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By: Giustina Selvelli
Turkmen Language: Specific Features
The Turkmen language (türkmençe, or türkmen dili) is a language spoken in Turkmenistan, the southwestern most republic of Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union.
Turkmen is mainly spoken in Turkmenistan by around 3.8 million people (Ethnologue 2013). Turkmen communities also live in the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran - bringing the total number of speakers to around 6.7 million.
Turkmen belongs to the Eurasian family group of the Turkic-Altaic languages, which includes among others Turkish, Azeri, Tatar, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uyghur and Chuvash. The Turkic-Altaic languages are thus spoken not only in Central Asia but also in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, China and Siberia.
One main feature of the Turkmen language, which is characteristic of all Turkic languages apart from Uzbek, is the so-called “vowel harmony”, corresponding to a series of constraints on which vowels may be found near each other.
Furthermore, and, in line with all other languages of the Turkic family, Turkmen is an agglutinative language, which implies that it is formed in a synthetic way (in contrast to fusional languages) by adding different (invariable) morphemes to the words in order to determine their meanings.
Although all Turkic languages (around 35 in total) share many common traits in vocabulary and grammar, and originate from a proto-Turkic ancestor language, only a few of them are mutually intelligible among their speakers.
In specific, the Turkmen language, together with Turkish, Azeri and Gagauz, belongs to the sub-branch of the Oghuz languages within the Turkic languages, and so speakers of these languages have higher chances of understanding each other.
Language in Turkmenistan
The modern Turkmen language was devised as a standard one during the early Soviet period (1928-1940), and was primarily based on the dialect spoken by the Teke tribal groups inhabiting the Southern Ahal and Mari provinces of Turkmenistan (Clark 1998: 12).
The decision of adopting such dialect as a standard was further acknowledged during the first linguistic congresses of Turkmenistan, held in Ashgabat in 1936.
Before the advent of the modern standard of the language, and beginning in the eighteenth Century, the most prominent role was played by the Chaghatay literary language, bearing influences from both Persian and Arabic.
This language, used by prominent Turkmen poet and spiritual leader Magtymguly Pyragy, had constituted the literary standard shared across Central Asian Turkic people for many centuries (see Encyclopaedia Iranica).
However, Turkmen and Chaghatay belong to different branches of the Turkic language family, the former to Oghuz and the latter to Karluk. Interestingly, in the early 1930s, during the Soviet era, the Turkmen intelligentsia was opposed to the adoption of the new Turkmen literary language, advocating a return to the old Chaghatay variant (Grenoble 2003: 155).
The modern Turkmen language is subdivided into several other dialects apart from the Teke one: Nokhurli, Anauli, Khasarli, Nerezim, Yomud, Goklen, Salyr, Saryq, Esari, Cawdur (Ethnologue 2013).
From the Arabic Alphabet to Latin
The Turkmen language is currently written with the Latin alphabet, but has been transcribed in the course of its history with other writing systems. The first written records of a Turkic language, dating to the period between the seventh and tenth centuries show that the old Turkic communities used a Runic script (Tekin 1968: 21).
This writing system was used until the adoption of Islam that took place around the tenth century. After that moment, these populations began using an Arabo-Persian script, which remained in use for almost a millennium.
During the first Soviet era, in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (created in October 1924 (Grenoble 2003: 154) the ethnic Turkmen identity was elevated to a higher status. A stronger local awareness was encouraged under the interwar Soviet policy of 'korenizatsiya' (nativization) (Strayer 2015: 72-73), which led to the promotion of the local languages among the non-Russian population of the different republics.
In line with this ideal and in contrast to a single centralized Russian identity that had characterized the previous imperial era, in the late 1920s, Soviet authorities inaugurated a campaign of “Latinization” aimed at increasing literacy skills among the diverse population of the country.
The Arabic script was considered too difficult to learn, and incapable of representing the different vowel sounds present in the Turkic languages (Henze 1977: 379), even though in the 1910s Turkmen intellectuals had added diacritics trying to reflect in a more precise way the sounds of the spoken language (Clement 2005: 4).
In addition to this, the Arabic writing system was also considered to be ‘‘backward,’’ while the Latin alphabet was viewed as a marker of modernity and progress, linked to the new revolutionary ideology of unification and modernization that started spreading since early Soviet times (Nurmakov 1934).
Another relevant factor in the project of abandoning the Arabic script was the will of preventing the cultural, religious and political influence of Islamic clergy, a goal that was made official through a specific campaign started by the government in 1928 (Grenoble 2003: 153).
From the Latin Alphabet to Cyrillic
Following such ideological views, state authorities succeeded in imposing to the Turkmen SSR a Latin script based on the “New Turkic alphabet” developed in Baku, Azerbaigian during the “All-Union Turcological congress “of 1926.
In addition, this writing system was also introduced among Turkic speaking communities of Central Asia, Siberia and the Caucasus (Alpatov 2002: 117).
Significantly, in those same years, a very similar alphabet was adopted in Turkey by Mustafa Kemal “Atatürk” through the script reform of November 1928, acquiring a political meaning of alignment to principles of modernization, secularization and westernization. In the Soviet case, the move acquired similar implications, apart of course from the westernization ideal, which was substituted by the ideology of communism.
In 1938 however, with a clamorous retreat, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin decided to reverse the policies of korenizatsiya and latinization, opting for a campaign of Russification and “Cyrillization”. Soviet authorities were indeed worried about a possible anti-Soviet ideology of “Turkic brotherhood” and solidarity among the different people of Turkic origin that could lead to a dangerous approach with Turkey (Karpat 2004: 737).
A series of different Cyrillic alphabets were thus devised for all Turkic languages of the USSR, that were preventing closer contacts among these communities.
A Cyrillic alphabet including forty letters was thus imposed on the Turkmen population in 1940, and remained the only official script for the Turkmen language until 1991.
In contrast to this, Turkmen communities continued to employ the Arabic alphabet to write their language in both Afghanistan and Iran, a fact that is valid until today and that signifies their membership in the Muslim community.
The Turkmen Language After the Soviet Union
With Turkmenistan’s independence in 1991, language became one of the most prominent sites for the affirmation of a rediscovered national identity (Clement 2005: 163). The National Revival Movement (Milli Galkynyş Hereketi), elevated the status of the Turkmen language at the cost of Russian (Clement 2008: 172).
In this context, with the aim of distancing the country from its Soviet and Russian past, Turkmen leader Türkmenbaşy (Saparmurat Niyazov) actively promoted the reintroduction of the Latin alphabet.
This was made official through a presidential decree in 1993 (Clement 2005: 1). The new alphabet included at that time some unusual characters to mark specific sounds of the Turkmen language, such as the pound (£), dollar ($), yen (¥), and cent signs (¢).
Nevertheless, the “unconventional” letters were later replaced by characters with diacritic marks in 1999. A year later, the Turkmen government began a wide-ranging implementation of the script reform.
Actually, Turkmenistan was not the only former Soviet (Turkic speaking) country to transition from Cyrillic to Latin. Azerbaijan had successfully implemented its own script reform in the early 1990s (Voloshin 2017), followed by attempts by Uzbekistan.
The current Turkmen alphabet consists of thirty characters, some of which bear diacritics: Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz.
Long time was needed in order to create educational material in the new alphabet, and for many years Turkmen pupils studied without any official textbooks. Furthermore, no training was provided to educators and officials, and as a result many adult people today still struggle with poor literacy skills (Fatland 2016: 49).
Leader Türkmenbaşy also proceeded in adapting the language to his specific vision of “Turkmenness” (De Leonardis, 2017: 78), by giving precedence to “autochthonous” elements and removing traces of foreign influences.
As an example, new words for the days of the week and the months were created, substituting the previous “non-Turkmen”, Russian terms.
As a result, the new words were significantly invested with Türkmenbaşy nationalist ideology, as the word for February, “baydak”, translating as “flag”, linked to the official festivity celebrating the Turkmen flag on the 19th of February.
The first month of the year, January, bears the name of Turkmenbashi himself, while April has the name of his mom: Gurbansoltan (Fatland 2016: 53). The leader’s mother was also the inspiration for the coin of the new term for “bread”, which appears as “Gurbansoltan Edzhe” (O'Donnell 2004).
Alpatov, V. M, “Alphabet reform: Cyrillic or Latin?”, in: Central Asia and the Caucasus Vol.2, n. 14, 2002, pp. 116–25.
Clark, L., Turkmen Reference Grammar, Harrassowirtz Verlag, Heidelberg,1998.
Clement, V., Rewriting the “Nation”: Turkmen Literacy, Language and Power, 1904-2004, Doctoral Dissertation, Ohio State University, 2005.
Clement, V., “Emblems of Independence: Script Choice in post-Soviet Turkmenistan in the 1990s”, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, n. 192, 2008, pp. 171–185.
De Leonardis, F., Nation-Building and Personality Cult in Turkmenistan: The Türkmenbaşy Phenomenon, Routledge, London, 2017.
Encyclopaedia Iranica, voice “Chaghatay Language and Literature”, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/chaghatay-language-and-literature
Fatland, Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, MacLehose Press, 2016.
Grenoble, L. A., Language Policy in the Soviet Union, Kluwer, New York, 2003.
Henze, P. B., “Politics and Alphabets in inner Asia”, in: Fishman, J. (ed.), Advances in the Creation and Revision of Writing Systems, Mouton, The Hague, 1977, pp. 371-420.
Karpat, K., Studies on Turkish politics and society, Brill, Leiden – Boston, 2004.
Lewis, M. P., Simons, G. F. & Fenning D. C. (eds), “Turkmen”, in Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Dallas, SIL International, 2013.
Nurmakov, N. N., 1934, “Latinizacija alfavita – orudie proletarskoj revoljucii”, in: Idem (ed.), Alfavit oktjabrja. Itogi vvedenija novogo alfavita sredi narodov RSFSR, Vlast’ Sovetov, Moskva Leningrad, pp. 3-8. Available at: http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/21712-alfavit-oktyabrya-itogi-vvedeniya-novogo-alfavita-sredi-narodov-rsfsr-sbornik-statey-m-l-1934
O’Donnel, L., “A Slice of Gurbansoltan-edzhe”, article appeared on the Wall Street Journal on July 9, 2004. Available at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB108931436821958810
Strayer, R., Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse? Understanding Historical Change,
Routledge, London, 2015.
Tekin, T., A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic, Bloomington University, Indiana, 1997.
Voloshin, G., “Nazarbayev's Call for Latin Alphabet for Kazakh Worries Russia”, in: Eurasia Daily Monitor, The Jameston Foundation ,Washington, Volume 14, Issue 54, April 25, 2017. Available at: https://jamestown.org/program/nazarbayevs-call-latin-alphabet-kazakh-worries-russia/

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Chicago -- Reasoning that cable-modem interoperability is
well enough on its way, Com21 Inc. is soliciting its competitors to participate in
comparative performance tests of high-speed-data gear.
The tests will be performed at next month's Western
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Buck Gee, vice president of marketing for Com21, said last
week that a letter was sent Nov. 9 to eight manufacturers of cable modems: Cisco Systems
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America Inc., Sony Corp., Thomson Consumer Electronics, 3Com Corp. and Toshiba America
Gee described Com21's plan as a way for cable
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Gee said the tests will attempt to identify
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FBI PROFILERS strike out again...
In January, the FBI released a profile of the man they were looking for in the string of Louisiana murders. They were looking for a white man, but the guy they arrested this week, Derrick Todd Lee was black. In January, the Associated Press said, “Police have linked all four victims to one murderer with DNA evidence left at the crime scenes. An FBI profiling team has said the killer likely was a white male between the ages of 25 and 35 who acted awkward with women and likely held a blue collar job.”
Lee was described by those who knew him as a woman charmer.
The NewOrleansChannel.com (which has a good collection of stories on this case) says it is similar to the D.C. area sniper case. Investigators, you will remember, initially talked about a white suspect and a white van. They arrested two African-American men, John Lee Malvo and John Muhammed who allegedly did their shooting from a car.
My favorite line..
....UNO criminologist Peter Scharf said witness descriptions can vary widely.
"But there's a Casablanca line," Scharf said. "Round up the usual suspects. Let's find a pimply white guy."
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Charlie Puth and James Taylor Drop Collabo Song Called ‘Change’ – Listen Here!
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It will be brunch at my house this year. I have many great items that I want to incorporate into my tablescape but need to visualize the ideas prior to making a decision. First, I’m focusing on the adult table. I want to use my Italian green lettuce plates, which screams a bunny theme. I started with light blue linen tablecloth. Although using the paper runners is a thought, linen is a softer traditional look.
The green plate needs another color to pop. A trip to Home Goods, gave me so many ideas, napkins with coral pink bunnies, or dishtowels with pink boarder and just bunny ears. I couldn’t decide. Like a good shopper into the cart they go. There, I found Kim Seybert napkin rings that are darling nests with pastel eggs, perfect!
BTW: Kim Seybert designs are top of the line. To find them at Home Goods is a great find. Since the napkins rings have some gold accents, the gold plated flatware is a good compliment, especially with gold-rimmed water goblets.
Tartlet pans hold the individual bunny tea lights.
I fluctuated on the centerpiece, for the harvest table, this glass container garden with moss and rose buds has elegance. Then, the pink glass bunny tea light holders bring out more pink tones.
The other option is to stay with the bunny family sculpture and use hot pink cyclamen for more pop. Decisions, decisions, and I haven’t even thought of the menu! I love setting the table and playing with ideas. I still have several weeks to decide.

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Timed to coincide with the release of her memoir, former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love has revealed that she's planning on releasing a new solo album come Christmastime. Gifts the whole family can enjoy!
Speaking to Canada's JAM! Music, Courtney told the site she's working on the new LP, currently titled Died Blonde. So far, it's sounds "epic," "amazing" and "great." Love also added working on the new material has been "really hard work."
Love called on Hole guitarist Micko Larkin to help her out with her second solo record. "Micko’s doing like early pre-production and then we’ll have somebody else do other production," she told JAM! "But he’s exceedingly well educated and very well trained in the studio."
As for that memoir, reportedly titled Last Bitch Standing, Courtney said after three or four years since receiving her book deal from Harper Collins, now is finally the time to let the cat out of the bag. "I put it off, but it’s a good time to put it out now. And it’s a good time to tell my story and what actually happened and stuff like that." We hope she expands on the "stuff like that" part in the book.
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Theme: Models of Care Year: 2019
Background: Our NGO is responsible for the Low Threshold Methadone Program (LTMP) of Lisbon, a
harm reduction program based on mobile units for medical care and psychosocial support that
reaches more than 1200 drug users/day. About 30% are injected drug users (PWID).
Description of model of care/intervention: All patients undergo blood testing for HCV when starting
the program. Blood samples are collected in the mobile care units. In the last four years, we
developed three different strategies to address the needs of the patients that were positive for
AbHCV: 1) From June 2015-October 2017 we referred patients to hepatology appointment by their
own; 2) From October 2017-March 2019 our team took the patients directly to the hospital by car to
attend clinical appointments and exams; 3) From February onwards, the hepatologist goes to the
mobile unit and the patient do not need to go to the hospital. In all these approaches, if in need of
treatment, the medication is taken while doing methadone daily.
Effectiveness: In 2018, from 1274 screened patients, 799 were positive for AbHCV. The effectiveness
was measured according to the number of patients in the clinical appointments. The strategies were
planned to increase proximity between patients and health services. In strategy 1) 65 patients
attended hepatology appointments. In strategy 2) the team took 104 patients to the hospital. 3)
since February 2019 until now, 47 patients were observed by the hepatologist in the mobile units.
Conclusion and next steps: These data strongly suggest that a close approach to patients may
increase the linkage and adherence to HCV treatment, highlighting the importance of harm
reduction in HCV care. This approach is focused on taking the formal health care to the mobile units,
enhancing the accessibility to this population, while minimising public health risks by improving
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Battery that comes with your Chione product is probably the most powerful one available in the heated clothing market with 10 000 mAh 4 cell Lithium Ion battery, 12 watt output. The battery has two additional outlets, one USB and one USB-C making sure it goes with all your mobile devices. Battery Level Indicator is shown on the front of the battery.
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By: Anne Rinaudo
The dairy industry has hit crisis point as a result of soaring operational costs, crippling drought and ongoing challenges to achieve fair milk prices. The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation (QDO) have started a change.org petition for a ten cents a litre Drought Levy on milk.
Retail giants profiting
President of the QDO, Brian Tessman, told Open House that the retail giants selling milk for one dollar a litre are profiting from milk production to the detriment of dairy farmers, leaving many farmers struggling to feed their stock and keep their farms profitable.
He says a ten cent per litre Drought Levy the organisation is proposing is an important way to help dairy farmers suffering not only drought but low farm gate prices combined with continually rising operating costs.
Dairy farmers harder hit
The QDO say that while there is no doubt that all agricultural industries are hurting, the dairy industry faces a tougher challenge than most. To produce milk, dairy cows need to be in peak health and their food quality and quantity maintained. Whereas beef cattle can be fed lower quantity and quality feed to see them through the drought.
They argue that dairy farmers need extra help because the increasing scarcity and the price of freighting in fodder has hit the dairy industry hardest. Apart from the drought in Queensland and NSW dairy farmers in WA, SA, Tas and Vic need the assistance of a ten cent a litre Drought Levy since scarcity has led the price of grain and feed to record highs in all states.
Ten cent a litre Drought Levy
Combined with lower than sustainable farm gate prices, the Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation want consumers to get behind the petition to all supermarkets, in particular, Coles and Woolworths, to increase the price on all milk by 10 cents per litre and for processors to guarantee that the full amount will go directly back to the farmers.
QDO’s campaign to put pressure on the supermarkets, processors and government to introduce a 10 cent/litre Drought Levy is still receiving strong support nationwide with the petition now having over 71,000 signatures.
Processors agree to pass levy to farmers
The QDO say scepticism about any Drought Levy finding its way to farmers “…has turned to hopefulness since major processor, Parmalat agreed that they would pass on the full levy amount to its farmers. NORCO also announced its support so the ACCC report stating that that having consumers pay more for milk would not guarantee that the money would go back to farmers, has proven untrue.”
The QDO says “Imagine the stress, knowing that the majority of the profit you work so hard and tirelessly is not going back into your business.The economy as a whole suffers when our farms and farmers suffer.”
Negative effects of cost cutting
They claim that “Relentless cost-cutting by some of the big supermarket chains will wipe-out the Australian dairy industry unless we do something. If things continue, traditional dairy farms will disappear. The economy of milk production, especially on medium to smaller farms has become unsustainable as this cost-cutting continues to have negative impacts.”
The QDO website says that “the number of Australian dairy farms has fallen by almost three quarters since 1979/80 from 21,994 to 5,789 in mid-2017. Dairy farming is Australia’s 3rd largest rural industry, which generates $3.7b in farm gate production with only a fraction of this going to farmers. In Australia approximately 42,000 people are employed in the Dairy Industry.”
Listen: Brian Tessman in conversation with Stephen O’Doherty.
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Kalaburagi: Due to heavy rain in the catchment area of Bhima in Maharashtra, an unprecedented 8.10 lakh cusecs of water was released into Bhima River from Sonna barrage on Saturday. The swollen Bhima has damaged houses, road infrastructure and power lines in Kalaburagi, Vijayapura and Yadgir districts.
Although rain intensity has come down in Kalyan Karnataka and the undivided Vijayapura and Belagavi districts, the flood situation remained grim in the region.
A heavy discharge of water from Veer and Ujani dams in Maharashtra and Sonna barrage in Afzalpur has triggered flood threat in over 100 villages in Chittapur, Afzalpur, Jewargi and Shahabad taluks.
Most of the villages and towns, including the industrial town Wadi, have plunged into darkness for the past three days following the heavy showers which brought down power lines in the region. The Buddhist sites Sannati and Kanaganahalli, and Chandrala Parameshwari temple in Chittapur taluk have gone under Bhima waters.
The road connectivity between Kalaburagi-Sedam, Chincholi-Bidar and Sedam-Chittapur has been cut off.
With Bhima River flowing above the danger mark, the vehicular movement on the busy Vijayapura-Solapur national highway has been stopped.
Meanwhile, the state government has dispatched two helicopters to manage the flood situation in Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Raichur districts, official sources added.


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The Ho Chi Minh Trail
10 Day Off Road Motorcycle Adventure Tour
10 Day Off Road Motorcycle Adventure Tour
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was used by the North Vietnamese Army to transport reinforcements and supplies into South Vietnam. Operation Steel Tiger was the bombardment of the Trail and other areas of Lao by B52 bombers between April 1965 and November 1968. That bombardment was intended to stop reinforcements and supplies, but it failed. Along this route you see evidence of that struggle. This tour takes you to the border areas of Southern Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, then up through the Annamite mountain range to ride the Trail network.
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Welcome to Laos, and our first day on the Trail together. We will take the old road to Attapue. A road recently affected by the collapse of Saddle Dam D, causing huge destruction and homelessness, good to see things getting rebuilt in the area, that always welcomes the motorcyclist. A good ride though, with locals very pleased to see you, the tourist, back to the area that was devastated. An area that was also a major part of the Trail network, and much used in the past. Overnight accommodation will be in a local guest house.
An early start as we ride out over more lovely countryside, with some magic Trails. This area was alive with Trails during the Vietnamese War, many of which you’ll see. Few travellers get this far off the beaten track, its a remote area with a big part to play in its day, this was a main part of the trail in dense forest and Jungle. We will overnight in a local guest house in Dakchung town.
“Morning to you”, as we wake in this beautiful part of Southern Laos. After a local breakfast we gear up and head for Ta Oy. We have some way to go on the trail today, we have a choice of ways to go, some parts of the trail still show signs of the cobblestones intact after all these years, we can still find entertaining routes on this part of the trail. As evening comes we’ll get to Ta Oy, where we stay overnight in a local guest house.
A shorter day today that takes in two noticeable things. A great section of Trail, and a 300 meter Bamboo Bridge as we pass Muang Nong. After that it’s back to a section of road housing a part of the Trail that has been preserved for history. The rest of this trail has been paved which is a shame, they did however re-name the road, On arrival at Munag Dong we will visit the war museum, following which we’ll stay overnight in Xepon, a hot bed of activity during the War.
As we have a short distance to ride today, we can take the afternoon for some rest or do some exploring, this whole area was one of the most significant areas of the trail, multiple chokes and route 912 over the Phu Laniche pass into Ban Laboy and the Ban Kari pass,rest or ride, we will over night in Vilabouly.
After breakfast, it’s straight onto the Ho Chi MInh Trail, which we will ride most of the day. We detour to see the Xe Bang Fai River Cave, and then it’s back onto the Trail. We’ll ride to Bulapha, then onto the Mu Gai Pass, one of the main entry points to the Ho Chi Minh Trail, on arrival we can take the old trail up to the top of the pass We will overnight there in a local Guesthouse.
It’s time to head south, back across the fords, and then back to Boualapha. From there, we’ll ride smaller trails through the countryside. Small villages are dotted around large paddy fields, surrounded by Limestone mountains. There are some really nice trails in this area, which is a very rural one. Our route will then take us to Muang Phine, where we’ll stay in a Guesthouse overnight.
Another great day of riding today. We use Route 23 which was a major supply line in the Vietnam War. Evidence of which are destroyed bridges still lying in ruins along the whole length of the trail. There are some great forest sections to tackle, as well as some river crossings that will keep you cool. Altogether, a very interesting day. Towards its end we reach Salavan, and our Guesthouse for the night.
Following breakfast, we will head to the hills. That allows us to detour the mountains towards Xekong, before picking the main road into Pakxong. We will then stop ‘en route’ to see some sites, and enjoy the weather, Pakxong is famed for its cool weather! Arriving there in the early evening, we can relax in a cool atmosphere and enjoy the local hospitality.
Last day today, and mainly on Tarmac with some dirt trails in between. We will visit Tad Fane Falls on the way back to Pakse. Once in Pakse, it’s another sightseeing trip to Wat Phu, which is a stunning piece of Lao history. Finally, we will get back into town for our last evening together. Maybe we’ll make it one to remember.
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Amtrak 50 smokes it up as it leads the westbound Southwest Chief into Naperville.
Fall in the Valley
California Zephyr is just East of Tolland, Colorado on a delightful September morn along South Boulder Creek. Shot on Mavic Pro 2.
Amtrak's Westbound Southwest Chief comes into Raton, New Mexico about 15 minutes late on schedule.
Two-month-old Amtrak 50 is the first of a pair of P42DCs pulling a seven-car Desert Wind (train 35) around a curve in the Mojave Desert as the train heads toward Los Angeles from Ogden. Th... (more)
Nearing the end of its trip through New Mexico's open plains, Amtrak train number 4, the Southwest Chief, is seen fast approaching the final set of Semaphores at milepost 706. From here it will be... (more)
The morning sun kisses the roof of Amtrak #50 as it speeds past Barr Lake towards Denver, Colorado.
One of Amtrak's United Aircraft Turbotrains poses at Washington Union Station while working what had to be its strangest assignment, the Washington-Parkersburg (WV) Potomac Special over the B&O. T... (more)
Amtrak’s California Zephyr cruises through Tolland on the bright autumn day of September 26, 2019, as the aspens change to their golden colors in the high country of Colorado.
"Big Game Zephyr at Denver"
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The inbound Southwest Chief passes the deadline at Keller Yard as they near their destination of Los Angeles Union Station.
Amtrak's Westbound Empire Builder departs out of the Dells with the Big Game 50 leading Phase IV 184.
During a light snowfall AMTK P42DC #50, AMTK P42DC #197, and AMTK P42DC #156 provide power to Amtrak Empire Builder #7 as it makes its station stop in Red Wing, MN. Photo taken 1/28/19.
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The outbound Texas Eagle, detoured onto the Rock Island line due to track work, passes by IIT's Main Building at 33rd street. Other oddities for this train include the F40 Cabbage unit.
The Missouri River Runner waits for its morning departure time at Kansas City.


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“I’m glad you came here in the spring,” said President John Robinson, of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. “This time of year reflects the way we feel. We know we have problems, but our government is focusing on solutions. There is hope everywhere.”
I met Robinson at tribal headquarters in Lame Deer, in southeastern Montana. The reservation’s flowering trees were blooming in pale pastels against the vivid green of soaring mountains and deep valleys, making this a particularly beautiful moment to see a storied landscape—just east of the Little Big Horn battlefield where the Cheyenne people and their Sioux and other allies defeated Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in 1876.
It’s also a serious moment, with controversy within the tribe over how to respond to coal development planned for the Powder River region, on the reservation’s eastern border, and its effects on the Northern Cheyenne land and people. Robinson talked about challenges his administration faces. Vice President Winfield Russell sat in on the discussion at the point when it turned to veterans’ health care.
What are major issues facing Northern Cheyenne?
We are looking for ways to take the lead on planning—primarily land-use planning, which affects and encompasses everything. Housing is a big issue. Lame Deer has outgrown space for building new homes. We may need new buildings with two or three stories. We will certainly need new water and sewer lines.
What about economic development?
We’re working with the Northern Cheyenne Development Corporation, a group authorized by the tribal council. As a government, we want to support—but not control—the private sector, which is where growth should arise. For example, to provide commercial space that businesses can lease, we are considering purchases of fee-patent land near our business district.
What’s going on with the coal development?
About 10 years ago, after Arch Coal got the blessings of the state to begin development east of our reservation, we started looking at what it would mean for us. Our council at the time said, this thing is going to go, we have to ensure we experience as much positive and as little negative impact as possible. Our leaders were thinking outside the box and down the road. We have our sovereignty, but recognizing that, we formed working partnerships, with the state, for example. We have a good idea of how Arch Coal claims it’ll operate the mine. Groundbreaking is about six years away, and there are possibilities of job training, employment and scholarships.
Are there potential problems?
We foresee a tremendous amount of additional traffic, with impacts on air quality and the roads themselves. We already have 1,400 trucks a day passing through the reservation on federal highway 212, but there will be many more.
Will there be an influx of workers?
We expect at least 1,000 new employees in the area, with greater numbers if they bring families. To compare, the Northern Cheyenne population is just 10,000. Small nearby off-reservation towns are preparing to absorb many, but we’ll get a lot simply because of our location. We have to update our traffic codes and other laws. There will be trespass problems and social issues. But we’re trying to think in terms of embracing, rather than fending off, the newcomers.
How would that happen?
Perhaps we can provide trailer parks, a motel and a convenience store. We could be part of a regional economic avenue; we were bypassed during the Lewis and Clark Bi-Centennial and need to ensure that doesn’t happen again. We must also figure out how to communicate our customs and traditions. We can’t simply say, you gotta respect us. We have to get through to the new area residents.
Our underlying premise is, this is Northern Cheyenne country and Northern Cheyenne law. People who come onto our land are welcome—very welcome—as long as they respect our laws, land and people. If they show disrespect—trespass, for example—we have our civil exclusion law. For more serious issues, we need an agreement with the state. For the most serious criminal cases, we must be sure the feds will step in. We have good relationships with Montana’s U.S. attorney, the state and the counties we overlap, so we feel we’re off to a good start.
Are there lessons from the North Dakota experience?
North Dakota has experienced unrestricted growth in the Bakken oil fields, but they seem to have begun drilling and hiring without screening workers. There is the possibility we could end up with big, lawless, so-called man camps, unless we use the next five or six years to plan. If we invest in schools and housing, we think we’re more likely to get families. We also have to work closely with nearby towns to understand what they can handle.
Has the sequester affected you?
The sequester is forcing agencies to work together because we’re all in it together. People are trying to collaborate and break down barriers. We’ve had more contact with the federal government in the last three or four months than we’ve ever had.
What about health care?
Bringing doctors out here is difficult, and we’re discussing this with the Indian Health Service (IHS). We have openings, but physicians typically come out, show a little interest then don’t accept the position they’re offered. The situation, still unresolved, is straining the medical staff we do have.
And veterans’ care?
At least 25 percent of tribal members are veterans, and health care for them has had serious challenges. Native vets can get care through either the IHS or the Veterans Administration—or both. Until recently, the two agencies had no way to coordinate payments or share patient information.
However, as of December 2012, the Veterans Administration (VA) and IHS can collaborate. We just met with the IHS to figure out how this will work here—so that, for example, a Northern Cheyenne vet can have a medical test at the IHS clinic here in Lame Deer, then have the results forwarded to a VA facility. This was not possible before.
The coordination will help alleviate the enormous travel burden on vets needing care. The several VA hospitals they might go to are a minimum of seven-hour round trips from Lame Deer, and it’s 10 hours round trip to the nearest facility that deals with head trauma—a problem for our younger vets coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan [where many were repeatedly exposed to improvised explosive devices or IEDs].
Will enhancements in care result?
It’s our foot in the door for a new relationship with the VA. The IHS recognizes traditional ways and incorporates them in treatment. However, the VA has not, and we’re hoping to fix that.
About five years ago, the parent of a veteran approached me, along with a society brother of mine. The father said, ‘My boy is down in Sheridan, Wyoming, in the VA hospital. He has PTSD.’ He wanted to help his son with sweats and traditional ways. We know this helps people in a good way when their thinking gets out of whack, for whatever reason. The father was clear—he wanted to add prayers and sweats, not displace the VA’s treatment.
We wrote and called the VA several times, contacting numerous employees, but never even received an acknowledgment that we existed. Eventually the boy got out and got in a lot of trouble. After he found help through our ways, he straightened out his life and is doing well today. The VA overlooked an opportunity to help in a manner that we know works. It’s worked for thousands of years.
So the new partnership among these important agencies will open the door to more cooperation in this area, and there’s hope here as well.


Biodiesel Current Affairs, GK & News
Biodiesel is vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. It is used as a blend to Petro Diesel and denoted by B factor. This means that 100% biodiesel is referred to as B100, while 20% biodiesel, 80% petro diesel is labeled B20. Similarly 5% biodiesel, 95% petro diesel is labeled ....Read More
Railway Ministry has closed down the Indian Railways Organization of Alternate Fuel (IROAF), in effect from September 7, 2021. Key Points IROAF is a separate enterprise that works in the field of green fuels for transport. It recently invited bids for hydrogen fuel cell-based technology to run the trains. This closure would not affect the ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: Biodiesel • Diesel Powered Multiple Units (DEMU) • Indian Railways • Indian Railways Organisation for Alternative Fuels (IROAF) • Ministry of Power • Ministry of Railways • Northern Railway zone • Railway Board
John Abraham, a veterinary-doctor-turned-inventor, has received the patents for inventing biodiesel from the waste of slaughtered chicken. This biodiesel offers mileage of around 38 km a litre. This biodiesel costs around 40% of the current diesel price and cuts down on pollution by half. Highlights The Indian Patent Office finally granted the patent after seven ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Republic of India and Federative Republic of Brazil on Bioenergy Cooperation. Background In 2016, during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Brazil in India, the two sides agreed to cooperate on research and development (R&D) of renewable ..
Category: International / World Current Affairs
On the occasion of the World Biofuel Day (WBD-2019), the Rajasthan government released biofuel rules-2019 & became the first State in India to implement the National Policy on Biofuels, which was unveiled by the Government of India (GoI) in May 2019. The desert State will put emphasis on increasing production of oilseeds and establish a ..
The World Biofuel Day (WBD) is observed every year on 10th of August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels. The day also highlights the various efforts made by Government in the biofuel sector. The 2019 theme of Biofuel day is ‘Production of Biodiesel from Used ..
Every year 10 August is observed as World Biofuel Day with aim to create awareness about importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels. It is being observed by Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas since 2015. On 10th August 2019, Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry will organize World Biofuel Day ..
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Advanced biofuels • Bio-CNG • Biodiesel • Bioethanol • Drop-in fuels • Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) • Repurpose Used Cooking Oil • World Biofuel Day • World Biofuel Day 2019 • World Biofuel Day 2019 Theme


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Thursday, August 19, 2010
THIS IS TED NUGENT. HE’S AN ASSHOLE
Many years ago, I drove with Wayne Kramer from Detroit to St. Louis because Wayne was getting paid to do a guest spot on a Ted Nugent show. After meeting the man, I decided he was an asshole. Over the years, my only inclination to modify that first impression was down to Nugent proving himself an even bigger asshole than I had first imagined – in fact, an loud, obnoxious, reactionary, Bambi-killing asshole.
“Some of the biggest hunting rights advocates have had their brushes with the law when it comes to illegal wildlife killing. This week, law enforcement nabbed a big buck within the hunting rights field: Rocker Ted Nugent pled no contest in a California court to poaching activities -- baiting a deer and not having a properly signed hunting tag. If Nugent were just some rank-and-file loudmouth, the court proceedings wouldn't have stirred much attention. But Nugent is not only a long-serving board member of the NRA (15 years), he's a self-styled voice for hunters across America. We've always thought he's an embarrassment to the hunting lobby, providing an unceasing bilge of callous and crude beliefs and behaving in ways that are directly at odds with the self-portrait offered by hunters. Nugent says one thing and does another. He says that sport hunters are great conservationists, and then he goes on to defend the most unsporting, reckless, and irresponsible forms of hunting, such as canned hunts, bear baiting, or pigeon shoots.” Click here for more
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The secret word is Bully
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The long-lived Orange County band the Aquabats are getting their own show in March on the Hub and we've got the trailer right here. A live-action/animated musical hybrid featuring the quintet will be coming to the network, executive produced by the band's frontman/vocalist Christian Jacobs who'll also be starring as the band's lead, The MC Bat Commander, who'll be joined by the rest of the band in traveling the country, fighting monsters, and playing a few songs.
You can find out more about the series and check out the trailer after the break.
Jacobs/The MC Bat Commander will be joined in this journey by his fellow Aquabats including bassist Chad Larson (Crash McLarson), keyboardist and sax man James Briggs (Jimmy the Robot), drummer Ricky Falomir (aka Ricky Fitness), and the group's newbie, guitarist Ian Fowles (the majestically-named Eagle “Bones” Falconhawk).
You can see what the boys will be up to each week below:
The Aquabats! Super Show! makes its debut on the Hub March 3rd at 11AM EST.


Ex-CJIs favour constitutional status for Lokpal
New Delhi: Two former Chief Justices of
India today favoured constitutional status for the proposed
Lokpal as they appeared before a Parliamentary committee
scrutinising the Bill.
Justice JS Verma and Justice MN Venkatachalaiah
expressed this view before the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Law and Justice whose Chairman Abhishek Singhvi
said "all issues" were under its consideration.
"We put across a firm commitment to have a strong
Lokpal, because a constitutional Lokpal would be the strongest
one can think of," Justice Verma told reporters after the
He said the details can be worked out under the law
which is required to be enacted thereafter by Parliament.
When asked whether, according to his opinion, bodies
like CVC can be included in the Lokpal, he said "that includes
everything," without elaborating.
Justice Venkatachalaiah said he suggested to the
Standing Committee the "desirability" of having the "strongest
Lokpal regime...legal framework, constitutional framework.
Then the details could be worked out."
He said he supported constitutional status for the
Singhvi, a senior Congress leader, said all matters were
under the panel`s consideration, including granting
constitutional status to the anti-corruption watchdog.
"All issues are open. All matters are under consideration
and the fun is in the mystery," he said when asked whether the
issue of constitutional status for Lokpal was under its
Union Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday
said that Government intends to make the proposed Lokpal a
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Tokyo's provocative policy against Moscow caused by Japan's struggle for the Kuril Islands, which the Japanese consider their territory, caused Russia to practice an attack on Tokyo not only from the air, but also from the sea.
On December 22, the Russian diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky launched a Caliber cruise missile from the Sea of Japan. The attack was carried out to strike a training target, albeit from a large distance of about 1,000 kilometers.
The submarine traveled to the area of the mission and hit the target located on the tactical field of Surkum in Russia's Khabarovsk region from a distance of 1,000 kilometers.
Military observer Viktor Baranets noted on the air of Sputnik Radio that the successful launch of the missile from the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky submarine at a target located deep into the mainland showed that the submarine was capable of attacking both underwater, surface, and land targets.
According to experts, the missile was launched from such a long distance to let Japan know that Russian warships and submarines were prepared to launch attacks on Japanese army bases from very long distances.
"Russia's diesel-electric submarine, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, launched the Caliber (Kalibr) cruise missile from the Sea of Japan, which struck a coastal target at a distance of about 1,000 km. Unlike the US Navy, which counts on nuclear power, Russia has a fleet of both diesel and nuclear-powered submarines. Russia also has nuclear submarines for long-range ocean missions, and its fleet of diesel submarines operates in Europe and the Middle East,” The EurAsian Times said.
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41. The Prayer Of The Holy Prophet (S) Would Be There In His Favor
It is mentioned in Ihtijaaj that the Messenger of Allah (S) after the mention of the Purified Imams (as) raised up his hands in supplication and prayed:
“O my Lord, love those who love my caliphs and accept the Wilayat of the Imams of the Ummah after me. And be inimical to those who are inimical to them and help those who help them and disgrace those who want to cause disrespect to them…”1
Without any doubt, Dua for the Master of the Time (aj) is acceptance of his Wilayat and a kind of helping His Eminence and all the rightful Imams (as). Other matters derived from this point would also be mentioned in the coming pages, Insha Allah Taala.
- 1. Ihtijaaj; Vol. 1, Pg. 88

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Welcome our dedicated Garry's Mods Server, at the moment we are running Prophunt.
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Garry’s Mod is….. well, anything really! Officially it’s an open world building game, but it can be shaped many ways! Somebody that longed for his childhood years decided he wanted to play hide and seek again, in an adult way! This gave birth to a game mode called Prop Hunt.
We are hosting a Garry’s Mod Prop Hunt server, simply put: you play Hide and Seek!
One team can change in to Props all over the map while the other team tries to find and…. Shoot you. A little different then you remember but also a lot of fun!
Check it out and join to see if it’s something for you!

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Teen Ivory Fluffy Cardigan
Teen girls fluffy ivory cardigan by Tommy Hilfiger. Knitted in a super soft wool blend, the designer's iconic flag logo is embroidered on the chest, and it has an intarsia black logo band near the hem.
- Product number 444623
- Logo embroidery
- Super soft fluffy knit
- 48% polyamide, 45% acrylic, 7% wool
- Button fastenings on the front
- Hand wash with care / do not soak


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Dominica walnut mixes the warmth and character of real timber for a truly traditional and sophisticated appearance. The simply styled classic semi-recessed basin with subtle angular appearance and co-ordinating three hole basin mixer completes the look.
Browse our website or download our latest bathroom furniture brochure for more information on all of our real wood ranges.
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This week, host Craig Lyndall is joined by Scene dining editor Doug Trattner to catch up after a few weeks of not chatting food. They wrap up the year's trends in food — "Cleveland" anything, Cleveland BBQ, cold press juice bars, etc. — plus they get into new offerings at the Spotted Owl in Tremont, the big year that was 2014 for the restaurant crowd, Waterloo Brew and some of the new places opening up in Waterloo, a year-end list of the best things they ate, and more.
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There is a Mount in Arafat, which name is Jabal-e-Rehmat. There is a White pillar which shows the exact point where Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Amma Hawa rejoined each other after the orders of Allah Almighty from Heaven. Allah Almighty gave them big mercy to both of them and just because of it that the mount is known as Mercy Mount and in Arabic, it is known as Jabal-e-Rehmat. It is a nice historical place to visit. The best time to visit this place is between the Asar and Maghrib. Most pilgrims and visitors come to visit this place and to enjoy the area around it. There are steps to climb to the top of the small mountain and at the top is a big actual pillar named Jabal-e-Rehmat.
The Martyrs of Uhud are a mark of Muslim solidarity. In accordance with Islamic rules and teachings, the graves of the Martyrs of Uhud were marked with buildings and tombs that were demolished in the 1970s. To stop over Madinah is not an Umrah rite, but the sole character of the Prophet’s city, his Mosque and his holy tomb is an attraction for every pilgrim to visit it.
Masjid e Ayesha, from Makah this masjid lies 7.5 km south on the road to Madinah and is the closest of all the border points. Masjid Aisha is also known as Masjid at-Tan’eem marks the place where Ummul-Mu’mineen Aisha (R.A) entered into Ihram for Umrah when the Prophet (PBUH) told her to do so during the farewell Hajj. If you are there with Last 10 Days Ramadan Umrah Packages 2019 to perform umrah you must see this holy ziarat.
On a Friday The Prophet (PBUH) left Quba to head keen on Madinah. Regarding a kilometer from Quba he passed the village of Banu Salim bin Auf. The people of Banu Salim implored: “O Prophet of Allah, you stayed at the homes of our cousins for a number of days, reward us too with something, for they will pride themselves over us till the Day of Judgment that you stayed with them”. The Prophet (PBUH) dismounted and offered his first Jummah in their area. The Masjid e Jumma is constructed in the memory of that incident.
Masjid e Quba is an important place around the Medinah. An Importance of Masjid Quba is mentioned in the following Quranic verse in Surah Taubah: “…certainly a masjid founded on piety from the very first day is more deserving that you should stand in it…”
The Masjid al Meeqat is the place where pilgrims coming from Madinah wishing to perform Umrah or Hajj enter into ihram before they set for Makah.
The Masjidul Qiblatain is historically important to Muslims as this is where the revelation of the Holy Quran came to change the direction of the qibla from Bait-al-Maqdis to the Ka’bah in Makah. Thousands of Muslims all over the globe who will arrive in Makkah with Umrah in UK consultants 2019 for Family with Visa, flight and Transportation they must see this holy ziyarat during their most sacred journey.
During his time in Makah, the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) used to pray towards Bait-al-Maqdis, in front of him with the Ka’bah. When he migrated to Madinah, he prayed towards Jerusalem for 16 months, but he hoped it would be changed to the Ka’bah. During Zohar prayer or it was said that it was Asr, the Prophet (PBUH) had led his Companions in praying two rak’ahs, when he was ordered to turn the face towards the Kaaba by the following revelation from Allah Almighty in the Quran in Surah al-Baqarah:
The Prophet (PBUH) turned around towards the Kaaba and the Sahabah copied out of respect. So the Ka’bah became the new qibla of all the Muslims for all time to come. The Masjid al Qiblatain used to exclusively have two mehrabs, one in the direction of Makah and the other towards Bait-al-Maqdis. However, the old mehrab has now been covered.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A car slammed into a utility pole on a winding section of Hylan Boulevard in Oakwood on Friday afternoon.
EMS responded to call of a motor vehicle accident in the vicinity of 3078 Hylan Blvd. at approximately 12:26 p.m., according to a spokesman for the FDNY.
One person was transported to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze with injuries following the crash. The condition of the individual is currently unknown.
A black sedan with significant front-end damage was observed on the sidewalk.
This is a developing news story. Updates will be posted as more information becomes available.


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The mysterious disappearance of Greenland’s Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down to the overexploitation of walrus populations for their tusks, according to a study of medieval artefacts from across Europe.
This article examines how Mývatn Icelanders were able to partially connect to the continental trade in beads, the Baltic trade in flint, and to other European trade networks operating between the 9th and 15th centuries, and to what extent these networks were able to influence the early Mývatn economy.
This paper explores the importance of new technologies in the art historical study of Medieval West Africa and how related methodologies both help us understand the important art and architectural landscape here in this period, and how Africa and the eastern Coptic Christian world helped to reshape Africa in this era.
Incidents of maritime violence such as this were common in the Mediterranean during the later Middle Ages.
Human trafficking was taking place in the Mediterranean a thousand years ago. A recent article takes a look at how and why this business was taking place.
The Viking towns of Birka, Kaupang, Hedeby and Ribe have captured the imagination of archaeologists and the public alike, presenting the lives of their enigmatic inhabitants.
New article argues the Vikings were pushed out of Scandinavia and had to attack raid lands such as the British Isles, since they were prevented from attacking targets closer to home.
This article suggests that minting at Carthage of the Byzantine gold coins known as globular solidi was related to the acquisition of metal through developing trans-Saharan contacts.
Why do we find coins from Central Asia and silver from Iran in Lincolnshire? What prompted medieval people to pack up and look for opportunity and adventure elsewhere?
The Venetians were conspicuous among the merchants resuming trade in Mamluk lands shortly after the fall of Acre in 1291.
In addition to the inability of the manor to be self-sufficient, the human desire for luxuries, foreign goods, such as fine clothing, highly decorated weapons, and exceptional foods, especially foreign wines and spices, tended to keep commerce alive.
The story of the Venetian-Byzantine military alliance is a complex one, with many questions that need to be answered.
Commercial trade routes, including the fur trade routes, would have contributed to the rapid spread of the Black Death and other epidemics throughout Europe.
Norse woven textiles definitely were acquired by Thule people much farther to the north and during the late 13th century. The AMS date received from Skraeling Island helps to narrow the age of the woven woolen cloth recovered there, and implies that interactions between the Norse and Thule Inuit may have begun almost as soon as these Arctic pioneers arrived from Alaska
New research reveals that many of the most familiar fruits in our kitchens today were cultivated in Central Asia over a millennium ago
Analysis of chemical composition of glass specimens allows reconstruction of glass supply and exchange networks in the Abbasid Caliphate
These results reveal a significant shift in trade from an early, predominantly eastern source towards a near exclusive representation of Greenland ivory.
Archaeology tells us more about how commerce really worked than written texts do, but it has not been used enough to construct historical narratives on its own; this lecture will offer one.
Frederick II’s cockatoo provides a rare window into that world – a medieval world that was surprisingly interconnected.
The present article tries to study whether or not it is possible to relate the notion of literacy to trade in this period of time in late medieval Norway.
In the 8th century, Scandinavians began to press westwards across the North Atlantic; exploring, raiding, colonizing and trading.
This lecture explores how sea and mainland trade with China was one of the most important aspects of the flourishing of Islam in the Middle Ages.
Responding to recent developments in archaeological theory and growing interest in the ‘global Middle Ages’, an approach to exploring relations between local and global processes in the medieval world is proposed.
This dissertation is a quantitative study of the spatial business strategies of 130 late medieval and 16th-century European commercial and banking firms, the business networks of which have been put together for a structural analysis of the European city network between ca. 1300 and ca. 1600.
When the Mediterranean Sea is discussed historically, it is never a simple question of geography. Its meaning remains somewhat indeterminate. It refers to intellectual journeys that do not circumnavigate any one particular region; it indicates periods that splash over.


Antonio Zoli established Zoli Spa in 1945. Located in the Italian province of Brescia, the Zoli factory has been making their own barrels and components for more than 55 years, top Australian sporting clays shooter Chris Brown someone who uses a Zoli shotgun to very good effect. Zoli has control of all metal parts within their base and produce high-quality shotguns with the Zoli HR 11 Competition Kronos on review being no exception.
The guns are characterised by excellent stock wood and a triggerplate assembly that’s detachable from the receiver along with a Boss locking system. Zoli claim to be the world’s first manufacturer to employ industrial silver soldering of their barrels and are so confident of their workmanship they guarantee the point of impact for their assembled barrels.
Well, I could say they’re amazing but that would be an understatement as they’re finished to perfection. Not overly polished but toned in a deep blueing and topped with the high rib option available to the HR 11 Kronos, I was impressed at first glance and even more so on closer inspection.
At the muzzle end the barrels are fitted with fully internal titanium-treated choke tubes measuring 50mm (2”), a white barrel front sight and adjustment for the floating rib which enables a 50/50 pattern up to a 30/70 high pattern adjustment. This potential to alter the point of impact allows the user to customise their shooting – whether a flat shooting gun to point of sight and impact or a gun which shoots higher than point of sight.
There’s a small wind-up dial at the muzzle, just between the rib and the barrels which allows such adjustment. With the rib lifted as high as possible the gun will shoot a 50/50 pattern – 50 per cent above and below point of sight – and with the rib wound down it will shoot 30 per cent below point of sight and 70 per cent above. The rib height is around 18mm from the top barrel while it tapers from 10mm at the chamber end to 7mm at the muzzle, drawing the shooter’s eye to the target.
The barrels are joined by ventilated ribs which are fluted and complement the barrel set well as they run the full length of the barrels. These side ribs are also designed to accept magnetic weights to customise the balance of the gun to the shooter’s desire. At the chamber end the ejectors are superbly timed and substantial, robust enough to endure shooting over many years. Chambered for 76mm (3”) cartridge loads and proof stamped with the Fleur de Lys (indicating the gun is proofed for ‘High Performance’ steel shot loads) the Zoli Kronos HR 11 Competition could also double as a hunting gun for waterfowl.
Although designed primarily as a full-on competition gun for sporting clays, it’s nice to know it has versatility as steel shot loads for clay target shooting are ‘Ordinary Steel’ based on shot sizes smaller than #3, rather than ‘High Performance’ loads of size #3 shot and larger (remembering the larger the shot size, the smaller the diameter).
Jewel polishing about the monobloc is appreciated for retaining lubricants and the gun is engineered magnificently. Priced around $7550 I guess that’s what you’re paying for along with a five-year warranty.
This is forged from a solid billet of alloyed steel suited to the rigours of pressure from shotgun loads. The triggerplate is similar, being separate from the monobloc and removable for servicing and adjustment if needed. The jointing system is via bifurcated lugs in the receiver wall that mate with recesses in the barrel monobloc, while the locking system is a ‘Boss’-style mechanism with lugs passing outward from the receiver face to lock over recesses to the rear of the monobloc, beside the lower chamber.
In its deeply blued colouring, the receiver matches the barrels well. A little gild inlaying about the receiver indicates the gun is a Zoli while on the underside is a logo along with the Kronos model inlaid. Metal-to-metal fit is excellent as is the wood-to-metal inletting about the tangs of the receiver into the stock. Design of the triggerguard is generous and as mentioned the triggeraction is fitted to the triggerplate, which is removable. The triggers must both be fired on to ‘snap caps’ and the safety engaged before the 2.5mm hexagonal key can be used to undo the screw which is fitted permanently to the gun.
To reassemble the triggerplate to the receiver, the trigger selector must be taken off safe and the front of the triggerplate eased into the receiver and rotated home. Once seated correctly, the retaining screw can be tightened. The instruction booklet then suggests the hammers be re-cocked and, with the use of ‘snap caps’, the gun fired to check all is working. All necessary tools for this process, the stock adjustment and its removal are supplied along with a spare set of trigger coil springs and firing pins for the mechanically minded.
The triggerfoot is adjustable to three pre-set positions for comfort, trigger pulls identical for both barrels set at 5lb (2.27kg) and the trigger system on this model is inertia activated, requiring firing of the first barrel before the second can be fired. The top lever design is smooth to operate, well adjusted for wear and sitting left of centre to enable the action to wear over time, the barrel selector also positive to operate.
Stock and fore-end
The walnut woodwork is perfectly matched in colour and exhibits excellent character and grain for a gun of its price, chequering extensive on both fore-end and pistol grip, much appreciated for excellent hold and running about 18 lines per inch. The Monte Carlo stock with adjustable comb piece requires elevating the shooter’s head to align with the high rib, essential as it enables the shooter to cheek the stock with an upright head instead of creeping along the comb, thus avoiding head tilting which can lead to eye strain from looking out of the top of the eye sockets. All tools are supplied to adjust the comb piece and remove the stock.
Fitted to the butt is a substantial recoil pad, appreciated not so much for reducing recoil from 28-gram loads but for taming recoil from heavier shot loads while providing a non-slip surface for consistent gun mount. The design of the gun, barrels, weight and stock combination is such that during shooting recoil was almost undetectable.
Design of the pistol grip is quite raked and provides an excellent reach for the trigger as well as control of the gun during ‘swinging’ and fast ‘pointing’. A moderate palmswell is formed on the right-hand side for improved shooter comfort and additional control, the HR 11 Competition available in both left and right-handed configurations.
In the field
This shotgun was a delight to review and shooting it was equally enjoyable. The lack of perceived recoil, despite the brisk English Hull cartridge loads used for evaluation, along with a variety of other loads seemed well tamed. The gun came up superbly when mounted while the choking used for testing at Frankston Australia Gun Club absolutely pulverised targets. It’s been a while since I ‘smoked’ that many targets in a single round of clays – and recoil was almost non-existent.
These two factors are testament to a manufacturer who appears to have engineered and built a gun which performs unbelievably for a price tag around a third to half that of similar makes in its class. I can’t offer any greater accolade than to say the Zoli Kronos HR 11 Competition was sensational.
With all the tooling, accessories and excellent back-up from distributor Clay and Hunt, I recommend this shotgun highly to any shooter looking to improve their scores in sporting clays or simulated field shooting and believe that, once purchased, you won’t need to look beyond a Zoli.
Manufacturer: Zoli Spa, Brescia, Italy
Distributor: Clay and Hunt, Melbourne clayandhunt.com.au
Model: Zoli Kronos HR 11 Competition
Overall length: 1245mm/48½”
Barrel length: 780mm/30¾”
Overall weight: 3.77kg/8lb 5oz
Barrel weight: 1.55kg/3lb 7oz
Chamber/bore/proof: 76mm chamber, 0.730” bore, HP Steel Shot proofed
Chokes: Skeet 2/Cylinder: 0.728”, Imp. Cylinder: 0.722”, Modified: 0.712”, Imp. Modified: 0.701”, Full: 0.692”
Trigger pulls: Under: 5lb, over: 5lb
Length of pull: 380mm/15”
Drop at comb: adjustable
Drop at heel: adjustable
Warranty: Five years
Price: $7550 with hard ABS case, all accessories, tools, spare firing pin set with springs and instruction booklet


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Wines from Alsace
In a Challenging Season High Hopes for 2023
By: Alcase - Oct 20, 2023
For many regions, 2023 was a difficult vintage, torn between heat waves often coupled with heavy rainfall, and drastic drought.
In view of this record, Alsace is in a privileged position, and 2023, at a time when the wines are still fermenting (the harvest ended on Thursday, October 12), looks like a miraculous vintage.
Expected to be a sunny, dry and ripe vintage, 2023 has nothing in common with 2003 or 2020. Yes, the year was dry and sunny, but Alsace didn't experience the heat waves or critical lack of rainfall that dampened hopes in the southern half of France.
On the contrary, the sunny, cool weather kept acidity levels quite satisfactory - though not high - while guaranteeing near-perfect sanitary conditions until late in the harvest. Literally not a single speck of botrytis was reported, and so - the first official announcement - there will be no production of late harvest wines at Hugel for the 2023 vintage. Two weeks of rain at the beginning of August provided the precarious water reserves essential for the end of the vegetative cycle, and only one day of rain was to be reported thereafter until the end of the harvest.
The harvest date of September 18, two weeks after the official (and controversial!) opening of the campaign by the regional authorities, enabled us to maximize the qualitative potential offered by nature.
The grape varieties expected to be at their best were first and foremost the Pinot Noirs, ripe with beautiful colors and harvested at over 13.5° potential. Sanitary conditions remained very good right up to the end, enabling sufficient sorting on the vine to obtain remarkable quality. Riesling is another grape variety to benefit from in 2023, with some great wines expected: the Schoelhammer and Hoppler were both harvested above 13.5° on October 3 under glorious sunshine. But for the latter, low yields were disappointing. Finally, the Gewurztraminer wines, on the whole magnificent, are also expected to be dense and well-structured, with welcome freshness.
We have yet to taste the first wines after fermentation, which is currently going well.

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Video: Pets get their day at church
A dog waits for his blessing.
Pets from dogs to hamsters and fish were blessed this afternoon in a ceremony a St. Marks Episcopal Church in Evanston.
The annual ceremony, in the St. Francis of Assisi garden at the church on Ridge Avenue, drew a couple dozen parishoners and nearly as many pets on a chilly and overcast day.
In addition to the blessing from the Rev. Debra Bullock, the dogs got a doggie biscuit, and the owners got a certificate and a medal to commemorate the occasion.
Similar ceremonies are planned for Sunday at St. Matthew's and St. Luke's Episcopal Churches in Evanston.

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Transforming Your Emotions Through Poetry: What You Wish You Had Always Known
Blue Ridge Books will be offering a poetry workshop on Saturday, April 20th at 10:00 am.
REGISTER NOW! $10 suggested donation
Awaken your creativity in this poetry & writing class designed especially for women and mothers. This two hour workshop gives you the tools to express yourself and find your creative side. Whether you love writing, music or visual art, this talk will build your creativity as you explore great poets, discover how to express and write down your own emotions, and share your newfound voice with others.
Through this workshop you will learn how to:
- Discover and and learn how to speak meaningfully about emotions
- Develop your writing & communication skills
- Grow to see and explore your inner world in beautiful ways
- Experience "a new rebirth of wonder," as you discover beauty and poetry in the ordinary activities of day-to-day life
ABOUT MARY ELLEN:
Mary Ellen Phillips spent two years teaching poetry workshops for mothers as a way to work through emotional experiences and traumas. Funded by a research grant through the UNCA- ACA, she used creative writing to explore difficult or hidden emotional spaces and discover new avenues of growth. She is in the process of writing a new book, "Poetry and Transformation" based on the amazing things she discovered through her work with young mothers.
A young mother of five herself, Mary Ellen grew up in Haywood County and went on to travel the world with her children while working for non-profits in inner city Philadelphia, London and India. After having an emotional crisis while living overseas, she retuned home to her native Haywood County to settle down and focus on the healing she desperately needed. Through-out her process of recovery, poetry was a source of strength and inspiration. When she decided to go to school to follow her dream of writing poetry, she quickly became aware that all that she wished someone had shared with her all that she had come to learn while she was a young mother struggling to raise children. She wanted to share poetry as a powerful tool for other mothers who needed inspiration and a way to express their emotions meaningfully and creatively.
Her idea took off, and through the classes she offered, other women began to experience profound insight and emotional awareness as well as come to love poetry as a friend and way to experience their day-to-day world differently.
Mary Ellen's life embodies the goodness and wonder that is embedded in the ordinary routines of day to day life. In fact, the ordinary activities of daily life can be the catalyst for what poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti called a perpetual “rebirth of wonder.” Poetry helps us transform the ordinary into the extraordinary by using the music, rhythm and magic of language.
She now helps women revive their creative life and find their own potential for awakening and emotional growth through workshops she teaches in many settings.


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March 19th 2015
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“The annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is the world’s leading scientific HIV conference bringing together top basic, translational, and clinical researchers from around the world to share the latest studies, important developments, and best research methods in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases. CROI is a global model of collaborative science and the premier international venue for bridging basic and clinical investigation into clinical practice in the field of HIV and related viruses. CROI 2015 was held in February in Seattle, Washington, USA.” (www.croiconference.org)
Dr Michael Vinikoor is a Paediatrician and Infectious Disease Specialist—who has been based at CIDRZ since 2012. His research focuses on HIV and viral hepatitis clinical epidemiology and implementation science.

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Distinguished by its exceptional firmness and loft, Repose is our most balanced coir mattress yet. Crafted from the finest materials by the skilled hands of our expert mattress-makers, Repose brings together a resilient coir base and several layers of organic Dunlop latex into a creation of singular provenance and performance.
By combining recycled coconut husks and organic latex, we’re able to produce a unique mattress that provides all the benefits of the latter at a more affordable cost. Repose is wrapped in a high-quality bamboo rayon cover with PureEmbrace quilting, offering a superior level of comfort and enhancing your sleeping experience at the same time.
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Sunday, February 3, 2002
Arnold: 'I'll be back' to film T-3
Los Angeles ï¿½ Arnold Schwarzenegger says he's mostly recovered from a motorcycle crash in December and ready for his next action role, "Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines."
Schwarzenegger broke six ribs and was hospitalized for four days after the crash. One broken rib pierced his lungs, which filled with fluid, he told The Associated Press last week.
The accident happened Dec. 9 when a car stopped in front of him and he was unable to change lanes to avoid the vehicle, the 54-year-old Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger begins filming "Terminator 3" in April.
Proposed memorial heavens-high
New York ï¿½ The ideal memorial for the former World Trade Center site should be the tallest spire in the world, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In an op-ed piece published in Friday's Daily News, Kennedy called for "a spire rooted at Ground Zero and flowering in the heavens ... the best memorial to the nearly 3,000 souls who lost their lives there."
The spire would not have any office space, but its footprint would be less than a block, leaving room for other, more modest, commercial towers to be built, Kennedy said.
Broadway to use Joel's tunes
New York ï¿½ The Billy Joel-Twyla Tharp musical is coming to Broadway.
Last fall, Joel told The Associated Press that Tharp was working on a play based on his music.
"Twyla Tharp had taken a lot of the music from the pop and rock 'n' roll recordings that I've done, and the classical stuff that I've done, and choreographed it, and made a story," Joel said.
Now, Tharp's vision will become reality with "Movin' Out." The musical will follow six friends through 1967 to 1987. It will feature 26 songs and instrumental compositions by Joel, according to a statement released Friday.
"Movin' Out" will premiere at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway at the end of September.
Moog inventor, Apple honored
Santa Monica, Calif. ï¿½ Moog Synthesizer inventor Robert Moog and Apple Computer Inc. are getting technical Grammy Awards recognizing contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording industry.
Winners of the technical awards, chosen by members of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences' producers and engineers wing, will be presented Feb. 26 at a ceremony a day before the 44th annual Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles.
Moog's development of analog electronic instruments made his name synonymous with the synthesizer and ultimately led to the electronic music revolution of the 1980s and '90s. His creation, the Moog Synthesizer, was introduced in 1965.
Apple Computer is considered a leading architect in bringing computer technology into the studio and revolutionizing music is creatively imagined, the academy said.


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Blackford Capital announced it has purchased a majority stake in Dickinson Press, a 130-year-old firm based in Cascade Township.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Dickinson Press, a 130-year-old book printer based in Cascade Township, has a new majority owner.
Blackford Capital, a national private equity firm based in Grand Rapids, announced it acquired a majority interest in the privately held firm on July 31 through its Michigan Prosperity Fund. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
"Dickinson maintains an established presence in the niche religious printing segment and its ability to print on thin, lightweight paper sets the company apart and provides a unique customer base across the country," according to a news release issued by Blackford on Monday, Aug. 17.
Company President and CEO Ray Sevin will continue and the company's management team will remain in place, the announcement said.
"We're very pleased to join forces with the Blackford Capital team," Sevin said in the news release.
"After 130 years of successful business operations, we're looking forward to broader opportunities and the benefit of leveraging additional operational expertise for our employees, customers and partners."
Today, Dickinson employs 120 persons at a 120,000-square-foot facility at 5100 33rd Street SE.
The company produces various books and printed materials including bibles, dictionaries, reference books, novels, children's books, and a variety of other printed literature for the religious, business and education markets.
"Dickinson is a trusted partner to the world's most renowned religious publishing companies, and the company has a presence in other market segments such as media groups, financial and manufacturing businesses and education," said Martin Stein, founder and managing director of Blackford Capital.
"Increased growth through add-on acquisitions as well as penetration in these markets will be a focus for the sales team moving forward, as well as expansion efforts focused on other adjacent segments such as automotive, healthcare and higher education that are designed to diversify the company's client base."
"With the Midwest representing roughly 50 percent of the U.S. print market, Dickinson provides convenient access to many of the top customers and suppliers in the industry. Blackford has the right resources and talent to bring our business to the next level of performance."
Founded in 1884 by brothers Albert and Randel Dickinson in Painesville, Ohio, Dickinson Press moved to Grand Rapids in two years later.
The transaction is the fifth by Blackford's Michigan Prosperity Fund, which invests exclusively in Michigan companies to generate best-in-class equity returns and support the Michigan economy.
New Direction Partners, an investment banking firm, represented Dickinson Press in the sale and will work with Blackford and Dickinson Press as the company aggressively pursues add-on acquisitions, the announcement said.
The Michigan Prosperity Fund, created in 2012, invests in Michigan companies to generate best-in-class equity returns, and also supports the Michigan economy by protecting and creating jobs locally.
Fenton-based Burgaflex, Grand Rapids-based Custom Profile, Inc., Metro Detroit-based Mopec, and Grand Haven-based Grand Transformers, Inc. are the other four companies currently in the Michigan Prosperity Fund.
RELATED: Blackford Capital's acquisition of Grand Rapids supplier part of plan to help Michigan economy
Jim Harger covers business for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook or Google+.

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Penning timeless songs that have lasted the ages, the world’s best songwriters continue to inspire all who follow in their footsteps.
Though traumatic to complete, Whitesnake’s ‘Saints & Sinners’ album still stacks up with the group’s very best works.
Kylie Minogue’s tenth studio album, ‘X’ was less calculated reinvention or exhaustive confessional than simply a return to business as usual.
A delirious mix of funk and R&B with lyrical nods to UK art-rock, Chic’s self-titled debut album brought glamour to disco dancefloors.
Starkly funky and unapologetically sexual, ‘The Black Album’ was Prince’s ‘angry bitter’ response to his critics – and he shelved it.
Recorded amid an overwhelming flood of fame, ‘Seven And The Ragged Tiger’ found Duran Duran revelling in glorious 80s excess.
With ‘… But Seriously’, Phil Collins turned his sights on the state of the world and capped off the 80s with a socially conscious master class.
Though released posthumously, Led Zeppelin’s archival collection ‘Coda’ made for a life-affirming last hurrah.
Looking to the sky for inspiration, Simply Red’s hit single ‘Stars’ explored the nature of fame and skyrocketed the band to cosmic heights.
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