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Blue Lagoon beach is some of the best beaches in Bali. While other beaches on the island are black sand beaches, Blue Lagoon is a beautiful white sand beach in a green cove with crystal clear water. Located in East Bali, it is not overrun by tourists and therefore a great place to relax for the day. With some local warungs where you can order food and cold drinks, you only need to bring your towel and swimsuit for a day at Blue Lagoon beach Bali. Find in this complete guide all the info you need to know!
Best tours to explore east Bali
If you want to explore the best of East Bali then it is highly recommended to book your tours in advance. Of course you can also explore the area by yourself if you are comfortable driving a motorbike. But if you book your tour you don’t have to think about anything else, you can just enjoy and take pictures. All of these tours include air conditioned transport with hotel pick up and drop off, certified guides and sometimes also lunch and the entrance fees. You can reserve now and pay later, with cancellation up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund.
- East Bali 2 day tour. Discover the beauty of East Bali during this 2 day tour including a visit to Lempuyang Luhur temple, Tirta Gangga and Taman Ujung water temple, the black sand beaches and a Chocolate Factory visit.
- Snorkeling Trip to the Japanese Shipwreck in Amed. Explore the underwater world and visit the Japanese Shipwreck Point and snorkel in between a variety of reef fish, coral, and other marine life.
- Hike Mount Batur and go diving at WWII shipwreck in Tulamben.
- Lempuyang and Besakih temple tour. Visit some of the best temples that Bali has to offer. Lempuyang temple with the famous view on Mount Agung, the mother temple Besakih, Tirta Gangga water palace and a delicious lunch.
- Beginner’s dive experience in Amed Bali. Learn the basics of scuba diving and take a dive with an instructor in Tulamben Bay on the north-east coast of Bali.
- 3-Day PADI Open Water Diving Course Amed. Get your diving certificate and see the Coral Triangle, an area with the highest biodiversity of marine species near Amed.
- 3 days tour; Hike Mount Batur, explore east Bali, Lempuyang temple, Ubud and Nusa Penida. Get the best of Bali and Nusa Penida during this 3 days tour. Watch the sunrise on Mount Batur, see the best of East Bali, Ubud and visit beautiful Nusa Penida island.
- USAT Liberty Wreck Dive and Tulamben Bay Amed. Explore some of the best dive sites off the north-east coast of Bali and get up close to the USAT Liberty wreck on a dive experience at Tulamben Bay Amed.
- Bali Instagram tour; visit Lempuyang temple, Tirta Gangga, Tukad Cepung waterfall, jungle swimg and rice terraces Ubud
General travel must haves for Bali
Before we dive into this blog post, let’s check a few things to make your travels in Bali easy and safe.
Have you thought about how to get around in Bali? A scooter is the easiest way if you’re comfortable driving one yourself.
- Book your scooter or motorbike here to get around in Bali. This is the most convenient way to arrange your rental motorbike, especially because it gets delivered and picked up for free to your accommodation within Ubud, Canggu, Kuta, Nusa Dua, Denpasar, Seminyak, Uluwatu, Kerobokan, Jimbaran, Sanur. Requirements: 20 years old; international car (B) drivers license for scooters (or moto (A) license for motorcycles); copies of passport and drivers license.
Do you prefer a private driver for the day and the freedom to create your own itinerary?
Did you already book your accommodation?
Are you insured during your travels?
- Buy your travel insurance here. Safetywing not only includes coverage for travel delay, lost checked luggage, emergency response, natural disasters and personal liability. But also covers all your medical expenses for hospitalisation.
How to get to Blue Lagoon beach Bali
Blue Lagoon beach is located in East Bali, close to Manggis and is the next cove of Padangbai. More beaches along Bali’s east coast are beautiful white sand beaches such as Virgin beach which is only 40 minutes up north from Blue Lagoon. The best way to get around in Bali is by motorbike which you can rent, depending on the model, for about 80 000 to 100 000 IDR per day.
Entrance fee Blue Lagoon beach Bali
There is no entrance fee for Blue Lagoon beach Bali but for parking you pay a small fee of 2 000 IDR.
Best time to visit Blue Lagoon beach Bali
Blue Lagoon beach is, just like all the other beaches in Bali, affected by the tides. With low tide the beach is exposed with rocks, so for swimming high tide is much better. However, with high tide there is not much beach left, so somewhere in between would be the very best timing.
Considering the season you can expect the cove where Blue Lagoon is located in to be much greener. Along the east coast it tends to rain less, so during the dry season the foliage turn brown quickly. When we visited in March the trees were bright green which is a nice contrast with the turquoise water.
What to expect at Blue Lagoon beach Bali
Once you make your way down to Blue Lagoon via the stairs a turquoise bay is awaiting you. The warungs are located at the tip of the cliff where you can rent sunbeds, have a cold coconut and beer and relax in the shade with views on Blue Lagoon.
Although Blue Lagoon isn’t a very wide beach, it won’t feel crowded quickly because it is a quite undiscovered area. The perfect place for couples or families looking for a Bali beach to get away from the crowds. And with just enough facilities such as the warungs with sunbeds, it won’t feel overdeveloped as well.
If you love diving then Blue Lagoon is a great place to do this activity. But also snorkeling is a great thing to do here because of the reef which is just of shore. You can rent snorkels and swim fins at the warung so if you plan to do this spontaneously or don’t have them, they got you covered!
If you want to stay close to Blue Lagoon you can book a room at the Bloo Lagoon village which is a nice resort with pool and ocean views. On the picture below you can see a topdown drone photo from the beach with the resort on the right side. It is the nearest tourist accommodation to the beach and looks pretty nice! However we haven’t stayed there, so can’t give a detailed review.
More things to do around Blue Lagoon
East Bali is a bit of an underrated region in Bali. But the Karangasem area has lots of history and beautiful beaches to offer. Visit the Taman Ujung water palace to admire the beautiful architecture and serene water gardens. Or head towards some of the best viewpoints in Bali with views on Mount Agung which is Bukit Cinta. Another beautiful beach in East Bali is Virgin beach which is in our opinion even better than Blue Lagoon! There are plenty of other places to visit in East Bali, so make sure check them out!
Taman Ujung water palace in Karangasem is absolutely worth the trip
More Bali travel inspiration
We hope you enjoyed this complete guide about Blue Lagoon beach Bali.
For more Bali travel inspiration, read our other Bali travel guides.


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People stuck at home during COVID-19 lockdowns are watching way more YouTube on their televisions. The company is trying to persuade advertisers to join them.
The video arm of Alphabet Inc.’s Google is offering new tools and audience statistics specifically for advertising on TV — screen space where YouTube has trailed cable channels. Marketers on YouTube will now be able to access consumer surveys from YouTube’s TV viewers and run more commercial formats, such as skippable ads.
While the coronavirus has slowed YouTube’s ad sales, it has also presented an opportunity to generate new business on cable TV’s home turf. As shelter-in-place orders spread, YouTube’s traffic on TV skyrocketed. From March 11 to April 10, hours watched across the globe increased by 80 per cent compared with the same period a year earlier, YouTube said on Thursday. Consumption of news programming and full-length movies had even steeper jumps.
Most of the latest TV content is new — over 60 per cent of the viewers watched videos published within a week, according to the company, whose content is available on televisions via the YouTube app or YouTube TV subscription service. While YouTube has a massive catalogue of old footage, marketers are more willing to pay for ads on new programming. The company declined to share the actual number of hours watched.
The new features are part of YouTube’s pitch as the premier video destination for marketing budgets. YouTube collects the most video ads online, but is still trying to convince marketers to shift dollars over from pay-TV networks. The growth of live video consumption may help. Live-streamed media via TV screens grew 250 per cent in the month through April 10.

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Nobody enjoys dragging the kids round the shops, especially when that shop is IKEA. The great news is that the Swedish home hypermarket, located in Dubai Festival City, offers a free supervised play area so you can drop the kids before you head inside.
Sun-Wed 10am-11pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-midnight. IKEA, Dubai Festival City, Al Rabat Road (04 2037555) www.ikea.com/ae
Spending the day in Dubai Mall? Let the kids run off some steam at the free play area located within Hamleys on the second floor. With slides, swings and playhouses, it will keep toddlers very happy.
Sun-Wed 10am-11pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-midnight. Hamleys, Second Floor, Dubai Mall (04 3398889) www.thedubaimall.com.
JLT Play park
There are lots of free community play areas in Dubai, but the park in JLT stands out. With two play areas catering to toddlers and older children, plenty of grass for kicking a ball around, a safe and secure position away from the road, and parking alongside, it’s the perfect play date on cooler days.
JLT Park, Next to Cluster P (behind Armada Tower 2), Jumeriah Lake Towers.
Meet The Animals
Turtles at Mina Al Salam
Head to Mina al Salam Hotel on a Wednesday morning to meet the resident turtles. After an educational talk, little ones will get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to feed the incredible creatures.
Every Wednesday at 11am. Mina Al Salam, Madinat Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Road (04 3668888) www.jumeirah.com.
Visit Posh Paws Animal Sanctuary and Petting Farm to meet animals including ponies, deer, llamas, rabbits, goats, cows, baboon, ducks and much more. There’s no entry charge but donations are welcome.
Every day 9am-6pm. Posh Paws, The Desert Equestrian Club, near Municipality Vet Clinic, Al Khawaneej (050 2730973) www.poshpawsdubai.com.
Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary
The bright pink flamingos are the main event at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, located at the mouth of Dubai Creek, but there are 270 other species of birds at the nature reserve. Stand at the Flamingo Roost to watch the pink birds against a spectacular cityscape.
Sat-Thurs 9am-4pm. Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, off junction of Al Wasl and Oud Metha Roads (04 6066822). www.wildlife.ae.
The Great Outdoors
The Beach at JBR
With a stretch of soft white sand, turquoise sea to paddle in, free play areas for kids, and ample changing facilities, the newly developed beach at JBR is the perfect destination for families on a budget.
The Beach at JBR, JBR Walk (enter by Hilton Hotel), Dubai Marina.
Al Barsha Pond park
There are lots of parks in Dubai with low entry rates, but Al Barsha Pond Park stands out for the fact it is completely free. Take bikes or scooters for a ride around the lake, spread out a blanket for a picnic, or head to the play areas for kids.
Sun-Thu 8am-11pm. Fri-Sat. 8am-11.30pm. Al Barsha Pond Park, Al Barsha 2, near Emirates NBD Bank.
Fountains at Marina Walk
Take the kids to Dubai Marina Walk to splash in the walk-through fountains. Pack an extra set of clothes and allow little ones free reign to run through the fountains, while you enjoy the views of yachts bobbing on the water and palm trees swaying the breeze.
Dubai Marina Walk, near to Spinneys and Starbucks, Dubai Marina.
Heritage and Diving Village
Step back in time at this traditional heritage village, located near the mouth of Dubai Creek. Watch potters and weavers practicing traditional crafts and demonstrations in pearl diving. It’s the perfect way to discover Dubai’s heritage – and it’s completely free.
Sat-Thurs 8.30am-10pm, Fri 3.30-10pm. Heritage and Diving Village, Al Shindagha Area (next to Sheikh Saeed’s House), Dubai Creek (04 3937139)
Al Ahmadiya School
Also known as the ‘Museum of Education’, Al Ahmadiya School was the very first school in Dubai and it is now open for visitors to discover more about how education developed and changed in the city. It’s fascinating and free of charge.
Sun-Thurs 8.30-8.30pm, Fri 2pm-8.30pm Al Ahmadiya School, behind Dubai Public Libraries, Al Ras Area, Deira (04 226 0286)
With races taking place regularly between December and March, experiences don’t get more unique than a day watching Camel Racing. Kids will watch wide-eyed as the animals speed round the track, followed by an entourage of supporters in their cars. Call for race timings. Al Marmoom Camel Racetrack, Dubai-Al Aim E66 (Reach the Al Lisali exit and take the first right off the highway. Take first right again after the exit. Drive until you see what looks like an official building (the first grandstand).
Take a right, then a left, and follow the road until you reach the second grandstand) (04 832 6526).

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Ron Sexsmith – Carousel One (Cooking Vinyl)
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Revered by many of his peers, Ron Sexsmith continues to release albums with clockwork regularity. Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne reviews his latest CD.
Ron Sexsmith puts out albums with the regularity of a Swiss watch. One every two years. The last two offerings have been particularly strong. 2011’s “Long Player, Late Bloomer” saw him collaborating with Metallica producer Bob Rock resulting in probably his most commercial sounding album to date. The 2013 follow-up “Forever Endeavour” saw him retreating to more familiar surroundings with a sparser production courtesy of long-term associate Mitchell Froom. That effort, though less immediate than its predecessor, displayed Sexsmith’s customary high-level of songwriting.
“Carousel One” could be considered a hybrid of these two releases. After the first listen you might end up slightly deflated wondering “well it’s more of the same as the last one” but further listens bring out the nuances of the songs and the hooks start to stick in your head.”Sure As The Sky”, with its swirling Hammond parts opens the album on an upbeat note. On “Saint Bernard” Ron lets his sense of humour permeate the lyrics. The lines “There’s Flask around his neck, Of bandy for me, To sip on as I reflect my own immortality, Like a four legged mini bar, I’m talking St Bernard” must have raised a few smiles among the Sexsmith fans when they first heard the record.
The pedal steel on “Loving You” brings an extra flavour to a what is a classic Sexsmith mid-tempo number. One genre in which Ron excels is the toe-tapper and “Before The Light Is Gone” is the perfect example and the jaunty boogie of “Getaway Car” sees him broadening his musical pallet.
The album loses a bit of steam in its second half with a series of ballads that have a tendency to blend into each other. It’s only when you reach “No One”, one of the catchiest track on the record, that the pace picks up a little. Shedding two or three tracks would have it a more enjoyable listening, but Mr Sexsmith is generous with his talent so we get a total of 16 tracks with two songs that feel a bit superfluous after the excellent “Tumbling Sky” and “Many Time”.
All words by Craig Chaligne. More from Craig can be found at his Author Archive


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It’s called the Interfaith Housing Association. Its president/CEO is an Episcopal priest. It’s a religious organization, right?
The IHA — an agency that provides homeless people with support and services — is a secular non-profit. The name dates to its founding in the mid-1980s. Rev. Ted Hoskins was a key player, and “interfaith” this-and-that was the rage nationwide.
The name has been “awkward,” current head Rev. Pete Powell admits. “People think we’re supported by religion. We’re not.”
Many corporate donors and foundations have policies against contributing to religious organizations. Though IHA has not lost any donations recently, Pete says, “we want to get out of having to always explain ourselves.”
This summer, Interfaith Housing Association becomes “Homes With Hope.” That’s the same name as their Saugatuck Avenue apartments. Directors and staff members think the name “Homes With Hope” communicates the organization’s focus on solutions to homelessness.
Powell has already mentioned the name change publicly, and it will be reinforced at the upcoming ribbon-cutting for the Rotary Centennial House. It becomes “official” when email addresses change, some time in August.

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Oil & Gas Production
Petrobras Argentina SA engages in the development and exploration of oil and gas properties. It operates through the following segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Refining and Distribution; Petrochemicals; Gas and Energy; and Corporate. The Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment is involved in oil and gas blocks. The Refining and Distribution segment manages oil refineries and gas stations. The Petrochemicals segment consists of catalytic reformer plant operations and styrenics. The Gas and Energy segment processes and sells liquefied petroleum gas products. The Corporate segment refers to the firm's assets and operating income. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
|Marcos Benício Pompa Antunes||Chief Executive Officer & Director|
|Maelcio Mauricio Soares||Chief Financial Officer & Director|
|Alfredo Sergio Guía y Díaz||Executive Manager-Strategy, Planning & Performance|
|Adelson Antonio da Silva||Director-Corporate & Services|
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Shantae has been a game series that has caught my attention. However, I haven’t had an opportunity to actually play it yet. Now, this song is the first track you hear in Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero. I love how much the beat just drives you through the level. The vocals, done by Cristina Vee, are also just amazingly done.


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Potassium (K) channels have been evolutionarily tuned for activation by diverse biological stimuli, and pharmacological activation is thought to target these specific gating mechanisms. Here we report a class of negatively charged activators (NCAs) that bypass the specific mechanisms but act as master keys to open K channels gated at their selectivity filter (SF), including many two-pore domain K (K2P) channels, voltage-gated hERG (human ether-à-go-go–related gene) channels and calcium (Ca2)–activated big-conductance potassium (BK)–type channels. Functional analysis, x-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the NCAs bind to similar sites below the SF, increase pore and SF K occupancy, and open the filter gate. These results uncover an unrecognized polypharmacology among K channel activators and highlight a filter gating machinery that is conserved across different families of K channels with implications for rational drug design.
This paper presents an electronic system that extracts the periodicity of a sound. It uses three analogue VLSI building blocks: a silicon cochlea, two inner-hair-cell circuits and two spiking neuron chips. The silicon cochlea consists of a cascade of filters. Because of the delay between two outputs from the silicon cochlea, spike trains created at these outputs are synchronous only for a narrow range of periodicities. In contrast to traditional bandpass filters,where an increase in' selectivity has to be traded off against a decrease in response time, the proposed system responds quickly, independent of selectivity. 1 Introduction The human ear transduces airborne sounds into a neural signal using three stages in the inner ear's cochlea: (i) the mechanical filtering of the Basilar Membrane (BM), (ii) the transduction of membrane vibration into neurotransmitter release by the Inner Hair Cells (IHCs), and (iii) spike generation by the Spiral Ganglion Cells (SGCs), whose axons form the auditory nerve.
Direct methane functionalization to value-added products remains a challenge because of the propensity for overoxidation in many reaction environments. Sulfonation has emerged as an attractive approach for achieving the necessary selectivity. Here, we report a practical process for the production of methanesulfonic acid (MSA) from only two reactants: methane and sulfur trioxide. We have achieved 99% selectivity and yield of MSA. The electrophilic initiator based on a sulfonyl peroxide derivative is protonated under superacidic conditions, producing a highly electrophilic oxygen atom capable of activating a C–H bond of methane.
Mass extinction events spanning two global warming periods in Earth's history wiped out huge amounts of ocean life and destroyed reef ecosystems, a new study warns. It's previously been suggested that the Late Triassic and Early Toarcian extinctions, both linked to massive volcanism and the resulting climate changes, simply intensified extinction rates that were already underway. But according to new research, this was not the case. An analysis of background extinction rates and those experienced during the two events suggests extinction patterns changed dramatically each time due to rising ocean temperatures, acidification, and oxygen-starved waters. It's previously been suggested that the Late Triassic and Early Toarcian extinctions, both linked to massive volcanism and the resulting climate changes, simply intensified extinction rates that were already underway.

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THE “X” HOOK COAT RACK WITH SHELF
SIZE SHOWN 36"W X 5"D X 6"H
This version of the “X” Hook Coat Rack is perfect for by the back door with a shelf for keys, gloves or anything you can’t forget. Available with three or five hooks. Shown with White Oak.
- Hooks are colored with an acid patina and sealed with a durable acrylic urethane.
- Available in custom sizes.

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Pursuant to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated November 7, 2014 №595 "Some questions of financing of budgetary institutions, the implementation of social benefits and financial support to enterprises and organizations of Donetsk and Lugansk regions", orders the Head of Regional State Administration of October 20, 2014 №644 "on amendments to the order of the head of the July 29, 2014 №590» State Archives moved to the city. Kostiantynivka.
State Archives has suspended work on the use of archival documents on 08.12.2014, due to the fact that the documents were left in the city. Donetsk, in the territory temporarily beyond the control of state authorities of Ukraine.
The Donetsk Province Archives Division of the Donetsk Province Executive Committee presidium was established according to the Decree of the People's Commissariat Council of Ukraine of January 3, 1922. A Province Historical Archives were decided to be created in 1924.
The Donetsk Province as well as the archival institutions of the province was liquidated, and functions of the archives were passed to the Artemovsk, Stalin and Mariupol Comprovincial Archival Divisions in 1925.
A Regional Industry Historical Archives of Donbas was established in July 1929. In September 1930 Artemovsk, Stalin and Mariupol Comprovintial Archival Divisions were liquidated and instead of them the Local Archives Divisions were created on October 1, 1930. The Stalin Local Archives Division and the Regional Industry Historical Archives of Donbas were reorganised into the Stalin State Historical Archives in March 1932. Atemivsk and Mariupol Local Archives Divisions were reorganized into the State Historical Archives.
The Donetsk Oblast (Region) was established in June 1932. The Historical Archives of Donetsk Region were created on the base of the Stalin State Historical Archives on September 29, 1932. The Donetsk Region was divided into Stalin and Luhansk Regions on Junes 3, 1938. The Historical Archives of Donetsk Region were renamed into Historical Archives of Stalin Region.
Archival institutions came under the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs in November 1938. The Historical Archives of Stalin Region were renamed into the Archives of Stalin region in the City of Stalino, Artemivsk State Historical Archives — into the Archives of Stalin region in the City of Artemovsk, and the Mariupol State Historical Archives — into the Archives of Stalin Region in the City of Mariupol according to the Decree of the Main Archival Administration under the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR of November 25 1938.
Part of the archival funds was evacuated during WWII. Funds returned after evacuation from the Artemivsk and Mariupol Region Archives were transferred on preservation to the Archives of Stalin Region in the City of Stalino. The Artemivsk and Mariupol Archives were liquidated.
The Archives were renamed into the State Archives of Stalin Region in 1958. The Region archival institutions came under the Province Council of Workers" Deputies Executive Committee in June 1960.
The city of Stalino was renamed into Donetsk in November 1961. Thereby the State Archives of Stalin Region became the Donetsk Region State Archives in 1980 and have the same name in our days.
The Archives preserve documents of the end of 18 — beginning of XX centuries, which represent political, social and economic situation of the modern territory of the Donetsk Region: Bakhmutskiy and Mariupol districts of Katerinoslavsk province, Slavonic district of the Kharkov province, south-eastern part of the Taganrog (Miuskiy) district of Don`s Army Region. The earliest archival documents are preserved in the funds of Nobiliary custody (1784), Slavonic gorodnichiy (sheriff), leader of the Slavonic district nobility, the 3rd charity region of Bakhmutskiy district churches.
There an information on national composition and population migration, activity of country courts, industry and agriculture development, level of education and health protection in the funds of city ant country self-government (1868-1919).
The Novorosiyskiy society of coal, steel and rail production fund, and also funds of other joint-stock enterprises coal mines (1898-1919) contain data on devel-opment of coal, metallurgical, chemical, salt industry, penetration f foreign capital to Russia. Building of Mariupol port is represented in the fund of the Department of Mariupol port works (1905-1919).
An educational process issues and folk education level at the end of 19 — beginning of 20 century are represented in the funds of Educational institutions. The state of orthodox churches, church schools and other issues of religious cults establishments` activity is characterised by documents of the 3rd charity region of Bakhmutskiy district churches fund.
So-called Revizki fairy-tales of Mariupol citizens and Mariupol district settlements are preserved in the fund of Mariupol district treasury (1811-1858). There also metrical churches books, confessions' information, chronicle of Bogoroditska church (1897-1926) of Dmytrivka village of the Taganrog district of Don's Army Region preserved there.
The period of preparation and conducting of October revolution is represented in the funds of Executive Committees of councils of workers', peasants' and soldiers' deputies, military and revolutionary committees.Organisation and activity issues of workers' and peasants' militia and criminal search on the territory of the Donetsk Province are represented in the funds of province, country, district militia offices.
Executive Committees' documents of local councils show the process of social, economic and cultural development of the Region. Organisation of the land usage, creation of communes and agricultural artels, collectivisation of agriculture, work of machine and tractor stations and technical repair stations, State farms and collective farms, their technical equipment, liquidation of the Аkulaks is represented in the funds of councils, committees of poor peasants, establishments of agriculture.
There are documents on political prisoners rehabilitation, Ukrainization, making bread provisions, party Аcleanings , reconstruction and building of enterprises in the funds of party and komsomol organisations.
The period of Nazis occupation of the Donetsk Region is presented by the documents of district and rural courts, agricultural societies and labour exchanges.
The documents of institutions of culture, folk education, science, health protection, physical culture and sport can tell us about the cultural and educational work, guard of monuments of history and culture, illiteracy liquidation, fight against homelessness. Activity of religious Region institutions is represented in the funds of the Authorised by the Council of religious affairs.
Events of striking movement in Donbas in 90th of the 20 century are preserved in the fund of the Donetsk city miner' striking committee.
Public and Political movement in Donetsk Oblast in 90th of the 20 century is represented in the documents of political parties, public organisations and movements of the Donetsk Region (1989-2001).
There preserved 34 personal funds, 19 collections of documents on the Donetsk Region history in the Archives.
There are more than 14 thousand volumes of historical, regional and reference literature, 8202 copies of magazines, 4531 filings of newspapers in the library of Archives. "Statute-books of the Russian Empire" (1842-1916), complete collection of legitimating of ruling Senate from the second half of 17 century are preserved in the library fund.
There also preserved cine- and video documents about building of new factories and mines, activity of writers, scientists, artists, great occasions in the oblasts' life; sound recordings of artists and pieces of music; photographs of houses, architectural monuments of oblasts' pre-revolution and modern period towns, portraits of notables.
Video documents are represented as copies of films Uzivka, Stalino and television recordings (1991-2007).
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With the largest mountain trail network of Northern Pindos mountains NW Greece, as a guide, Makis and his team organize hiking on the tallest peaks of mount Timfi and mount Smolika, walks in and around the local villages called Zagorochoria, gorge crossings, and various themed and combined hikes targeted to your getting closely acquainted with the land’s flora and fauna.
Based in the unique and quaint villages of Zagori, Compass Adventures also offers you mountain bike activities, such as crossing the various Zagori villages and the villages of Lakka Aou and Valia Kalda. All are carefully chosen trails, crossing through the woods of the immortal Robolons.
Knowing very well the area, Makis also will take you on an amazing backcountry skiing experience from December to April.
Every activity is guided by certified trail mountain guides, all of whom live and work in the area throughout the year.
You can expect to find packages to suit all levels of hiking experience, all of which aim to teach you lots about the area and keep you entertained. Meet the friendly team of Makis and learn about the history of the area while indulging to some skiing, hiking or mountain biking. The beauty that this land has to offer will no doubt leave you with unique experiences and great adventures to remember for a long time ahead. We’re pretty sure your experience here will leave you wanting to come back for more.
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ROME CITY, Ind. (WANE) The water level of Sylvan Lake has reportedly dropped and the dam is no longer being monitored.
The Sylvan Lake Conservation District said Wednesday in a brief news release that it lifted the “Dam Alert” after the lake level dropped below the “watch” level threshold. On Saturday, the district said it was monitoring an “unusual situation” at the Sylvan Lake dam and put its “emergency action plan” for the dam in place as a precaution.
The district also outlawed motorized watercraft on the lake. That remains in effect.
Motor boats remained banned at nine other area lakes due to elevated water levels. They include: West Lakes chain (Waldron, Steinbarger, Tamarack, and Jones) in Noble County, and Dallas, Witmer, Westler, Hackenberg, and Messick lakes in LaGrange County.


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Slow down your parenting the mindful way - here's a guide with tips and tricks on how to bring mindfulness into your family.
Mindfulness in parenting has gained popularity in Singapore in recent years. Why? Well, as it turns out, this approach to parenting has benefits for your child in the long term. Simple acts such as encouraging your child’s creativity, independence and love of learning can go a long way! So, if you’re yearning to slow down and build your relationship with your child, here are some of the most meaningful principles from mindful parenting you can try at home.
HOW TO BRING MINDFULNESS INTO YOUR PARENTING
1. Be present for your child
It’s easy to get distracted by our phones these days. But don’t be – especially during caregiving activities such as diaper change time, feeding, dressing and bathing. Put away your phone, any other distractions and focus. Your other children can join you and assist in the caregiving, but your focus is entirely on the child in need of care. Don’t rush through the process. Enjoy it while it lasts!
2. Ask for cooperation and participation
Another easy way to practise mindful parenting is to ask for cooperation, participation and help with chores! During caregiving duties, tell your child what you expect of them and talk them through the process. This way, your child becomes an active participant in their own care when you ask for help and offer choices. An example: “In five minutes, it will be bedtime. You need to brush your teeth. Would you like to use the yellow toothbrush or the blue one?” Teamwork makes the dream work!
3. Be patient, wait and let your child be
When possible, slow everything down. As an example, you could offer your child a choice of outfits and give them the time to choose. Or, you could ask them to dress themselves. If they’re struggling, help them, but ask them to participate, too. For example: “Can you help me by pushing your arm through the sleeve?”
It’s important to also try not to interfere with your child’s play. If your child is engrossed in play, let them be. Resist showing them how a toy works. The greatest way to foster a love of learning and creativity comes from the satisfaction felt when a child discovers something themselves.
4. Try ‘sportscasting’
Talk through what you are doing and what your child is doing. Talk, talk, talk and do it as though you were a sportscaster on TV. Why? It helps our children to develop language skills, and it’s a way of acknowledging what they’re doing without passing judgement.
5. Remember there’s no right or wrong
You may be surprised to know there’s no good nor bad in mindful parenting. Here’s an example to illustrate: “You are throwing the ball in the house. I have asked you not to throw the ball in the house.” Sportscast. There’s no judgement. You’re simply stating the facts.
“I’d like you to take the ball outside; otherwise, I’ll put it away until tomorrow.” Set an expectation and offer a choice. Follow through consistently with a consequence for choices that the child makes themselves.
6. All emotions are created equally
7. Praise the effort, not the outcome
How do we reward the effort and not an outcome? Here’s an example to help you understand. For example, telling your child, “You tied your shoelaces all by yourself!” This presents no judgement – you’re simply acknowledging the achievement. Now, if your child has been practising this for months, you might say, “Wow! You practised so hard, and it was worth it!”
Tip: Don’t bribe, reward or punish for outcomes; praise effort and let the ‘consequences for the behaviour’ do the talking.
8. Don’t tell the kids they’re okay
Typically we say when our child falls, “You’re okay! Get up, and off you go!” Mindful parenting asks us to wait for our child’s reaction and sportscast: “You fell over.” They may run off as if nothing happened, or they may cry and look for your support. If that’s the case, we say, “You’re upset. I can see that. Would you like a hug?”
Try to avoid making a big deal or say, “You poor thing!” Mindfulness avoids creating victims and victors but also supports children in expressing, rather than suppressing their emotions.
RESOURCES FOR MINDFUL PARENTING IN SINGAPORE
And if you want to know more, here are some resources we recommend about mindful parenting…
1. Elevating Childcare and No Bad Kids by Janet Lansbury (also has a supporting website)
Janet Lansbury is a bit of a queen when it comes to all things mindfulness and parenting, having written a heap of books on this topic. Our favourites include No Bad Kids, which focuses on those tricky toddler tantrums we know all too well. Elevating Childcare is also a goodie, with loads of advice on the practice of respectful parenting.
2. Your Self-Confident Baby by Magda Gerber
As the founder of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), Magda Gerber knows a thing or two about kids. This book is all about teaching us when we should intervene with our little ones and when not to. There are also lots of practical tips on finding ways to connect with your baby through daily caregiving routines such as feeding, diapering, and bathing.
3. No Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina P. Bryson
If you’re looking for ways to deal with tantrums, this is the book for you. The authors explain how to redirect emotions and turn those meltdown moments into an opportunity for growth. Sounds dreamy to us!
4. Join Singapore’s Respectful and Mindful parenting group on Facebook
Another great resource where you can get top tips from fellow parents is the Respectful and Mindful parenting group on Facebook. Supported by the fab organisation, Chapter Zero, you’re sure to pick up loads of advice and ideas to try with the kids!
5. Chapter Zero
As well as via the Facebook group mentioned above, Chapter Zero is a great port of call in its own right. Offering up advice via its website, as well as dedicated workshops on all things respectful and mindful parenting in SG!

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Waller, a national healthcare law firm with offices in Austin, recently received “Top Honors” from the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) for the firm’s continued commitment to the advancement of professional development in healthcare law through its participation in the AHLA. The June 2015 issue of AHLA Connections magazine highlights Waller as the nation’s fourth largest healthcare law firm based on AHLA membership with 163 current members. This is the firm’s ninth consecutive year on the industry-esteemed “Top Ten” list.
“Waller is honored to be recognized among the nation’s top law firms by the American Health Lawyers Association,” said Matt Burnstein, chairman of Waller. “Waller attorney Kim Harvey Looney was recently elected to serve on the AHLA Board of Directors, and we are proud of all of our attorneys continued involvement at AHLA conferences, seminars and programs. AHLA is an important part of the firm’s commitment to both the healthcare industry and our clients.”
Waller also was recognized in the following categories as part of its 2015 AHLA Top Honors:
- Most members in Tennessee
- #1 ranking in the Southeast Region
Attorney Mark Peters also was recognized for his service as a 2015 AHLA Mentor.

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China’s great wall of debt
China’s investment boom has heaped on a great wall of debt that now threatens the hard-fought prosperity of the country. Unless China shifts to fewer and higher-quality infrastructure investments, the country is headed for an infrastructure-led national financial and economic crisis, which is likely to spread to the international economy.
This reality is illustrated by a new analysis of 95 large Chinese road and rail transport projects and 806 transport projects built in rich democracies. A typical Chinese infrastructure investment suffers cost overruns and benefit shortfalls so large that they destroy economic value. In China actual infrastructure construction costs are on average 30.6 per cent higher than estimated costs, in real terms, measured from the final business case — which is in line with global trends. The evidence is overwhelming that costs are systematically biased towards underestimation.
With respect to traffic performance, demand in China represents two extremes. A majority of the routes witness paltry traffic volumes but a few routes are highly congested. Too little and too much traffic of this magnitude indicates significant misallocation of resources.
In our sample, over half the projects had an ex post benefit-to-cost ratio lower than 1.0, meaning that these projects were economically unviable at the outset of their operational lives. Less than a third of our sample could be considered genuinely economically productive.
The pattern of cost overruns and benefit shortfalls in China’s infrastructure investments is linked with China’s growing debt problem. We estimate that cost overruns have equalled approximately one-third of China’s US$28.2 trillion debt pile. China’s debt-to-GDP ratio stands at over 280 per cent, exceeding that of many advanced economies and all developing economies for which data is available.
Our revised calculation of China’s implicit government debt as a proportion of GDP suggests that China’s government is the second-most indebted in the world after Japan. Extraordinary monetary expansion has accompanied China’s piling debts — China’s M2 broad money grew by US$12.9 trillion in 2007–13, greater than the rest of the world combined. The result is increased financial and economic fragility.
Less is more when it comes to infrastructure investments. Infrastructure supports economic development if the investments are productive. This big ‘if’ is all too often ignored in policy debates leading to the predicament in which China now finds itself. Our findings suggest that had China focused on about a third of its most productive investments it would have reaped lasting economic benefits without the debt overhang it is currently suffering.
A puzzling feature of debates regarding the rapid build-up of debt is that many economists condone such profligacy. Noble laureate Paul Krugman has increasingly encouraged countries to take on debt. Similarly, Nicholas Lardy makes little of China’s alarming great wall of debt.
New-Keynesian arguments that see large public debt as benign are misguided. A Keynesian stimulus can be necessary to push the economy forward during a crisis. But the investments still need to be productive to avoid accruing liabilities that do not generate sufficient benefit streams such as end-user fees or tax revenues.
Moreover, to use such stimulus on a more or less continuous basis to drive a high national growth rate is ill-judged. This is especially the case if the stimulus is debt-financed like it is in China. Incurring this level of debt to fund infrastructure is destabilising. Negative macroeconomic impacts include volatile movements in interest, exchange and inflation rates, unpredictable movements in asset prices, adverse growth outcomes, rising unemployment from deleveraging and a lack of capital to finance productive investments. Several of these negative consequences are already materialising in China in 2016.
China’s debts are owed in large proportion to its own thrifty households. The numerous and dispersed creditors thus face state-owned and powerful debtors. Given the authoritarian nature of the government, Chinese state-owned debtors may hesitate little in raiding the savings and pensions of their own population. China may avert a spectacular financial crash, but financial repression of the more insidious variety of its domestic creditors will be unavoidable to liquidate its debts.
China’s total per capita debt now stands at above US$20,000. The multiple of per capita debt to per capita annual income for China is 11.5, far greater than that of the US (7.5) or Brazil (8.1) and in line with that of Greece (11.8). Since 2009, Greece has been in the midst of one of the worst sovereign debt crises of recent memory that has hit poorer households particularly hard. Other countries with similarly large per capita debt-to-income multiples, such as Spain and Japan, are undergoing debt-induced economic stagnation.
China has an ageing population with a relatively low level of wealth. Yet China’s social safety net and pensions system are far less developed than in advanced indebted economies. To prevent a stagnant economy requires China to become more productive with its investments.
China’s scale and an unrestrained approach to the printing of new money have allowed it to service debts that few other economies could shoulder. Developing economies — even large ones such as Nigeria, Pakistan or Brazil — would be imprudent to play with Chinese fireworks.
In China, liabilities can be rolled over for a considerable time, for instance by the central bank’s willingness to provide additional funding to state-owned banks to prevent default. This hides financial fragility for the time being, and as the carousel of credit goes around, observers may interpret the system to be one happy affair. Until the wheels come off.
Atif Ansar is a Fellow of Keble College and Programme Director of the MSc in Major Programme Management (MMPM) at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Bent Flyvbjerg is the first BT Professor and inaugural Chair of Major Programme Management at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School and a Professorial Fellow of St Anne’s College, University of Oxford.
The conclusions reached in this article are based on analysis by Atif Ansar, Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, and Daniel Lunn in the recent publication Does Infrastructure Investment Lead to Economic Growth or Economic Fragility? Evidence from China (Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2016).


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CATAN? - 25th Anniversary Edition
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May 3, 2015, 10:04 AM EDT
Marisnick is also getting it done at the plate for the Astros, who are on a nine-game winning streak and have opened a six-game lead over the Angels in the American League West standings.
Jan 20, 2015, 1:38 PM EDT
Monday the Astros traded center fielder Dexter Fowler to the Cubs.
Dec 2, 2014, 9:58 PM EDT
The Blue Jays appear to be planning for a future without Melky Cabrera.
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The Royals salvage one and their hopes of an AL Central title remain alive.
Sep 11, 2013, 7:01 AM EDT
Red Sox 2, Rays 0: Welcome back Clay Buchholz. It’s like you never left. Or at least the early-season version of you never left. Five shutout innings with six strikeouts before making way for a bullpen that was just as stingy. The Red Sox lead in the East is 8.5 games. Padres 8, Phillies 2:…
- Eduardo Rodriguez dazzles in major league debut 4
- Masahiro Tanaka expected to rejoin Yankees next week 3
- Alex Rodriguez is the all-time AL RBI champion. Sorta. 76
- And That Happened: Wednesday’s scores and highlights 85
- Cardinals GM John Mozeliak: Matt Adams out 3-4 months, possibly the year, with torn quad 60
- Bryce Harper leads in the first round of National League All-Star voting 29
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’90 Day Fiancé’: Deavan Clegg ‘Loses Her Temper’ Before Her Wedding to Jihoon Lee in Sneak Peek
In real time, most 90 Day Fiancé fans know that Deavan Clegg and Jihoon Lee of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way have broken up and moved on. But, in a new sneak peek for an upcoming 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way episode, Jihoon and Deavan tied the knot in a large ceremony in 29-year-old Jihoon’s home country of South Korea.
Just before she walked down the aisle, 23-year-old Deavan had second thoughts – mainly because her wedding day wasn’t going at all how she envisioned.
Deavan was nervous as she prepared to marry Jihoon
In the newest 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way sneak peek, Deavan explained that she and Jihoon were already married on paper in his home country. Still, she had always wanted a more formal wedding to “make it official.”
Jihoon told producers he was excited and nervous at the same time, but his bride didn’t seem to feel as enthralled as he did about their big day.
While Deavan said she was grateful that Jihoon’s parents had set up the event, it wasn’t exactly her dream scenario. Instead, she described it as a “factory-style wedding” somewhat like a wedding chapel, in which couples only had access to the venue for 45 minutes total.
“Once you’re done, you have to leave, and then ‘boom,’ the next bride comes in,” the 90 Day Fiancé star explained, sounding stressed and exhausted.
She added that she wasn’t even sure about the usual customs – such as if she was supposed to bow or not, or whether she and Jihoon would kiss at the altar. The unfamiliar setting left her feeling a little lost and overwhelmed.
The ’90 Day Fiancé’ star admitted she was ‘disappointed’
As Deavan prepped for her wedding, she told TLC producers she finally felt like it was “real” when she donned her bridal gown. While she felt beautiful in it, the mom of two admitted she had mixed emotions – especially because she hadn’t had any hand in planning the event.
“Your wedding day is supposed to be your special day,” she lamented. But the day didn’t feel very special for her, at least not yet. The cookie-cutter environment frustrated her, and she felt too rushed to enjoy every moment as she’d imagined.
“My wedding day is something I’ve thought about my entire life, and it’s just not anything I imagined for my wedding day,” Deavan said sadly. “That’s kind of disappointing.”
Things got even worse when Deavan and her parents were told they had to hurry things along because there was another bride behind her who needed to get ready for her own wedding. The 90 Day Fiancé star grew more and more visibly frustrated as she hastily prepared to wed Jihoon.
Her mom, Elicia Clegg, said the stress was clearly wearing Deavan down.
“There’s another bride, and because it’s a chain, it makes everything that much more tense,” Elicia told TLC producers, “and Deavan is losing her temper.”
Jihoon and Deavan’s wedding ultimately went off without a hitch
Despite the frustrations of the day and the venue, Deavan and Jihoon’s wedding was ultimately a special moment for both of them. Jihoon was in awe of his bride as she walked down the aisle with her dad.
“When I see Deavan walking down the aisle…Yeah, that’s my girl!” Jihoon gushed. “She looks like an angel from heaven.”
After exchanging vows in a short ceremony, Jihoon and Deavan even shared a first dance at the venue.
“Even though it hasn’t been an easy day, when I see Jihoon, I feel like I’m making the right decision right now, and that makes it all worth it,” Deavan told 90 Day Fiancé producers. She added that she didn’t even know what it meant to love anyone before she met her husband – and now, she felt like she finally understood.


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Fans of the fast-growing sport pickleball will soon have a new place to play in the Midlands. 24 Hour Pickleball recently purchased its first land site at 4590 Augusta Road in Lexington, which will be home to the largest indoor pickleball facility in South Carolina.
The 24 Hour Pickleball club will include 12 pickleball courts – eight indoors and four outdoors. The indoor courts will be under a bubble dome air structure which will allow them to remain open in any weather and during all four seasons. The club will also have an outdoor social space for events and room for multiple food trucks, according to a news release.
24 Hour Pickleball is a pickleball training club for learning, playing and competing at all skill levels. Its mission is to provide coaches with the flexibility and opportunity to set their own schedule and to provide players the opportunity to learn the game of pickleball when it is most convenient for them.
“We are very excited to break ground on our first site, right here in the Midlands of South Carolina,” said 24 Hour Pickleball’s project manager Mitch Craps. “Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country right now Our club will give members of our community the chance to learn, play, and compete in a climate controlled, state-of-the-art facility.”
Construction started this month and plans are to open the doors by June 2023. More sites around the state and the southeast are also in the works.
24 Hour Pickleball will be a members-only club and will host tournaments and league play throughout the year. The club will also have certified coaches available for training and learning the sport at all levels of play.
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Ganaraska Forest, Ont. — Once upon a time, all bikes were like this. Or at least all the bikes I knew were like this. If you happened to be from rural Quebec (or I wager rural anywhere in rural Canada) and you wanted to learn to ride a motorcycle, chances are you started in the dirt. Of course, there was the requisite minibike, but should perseverance and budget allow, you eventually moved up to a full-sized dirt bike.
Few were true-blue motocrossers, however. Far more common were some form of hand-me-down “enduro” bike, enduro being the code word for a mild-mannered dirt bike with some modicum of street skills.
If you’re as old as Yours Truly, said stepping stone might have been an SL175, a single overhead camshaft twin-cylinder that Honda somehow optimistically claimed was a dirt bike. If you were richer, maybe you plumped for the Yamaha’s ubiquitous DT-1, the most popular off-roader of the day. But, if you were seriously hefty of wallet, you went for Honda’s four-stroke XL250, then the best compromise between street-ready sophistication and off-road bona fides.
Then specialization took over the motorcycle industry and, like the UJM (universal Japanese motorcycle), the on/off road bike all but disappeared. Oh, some bikes were still labeled “enduro” but they were typically just a motocrosser with a heavier flywheel and some turn signals. The Jack-of-all-trades dirt bike virtually disappeared.
In recent years, however, the only modicum of success in an otherwise depressed motorcycle market has been appealing to entry-level bikers; certainly for Honda, the greatest impact has been from the extremely popular CBR125 and 250. Recognizing a burgeoning market when it sees one, Honda is now expanding its entry-level range to include CRF250L, essentially the CBR250R’s engine de-tuned and slipped into a dirt bike chassis and sporting the same essential ingredient — a low price tag ($4,999) — that makes the CBR so popular.
But the CRF250 hardly looks cheap. Oh, for sure, the alloy-coloured frame is not actually aluminum but painted steel (the swingarm is made of aluminum, though). But there’s a single-shock rising-rate rear suspensions system, robust, 43-millimetre upside down forks up front and disc brakes all round. Indeed, the CRF250L makes a convincing argument for full-flight dirt bike status.
Of course, there are limitations. One of the first, for instance, is that the CRF comes with on/off-road tires, which means less-than-perfect traction on the road; they don’t cause much limitation in real-world riding, but you are not going to be attacking corners like you might on the CBR250R. On the other hand, since the 250L is geared toward the novice crowd, maximum lean angle is perhaps not the most significant consideration.
Like the CBR250R, the L’s 249-cc double overhead camshaft single likes to rev. Maximum forward propulsion is attained keeping the little single on the boil and rowing the gearbox. So thrashed, the 250L is not noticeably slower than the 250R, its approximately 10 kilometres an hour reduced top speed as much to do with its poorer aerodynamics as its reduced top-end power.
It’s also worth noting that, unlike my reluctant starting dirt bikes of yore (you don’t know frustration until you’ve flooded the Keihin of an old Honda after crashing in rain-soaked riding gear and the damn thing won’t start), the CRF has an electric starter. In fact, so modern is the little Honda that it doesn’t even have a provision for a kickstarter. I like progress.
But the engine is also the CRF250L’s only weakness. Despite Honda’s effort to re-tune it for more low-end torque, the four-valve engine was originally designed as a high-revving street bike unit and there’s not a whole lot of low-end torque available. Honda’s own retro-tech CRF230, with its decades-old air-cooled, two-valve motor has more instantaneous grunt down low. Rev the 250L hard, of course, it whisks right by the older bike, but the older design is better at just plonking along some ultra-narrow dirt path at low rpm.
In all other regards, though, the CRF250L performs admirably off-road. Up front ,there’s a plush 250 mm of suspension travel while the rear boasts 240 mm. And not only is there a lot of travel, but also quality damping. Fairly softly sprung, the CRF250L may not be set up for a set of high-speed whoop-de-doos, but it’s perfectly calibrated for traipsing over the horse trails and log-infested underbrush of the Ganaraska Forest where we spent an afternoon playing. Traction from the dirt-oriented (and appropriately sized as the front is a off-road-ready 21-incher) tires is excellent in all but the softest sand and, because the CRF has a low centre of gravity — at least compared with true dirt bikes with even more suspension travel — one doesn’t even notice its slightly portly 145 kilograms. It really is much more off-road capable than its bargain basement pricing might indicate.
Perhaps we are coming around full circle to the beginning. Or at least my beginnings. Maybe the era of motorcycle specialization is coming to an end. Could it be that the return of the all-purpose motorcycle — one you can ride to, as well as through, the woods is returning? If so, Honda’s CRF250L should be at the head of the class. My pimply-faced seventeen-year-old self sure would have loved to traipse through northern Quebec aboard one.


My Fellow Americans,
By the time I am sworn in as President, the current Congress will have passed “comprehensive immigration reform, ” because the elites of America have decided that’s what we need. But the ordinary citizens of the United States want and deserve the rule of law. The advocates of reform insist on rushing a debate on a bill so detailed that it requires one thousand pages. At this time, it is not humanly possible to know what immigration law will look like when I take the oath of office as the head of the Executive Branch of these United States. I want you, the citizens of the United States, to know what I intend to do once in office.
I intend to enforce the immigration law, whatever it turns out to be. Count on it. There will be no more turning a blind eye to infractions by employers, workers, document forgers or criminals. We wouldn’t be in the mess we are in today, if previous Presidents and their executive branches had made serious attempts to enforce the law. The problems would have been exposed and possibly corrected, much sooner. If Congress presents the country with another impossible to enforce immigration code, we shall find it out sooner, rather than later. For I intend to attempt to enforce every bit of it to the maximum extent legally permissible.
I will complete the building of the border fence. I will make use of all employer sanctions. No more “wink, wink, nod, nod,” over employers who violate hiring and reporting requirements. The raids at the Swift plant will look like a walk in the park.
I will treat document forgery as the serious federal offense that it is. Forging US identity documents amounts to counterfeiting citizenship. Under my leadership the Federal government will treat identity fraud as seriously as the Treasury treats counterfeiting. Jail time. Serious fines. Likewise our government will treat human smugglers as kidnappers. I will use the full force of Federal law against coyotes.
I will take all necessary federal steps to deport alien criminals. I will instruct the Justice Department to assist local law enforcement authorities and penal institutions wishing to lower the costs of incarcerating criminal aliens. We will return illegal aliens who have committed crimes in this country to their home countries. And there will be no “path to citizenship” for legal aliens who commit crimes in this country. I will order their immediate deportation.
Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., is the author of Smart Sex: Finding Life-long Love In A Hook-up World. She blogs at jennifer-roback-morse.blogspot.com
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As Pakistan’s election dust settled on Friday, February 9, 2024, with results on a majority of seats trickled in, a clear victor remained elusive, and independent candidates linked to jailed former PM Imran Khan winning the race.
According to Dawn, of the 256 seats counted from the 264 seats that went to the polls, independent candidates backed by Khan had won 93 till 11 am Bangladesh time today.
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Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 73, while the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54. The rest 36 seats were won by small parties and other independents.
A simple majority of 134 is needed for a party to form a government. Despite party affiliation, MPs have the flexibility to collaborate. For Imran’s party, its candidates can opt to remain independent, potentially forming a government if they collectively surpass the required number of seats. Despite no clear winner and results of some seats remaining, both Imran Khan and his main rival, three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, declared victory. In his ‘victory speech,’ Nawaz said that his party has emerged as the largest and begun talks with others to join a coalition.
Amidst the chaos, Pakistan’s powerful army chief urged the country to move on from the politics of ‘anarchy and polarization’. General Asim Munir said that a stable hand was needed to unite ‘Pakistan’s diverse polity’, and to make ‘democracy functional and purposeful’. The army is dubbed as the last say in Pakistan’s politics and allegedly backing Mr. Nawaz.
Analysts said that this uncertainty adds more waves to the woes of a country struggling to recover from an economic crisis while it grapples with rising militancy in a deeply polarized political environment.
Big Boundary Without Bat
Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defied a months-long crackdown, and arrests that crippled campaigning and forced its candidates to contest as the independents.
Defying the odds, Khan’s loyalists are winning the race, proving that its popularity is not a social media bubble, but has a real and committed support base.
The party unofficially came into this election with its founder disqualified and in prison (he is already serving a three-year sentence for corruption but secured bail on Saturday in 12 cases linked to the May 9 riots), and its cricket bat symbol removed from the ballot.
Khan, who was ousted as prime minister by his opponents in 2022, has claimed that all the cases against him are politically motivated. The party says that its supporters have been intimidated and picked up by the police while it tries to run its campaign – allegations the authorities have always denied.
But the real challenges for the PTI wait ahead as the election results may change in the coming days as candidates from different parties challenge the results. But that is not the only thing to watch out for.
Pakistan requires all independents to join a political party within 3 days from the moment they are officially declared or they must stay independent. PTI will need to come up with a solution soon.
The imprisoned leader’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party posted on his X social media account an artificial intelligence-generated message. In the audio-visual message, which is usually delivered by word through his lawyers, Khan rejected Sharif’s claim to victory and congratulated his supporters “on winning the 2024 elections”. He called them on to celebrate and protect their vote.
“I trusted that you all would come out to vote – and you honoured that trust and your massive turnout has shocked everyone,”The message said, adding no one would accept Sharif’s claim because he had won fewer seats and because there had been rigging in the polls.
Reference To 1970 Elections
As Pakistan is yet to get a clear winner, users of social media X began drawing parallels to the polls with the general elections in 1970 in which Sheikh Mujibur Rahman secured a landslide victory against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Looking back into the 1970 general election, it was a fierce contest between two major democratic parties: the West Pakistan-based Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the then East Pakistan-based Awami League under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The then West Pakistan, now Pakistan, had 138 seats while East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, had 162 seats in the National Assembly, excluding the reserved seats for women.
The Awami League secured an absolute majority, winning 160 of the 162 seats, sweeping East Pakistan, while the Pakistan Peoples Party won 81 seats in Punjab and Sindh, out of the 138 seats. However, the landmark electoral mandate of 1970 did not translate into a smooth transition of power.
The ruling regime in West Pakistan, backed by the military and led by Yahya Khan, refused to recognize the right of the Awami League to form a government, which ultimately led to the Independence of Bangladesh.
Drawing parallels with both elections, one user posted in X, “In 2024, echoes of 1970 emerge as elections unfold in Pakistan. Regional concerns resurface, hinting at potential parallels with the past—division, creation, and the formulation of a new constitution. The unfolding events bear a resemblance to the pivotal moments of 1970.”
Another user wrote, “A repeat of 1970 General Elections. This time they couldn’t destroy the country so they destroyed the constitution.” Meanwhile, another user demanded that the Pakistani military submit to Imran Khan.
“A repeat of the 1970 general election! Now, the Pakistani military must submit to Prime Minister Imran Khan, which they did not do to Sheikh Mujib, resulting in the loss of East Pakistan. Remember, no power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”
Dealing Begins to Form Battling Joint-Family
As no single party wins the majority, the question of a coalition government looms. To form the government, a party needs the support of at least 26 MPAs, and three parties, including the PPP, PMLN, JUIF, and ANP, could comfortably form the coalition government.
The PML-N and the PPP have reportedly agreed to form a unity government in the Centre and Punjab after PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif met PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari.
Pakistan’s leading news outlet DAWN said, quoting PML-N party sources that Zardari and Shehbaz agreed to form a government in Punjab and at the center and both the parties will present their own views in the next meeting and finalize all matters regarding the power-sharing formula as to who will assume which office and where with mutual consultation.
But at the moment, it is difficult to say what will happen. If courts rule in favor of the PTI-affiliated candidates who are challenging the alleged vote manipulation, then Nawaz Sharif’s chances of coming into power are slim.
The alleged manipulation of poll results also pushed the European Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom to raise concerns about the fairness of polls. While reacting to allegations of rigging in the general elections, the EU called for a full investigation while the US called into question the “undue restrictions” put in place during polls. The US, however, pledged to work with whoever formed the next government.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the UK urged authorities in Pakistan “to uphold fundamental human rights including free access to information, and the rule of law”.
In a statement, he went on to express “regret that not all parties were formally permitted to contest the elections”. Meanwhile, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller criticized what he described as “undue restrictions on freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly” during Pakistan’s electoral process.
He also cited “attacks on media workers” and “restrictions on access to the internet and telecommunication services” as reasons to worry about “allegations of interference” in the process. Many analysts have said this is among Pakistan’s least credible elections.
As many as 128 million people were registered to cast their votes, almost half of whom were under the age of 35. More than 5,000 candidates – of whom just 313 are women – contested 266 directly-elected seats in the 336-member National Assembly.
More instability ahead?
Many Pakistanis hoped that the February 8 elections would end the country’s protracted political and economic turmoil. However, as no party has gained a simple majority in parliament, the bitter conflict between Khan and Sharif is unlikely to cease in the short term. Pakistan is reeling from a grave financial crisis, high inflation, unemployment, and environmental catastrophes, with many Pakistanis struggling to make ends meet and disillusioned by political leaders.
“Anybody who comes to power needs to bring political stability to the country, and it is not possible without developing trust among the public. So, elections are important, but I don’t think it will make much difference,” – said, Saira Khan, a schoolteacher in Islamabad, reports DW.
Whoever forms the next government will face huge challenges. The most pressing of these is fixing the economy. The failure to bring down inflation and increase employment opportunities will likely make it unpopular.
Pakistan heavily depends on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) bailout packages. The next IMF-Pakistan negotiations are scheduled to take place after the new government takes charge. The financial body’s tough terms will force the next premier to increase taxes and undertake reforms that will likely further burden the public.
Another substantial challenge for the next government will be dealing with a spike in violent attacks along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan and Iran. The country’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have seen a rise in militant attacks in the past few months. To tackle this threat, the next government may need to empower the security forces and launch a military operation in these areas. The current political scenario is far from conducive for the next premier to carry out these measures.
Military Script Went Wrong?
It was said to be the “mother of all selections”. The ‘establishment’, read the Pakistan army, had planned it all to select the new prime minister. Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan has been kept in jail for many months now. He has been sentenced thrice, with almost over 20 years in jail, in just one week before the elections. Another former PM, Nawaz Sharif, ended his self-imposed exile and came back to Pakistan well in time for national elections. The ‘establishment’ ensured that neither Imran Khan nor his party, Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), could easily campaign or contest in the elections. Khan has been barred from running in the elections, effectively sidelined from the political ‘field.’
The Election Commission of Pakistan also stripped PTI of its traditional ‘bat’ symbol, forcing its candidates to run as independents. Despite these challenges, Khan attempted to campaign from jail using AI and social media, though his efforts were often thwarted by internet outages during his speeches.
In essence, the establishment stacked the deck against Imran Khan and PTI, controlling the ‘pitch,’ ‘umpire,’ and ‘playing conditions.’ However, the outcome of elections is unpredictable, and early trends suggest that the Pakistani electorate might defy the army’s script.
Despite these maneuvers, the ‘establishment’ is likely to influence the selection of the next Pakistani PM. The loyalty of independents, who may align with the ‘preferred’ candidate under various pressures, remains uncertain.


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Before I had my first little one, I thought I was pretty knowledgeable about all things baby. As it turned out, I was in for quite a surprising ride! Even if you’ve done a ton of babysitting in your life, you’ve probably never cared for a newborn in their first hours and days of life. These strange newborn facts will help get you prepared for what you’re about to see.
Newborns poop with every feeding.
And they feed every 2-3 hours, around the clock. You do the math- that means newborns poop around 8 times per day!
There is a huge amount of variability with newborn poop, especially between breastfed and formula fed babies. Breastfed babies poop more often (to start) than formula fed babies. It is liquidy and can range in color from yellow to light brown. For the first six weeks or so, they will have dirty diapers 4-12 times a day.
After that, their bodies can hold more and their digestive systems slow down. At that point, breastfed babies may poop 1-3 times per day, or can go up to a week between bowel movements.
They really do see in black and white.
Babies are born with very immature vision. The underdeveloped eye muscles mean they frequently go cross-eyed, one of many terrifying newborn traits that can scare new parents. They also see in shades of black, white, and gray.
Gradually over the first few months, babies will develop their color vision. Until then, stimulate them with black and white toys and books.
Newborns also can only see 8-12 inches in front of them, so make sure to get nice and close. They prefer to look at faces than objects. Holding them close and gazing at them during feedings gives them the perfect visual stimulation.
Newborns often cry, but they can’t make tears.
Your newborn will spend a significant part of their day crying, but don’t expect to see any waterworks. They don’t make any tears for the first two weeks, and it will be months before they make enough tears to see them rolling down your little one’s cheeks.
According to Very Well Family:
Newborns start making tears when they are about two weeks old, but often it is just enough to keep their eyes moist and not enough to make real tears that you can see when they cry. Infants often don’t develop real tears that you can see until they are about seven or eight months old.
Mom’s hormones mean babies can develop breasts.
This might be the winner of the most strange newborn facts. Both boy and girl babies can be born with swollen breasts as a result of their mother’s hormones coursing through their bodies. You may even see a few drops of breastmilk leak out of their tiny nipples. Don’t be alarmed! It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with your baby, and it should completely stop around the one month mark.
Baby girls can even have a mini-period.
Also because of the exposure to Mom’s hormones, you might see some surprises when changing your daughter’s diaper. Small amounts of vaginal discharge are normal in the days after birth, as is a small amount of vaginal bleeding. Just clean the vagina gently with a wipe and diaper as usual. It is simply from her body withdrawing from the hormones she was exposed to in utero.
Although this is normal, if it does not fade within a few days you should call your doctor.
Babies come out with mysterious birth marks.
Often times these birth marks fade away over time.
Here are a few of the most common types of birthmarks you might find on your baby:
- Nevus Simplex: Commonly called a “stork bite” or “angel kiss”, these harmless flat red birthmarks occur in up to 80% of newborn babies. They are collections of small red blood vessels often seen on the face, neck, or lower back. They should fade by the time the baby reaches toddlerhood.
- Infantile hemangiomas: These raised red collections of blood vessels are often called “strawberry marks”. They are fairly common, with about 5% of babies having one. Infantile hemangiomas grow bigger during baby’s first couple months of life and then shrink down and fade. However, sometimes they require medical treatment so be sure to alert your doctor if your child has one.
- Mongolian spots: Typically found on darker skinned babies, Mongolian spots are flat gray, blue, or brown areas of skin covering the back, butt, or legs. They may be mistaken for bruises, but unlike bruises they do not change in size or shape. They do gradually fade and should disappear by early childhood.
Baby boys get erections from day one.
And even before that, if you happen to catch him at the right moment on ultrasound.
Some parents are horrified to see their tiny newborn baby sporting an erection, but it’s nothing to worry about. It’s a purely physical reaction, often occurring when they are about to urinate. So if you see one, cover him up quickly before you get a shower!
Newborns have almost 100 more bones than adults.
It’s strange, but true. Babies are born with 300 bones, adults have only 206.
The reason? Babies are soft and bendable by nature- it helps them be able to fit through the birth canal. They have more cartilage, which is more flexible than hardened bone. There is also space between bones, which will later fuse together. This fusing is how the number of total bones actually decreases with age.
One example is the skull, which is made up of separate plates or fontanelles in infants (remember that pesky soft spot on top of baby’s head?). You can see here how there are spaces between the plates in the newborn skull. In the adult skull, these plates have fused into one solid piece of bone.
Babies’ heads are disproportionately huge.
In adults, the head makes up about 1/8 of a person’s total body length. For babies, the head is 1/4 to 1/3 of their height! Newborns have huge heads to accommodate their big brains, which are bigger than ever thanks to evolution:
The human lineage began to develop separately from other great apes approximately 5 million to 7 million years ago. While the brains of both branches continue to grow, the last 2 million years of human evolution have led to an explosion in brain growth. In contrast with the marginal increases in the great apes, the human brain has more than tripled in size over the past 2 million years. Despite such changes in the size of the brain, the human body has changed little in size over the same period. –Livestrong
Throughout childhood and adolescence, head growth slows and limbs extend, resulting in the typical human proportions you see in adults.
What are your thoughts on these strange newborn facts?
Let me know in the comments!


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Africa warned against pushing off small-holder farmers
Mildred Mulenga (PANA)-- A leading nutrition expert from Cornell University in the United States has warned that African governments ceding large parcels of land normally cultivated by small-holder farmers to multi-nationals and middle-income countries risk exacerbating food insecurity in their countries.
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor of Food and Nutrition and Public Policy at Cornell, said Friday that although multi-national corporations and middle-income countries were bringing in capital-intensive equipment to grow food, which has resulted in an increase in food production in the global sense, this is not benefiting the rural vulnerable people in Africa who are malnourished.
He said the food produced in Africa by these foreign investors is going to people who are not malnourished such as those in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other middle-income countries.
‘My concern is that we are seeing a dramatic deteriorationin the well-being of those small-holders who have been cultivating this land for a long time but who could not get title. For instance, in Ethiopia you cannot get title to your land, so government can decide that you leave the land so that investors from outside come in and take over,’ Pinstrup-Andersen told PANA Friday in New Delhi, India, where a global conference to assess ways to increase agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition and health for the world’s most vulnerable people is taking place.
He suggested that African government should instead help small-holder farmers by investing in roads, water management systems, credit facilities, research and technology so that they (farmers) can expand production and escape poverty rather than simply pushing them off the land.
‘Unfortunately, most African governments do not have resources and they need assistant from outside but the governments themselves have to set the priorities and if the governments do not prioritise investment in rural areas, the country will not be able to expand food production to meet future demands,’ Pinstrup-Andersen said.
He said African countries should not let the international community set the priorities for them, adding that African governments must set the priorities themselves and implement whatever investments they can afford, adding: ‘Ignoring agriculture is ignoring economic growth opportunities in Africa.’
Pinstrup-Andersen cited Ethiopia and Ghana, and to a lesser extent Uganda, as some of the countries that are now making major investments in rural development and agriculture.
He expressed disappointment that most African countries are still not investing as much as they agreed to under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) agreement.
Under the CAADP agreement entered in 2003, African leaders pledged to allocate ten per cent of their national budget to agriculture by 2008.
‘The conference here would be successful if it draws attention to the importance of incorporating nutrition and health goals into agriculture development but it takes more than attention. Attention is the first step, step two is to create action and for that we need resources, so lip service is cheap, we have to move beyond lip service and make investments for rural development that farmers can use in order to improve their well-being,’ Pinstrup-Andersen said.
The three-day conference on ‘leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health’, which began here Thursday, has brought experts to examine ways that agriculture can enhance the health and nutritional status of poor people in developing countries.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), organisers of the conference, said nearly a billion people now go hungry everyday and are unable to access the food they need for energy and growth, while several billions suffer from deficiencies in micronutrients like iron, vitamin A, and zinc.
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The amount of Scottish household rubbish being recycled has exceeded the amount being sent to landfill for the first time, according to official statistics.
Last year 1.12m tonnes of waste from the nation’s homes was recycled compared to 1.11m that was sent to landfill, the figures from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) show.
“It’s great to see recycling exceed landfill for the first time ever, but I think we still need to see more progress, particularly in our bigger cities”
Roseanna Cunningham MSP
Although overall recycling rates only increased by 0.6 per cent between 2016 and 2017, the amount sent to landfill declined by 2.2 per cent – the sixth year in a row it has fallen.
It means that the nation’s recycling rate now stands at 45.6 per cent, slightly higher than the landfill rate of 45 per cent. According to Sepa, landfill should only be used as a “last resort”.
The figures also showed that 19 of Scotland’s 32 local councils increased their recycling rates last year, with West Lothian and East Renfrewshire making the biggest improvements.
East Renfrewshire now recycles 67.1 per cent of its household rubbish, the best rate in the country, followed by 61.3 per cent in West Lothian and 59.5 per cent in Clackmannanshire.
However, in some of Scotland’s biggest cities the recycling rates are much lower. Glasgow’s is just 26.7 per cent, Dundee’s is 35.5 per cent, Edinburgh’s is 41 per cent and Aberdeen’s is 43.9 per cent.
Welcoming the figures, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham said she wanted Scotland to become a “circular economy” where there was less waste and more things could be re-used.
“It’s great to see recycling exceed landfill for the first time ever, but I think we still need to see more progress, particularly in our bigger cities,” she added.
“We may consider further measures if the pace of improvement does not increase.”
Scotland is also pushing ahead with plans to introduce a national deposit return scheme for plastic and glass drinks containers, with the public being encouraged to give their views.
Ministers have commissioned a study into the possible options, but the scheme is likely to see customers pay a small surcharge which is then refunded when the bottle or can is returned to a shop.
The recycling figures were described as an “important milestone” by Mary Church, head of campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland.
But she added: “We must be careful that this is not being achieved by simply incinerating ever more quantities of waste instead of reducing or properly dealing with it.
“For too long we’ve been a wasteful society following a linear economic model where things are used once and then dumped into landfill, or burned, with the resulting pollution causing damage for centuries.
“A move to more circular economy where we repair, reuse and recycle more goods and materials is needed to eliminate the mountains of waste we produce every year, cut climate emissions and help create new jobs.”
A Zero Waste Scotland spokesman added: “We are pleased that the recycling rate in Scotland continues to increase.
“The majority of local authorities have seen positive growth in recycling performance, despite the ongoing challenges around recyclate quality and market prices and availability.
“We will continue to provide advice to all local authorities as to how they can improve the quality of the material collected and to make collection services more sustainable.”