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Every reader I know has an ever-growing To Be Read list. With the ease of ebook publishing, now more than ever can you get your hands on cheap, easily stored books.
We all joke about the mountain of books, both digital and physical, that we continue to build without reading.
But as a writer, I want to actually read the books I have, not just collect them. After all, I want people to read MY books when they come out rather than have them languishing on someone’s TBR list.
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Located in a region known for mineral-driven reds and sometimes called the “Burgundy of Portugal”, winemaker João Tavares de Pina, of Quinta da Boavista, is extremely proud of his wines. It’s easy to see why with this skin-contact white blend which has, in its fifth vintage, developed a fandom among consumers and professionals alike. A blend of Cerceal Branco, Encruzado. Siria (Roupeiro), Boal (Malvasia Fina), and Bical grown on granitic soils mixed with chamomile, clover, Serra Della and even eucalyptus, the wine offers rich and deep aromas of apricot, peach, almonds, and dried fruits. The palate is medium-bodied with balanced tannins and freshness. Try it with pizza, roasted chicken, and oxtail-stuffed ravioli.
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Located in Penalva do Castelo in the Dão, a region in north-central Portugal known for producing elegant, mineral-driven red wines, João Tavares de Pina of Quinta da Boavista is extremely proud of his wines. João’s 18th century family home is surrounded by his organically maintained vineyards, where the distance from the Atlantic and the shelter of the nearby granite mountains allows for mild winters and moderate summers. The vineyards, located at an altitude of 550 meters are a combination of deep granite soils, clay and schist that are ideal for his prized Jaen (Mencía), Touriga Nacional and rare Pinheira (Rufete).
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Though Sonaris doesn’t perform around town, he certainly is prolific. Sonaris’s SoundCloud page is stuffed full of free downloads of his originals and remixes. You can also download his full-length album, “Arreliari”, from iTunes. He also helps manage Addictive Vibe Records, an electronic dance music label that also offers heaps of free downloads, including a bunch of great Sonaris tracks. His voluminous output has earned Sonaris mentions on some respected electronic music blogs, including Earmilk and Aerial Noise.
There’s probably no better way to get a grip on Sonaris’s uniquely compelling electronics than to steal “Pandemonium,” a track he just released a few days ago. Beginning with atmospheric sounds that stop short of musique concrete, “Pandemonium” soon introduces a dirty bass and beat that will be familiar to dubstep fans. Before the track can devolve into testosterone-fueled dancefloor cliches, a delicate piano break interrupts the party and turns the aggression inward as an intricate synthesizer arpeggio turns pirouettes on top of the heavy beat. “Pandemonium” is a moody, unpredictable track, that balances intellectual engagement with sensual seduction. Steal it and hear for yourself. Then jump over to SoundCloud to download the high-quality version, as well as some of Sonaris’s other killer tracks (we recommend “Daily Afternoon Randomness” as your second course).
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I would pick Michael Bay, just to keep the tone/sillyness of the previous Transformers/G.I. Joe movie. I don't think it would be a good crossover film anyway, so they might as well stick with what they have in the past.
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Scuba Diving in Bali – FAQ
May 13, 2019
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. Is Bali good to learn scuba diving and fun dives?
Bali not only famous for its prestige beaches and cultural visit. The waters surrounding Bali provides world-class diving destinations that host some of the most incredible marine life encounters a diver could wish for: Manta Alfredi, Mola-mola (Sunfish), Green Sea Turtles, huge shipwreck and healthy coral reefs.
Alpha World Diving have built a private swimming pool up to 4.5 meters deep, suitable for the PADI confined water training, exercises and practicing buoyancy control. Several dive locations like Tulamben and Padang Bai were ready for open water training with all-year-round calm waters. For advanced divers, Nusa Penida offers many drift dive sites while critters lovers can bring along your camera to Seraya Secret and Amed for macro photography.
2. When is the best time to dive in Bali?
Diving in Bali is all year round. The Manta Alfredi is always swimming around the Nusa Penida Manta Point cleaning the ground. Meanwhile, the best months to meet with Mola-mola was from July to October when the cold-water flow through Crystal Bay in Nusa Penida.
3. What is the water temperature?
The Bali waters are relatively warm to dive throughout the year. The temperature varies between 24°C and 28 °C. During the cold-water flow season, the temperature will eventually drop to 21°C.
4. How much does it cost for scuba diving in Bali?
We hope to share the diving passion and promote the local diving community. We charge between Rp1.400.000 to Rp2.700.000 for a daily diving trip. For PADI recreational courses the range between Rp2.000.000 to Rp7.000.000, while PRO courses will up to Rp18.000.000. The fees have included a full set of scuba equipment (without additional charges). Our equipment selections are a top quality brand and well-maintained.
5. I am not a swimmer, can I try diving?
You do not need to be a swimmer! We will provide training on the water floating and swimming skills (with masks, fins, and snorkel). 9 out of 10 of our customers are non-swimmers at the beginning.
If you want to try scuba diving but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving Bali is for you. We offer the DSD program in our newly built swimming pool, prior to the open sea environment. Although this is not a scuba certification course, you will learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified diver.
6. What is PADI?
PADI is the world’s leading scuba diver training organization.
With more than 6,500 PADI Dive Centers and Resorts, and more than 135,000 individual PADI Professionals who have issued more than 25 million certifications around the world, you’ll find PADI diver courses and scuba diving services nearly everywhere.
The PADI System of diver education is based on progressive training that introduces skills, safety-related information and local environmental knowledge to student divers in stages. PADI courses are student-centered and provide maximum practice and realistic application.
7. Can I have a discount if I have my own set of equipment?
You will get an Rp200,000 discount on all the dive trips or PADI courses.
8. What are the Dive Instructors/Guides diving experiences and professional level?
Our instructors are all PADI certified IDC staff instructors with many years of teaching experiences. Our dive guides are all PADI certified Divemaster and above. We are Multilingual that speaks English, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia. We strive to provide the highest standard educational quality and fun dives experience to our customers.
9. How much care will I get to join the diving trips?
We dive in a small group, maximum of 3 divers per Divemaster or Instructor. Private 1 on 1 dive guide available at an additional charge.
10. Do I need dive insurance for diving? Do you provide diving Insurance?
Diving in Indonesia does not mandatory required dive insurance. However, we strongly recommend you apply for DAN Insurance for frequent divers. We will help you to purchase the yearly insurance plan if you wish to.
11. Can I dive if I have a medical condition?
Divers need to be in good health to take a course or any diving activities and are required to complete the medical statement form. If you answer “yes” to any of the medical conditions on the form, you will need to pay a visit to the doctor and obtain medical approval before participating.
12. The hotel pickups started early in the morning; do you provide breakfast?
We will prepare breakfast based on diver’s special request and additional charges apply. We recommend you take breakfast at the hotel before the drivers arrive. As we may have other guests in the same vehicle, and we care about them by not waiting too long.
13. What is included in my diving trip?
2 or 3 dives (depends on the dive packages). Transport service from/to Hotel. PADI Divemaster or Instructors. 3:1 guiding ratio. High quality and reliable scuba equipment. INT valve scuba cylinders (DIN Valve provided on demand. First Aid kit. Emergency Oxygen Kit. Boat transfer. Lunch/Tower/Snacks/Waters/Tower.
14. Is NITROX (Enriched Air) available in your dive center?
We provide NITROX 32 to certified enriched air divers at additional charge Rp 65.000 per tank.
15. What do I need to bring for diving trips and PADI courses?
Please bring your certification proof, swimsuit and rash guard, personal scuba equipment if any.
16. Where is the nearest hyperbaric chamber and hospital?
The Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar Bali was equipped with Hyperbaric chamber medical facilities for diver emergency situations. There were numbers of international standard Hospital like RS Bali Mandara and Siloam around Sanur and Kuta area.

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The stakes are allegedly high for the Vice Presidential debate, which is interesting because usually they aren't. In most Presidential elections the Vice-Presidential debates are soundly ignored. It is significant from a purely political-science perspective that the VP nominees and debate are such a reputedly important factor.
So far I'm not impressed with either side. Both have fumbled quite a bit, and missed obvious opportunities to score big points. Both seem somewhat over-prepared and somewhat stiff, but both have also managed to avoid any major stumbles or gaffes so far.
Joe Biden has repeatedly employed a typical debating tactic that's particularly popular in the US Senate: vigorously assert things that are patently and provably not true when you know you can't be called on it or contradicted before its too late. (Like "Barak Obama warned of the financial crisis".) Sarah Palin has not made too many clear and unequivocal points, even on issues that should work well for her, like energy policy. Both sides badly fumbled the subprime mortage issue.
There's a lot of really suspect information being put out, but not a lot of serious blows being landed by either side. It's like two half-blind boxers swinging at each other, but mostly connecting with the air. Also they claim to agree on quite a bit of stuff - stuff that Biden and Obama mostly voted against, like tax cuts.
Biden is going on about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - really arcane wonk stuff. Palin is talking about counterinsurgency in Afghanistan - she sounds well prepared here.
Both sides are really lost in the weeds.
Gwen Ifill is calling Biden out on recommending intervention in Darfur. Biden is talking about Bosnia... Unfortunately I doubt Sarah Palin knows the "McCain in Bosnia" story. Biden says he wants a no-fly zone in Darfur - that's really out there. Palin has scored a few points about Biden's previous criticism of Obama and support of McCain.
I think Joe Biden looks younger and Sarah Palin looks older than they actually are - I'm not sure who that benefits. They are of very different generations - actually two generations apart - neither is a baby boomer.
Joe Biden just said it would be a national calamity if he became President. Very modest!
I'm not very inspired by either side. Both Palin and Biden have been excessively focused on tactics and not screwing up, and neither side has appealed effectively (as far as I can tell) directly to the American people.
Biden got choked up talking about worrying about his kids... probably very few Americans know that his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident shortly before he was elected to the Senate. I wonder if the media will point out that incident- - that will be interesting to see. It was for sure the most emotional moment of the debate.
My experience with these things is that sound bites win, and I think Sarah Palin has scored more sound bites. Joe Biden definitely came across as more human and humble. It will be interesting to see how it is spun.
The bar was somewhat high for Sarah Palin - if she stumbles it would probably be the end for John McCain. So far she hasn't made any major mistakes that I've seen.
They're in their closing statements now... Palin going first. I think she should have said more about John McCain in Vietnam... overall the McCain campaign hasn't used that subject perhaps as much as they could have. I don't know what that means.
Joe Biden ended the debate on a high note with a prayer for the troops.
Gwen Ifill did try very hard to be neutral - to the point of leaning the other way. That was pretty widely expected, I think.
Overall, it was a pretty friendly and congenial debate - I don't think either side wanted trouble.
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January 21, 2017 (EL-FASHER) - A splinter faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW) signed on Saturday a peace agreement with the Sudanese government in El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur State, after three months of secret negotiations.
The ceremony was held in presence of the North Darfur deputy governor; members of the state government, and the leader of the dissident faction Sadiq Adam Abdel-Karim (aka Foka).
The Commissioner of Tawila locality, Adam Yagoub Gadid who negotiated the peace agreement with the splinter group told Sudan Tribune that the peace agreement was signed under the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur.
He further stressed the government seriousness to implement all the terms of the signed deal which include security, political and civil provisions.
According to Gadid, Foka has 1500 fighters under his command, a figure that Sudan Tribune was not able to verify. However, the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) said the group has only 15 vehicles loaded with military hardware and ammunition.
Officials and rebels used to magnify or shrink the number of fighters or causalities depending on the circumstances. Also, they say every vehicle carries 10 fighters.
Speaking at the ceremony the group leader said their decision to join peace expresses "a definite and sincere desire to participate in the construction and development" of the country.
He added that the war brought only devastation and destruction, stressing the seriousness of his group to bring stability in the region.
Sudanese government troops carried out attacks on the SLM-AW fighters in Jebel Marra during the last year, accusing them of armed robbery and attacks on commercial convoys.
Last November, Central Darfur government signed a peace agreement with another splinter group from the SLM-AW led by Amin Toro. But the SLM-AW minimized the move, saying their number does not exceed 20 fighters.
The SLM-AW refuses to negotiate with the Sudanese government as they ask the government to implement unilaterally a number of measures including restoring security and financial compensations before to negotiate the root causes of the conflict.

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Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran
The arrival of Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force and the architect of its regional security apparatus, signaled Tehran’s concern over the protests, which had erupted across the capital and in Iraq’s Shiite heartland, and included calls for Iran to stop meddling in the country.
The protests in Iraq and Lebanon are fueled by local grievances and mainly directed at political elites, but they also pose a challenge to Iran, which closely backs both governments as well as powerful armed groups in each country. An increasingly violent crackdown in Iraq and an attack by Hezbollah supporters on the main protest camp in Beirut have raised fears of a backlash by Iran and its allies.
“We in Iran know how to deal with protests,” Soleimani told the Iraqi officials, according to two senior officials familiar with the meeting who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the secret gathering. “This happened in Iran and we got it under control.”
But nearly a month later, the protests in Iraq have resumed and demonstrations continue in Lebanon, both directed at governments and factions allied with Tehran. The protests threaten Iran’s regional influence at a time when it is struggling under crippling U.S. sanctions.
The day after Soleimani’s visit, the clashes between the protesters and security forces in Iraq became far more violent, with the death toll soaring past 100 as unidentified snipers shot demonstrators in the head and chest. Nearly 150 protesters were killed in less than a week.
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3.5 out of 5
Marvel really hasn’t had many missteps. The only chapters in their releases that I didn’t really care for were the Iron Man Sequel and the first two Thor movies. Other than that, they’ve been pretty much money in everything they do. 2018 has proven to be more of the same, with the release of the massively successful “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War” movies, Marvel has proven they have plenty of life left. Now with the release of “Ant Man and The Wasp” make that 3 or 3 on the year. For me, the first Ant Man film was pretty formulaic and felt kind of lazy in its storyline — though Paul Rudd, and especially Michael Pena, along with T.I. and David Dastmalchian (who played Rudd’s former partners in crime), made the film very enjoyable. The questions going into this film for me were: “How do you make the story more original?” and “How does this movie relate to Infinity War?”
Let’s take the first question…This movie is not going to win any Oscars for the plot or storyline. It is what you’d expect, and what Marvel has delivered time and time again. They have a formula for how they tell their stories, how they connect them, and it works. So going into this movie there really is no question as to who will “win” in the end, and how it will mostly playout. With that out of the way, writers Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, along with Rudd, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, tried to do something interesting with the story. They essentially had the good guys trying to accomplish their goal, while fending off two different sets bad guys. With the addition of Ghost / Ava to the story, played by Hannah John-Kamen, along with Walter Goggins as Sonny Burch, Ant Man and The Wasp, with Dr. Pym, race against time and these new sets of enemies to potentially save Dr. Pym and Hope Van Dyne’s / The Wasp’s mother, played by Michelle Pfeifer. The idea for Ghost and Burch was pretty solid, but what ends up happening in the end, is you don’t get enough of either one of them to really sink your teeth into rooting against them. Just as you are starting to really starting to go against them, the story takes you to a different point in the plot. What ends up happening is a very uneven feeling to the movie overall. It feels sort of like watching several short films all put together into one. In addition to the bad guys wanting Dr. Pym’s technology, we also meet Dr. Bill Foster, a former colleague who was fired by Dr. Pym, and is now trying to help Ava / Ghost. When you add it all up, each character has their own story to tell — and it gets a bit messy. The good part of that, I suppose, is each story is entertaining, and you want more. Goggins’ character, Sonny Burch, may not appear in future films, but I have a feeling he was working for someone who will.
Now onto the second question, “How does this movie relate to Infinity War?” The basic answer is that it is running congruent to that storyline. There’s a moment that brings it all together in a very satisfying way, but you have to wait for it. But it’s worth the wait, trust me. Other than that, there’s no real mention of the any other Avengers, or anything of the sort. And really…That’s a relief, at least it was to me. Trying to tie one more story together, or look for clues that might reveal some sort of great mystery would have taken away from the film.
Once again, Pena, T.I. and Dastmalchian are genuine scene stealers. They are hilarious, and some of the more successful elements from the first film with their comedy and chemistry are worked into this movie as well. This time though, you can add Randall Park, who plays FBI agent Jimmy Woo to the mix. His scenes with Paul Rudd are really funny and Park is proving to be a pretty versatile actor.
I really liked this movie and I think once word starts to spread how it relates to “Infinity War” people will go out to see it in big numbers, making it another solid hit for Marvel. Maybe not as big as its two predecessors from earlier this year, but still another hit.


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Southern Cyprus’ two lively port towns – Limassol and Larnaca – are continually reinventing themselves, for better or for worse. Limassol (Lemesós in Greek), historically southern Cyprus’s main port and industrial centre, is now emphatically multicultural thanks to a huge, post-1990 influx of Russians and other foreigners, and has always basked in a reputation as the island’s venue for high living.
Limasol's elegant old quarter focuses on a small covered produce market, surrounded by tavernas and bars, and an equally diminutive medieval castle sheltering a superb medieval museum, surrounded by a former carob-pod mill refitted as eating, drinking and exhibition venues by the Lanitis Foundation.
Sleepier, more Levantine Larnaca, with an adjacent salt lake and palm trees, is bidding to become a major tourism player with an expanded yacht marina and a future passenger terminal, but it can’t (yet) really compare with Limassol, or Paphos.
Paphos (officially Páfos) in the far southwest of the island is in fact the most popular retreat for Brits, whose expat numbers in the district have soared into five figures. The town, divided into inland, escarpment-top Ktíma and waterside Káto Páfos where most resort facilities are, is more relaxed than either of its easterly neighbours, and summer temperatures can be a couple of degrees cooler thanks to offshore breezes.
Indeed, during warmer months – Cyprus is the Middle East, mind – it’s more pleasant to retreat to a beachside base or the foothills of the Troödos mountain range rising inland from all three coastal towns. Almost everywhere, you’ll find that Cyprus has really pulled its socks up since the millennium, in terms of both cutting-edge accommodation and fine dining, though actual restaurant numbers are falling owing to inroads being made by all-inclusive hotel complexes – and the effects of an ongoing economic crisis which came to a dramatic head with a harsh EU bailout in March 2013.
When to go
Cyprus’s south coast is at its best in late spring (up to mid-June), or autumn (through early November) – high summer is too torrid for most folks to be comfortable anywhere except in the sea, or well up the mountainside. Late winter is also very fine, with the countryside at its greenest (wildflower displays peak in March) and swimming just about feasible at noon, but many beachside resort hotels close from about New Year's to early April (we've indicated some exceptions).
Flights: Larnaca (LCA; Lárnaka in official Cypriot spelling) has a vast airport terminal. Paphos (PFO; aka Páfos) is more popular with budget airlines. British Airways (0844 493 0787; ba.com) flies daily to Larnaca from Heathrow, three to seven times weekly from Gatwick to Larnaca, and from April to October, up to five times weekly from Gatwick to Paphos. EasyJet (easyjet.com) serves Paphos from Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Luton and London Gatwick, as well as Larnaca from Gatwick and Liverpool. Ryanair (ryanair.com) flies into Paphos from Stansted and Manchester. Jet2 (jet2.com) goes to Larnaca from Leeds-Bradford, East Midlands and Manchester, and to Paphos from these airports plus Glasgow and Newcastle. Thomson (flights.thomson.co.uk) flies to Paphos from numerous UK airports, and to Larnaca from Gatwick and Manchester. Flying time varies from four-hours-15-minutes to five hours.
Transfers: From Larnaca airport (cyprusairports.com.cy), taxis to the city centre cost about €12 (£10); city bus No 22 is much cheaper but only runs Mon-Sat, 8am-5pm, with early stoppage Wed and Sat. To reach Limassol or Nicosia from Larnaca airport, use those towns’ dedicated, day-and-night shuttle-bus services (airportshuttlebus.eu; €9, to Limassol; kapnosairportshuttle.com; €8, to Nicosia). From Paphos airport, inexpensive (€1) urban bus number 612 heads through both the upper and lower towns of Paphos to the main waterside terminal daily, almost hourly, between 7am and midnight from May to October. The Limassol Airport Express (airportshuttlebus.eu) also links Paphos airport with Limassol, if rather infrequently.
Cruises: At present, all cruise ships disembark passengers at Limassol’s hangar-like “New” Port, about two-and-a-half miles south-west of downtown; a booth of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (00 357 2557 1868) is open for arrivals. Urban bus No 30 shuttles into town all day, a 15-minute journey to the main points of interest; otherwise taxis congregate right outside the bleak terminal, definitely not a place to linger. Plans for a mega-project to transform Larnaca’s outdated container facility into the island’s biggest passenger terminal, overshadowing Limassol’s, were finalised in 2012, but won’t come on-stream until at least 2016.
Public transport: Limassol, Nicosia and (to a lesser extent) Larnaca have urban bus networks (limassolbuses.com, osel.com.cy & zinonasbuses.com respectively; from €1 per trip), but many services tail off to non-existence after dark. Paphos’ OSYPA bus company has spiffy new blue coaches and a far-flung network encompassing suburb villages, but again only the most popular routes (basic tickets €1) continue beyond late afternoon. Long-distance buses are infrequent away from the main intercity routes, and taxi hire is expensive – rent a car instead to maximise your time.
Car hire: Especially out of peak season, this is eminently affordable in Cyprus – we’ve paid as little as £9 per day over a week during winter. Arrange for pickup at either Larnaca or Paphos airports through consolidator websites such as comparecarrentals.co.uk; travelsupermarket.com or auto-europe.co.uk. Locally based elephantrentacar.com has also come recommended by island residents.
When shopping around, beware of stiff one-way charges if you intend to pick up a car at Paphos airport and drop off at Larnaca, or vice versa. Also, the con of pay-for-a-full-tank-of-petrol-in-advance-return-car-empty is ubiquitous, but with alertness and resourcefulness it can be avoided usually by choosing a major international chain or at least the third-from-cheapest option.
Keep small euro-coins handy for metered street parking, or use municipally run lots – private spaces (which seemingly include just about any tempting-looking patch of waste ground) are exorbitantly priced. Some street parking is now payable by SMS to a posted number, giving your license plate and the time desired. Many municipal lots tend to be free of charge after dark.
Know before you go
British High Commission, Nicosia: 00 357 2286 1100; gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-high-commission-nicosia
Emergency services: Dial 199
Limassol Downtown Tourist Office: (00 357 2536 2756), Agíou Andréou 142
Larnaca Tourist Office: (00 357 2465 4322), Platía Vassiléos Pávlou
Larnaca Airport Tourist Booth: (00 357 2400 8368)
Paphos Airport Tourist Booth: (00 357 2642 2833)
Telephone code: Dial 00 357 for Cyprus, if calling from the UK
Time difference: +2 hours
Flight time: To Paphos or Larnaca varies from four-and-a-quarter hours (from London) to five hours (from Edinburgh)
Local laws and etiquette
Photography inside most churches or monasteries is strictly forbidden (though it’s a rule widely disregarded by video-ing relatives at weddings and baptisms, and some guards are more relaxed about snaps with your flash de-activated).
When visiting churches, modest dress is required – for men, this means no shorts or tank tops, for women no trousers or culottes.
Aside from the usual prohibitions on driving drunk, without a seatbelt fastened, or while chatting on a mobile (though hands-free sets are permitted), it is also a no-no to drive while smoking.


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Talk Time: Up 4 hours.
Charging Time of Headset: About 2 hours.
Charging Time of Battery Carrying Case: About 2 hours
Charging Headset Times from Battery Carrying Case: 2-3 times.
Bluetooth Version: V4.2
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-1 x 460mAh Charging Box
-1 x User Manual
-1 x Quick Guide
-1 x USB Charging Cable (wall adapter not included)
-3 x Couples Silicone Ear Caps (S and L caps were packed into the black cable box)
(R) headset is the master headset , (L) headset is the slave headset
Only master headset (R) has sound during phone calls
This safety feature allows you to hear the traffic while driving
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Photos! (Oh, and good to see you got the deposit back without any fuss - as you rightly should)
Nice one on the Dealer for a quick, no hassle refund
Looking forward to the pics mate
Excellent news mate
Thanks for all the supportive comments guys
Here it is.
How about a nice red.
^ Very nice!
Is it misano or brilliant red?
I like, a lot!
Very stealthy in that colour IMHO
I'm planning on a wrap. Rivière Blue or Merlin Purple. Half the price of the paint job and protects bodywork.
Just been snooping at approved s3's and seen some nice examples of exclusive paint so I thought I'd share.
Nogaro - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...ihull/604715094-1492039.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Solar Orange - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...-300-ps/604623231-99412.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Sprint - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...ps/bath/604605066-41798.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Merlin - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use.../bolton/604692317-39985.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Kingfisher Blue - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...oventry/604671217-26085.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Samoa Orange - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...-wells/604678732-104605.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
Java Green - http://www.audi.co.uk/used-cars/use...verpool/604486076-39274.aspx?srcmdc=se_na_re_
^ Some nice colours there
Just don't know whether I could live with any long term. But that could be, as my son keeps telling me, I'm an old fart! lol
I'd love an exclusive colour, probably a yellow, but it seems a bit pricey for what it is. Audi should try to match at least the stitching to your chosen colour then you can sort of enjoy it on the inside too
Even better if they did a similar seat design to the parade red but in exclusive to match.
You can get the audi exclusive interior package, but that costs more than the exclusive paint package.
I must've missed the expensive bit of the configurator.
Maybe next time
Or maybe you just ignored it like the rest of us ...
This thread could do with updating me thinks
This post has made me question....
Brilliant Red ....or. ...Misano Red ??
Ive ordered Misano ...but now im worried it might be too "Orange" ....
Think I need to see them in the flesh
I had a brilliant red a4 and hated every second of it. Boring flat colour which turned orange in the hint of sunlight. Misano pops in the sun, so much nicer and I spent every day regretting the brilliant red choice.
To help update this thread, here is a Floret Silver S3, which replaces Ice Silver
Some more boaring monsoon grey.....
l was diapointed with choice of coloures
S line drivers had a choice of metalic pearl grey but not S drivers.... :-(
I'm really surprised that Daytona isn't available on the S3 (unless I'm much mistaken)
It is now - think it was an exclusive colour up until recently.
I was surprised to but defo a s line colour.
Would like to see some S3s in exclusive coloures 2k not cheap.
Ah ok. Does raise the issue that, as with Sepang, some customers may have forked out £2k to have one of these colours on their S3, only to see it added as a standard option later and which could have saved them £1.5k. If this happened to me I'd be seriously ****** off.
Sepang blue sportback
yep it has been for a while now on the S3.
Looks better with roof rails.
Goodwood Green or Avocado Green? no overly keen whatever green this is.
^ Think that is Verdant Green
Magenta pink ladies and gents
Currently on sale at Stratford Audi, 184ps quattro diesel.
WTF????? Lol ...... thats gotta be a one of a kind
That is @The Challinor cancelled order
Been collecting a few S3 saloon colour / wheels combos
Magnetic blue / 5-twin-spoke design black-gloss alloy wheels
Sepang blue / 5-arm ”Wing”’ design high gloss titanium alloy wheels
Glacier white / 5-twin-spoke Star’ design anthracite, partly polished alloy wheels
Misano red / 5-twin-spoke Star’ design anthracite, partly polished alloy wheels
Black (not sure which shade) / 5-twin-spoke Star’ design anthracite, partly polished alloy wheels
Brilliant red / 5-arm ”Wing”’ design high gloss titanium alloy wheels (not a S3)
Yellow / 5-arm ”Wing”’ design high gloss titanium alloy wheels
Orange / 5-arm ”Wing”’ design high gloss titanium alloy wheels
Sepang blue / 5 V-spoke design’ polished Titanium alloy wheels
Black / 5 V-spoke design’ polished Titanium alloy wheels
Sepang blue / 5-twin-spoke Star’ design anthracite, partly polished alloy wheels
Couple from me (wish we had the option of these wheels)
+1 on that buddy
Wish that riviera blue wasn't an exclusive colour either
Your **** at keeping secrets
Separate names with a comma.

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Avation PLC (LSE: AVAP), the commercial passenger aircraft leasing company, has acquired and leased a third new Airbus A220-300 aircraft to airBaltic, the Latvian hybrid carrier. The 12-year lease commenced on 26 March 2019.
Avation's Executive Chairman, Jeff Chatfield, said: "We have expanded our fleet with a third new aircraft delivery to airBaltic and we are proud to be associated with this growing and popular airline. Avation is pleased to be involved with the A220 programme as a lessor and we are optimistic about the prospects for this new-technology, fuel-efficient aircraft type."
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Georgia Beachgoers Helped Save Dozens of Beached Whales
Beachgoers enjoying a pleasant evening on Georgia's St. Simons Island rushed into the water, despite warnings of sharks, to rescue dozens of short-finned pilot whales that washed ashore on Tuesday evening, according to the New York Times.
The dramatic rescue by the citizen volunteers was caught on video and streamed on Facebook live by Dixie V. McCoy who was on the beach with her 2-year-old granddaughter. McCoy captured dozens of volunteer beachgoers, including kids and lifeguards, in the impromptu operation pushing and shoving the whales and scooping handfuls of water on to them in the 15-minute video that went live around 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
"They're going to die if they don't get help," said McCoy in the video. "All these whales have been washed up to shore and there's already been one whale that's been attacked by a shark. It is so sad."
The rescue effort worked wonders, as only three of the beached whales perished, according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). And, unbeknownst to the volunteers, their strategy was exactly right.
"While stranding is a known natural occurrence, the only thing we can do is to continue pushing them out to sea," said Clay George, a biologist for Georgia's DNR.
Harbor pilots spotted a pod of more than 40 whales in the Brunswick shipping channel on Wednesday morning. Conservationists from the National Marine Mammal Foundation then monitored the whales from a boat to make sure they stayed in deep waters and far offshore, said DNR spokesman Rick Lavender, as USA Today reported.
A helicopter searched for more stranded whales along the coastline, but none were found.
"We're cautiously optimistic that the group dodged a bullet, and that they're now on their way to deeper water," said George.
Pilot whales are essentially very large dolphins that can grow up to 24-feet in length and weigh over 6,600 pounds. Maneuvering them back into the water is a Herculean task. So, volunteer rescuers focused on turning the whales so they were faced offshore, encouraging them to head into deeper waters, where a large group from their pod was swimming about 300-feet offshore, according to Vice.
"The water was full of immense black fins and bodies rolling in the surf; these were huge animals," said David Steen, a research ecologist at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center who participated in the rescue effort, as Vice reported.
It is not clear why pilot whales move so close to shore. There have been 23 mass standings in Southeastern states since 1991, but never in Georgia. Two years ago, over 400 pilot whales washed ashore in New Zealand and over 70 percent of them perished. There are several theories for their behavior—perhaps since they are so social, one confused whale can lead an entire pod ashore. Cetaceans are social creatures that live in groups, and it's possible that one confused whale can lead an entire pod astray. Another theory formed from necropsies of stranded whales posits that sinus and ear parasites or injuries from seismic activity, such as US Navy sonar tests or oil exploration, impair a whale's senses and ability to navigate waters, according to Vice.
In the necropsy of the three whales that didn't make it, researchers will look for ingested plastic or evidence of plastic netting. They will also look for signs of an acoustic disturbance, like bombs or sonars, that could have caused one or more of the animals to swim toward land, as the New York Times reported.
"Tomorrow will be the beginning of a process that could go on for potentially weeks," he said.
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Sources reviewed this article for accuracy.
For Sicangu Lakota water protector Cheryl Angel, Standing Rock helped her define what she stands against: an economy rooted in extraction of resources and exploitation of people and planet. It wasn't until she'd had some distance that the vision of what she stands for came into focus.
Last week, the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers' Association (JUNPALMA) promised to enter into an agreement for sustainable and deforestation-free palm oil production. The promise was secured by the U.S. based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) in collaboration with the local government, growers and the independent conservation organization Sociedad Peruana de Ecodesarrollo.
The rallying cry to build it again and to build it better than before is inspiring after a natural disaster, but it may not be the best course of action, according to new research published in the journal Science.
"Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving people and assets out of harm's way—but why, where, when, and how they will retreat," the study begins.
The researchers suggest that it is time to rethink retreat, which is often seen as a last resort and a sign of weakness. Instead, it should be seen as the smart option and an opportunity to build new communities.
"We propose a reconceptualization of retreat as a suite of adaptation options that are both strategic and managed," the paper states. "Strategy integrates retreat into long-term development goals and identifies why retreat should occur and, in doing so, influences where and when."
The billions of dollars spent to rebuild the Jersey Shore and to create dunes to protect from future storms after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 may be a waste if sea level rise inundates the entire coastline.
"There's a definite rhetoric of, 'We're going to build it back better. We're going to win. We're going to beat this. Something technological is going to come and it's going to save us,'" said A.R. Siders, an assistant professor with the disaster research center at the University of Delaware and lead author of the paper, to the New York Times. "It's like, let's step back and think for a minute. You're in a fight with the ocean. You're fighting to hold the ocean in place. Maybe that's not the battle we want to pick."
Rethinking retreat could make it a strategic, efficient, and equitable way to adapt to the climate crisis, the study says.
Dr. Siders pointed out that it has happened before. She noted that in the 1970s, the small town of Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin moved itself out of the flood plain after one too many floods. The community found and reoriented the business district to take advantage of highway traffic and powered it entirely with solar energy, as the New York Times reported.
That's an important lesson now that rising sea levels pose a catastrophic risk around the world. Nearly 75 percent of the world's cities are along shorelines. In the U.S. alone coastline communities make up nearly 40 percent of the population— more than 123 million people, which is why Siders and her research team are so forthright about the urgency and the complexities of their findings, according to Harvard Magazine.
Some of those complexities include, coordinating moves across city, state or even international lines; cultural and social considerations like the importance of burial grounds or ancestral lands; reparations for losses or damage to historic practices; long-term social and psychological consequences; financial incentives that often contradict environmental imperatives; and the critical importance of managing retreat in a way that protects vulnerable and poor populations and that doesn't exacerbate past injustices, as Harvard Magazine reported.
If communities could practice strategic retreats, the study says, doing so would not only reduce the need for people to choose among bad options, but also improve their circumstances.
"It's a lot to think about," said Siders to Harvard Magazine. "And there are going to be hard choices. It will hurt—I mean, we have to get from here to some new future state, and that transition is going to be hard.…But the longer we put off making these decisions, the worse it will get, and the harder the decisions will become."
To help the transition, the paper recommends improved access to climate-hazard maps so communities can make informed choices about risk. And, the maps need to be improved and updated regularly, the paper said as the New York Times reported.
"It's not that everywhere should retreat," said Dr. Siders to the New York Times. "It's that retreat should be an option. It should be a real viable option on the table that some places will need to use."
Leaked documents show that Jair Bolsonaro's government intends to use the Brazilian president's hate speech to isolate minorities living in the Amazon region. The PowerPoint slides, which democraciaAbierta has seen, also reveal plans to implement predatory projects that could have a devastating environmental impact.


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The other game had a total of 23 goals.
By the end of Thursday's District 3 girls' lacrosse quarterfinal doubleheader at Susquehannock High School, both Kennard-Dale and York Catholic came up short on the scoreboard.
No. 2-seeded Kennard-Dale posted nine goals in a high scoring first half against No. 10 Lancaster Country Day but just six in the second half of a 19-15 season-ending defeat.
In the nightcap, No. 4 York Catholic led by three at halftime, before No. 12 Penn Manor gained momentum in the second half and held off the Irish, 12-11.
Lancaster Country Day advances to Tuesday's semifinal against Cocalico, and Penn Manor plays Manheim Township in the other semifinal.
Penn Manor (13-7) fought back from a 7-4 halftime deficit to tie the game at 8-all on Emily Eddowes goal with 17:16 to play. Eddowes led the Comets attack with four goals.
After trading goals to make it 9-9 with 13:53 to play, Penn Manor scored two goals in a little more than a minute to take an 11-9 lead with 7:36 remaining.
York Catholic's (16-4) Dana Amalfitano scored with 6:38 to play to close the gap to one, but Eddowes found the back of the net again to move the lead back to two goals.
The Irish's Alexis China scored with 1:26 to play, but that was the final goal of the game as the Comets kept possession the final 86 seconds of the game to run the clock out.
"Give a lot of credit to their defense," Irish head coach Rob Linthicum said. "They just took us out of the game. Their pressure is relentless. That's one of the most aggressive defenses we faced all season."
Catholic scored seven first-half goals, including a 6-0 run at one point. The Irish led 7-4 at halftime.
"We played the game at our tempo," Linthicum said of the first half. "We seemed to be getting more draw controls early on. We were able to settle it and run our offense.
"We felt like we could hit our cutters all day long. But, the problem is, in the second half when they pressured the ball out, my feeders couldn't get a good look at the cutters."
The Irish were led by China and Lindsay Ingram, who each scored three goals. Goalie Alana Pietra made eight saves.
Penn Manor goalie Lauren Ali finished with six saves.
In Thursday's first game, Lancaster Country Day freshmen Kelly Daggett stole the show with eight goals and two assists.
Cougars (16-5) junior Jayme Verman scored six and assisted on two others as the Comets, who led 14-9 at halftime, held off the Rams in the second half.
"I thought I had a good warm-up, and the first five minutes we felt strong and our lead stayed the whole time," Daggett said. "The (eight goals) is a pretty good day for me."
Kennard-Dale head coach Kelly Wetzel knew of Verman and Daggett.
"We knew that 85 to 90 percent of the offense went through them," he said. "Daggett is fast as anything, she's a good player."
The Cougars led by as many as five in the first half, with Daggett scoring six of the 14 Country Day goals in the first 25 minutes.
In the second half, the Rams (19-2) closed within 15-13 with 16:13 left on Lyndsey Duty's goal, which capped a 4-1 K-D run.
That was as close to the lead the Rams would get. Katie Fonte led K-D with four goals and three assists.
Madalyn Stover made 14 saves for the Cougars, and Alley Storke stopped eight for the Rams.
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PENN MANOR 12, YORK CATHOLIC 11
Penn Manor 4 8 -- 12
York Catholic 7 4 -- 11
Penn Manor goals -- Emily Eddowes 4, Emily McCoy 3, Eryn McCoy 2, McKenna Edwards 2, Hannah Breidenbaugh.
Penn Manor assists -- Emily McCoy, Eryn McCoy 2, McKenna Edwards.
York Catholic goals -- Alexis China 3, Lindsay Ingram 3, Sarah Gabriele 2, Dana Amalfitano, Megan Bittney, Lindsay Givens.
York Catholic assists -- Alexis China, Lindsay Ingram, Natalie Fiorenza.
Shots on goal -- PM 18, YC 16.
Goalies -- Penn Manor, Lauren Ali (6 saves); York Catholic, Alana Pietra (8 saves).
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LANCASTER COUNTRY DAY 19, KENNARD-DALE 15
L.C.D. 14 5 -- 19
Kennard-Dale 9 6 -- 15
Lancaster Country Day goals -- Kelly Daggett 8, Jayme Verman 6, Paige Brown 2, Caroline Kolva 2, Bridget Umble.
Lancaster Country Day assists -- Kelly Daggett 2, Jayme Verman 2.
Kennard-Dale goals -- Katie Fonte 4, Nicole Black 2, Haley Romoser 2, Caroline Schmitt 2, Abby Pietra 2, Morgan Day 2, Lyndsey Duty.
Kennard-Dale assists -- Katie Fonte 3, Nicole Black 3, Caroline Schmitt.
Shots on goal -- LCD 27, KD 33.
Goalies -- Lancaster Country Day, Madalyn Stover (14 saves); Kennard-Dale, Alley Storke (8 saves).


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Carl Fast – Repair Technician
Carl Fast got into diving as a family activity with his daughter. The two of them began to dive on many of our store trips, weekly dives and weekly dive charters, Carl kept advancing his skills and knowledge through the PADI system of diver education through continuing education and did a lot of active diving in the process with friends and family.
Upon successful completion of Rescue Diver, Carl got the diving bug and wanted to share his love of the sport with others. After Divemastering for us for over a year, Carl became a PADI Instructor and has been teaching with us since 2013, now that he’s a “Grandpa” he’s retired from teaching but hanging out in the store fixing regs as the most attentive service technician we’ve seen.
Carl’s maintained his Divemaster rating to assist in courses and help out and hang out when he can.
A little Q&A with Carl:
Q: What is your next personal or professional dive training goal?
A: I would like to complete my NAUI Intro to Tech course.
Q: What spot is on your dive bucket list?
A: I feel fortunate that I have been able to dive the top one on my bucket list…Socorro Island, MX. I am also looking forward to getting back to Roatan.
Q: What’s one piece of dive gear you can NOT live without and why?
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Ride to Archer Mountain
And hike to the summit - Southern access
Stevenson, Washington - 10/2/10
For information about the Northern access to Archer Mountain,
For information about my first (failed) attempt to find Archer Falls,
For information about the Southern access to the Archer Mountain summit,
The Southern access road to the Archer Mountain Trailhead is well marked.
Traveling East on Washington route 14, turn left at milepost 29.55 and go up
Follow the road for about a mile and a half to the end.
The bottom section has been recently paved. The last bit is
paved also but pretty beat up. There is a large parking area at the end.
This sign sort of implies that you are on Forest Road 1853 but I
saw nothing about it on my Gifford Pinchot Forest map.
You quickly come up on a grassy area known as High Valley. This was a
Homestead area 100 or so years ago and more recently the site of a Hippie
Commune. All traces of life here seem to be gone. A local guy I ran into
said that this was Fletcher Flat to the left. It is also referred to as the
Archer Mountain West Ridge. Note the big "T". I didn't do much exploring
this day but didn't see any obvious trails to the top.
This is Archer Mountain, straight ahead and to
the right of Fletcher Flat.
You soon come up on a fork that offers three choices.
Many of these trails simple take you in a loop that could be as long as
a mile but in most cases the loops are very short. I've gone down all three.
The fork to the left just before the 159 sign goes to Fletcher Flat.
The middle trail fork choice.
This trail is a long loop that takes you right back where you started.
There is a faint and now closed trail to Archer Falls a few hundred yards
down this trail and to the right.
The trail choice to the right, just before the 159 sign is the correct
(and most likely the only "legal") way to get to the Archer Mountain summit.
Various reports I've read said that you cannot get to the Archer Mountan summit
from the South any more but you'll never know if you don't look around, right?
The reports are that the access roads to the North are gated too so getting to
the top of Archer Mountan may not be possible at all now. I took this trail to
the left to check out Flethcer Flat. Note the Forest Road 1853 159 marker on the
You'll fairly quickly come across a wall that looks like this. There is a
faint trail behind it that leads to the base of some intimidating looking
moss covered rocks and a VERY steep climb to the top. I brought no first
aid kit so anything like that will have to wait for another day.
I'm guessing there is a way to get to the top. If I find one, the
picture below will be clickable to a link with trail guide information.
For now, my interest is in hiking Archer Mountain although this piece could
make for an interesting side trip.
This area has also been referred to as the West Ridge in various reports I've
read. The West Ridge Ridgetop trail to the top is reportedly also closed.
I took the fairly wide trail that ran parallel to the wall which
quickly got me to an open field headed towards Archer Mountain. This
looked promising but quickly turned out to be a 1/2 mile loop that took
me around in circles. I didn't spend a pile of time investigating but
it looks like this is the trail to nowhere.
A couple more shots of The Archer Mountain West Ridge/Fletcher Flat
I'll continue to add more here as I return for better looks.
From what I've read, Archer is a small but complex mountain that
takes all day to summit even if you know what you are doing.
When I return next I will see if I can find Archer Falls and will
update this page as I explore. This is not a popular hike and there
isn't a lot of info available about the mountain. But the trails
look well travelled so it's clear that people are coming here.
First trip to Fort Stevens
Ride to Sisters, Oregon and McKenzie Pass
Ride along the Crown Point Highway


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Alma Adams: Keep the cops-are-pigs painting, but wipe out those Confederate thingies
I guess offensiveness REALLY is in the eye of the beholder.
Rep. Alma Adams — who struggles with counting and always wears a hat to keep the wind from whistling through that hole in her head — is quite the, um, *national treasure.*
It wasn’t long ago that she was standing in the doorway like George Wallace to keep her colleagues from taking down a painting, hanging in the Capitol complex, that featured actual pigs in police uniforms. Who were WE to judge the propriety of ART hanging in a public place?
Fast forward to this week, in the wake of the Charlottesville fiasco. Ol’ Alma is NOW hell-bent on tearing down ANYTHING even remotely Confederate:
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Alma Adams is a racist. She represents the New Racism:
The New Racism is as evil as the old.
She is a racist pig ? and the people should be allowed to keep their flag and statues
Those who want to take away historical statues and flags are no different than the Nazi book burners or the Taliban or ISIS or the communists. Come to think of it, that was a member of the communist Workers World Party who pulled down that statue in Durham. She should be stripped of her citizenship and packed off to North Korea where she belongs.
Why are we still paying her salary? I thought you had to work to get paid! She is working nothing but her mouth so I say FIRE her! She certainly doesn’t deserve a pay check!
Same thoughts for senators! You refuse to go to work, fire everyone of them! Who wants to introduce a bill that states “if you are voted into office and refuse to come to work or show up and do nothing, we should be able to fire them and put someone in that will work.”
I also have a suggestion for healthcare! Put us Americans on plans that our congressmen use. I cannot take the credit for this suggestion but it is the best suggestion I have heard that would end health care issue since no one has a clue after 8 years!
I agree,the new racism which encourages hatred and violence aginst all whites is even worse than the racism of old,these people are always looking for an excuse to spread their hatred and violence when they are equal in all things today,but that isn’t good enough for them. They feel that because of something that happens hundreds of years before any of them or any of us were born that we owe them a debt that they will never consider repaid. They are the new racist.
What is wrong with Aima Adams? Distroying History is distroying a part of our country and it is not right! Can you guys not accept anything? You cannot accept that our President WON the election fair and square and now this! I don’t feel you should hold an office in the government of our country! Shame on you!
Not a single Republican leader in NC has called out this vile racist Democrat politician. Not a single GOP congressman from NC has called her out. Hard to tell who is more worthless, the GOP or Alma Adams. Why should we even bother to vote?
If people can’t honestly see who the real racist are in this country, then they’re all just lying to themselves and afraid of being called racist themselves. The South has been overrun by the Yankees again.
She is also a carpet bagger she needs to go back to Greensboro cause Charlotte is a big enough cesspool without her in the mix
Yep, anyone can get elected.
Alma Adams should not even be in office–she was elected on a lie about where she lived and still has not moved to the district she is supposed to be “representing”. She is also a rabble rousing racist who does not reflect the values that made this State great–send her packing!
She does even warrant a response. Her ignorant true self shows every day. How was she ever elected?
All over America our history is being destroyed! Burn all the history books, take the subject of history out of the classrooms and make it a law to never discuss history!
No more history teachers, tear down all statues regardless of where they are! Take the founding fathers names off of every building, bridge, or road! Take every Native American name off of every building, county, etc.
I think you can see where I am going!
You can do all of this and these groups of liberals would still not be happy. You don’t like how we live and govern, MOVE to another country!
You protesters need to go to work! What do u do all week while we hard working Americans are EARNING a living?
Well here are my thoughts to all this, I suggest that all the streets name Martin Luther King be renamed and all the Plaques and Statues of him be removed, since they are also now deemed RACIST as well. What is Good for One is just as good for the other
Pretty despicable, a racist statement about cops are pigs and the statues. Rabble rousing just like Al Sharpton.
The Left is making this bad situation worse. By refusing to acknowledge that the Antifa and Black Lives Matter protesters are just as guilty as the white supremacists for bringing violence to Virginia, the Left is only expanding the gulf dividing the Left and the Right. young person hearing this nonsense will be discouraged from ever learning what conservatives really think because they’ve only heard all conservatives are neo-Nazis and are worthy of beatings with bats. This is just one way that the ungodly Left is dividing the country.
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7 Companies That Went Bankrupt Due to COVID
As pandemic restrictions loosen, bankrupt companies get a new lease on life.
As the pandemic swept across the globe in 2020, a new sort of crisis began to emerge: bankruptcies. Companies that entered the year in a position of strength faced a new reality that kept consumers stuck at home and closed down stores, sometimes permanently. As virus cases mounted throughout the year, clothing retailers, travel companies and oil producers began to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the dozens. In the months since, many of these bankrupt companies have returned from the dead, exiting bankruptcy with a new lease on life. The return of many of these companies coincides with a reopening economy and the roll out of vaccines. For some bankrupt companies, it just might be a chance at a fresh start. Here are seven companies that struggled in 2020 but have since emerged from bankruptcy.
It was clear to everyone by the summer of 2020 that retailers were in trouble. Malls had been closed, storefronts shuttered and customers locked up at home for weeks. As a result, sales across the board were plummeting. The canary in the coal mine was J. Crew, which had suffered from the decline in mall traffic and the rise of online retailers for the last few years and found itself in no position to survive during a global pandemic. The company declared bankruptcy in May as it sought out a way to pay down its nearly $2 billion in debt. By September, the company had found a solution: Anchorage Capital Group, one of J. Crew's largest lenders, has taken control of the company as its majority owner, while J. Crew gets to take $1.6 billion in debt off of its books.
The pandemic changed everything around us, from how we socialize to where we get our food. Perhaps most importantly, it altered how we work. The work-from-home boom was a blessing for companies like Zoom Video Communications (ticker: ZM), but it was a death knell for retailers that had once dressed us up for boardroom presentations. One of those companies was Tailored Brands, the parent company of Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A Bank, both of which saw their sales plummet as customers traded in khakis for sweatpants. With stores closed and expenses mounting, Tailored Brands was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy last August, closing around 500 locations. Since then, Tailored Brands has emerged from bankruptcy with $686 million in debt removed from its balance sheet, as well as a $365 million exit term loan to help it get back on its feet.
Hertz Global Holdings
As travel declined during the pandemic, every company in the industry began to suffer. One of those companies was Hertz, whose rental cars were stuck on the lot while its used car sales plummeted, even as debt obligations piled up. Hertz had somehow accumulated an obscene $18 billion in debt by 2020, and when the company wasn't able to make a payment in late April, alarms bells began to ring. Sure enough, Hertz declared bankruptcy on May 22, but then a peculiar thing happened: the market got a preview of the looming influence of retail investors. Shares of Hertz had declined as the bankruptcy proceeded, only to bounce back from 56 cents a share to more than $5 a share as investors sought value and a quick buck. Today, Hertz remains trading on the over-the-counter market even as it plans a sale of itself to its lenders.
J.C. Penney Co.
J.C. Penney was already struggling against shifting consumer demand and major competitors like Amazon.com (AMZN) and Walmart (WMT) long before anyone had heard of COVID-19, but the virus proved to be the final nail in the coffin. That said, don't count J.C. Penney out just yet -- despite declaring bankruptcy in May 2020, the retailer was granted a stay of execution in early November when a bankruptcy court declared J.C. Penney could be split into two parts. As part of the deal, 160 J.C. Penney locations and six distribution centers will be sold off to a group of lenders in exchange for forgiving J.C. Penney of more than $1 billion in debt, while the remaining stores will be owned by Simon Property Group (SPG) and Brookfield Property Partners (BPY). The only question now is what those mall operators plan to do with the struggling retailer.
Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL)
Oil producer Whiting Petroleum bought up big chunks of the Bakken oil field over the last few years, accruing an enormous pile of debt that it was struggling to cover by the end of 2019. With hundreds of millions of dollars in debt coming due during 2020, plus several billion more over the following years, Whiting was in trouble. Then the one-two punch of an OPEC-Russia price war combined with a pandemic-fueled decline in travel sent oil prices to historic lows, upending Whiting's business and sending shares down by more than 90% in the three months before the company filed for bankruptcy on April 1. In brighter news, Whiting was back on its feet by September after reducing its debt by $3 billion and establishing a credit facility of $750 million, and shares are up more than 34% year to date.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK)
It's easy to see why 46 oil and gas producers went bankrupt in 2020, according to corporate law firm Haynes and Boone, especially after the price of crude oil fell to less than zero dollars per barrel for the first time in history back in April. A pandemic that decimated car travel plus an OPEC-Russia oil feud equaled disaster for the industry. Chesapeake Energy, which had been fueling its shale drilling boom with debt, soon found itself caught with its hand in the cookie jar. With more than $9 billion in debt and $1 billion in maturities and interest alone, Chesapeake's income couldn't cover its obligations, and the company was forced to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June. But in mid-January, Chesapeake emerged from bankruptcy with a new lease on life after removing $7.7 billion in debt from its balance sheet, and the unburdened company will focus more on natural gas rather than shale oil drilling.
The pandemic had a direct, negative impact on many retailers. Clothing retailers had no more customers, restaurants had to close their dining rooms, and so on. GNC, which sells natural supplements and vitamins, actually saw growing demand for its products during the pandemic. Yet it was too little too late for the company, which was burdened by roughly $900 million in debt heading into 2020 before it was forced to close many of its retail locations for several weeks. Lower sales, a dwindling supply of cash and upcoming debt payments led GNC to file for bankruptcy in June -- but don't worry, you'll still be able to buy your protein powder there. The company was allowed to sell itself to its largest shareholder, Chinese company Harbin Pharmaceutical, for $770 million, and roughly 1,400 GNC locations will remain open as a result.
Seven companies that went bankrupt due to COVID-19:
-- J. Crew
-- Tailored Brands
-- Hertz Global Holdings
-- J.C. Penney Co.
-- Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL)
-- Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK)
-- GNC Holdings


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There is NOTHING manifesting in your life which had no cause. Nothing!!
Not one trial, not one success, not one pain, not one joy will ever become manifest in your life or mine lest there FIRST be a cause.
Now you must become a true journalist of your own life and ask yourself the same basic questions of every detail of your life - pleasant and unpleasant -
If you do not journal and reflect why not? Now is a good time to start, whatever your age.
When you gather the answers to the above question WRITE THEM DOWN!
Then ask yourself this: “How many of those seedlings are being cross pollinated by the stories I tell myself and others?” I believe you will be shocked how often you fertilize the weeds and starve the fruits in your life. #StoryPower
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Changjiu Logistics [SHA:603569] has just announced acquisition by its wholly-owned sub-subsidiary “Poland Changjiu”, who just purchased a 30% stake in ADAMPOL S.A for 18.3 million euros. The Acquisition will make Adampol a joint venture between the Changjiu and the South Korean Hyundai Motor Group’s unit Glovis Europe.
ADAMPOL S.A was established in Białystok, Poland in 1990. It is engaged mainly in automobile logistics, pre-delivery quality inspection, warehousing, international railway station operations, ro-ro terminal services, car rental, and maintenance, with its business covering Poland, Spain, Belgium, Russia, and other European countries. It has about 400 transport vehicles and a total storage area of about 400,000 square meters.
Through this investment, Changjiu Logistics aims to establish a long-term international logistics operation network and provide supporting logistics services for Chinese domestic automakers and independent auto brands to enter the international market. It also provides strong logistics support for foreign and joint venture auto brands and uses China as a global production base in a reverse export model.
For Changjiu Logistics, the Małaszewicze Terminal in Poland is an important transshipment center in Europe, especially in the international railway transportation mode with “China-Europe Railway Express” as the core strategic product. The acquisition is conducive to the company’s further utilization of the advantages of China-Europe freight trains and the expansion of the European automotive logistics market, creating good conditions for the development of both eastbound and westbound railway import and export business of automobiles, parts, and commodities.
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Just 15 minutes of being alone is enough to calm most people down, and to reduce the strong emotions that can make us crazy. We know this because a University of Rochester news release reports that researchers at the school conducted four experiments. The first compared solitude (simply being alone without any stimuli) to people’s experiences in social interactions and found that being alone was more calming. Next, they compared solitude to being alone with a quiet activity, such as reading and found that that, too, was calming. Third, they compared solitude to the internal stimuli of thinking certain types of thoughts. They found that if participants had positive thoughts, their positive affect was not decreased. In a fourth experiment, the Rochester researchers used a switching-replications experiment to examine a person’s active motivation for being alone. In the three laboratory experiments, study participants sat alone for a quarter of an hour in a comfortable chair, assessing their emotions on rating scales before and afterward. The researchers asked about intense positive emotions (feeling enthusiastic or excited) and intense negative emotions (feeling angry or anxious), as well as low-intensity positive emotions (feeling calm, relaxed) and low-intensity negative emotions (feeling lonely or sad). In the third study, the team examined the effects of making choices about one’s solitary experience by allowing some of the participants to choose what to think about as they sat by themselves, while others were assigned what to think. Those who chose what to think about had higher positive emotions, such as excitement. Conversely, those study subjects who were told to think neutral thoughts exhibited lowered positive emotions. The bottom line: autonomy in solitude—being able to choose what to think about or actively choosing to spend time alone—not only buffered against the negative effects of solitude on emotions, but also improved the beneficial effect of solitude on a person’s relaxation and stress levels.


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Day 597 – 18 October, 2016
Few people have been so lucky to walk side by side with our closest primate relatives, but from the moment I had learned this was even possible, I wanted to go. To track chimpanzees and mountain gorillas in their natural environment is an experience like no other.
The Acacia Africa overland truck bounced and bumped from Lake Nakuru to Eldoret in Kenya, then to Kampala and finally, Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The journey from Lake Nakuru took us three days from the flat dry savannahs to lush emerald jungle mountains. Queen Elizabeth NP is one of the few places in the world with a thriving population of chimps so with permits secured, we were scheduled to start trekking immediately upon arrival.
A trekking group can be no more than eight people so our cozy group of thirteen was divided in two. One group of eight – Joel, James, Sarah, Jess, Jodie, Dane, Christy, and me – and one group of five (the self-proclaimed ‘slow’ group) – Larissa, Julie, Craig, Peita, and Ashley. My group would go the first day with the other group following the next day. After already seven hours of travel, I assure you we were all eager to stretch our legs. Our guide was a petite woman, probably in her twenties, dressed in a thick khaki park ranger uniform and armed with an AK-47 for protection.
Only about 200 meters inside the park, there was a rope bridge dangling precariously over a muddy river notoriously full of hippos and possibly crocodiles. The dangers all seemed pretty obvious, none of which struck a chord with me. I was about the fifth person in our procession to cross the bridge when the four that had crossed before me seemed to have disturbed a rather large African killer bee hive. Bees that are known for unprovoked attacks are not such a pleasant creature to encounter. Suddenly, there was shouting and running as we all forgot the shoddiness of the bridge and the predators below. At least three people were stung, some multiple times, before we finally landed safely on the other side.
Our guide led us along the banks of the river where we spied colorful lizards and bathing hippos intermittently submerging and then breaking the surface once again with a loud sigh and splutter, sometimes showing their impressive teeth to their neighbor in a display of dominance. We stood only a few meters away, peeking through the tall reed grasses.
I had tempered my expectations for a chimp sighting, knowing that if we were lucky enough to be graced with their presence, they would be high up in the trees. Indeed when we found them, they were swinging through the treetops, fully aware of our every move and hollering to each other as they watched us watching them. Then something remarkable happened. One of the adult chimpanzees came to the ground and situated himself about 5 meters away chewing on a fibrous bush. He seemed relaxed and ignored us now, but for several moments, we had the rare privilege of seeing a chimp on the jungle floor. A rustle in the bushes behind us revealed another chimp and then another. All three effortlessly glided through the tree roots and thorn bushes and walked along the same path our tiny group had been using. Our guide’s face lit up as if even she was thrilled to see such an amazing sight. She motioned us to follow so we slowly, deliberately hushed our steps as we tried to mimic their movements. Much faster than we could ever hope to be in a harsh jungle environment we lost them when they crossed the river on a fallen tree. No matter, I was beyond satisfied with a fantastic encounter.
As we drove back to camp, fully elated with the successful sightings, the sky turned an ominous black. Out from the superior protection of Crispin, our safari driver constantly harassed Joel, who unfortunately had chosen to sit in the front seat, about a tip (even while the driver was stopping along the way to pick up grocery items for himself). Meanwhile, the skies opened and a deluge thoroughly began saturating the ground. All I could think was that we still had to set up our tents for the night.
The rest of our travel companions ventured into the jungle the following day and had an equally rewarding encounter with the chimps. Feeling very fortunate for our good luck, all thirteen passengers and two staff eagerly boarded our truck once again for Lake Bunyoni, a picturesque respite in southern Uganda. We passed tea plantations and forests of banana palms, revealing a much different landscape than we had seen thus far.
Lake Bunyoni was as amazing as I had heard it would be. The deep water lake sparkled from its clearing in the pristine jungle as we pulled into the parking lot of the campsite. The camp grounds were right on the banks of the water. The gang and I fell over ourselves to get out of the bouncy truck and immediately set up our tents so we could enjoy the view. An impromptu game of volleyball ensued and Peita decided to test her balance in a dugout canoe to retrieve a poorly aimed ball in the lake. In seemingly slow motion, she rocked once and then twice before tumbling head over foot into the murky depths. Unhurt, but humbled all the same, Peita patiently tolerated our unshakable laughing fits.
The morning of our much-anticipated gorilla trekking we had an early wakeup and a long drive to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, named for its thick overgrown forest that can only be penetrated in places with a machete. Again, our group would be divided in two so we stuck with the same split as the previous trekking and met with our guides for a briefing. There are five gorilla families that have been habituated (meaning they are used to people) in this forest and groups of no more than 8 people each would visit each family for one hour. Our permits cost $600USD for one hour with the gorillas so it was emphasized that our guide would do his best to get us close to gorillas, but nothing could be guaranteed. No refunds would be issued, blah blah blah…
Two scouts go before sunup to begin the long search for the gorillas. Based on where they knew the gorillas were from the previous day, the scouts will use tracking techniques – footprints, droppings, location of nests (gorillas sleep in nests on the ground because they like comfort too!), a path of crushed vegetation – to locate our assigned family before we have even started walking. Unlike the earlier gorilla trekking when this tourism had just begun to draw international guests, the trekkers with their guide would just start out tracking for themselves. It would take hours through an indirect route and the possibility was a lot higher to not see gorillas at all. With this new method of pre-scouting, we could take the most direct route so we were virtually guaranteed.
Both of our groups drove in separate vehicles to the same park entrance. Our group, perhaps appearing younger and fitter than most, commenced from the parking lot at the bottom of a steep barren road while our other Acacia friends rode up the road in the back of a pickup truck. The going was tough, yet not terrible, but it took us almost 45 minutes to even enter the forest and the road was not much to look at on the way. We were buffetted by two guides, both carrying weapons and finally began the proper walk. On a well-used trail for an hour or two, when we were finally close enough, it was time to go off-road. The “off-road” trail was still a trail, just more overgrown and less trampled. The excitement of getting closer to massive apes trumped the walking conditions so even though a couple of us weren’t so sure-footed on the new path, it mattered little. Another hour passed. Our guides stopped and whispered that we were about to see the gorillas. We could leave our bags and walking sticks behind so as not to make the apes feel threatened before we followed the guides and the scouts through the dense foliage.
It’s hard to say now what I expected of my gorilla encounter. I knew others who had successfully completed this trek in the past and the experience had them raving about it for months, if not years, afterward. They had close-up and crystal clear photos of playful gorilla family members who stayed relatively in one spot, undeterred by the human onlookers. Using a machete, our lead guide pushed his way through the forest floor to get us within range and before we were able to catch even a glimpse of our first gorilla, they were on the move up the mountain. We followed. For the next two hours, we followed up and down the impenetrable mountain ground cover, through aggressive thorn bushes and muddy cliffs, tripping on exposed tree roots and crawling over mossy and slippery boulders, molested by fire ants and mosquitoes. It would take a gorilla 10 seconds to cover the same amount of distance it would take us to cover in 10 minutes. They didn’t seem afraid of us, yet they kept moving away. We were granted two hours instead of one because we never were close enough to get a proper view. There were 8 of us, plus 4 guides and scouts, and the terrain was such that not everyone could see at the same time.
By the time we turned back, a silence had fallen over the trekkers. We were exhausted after already six hours of maneuvers, but mostly I think we were disappointed. I know I was. They are wild animals after all, not to be predicted, although I had been anticipating this day for so long that I had wanted something different. I laugh now at my expectations. What did I think? That we were going to sit in a wide open clearing drinking tea while the gorillas entertained us with silly antics?? I still feel a sense of incompletion after this trek, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Perhaps one day I will return to give it another go….