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2020 was a grim year for share dividends
2019 was the best year for UK share dividends in history as these cash payouts hit a record high. Total dividends paid by London-listed stocks came to £110.5bn, up more than a tenth (10.7%) on 2018, according to Link Asset Services.
However, with company earnings devastated by Covid-19, UK share dividends collapsed in 2020. Indeed, according to A J Bell‘s excellent Dividend Tracker, 634 UK-listed companies cut, cancelled, suspended or delayed paying at least one dividend in the period from 9 January 2020 to 5 February 2021. Even worse, these 634 vanished share dividends amounted to a colossal £50.7bn in lost income for UK shareholders. With such a mammoth loss of cash payouts, it’s no wonder that the blue-chip FTSE 100 index lost a seventh (14.3%) of its value in 2020.
Dividends are expected to rebound in 2021
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It’s important to understand that UK share dividends are highly concentrated. According to A J Bell, 10 FTSE 100 stocks accounted for more than half (54%) of forecast dividends for 2020. In addition, the top 20 may account for three-quarters (75%) of total dividends paid in 2020. Furthermore, 15 FTSE 100 companies pay yearly dividends exceeding £1bn. The top five payers all return between £4bn and £5bn in cash to their shareholders each year.
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The government of Marin County, California, is suing two SAP subsidiaries and Deloitte Consulting, alleging they "engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity designed to defraud the County of more than $20 million."
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The impasse over admission tests to six humanities streams at Jadavpur University ended today, as its Executive Council declared that they will be held "at the earliest".
The announcement prompted the agitating Arts Faculty Students' Union to withdraw the gherao of the vice-chancellor and other EC members, after 44 hours.
The EC also condemned the "wrongful confinement" of the vice-chancellor and other EC members, since Monday evening.
Pro-VC Pradip Ghosh told reporters at the university that an admission committee, comprising head of departments of the six humanities streams, "will decide on the modalities of holding the admission tests and decide on the date at the earliest".
Soon after the announcement, the impasse ended, as the agitating students made way for VC Suranjan Das and other EC members to leave the campus at around 4 pm, a JU Teachers' Association (JUTA) member said.
Ghosh said the EC decided that the admission eligibility of every candidate to humanities streams will be based on the '50-50 formula' - 50 per cent of the total marks obtained in admission tests and 50 per cent of the total marks secured by the candidate in board examinations.
The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the EC during the day, where the "legal validity" of holding such tests was examined after taking views of experts, he said.
West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi told reporters on the sidelines of a programme here that he has sought details into the developments during the past three days from the VC.
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AFSU leader Somashree Choudhury, however, said though the main issue of declaring the date for admission tests has been announced, the union will continue its agitation in some other manner to address different matters, and discuss the 50-50 formula in more detail at the next meeting.
The EC also condemned the sit-in demonstration by the students, which led to confinement of the faculty.
"The Executive Council unanimously condemned the wrongful confinement of the EC members from June 25 till date by a section of students, especially from the arts faculty," Ghosh said.
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Without electronics and photonics, there would be no computers, smartphones, sensors, or information and communication technologies. In the coming years, the new field of phononics may further expand these options. That field is concerned with understanding and controlling lattice vibrations (phonons) in solids. In order to realize phononic devices, however, lattice vibrations have to be controlled as precisely as commonly realized in the case of electrons or photons.
The key building block for such a device is a phononic crystal, an artificially fabricated structure in which properties such as stiffness, mass or mechanical stress vary periodically. Phononic devices are used as acoustic waveguides, phonon lenses, and vibration shields and may realize mechanical Qubits in the future. However, until now, these systems operated at fixed vibrational frequencies. It was not possible to change their vibrational modes in a controlled manner.
Periodic hole pattern in graphene
Now, for the first time, a team at Freie Universität Berlin and HZB has demonstrated this control. They used graphene, a form of carbon in which the carbon atoms interconnect two-dimensionally to form a flat honeycomb structure. Using a focused beam of helium ions, the team was able to cut a periodic pattern of holes in the graphene. This method is available at CoreLab CCMS (Correlative Microscopy and Spectroscopy). “We had to optimize the process a lot to cut a regular pattern of holes in the graphene surface without touching neighbouring holes,” Dr. Katja Höflich, group leader at Ferdinand-Braun-Institut Berlin and guest scientist at HZB, explains.
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Jan N. Kirchhof, first author of the study now published in Nano Letters, calculated the vibrational properties of this phononic crystal. His simulations show that in a certain frequency range no vibrational modes are allowed. Analogues to the electronic band structure in solids, this region is a mechanical band gap. This band gap can be used to localize individual modes to shield them from the environment. What’s special here: “The simulation shows that we can tune the phononic system quickly and selectively, from 50 megahertz to 217 megahertz, via applied mechanical pressure, induced by a gate voltage.” says Jan Kirchhof.
“We hope that our results will push the field of phononics further. We expect to discover some fundamental physics and develop technologies that could lead to application in e.g. ultrasensitive photosensors or even quantum technologies” explains Prof. Kirill Bolotin, head of the FU working group. The first experiments on the new phononic crystals from HZB are already underway in his group.
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OSU football: Mike Gundy likes easy nonconference schedule
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Nonconference cupcaking has been a hot topic over the past week. It usually is this time of year.
And at the forefront of these growing complaints — used as the popular lead-in to the broader discussion — is Oklahoma State and its 84-0 mutiny on Savannah Sate this past weekend.
The groaning is understandable. And many of the games are unwatchable.
But, while admitting that Savannah State was an unavoidable mistake, Cowboy coach Mike Gundy sticks by the softened schedule. In fact, he embraces it, giving an interesting explanation (and one that would please a Leprechaun):
“Kind of the best way to look at it, if you just image a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, that being the BCS championship and Big 12 championship,” Gundy said. “You have a certain part of that road that never changes, and that’s called your conference. But before that, if your goal was to get there, you’d like to have a straight path. And anything you put in your way that could make it more difficult, just makes it more difficult. So you have a nice smooth highway all the way there, then you have to make a left or right turn based on where you have to go to follow your conference. Or you can go over hills and valleys and potholes and things like that and have issues getting there. I’d be for the easiest way to get to that one point before having to play conference play, within reason.”
But Coach, what about strength of schedule? Don’t you worry about?
“Not in this league,” Gundy said. “What is there seven teams in the top 25, top 30, as we speak. It’s just not ever been an issue in this league.”
Well, what about last year? Maybe if you had scheduled and beat Georgia in the preseason, you would have slipped by Alabama into the BCS conference title game.
“All we had to do was win at Iowa State,” Gundy said. “We would have had enough to get in.”


This time we decided to look at the power consumption numbers of our test system using the seven different DDR2 memory products. These results were tracked with the specified voltage, default timings, and DDR2-1066 speeds. This means that the Corsair Dominator, OCZ’s Flex II XLS and the Chaintech Apogee GT were operated at clock speeds below their specified maximum, as we wanted to find out the total power consumption of the memory in the first place.
Voltage Matters Most
Obviously, the memory voltage dictates the power consumption for each of the 4 GB DIMM kits. The system idle power ranges from 101.2 W with Crucial’s CT2Kit (1.8 V voltage and CL7 timings) to 107.6 W peak power for Chaintech’s Apogee GT, running at CL5 timings and 2.3 V supply voltage. This represents a 6.3% increase in system power consumption, which does not provide any advantage at all except higher electricity waste. Peak power only increases by almost 4.9%, though.


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観察 SURVEILLANCE Special Edition (B)
Publisher: Zen Foto Gallery
The Special Edition of Tsutomu Yamagata’s new photobook “Surveillance” is now available. In addition to the gorgeous photobook – 64 sheets in a slipcase, plus booklet – the Special Edition includes a matted high-quality photograph (178x127mm, digital Type-C print) signed by the artist. The photograph is available in three different motifs, each limited to an edition of 10.
For his latest project “Surveillance,” Japanese photographer Tsutomu Yamagata installed infrared cameras usually used in wildlife photography in the rooms of (consenting) young women. The cameras, operating completely independently and offering no chance to review images, captured the women as they spend their lives, as naturally and unaffected as possible.
The resulting series of photographs, as presented in the gorgeous book “Surveillance,” is also a reflection on the implicitly objectifying nature of the project.
“They slither into view with gleaming eyes. Their skin look as smooth as porcelain, as the actual texture could not be captured with the infrared camera. […]
They know about the spectator’s existence but sometimes they simply forget about being watched. viewers may feel tricked and disappointed by what they see, full of unresolved curiosity, like the times they are unable to spot the animal in the zoo. After all, the ones watching are completely ignored.”
— from Yumi Aota’s essay
“Occasionally, they would deliberately pose in front of the camera in the dark, and during the other times their daily lives were being recorded, unconscious of the camera. The camera would keep shooting even though they might have eventually grown tired of being photographed. When they returned the camera to me, they seemed to be more curious about the results than I was, as if they were peeking into the lives of other people.”
— from Tsutomu Yamagata’s afterword


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Coming to you LIVE (via edited recording so not live at all) out of Columbus, Ohio... a revolving group of friends discuss a different movie every episode. Spoiler warning issued, and tangents welcomed.
Kelsey and Treb don tinfoil hats to discuss Andrew Patterson's first directorial outing with me. We're all excited to see what Patterson comes up with next. We had a blast recording, and we hope you have a blast listening.
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Next week Blade Runner 2049 is up for discussion with Ricardo and Hannah.
Aloha from Reel Original veterans Dave, Suzanne, and Sterling! We dive into the complicated history of Adam Sandler movies, Drew Barrymore's wilder times, and even a little of Britney Spears' conservatorship. We have a blast discussing this misfire of a movie and can't wait to do it again.
Next week we're taking a break off, but the week after I'll be discussing Vast Of Night with Kelsey and Treb.
Replicants Rico, Hannah, and myself bond together to tackle this sci fi classic. Grab your philosophy 101 textbooks and a comfy chair, this one's a long one.
Please give the podcast a rating if you're able to! It helps us stay off of the Blade Runners' radar.
Next week we'll be discussing Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates.
Recurring podcast superstar siblings Kelsey & Treb join in on the fun of discussing a film. Jason Lei Howden and Daniel Radcliffe bring us Guns Akimbo, with recurring podcast favorite actor Samara Weaving. If you enjoy the episode please give us a share on social media!
Next week will be a favorite of mine, Blade Runner. Senior correspondent Ricardo and Junior correspondent Hannah will be listening to me gush about the movie.
Guests Taylor and Noah return to discuss the Amazon exclusive Sound Of Metal with me. We have a great time discussing the interesting character study.
Next week Kelsey/Treb return to discuss Guns Akimbo! pew pew pew
Join Sterling, Suzanne, and myself to discuss a movie we have labeled "10 times better than Tenant." It's a blast of a movie and we enjoyed discussing it.
VFX artists react to I Am Mother: https://youtu.be/erY_8JRgUiI?t=186
Next week Taylor and Noah return to discuss The Sound Of Metal with me. Please share the podcast on social media if you're willing to!
Veteran Ricardo and first time guest Hannah join me in the bush to discuss Taika Waititi's excellent Hunt For The Wilderpeople. There's a lot to praise, unpack, and enjoy from this film.
All movie audio is from Hunt For The Wilderpeople or The Stupids. Lindsay Ellis' referenced excellent Youtube trilogy of episodes discussing The Hobbit and it's impact on New Zealand can be started at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRUQ-RKfUs
Next week will be I Am Mother with veterans Sterling and Suzanne!
Kelsey and Treb join me in an escape pod as we jettison away from this Netflix Exclusive from George Clooney. We have a great time figuring out what didn't work about this movie.
Join us next week on Jan 18 where I'll have friends on to discuss Taika Waititi's Hunt For The Wilderpeople.
Ricardo and Nate join me to discuss one of our favorite Christmas movies. WHERE IS YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT?!?
Next week will be Suz and Sterling joining me for Netflix' new Christmas musical Jingle Jangle.
Suz, Sterling, and I slog through a Netflix exclusive nobody's ever heard of for our audience. You've never heard of the movie, and there's good reason for that.
Next episode we publish will be Krampus on 12/14/2020 as we're returning to our Monday timeslot.
Kelsey, Treb, and I had to watch Robin Williams' awful film What Dreams May Come for this podcast episode. What kind of hellacious world would drive us to do such a thing? Blame Treb this week on Reel Original. Am I dead? Is this hell?
Next episode will be a groovy double feature of Thankskilling & Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Ricardo and Nate.
Veteran detectives Sterling and Suz discuss the Netflix Exclusive with me, and we use all the clues around us to solve the mystery of what works and what doesn't.
We're taking a week off from publishing and then Kelsey, Treb, and I will be back on 11/18/20 with Robin Williams' Oscar-winning movie What Dreams May Come (1998).
Nate and Ricardo come over for a groovy seance. They don't have the best taste in movies but we have a fun time talking about The Babysitter. Not to be confused with The Babysitters Club or A Babysitter's Guide To Monster Hunting.
Correction: Daredevil was not a 90s movie, as it hit theaters in 2003.
Noah and Taylor try our best to keep our wits as we discuss the bio-exorcist Beetlejuice.
Corrections: the Beetlejuice show intro WAS composed by Danny Elfman, and the show aired on ABC/Fox- not Cartoon Network.
Next episode we'll be switching to a Wednesday publish date henceforth for Netflix's The Babysitter!
Taylor and Noah squeeze into their superhero suits to help me figure out my feelings for Sam Raimi's Spiderman 3. Conversations veer into space nazis, WW1, ghost walks, terrible butlers, and so much more. You don't want to miss this one!
We'll be taking a week off after this episode, and we'll be back 10/12 to discuss Spike Lee's Da Five Bloods.
Ricardo and Nate join me to discuss the new Netflix Exclusive The Devil All The Time starting handsome non-Ohioans Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson.
Also a correction on this episode: I mentioned Longmire is filmed in Oregon, when in fact it is filmed mostly in New Mexico.
Next week is Spiderman 3! Remember Spiderman 3? Taylor, Noah, and I sure remember it.
Suzanne and Sterling grace the podcast once more with their dulcet tones to discuss Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking Of Ending Things. It's a brainbuster of a film and we try to parse what we watched.
Next week is The Devil All The Time with Recordo and Nate.
Ho ho ho, Merry Labor Day! Siblings Kelsey and Trebor join me to discuss the Kate Winslet / Josh Brolin suspense movie Labor Day.
Next week we should be publishing episode on the Netflix exclusive "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things" with Suzanne and Sterling.
Nate and Ricardo don their tightest tanktops for a sweaty conversation about what may very well be the worlds best movie filmed in the 80s about arm wrestling. I should probably specify that Stallone did NOT threaten us in regards to our conversation and we all think he's a super groovy guy.
Some information about the Over The Top toy lineup: http://www.lostentertainment.org/2014/05/toys-over-top-action-figures.html
Next episode will be published on Labor Day 9/6/2020, and the movie will conveniently also be "Labor Day" which is free on Tubi.
Suz, Sterling, and I discuss Rian Johnson's future classic Knives Out. Along the way we make references to some Edgar Wright movies, Tomb Raider (2001), Logan Lucky, the James Bond movies, some Star Wars movies, and more.
We enjoy discussing the plot of Knives Out while entertaining the idea of a possible sequel.
Treb picks What If for him, Kelsey, and I to discuss. It's a wild time and we have a blast. Blade Runner 2049, Tully, Scrotal Recall, Terminator Dark Fate, Mother!, Star Trek TNG, and the video game Life Is Strange all come up as we discuss the film.
Next week is Mr. Right!
Recordo and Nathaniel join me in a conversation about Alex Garland's Ex Machina. Starring Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, and Domhnall Gleeson, this suspenseful sci fi thriller will be wowing audiences for decades to come. As always, we recommend watching the movie before listening to the podcast but it's up to you!
Distractions go far and wide in this one as we find ourselves discussing Icebreaker, Sucker Punch, Sleuth, SWTFA, Annihilation, and even Bethesda Softworks for some reason.
Next episode will be the Daniel Radcliffe romcom "What If." The YouTube link referenced is https://youtu.be/pY-kr8DgnWk
Suzanne and Sterling guest star in their first podcast episode about the excellent Bong Joon Ho film Snowpiercer. Will our conversation get derailed? Will we stay on track? Can we engineer a good ending to the episode? Listen to find out all this and more.
My friends Carly and Dylan introduce me to the world of romcoms with.... mixed results. Spoilers for Set It Up, John Wick, Rise Of Skywalker, and FDR American Badass. We say the phrase 'romcom' 20,059 times in this episode, and I accidentally use about half the episode ranting about Rent.


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This new and improved version of the world class Adiease boasts archival elements and skate specific advancements for the best-ever Adiease. The resilient suede upper, internal adiTUFF™ reinforced toe, and clean paneling make it ultra-durable. The deco stitch toe and archival tongue combine for added style, while the molded PU sockliner supports with instant comfort. The low profile vulcanized construction lends the perfect board feel with a high grip rubber outsole.

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Sony has been methodically unveiling its next-generation system, the Playstation 5, and details surrounding it. Today (Jul.9) we got our first look at what the box art for the PS5’s games will look like.
Using it’s most talked about launch title, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, PlayStation revealed on its blog what to expect when PS5 games hit physical store shelves. The case will take its cues from the PS5 console following the white and blue colorway scheme. The PS5 game cases do look like they are the same in size as the PS4 game cases. The only difference is the blue has been swapped out with white.
Outside the box art unveiling, no further details were revealed, most specifically pricing of the upcoming game. NBA 2K21 announced its PS5 game will cost $70 at launch. It’s not clear if Spider-Man: Miles Morales will cost that much at launch. We would assume the game would cost less because it’s not a “full” game.
While revealing more details about the highly-anticipated game, Brian Horton, Creative Director at Insomniac Games, spoke on the size of Miles Morales standalone adventure comparing it to Uncharted: The Lost Legacy spinoff in terms of scope.” So we expect we’re guessing $40-$50 would be the cost of the game.
Regardless of size, Sony has the utmost faith in the game and who can blame them. The response to its reveal was overwhelmingly positive, and Marvel’s Spider-Man sold exceptionally well on the PS4. We have no doubt that when Mile’s swings into action on the PS5, the results will be any different.
We expect to hear more news slowly dropped ahead of PlayStation’s upcoming release.
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text: Study Design. Electrophysiological recordings were obtained from proprioceptors in deep lumbar paraspinal muscles of anesthetized cats during high-velocity low-amplitude spinal manipulation (HVLA-SM). Objective. To determine how thrust direction of an HVLA-SM affects neural input from back musculature. Summary of Background Data. A clinicians ability to apply the thrust of an HVLA-SM in a specified direction is considered an important component of its optimal delivery. However, previous biomechanical studies indicate that the shear force component of the thrust vector is not actually transmitted to paraspinal tissues deep to the thoracolumbar fascia because the skinfascia interface is frictionless. Methods. Neural activity from muscle spindles in the multifidus and longissimus muscles was recorded from L6 dorsal rootlets in 18 anesthetized cats. After preload to the spinal tissues, HVLASMs (100-ms thrust duration) were applied through the intact skin overlying the L6 lamina. Thrusts were applied at angles oriented perpendicularly to the back and obliquely at 158 and 308 medialward or cranialward using a 6 6 Latin square design with three replicates. The normal force component was kept constant at 21.3 N. HVLA-SMs were preceded and followed by simulated spinal movement applied to the L6 vertebra. Changes in mean instantaneous discharge frequency (DMIF) of muscle spindles were determined both during the thrust and spinal movement. Results. DMIFs during the HVLA-SM thrust were significantly greater in response to all thrust directions compared with the preload alone, but there was no difference in DMIF for any of the thrust directions during the HVLA-SM. HVLA-SM decreased some of the responses to simulated spinal movement but thrust direction had no effect on these changes. Conclusion. The shear force component of an HVLA-SMs thrust vector is not transmitted to the underlying vertebra sufficient to activate muscle spindles of the attached muscles. Implications for clinical practice and clinical research are discussed.

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This debut novel in stories circles around Mimi Slavitt, mother to an autistic son, with arcs into the lives of other mothers raising children with developmental disabilities in New York City.
The book starts around the time of Mimi’s son Danny’s diagnosis at age 4, in the shifting period when New Yorkers still used subway tokens but Starbucks were starting to pop up around town. It ends when Danny is in his early teens. Little changes with him in the intervening years; he remains in his own world, fascinated by nature and facts, uncaring of other people or social conventions. But Mimi’s experiences range wildly. She is at once loving and proud, anxious and outspoken, indefatigable and desperate—traits that repeat throughout her life as well as the lives seen elsewhere in the collection. “Two Mothers” shows Aviva Brodner preparing her son, Howard, for his bar mitzvah. She hopes with that event to distance sweet, yearning Howard from his association with Danny as one of the two weird kids in class. In the title story, Mimi tells of Amy, a woman who “cured” her autistic son only to have him return to form, and how parenting robs Amy of her other passion—painting. These stories afford the reader different interpretations of Mimi and, more significantly, different views of women coping with children who don’t fit easily into the world. The mothers (and only the mothers) constantly battle an uncaring school district for insufficient resources while dreaming futilely of escape. When telling her own tales, Mimi sounds like a messy Nora Ephron—neurotic, talkative, and often funny in her sudden observations. When glimpsed, the children are distinct and wonderful.
An engrossing and compassionate collection showing motherhood in its most unrelenting form.

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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Adamu Mohammed, has said men of the Nigeria Police Force involved in the mass raping of women suspected to be prostitutes in the Abuja metropolis will be punished.
ORIENTAL TIMES reports that Mohammed said this shortly after he appeared before the Senate to brief the lawmakers on the efforts being made by the police to tackle the spate of killings, kidnappings and banditry across Nigeria.
Recall that some policemen had recently raided clubs, pubs and hotels in the Federal Capital Territory, after which some of the over 70 women arrested for allegedly being prostitutes, accused the policemen of raping them.
The women, who were arrested for alleged prostitution at different hotels and night clubs in Abuja on April 27, alleged that the policemen released victims who gave them money.
They also said that some of the security officers who forcefully had sex with them did not use condom, while a few others reportedly used ‘pure water’ sachet in place of condom during the sexual assault.
The police boss, when asked by journalists what the Force was doing to address the women’s accusation, said, “Well, the raiding of the women (sic), it was by a task force of the Federal Capital Territory. They came out to do their job and they requested the police to support them, which the police did.
“Women were arrested and charged and they were convicted, which means that they committed offence within the FCT.
“But the action by the police officers, that they were alleged to have raped and molested the women, we have set up a panel to investigate, and anybody caught or proved to have done that will face the law.”
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command had said it had set up a high-powered team to probe the allegations of sexual and physical assault levelled against its men at the Utako Police Station, Abuja, by the convicted prostitutes.
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Day 1: Catania Welcome Tour & Aperitif
Arrival at Catania airport. Pick up the car and transfer to Catania. Accommodation in hotel centrally located hotel. In the afternoon sightseeing of Catania with our local guide and tasting of the Typical drink «chioschi». Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 2: Etna Trekking & Wine Tasting
After breakfast, meet your guide for a thrilling experience in the nature. You will experience a trekking on the volcano and visit another local winery for a tasting (possibility of having light lunch). Return to the hotel and time at leisure. Overnight.
Day 3: Taormina, Castelmola and Acireale
Your tour will continue in Taormina, commonly known as the Pearl of the Ionian Sea. There is a unique atmosphere around its streets, architecture, squares, and monuments, like as its majestic Greek-Roman theatre.
Don’t miss the chance to admire the amazing scenery of the sea from the top of the tiny and picturesque village Castelmola, narrow streets and hidden artistic corners have to be uncovered!
Transfer back to Catania with a stop in the fisherman village of Acireale. Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 4: Siracusa & Noto
Breakfast, morning discovery of Siracusa. Here you will find our local guide, who will accompany you during an interesting excursion of the Greek archeological site and Ortigia.
Lunch at leisure and departure to Noto. Accommodation in hotel.
Meet our local guide for a personal discovery of the baroque town of Noto, capital of Sicilian Baroque-called “garden of stone”, full of beautiful buildings and declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Here the Baroque is inspired by the ideals of “open city” revealing a rare masterpiece and the clearest example of theatrical architecture of the XVIII C. We will walk through the streets of the town to admire the skill and brilliant talent of local workers. The baroque of Noto is in fact a game of elegant curves, floral weaves, perspective views, palaces and gardens, capitals and cherubs that adorn the facades of churches and monasteries. Visit Palazzo Nicolaci Villadorata, a wonderful noble residence in pure baroque style former home of Don Giacomo Nicolaci -man of great culture.
Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 5: Pantalica, Palazzolo Acreide & Cheese experience
Breakfast and check out. Meeting with the guide for the visit to the UNESCO Site of Pantalica which contains over 5000 tombs cut into the limestone between the 13th and the 7th century BC. Before the hiking you will stop in a local traditional cheese factory, where you can experience the production and taste some cheese.
Lunch at leisure before the visit to the ruins of the Greek colony of Akrai and the Medieval and Baroque town of Palazzolo Acreide, listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.
As both part of the World Heritage List of UNESCO, Palazzolo Acreide and the protohistorical site of Pantalica represent the key to the understanding of the settlement dynamics of human beings in the Hyblaean plateau. We will visit the most important architectural and archaeological treasures of the Hyblaean plateau of Syracuse, which is entirely framed by an enchanting natural landscape made of an impressive protohistorical rocky necropolis, Greek civil and religious architecture, Paleochristian catacombs, Byzantine rocky churches, and medieval and Baroque buildings.
Accommodation in Noto. Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 6: Vendicari Natural Reserve & Marzamemi
Breakfast and day at leisure to reach the Noto coast and the beautiful Natural reserve of Vendicari Tower was built in order to defend the old dock in the first half of the fifteenth century. In addition, its position on the top of the promontory was suitable for tuna fishing. This aspect is currently shown not only by the near seventeenth tuna fishery owned by the Nicolacis of Villadorata, but also by the remains of an Hellenistic-Roman factory for fish processing.
In the Natural reserve there are several paths that you can walk by your own in the perfect peaceful atmosphere of this enchanted place.
You can enjoy your afternoon at Marzamemi, the charming fishing village. Dinner at leisure and overnight in Siracusa.
Day 7: Cava d’Ispica Archaeological Trekking & Modica
After breakfast, check out and departure to the Ragusa area.
Meet your guide and departure for an archaeological trekking in Cava d’Ispica, a fascinating canyon within the Hyblaean Mountains, which was inhabited from the prehistoric period to the 1950s. After trekking among prehistoric rock-cut tombs and medieval rupestrian settlements. You can have lunch at a local farmhouse before getting to Modica for an afternoon stroll at leisure.
Modica, the capital of one of the most important feudal states in Southern Italy Modica is the only city in Sicily with a chocolate making tradition which goes back to the 17th century. You will discover the local ancient method to make chocolate. Possibility to visit an artisanal workshop as extra on request.
Drive to the hotel in the countryside. Dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 8: Ragusa, Lunch in Traditional Mill & Scicli
Breakfast. Meet your guide. During a walk among nature, we will look at the signs of the most ancient origins of Ragusa. These signs are inscribed in the limestone: pre-historic tombs, latomies, country dwellings, mills, and ancient prisons. All these elements are visible from Vallata Santa Domenica that is an urban park which retraces the old road connecting Upper Ragusa to Ibla. Then, we will have a walk in the historical centre of Ibla in order to admire the religious buildings that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
Lunch in a traditional mill.
Afternoon self-guided tour in Scicli, another historical and artistic jewel of the Val di Noto. The city pearl of Hyblaean Baroque, designated as world heritage by UNESCO, is dominated by three hills. Our walk will start among the monumental streets of the lower city, with its churches and its near Baroque Palaces. Then we will reach the path that leads to the religious complex that dominates the entire city.
Return to Modica, dinner at leisure and overnight.
Day 9: Chiaramonte Gulfi, Caltagirone &Agrigento
Breakfast. Check out and departure to Agrigento. We suggest you to find some time to leave the main coastal road to get up to Chiaramonte Gulfi.
There you can have the chance to visit an olive oil mill: Frantoi Cutrera (optional). For generations the Cutrera family has been dedicating to the cultivation of olive trees and olive oil production, a profession carried on for decades with the passion and the love that binds this family to its land. The company’s origins date back more than a century ago, records show that in 1906, the family Cutrera was dedicated to the cultivation and care of olive trees in Chiaramonte Gulfi, a small town in the south-eastern area of Sicily. Tasting and lunch (not included).
Afternoon stop in Caltagirone – a city famous for the production of ceramics, founded during ancient Greek times, forces you to admire the beautiful and impressive 142 step staircase. It became a World Heritage Site in 2002. To visit Caltagirone is to discover a jewel of Sicily, thanks to a harmonious and well cared for historic centre. Proceeding towards Agrigento and settle down in a typical masseria in the countryside, relaxing time to appreciate the Mediterranean flavors and overnight.
Day 10: Agrigento Temple Valley
Breakfast and meeting with the guide for your guided tour in Agrigento Temples Valley.
Guided visit the Valley of the Temples UNESCO World Heritage Site, where among the almond trees are the remains of the ancient Akragas, described by Pindar “the most beautiful city built by mortals.” You can admire the Temple of Juno, that of the Concordia and the Temple of Hercules.
Afternoon at leisure, dinner and overnight in Agrigento countryhouse.
Day 11: Piazza Armerina & Departure
Breakfast and departure to Catania. On the way stop in Piazza Armerina, where you can have a guided visit of the splendid Villa Romana del Casale. Heritage of the late Imperial era , this majestic villa belonged to a member of the Roman senatorial aristocracy, perhaps a governor of Rome, it has a monumental entrance from which you can admire the finest collection of Roman mosaics scenes of hunting and entertainment, mythological episodes and scenes of everyday life.Transfer to Catania or Comiso Airport and departure. End of services.
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An old way of fishing is the newest trend sweeping across Iowa.
The Iowa Kayak Anglers (IKA) will soon be paddling the waters of Iowa and are inviting all fishermen who own a kayak to join them in their upcoming adventures.
IKA is a non-profit organization founded in 2013 by Scott Shrader. “I started IKA to see if anybody else around me had the same passion for kayak fishing as I did. This year, we expect over 50 fishermen at each of our 6 tournaments held across Iowa.”
During the tournaments you can expect friendly competition, camping, and cookouts! Scott Shrader explains, “All our tournaments are bass fishing only and we practice C.P.R. which means catch, photo, and release. Fishermen in the IKA tournaments win based off the length of 5 fish combined, not weight.”
Scott explains that fishing out of a kayak has many advantages. First, fishing from a kayak is a lot cheaper than a traditional boat. Second, fishing from a kayak allows you as a fisherman access to a variety of smaller lakes and rivers where motor boats cannot go.
The IKA has a busy 2018 season with 6 tournaments and 1 championship tournament. The IKA is also proud to announce their new youth division that will hopefully attract more young adults to kayak fishing and the outdoors.
The IKA’s mission is to provide a fun and safe environment for anglers of any skill level and welcome anyone with a passion for kayak fishing.
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Unmarried middle-old girls make the relationship markets a lot more aggressive. They are often over 40 or old, has monetary, reputation and you may lives sense, you prefer emotional, real or other trouble, and that pulls more info on young people.
�It love and you can economically assistance our lives,� says Anthony Francis, twenty eight, Kenyan, that have a great 50-year-old partner. In the beginning, Anthony said that the relationship are kind of �back and forth, but in go out you are going to fall in love without even knowing it.�
.. Caroline Sendo, more than half a century old, holder of a law firm for the Kenya using some having individuals 5 years younger than kids. A divorced lady in her own 30s that have twin people claims the woman �cuckold� husband is amongst the grounds she really wants to date more youthful guys to guard herself or take command over the relationship.
�The guy never asked what i is carrying out and you can is constantly around. He liked my sum on the dating and constantly consulted that have him toward crucial affairs. We produced the decisions, and there is need not become enslaved by the a poisonous dating, �Caroline mutual.
Caroline’s daughters are partnered and you will alive independently, very she usually brings the lady spouse home. Caroline will not care and attention exactly what the residents imagine, her very own family believe the newest date is Caroline’s beginner just like the he is a beneficial trainee lawyer in the the woman law practice.
A sweetheart produces double the once the a member of staff of one’s exact same top. Caroline as well as trains and you will raises your so you can website subscribers to change his experiences in the market. �I’m willing to be their advisor. From the moment We met him, I calmed off,� she told you.
Explaining brand new prevalence out-of �senior-plan� relationships, states Kenyan psychologist Dorcas Munene, matchmaking between people have usually already been related to reproduction and financial balance. However, when you look at the modern society it’s longer only for these motives. Progressive ladies are looking companionship, love and you will items that currency can not buy.
In the age fifteen, most recent French President Macron fell in love with his schoolteacher Tronier, who was next hitched along with three students
�I have had multiple guidance courses in which older females enjoys verbal regarding their importance of companionship, mental help and you will worry that they run out of when you look at the old age decades, as soon as young adults method her or him, they effortlessly open the minds and would like to become treasured,� told you Dorkas Muniene.
Eileen Santos, a romance expert out-of Manila, Philippines, claims the connection isn�t alarming. In fact, there are always earlier guys who are keen on young women, and you may the other way around.
Nevertheless pro together with cautioned individuals to remember that this will be perhaps not on the earlier women’s relationships that have men. �It’s a wholesome dating ranging https://besthookupwebsites.org/local-hookup/eugene from adults,� says Santos.
Using medical and you can scientific enhances, it is currently more comfortable for ladies to remain suit as they age. Even though they wish to begin a household, aided reproductive innovation already exists, such as egg freezing otherwise surrogacy.
Earlier females prefer more youthful guys as well for several grounds, because of gender, loneliness, not enough sympathy in marriage
Such dating also allows lady to target their work inside their young many years, cutting worries about getting too old. On top of that, however they found lots of benefits for example childhood, quality, independence…
And you will considering Santos, it is really not only earlier ladies who require more youthful guys. Immediately, of many more mature people along with usually day more mature people. However, both this type of inclinations commonly a mindful options, but just a spin fulfilling and you can losing crazy ranging from a few some body.

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Sara Devereux: Which is right. So as you know, we have a extremely conservative tactic when it arrives to our funds market place cash. Very first of all, the liquidity ratios that are demanded by regulators, we are well in surplus of those people ratios. Furthermore, we have a extremely conservative solution with asset range. In just our Prime Fund, for instance, practically fifty% of our belongings are governing administration securities.
Tim: If you want to get to all government…so if you really want the belt and suspenders solution, there’s always Federal and Treasury, right?
Sara: Which is right. In reality, we have noticed large inflows into those people cash.
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The well-known credit card provider and financial services company, American Express, has been helping Black businesses recover from COVID-19’s negative impact.
Twenty-five Black-owned small businesses from American Express’ the Coalition to Back Black Businesses grant program will receive $25,000 more to move forward in business through the pandemic. An invitation to be considered for additional funds was extended to them, according to a press release.
Grant recipients included Black women-owned small businesses and businesses with six or fewer employees.
Deandre Wade, who owns Tennessee-based Fresh Sportswear, explained how her business which designs and makes custom sports team uniforms for sports teams benefited from American Express’ additional investment in her Black business.
“My business and life have done a full 180 since receiving support from the Coalition to Back Black Businesses program,” said Wade.
Fresh Sportswear is a small business in Antioch, Tennessee, that designs and manufactures custom uniforms for sports teams with a focus on youth.
“With the enhancement grant, I will be moving my business out of my living room and purchasing the tools and equipment needed to begin mass-producing our products.”
For those who may wonder why Black and Hispanic businesses may need greater financial support during the pandemic, Global Strategy Group for Color Of Change and UnidosUS shed light on a few points of concern through conducting a nationwide survey to assess COVID-19’s “economic impact on both Black and Hispanic small-business and non-profit owners.”
The survey results revealed that 41% of surveyors said they were turned down for help and 21% were still waiting to find out if assistance would be provided,” according to Color of Change’s press release in 2020.
In 2020, American Express decided to make a $10 million promise to support Black-owned small businesses along with mentoring and other supportive resources.
The new collaboration combined forces with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and four leading Black chambers. Back Black Businesses grant program provided 600 grants for needs from compensating workers to covering rent, in the inaugural year, according to the press release.
The Coalition to Back Black Businesses grant will extend help through 2024 by providing $5,000 grants to selected Black-owned small businesses every fall. Additionally, $25,000 enhancement grants may be applied for in the next spring season.
Stay tuned for the open period for Coalition to Back Black Businesses’ grant applications in the fall and learn more about the 2020 business winners by clicking here.


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It’s the dirt road to paradise: my tires crunch the gravel as I drive through meadows full of Queen Anne’s lace and goldenrod, then through a tunnel of trees where blackberry vines reach out to scrape the sides of my car. I stop to open a gate, and ahead of me the valley broadens into fields of vegetables sheltered against forested hills. The only sound is that of a dozen sprinklers scattering swathes of drops. Sun gleams off a bank of solar panels.
I’ve come to Persephone Farm to meet Elanor O’Brien, whose partner, Jeff Falen, began Persephone Farm in 1985, making Persephone one of the oldest organic farms in the mid-Willamette Valley. With the help of their employees, Elanor and Jeff farm 14 acres of vegetables, and keep another 9 acres in rotation with cover crops and pasture. Located along the banks of the Santiam River, the farm’s soil is a clay loam; they feed it with cover crops, compost, and manure from their two large flocks of hens. The hens are housed in mobile coops; every 2 to 4 weeks the coops are moved to a new location, where the chickens eat bugs and fertilize the fallow fields with their droppings.
Elanor rattles off a long list of the vegetables that are growing now, in alphabetical order, “basil, beans, beets, broccoli”- through kale and kohlrabi, and ending up with “radicchio, spinach, and summer squash.” I begin to understand why their stall at the Salem Saturday Market always overflows with abundant variety. “If you grow a lot of things, something will always do well,” she smiles. In their early days, Jeff and Elanor specialized in only a few crops and sold wholesale, but they found their profit margin was less than they could have made by selling direct to the consumer, and that there was more risk of crop failure with less diversity. “Growing a large variety of crops spreads the risk, both ecologically and financially.”
We walk through the fields: hedgerows and banks of flowers and native plants break up the rows of vegetables. Elanor points out serviceberry, wild mustard and wild radish, current and elderberry, marigolds and calendula. These flowers–and the wild, overgrown margins–provide shelter and food for beneficial insects, such parasitic wasps, that help to control many pests that plague farmers, like aphids and cabbage moths. “We work with what we have,” she tells me. “We don’t try and grow crops that don’t do well here, like melons and eggplant. We don’t use hoop-houses to extend the season.” Their only greenhouse-like structure is the propagation house in which they start their seedlings. She shows me the electric tractor, and old farm machine which they have adapted to run on a bank of batteries. Eighty-five percent of the energy they use on the farm is produced by their solar panels.
Persephone Farm doesn’t sell through a CSA; all their produce is sold at Salem and Portland farmer’s markets. In the years she has been selling at the markets, Elanor has noticed a change in the attitude of buyers – more and more people are interested in buying local, seasonal, organic produce and are eager to try new things. “I couldn’t sell kale in Salem ten years ago.” She believes that people are, once again, beginning to identify the place they live as one that produces their food, and that, as a culture, we need to spend more time tasting the food we consume.
“We need to realize that not only is the taste and nutrition better, but our well-being improves when we eat food that is grown with respect, appreciation, and gratitude.”

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Breast cancer – messaging matters
Responding to the call to act – not just being aware of the problem – works in high-stakes cancer care. Marketing has a central role to play in making that call, says WPP’s Wendy Lund
Let’s not underestimate the problem. According to the World Health Organisation, breast cancer caused 685,000 deaths globally in 2020. Roughly half of all breast cancers occurred in women with no specific risk factors. Every country is affected. Just for reference, around 0.5-1% of breast cancers occur in men.
The four most common cancers occurring worldwide are female breast, lung, bowel and prostate cancers, with breast cancer surpassing lung cancer for the first time in 2020 as the most common cancer. It’s the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in 140 of 184 countries worldwide.
But improvements in survival began in the 1990s when countries established breast cancer early detection and treatment programmes. Breast cancer mortality in high-income countries dropped by 40% between the 1980s and 2020. Countries that have succeeded in reducing breast cancer mortality have been able to achieve an annual breast cancer mortality reduction of 2-4% per year. This is huge – but there is so much more to be done.
The harsh reality is that responding to the call to act – not just being aware of the problem – works. And this is where our industry can literally save lives, in making that call.
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During Covid, mammograms were delayed, women deprioritised themselves and the consequence of those behaviours is still being worked through today. The outcomes – given that survival can depend upon early detection – cannot possibly be positive. And it is not just women who need to do something; everyone around women should ensure that women have the space in which to execute self-care and improve outcomes.
Our industry is key but marketing has been hard to spot in this space. We saw from our study, Health on Her Terms, that media and advertising shy away from the representation of women’s health in their communications. Almost half of women reported that there are topics related to women that are taboo and are not openly represented in media and advertising at all.
Has messaging in media and advertising improved since before the study? Not really. Therapies have improved and become more available but, worryingly, there continues to be restricted access for some communities. In the US, despite similar incidence of disease, mortality from breast cancer among Black women is 40% higher compared with White women. This is a shocking statistic.
Imagine if we, in our industry, could help shift these figures – for all women – in a positive direction by encouraging women to take care of themselves.
Advertisers have an opportunity to get behind the spirit of Health on Her Terms, be authentic, work with role models who have suffered from breast cancer post-Covid and shift the focus from the disease itself to the whole experience, from screening to detection to treatment to reconstruction and aftercare – not to mention mental health.
We believe that brands that are willing to break biases and taboos, push boundaries and represent the uniqueness of all women will see exponential growth. Now is the time to break down historical health taboos, reflect women in the way they see themselves and call on them to prioritise their health.
Leading by example
We are already seeing the outcomes of communications in this area done well and are proud of the role we have played in this work. Grey, WPP and ASCO captured the first-ever sound of cancer cells being destroyed to create The Most Beautiful Sound.
This sound is predicated on two cancers: breast and lung cancer. The impact this sound has had on patients as they have heard cancer cells being destroyed has been hugely moving. They have spoken of a feeling of hope, victory, conquest over this insidious, horrible disease.
Further, The Postponed Day from WPP’s Grey in Argentina recognised the inadequacy of a single awareness day in tackling the rise of breast cancer cases worldwide. Grey used PR and social media to engage with 30 of Argentina’s largest NGOs to postpone their campaign launches around World Cancer Day. This action mirrored women’s tendency to postpone their health check-ups. The impact of the campaign extended beyond metrics; it made a meaningful difference to the lives of Argentine women themselves.
And Paintings of Hope by WPP’s VMLY&R in Spain helped change the law. The campaign raised awareness of unequal access to therapies and the emotional impact of this on patients. Paintings of Hope helped ensure approval times were brought into line with European which gives patients faster access to vital treatments.
These disruptive ideas, connected to brands’ sense of purpose, are what creative transformation in health is all about. If the first line of defence against breast cancer is the physician, the second line is the drug company, and the third could be our industry, working with brands and making the shift from awareness to action.
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This annual trend spotter – by WPP’s VML – gives us the context for the new normal for marketing in 2024.
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New US cancer cases are expected to cross the 2m mark in 2024. And what’s worse, patients are getting younger.
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Savvy brands who venture into sonic branding will find vast opportunity in this relatively uncluttered landscape


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Harvey Elliott tried to get in on the fun as Liverpool tore Sparta Prague to shreds at Anfield, but his 55th-minute strike ended up being diverted into the net by Cody Gakpo, who was duly credited with the goal.
The Reds were already 5-1 up on the night and 10-2 to the good on aggregate when the Englishman, on as a half-time substitute, took aim from outside the penalty area.
It initially seemed to be the 20-year-old’s goal, but replays showed that the Dutch forward got a flick to the shot on its way into the visitors’ net to claim his second of the night.
The Liverpool players who haven’t scored tonight might be in danger of feeling left out at this rate, with five different goalscorers already!
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NEW YORK (AP) — With U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner's humiliating exit from office, New York is likely to hold a special election sometime in the next few months to pick his successor, but voters probably shouldn't expect a bruising public contest over the right to go to Washington. The job might not even exist in 19 months.
Because of population shifts, New York state is slated to lose two House seats in 2013, and lawmakers in Albany will spend the next few years redrawing the boundaries of congressional districts in a highly politicized process that could, in theory, wipe Weiner's old territory in Queens and Brooklyn from the map.
Traditionally, lawmakers looking to butcher a district have turned to ones where there is no incumbent, or one with little seniority. That would seem to put the 9th Congressional District at risk for elimination, or at least a bigger overhaul of its borders than other districts in the state.
"The question then becomes, is it worth going for a seat that may not exist?" said Douglas Muzzio, a professor at Baruch College's School of Public Affairs.
That option still could present a good political stepping stone for a Democrat looking to move up the ranks in a highly Democratic city, said Matthew Hiltzik, a public relations specialist and political consultant.
"It's an opportunity to build name recognition, and be in a position to possibly stay in Congress if something unusual happens," he said.
But entering the race could be a tougher call for a GOP candidate, who, if victorious, would be almost certain to see his or her seat gerrymandered out of existence.
"You're not going to recruit a big star to win a seat that's not going to exist," Muzzio said.
The puzzle-piece nature of redistricting could mean substantial alterations in the borders of a number of congressional districts statewide. Conventional wisdom holds that lawmakers are likely to eliminate one seat in western New York, where the population has declined, and then one downstate seat likely to be held by a Democrat.
Registered Democrats in the district outnumber Republicans in the current 9th Congressional District by three to one, and while neither Barack Obama nor John Kerry had runaway victories there in the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections (they both took 56 percent of the vote), other contests with lower turnout have a history of Democratic romps.
All this suggests that the Democratic nominee holds a big advantage, and, unlike in a regular election, voters will not get to choose who gets that spot on the ballot.
Because special elections are held on short notice, there are no party primaries. The candidates are picked instead by party leaders. In Weiner's district, that means the choice will effectively be made by U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley, the party chairman in Queens County, and state Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the party chairman in Kings County.
Prospective candidates are expected to begin privately angling to get the nomination in the coming days, if they haven't started already. Some Democratic names being bandied about include City Councilman Mark Weprin, state Assembly members Melinda Katz and Rory Lancman, former City Councilman Eric Gioia, and, on the Republican side, City Councilman Eric Ulrich and Bob Turner, a retired Queens businessman who ran against Weiner in 2010.
The timetable for an election is uncertain.
Under state law, Gov. Andrew Cuomo could call for a special election at any time in the coming weeks or months. The rules would then require that the contest be held in no fewer than 70 days, but no more than 80 days — a window that would coincide nicely with an already-scheduled party primary in September.
A special election would be the latest in a string for the state. Last month in the Buffalo area, a Democrat beat a Republican in a race to succeed U.S. Rep. Chris Lee, who resigned after sending shirtless pictures of himself to a woman he met through Craigslist.
Democrat Bill Owens won a special election in November 2009 for the North Country seat vacated by Army Secretary John McHugh, a Republican.
Earlier that year, Democrat Scott Murphy won a race to succeed Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand after she was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
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Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. Crete is associated with the Minoan civilization from the Early Bronze Age. The Cycladic civilization converges with the mainland during the Early Helladic ("Minyan") period and with Crete in the Middle Minoan period. From c. 1450 BC (Late Helladic, Late Minoan), the Greek Mycenaean civilization spreads to Crete, probably by military conquest.
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The earlier Aegean farming populations of Neolithic Greece brought agriculture to Western Europe already before 5,000 years BC.

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