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One of the most popular treks in the world, the Annapurna Circuit trek is a wild ride around the Annapurna range. Seventeen days into the wilderness of the Nepali Himalayas is a feat to be proud of, and challenging as it may be, it is popular because of the relative ease one can expect to complete this trekking route with.
The Annapurna range is a fifty-five kilometer (thirty four mile) long section of the Himalayas that includes thirteen peaks over 7000 meters (22,970 ft.) and the Annapurna I, standing tall at 8091 meters (26,545 ft.)- The tenth highest peak in the world. Expect wild and mostly uninhabited terrain with little exotic villages scattered around it, with tribes of the Gurungs, Magars, Chhettris, Newars, Thakalis and Manangs – all different in their own right with their own ways and traditions.
The trek starts at Nayapul; a two hour drive from Pokhara where it will come to an end (unless you opt for the Jomsom- Kathmandu flight). The highest point of the trek is at the Thorung La Pass, at an altitude of 5416 meters. Highlights of this trek will also include the crossing of the deepest river gorge in the world – Kaligandaki, some natural relaxing at the Tatopani hot springs, the optional trip to Lake Tilicho which at 4949 meters is one of the highest in the world, the pilgrimage sites of Muktinath and Kagbeni, the beautiful town of Jomsom and the optional scenic flight from Jomsom to Kathmandu, the hot springs at Tatopani, the breathtaking Himalayan views from Poonhill, the quaint city of Ghorepani and a relaxing evening in Pokhara. Usually snowy and inhospitable from mid-December to mid-April, it is advised to do this trek between April and December, Oct-Nov being the best time to do it.
Get here and we’ll handle the rest. An Advout – tour guide will pick you up at the airport. Get a feel for the streets the first day, absorb the sights and sounds, or rest at the hotel. We discuss the game plan in the evening.
Kathmandu, the capital city, boasts an intense mix of cultures and religions unique to Nepal. Turn the Buddhist prayer wheels at Swoyambhu- the monkey temple, and meet the steady gaze of the Buddha’s eyes at the famous Bouddhanath stupa. Experience the valley’s olden days at the Kathmandu Durbar Square, which has remained authentically Nepali even as modernization has crept in all around it. See Kathmandu, with your AdvoutTM guide.
Drive out of Kathmandu after breakfast to Besishahar where you’ll spend the night.
Today our journey starts at Besishahar where the trail starts to climb till we get to Khudi at 790m, our first Gurung village. As we continue, the trail offers good views of the Himalchuli and Ngadi Chuli(Peak 29) mountains . It climbs to Bhulbhule at 825m and then to Ngadi before reaching Lampata at 1135m and nearby Bahundanda at 1310m.
We start down a sharp descent as the trail takes us through a suspension bridge to Syange -1070m – and then Jagat before walking through a forest to Chyamje at 1400m.
We walk down a rocky trail following the Marsyangdi river climbing steadily uphill to Tal at 1675m, the first village in the district of Manang. After crossing a wide flat valley, the trail climbs a stone stairway to Dharapani at 1890m. A Tibetan style chorten entrance of stone greets us before we get to Bagarchhap at 2160m.
We walk uphill again to Tyanja at 2360m, and then walk by a river through a forest to Kopar at 2590m and then to Chame where our eyes can feast on the sights of the looming Annapurna II. Also, chill in one of the two small hot springs by the town.
We walk through the woods, crossing rivers through narrow bridges, till we get to Pisang, sprawling between 3200m and 3300m.
Now in the drier upper regions of Manang, cut off from rainfall by the Annapurnas, we walk watching herds of yaks and sharing the trail with traders that’ve acquired special trading rights since 1784. Leaving Pisang, we have alternative routes North and South of the Marsyangdi River that both end up at Mungji. The Southern route goes through Hongde with its airstrip and involves less climbing than the Northern route which boasts better views. We walk past Mungji and Bryanga at 3475m till we get to Manang at 3500m.
Now we’re pretty high and must spend a day acclimatizing. We do nice walks on picturesque terrain, gain some altitude walking uphill, and come back down to Manang where we spend the night.
Leaving Manang, we climb steadily through Tenki exiting the Marsyangdi Valley to Ledar at 4250m through the Jarsang River valley.
The trail descends to cross a river at 4310m before climbing up to Phedi at 4420m or High Camp at 4600m. It’s a good idea to rest early today, to prepare for the strenuous but rewarding trek tomorrow.
The air here is thinner, vegetation sparse and barren rocks surround us on all sides. Today we cross the Thorung La Pass, one of the highest mountain passes in the world. Majestically beautiful mountain faces glare at us from all directions as we make our way through the pass and descend to the holy Muktinath village- one of Nepal’s most famous religious sites.
Today we walk around Muktinath a little, drink in the sights, before walking towards Jomsom through Ranipauwa and Kagbeni, both picturesque and awe-inspiringly beautiful places. At Jomsom, you have two options – to fly back to Pokhara or Kathmandu, or to keep walking towards Marpha.
Marpha’s known for its apples and apple liquor. Take your fill before walking to Ghasa at 1620m through the green pretty villages of Kobang and Larjung.
A mostly downhill hike will take us along the broad river valley to Tatopani at 1140m. Tato pani, in Nepali, literally means “hot water”, a name it derived from the two hot springs it has. Relax at the springs after a pleasant walk through forests and fields adorned by many waterfalls.
We walk uphill today to get to Ghorepani at 2785m, which got its name from the little pools horses used to drink from back in the day (“ghoda” in Nepali means horse, and “pani” is water). Now a prosperous town with many amenities including the internet, and bars and even a place you can play pool at, boasting sights of the beautiful mountains of Nilgiri South and Annapurna I, Ghorepani is a good place to relax.
A 45 minute walk from Ghorepani early in the morning can take you to Poon Hill, a popular destination for many trekkers without a lot of time, where you can see mountains of the Annapurna range as well as the Dhaulagiri range. A beautiful sunrise to witness before breakfast can set the mood for the long walk to Nayapul today. A vehicle will pick you up at Nayapul and take you to Pokhara where you can celebrate the end of your trek at one of the many bars that dot the lakeside.
Fly or drive back to Kathmandu and look for souvenirs in one of the many little shops in Thamel, or relax in one of its many restaurants, bars, or clubs.
We’ll drop you off at the airport, possibly discussing plans for your next visit.


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Natural gas report week December 15, 2022.
This week’s draw of 50 Bcf was in line with analysts’ expectations which ranged from withdrawals of 34 Bcf to 62 Bcf. Comparatively, last year’s withdrawal was 83 Bcf and the five-year average of net withdrawals is 93 Bcf. Current storage totals 3,412 Bcf which is 0.4% below the five-year average but still within the five-year historical range.
Natural Gas Weekly Fundamentals
Demand- Overall demand grew by 2.6%, adding 2.4 Bcf/d over last week for an average 118.2 Bcf/d. Week-over-week, power generation is up by 0.4 Bcf/d and residential/commercial sector consumption added 2.0 Bcf/d. The LNG export ship count remained the same as last week at 23 for an overall capacity of 86 Bcf, up 1 Bcf from last week.
Production – Production grew by 0.1 Bcf/d, averaging 100.2 Bcf/d over the report week. Imports from Canada are up slightly over last week at 5.3 Bcf/d. The natural gas rig count fell by two from the prior week, down to 153 rigs. Oil-directed also dropped two, totaling 625 rigs.
Natural Gas Weekly Market Report - December 15, 2022
January settled Wednesday at $6.970/Dth, up 54.0 cents from Thursday’s close at $6.430/Dth and up $1.008 from the prior week.
12 Month Strip
Settled Thursday at $5.693/Dth, up 51.3 cents from the prior week.
The winter strip (JAN23-MAR23) settled Thursday at $6.460/Dth, up 74.6 cents from last week while the summer strip (APR23-OCT23) settled at $5.347/Dth, up 45.3 cents week-over-week.
Calendar Years 2023/2024/2025
CY23 settled Thursday at $5.693/Dth, up 51.3 cents from the prior week.
CY24 settled Thursday at $4.723/Dth, up 12.6 cents from the prior week.
CY25 settled Thursday at $4.574/Dth, up 3.2 cents from the prior week.
Settled Thursday at $76.11/barrel, up $4.65 from the prior week.
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There were no surprises on the TRP charts for the second week of 2017. Colors' hit show Naagin 2 wowed fans in urban and rural sectors to emerge as the top show followed by favourites like Shakti-Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Kumkum Bhagya. The presence of Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur for the promotions of Ok Jaanu on The Kapil Sharma Show again boosted its ratings on TV. The telecast of the Stardust Awards 2017 on Colors also got a good viewership in the urban areas. Colors and Rishtey have stormed the rural viewership with Naagin, Naagin 2 and Udaan. It is not surprising coz all three shows have content that is enjoyed by village audience.
The love saga of Soumya (Rubina Dilaik) and Harman (Vivian Dsena) is also going very strong on the TRP charts. Viewers have connected to their tale of unrequited love spiced with drama in form of second marriage. A guy marrying the lead actress' sister track always works well. Wedding drama is saleable drama. Here is a detailed look at the charts....
Top channels (Urban+Rural): Colors, Rishtey, Zee TV, Sony Entertainment Television, Star Utsav, Sony SAB, Sony PAL, Zee Anmol and Life Ok.
Top shows (Urban + Rural): Naagin 2, Naagin, Kumkum Bhagya, Shakti-Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and The Kapil Sharma Show
Top shows (Urban): Naagin 2 is the top show in the nation followed by Shakti-Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki. Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya is at the third place followed by The Kapil Sharma Show on Sony Entertainment Television. The Sansui Colors Stardust Awards was at the fifth place.
Top channels (Urban): Star Plus, Colors, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony SAB, Zee TV, Life Ok, &TV, Rishtey, Sony PAL and Star Utsav.
Top channels (Rural): Rishtey, Star Utsav, Zee Anmol, Sony PAL, Colors, Star Plus, Zee TV, Big Magic, Sony Entertainment Television and Life Ok.
Top shows (Rural): Rishtey's Naagin was top spot followed by Naagin 2 on Colors. Sony PAL's Baalveer, Rishtey's Udaan and Zee TV's Kumkum Bhagya make up the list.
Shows like Yeh Hai Mohabbatein and Saath Nibhaana Saathiya fluctuate from the top five spot. We will keep you posted on the top 10 shows soon. Stay tuned to Bollywood Life for more updates....
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In case Tuesday’s “The Voice,” the December 14 “A Pentatonix Christmas Special” and the December 19 “America’s Got Talent Holiday Spectacular” were not enough, NBC is giving you another chance to see Pentatonix on television.
The superstar a capella group has been added to the lineup for the upcoming “Christmas In Rockefeller Center” special.
The special, built around the annual Rockefeller Center tree-lighting, airs Wednesday from 8-9PM ET/PT.
Other new additions to the lineup include Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon (who will help with the actual lighting) and The Roots (who will perform two songs, one with Anthony Hamilton & the HamilTones).
Previously confirmed performers include Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, Josh Groban, Tori Kelly, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly Parton, Jordan Smith, Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood.


Speaking to Tasnim on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the talks for salvaging the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will resume soon.
Signals received from the Western parties indicate that the new round of JCPOA talks will be restarted in the coming days, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh added, noting, however, that an exact date has not been set so far.
“The (Iranian) team of negotiators will be formed according to the negotiations that will be held,” he said.
The MP also stated that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council formulates the strategies for the new round of JCPOA negotiations, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be carrying out those policies.
The latest round of talks to revive the JCPOA began in Vienna in April between Iran and the remaining members of the nuclear deal, namely the UK, France, Russia and China plus Germany.
The US left the JCPOA in 2018 and restored the economic sanctions that the accord had lifted. Tehran retaliated with remedial nuclear measures that it is entitled to take under the JCPOA’s Paragraph 36.
The negotiations examine the potential of revitalization of the nuclear deal and the US’ likely return to it.


A kind of electric supply installation of wearable electronics
The utility model relates to field of power supplies, particularly uses the device of portable power source power supply.
Wearable electronics is fast-developing in the recent period, the forms such as watch style and spectacle occurred.For the electronic equipment of the head-mounts such as spectacle, because weight limits can not one be assembled jumbo battery; And on the other hand these new-type intelligent wearable electronics often concentrated take pictures, photograph, the large function of many power consumptions such as demonstration, wireless connections, therefore these wearable electronics flying powers are very weak, can not satisfy the long-time use in daily.
At present for the mancarried electronic aid problem of electric energy deficiency in use, a large amount of portable power sources has appearred, general these portable power source inside are by chargeable lithium cell, and have the boost circuit board of output function of battery charging and discharging management function and battery and form, there are some also to be accompanied with mains switch and dump energy indication.These portable power sources provide the reserve electric energy by power access ends such as charging inlets for electronic equipment in the portable electric appts power shortage.These portable power sources generally are hand-hold type or Table top type, are fit to general portable electric appts use, but are not suitable for the use occasion of wearable electronics.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model provides a kind of suitable wearable electronics, especially the electric supply installation that uses of head-mount formula electronic equipment, can be used as the back-up source of wearable electronics, also can be directly to wearable electronics power supply use.
The scheme that the utility model solves the problems of the technologies described above is as follows:
A kind of electric supply installation of wearable electronics, this electric supply installation comprises portable power source, lanyard, connection wire is characterized in that described lanyard is fixed on the portable power source by at least 1 fixing point, closed-loop of whole formation; Described connection wire one end is connected with the power supply output of portable power source, and the other end has connector, can be connected with the power input of wearable electronics.
This scheme makes device hang over neck by lanyard, and wire extends upward and easily is head-mount formula power electronic equipment.Simultaneously, wire extends up near fixing with lanyard in this segment length before the neck latter half from the portable power source output and overlaps, and can subtract paucidisperse line like this, makes line neat.Can connect and the knot that can be undone by a pull that separates lanyard setting, then can be more convenient for wearing and removing electric supply installation.
The electric supply installation of wearable electronics described in the utility model is applicable to the head-mount formula power electronic equipment such as spectacle, and, have following beneficial effect than prior art:
1, the electric energy storage of expansion wearable electronics prolongs the cruising time of wearable electronics;
2, adopt worn, can hold larger weight, do not affect wearable electronics scope of activities in use simultaneously.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a specific embodiment of the electric supply installation of wearable electronics described in the utility model.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of another specific embodiment of the electric supply installation of wearable electronics described in the utility model.
Referring to Fig. 1, one of embodiment is, the electric supply installation of this wearable electronics comprises portable power source 1, and lanyard 2 connects wire 3, and wherein lanyard 2 is fixed on the portable power source 1 by at least 1 fixing point, wholely forms a closed-loop; Connect wire 3 one ends and be connected with the power supply output of portable power source 1, the other end has connector 5, can be connected with the power input of wearable electronics, is the wearable electronics power supply.The closed-loop of lanyard in order conveniently to take off electric supply installation, can add connection fastener 4 so that electric supply installation hangs over neck reliably at lanyard 2, when the assembly of connection fastener 4 separates, can take off easily electric supply installation.During normal the use, the assembly of connection fastener 4 is connection status.
Referring to Fig. 2, in another specific embodiment, the electric supply installation of this wearable electronics also comprises portable power source 1, lanyard 2, connection wire 3, and wherein lanyard 2 is fixed on the portable power source 1 by at least 1 fixing point, closed-loop of whole formation; Connect wire 3 one ends and be connected with the power supply output of portable power source 1, the other end has connector 5, can be connected with the power input of wearable electronics, is the wearable electronics power supply.Here, a part that connects wire 3 fixedly overlaps with lanyard 2, and wire extends up to can fix with lanyard near neck latter half this segment length before from the portable power source output and overlaps, so that line is simpler neatly.In order conveniently to take off electric supply installation, also can add connection fastener 4 at lanyard 2.
In the above-described embodiments, use the wire 3 of the core of mutual insulating more than at least 2 strands, can reach the purpose that connects power supply.Connector 5 is at present more common mini USB interface etc., also can use as required the connector of other types.


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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle in England. His death, at the age of 99, was announced by Buckingham Palace.
He was the longest-serving FEI President (1964-1986) and was succeeded in this role by his daughter Princess Anne, Princess Royal, for the following eight years.
Some of Prince Philip’s own greatest sporting achievements came in the sport of Driving which he introduced as a new discipline in the FEI and helped to develop during his FEI Presidency. He helped standardise international rules and became a hugely successful competitor himself, winning team gold at the 1980 World Driving Championship and bronze in 1978, 1982 and 1984. He also placed sixth individually in 1982.
Prince Philip strongly supported the FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ series, which is now one of the crown jewels in the Jumping calendar, and was hugely supportive of the launch of the FEI Jumping World Cup™ in the 1970s. He was also instrumental in the creation of the FEI World Equestrian Games™, having lobbied for such a competition for many years before it was finally staged for the first time in Stockholm (SWE) in 1990.
An all-around horseman, he played polo during his time in the Royal Navy in the 1940s and became one of Britain’s top-10 players. His passion for all things equestrian was shared by his wife and passed on to their children, particularly Prince Charles who was also a keen polo player, and Princess Anne, who claimed individual gold at the FEI European Eventing Championships in 1971, and individual and team silver four years later, before becoming the first British Royal to compete at an Olympic Games when she rode in Montreal 1976.
Prince Philip’s grandchildren have also inherited a love of horse sport. Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall took the Eventing world title in 2006 and was a member of the British silver medal

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DETROIT (AP) — Contract talks between Fiat Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union continued early Tuesday morning after both sides extended their current contract on an hour-by-hour basis.
The contract officially expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, but shortly after that, FCA and the UAW said they would extend it as both sides continue bargaining on a new four-year agreement. Earlier Monday, Ford and General Motors extended their contracts with the UAW indefinitely.
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne canceled plans to attend the Frankfurt International Motor Show in Germany and instead stayed in the U.S., a strong sign that a deal was near.
The UAW announced Sunday that it had picked Fiat Chrysler as its target company in the contract talks. That means a deal with FCA could set a general pattern for contracts at GM and Ford. FCA could also be hit with a strike if negotiations stall, although workers at several FCA factories said Monday they had not been told of any strike plans.
All three companies officially kicked off bargaining for new four-year contracts in July. The contracts cover around 140,000 U.S. factory workers.
Kristin Dziczek, director of the industry and labor group at the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research, said union members can expect some financial gains in this contract, since all three companies are healthy and profitable. But they have to be careful, since automakers can move their operations to lower-cost countries such as Mexico if their U.S. labor costs get too high.
The union wants hourly pay raises for longtime workers who haven't had one in a decade. It also wants to close the wage gap for entry-level workers, who start at about half the $29 hourly wage of veteran employees. The wage gap benefits FCA the most, since 45 percent of its hourly workers make entry-level wages. Only around 20 percent of workers at Ford and GM make the lower wage.
Marchionne has been outspoken about wanting to eliminate the wage gap. But he has indicated the top wages should come down in favor of fatter profit-sharing checks. All three companies also want to stick with profit-sharing instead of increasing hourly labor costs. Over the past four years, FCA workers have gotten annual profit-sharing checks totaling $9,000 per worker.
UAW President Dennis Williams and Marchionne, who greeted each other with a hug as the negotiations began in July, have both said they would consider it a failure if they can't reach an agreement and workers strike. Workers at FCA — known as Chrysler before its 2009 merger with Fiat — went on a seven-hour strike during contract negotiations in 2007 but were prohibited from striking in 2011 under terms of a government-funded bankruptcy.

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It's coming. As Peter Whoriskey writes in the Washington Post:
Over the next few months, regulators are scheduled to set the next round of U.S. fuel economy standards for [automotive] manufacturers. Among the proposals under consideration is one that would lift average fuel economy under the law to as much as 62 mpg by 2025.
He lays out the crux of the battle and the opposing sides:
The preeminent issue in the debate is how much the price of cars "” gas, hybrids, plug-ins or whatever inventors come up with"” would rise if regulations dictate such standards. On one side are automakers, which warn that the highest targets could add as much as $10,000 to the price of a new car, devastating a U.S. industry that just two years ago was bailed out by the government.
And on the other side
are environmentalists, who dismiss the automakers' cost estimates as bloated and argue that the costs of investing in fuel efficiency are tiny compared with the effects of global warming and dependence on foreign oil. The proposal to raise the standard to 62 mpg, which would translate into "real world" average efficiency of about 45 mpg, is also backed by 17 U.S. senators, who last month issued a letter of support for a "maximum feasible" standard. "The cost of investing in clean car technology will be vastly outweighed by the billions saved averting the dangers of global warming," said Roland Hwang, transportation director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The debate, it seems, will turn on exactly what those passed-down costs to the consumer will be. Those figures are all over the map, depending on which source you choose (and the WaPo reporter offers a bunch). Towards the end of the article, he discusses some studies and surveys that suggest consumers aren't willing to pay higher up-front prices for more fuel efficient cars. UPDATE:I'll add that I found it odd that the WaPo piece doesn't mention the higher gas prices at the pumps, and how this might factor into the debate.


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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arrested top officials of the Adamawa State University for selling a N13 million government-owned Toyota Land Cruiser as scrap.
The commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a telephone interview with reporters.
Mr. Uwujaren said the vice chancellor of the university, Shall David Joshua, and the bursar, K.E. Anjili, were among those arrested.
“Our operatives in Yola, Adamawa State today arrested top officials of the Adamawa State University for questioning over the sale of a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser jeep as scrap to the former FRSC boss, Haladu Hananiya,” the EFCC spokesperson said.
It had on August 6 been reported how a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Haladu Hananiya, paid N150,000 for a new Toyota Land Cruiser SUV worth N13 million.
Mr. Hananiya is alleged to have used his position as former Chairman, Governing Council of the Adamawa State University, ADSU, to convert the vehicle to his personal property.
The university bought the vehicle on January 28, 2015, several months after the former FRSC boss ceased to be chairman of the institution’s board.
Seven days later, the car was passed to Mr. Hananiya who bought it off as scrap, paying a only N150, 000.
Mr. Hananiya was appointed chairman of ADSU governing council on August 16, 2014.
About two months into his four-year tenure; the state government sacked the board on October 8, 2014.
Investigation showed that the vehicle was purchased from AS Galadima Motors, located at Dawaki Junction, opposite Charley Boy Bus Stop, Kubwa Express Way, Abuja, with receipt number 0006 and sales invoice no: 0106.
A petition sent to the EFCC said that prior to Mr. Hananiya’s appointment, the university’s management passed a resolution empowering principal officers to retain official vehicles after paying the scrap value of N150, 000.
“Principal officers are entitled to retain their official vehicles once during their tenures after paying the scrap value of N150, 000; and if for any reason an officer leaves office after spending two years or half of the tenure, he shall pay the scrap value of N150, 000,” part of the resolution reads.


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Many studies have been dedicated to what remains of the very first inhabitants of the British Isles, to jewelry, stone, bronze, iron tools contained in the tombs; however, in the absence of written documents, little has been possible to reconstruct their very ancient events.
Some news has come around the tribes, perhaps Celtic and Iberian, who had gone there to exploit the tin mines of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
According to tradition, the island was visited by the Phoenicians and, in 550 BC, by the Carthaginian navigator Himilco. But the first to make it known were the Romans who landed there, under the guidance of Julius Caesar, in 57 BC. He pushed his ships to the coast of the country called Britannia (by the British inhabitants), or with the oldest name of Albion.
Caesar did not conquer the island, but landed there in two successive summers, in 55 and 54 before Christ, collecting many news on the territory and on the populations, to whom he imposed an annual tribute. The first real expedition to Britain was completed in 43 after Christ under the emperor Claudius.
The Roman occupation resulted in a fusion of the Latin elements with the indigenous population, since the legionaries of Rome, sent to the British island, after their service settled permanently in the region. See Countryaah for population and country facts about United Kingdom.
The largest part of the population is made up of the English with more than 80%, followed by the Scots with just under 10%, the British Irish with 4.2% and the Welsh with approx. 2%. Almost 6% of the total population have been immigrated from Commonwealth countries since the end of World War II. By far the largest of these ethnic minorities are the more than 850,000 Indians. Most of the members of the ethnic minorities live in the large urban agglomerations, especially in London. That is why there are always racist disputes here.
The population is extremely unevenly distributed.
A largely urbanized zone with a very high population density runs from the London area in a north-westerly direction via Birmingham to the Manchester / Liverpool area on the Irish Sea.
There is also significant internal migration in the country. Since 1960 the population in the area around London has grown extraordinarily. The south coast and south-west England also recorded similarly strong migration gains. Here are the preferred residential locations, especially for older, affluent population groups.
In contrast, Wales, Cornwall and most of Scotland and Northern Ireland are very sparsely populated. In addition to the capital London, the largest cities are Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Manchester and Bristol.
The Anglican Church is the state church in England. Catholics live primarily in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
In Great Britain and Northern Ireland, school attendance is compulsory from 5 to 16 years of age. Secondary schools follow the primary schools, which last up to the age of 11. They are mostly comprehensive schools, which cover the majority of secondary school students and have been mainstream schools since 1976. In addition to the state schools, there are a number of private schools, the public schools. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Rodean, in particular, play a major role in the training of executives, as do the renowned universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Saint Andrews.
As the country was conquered, many Britons adapted to the customs of the new rulers, who began to reclaim the land and build cities and roads, in many places still recognizable. But not all the islanders passively accepted the situation and fought for their independence, but to no avail. Once the island became a Roman province, it remained for 4 centuries. The greatest concern of the Romans was to preserve the country from the raids of the Nordic tribes of the Picts and the Scots. And they succeeded in building a series of fortifications connected together by a wall. The most important of these was ordered by the emperor Hadrian, between the Gulf of Solvay and the mouth of the Tyne. Its construction lasted from 122 to 127 and took the name of “Hadrian’s Wall”.
Other types of fortifications were the encampments or “castra”, of which remains in many city names, such as Lancaster, Leicester, Colchester, Winchester, Bath. But remains of considerable importance from Roman culture and civilization came to us with elegant villas, adorned with precious mosaics, beautiful statues and magnificent fountains.
Towards the fifth century the Juti, the Angli and the Saxons occupied the British territory and towards the end of the sixth century missionaries of Pope St. Gregory I began to spread the Christian religion in the country. The Angles and Saxons then established 7 small states, whose leaders bore the title of king, and were allies among them. One of these kings, Egbert the Great, formed, in 827, under the name of Anglia, or England, a single state. The Danish conquest followed, made by King Sveno in 1013, consolidated by Canute the Great, which ended in the early 11th century.
In 1042 Edoardo returned to the British throne, called the “Confessor”, who was later sanctified and who made use of the work of a noble councilor, Count Godwin. Edward, educated in Normandy, introduced many Norman customs to England and also spread their juridical culture. Among the churches that Edward built the most important is Westminster Abbey.
Upon his death in 1066, the king’s crown was offered to the son of the count of Godwin, Aroldo. During his reign, William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, landed in England at the head of a very powerful army of 60,000 men and defeated Aroldo in the battle of Hastings, in 1066. The king died along with many other English champions.
William was not loved by the Angles who in fact were greatly harassed by the new sovereign, who imposed serious tributes and arms on them; all to favor his Normans. Then he imposed French as the official language which, combined with the Saxon language, gave rise to the English language, considered intermediate between the Teutonic and the Romance. He died in France where he had gone to quell a revolt of barons.
The direct descendants died with William the Conqueror, in 1154 King Henry II was elected, with whom the dynasty of the Plantagenets, originally from France, began. He extended his continental domains to two thirds of France, obtained an oath of allegiance from the kings of Scotland and the Bretons of Wales and began the conquest of Ireland, which however he never completed. Even his conquests on French soil were soon lost under his sons and successors, Richard the Lionheart and John Senzaterra. The first left the kingdom to go to fight the Crusades; the second fought in Bouvines against Philip II Augustus of France and Frederick II of Swabia and was defeated. Then he suffered the rebellion of the clergy and barons and was excommunicated by the pope. To restore calm he had to grant the “Magna Carta”, with which the powers of the Parliament were defined, first composed only of the nobles and the clergy, then also of knights and bourgeois, so there were the “Upper Chamber” and the “Chamber of Commons”. But even with this concession he did not escape and was forced to flee and take refuge in Scotland.
From 1337 to 1453 England fought against France the so-called “Hundred Years War”, victorious in the early stages but disastrous at the end, and followed by the civil war, called the “Two Roses”, provoked by the ambitions of the two Lancaster families and York. This war ended with the marriage of Henry VII Tudor of the Lancaster House to Elizabeth of the York House.
Another serious crisis hit England because, despite all the prohibitions of Henry VIII, all the writings of Martin Luther, who had previously initiated the Protestant Reformation, entered and were read with particular attention. And since the king himself wanted to refute these writings, Pope Leo X named him “Defender of the Faith”. Subsequently, however, Pope Clement VII was antagonized, who had not recognized his divorce from his wife Catherine of Aragon as valid, to join in marriage with Anna Boleyn. So he proclaimed himself head of the Church in his country.
Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn, ascended the throne and the Anglican National Church settled, the kingdom reached its peak with the British Renaissance. Elizabeth, to partially remedy the execution of Maria Stuarda, designated her son Giacomo Stuart, king of Scotland, as his heir to the throne. He ruled under the name of James I, so Scotland was united peacefully with England, remaining the two kingdoms still distinct, and each retaining its own Constitution and Parliament. But James I, a Catholic and intolerant, caused bitter resentments of the British Parliament, which then poured out on his son Charles I, who was dismissed by Oliviero Cromwell and sentenced to death.
Cromwell took the title of “Protector” and Ireland was entirely subjugated under his protectorate. At his death, Charles II Stuart ascended the throne, who immediately proved to be an inept and was not better than him the successor James II who was expelled from Parliament. His son-in-law, William of Orange, was then proclaimed king, who with his constitutional government consolidated the kingdom and brought it back to great prosperity and power. Among the most important things he did was the alliance pact with Holland, the dispersion of the French fleet and the founding of the Bank of England. Dead without children, his sister-in-law Anna Stuart succeeded him, with whom the kingdom experienced one of the happiest moments in its history. The two Kingdoms of Scotland and England were merged into one with a single Parliament in London. Some wars were fought victoriously, for which the Spanish fleet was destroyed; France had to sell some North American possessions and from Spain it had Gibraltar and Menorca. At his death, childless, Giorgio Luigi, the elector of Hannover, ascended the throne with the name of Giorgio I: it was 1713. Other monarchs followed and each of them increased the power of England, even in overseas areas.
Under George III, problems began with the colonies of North America. In fact, taxes were imposed that the local populations did not want to accept, therefore they rebelled. And in 1775, under the leadership of General George Washington, 13 colonies united to fight against England. In 1776 at the Philadelphia Congress, these colonies proclaimed their independence.
After the war ended in 1783 with the recognition of the independence of the colonies, England found itself a few years later to fight the Napoleonic wars, which lasted from 1793 to 1815. And with the most brilliant episodes of the wars, both by sea and by land, this phase also ended.
The two traditional English parties, the “tories”, that is, the conservatives, and the “whigs”, that is, the liberals, fought over power but in 1837 Queen Victoria arrived on the throne, who was also proclaimed Empress of India, then possession English in Asia. During this time Britain extended its dominion over all the seas of the earth. After Vittoria’s death in 1901, there were other successors and the outbreak of the First World War with King George V.
With this war the kingdom had very important results, such as the annihilation of the Germanic military force; the disappearance of the German colonial empire in Africa and the division of Germanic submarine cables. And in this post-war period there were economic and social crises in Great Britain, as in almost all the countries of the world: here there were strikes by coal miners, the devaluation of the pound sterling, the end of the protectorate on the Egypt and in 1924 the foundation of the 1st Labor government, headed by Mac Donald.
After the death of George V, his son Edward VIII succeeded him. These, however, abdicated because the court ceremonial and the strict laws of the Crown did not allow him to marry an American divorcee, Wally Simpson. So he was crowned King George VI, Duke of York, in December 1936. He carried out an intense diplomatic and social activity and when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, he declared war on that state. It was the second world war. Britain, an ally of France and the United States of America, led by an exceptional character, Prime Minister Churchill, after a few years of war, achieved victory, not without huge sacrifices shared with self-sacrifice by the whole population. In February 1950 there were elections that brought the Labor party led by Attlee to government. The program envisaged: progressive implementation of the nationalization program for large industries, therefore a relatively planned economy; extension of social services; intensification of the “Austerity”. In foreign policy: collaboration with the states of the empire for the civilization and strengthening of the African and Asian populations and for the common defense; defense of British strategic and economic interests in the eastern Mediterranean and Asia; harmony with the United States of America and other countries that are part of the Atlantic Pact; defense of peace in the spirit of the United Nations, that is, rearmament. But the achievements of the Labor government were lower than expected, especially in international relations: but the diminished possibility of the kingdom’s initiative did not depend on government errors, but for historical reasons. Because there was precisely progress towards the slow but continuous unification of Europe; the rehabilitation of Franco Spain; the exclusion of popular China from the United Nations and the American protection of Formosa; the abandonment of Iranian oils; Maltese nationalism; the decreasing influence in Arab countries, such as Egypt and Jordan.
And so, in the October 1951 elections the conservatives prevailed and Churchill succeeded Attlee. On January 16, 1952, with a speech to Congress, he expressed full solidarity with the United States in the defense of South Korea and Formosa and asked the presence of American forces, at least symbolic, in the Suez Canal area. And on Feb. 6, with the death of George VI, she ascended the daughter of Elizabeth II to the throne.
After the Second World War what was the great British empire lost the colonies of Africa, America and Asia; it was called “Commonwealth”, ie free association of independent states. Whatever the form of local government, all Commonwealth states still recognize the sovereignty of the English monarchy.
As had already happened in the other countries affected and half destroyed by the war, also in England the general economic situation, seriously compromised, led to the application of a certain austerity. And here, to maintain the balance reached in 1952, the conservative government had to continue the fight against inflation. Improvements occurred, including the reopening of the gold market.

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This joystick is ideal for arcade machine and JAMMA machine projects. It is a good low-cost alternative to the Sanwa balltop joystick and can be set to either 4 or 8 way operation by adjusting the restrictor plate on the bottom.
This joystick has a good feel and a quick return to centre, very similar in feel to the Sanwa JLW-TM-8 joystick.
* Mounting plate - Length: 9.5cm x Width: 7.7cm
* Good alternative to Sanwa joystick
* Fitted with 4.8mm microswitches
* Ball top handle
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Bought for my first diy fight stick along with a zero delay unit. the microswitch terminals on the stick are 4.8mm which is a bugger because I ordered the 2.8mm option with the zero delay PCB as that's what my buttons were, no bother just 5 mins with a crimping tool and correct size spades apart from this little hiccuping I am quite happy with the performance of the stick!
In the past ive always bought Sanwa arcade sticks, but thought id give this one a try as its a nicer price. Upon arrival they looks very much like a sanwa stick. Fitted a pair into my cabinet, but noticed straight away that they felt a bit sticky/too much friction, and didnt always fully return to the centre when releasing the stick. I removed the shaft and actuators, gave them a bit of white grease, then rebuilt them. It has completely transformed them and they feel great to use. I would happily use them again instead of the Sanwa sticks
Basically, this is a cheap Sanwa JLW-TM-8 clone. As such, the build quality isn't 5 star: I had to tighten all the screws and sand off a nub of spare plastic on top of the stick (with very fine sandpaper!). There's also a slight moulding 'rim' running all the way around the the ball handle. For some reason, the underside of the dust cover is textured. Thus, I found it a bit noisy when it was sliding across the textured surface of my laminated control panel. I simply put a sticky label on the underside - cut to shape - and this solved the issue. There's also slight play in the dead zone (small movement in the stick before a microswitch is pressed). I also had to replace the supplied, square restrictor gate with a round one, as I simply couldn't play with it - but that may just be me. However, in use, I really can't fault this stick, especially at this price. I bought 2 and beat my Robotron hi score, first go. Nuff said. :)


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Killed 25-year-old man.
In Cherkasy region in the accident overturned and burned a tank of fuel. The driver died in hospital from his injuries, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to the Correspondent.
Stated that the accident occurred tonight on highway N-1 Kyiv-Znamenka
“According to preliminary data, around midnight, the driver of the car, the MAP with a trailer, lost control, slid into a ditch and overturned the vehicle carrying the fuel in the tank. The accident spilled fuel, which immediately broke out,” — said in the message.
During fire fighting, rescuers managed to find and take from the fire the driver, who suffered severe burns of the entire body.
“The victim was urgently hospitalized in Kamenskaya CRB. To save the life of 25-year-old man had failed, two hours from the received damages he has died,” — said in SSES.


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The News You May Have Missed: April 2021
Casting Pearls Before Canines
It pays to be a man’s best friend. Tennessee businessman Bill Dorris, who died last year, left $5 million to his eight-year-old border collie, Lulu. “He just really loved the dog,” said Martha Burton, a friend of Dorris’s who’d been watching Lulu for several years by the time Dorris passed away. Lulu is “a good girl,” she added. Dorris’s will specifies that $5 million is to be placed in a trust to provide for Lulu’s care, and that the dog should remain with Burton, who will be reimbursed for normal monthly expenses as approved by a conservator. It’s become more common for people to bequeath money to their pets. Hotelier and tax fraudster Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her dogs. Businesswoman Muriel Siebert left $100,000 to her Chihuahua named Monster Girl. And actress Lauren Bacall left $10,000 for the care of her dog (Fox News, Feb. 12).
Lost in Texas
The State of Texas inadvertently issued an Amber Alert for the “son” of the killer “Chucky” doll of horror-movie fame. The message described Chucky — star of the 1988 flick Child’s Play — as the 28-year-old redheaded suspect in the disappearance of his five-year-old son, the six-pound Glen. (“Glen Ray” was born in the 2004 sequel Seed of Chucky.) Glen’s “dad” was listed at 16 pounds and three feet tall. According to the alert, he was last seen wearing blue denim overalls with a multicolored, striped shirt, and “wielding a huge kitchen knife.” His race was listed as “doll.” The alert — typically involving missing children who may be in peril — was sent out via email three times to subscribers to the Texas Alerts System. The Texas Department of Public Safety issued an apology, saying the alerts were “a result of a test malfunction” and that it is “diligently working to ensure this does not happen again” (Huffington Post, Jan. 31).
Denmark’s Supreme Court sentenced a man to four months’ imprisonment for coughing at two police officers while shouting “Corona!” during a routine traffic stop (Reuters, Feb. 18). The incident, which took place in March 2020 when the country was under full lockdown, led to the defendant’s arrest on charges of threatening behavior, although he later tested negative for COVID-19. Similar incidents were reported across Denmark, partly reflecting declining public trust in the government’s handling of the crisis. Elsewhere, English and Welsh police registered 200 incidents a week of spitting or coughing at officers, usually preceded by the offenders’ saying they were infected. The Danish defendant, a man in his early 20s, was also convicted of fleeing the police following his preliminary questioning at the city court.
Can o’ Corona
According to a British mathematician, all the coronavirus circulating in the world could fit inside a single soda can (Reuters, Feb. 10). Using global rates of new infections, coupled with estimations of viral load, Bath University mathematics expert Kit Yates calculated that there are around two quintillion — or two billion billion — SARS-CoV-2 virus particles in the world at any given time. Detailing the steps in his calculations, Yates said he used the diameter of SARS-CoV-2 — at an average of about 100 nanometers, or 100 billionths of a meter — and then figured out the volume of the spherical virus. Even accounting for the coronavirus’s projecting spike proteins and the fact that the particles will leave gaps when stacked together, the total volume is slightly less than what fits in a single 12-ounce can of soda. “It’s astonishing to think that all the trouble, the disruption, the hardship and the loss of life that has resulted over the last year could constitute just a few mouthfuls,” Yates said.
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No matter how many horror or slasher movies come out, there are some that will always stand above them all as an iconic part of horror film history. At the top of the list is certainly Friday the 13th, and its first sequel, Friday the 13th Part 2. First coming out in 1980 and 1981, these films were considered game changers in the genre.
The films both center around a group of camp counselors at Camp Crystal Lake. In the first film, audiences were left on the edge of their seats as the young adults at the camp were picked off one by one by a mysterious killer.
The killer was ultimately revealed to be Mrs. Voorhees, and it’s her son, Jason, who ends up becoming the villainous killer in the second film. This lead to one of the most iconic killers in horror film’s pop culture history, and from there a franchise was born.
It’s been close to four decades since these films first came out, and they’ve been followed by nine more movies, numerous video games, and even comic books. But even the biggest fans of the franchise may not know all the crazy stuff that was happening behind the scenes on these first two films. So, let’s rewind the clock, and take a look back at the movies that started it all.
[post_page_title]Adrienne King’s life after Alice[/post_page_title]
Adrienne King’s character, Alice, was the triumphant hero of the first film, and the only one to survive Mrs. Voorhees murder spree. Many people were disappointed she such a small role in the sequel, but it was actually King’s demand that made the part that way. Her character had become so popular after the first film that she, unfortunately, attracted the attention of a stalker, which led to her decision to take a step back from acting for a long time. In the meantime, she married her husband Richard Hassanien, started a film production company, and pursued other forms of art. Eventually, she returned to show business by doing voice over work for several films, and then ultimately returned to the screen in 2010 with the movie, Psychic Experiment.


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Monday Showcase: Jazz - Josh Tagg Quintet
The Monday Showcase
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Tickets available on the door
Enjoy a lunchtime performance from some of our finest jazz students.
Forthcoming events in The Monday Showcase
The Monday Showcase is a series of free lunchtime concerts of varied music performed by Conservatoire students.
Forthcoming dates will be announced soon.

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City tours in Dresden | Day trips from Dresden
For decades Dresden and its picturesque surroundings attracts numerous tourists at any time of the year. While called Florence of the Elbe, Dresden is particularly impressive for its historic Old Town but also a lot of interesting objects in the area. At the same time, as the capital of the state of Saxony, it is of great importance as an administrative, industrial, scientific and commercial center.
Hi, my name is Witek and I have been living in Dresden since 2006, where for many years I have been guiding tourists, telling about the history of Dresden' historic buildings and the rich collections of paintings, porcelain and other valuables gathered there. As an art historian with the diploma of the largest university in the region - the Technical University of Dresden - I have the authority to show around the State Art Collections, including the Gallery of Old Masters at Zwinger, the Green Vault in the Residential Castle or as a licensed guide to the opera Semper. I am also a graduate of the musicology of the aforementioned university and organist of the Court Cathedral, where I try to impress my guests not only with the magnificent interior but also the unique Silbermann organs in this majestic temple. I also accompany groups visiting Saxon Switzerland and its historic castles - including the castle in Stolpen, the Königstein fortress, the Bastei rock formation in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, the cradle of the European porcelain Meissen and the castle Moritzburg.
Let the photos and short descriptions collected on this site be a foretaste of what I am trying to tell my guests with a pinch of humor. Naturally, with care to exhaust the subject without exhausting the listeners.
In the picture with Marian Sobkowiak, an exceptional man, a prisoner of German concentration camps, initiator of the collection for the reconstruction of the Frauenkirche church among his co-inhabitants of Gostyń, Poland. He died in February 2017.
Among the many historic buildings of the Dresden Old Town, some have been enjoying the unique interest of tourists for decades.
Undoubtedly, the most characteristic object in Dresden is Zwinger, a palace complex, which was built on the order of King August II Mocny as a place of court play. Here, the wedding of the successor of the Third Throne was celebrated by the successor of the throne. During the wedding, according to legends, wine flowed from the fountains in the courtyard and the courtyard was decorated with 60,000 lighted worlds. Today, Zwinger is more associated with the collections of paintings (Gallery of Old Masters), technical curiosities (the Mathematical and Physical Cabinet) and porcelain, available to connoisseurs with an inexpensive ticket.
A walk around the old town is worth starting from this place. In addition to the large historical significance of this one of the oldest squares in Dresden, it has a cultural landmark, but the square is surrounded by objects such as the Semper Opera, the Cathedral and Zwinger. The middle of the square is adorned with a statue of King Johann on a horse, from which he looks not at random in a certain direction. This ruler was honored in this way 16 years after his death.
The former Court Theater is certainly the favorite place of Dresden's social cream, which takes 1,300 seats in a carefully rebuilt and finished hall with excellent acoustics and perfectly equipped stage design machinery, admiring the operas and operettas of the world's greatest classics of all ages. To its theatrical past, this building, which has been rebuilt twice, refers by a numerous sculptures of artists associated with the drama, integrated into the façade. As a licensed opera guide, I tour groups in English, German and Polish.
Royal Castle - Wettin's Residence
The castle was heavily damaged during carpet raids in February 1945. Although we have the impression of completing all stages of the reconstruction when watching it from the outside, this process is still going on, for example, in the large courtyard. A curiosity of the small courtyard is the glass dome covering it, which is a masterpiece of modern engineering. From this courtyard, tourists enter the breathtaking Green Vault, which is the former royal treasury.
Cathedral - Court Church
The magnificent edifice of the Roman Catholic church in the very heart of the Protestant city must arouse curiosity (although the Protestant majority is only 18% of the total population, compared to 4% Catholics). Equally peculiar, it may seem that the establishment of this temple, now the seat of the bishops, was decided by the politician - King August II Mocny converted to Catholicism to embrace the Polish throne. The cathedral has an excellent organ of Silberman, it is the largest instrument of this organmaster, whose completion he did not live to see, but his eldest son took care of it. Because the instrument has 47 voices and 3000 flutes, it is characterized by exceptional sound and acoustics. As an organist, since 2006 I have been sitting at the counter to play Silberman organ on some services. The picture below shows the view from the choir.
The prince's retinue
The world's largest painting on porcelain (of Meissen!) can be seen in one of the streets of Dresden's Old Town. It depicts rulers from the Wettin dynasty, people from the highest spheres of the city and even the author of this work. Fortunately, this painting survived carpet raids only with minor damage.
This promenade, also known as the 'Balconies of Europe', is a great place for a short walk or a restful rest with views of the Elbe river and the hills of Radebeul on one side (where Karol May lived) and the rich Loschwitz district on the other. The ancient steam blades beneath the terraces below will take you to Saxon Switzerland or the city of porcelain - Meissen. Almost no one who walks on the terraces expects that European porcelain was born literally under their feet, in the walls of the fortifications of the former fortress of Dresden, on which the Brühl Terraces were created.
The Frauenkirche church
This protestant church is undoubtedly the most important component of the Dresden panorama. Although, after decades of duration in the ruin, it was erected only as a replica of the former technically imperfect object, it attracts crowds of tourists, because it supports many recovered elements from rubble, which sometimes causes the building to be called colloquially the "largest puzzles in the world". This church is also the background of important cultural events, because it is exactly here, where various artists, choirs, and orchestras from around the world present their art.
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My first week of walking went so well… and this week I have been finding every excuse not to leave the house for my walks.
Here’s my problem:
I hate routines!
I hate feeling like I have to do something – whether it is good for me or not – and I hate feeling bored.
Walking, in my tiny town, is an activity I equate with boredom, because there are only a couple of roads I can walk on, and thus my walks are the same every day.
I know this isn’t technically true, in the sense that Heraclitus noted “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” The streets are not static, either, despite being more set in place than a rushing river. There’s different activity along every street, everyday. Right?
But still, I wish there were more options.
I remember enjoying walks more in my youth. I lived in a suburb of Chicago, my house just a hop, skip and a jump from a 61-mile-long jogging and biking trail called the Illinois Prairie Path. I frequently left my house in a teenage huff, angry at my parents, my sister, or the world at large, and simply walked on that path until my boiling thoughts were calmed. I would even walk in the rain, happy that the weather was so awful as it both illustrated my mood and prevented obnoxious passers-by from giving me sprightly “Hello!”s as I moodily stalked up and down the path.
Part of my enjoyment of this path, rain or shine, was the fact that it stretched for miles in either direction, and seemed to offer an escape from the real world. Though it wound through my town, it also cut a straight line right through, pushing on to the next town over, physically removing me from situations when necessary, and offering the illusion of being in another world. It was, really, a bubble of nature in a world increasingly dominated by cars. The path itself also changed as you went along, from more open and exposed, to more quiet and tree canopied, crossing over highways on steel bridges, passing next to abandoned factories with their crumbling bricks and busted-out windows, curving alongside streams and – as per its name – flatter, open areas planted with prairie grasses.
A typical sight alongside the path in summertime:
The path was also paved with a fine gravel, perfect for walking, biking, jogging, kicking up clouds of dirt in frustration, or consumed by puddles for splashing moodily in the rain. Rather than walking a concrete sidewalk, the Prairie Path was a perfect escape from gridded city streets.
It even felt safe in the dark.
I walked there frequently, sometimes blasting my angsty teenage music in my headphones, sometimes just scrolling through a never-ending playlist of frustrations in my mind. I don’t think my parents ever knew that that was where I escaped to, when I blasted out of the house like a rocket fueled by anger. They thought I was going to a friend’s house (she lived on the other side of the path), probably. But instead, I disappeared.
The Prairie Path was my escape. It felt like my secret space, even when I knew others shared it. It was the perfect place to walk, even though it was essentially the same every day. It was a great place to lose yourself in thought, to walk fast and escape troubling thoughts, to commune with nature and to quietly meditate in motion. Sometimes I’d go by bike to see the miles fly by, but usually I preferred to walk. It was perfect.
And there isn’t anything like that in the town where I live now. I know there are hiking trails in San Diego, but I’m pining for that long, flat stretch of prairie to call my own.
I guess, at heart, I’ll always be a Midwestern girl.
And I think I may need to purchase a Prairie Path membership, since I’ve been pining for it lately, and I hope someone has been maintaining this path so that it’s still just as wonderful an escape as I remember it from my youth.
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After a week of high tension within the Mortal Kombat kommunity, today’s debut of a new trailer at Spike TV’s Video Game Awards
put all conjecture to rest: Kratos is confirmed for Mortal Kombat (2011)
While the demigod’s exact role within the game is still unknown, his initial rumoured inclusion in the PlayStation 3 version of the game had fans around the globe engaged in wild discussions. With his confirmation now complete, interest has shifted toward the Xbox 360 port and who could mirror Kratos on the other side.


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The men’s hockey team started its final stretch of ECAC games with a pair of wins and four points at St. Lawrence and Clarkson this weekend.
On Friday night, No. 14 Yale (9–4–3, 5–3–1 ECAC) beat St. Lawrence (9–10–2, 2–5–2 ECAC) for the second time this season, outscoring the Saints 5–3. Then on Saturday, the Bulldogs secured a 3–1 victory over the No. 19 Knights (4–12–5, 3–5–1 ECAC), who had beat Yale 1–0 when the two teams last faced off in November.
“We played really well as a team and had great goaltending [this weekend],” team captain Andrew Miller ’13 said. “Winning on the road is tough, and sweeping on the road is always big.”
This weekend’s triumphs were particularly big. Forward Antoine Laganiere ’13 noted that in recent years the Bulldogs have not had much success on the St. Lawrence/Clarkson road trip, so this weekend’s victories showed the team’s mental toughness and perseverance. The last time the Bulldogs won both games of this annual series was in the 2003–’04 season.
“That trip is a tough trip — especially with the amount of time it takes to get up there,” assistant coach Dan Muse said. “With those long road trips we have to do the little things well, and I think we did that in both games.”
The Bulldogs returned to conference play after a win, a loss and a tie in their three games during winter break — the Elis’ last nonconference games of the regular season.
“This weekend gave us some great momentum leading into the second half of the year,” defenseman Colin Dueck ’13 said. “We have nothing but league games left in the season, so every weekend and game is important. The league standings are still pretty tight — we have to keep putting some wins together and staying consistent.”
With this weekend’s sweep, the team is off to a strong start in the second half of the season. Friday night’s game saw five different Bulldogs score and goalie Jeff Malcolm ’13 make 36 saves. With the teams level at two goals each and nearly the same number of shots after the second period, the Bulldogs secured their two-point win in the final frame.
Forward Kenny Agostino ’14 opened the scoring with a goal at 12:53 in the first period with a wrist shot to the upper corner of the opposing net. St. Lawrence responded with its own goal just 25 seconds later, and scored again at 7:05 in the second. Top-scoring freshman Stu Wilson ’16 tied the game for Yale at 2–2 on a power play midway through the second period.
Yale successfully killed all four of its penalties on Friday night and converted two of its four power plays. The second of these goals came at 9:43 in the third period, when Antoine Laganiere ’13 tipped in a shot off an assist from forward Trent Ruffalo ’15. Nicholas Weberg ’15 extended the Bulldogs’ advantage with a goal at 13:09 off Miller’s 100th career assist.
St. Lawrence pulled within one only 26 seconds later but could not make up the difference after Miller scored an open-net goal in the final minute of play.
Dueck said Yale’s speed and “killer instinct” helped the team secure its wins this weekend “against a faster team like St Lawrence and a big, strong team like Clarkson.” But Laganiere noted that the team could work on its defensive play.
“I thought on Friday night, we could all have done a better job defensively, but the positives in our offensive game ultimately gave us a chance to win,” he said.
On Saturday, the Bulldogs got their payback for the Nov. 9 loss against Clarkson. Despite high energy and many shots from both teams, the first period ended scoreless. But Jesse Root ’14 broke the stalemate with a power-play goal at 6:24. Agostino then increased the Bulldogs’ lead to two with a goal shortly after.
Down 2–0 going into the third period, Clarkson battled back, outshooting the Bulldogs 11–9 in the final period. The Knights scored at 17:23, but an empty-net power-play goal by Clinton Bourbonnais ’14 sealed the victory.
“Clarkson pushed hard right to the end, but Malcolm made some big saves and we weathered the storm,” Dueck said.
Laganiere added that while the team wants to win every time it plays, Saturday’s victory was special after the team’s earlier loss to Clarkson.
“From the drop of the puck, although they played tough, we were determined to not let that happen again, and we didn’t,” Laganiere said.
Next weekend, the Bulldogs will take on Harvard and Dartmouth at Ingalls Rink on Friday and Saturday nights. Friday’s game will air live on NBC Sports Network.

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Two Chartwells executives appeared before the Holmdel Board of Education at a public meeting Wednesday night to explain how the sale of a non-approved product -- the anti-energy drink "Marley's Mellow Mood" came to be sold in Holmdel's middle and high school cafeterias.
According to Regional Vice President of Chartwells Nancy Quinn, the company's district manager, Jim Gillespie, made a monthly visit to Holmdel around Oct. 16 or 17th and had learned the onsite food manager had planned to sell Marley's Mellow Mood in the schools. The herbal drink is not approved to be sold in any of Chartwells' locations.
"After being told not to sell the product, the director proceeded with sales at the high school. And on Friday the 30th, the product was sold at the middle school," said Quinn.
"Several students at the middle school had an adverse reaction to the beverage and were ill. Both the administration and ourselves reacted immediately and removed all the product being sold."
"On Monday Dec. 3 we also removed the school dining director and replaced her with a new food service director. Our district manager Jim [Gillespie], the food service director and myself have already reviewed Holmdel's already established product approval process, with the district, and we understand that and we will strictly abide by that. We've also implemented an order review process to ensure that this mistake doesn't happen again," she said.
She added that Chartwells will be communicating directly with parents and guardians who had reactions to drinking the product.
According to board member Dennis Pavlik, seven students fell ill. One parent who spoke out at the meeting said his son was hospitalized with an I.V., and two others said their children experienced lethargy throughout the weekend.
In an answer to questions from the board about how long the drink was available, Quinn said the product was first delivered at the end of October. It was not sold in any other school district.
She said all future orders will be submitted through the District Manager for any vendors who are not already established in the Chartwells ordering system.
There is no criminal investigation at this time, said Quinn, and she could not say what the food service manager's motivation to independently order and sell the drink directly against her district manager's orders.
Superintendent Barbara Duncan said that the nutritional information on the website indicates it is not for sale for children. But there was no such label on the actual can for sale in Holmdel. According to Duncan, Marley company representatives said that in the original production that warning was not on the can. Later productions had that warning.
The superintendent said the school nurse made phone calls to parents on Friday and Sunday to check on the childrens' health and all students were back in class on Tuesday.
To comments from the public about a lack of communication about what was known, or not know, about the Marley's investigation as it unfolded in the last month, Duncan said she will be "more mindful" about reaching out to parents with updates. She also invited parents to contact her directly with questions.


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The European Union (EU) is changing completely with Merkel’s exit. With Angela Merkel enjoying a stronghold over the EU during her stint as the German Chancellor, the EU had to put up an anti-Russia face. However, it does not need to pretend to play the role of a Russian enemy despite Biden’s insistence on vilifying Putin.
Ukraine already seems to be complaining about how the EU is completely abandoning Ukraine to placate Moscow.
Ukrainian Defence Minister accuses Germany of ‘blocking’ NATO weapons supply:
In a major development, Financial Times has reported that Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov has accused Berlin of blocking the supply of NATO weaponry to Kyiv, even though the United States had warned of a possible imminent invasion by the Russian military.
Reznikov told the Financial Times that in the past month, the German government vetoed Ukrainian purchases of anti-drone rifles and anti-sniper systems via the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Germany however relented on the anti-drone rifles, after deeming them non-lethal.
Ukraine has been looking to bolster its military capabilities by acquiring anti-missile and anti-aircraft systems, electronic warfare kits and cyber defence equipment. Being Russia’s enemy, Ukraine has only NATO to look up to for securing the supply of such military equipment, which is why Kyiv keeps demanding more support from its EU and NATO allies.
However, EU allies led by Germany have been wary of supplying arms to Ukraine. They argue that if military equipment is supplied to Kyiv, then it might be deemed a provocation by the Kremlin, or even serve as an excuse for escalation by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reznikov’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline barb:
A clear disagreement is visible between Ukraine and the EU. In a veiled jibe at the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Reznikov said, “They are still building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and at the same time blocking our defensive weapons. It is very unfair.”
Towards the fag end of her Chancellery, Merkel undermined Kyiv’s position. She first nudged Biden to waive sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that starts from Russia, runs through the Baltic Sea and reaches Germany, by-passing existing supply routes via Ukraine. The gas pipeline kicks Ukraine out of the European gas supply economy and enhances Russia’s role in the European gas sector.
And now, Reznikov has dropped a bombshell by disclosing how Merkel vetoed NATO arms supplies to Ukraine. A desperate Ukraine is now looking to acquire arms through bilateral deals with other allies such as the UK, the US, France and Lithuania.
EU to shed pretence in its relations with Russia:
Ukraine is nudging its allies to arm itself against Russia. Yet, it is unlikely that any one of them will help Ukraine build military strength. With Merkel in power, the EU had a policy of issuing strong statements against Russia but not doing anything to provoke Moscow. Germany and other EU countries are dependent on the Russian gas supply and have not made any real efforts to diversify their supply sources.
Merkel herself did nothing to reduce Germany’s close business ties with Russia. A large share of EU exports to Russia came from Germany, and several German exporters got a substantial chunk of their business from the Russian Federation. German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Russia increased after 2015, the year in which sanctions were imposed on the Russian economy and German-Russian business ties remained tight even after the Pandemic.
Make no mistake, the EU was never in a mood to disturb its relations with Russia for Kyiv’s sake. Even with the Merkel administration’s public statements against Russia, the EU-Russia business ties were not compromised. However, with Merkel’s presence, the EU always had to be subtle and subdued in its relationship with the Kremlin. And now, the Olaf Scholz administration in Germany doesn’t even carry the baggage of issuing token statements against Moscow.
The German economy ministry, which is responsible for approving or vetoing weapons exports, and the German Chancellery have simply declined to comment on Reznikov’s remarks.
The Ukrainian Defence Minister himself seems to understand that the EU is going to work more smoothly with Putin. He did say that he was in a “very optimistic mood” on the question of obtaining missiles and other military equipment from the US and other Western powers, but could not confirm whether such supplies will arrive in time to deter a Russian invasion.
EU has new priorities like tackling a trade war with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Do not be surprised, if it spends more time weaponising Chinese human rights violations and punishing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), instead of staying fixated on anachronistic issues surrounding Russia and Ukraine.
Going ahead, the EU might continue making anti-Russia remarks on the Ukraine issue, but will never go as far as arming Ukraine and instigating a conflict that could leave millions of Ukrainians turning into refugees and fleeing to EU countries. With Merkel out of power, the EU could therefore find it a lot easier to work with Putin.
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SOUTH BEND, IN.- Each year the Museum looks forward to the spring exhibition of thesis art projects created by seniors and graduate students within the Art, Art History & Design Department. These are often provocative and demonstrate a broad awareness of the themes and processes of contemporary art. Museum visitors - particularly trustees, parents, and other VIP guests - are often challenged and always intrigued by the aspiring graduates' creations. The artworks range from installations, videos, industrial and graphic design projects, to more traditional art forms such as paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, ceramics, and sculpture.
The Snite Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Art History & Design will host a reception at the Annual BFA/MFA Candidates Thesis Exhibition on Sunday, April 5 from 2 to 4:00pm.
The awards ceremony will begin at 3:00 pm in the Annenberg Auditorium including the 2009 Efroymson Family Fund Emerging Artist Awards. For the third consecutive year, these are made possible due to a $10,000 grant award from the Efroymson Family Fund, a Central Indiana Community Foundation Fund.
The event and exhibition are free and open to the public.


Thu, 08 Jun 2017
Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 2–4 p.m.
Presentation at 2:30 p.m.
Town Hall, Oakville Room
Thursday, June 22, 2017, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Presentation at 7 p.m.
Town Hall, Cafeteria
Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Town Hall, Council Chambers
You are invited to attend and provide input at these meetings hosted by the Planning Services department and Planning and Development Council, respectively.
The primary purpose and effect of the proposed official plan amendment is to modify the text and schedules of the Livable Oakville Plan to implement the transportation and municipal stormwater networks approved in 2015 through the Midtown Oakville Transportation and Stormwater Class Environmental Assessment ("Midtown EA"), and to provide a revised local road network within Midtown Oakville.
The proposed amendment also includes changes to:
The proposed amendment will result in changes to the following parts of the Livable Oakville Plan: Section 8 (Utilities); Section 20 (Midtown Oakville); Schedule C (Transportation Network), Schedule D (Active Transportation Master Plan); Schedule I (Central Land Use); Schedule J (East Land Use); and, Schedules L1, L2 and L3 (Midtown Oakville Land Use, Building Heights and Transportation Network).
The proposed amendment described above replaces the previously proposed "Midtown Oakville OPA" (2014), and is broader in scope.
At this time there are no other applications, under the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, as amended, pertaining to the subject lands.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council c/o the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 0H3 or at email@example.com before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted:
Any submission to the Planning and Development Council, either in hard copy or in electronic format, must be forwarded to the Clerk’s department for receipt no later than noon on Monday, July 10, 2017, to ensure its availability to the Members of Council at the meeting. Individuals making oral submissions at the public meeting are requested to submit a written outline of the submission to the Town Clerk. All submissions should include the full name and address of the presenter.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Town of Oakville on the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the Town Clerk at the Town of Oakville, Clerk’s department, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON, L6H 0H3 or at firstname.lastname@example.org.
For more information about this matter, including a copy of the draft amendment and information about preserving your appeal rights, you may view the information on the Official Plan Amendment page, visit the Planning Services department between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or contact Lesley Gill-Woods, Senior Planner, Planning Services department at 905-845-6601, ext. 3261 (TTY: 905-338-4200) or at email@example.com.
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Gov. Cuomo weighed in today on the national debate over control – vowing to pass new state laws to crack down on illegal gun use and violence following shooting massacres in Wisconsin and Colorado – as well as the daily carnage on New York’s streets.
“The gun violence has reached an undeniable point,” Cuomo said. “I do believe it’s time to find out what else we can do.”
The governor, for example, said he supported a new microstamping law of ammo.
“We’ll discuss all the legislative proposals and see if we can come up with a consensus package,” he said during a press conference at his manhattan office.
Cuomo’s strong stand comes a time when when President Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney have ducked the politically explosive issue.


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Yara is a PhD Candidate in Food Science under Dr. Gary Reineccius at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Her doctoral research is focused on the characterization of off-aroma compounds inherent to the plant, through the isolation processes (e.g. pH precipitation and salt solubilization) for pea protein. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Yara served as an Instructor and Researcher at the Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista in Colombia and as a Project Manager in Food Application at Naturex S.A in France. Yara holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food Engineering from Corporacion Universitaria Lasallista and a Master’s degree in Food and Health from UniLasalle in France.

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coronavirus: The 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Dataset
An R package that consists of data for COVID-19 cases by state and province. The data are from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. See https://github.com/RamiKrispin/coronavirus for additional notes on installing the package and getting the most up-to-date version of it and the data therein.
An R package for COVID-19-related data from different data sources, including the European Union, the New York Times, the Centers for Disease Control, and Apple. Note the different options for installing the package and accessing the data therein. The author also provides some sample code for using and visualizing the data.
An(other) R package for COVID-19-related data. Instead of consisting of datasets, this package includes functions for accessing them. It also includes functions for creating graphs for COVID-19 deaths akin to those that are published in the Financial Times. See https://joachim-gassen.github.io/2020/03/meet-tidycovid19-yet-another-covid-19-related-r-package/ for an introduction to the package.
The Stata Blog: COVID-19
Various posts for Stata syntax to access COVID-19 data from Johns Hopkins University's GitHub repository for COVID-19 data, along with sample Stata syntax to clean and visualize the data via graphs and chloropleth maps.

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Yes, Your gut bugs love them!
Whole grains are grains like wheat, corn, rice, oats, barley, quinoa, sorghum, spelt, rye – when these foods are eaten in their whole form that have not been processed or refined. Yes, you can even include popcorn.
Wholegrains are essential for your health and well-being as they have antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties and may help with oxidative stress which has been linked to chronic disease and many health conditions. Eating more wholegrains has been linked to lower inflammation due to the specific nutrients found in wholegrains such as phytic acid, vitamin E, and selenium which are known to promote antioxidant properties.
How do I know if I'm buying whole grains?
To be classified as a wholegrain, the grains must be in their whole form or ground into a flour while still keeping the 3 parts of the grain, Germ, Bran and endosperm. This is why whole grains are a better source of fibre, antioxidants, B vitamins, folate, selenium, potassium and magnesium. It gets confusing because wholegrains can be single foods such as popcorn and brown rice but they can also be an ingredient such as flour which is why it’s so important to read labels and packets of what you are buying and eating.
What if I’m gluten-free?
Gluten-Free wholegrains include sorghum, quinoa, millet, oats (some), buckwheat, amaranth, teff, corn and brown and wild rice. Please always check the labels and different countries can vary.
How many wholegrains should I be having each day?
The recommendation is ~48 grams of wholegrains/day. 1 serve =16g
If you don't eat wholegrains then add them in slowly. Have quinoa in your salad, have some oats in your cereal, have brown rice balls for lunch. Your gut may need to adapt to them so take it slow and steady.
For a free resource on wholegrains, click here: https://www.healthmap.online/get-informed

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The specific activities of acetyl CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase were measured in the cytosol fraction of livers from chicks fed various levels of corn oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil free fatty acids, or crude (79%) oleic acid. Activities of both enzymes were depressed by the addition of fat to a fat free basal diet. The ratios of synthetase to carboxylase activity were greater than unity when up to 4% fat was fed, but less than unity when 8% or higher levels of fat were fed. The depressions of the activities of these enzymes appeared to be unrelated to the dietary level of linoleate. In in vitro experiments, 2 μM concentrations of palmityl CoA or oleoyl CoA depressed acetyl CoA carboxylase activity. Concentrations of 20 μM of these acyl CoA esters did not affect the activity of fatty acid synthetase.
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