity. This Christmas, your loved one might appreciate a gift for his or her furry friend, including squeaky toys, chew toys, or treats. Pet food is also a good gift that can actually save your loved one some money.
If your loved one is living with a serious illness or disease or has lost someone who had a specific health condition, consider making a donation on his or her behalf to a cause related to that specific condition. Knowing you have sent in a donation for research, a cure, or to help out other seniors with the illness is a great gift to give your loved one this Christmas. This gift can boost your loved one’s mood, and it also helps make scientific advancements.
Send your loved one on a cruise or trip to one of the many vacation destinations around the world. Plan a vacation to a warm destination so he or she can get away from cold weather, and choose a place your loved one has always wanted to go. A vacation is a great way to show your loved one that he or she is truly appreciated.
When you purchase a gift certificate for your loved one, be sure to choose one of his or her favorite restaurants or retail stores. You might also want to get a gift card to the movies or tickets to his or her favorite sporting event. Your loved one will look forward to getting out of the house and cashing in the gift certificates, which reduces the risk of isolation, depression, and stress.
Another amazing gift you can get for your loved one is help from a professional caregiver. At Home Care Assistance, our caregivers are available 24/7, all year long, and are trained to help seniors manage serious health conditions and carry out important daily tasks. We also offer specialized Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and dementia home care Henderson seniors trust. For more information on our in-home care services, call (702) 527-7723 today.


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It was third attempt = success with George and these delightful little Cannellini Bean, Herb & Quinoa patties. They were a slightly different taste to what he had recently been used to so initially he wasn’t so keen. Now, I knew they were delicious as I couldn’t resist eating them off his tray and George’s new little girlfriend, Ava, loved them. They’re such a nutritious little, vegetarian meal I really wanted George to enjoy them. So I offered again. And again. And success – last night he ate 4 of them! Sometimes that’s all it takes.
Tip: Including a range of herbs and spices in your cooking encourages children to accept a wide variety of tastes and flavours and avoid food refusal.
Nutrition Note: These all round nutritious and delicious vegetarian patties contain good quality protein, they are high in fibre and are a source of iron. Just remember to serve them alongside a vitamin C containing food to help maximise the absorption of the iron.
Yes, these are great frozen before cooking, just wrap them individually or in batches of 2-3 and use within a couple of months. If stored in the fridge appropriately after cooking you can serve them cold the next day. If you have a lowered immune system it is recommended you reheat them to greater than 60degrees celsius to prevent food poisoning.
And, yes, quinoa flakes would also work well.
ps. here is a link to an article on freezing and defrosting that may help. oh and there is a great freezer section in our magazine.
The taste of these patties was spectacular! The whole family loved them. However they didn’t hold together at all – even after I added an extra egg and breadcrumbs. Where might I have gone wrong?!
Great Thank you Jess. I did make them with Quinoa flakes and also froze some before cooking. They cooked really well. Were a little soft I assume from not using breadcrumbs but cooked just fine. Also used coconut oil as I didn’t have rice bran oil. My son ate two and a half out of the three I gave him. Yum! Yum! were his exact words. I thought they were delicious too a little like falafels. Thanks for a great recipe. I have your magazine which I am thoroughly enjoying working my way though it every night. But I’ve also printed many of your recipes prior to the magazines release date so already have many of them. looking forward to the next issue with hopefully very new recipes.
Hi could you use chickpeas instead?
Hi. Is the 1.5 cup of quinoa before or after it’s cooked? If after, how do I know how much to cook?
Thank you, I’ll try getting around to making them today and I’ll let you know how I go!
These are great! I was wondering if you can store the leftover mixture raw in the fridge for 24 hours and cook the next day (or should the patties be cooked before being stored in the fridge)? Thanks!
Yummo! Made these today for my 9mo son and he loved them! One in each hand and shoveling in to his mouth kind of loved them. Didn’t have any coriander so I made them with some Italian inspired flavors, swapped the coriander for basil and added a small clove of garlic instead of cumin. Will be making these again.
Might be a silly question, but what vitamin C containing food would you suggest serving alongside these patties? Thanks!
For this recipe I would use the flax meal, or 1/4 cup silken tofu, blended.
I tried oven baking them. Worked well. 180deg C for 20minutes, turning half way through.
As above, I too was wondering if the 1.5 cups of quinoa was before or after it was cooked.
Delicious!!! Substituted breadcrumbs for gf flour and added extra egg, corn, rocket, spring onion and remaining suggested ingredients. Fabulous!!!


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Streamlined ThermoBall®powered by PrimaLoft® baffles are contoured to fit your body and maintain core warmth during winter excursions in cold, wet weather. Wear this thermal vest as a mid-layer for added warmth in the coldest winter days or pack it for emergency layering in the backcountry.


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As part of our work on reducing poverty, the PPIW convened an evidence workshop to explore what is known about alternative approaches to poverty reduction. The workshop brought together a select group of leading academics, senior policy makers, and practitioners from organisations including the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, Children’s Commissioner and Bevan Foundation.
A sustainable livelihoods approach by Oxfam.
Link to blogs about these topics can be found above.
This blog draws out some of the general points highlighted by the workshop discussion.
Listening to the voices of people who are experiencing poverty – experts agreed that this input was often lacking in policy debates and is vital to the sustainable livelihoods approach.
The data are not often comparable across the UK.
The discussions also highlighted other issues relating to data analysis. Some experts argued that there is a need to increase the skills base and resources required to analyse existing data. And it was suggested that a gap analysis was needed to identify what is known and what is unknown and to assess how evidence gaps can be filled and what data analysis would be needed to do this.
We will be publish a report on the workshop later this year. Victoria Winkler’s recent blog is also an excellent contribution to this debate. We would advocate anyone who is working in this area to have a read through these blogs and consider how the different approaches may be suitable for your own work.
About the author: Emyr Williams is a Senior Research Officer at PPIW. Emyr Williams has particular responsibility for leading the PPIW’s work on tackling poverty, one of the strategic issues that we have agreed with Welsh Ministers that we will focus over the next two to three years. He has experience of working in Local Government and the third sector. Prior to joining the Institute, Emyr was a Principal Research Officer at Cardiff Council and has also worked as a project manager for a youth charity and overseeing European funded projects in areas of high deprivation.
PPIW Poverty Series: Inequality and Poverty in Wales – The Equalities Approach to Poverty Reduction.


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Afghanistan's National Security Council, which is chaired by President Hamid Karzai, on Sunday accused "foreign intelligence services" of being behind the deadly attack on a Kabul restaurant, in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
Pakistan was the main supporter of the former Taliban regime, and Afghan officials have long voiced suspicions about the connections between the hardline movement and Islamabad's powerful intelligence services.
"The NSC said such sophisticated and complex attacks are not the work of the ordinary Taliban, and said without doubt foreign intelligence services beyond the border are behind such bloody attacks," a statement from the palace said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday evening's suicide assault on a popular Lebanese restaurant in central Kabul in which 21 people, including 13 foreigners, were killed.
Desperate customers tried to hide under tables as one attacker detonated his suicide vest at the fortified entrance to the Taverna du Liban and two other militants stormed inside and opened fire.
Among the dead were three Americans, two British citizens, two Canadians, the International Monetary Fund head of mission, and the restaurant's Lebanese owner.
A female Danish member of the European police mission in Afghanistan and a Russian UN political officer also died in the massacre, which was the deadliest attack on foreign civilians since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
The accusation by the Afghan government is likely to damage regional peace efforts as Pakistan, which is also battling a homegrown Islamist insurgency, is seen as crucial to encouraging the Afghan Taliban to open talks.
Many Taliban leaders seek shelter in Pakistan, and Islamabad's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency is often accused of maintaining ties to the militants to ensure future influence in Afghanistan after US-led NATO troops withdraw.
President Karzai on Saturday condemned the restaurant attack, and called on NATO forces "to target terrorism" in the country.
Afghan officials have vowed to investigate how the three suicide attackers penetrated one of the most secure districts of Kabul.
Three police chiefs responsible for the Wazir Akbar Khan district have been suspended over the security breach.
"The police officers will be questioned to see how this attack happened," interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told AFP at a rally on Sunday of about 100 protesters outside the targeted restaurant.
"We are going to be very serious to make sure that these shortfalls will not happen in the future," he said.
A series of checkpoints known as the "ring of steel" was established in 2009 after repeated attacks in the city centre, but the militants evaded armed police tasked with searching people and vehicles.
Demonstrators holding signs reading "We denounce terrorism" gathered at the scene of the attack to protest at the Taliban insurgency against the US-backed Kabul government.


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