Modern romance and the movies are arguably dependant on one another, as movies have a long history of affirming the idea(l) of the perfect relationship. Hollywood movies in particular have developed a mastery at the formula of bringing imperfect individuals together into perfect couplehood and framing marriage as the closure of all previous conflicts and difficulties. Many romance movies, thus, teach us what romance and couplehood are or, perhaps more dauntingly, what it should be. That romantic films are a staple in the box offices of commercial movie theaters to reparatory screenings or are marathon’d on television every Valentine’s Day is evidence of our ritual association of considering real-life romances in fictional terms. It is rare that movies, especially Hollywood, seem to do the opposite: reflect the distinction between ideal romance and the ostensible “reality” of relationships in all their complexity, grittiness, slow development, necessary problems, and (most of all) subtlety.
Perhaps the most evident turns cinema makes in this direction is in the break-up movie, that rare narrative that situates itself as a disruption from the normal mode of portraying couplehood through representing its antithesis, the dissolution of a couple. The most recent example is Blue Valentine, the great Cassavetes-style, character-driven psychodrama about a couple who continue making the wrong turns and can’t make it work despite, or because, of themselves. Breakup movies from the light – (500) Days of Summer – to the heavy – Blue Valentine – often self-consciously (either by testament from the filmmaker like in the latter example or in testament of the film itself, nuance be damned, like the former) articulate their calculated distinction from the typical romantic narrative formula. While the break-up movie doesn’t rear its head very often, but Blue Valentine and (500) Days are certainly with precedent.
So now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, let’s take a look at ten rare (but hardly comprehensive) examples of movies that dare to portray the other side of relationships.
Godard’s most aesthetically beautiful film is also his saddest in pure emotional (rather than political) terms. As a screenwriter named Paul works on a new adaptation of Ulysses for Fritz Lang, his beautiful wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot) is pursued by a shameless Hollywood producer. What begins as unstated tests of loyalty (Paul lets Camille go off to see what she will do, Camille gives Paul the chance to prove whether or not he will force her to stay) becomes an explosive realization of a love lost, decidedly reflective of Godard’s own divorce with his muse and wife Ana Karina. The film gets the anxious and maddening emotions surrounding jealously and possession exactly right while critiquing its own objectification (and, by association, that cinema at large) of the female body “owned” by one male or another.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Based on Edward Albee’s play, Virginia Woolf finds young stage director Mike Nichols making his first feature film about the crude, vulgar, childish, and vengeful fights (mainly through the use of the most brilliant of ugly language) between a couple who lost love long, long ago and are all too aware of this fact. Starring real-life on-and-off powercouple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, the film shows how unchecked animosity can grow into an awful parasitic force between a couple for which there is no cure, and the saddest part of it all is that the whole drunken charade is witnessed by a young couple who can’t help but eventually see the potential for a dark future of their own rearing its head if they’re not careful. Superficial invention of a life that could have been is the only thing that keeps the couple together long enough to tear each other a new one.
Annie Hall (1977)
When (500) Days of Summer’s narrator proclaims that “this is not a love story,” implying that this isn’t love as we normally come to see it in movies, the statement conveniently ignores one of the greatest love stories of them all, Annie Hall. It just so happens that one of Hollywood’s greatest romantic comedies was also one of its best breakup movies, and that’s because it treats both with equal sincerity. Falling in and out of love is painfully and comically real in this film (like when Woody Alvy Singer tries to recreate a favorite romantic memory over crabs with a new date), but the comedy is essential to the tragedy. This is a film for everybody’s honest breakup, for the time everybody has lost somebody special that they just weren’t mean for. And not since Jaws has a movie had such an influence on the way we think of sharks.
Bad Timing (1980)
Nicolas Roeg’s horrifying masterpiece would benefit from appropriating Contempt’s title. Of all the films on this list, it’s second only to Antichrist in how disturbingly it portrays a couple’s reluctant separation. It’s not enough simply to shut each other out for the dysfunctional pair at the center of this film (played by Teresa Russell and, in one of the oddest but surprisingly fitting casting choices ever, Art Garfunkel), they must destroy one another, first through sexual mind games (Garfunkel is a shrink, Russell a free spirit) then through violence in place where intimacy used to be. A story of what happens when one can no longer get off through control, Bad Timing’s nonlinear structure ingeniously literalizes how one loses a sense of time and space in a contentious, competitive relationship.
Mike Nichols returns to Virginia Woolf territory with this story of a love…square? Two couples play loyalty games with double crosses and twists and turns worthy of a Mamet thriller, except in this case the object of the con is emotion and affection. Once again adapting a play, Nichols has his characters act out their relationships almost completely through dialogue, resulting in some of the best/most terrible breakup monologues in recent cinema. As a result, all actual sex is shrewdly left off-screen, and the particularities of intimacy are just as shrouded from the audience as they are to the victims of the cheat. Intimacy is left in its natural place while talk of sex pervades, leaving the implicit competition of sexual performance up to audience imagination.
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
The divorce movie is but one subset of the breakup movie (or is it the other way around?), and Noah Baumbach’s breakthrough shows the breaking of the home at its most unflinching. This is the breakup movie told from the perspective of those whose lives have literally been created by the relationship and how the thing they formally considered to be eternal is coming apart. The result is a complete shift in the relationship between parents and children (the children each choose a favorite parent as they are being herded back and forth between living spaces) as well as an awful route to sexual awakening on behalf of the children (the horrible realization that the parent is a sexual being in the context of understanding one’s own burgeoning sexuality, either too soon or too late). Unlike many films, The Squid and the Whale treats divorce neither too lightly nor with hammed fists, simply bestowing a wincingly straightforward representation of reality.
The Break-Up (2006)
Nominally the most obvious film on this list while in so many other ways the seemingly most ill-fitting, The Break-Up, while hardly a great movie, provided a fascinating litmus test for what was ostensibly a tentpole summer rom-com. The film proved to be hardly funny at all, not necessarily because of a lack of inspiration like most studio films of the genre, but because it (at least, in the spirit of its marketing) attempted to mold something funny out of a subject that categorically isn’t. While seeing what was supposed to be a funny film about funny people breaking up, audiences realized that they don’t see or seek out many breakup movies for the precise reason that the film performatively proved (many comic setups have a depressing payoff to an almost subversive degree). What resulted was something of a contradiction: a failure of a big studio comedy while simultaneously something rarely seen in movies of its type and scale, that is, the uncomfortable lack of closure one experiences once they realize the couple isn’t getting back together and everything is messy and unfunny rather than happy and neat. One can’t make a film without a breakup without really making a film about a breakup.
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Sam Mendes’s return to suburbia finds the likenesses of the 90s’ most beloved fictional couple reunited to enact a story of Eisenhower-era repression, the façade of love and contentment, and yet another couple whose difficulties manifest themselves in increasingly contentious fights and, ultimately, an act of violence. While reiterating what everything from Nicholas Ray to Mad Men to Far From Heaven have already told us about the era, Revolutionary Road is ultimately a story about the house as a prison, an inescapable cage of conformity and complicity where fantasies and ideals go to die. It’s ultimately not the couple itself that’s responsible for their own unhappiness: it’s those darn 1950s.
Everyone Else (2009)
Essentially to Germany what Blue Valentine is to the US, Maren Ade’s film explores the dynamics of a married couple whose bond is tested by the seeming nuance of small personality traits that gradually but tumultuously push the couple into incompatibility. Everyone Else is remarkable for its subtlety in dealing with the small tics and teases that may or may not make up the characters’ demise. That the fate of the couple remains shrouded is essential: if they stay together, the represent simply yet another couple who have problems in growing intermittently closer and further away as time goes on and as dreams die, a couple that exists pervasively but one rarely shown onscreen; if they break up, this is a break-up film that reaches its climax not through the chaotic accumulation of bad will but simply through the breaking point of monotony. The couple is never portrayed as wholly loving or unloving, once affectionate and now distant; instead, the film portrays the difficulty of relationships as an oscillation between the two.
Lars von Trier’s retelling of Biblical legend’s very first couple is terrifying in its effect because of its dual familiarity and abstraction. The couple here is torn apart through the death of a child, a routine but affecting cinematic story told time and again in anything from In the Bedroom to Rabbit Hole. At the same time, however, the repercussions of this disunion are of Biblical proportions. The psychiatrist-patient relationship suggests trouble brewing implicitly long before the events of the film, but the despair at the loss of the being the couple’s union has created takes on a life of its own, literalizing every awful emotional pain one could feel from an emotional schism through manifesting a series of explicit and gory schisms relating the couple’s physiology. Worst. Breakup. Ever.


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Leicester City are expecting both Newcastle United and Watford to come in for Islam Slimlani in the January transfer window, following his frustrating season with the Foxes.
The Club's record signing, bought from Sporting CP in August 2016 for £30m, has failed to properly acclimatise himself with 2015/16 Premier League champions, and is yet to register a goal in the league in 10 appearances this campaign.
In light of this, City are thought to be willing to listen to offers for the Algerian, with the Hornets and the Magpies the most prominent suitors, according to the Daily Mail.
Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez's interest in the 29 year old has been well documented, although the uncertainty surrounding the financial future at St James' Park could put a spanner in the works.
Despite the forward's discontent, and Leicester's purported willingness to engage in discussions, Newcastle's takeover confusion has clouded proceedings.
With budgeting concerns an issue, a loan deal is thought to be the preferred course of action in the north east, but Leicester are less amenable to such an outcome.
Newcastle's current strikeforce has flatter to deceive so far this campaign, with Joselu, Mitrovic and Gayle all struggling to make their mark, ammounting seven goals between them in the League.
Accordingly, a fresh striker is number one on Benitez's wishlist for January, with Slimani a longtime target for the Spaniard.
Similarly, Watford held considerable interest in Slimani throughout the summer, with Marco Silva at the time admitting the forward would 'definitely' improve his squad.
Once again, a loan deal is the club's ideal scenario, although Leicester's desire for immediate funds to bolster their pursuit for Benfica's full back Andre Almeida may force both parties into a more permanent switch.

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A city councillor has accused City Hall of neglecting law-abiding residents in a Ballybane housing estate who have had to deal with mounting health hazards as a result of illegal dumping.
Speaking at a meeting of the Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) for Environment, Recreation and Amenity, Independent councillor Colette Connolly said that residents were “sick, sore and tired of the inaction of the Council” and claimed the local authority was “doing nothing” to improve the situation.
Fána Glas has become a black spot for illegal dumping with a small number of residents disposing of rubbish in common areas of the estate.
Items such as broken-down cars, dumped mattresses and scattered household waste – as well as illegally-parked caravans – have blighted the area for a number of years.
Several attempts to tidy the area in the past, by means of community clean-ups and Council-led operations have failed – with the status quo returning shortly after the work is completed.
Cllr Connolly said that it was unacceptable that a small number of residents were able to behave in this manner and called for action from the City Council.
“I am told that there are rats up there now – this is a repeat performance of what we had when Hillside was there.
“It is disgraceful to treat law-abiding residents in this manner,” she exclaimed.
Cllr Connolly demanded that the Director of Services for Housing take direct action and said that those residents who have no regard for their tenancy agreements should be severely reprimanded.
Administrative Officer in the Environment and Climate Change Department, Helen McDonagh, refuted claims that the Council were doing nothing and said that they would soon be piloting a new anti-dumping initiative in Ballybane.
The Council have secured funding for the pilot scheme and as part of its ‘Managing your Waste, Caring for our Environment’ campaign and has been working with residents’ associations and city councillors in the area.
“We held a public meeting in August and invited all the residents in Ballybane where we outlined the initiative. We want people to come in and work with us and we will be sending out press releases and leaflets.
“We will be doing clean-ups but they will only happen after the campaign; we need people to tell us when dumping is happening,” said Ms McDonagh.
In a recent Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey carried out by An Taisce, Ballybane was declared ‘clean to European norms’ – with a significant improvement in the area’s cleanliness noted in the results.
However, Fána Glas was highlighted as an area that remained in need of attention.
The survey found that many individual properties in the estate were very well-maintained while others were quite neglected.
It described the overall impression of the estate as one of terrible neglect – overgrown, weeded and heavily littered.
Voice of ‘Big O’ reflects on four decades
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – The daytime voice of Big O Taxis is celebrating four decades in the role – and she has no plans to hang up her headset any time soon.
Roisin Freeney decided to seek a job after staying at home to mind her three children for over a decade. It was 1981 when she saw an advert in the Connacht Sentinel for a dispatch operator.
The native of Derry recalls that the queue for the job wound its way past Monroe’s Tavern from the taxi office on Dominick Street.
“There was a great shortage of work back then. I nearly had a heart attack when I saw the line of people. My then husband who was giving me a lift in never thought I’d get the job, he was driving on past and I said, let me off.
“I got it because I worked as a telephonist in the telephone exchange in Derry. But I was terrified starting off because I hadn’t been in the work system for so long.”
Back then Big O Taxis had only 25 drivers and just a single line for the public to book a cab.
“We had an old two-way radio, you had to speak to the driver and everybody could listen in. It was easy to leave the button pressed when it shouldn’t be pressed. People heard things they shouldn’t have – that’s for sure,” laughs Roisin.
This is a shortened preview version of this article. To read the rest of Róisín’s story, see this week’s Galway City Tribune. You can buy a digital edition HERE.
Baby boom puts strain on Galway City secondary schools
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – A baby boom in the late 2000s has left parents of sixth class pupils in Galway City scrambling to find a secondary school place for their children next September – with over 100 children currently facing the prospect of rejection from city schools.
The Department of Education is now rushing to address the issue and confirmed to the Galway City Tribune this week that it was fully aware of increasing pressure and demand on city schools
Local councillor Martina O’Connor said there were 100 more children more than there were secondary school places for next year, and warned that this would put severe pressure on schools to increase their intake numbers.
“This will put a lot of pressure on schools because they will have been working out the number of teachers and what resources they would need in October or November last year and they could be facing a situation where they will be asked to take an additional eight or 10 students.
“There would normally be a small excess – maybe two or three – but this year, it’s over 100. There is a bigger number of children in sixth class this year and there will be the same issue for the next few years,” said the Green Party councillor.
A Department spokesperson said while there were capacity issues, factors other than numbers could be at play, adding that there were approximately 1,245 children in the city due to move onto secondary school in September.
This is a shortened preview version of this article. To read the rest of the story, see this week’s Galway City Tribune. You can buy a digital edition HERE.
GMIT warns partying students they are delaying return to campus
From this week’s Galway City Tribune – Partying students have been told their actions have impacted GMIT’s plans to re-start practical classes on campus – and Gardaí are monitoring the city’s bus and train stations to catch those breaking the 5km travel restriction by returning home for the weekend.
College authorities said the current “extremely serious outbreak” of Covid-19 among students in Galway City was caused by a small minority who are “moving and mixing between different households”.
Following a meeting with Gardaí last week, GMIT contacted all students to clarify that because there are no ‘onsite’ classes, there should be no need to travel for educational purposes.
“The Gardaí have notified us that there will be checks at the bus and train stations to implement the 5km travel rule, as well as checkpoints on the roads, and that fines will be given for any non-compliance with this rule,” students were told.
In a separate communication issued this week, the college’s Covid Officer appealed to students to abide by the rules.
“This outbreak has had an impact on our plans with regard to return to onsite practical work, with consequences for all students.
“We are appealing to all students to comply with all Covid restrictions and in doing so, to help ensure that those students who have to return to onsite practical work can do so,” the email read.
Many students from outside the city have opted to stay in their accommodation for access to better broadband.
This is a shortened preview version of this article. To read the rest of the story and more coverage of Covid figures and vaccinations, see this week’s Galway City Tribune. You can buy a digital edition HERE.


Mastering Microsoft Teams: Top 5 Tips for Richmond Businesses
Remote work and virtual collaboration have become the new normal, even here in Richmond, VA. With organizations and teams spread across different locations, the need for efficient communication has never been more critical. Enter Microsoft Teams, the versatile and powerful platform that brings teams together and transforms the way we work.
Whether you’re a seasoned Teams user or just getting started, today we’ll provide you with 5 of our favorite tricks to unlock its full potential. From enhancing productivity to streamlining communication, these tips will empower you to make the most of this robust collaboration tool.
Are you ready to take your Microsoft Teams experience to the next level? Let’s get started.
1. Save Teams messages for later
Saving messages in Microsoft Teams is a simple yet powerful way to preserve important information for future reference. Saving a message will store it in your Saved list, which you can access later by clicking on your profile picture or initials and selecting “Saved.”
By utilizing this feature, you can ensure that crucial information, valuable insights, and significant discussions are readily available, empowering you to stay organized and never miss a beat in your collaborative endeavors.
If you want to save a message to read later, it’s simple to mark it as saved or unread.
Go to the top of the message and then select More Options Ellipses > Save this message or Mark as unread.
To see a list of your saved messages, select your profile picture at the upper-right corner of Teams, then choose Saved. You can also type “/saved” in the search bar to bring up a list of your saved items.
2. Get someone’s attention
In Microsoft Teams, getting someone’s attention is made easy through the use of the @ symbol, marking a message as important, or marking it as urgent.
To grab someone’s attention in a specific conversation or channel, simply type the @ symbol followed by their name or select their name from the suggested list that appears. This will notify the person directly and ensure they receive a notification for the message.
Additionally, if a message contains crucial information or requires immediate attention, you can mark it as important by selecting the exclamation mark icon in the message input box. This visually highlights the message and emphasizes its significance.
For urgent matters that require immediate action, use the exclamation mark icon with a red background. This marks the message as urgent and triggers an urgent notification for the recipient, ensuring they are promptly informed. These features help streamline communication, improve responsiveness, and ensure important messages are noticed and acted upon in a timely manner.
Be sure not to overuse the important and urgent options, though, or your contacts may stop treating your messages with the urgency you’re looking for!
3. Use Live-Captions in meetings
Using live captions in Microsoft Teams meetings can significantly enhance accessibility and communication. Live captions provide real-time text transcription of spoken words during a meeting, making it easier for participants to follow along, especially for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, have language barriers, or prefer reading text.
Personally, I use it to make sure I’m catching everything. Conversations about technical items are easy to get lost in – sometimes I need to scroll back and make sure I’m understanding what we’re talking about.
It also comes in handy when you haven’t quite been paying close attention for the last couple minutes of that conference call!
Turn captions on and off
- To use live captions in a meeting, go to your meeting controls at the top of the screen and select More > Language and speech > Turn on live captions.
- To stop using live captions, go to the meeting controls and select More > Language and speech > Turn off live captions.
If you’re using the desktop app on Windows or Mac, you can customize the font size and color, increase the number of lines displayed, and change the positioning of the captions in the meeting window.
- To the right of the captions, select Settings .
- Select Caption settings.
- You can then choose from language and style settings.
4. Optimize Teams notifications to stay focused
There are a few ways you can optimize Teams notifications and strike a balance between staying informed and minimizing distractions. By fine-tuning your notification settings, you can ensure that you receive alerts for crucial messages while minimizing interruptions during focused work.
Customize your notification preferences
To access notifications settings
- Click on your profile picture or initials at the top right corner of the Teams interface, then select Settings
- Navigate to the “Notifications” tab.
- Choose which types of activities trigger notifications, such as mentions, replies, or likes.
Be sure to select the options that are most relevant to your role and responsibilities, and consider disabling notifications for less critical activities. Be sure to check out Microsoft’s instructions for customizing all the different notification types available.
Utilize Quiet Hours
Quiet hours allow you to define specific time periods during which you don’t want to receive any notifications. It’s particularly helpful during concentrated work sessions or when you want uninterrupted time for deep focus.
In the Notifications settings, you can configure your preferred quiet hours to align with your work schedule and maintain uninterrupted productivity.
- Open the Teams app on your mobile device and tap your profile picture in the top left corner.
- Select Notifications, and under Block notifications select During quiet time.
- Set specific times and days to mute notifications on that device.
- To mute notifications during certain hours, turn on the Certain hours toggle and select which hours of the day you want notifications muted.
- To mute notifications during select days, turn on the All Day toggle and select which days of the week you want notifications muted.
- To sync your quiet time schedule across all your mobile devices, switch on the Set on Teams and Outlook toggle. Schedules will sync across all Teams and Outlook mobile apps that are signed into the same Microsoft account.
Other people won’t know if your notifications are muted. To let others know you’re unavailable or when you’ll return, be sure to set a status message in Teams.
During quiet time, you won’t receive sound or push notifications from Teams. However, when you open the Teams app on your device, you’ll still be able to view new message or activity notifications.
Put ’em on Mute
Another valuable technique is to leverage the “Mute” or “Do Not Disturb” (DND) mode selectively.
Muting a conversation or channel temporarily silences notifications for that specific thread, while DND mode silences all notifications across Microsoft Teams. These options are useful when you’re engaged in a task that requires your undivided attention, but you still want to remain available for urgent messages from specific individuals or channels.
When you mute a chat, you’ll still be included in the conversation, but you won’t get notifications from it.
- Select Chat to open the chat list.
- Next to the conversation you want to mute, select More options > Mute.
- If you change your mind, just select it again and unmute it.
If you want to make sure people know when you’re busy or away from your desk, set your status. The little dot on your profile indicates if you’re available or not. Teams will automatically set the status in some cases, like when you’re in a call.
To explicitly set it yourself, go to your profile at the top of Teams and select one from the list.
You can also update your status from the command box. Type /available, /busy, /dnd, /brb, /away, or /offline to set your status as Available, Busy, Do not disturb, Be right back, Away, or Offline.
5. Use the Activity Feed
Instead of relying solely on notifications, regularly check your Activity feed to catch up on missed messages and updates. The Activity feed consolidates all the recent activities, including mentions, replies, and other important interactions, allowing you to stay informed without being continuously interrupted by real-time notifications.
Select Activity to view your Activity feed and see everything that’s happened in the channels that are in your teams list.
Select Filter at the top right corner of the feed to show specific types of messages such as @mentions, replies, and likes.
You can select the Unread Only toggle to limit your view to unread notifications.
When a red circle appears next to Activity, you have a notification—such as an @mention or a reply—in your feed. These notifications remain in your feed for 30 days.
By implementing these optimization strategies, you can strike a balance between staying connected and focused, reducing unnecessary distractions, and ensuring that you stay up to date with important messages in Microsoft Teams.
If your organization would benefit from having a dedicated IT team help customize your Teams deployment, get in touch with us. We have the tools and experience necessary to optimize Teams for your team – and even set up a customized VoIP system. Teams is incredibly powerful. Make sure your company is at the forefront of Microsoft tech with Hermetic Networks as a partner.


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Known for its rich cultural heritage, the city of Gwalior has played an integral role in Indian history from ancient times, through the medieval era, and later during the Moghul and British colonial rule. The bustling city atop a hill, is dominated by the Gwalior fort which has been the battleground for many struggles for power. Today Gwalior is an important tourist destination due to its historical and architectural significance. Gwalior according to ancient history was Gopalkash, said to be the same place where Bhima from the epic Mahabharata attained victory. Archeological excavations reveal that the city dates back to the middle Stone ages and Iron Age.
Orchha is located on the banks of the Betwa River and lies 15 km away from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. Orchha’s prime attraction is the Orchha Fort. The fort has many connected buildings which were built during the rule of different ones. Two of the most well known of these are the Jahagir Mahal and Raj Mandir. Two of the well known temples of the town are the Chatur Bhuj temple and the Raj Mandir.
Mentioned in ancient texts as Daityavakra, Datia is a large district which is known for Buglamukhi Devi Temple, Siddhapeeth of Shri Peetambra Devi, Gopeshwar Temple and Sonagiri, a sacred Jain center. These are highly popular pilgrimage spots and on festivals, thousands of devotees come here to worship. You can also visit the fort and state museum here. Another huge attraction is Jahangir Mahal built in 1620 AD and is known to have 400 rooms within the palace. It is a seven storied marvel with a towering height of 130 feet. The unique aspect is that two stories are underground.
Khajuraho is known all over the world for its temples, which belong to the medieval Hindu and Jain period. Temples in Khajuraho are divided into various groups such as the Western group and Southern group. Structures like the Adinath Temple, Chitragupta Temple, Devi Jagdambi Temple, Dulhadev Temple and Kandariya Mahadev Temple are a few of the many renowned temples of this historic city. Other attractions in Khajuraho beyond temples are the Dhubela Museum, Jain Museum, Ajaigarh Fort and the Beni Sagar Dam.
Located at the north of the Narmada River, the place is a rocky area surrounded by low hills and lakes. There are many popular destinations to visit in Jabalpur namely the Rani Durgavati Museum, Madan Mahal Fort and Dumna Nature Reserve among others. The Kanha National Park and the Pench National Park near Jabalpur also major attractions of Jabalpur.
Pachmarhi the saucer shaped hill station is fondly known as the ‘Queen of Satpura Ranges’. The Victorian churches, bungalows and cemeteries render a colonial atmosphere to the town. The pristine hill station is surrounded by forest area. The tribal communities of the Gonds and the Korkus are the native inhabitants of the area. Some of the major attractions of Pachmarhi are Satpura National Park, Jata Shankar cave, Pandav caves, Fairy Pool and Big Falls.
Kanha is very popular for its rich flora and fauna and because of this Kanha is considered as one of the finest national parks in Asia. The national park houses some rare species of swamp deer, tigers, leopards, wild dogs, wild cats, fox and jackal. The other varieties of wildlife found here include Indian Bison also known as Bos gaurus that are seen here when the winter ends. Other attractions in Kanha is the Kanha Museum.

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What is the global food waste challenge and ambitions?
The global perception of the issue of food waste changed 10 years ago, when the FAO estimated that
“around 1/3 of the world’s food was lost or wasted between farm and fork every year.”
This represents an economic loss of $1 trillion dollars and 8 billion tonnes of unnecessary carbon emissions. According to Drawdown, one of the world’s leading resources for climate solutions, reducing our food waste is the number one solution to combat climate change.
Since the FAO released their food waste estimation, many global and national bodies have implemented action plans to address the food waste challenge.
In 2015 the United Nations and its 193 Member States signed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in which 17 interlinked Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were established to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for the planet and its people. Reducing food waste is key to delivering SDG ambitions as set out in SDG 12.3;
“By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.”
So how is Ireland performing against these food waste targets?
Source: Food Waste Charter.ie
Ireland generates over 1 million tonnes of food waste per year, not including food loss from agriculture. But where is this food waste coming from? According to the EPA, 55% of food waste in Ireland is generated by the processing sector and 45% by commercial and household sectors.
Annually, Irish households produce over 250,000 tonnes of food waste, with an average cost of €700 per household. While the commercial sector (food wholesale, food retail and food service) generates an estimated 200,000 tonnes of food waste each year.
How is Origin Green and its partner organisations addressing Ireland’s food waste challenge?
Origin Green is Ireland’s pioneering food and drink sustainability programme. The programme is the worlds’ only national food and drink sustainability programme, and enables the industry to set and achieve measurable sustainability targets that respect the environment and serve local communities more effectively. The programme now encompasses over 300 member companies comprising of manufacturers, retailers and food service operators. Origin Green members commit to a mandatory mix of target areas specified by the Origin Green Charters; Manufacturing, and Retail and Foodservice. The mandatory areas, from which targets are set, form the basis of a business’s 5 year sustainability plan.
Addressing the food waste challenge is a key priority for manufacturing members under their waste target. Within their waste target, they will identify if food waste occurs in their operations, and if so will seek to integrate company-wide actions to increase food waste prevention across their operations. At the retail and foodservice sector, food waste is a mandatory target for all members.
The establishment of Origin Green member’s food waste targets are only possible through the support they receive from EPA’s Stop Food Waste Programme and FoodCloud. These two organisations are leading the national charge in achieving SDG 12.3 in Ireland.
EPA’s Stop Food Waste Programme is the national food waste prevention campaign, providing guidance and resources to help consumers reduce food waste. Through a combination of education, training, local champions and national promotion (media and social), the programme aims to raise consumer awareness and empower citizens to change their behaviour to reduce their food waste. The EPA also provides the industry with research that is necessary to prevent food waste and help identify the areas with the greatest potential for food waste reduction. Food waste mapping of commercial sub-sectors was carried out, which found that four sub-sectors - food retail, accommodation, food service (i.e. restaurants) and workplace canteens – account for up to 75% of commercial food waste in Ireland. Origin Green encourages its members to sign the Food Waste Charter and get involved in the EPA’s activities.
FoodCloud, works with retailers and food manufacturing businesses across Ireland, most of which are Origin Green members, with the objective of rescuing good quality food from the Irish Food Industry’s supply chain. This social enterprise connects food producers, manufacturers and businesses who have surplus food with charities and community groups across Ireland, through the use of its retail app and 3 FoodCloud Hubs. According to the FoodCloud Annual Report, an average of 2,200 tonnes of food is rescued annually by their operations, working with and supporting over 800 Irish Community Groups. FoodCloud also runs successful Gleaning Projects, which involves salvaging leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest.
Origin Green is committed to working alongside these key partner organisations and the Irish Food, Beverage and Horticulture Sector to continue to build on existing good practice to help Ireland meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.


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some of you might remember my numerous half-realized attempts at becoming vegetarian, but now that my health is becoming even more important to me, i’ve got even more resolve to make the leap. with so much research leaning towards vegetarianism as the more healthy, environmentally responsible and economically practical option, it seems just plain stupid for me (and i really mean me, not you) to keep eating as much animal derived food as i do. i don’t eat much red meat anyway and i’m lactose intolerant, but i still love cheese and chicken and the odd turkey burger.
anyway, this “third option” seems so doable! 5 days veg, 2 days whatever i want. i suspect that at some point, i’ll lose my appetite for animal products all together. that’s the goal. check out the clip on tedtalks (via knowing is helping)
oh shit…. i wonder if there’s a vegan ice cream place like this. sounds so good.
actually! there is! just down the block from sundaes and cones in fact. it’s called stogo. i’ve never tried their treats so i can’t vouch for the quality. they offer sorbet and dairy-free ice-creams made with soy, coconut milk and hemp in a delectable menu of flavors! here’s a sample: mexican spiced chocolate, cinnamon raisin cookie, pomegranate chocolate chip and salted caramel pecan… yum!
lies! lies! lies! lies! LIES! all you vegans out there, i ought to give each of you a swift kick in the rear for this! this crap you try to pass off on me as cheese?! HA!
great, yea, it “melts” like cheese and it stretches like cheese. it even kind of looks like cheese, but by no means does this pass for cheese! not in consistency. not in smell. and definitely not in taste… that’s the most important part!
daiya! ha! crap i tell you! CRAP! marshmellowy, oddly tangy-sweet crap in a bag… specifially made to send me into a food rage! grrrr!
at least the rest of dinner—hearty minestrone and a massive greek salad—was good :)
edit: i ordered a slice of pizza made with daiya cheese. so i haven’t bought this and i don’t think i’ll be purchasing it to cook with. i can’t imagine a mac + cheese with this *barf!*
well, I guess we have a winner by unanimous vote! I saw the whole soy & co. yogurt and went for the cheaper brand ($.50 difference). I guess I got what I paid for.
going grocery shopping a little later. I’ll be sure to pick some up!
feeling annoyed this morning because i bought this stoneyfields o’soy yogurt, excited to find a relatively cheap (99¢) soy alternative to my favorite breakfast meal. but alas, this tastes like vanilla flavored ass and the texture is not at all appetizing. adding insult to injury, there’s milk in it! the ingredients read:
CONTAINS SOY AND MILK (OUR LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES ARE MILK BASED)
what’s the point?! i didn’t bother finishing the cup. i’m cranky. and i’m still hungry :(
alsoooo, quitting cheese is turning out to be way harder than i anticipated. get a plate of baked macaroni or vegetable lasagna in front of me and my salivary glands revolt against me! it’s funny how your brain tries to play tricks on you. tricky tricky!
i’m trucking along though. i’d be hella grateful if anyone had a soy yogurt or dairy-free yogurt alternative to recommend.
thanks so much b! i’m hoping to make this a summer of home-cooked picnics in the parks and lots of culinary experimentation (the best part!). indeed, i will for sure be posting my progress and victories on tumblr. i figure if i can be successful at this, i can persuade my mom into dropping dairy and going veg too. but small steps and one at a time…
step 1: milk-free
so, i stumbled across this article about greener milk and i’ve just decided to give up dairy products all together. i don’t drink milk anyway, but this and so many other pro-vegetarian articles that’ve fallen into my lap the past few weeks has completely turned me off to milk products. dairy makes me mucusy anyway and despite my love of cheesy dishes, dairy generally makes my stomach upset. from the recent studies suggesting that milk actually leeches calcium from bones to the disturbing industry standard of animal cruelty, it just doesn’t make sense to me to continue consuming the stuff in any form.
i think my toughest dairy habit to break will be my daily yogurt consumption and my cheese cravings (cheese, like barbeque sauce, makes everything taste better). but the more i think about it, the more i realize there are far more enjoyable and responsible alternatives. i love soy yogurt! i haven’t found the right kind of cheese alternative (suggestions anyone?), but maybe i should explore more foods and flavors… i bet there’s a whole world of taste i’m missing out on!
here’s to my new dairy-free existance!

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POLL DU JOUR
● 74 percent of U.S. gun owners say owning a gun is “essential to their freedom.”
● 73 percent of the owners say they could never see themselves “not owning a gun.”
● 67 percent say they own a gun primarily for protection, 38 percent for hunting, 30 percent for sport shooting; 13 percent own a gun as part of a collection and 8 percent for their job.
● 66 percent of the owners own multiple firearms.
● 49 percent say all or most of their friends also own guns. Source: A Pew Research Center survey of 1,269 U.S. gun owners conducted March 13-27 and April 4-18 and released Thursday.

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A synthetic genetic system is designed and characterized that allows Escherichia coli to sense and eradicate Pseudomonas aeruginosa, providing a novel antimicrobial strategy that could potentially be applied to fighting infectious pathogens.
We have engineered and demonstrated a novel genetic circuit that enables Escherichia coli to produce and release pyocin upon quorum sensing detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which in turn kills P. aeruginosa.The quorum sensing device, which comprises an LasR transcription factor constitutively expressed by a pTetR promoter and a downstream pLuxR inducible promoter, has a switch point of 1.2 × 10E-7 M 3OC12HSL and is able to sense 3OC12HSL natively produced by P. aeruginosa.The E7 lysis device when coupled downstream of the quorum sensing device enhances pyocin release eight-fold.The engineered E. coli, which carries the sensing, lysing, and killing devices, effectively inhibits the growth of planktonic and biofilm P. aeruginosa by 99 and 90%, respectively.
In this study, we have made progress toward developing a novel antimicrobial strategy, based on an engineered microbial system, using the synthetic biology framework. Our final system was designed to (i) detect AHLs produced by P. aeruginosa; (ii) produce pyocin S5 upon the detection; and (iii) lyse the E. coli cells by E7 lysis protein so that the produced pyocin S5 is released from the cells, leading to the killing of P. aeruginosa.
Figure 1 shows a schematic of our sensing and killing genetic system. The sensing device was designed based on the Type I quorum sensing mechanism of P. aeruginosa. The tetR promoter, which is constitutively on, produces a transcriptional factor, LasR, that binds to AHL 3OC12HSL. The luxR promoter, to which LasR-3OC12HSL activator complex reportedly binds, was adopted as the inducible promoter in our sensing device (Gray et al, 1994). Next, the formation of the LasR-3OC12HSL complex, which binds to the luxR promoter, activates the killing and lysing devices, leading to the production of pyocin S5 and lysis E7 proteins within the E. coli chassis. Upon reaching a threshold concentration, the lysis E7 protein perforates membrane of the E. coli host and releases the accumulated pyocin S5. Pyocin S5, which is a soluble protein, then diffuses toward the target pathogen and damages its cellular integrity, thereby killing it.
To evaluate and characterize the sensing device, the gene encoding the green fluorescent protein (GFP) was fused to the sensing device and the GFP expression was monitored at a range of concentrations of 3OC12HSL. From the measured GFP synthesis rates, we observed a basal expression level of 0.216 RFU per OD per minute without induction, followed by a sharp increase in GFP production rate as the concentration of 3OC12HSL was increased beyond 1.0E-7 M. A transfer function that describes the static relationship between the input (3OC12HSL) and output (GFP production rate) of the sensing device was determined by fitting an empirical mathematical model (Hill equation) to the experimental data where the input 3OC12HSL concentration is <1.0E-6 M. The resulting best fit model demonstrated that the static performance of the sensing device follows a Hill equation below the input concentration of 1.0E-6 M 3OC12HSL. The model showed that the sensing device saturated at a maximum output of 1.96 RFU per OD per minute at input concentration >3.3E-7 M but <1.0E-6 M 3OC12HSL, and the switch point for the sensing device was 1.2E-7 M 3OC12HSL, the input concentration at which output is at half-maximal. Since this switch point concentration is smaller than the concentration of 3OC12HSL present (1.0E-6 to 1.0E-4 M) within proximity to the site of P. aeruginosa infection as earlier reported in the literature (Pearson et al, 1995; Charlton et al, 2000), the sensing device would be sensitive enough to detect the amount of 3OC12HSL natively produced by P. aeruginosa.
In line with the objective of the E7 lysis device in mediating the export of pyocin, we studied the efficiency of the lysis device in the final system by measuring the amount of the released protein. While distinct bands that corresponded to pyocin S5 were observed on the SDS–PAGE of the final system, no bands were seen in lanes without the lysis device. We further validated the results by estimating the protein concentrations in the supernatant with Bradford assay and showed that the amount of pyocin released by our final system was eight times higher than the system without the lysis device.
To verify that our engineered E. coli can inhibit P. aeruginosa in a mixed culture, we monitored the growth of P. aeruginosa co-cultured with the engineered E. coli in the ratio 1:4 by CFU count. The result shows that our engineered E. coli with the final system effectively inhibited the growth of P. aeruginosa by 99% while continuous growths were apparent in P. aeruginosa co-cultured with incomplete E. coli systems missing either the pyocin S5 or E7 lysis devices.
To examine the potential application of our engineered system against a pseudo disease state of Pseudomonas, a static biofilm inhibition assay was performed. Figure 6A shows that our engineered E. coli inhibited the formation of P. aeruginosa biofilm by close to 90%. This observation is in stark contrast to the pyocin-resistant control strain PAO1 and pyocin-sensitive clinical isolate ln7 subjected to treatment with E. coli having the systems missing either the pyocin S5 or E7 lysis devices. To visualize the extent of biofilm inhibition, biofilm cells with green fluorescence were grown in the presence of engineered E. coli on glass slide substrate and examined with confocal laser scanning microscopy. Figure 6B shows that the morphology of Pseudomonas biofilm treated with the engineered E. coli appeared sparse, while elaborated honey-combed structures were apparent in the control experiments. Collectively, our results suggest that our engineered E. coli carrying the final system, which contains the sensing, killing, and lysing devices, can effectively inhibit the growth of P. aeruginosa in both planktonic and sessile states.
In summary, we engineered a novel biological system, which comprises sensing, killing, and lysing devices, that enables E. coli to sense and eradicate pathogenic P. aeruginosa strains by exploiting the synthetic biology framework. More importantly, our study presents the possibility of engineering potentially beneficial microbiota into therapeutic bioagents to arrest Pseudomonas infection. Given the stalled development of new antibiotics and the increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens, this study provides the foundational basis for a novel synthetic biology-driven antimicrobial strategy that could be extended to include other pathogens such as Vibrio cholera and Helicobacter pylori.
Synthetic biology aims to systematically design and construct novel biological systems that address energy, environment, and health issues. Herein, we describe the development of a synthetic genetic system, which comprises quorum sensing, killing, and lysing devices, that enables Escherichia coli to sense and kill a pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain through the production and release of pyocin. The sensing, killing, and lysing devices were characterized to elucidate their detection, antimicrobial and pyocin release functionalities, which subsequently aided in the construction of the final system and the verification of its designed behavior. We demonstrated that our engineered E. coli sensed and killed planktonic P. aeruginosa, evidenced by 99% reduction in the viable cells. Moreover, we showed that our engineered E. coli inhibited the formation of P. aeruginosa biofilm by close to 90%, leading to much sparser and thinner biofilm matrices. These results suggest that E. coli carrying our synthetic genetic system may provide a novel synthetic biology-driven antimicrobial strategy that could potentially be applied to fighting P. aeruginosa and other infectious pathogens.


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Global ice ages in Earth's history occurred when the level of solar radiation is sharply changed in a short period by geological standards the period of time, American scientists have found. Their work was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
In Earth's history was at least two periods of the Paleoproterozoic 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago during the Neoproterozoic 850-630 million years ago, when the whole surface of the planet was covered with ice. With the end of the second period of time is associated sudden flowering of complex multicellular life on Earth. Therefore, not only geologists and planetary scientists studying exoplanets lying within the habitable zones, looking for the causes that can trigger a global glaciation.
The reasons for the sensational invasion eared jellyfish, also known as eared Aurelia, in the Western part of the Baltic sea this year are connected with the sea currents and weather, said to RIA Novosti, the German biologist, specialist of the research center for ocean Helmholtz "GEOMAR" in Kiel and the technical University in Copenhagen Cornelia Jaspers.
"It varies from year to year. Last year Aurelius, for example, was not enough, this year a lot of them. It depends primarily on ocean currents, weather conditions and wind, as jellyfish can't swim against the current. But we have seen that in some years the number of jellyfish is very high. For example, in the Western part of the Baltic sea, from Flensburg to Kiel and lübeck it was recorded in 1982, 2002 and now," - said the expert.
The Japanese company Mitsubishi Chemical announced the development of plastic packages that degrade in seawater, transmits television channel NHK.
The bags are made from a material which includes, in particular, sugar cane. To the touch this package will not differ from the usual plastic.
Russian scientists from the Siberian Federal University have developed a new type of sorbent for collecting rare metals from ash and volcanic deposits. It is made on the basis of vikramasila from rice husks. The study is published in the journals Analytical Methods and Separation Science and Technology.
Rare earth elements (REE) or rare earth widely used in the manufacture of modern electronics, lasers, SuperMagnets, electric vehicles, superconductors, metallurgy and medicine. In nature the rare earths are found in scattered form in the form of oxides, and this severely complicates their extraction on an industrial scale.
Scientists have identified nine periods of the greatest intensity of river floods in Europe over the past 500 years. One of them includes the last three decades, which is different from all previous periods of flooding. The study is published in the journal Nature.
Over the past decade, floods in Europe brought large economic losses. They are becoming more frequent and widespread. Scientists geographers from different countries joined forces to find out what distinguishes the current situation from other periods, rich in floods in the past.
Scientists reported the discovery of the first active methane leaks from the seabed of the Antarctic, reports the Guardian newspaper.
According to her, scientists also found that the microbes that eat methane before it goes into the atmosphere, appeared on the location of the release of gas only five years after its discovery.
The first tests of the experimental setup, heating the clouds to drop rain, have passed in the Stavropol region, reports the North-Caucasian Federal University.
"The use of special reagents for invoking artificial rain is expensive, so in the Stavropol region and in other regions at present, this method is not applicable on an ongoing basis. Alternatively the possibility of promoting the growth of clouds by ground-based powerful heat sources. The latter creates a thermal jet, which acts directly on existing clouds," reports the University.
Scientists found out that by 2100 most subpopulations of polar bears in the Arctic are under threat of extinction due to reduction of sea ice caused by global warming. The study is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Polar bears Ursus maritimus species use sea ice to hunt with him on seals. In the summer, during the melting of coastal ice animals move on land where they have virtually no food and are funded by accumulated fat. Since the warm season in the Arctic lengthened, and the area of sea ice decreases in response to warming, polar bears each year have to be on the mainland more and more time
American and Swiss scientists have proved that in the depths of Venus is still active internal processes associated with mixing substances. The study is published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
It is known that the surface of Venus was formed later than Mars or mercury, the inner part of which has long been cold. At a recent internal activity of the planet indicate a ring-shaped structure known as the crown.
Russian schoolchildren have discovered a new island in the Arctic, said Russian geographical society on its website.
Eight members of the project group "Risksat" from Troitsk, Tula, Venev, Dedovsk, Gatchina, St.-Petersburg and Yakutsk made the discovery while processing satellite imagery.
The Stromboli volcano on the Italian island of the same name, located in the Tyrrhenian sea near Sicily on Sunday morning resumed its activity, reported by the national Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy (Ingv).
According to volcanologists, a new eruption occurred at dawn. In 6.23 (7.23 MSK) was recorded a powerful explosion, after which above the crater of the volcano rose a column of black smoke. The eruption was accompanied by strong emission of ash, sand and other volcanic material. Scientists have registered two "high intensity blast", which caused fluctuations of the earth's surface.
Scientists have warned about the possible appearance in the future a new ocean, according to NBC News.
According to the calculations of researchers that approximately five to ten million years in Eastern Africa, formed by tectonic fault, resulting in a continent "split" into two parts.
The Earth's climate could "go back" for a few million years, say scientists from the University of Southampton. Their findings are published in the journal Scientific Reports.
As noted by the authors, by 2025, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be a record for the past 3.3 million years. Scientists managed to establish this by analysing the chemical composition of fossils from the bottom of the Caribbean sea.
To ensure the operation of vessels on the Northern sea route it is necessary to resume the work of ten polar stations in the Arctic seas, and to restore the monitoring stations at the mouths of large Northern rivers, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
In connection with plans to increase volume of cargo transportation via the Northern sea route (NSR), you must provide the court with timely information about the state of the ice. Currently, the Arctic region has only 41 ice station. The overall density of the observation network is insufficient.
Threats to the buildings of the Russian scientific center on Svalbard due to the melting permafrost no, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
The destruction of permafrost is considered to be one of the major threats to the economy of Northern regions. Change the properties of the permafrost in connection with climate change leads to a decrease in the bearing capacity of foundations of buildings and infrastructure.
The minimum value of ice with 80 years decreased by about half, and perennial ice and did almost disappeared, told RIA Novosti the head of Hydromet Igor Shumakov.
The interlocutor of the Agency noted that experts believe the reduction of ice, the main manifestation of the changes in ice conditions in the Arctic. This happens all year round.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred on Sunday in the Chinese northeastern province of Hebei, according to the seismological center of the country.
The quake was registered Sunday in 06.38 local time (01.38 GMT) in the area of Hue city Tangshan. After some time, there were recorded two aftershocks of magnitude 2.2 in 07.02 local time and 2.0 V 07.26.
South African scientists have discovered that aardvarks are usually active only at night, began to leave in search of food during the day. The researchers suggest that this is due to climate change and lack of food. Violation of circadian rhythm, according to biologists, may have a negative impact on the survival of these rare mammals and lead to the disruption of the ecosystem as a whole. The study is published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology.
The African aardvark is the only modern representative of the relic squad trubkozuby. Animals remained only in Africa South of the Sahara. They lead a solitary lifestyle, living in burrows, feed on ants and termites.
The study of annual rings in tree cross-section for the last 600 years showed that extreme climate change began in the middle of the last century. The results were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Annual rings of trees is a natural document that tells about the climate in a particular period. Working on the creation of the South American drought Atlas (SADA), the scientists analyzed how over the past six centuries, changed the moisture content of the soil in which the trees grow.
Scientists discovered in the Crimea two large underground magma chamber, next to which prisnyatsya sea water. About if it will help the Peninsula to solve the problem of supply — in the material RIA Novosti.
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Israel provide water by desalination. What prevents to follow their example in the Crimea?
In the next few years forty degrees of heat will cease to be anomalous for the Russian regions. About this portal "Ura.ru" said the head of the laboratory of climatology Institute of geography RAS Vladimir Semenov.
As the scientist explained, this is due to climate change. Over the last forty years, Russia has on average warmed by 2-2.5 degrees.
Wild boar spotted on the territories of city parks, according to the website of the Moscow mayor, which also provides guidelines about how to behave when meeting these animals.
Experts Mospeada reminded that these animals are sometimes found in natural areas of the capital.
An earthquake of magnitude 5 occurred on the territory of Tajikistan, told RIA Novosti the Geophysical service of the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.
According to them, the earthquake occurred on Saturday at 14:34 (12.34 GMT).
Canadian astronaut Christopher Hadfield said that in honor of him called a new species a mining bee - Andrena hadfieldi.
"My mother always hoped that I would be someone. Allow me to introduce the beginner Andrena hadfieldi" he said on his Twitter page.
The temperature at the South pole over the last three decades have increased three times faster than the average for the planet, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.
It is noted that the temperature increased by approximately 0.6 degrees Celsius each decade, which is three times higher than the average increase across the planet.
Korcuska station radiation control Department of environment of Estonia found in air isotopes of cesium, cobalt and ruthenium in very small quantities that do not threaten human health, said on Monday the adviser of the radiation Department of teeth Koitjarve.
Earlier, the Minister of foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu exchanged with their colleagues from Finland, Latvia and Lithuania information about the growth of the concentration of radioactive particles.
Climate warming in Siberia will cause the melting of permafrost, which can cause the destruction of towns and villages in the region, said a Swedish climate scientist Johan Kilahama. His thoughts he shared with the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Climatologists have reported a noticeable warming in Russia, especially in Siberia. According to the Service to control climate change program "Copernicus", in some regions the temperature in may exceeded the norm by ten degrees. Winter throughout the country, too, was abnormally warm.
French and Australian geologists have studied the composition of the rock Islands in the southern Indian ocean, and found that here is the formation of "embryonic continent." The study is published in the journal Terra Nova.
It is believed that the continental crust is built up on the borders of continents and oceans, in the so-called subduction zones, where oceanic lithospheric plates plunge into the mantle under the continent. When they are melted and mixed with the material of the base of the continental plates, granite is formed when magma rises and forms the upper, the "granite" layer of the continents.
Russia must participate more actively in the area of climate change, said Deputy Director-General for climate action of the European Commission Clara de La Torre.
She recalled that in the EU there is a gradual reduction in fossil fuel use, but alone the problem of the planet can not be solved.
The fossilized remains of ancient turtles of age 8 million years discovered in the Stavropol region, reports a press-service Severo-the Caucasian Federal University.
It is noted that the unique discovery took place when researching future places of work practice in one of the sand pits of the village of Beshpagir. Kerimov saw the remains of the ancient reptile age 8 million years in the Sarmatian deposits, added in a press-service.
Director of the Barnaul zoo Sergey Pisarev has posted on his page in social networks a shocking video, which showed three to death zakormlen visitors squirrels and urged them not to give food to the animals.
"I understand perfectly, that may be, it is very cruel to put such videos in Instagram, but we just can't do this. The thing is that these whites have died because of being poisoned. Poisoned visitors who throw different food that is not suitable for squirrels," says Pisarev.
Centennial male giant Galapagos tortoise named Diego returned to freedom once saved from extinction their appearance, said Paulo Andrade Proaño, the Minister of environment of Ecuador.
Diego, referring to the Fate of hoodensis, was hatched on the Galapagos island of Espanola, where he took a scientific expedition. More than 30 years he spent in the zoo of the American city of San Diego. In the framework of the recovery of an endangered species Diego returned to the Galapagos Islands, where he actively contributed to the expansion of the population continuing to remain in captivity.
The rapid temperature rise of permafrost under conditions of climate change requires the creation of a unified database to monitor her as in natural conditions, and in the cities, said RIA Novosti Professor at the George Washington University (USA) glaciologist Dmitry Streletsky.
He explained that the system of monitoring of the permafrost is everywhere in some form. "The problem is that there is no coordination. Basically monitoring the background state of permafrost do different groups of scientists, and there is no coordination at the country level", - said the scientist.
A new study by German scientists shows that the height of the largest mountain ranges such as the Andes or the Himalayas, is not determined by the ratio of the speeds of rise and erosion, as previously thought, and tectonic forces holding the mountain at a certain level. The results were published in the journal Nature.
The highest mountain chains on Earth occur along the convergent boundaries of lithospheric plates. On such boundaries one of the plates is indented under another into the mantle of the Earth. This process is called subduction. Over millions of years of interaction in the collision point of the slabs of the mountains rise.
Using climate models, scientists have figured out why after a moderate wet winter and warm spring, there is usually a dry summer. The study is published in the journal Science Advances.
In the summer of 2018, the countries of Central and Northern Europe was struck by a drought caused by an extremely hot summer, which was preceded by an early spring with lots of warm and Sunny days. Before that, a similar pattern was observed in 2003 and 2010. In the latter case, the drought has affected not only Europe, but also Western areas of Russia, and the average summer temperature broke the 500-year record of observations.
A strong earthquake may occur in the national capital district of India, according to the publication Business Today citing geophysicists of certain institutions.
National capital territory of Delhi includes not only the country's capital new Delhi and some districts of nearby States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Russian scientists have identified a new species of mites reported in the journal of the Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences "Science in Siberia".
A new species is a hybrid of the taiga tick and the tick Pavlovsky. Scientists suggest that it was formed as a result of the coexistence of two species in the same area, for example, in Primorsky Krai. However, such hybrids are more common in the Novosibirsk region.
Researchers from the University of Colorado (USA) and Australian colleagues have identified the region with the cleanest air on the planet. The work of scientists published in the journal Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Due to human activities on Land are almost no places with a "pristine" environment. Scientists have suggested that the clean air can be detected over the so-called Southern ocean – a collection of Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans surrounding Antarctica. These places, according to the authors of the study, almost did not felt the influence of aerosol pollution and dust from the continents.
Quarantine imposed in Argentina because of the pandemic, has completely changed not only the way of life of people and animals, about the famous Iguazu falls on the tourist track now walking jaguars, monkeys and pumas, told RIA Novosti the managing of the national Park iguazú (Argentina), Sergio Acosta.
Photo shared by Acosta with RIA Novosti, you can see how monkeys play where once the selfie lovers would spend long time to make a good shot on the background of a stage.
The surface of the river Barn covered by a film of oil of thickness 4-5 inches after the fuel spill in Norilsk, pollution of the lake Pyasino not seen, said to RIA Novosti in RPN.
Earlier, the authorities of Krasnoyarsk region have informed that from-for accidents on CHP in Norilsk from the tank poured out about 20 thousand tons of diesel fuel, caught in the Creek and the river Barn. The Agency is an emergency called ecological catastrophe with long-term negative consequences, noting that "restoration of ecological balance affected Norilo-pyasinskaya water system will take decades."
Filling the reservoirs of the Crimea in may was negligible, the volume of water in all the reservoirs, the natural runoff at the beginning of June is 85 million cubic meters, which is 2.3 times less than in 2019, announced in the Crimean meteorologist.
"Rapid drawdown of the remaining reserves of water reservoirs, natural runoff, total water storage in the early summer made 85,16 million cubic meters, an increase of 9.62 million less than a month ago... the Total stock of water in reservoirs the natural flow to the beginning of this summer on 110,14 million cubic meters less than the beginning of the summer of 2019", - reported in the hydrometeorological center of the Republic.


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After a month away from Ames, the Cyclone Hockey team is back in the Ames/ISU arena on January 17 and 18, the puck will drop at 7:30 p.m both nights.
Hockey is not just a game; it is a lifestyle. Hockey is heavily built upon hard work, grit, intelligence and physicality. Both Jason Fairman a…
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Iowa State had about a month long hiatus before hitting the ice in Pelham, Alabama, for a weekend tilt with the 2-14 Crimson Tide.
Cyclone Hockey has been able to win the winnable games as of late. The Cyclones swept Colorado State on its home ice last time out, and swept a solid Robert Morris squad this weekend.
Cyclone Hockey played for the Cancer Unites community in support of cancer patients and their families this weekend against Robert Morris University.
Cyclone Hockey picked up its third consecutive win Friday night defeating the Robert Morris University Illinois Eagles 3-2. The Cyclones are now 11-9-1, and the Eagles move to 9-8-2.
For Cyclone Hockey, it has been a challenging last couple of weeks, with a winless trip to Central Oklahoma as well as Minot State, and splitting at home against Illinois. Cyclone Hockey needed to get back on track, and that's exactly what the Cyclones did this weekend in Colorado.
The Cyclone Hockey team will face the Colorado State Rams in Fort Collins this weekend on Friday, November 22nd and the 23rd, both games will take place at 7:30 pm at the NoCo Ice Arena.
Cyclone Hockey dropped both games in the series to the fourth-ranked Minot State Beavers, the defending ACHA National Champions. The two games ended in the same score, 3-1. The Cyclones are now 8-9-1 and the Beavers are 13-1-2.
The first period between Cyclone Hockey and Minot State saw lots of action, with great chances early for both teams. Minot State was able to find the back of the net with 9:19 left in the period. Davis Sheldon of Minot State got one past Nikita Kozak with under a minute left in the period on the power play.
The Cyclones were looking to break through on the offensive end while keeping the goaltending by Nikita Kozak as solid as he's been recently. If they could do that and keep their guys out of the penalty box, they would be in prime position to have a good series against the 14th ranked Fighting Illini.
Cyclone Hockey hosted the University of Illinois on Saturday and was defeated by the Fighting Illini 2-0.
After another weekend off, the Cyclone women are making the trip to Alberta Lea, Minnesota, for a neutral location game against the Eagles of UW-La Crosse.
Cyclone Hockey faced the Ohio Bobcats Friday night in Athens, Ohio. The Cyclones were defeated 4-2.
After sweeping Jamestown last weekend, seventh-ranked Cyclone Hockey (6-4) will travel to Athens this weekend to face the sixth-ranked Bobcats of Ohio University (6-0).
If there's one weakness to a stifling Cyclone Hockey defense, it would be protecting one-goal leads.
Cyclone Hockey has a .500 record one-quarter of the way through the regular season. It hasn't scored more than two goals since a 3-2 win over Missouri State three weeks ago.
Cyclone Hockey usually gets off to good starts in the season. Very rarely have the Cyclones struggled to score the puck or find a way to win games.
Cyclone Hockey allowed not one, but two goals in front of its net Friday night.
June 14, 2019, is a day Gabe Bortscheller remembers like it was yesterday.
Each weekend series, Cyclone Hockey is looking to build off what happened the two games prior.
Third-ranked Cyclone hockey split with 15th-ranked Missouri State over the weekend, triumphing in the opener 3-2 before falling 2-0 in the finale. Still, despite a 1-1 record, head coach Jason Fairman was not in a sour mood.
Ray Zimmerman gave Cyclone Hockey the lead late on. The defense kept it that way.
Cyclone Hockey Coach Jason Fairman is looking forward to the challenge of facing Missouri State at the beginning of the season.
The Iowa State hockey team had a solid first weekend against the Waldorf Warriors. The Cyclones started the weekend strong with a 6-0 Iowa State victory and the other was a low-scoring 2-1 overtime victory against the Warriors on Saturday.
ALBERT LEA, Minn. — For Cyclone Hockey, Saturday night proved to be an evening of firsts.
It's no secret what the talk around the Cyclone men's hockey team was coming into the season.
A changed roster doesn't mean changed expectations for Cyclone Hockey.
Things didn’t seem to go Cyclone Hockey’s way toward the end of the season. Despite good play, the Cyclones dropped eight of their last 10 games of the season, which resulted in them falling from No. 4 to No. 5 before the postseason. Then they dropped out of the CSCHL Playoffs with a loss to Ohio.
Post-season is in full swing for the Cyclones, as they started things out with the CSCHL Playoffs last weekend. The Cyclones matched up against the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday, where they lost 2-1 to the Ohio team that ended up falling to Lindenwood in the CSCHL Championship game.
Cyclone Hockey took on the CSCHL tournament on Saturday night, playing No. 4 Ohio University. The Cyclones lost a close one to the Bobcats, falling 2-1.


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Talk-Show Host Offers Dixon Friendly Forum
Just hours after Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon blasted local media for revealing information about the state prosecutor’s ongoing investigation of buying practices while she was president of the City Council, a local talk-show host gave Dixon a friendly forum.
Ed Norris, the former Baltimore City Police commissioner and now popular talk-show host on FM Talk 105.7, said Dixon had been scheduled earlier and declined to ask Dixon questions about the ongoing investigation. In fact, it appeared that only friendly callers who supported Dixon and characterized the investigation as a “witch hunt” where aired.
At one point in the show, Norris read an email from a listener complaining that questions about the investigation were not being asked. Norris again stated Dixon’s appearance had been scheduled in the past, and that they would be focusing on other city issues.
For Dixon, the drive-time hour turned into an oasis from the hard questions being asked by prosecutors, citizens and the media, but in the process Norris lost any semblance of a objectivity.
Norris, who himself was the target of a federal corruption investigation and eventually convicted of misusing money from a supplemental city police fund and lying on tax returns, told Dixon he understood what she was going through when she complained that she couldn’t answer the allegations being made against her by the media because of “leaked’ information that she said came from the prosecutor, or someone else.
In the past, Norris has contended many times that the federal charges which he eventually plead guilty to were the product of an over zealous federal prosecutor and that he plead guilty only in order to save himself and his family the pain of a long, drawn out trial. Norris has also said that Dixon was supportive of him during this personal crisis, so this could possibility explain the softball treatment.


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The Studio at St James Theatre is a lovely little venue with a basement cabaret vibe which this week plays host to Butterfly’s condensed version of Oscar Wilde’s timeless comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. With simple staging and a mere 45 minute running time it’s very impressive that they manage to do the piece justice but the fast-paced format works wonders for this play of mistaken identities.
Edward Hulme is the star of the show as Algernon, an aristocratic man-about-town, nailing the character entirely with mannerisms and comic timing which win him the loudest laughs from the audience. The rest of the casting is very mixed. Jamie Coleman’s Jack isn’t quite charismatic enough to be convincing as the dual-identity lover of beautiful Gwendolen (Michelle Francis). Elsewhere Rebecca Crookshank is brilliantly stubborn as Algernon’s battleaxe Aunt Augusta, Lady Bracknell but Carla-Marie Metcalfe’s Cecily and Caryl Jones’ Miss Prism are dishearteningly one dimensional.
Another disappointment is the costume design: Cicely’s dress looks new but tacky while even the strongest performances are let down by creased, stained and shabby costumes that may well have been pulled from a dressing up box, leaving the piece looking sadly amateur. Lady Bracknell at least got a lovely new hat made for the occasion (whose designer, Ben Edmonds, even gets a mention in the programme for it) but it is a shame more effort wasn’t invested into the rest of the cast’s outfits.
Though an abridged version, most of Wilde’s one liners and brilliant plot are left intact and really do shine through. This production of The Importance of Being Earnest is the cucumber sandwich of theatre: bite-sized, very British and rather nice but not special enough to write home about. Nevertheless, a charming way to spend a lunchtime. Pack a picnic and head down before the run ends this Saturday.
- By Oscar Wilde
- Cast includes: Edward Hulme, Michelle Francis, Jamie Coleman, Carla-Marie Metcalfe, Caryl Jones, Ben Forster and Rebecca Crookshank
- St. James Theatre, London
- Until 12th July 2014
- Time: 18.15
- Review by Rowena Hawkins
- 7th July 2014

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Electric-keyboard chime of 16 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the middle octave Transposition is nil (concert pitch) Keyboard range: F C / NONE There are three added semitones The instrument was enlarged in 1945 with 2 bells made by Paccard Prior history: In 1929, the instrument was begun with 14 bells by Meneely/Wvlt Year of latest technical information source is 1992
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