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The Brooklyn Follies (Paperback)
National Bestseller A "New York Times Book Review" Editors' Choice Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstore--a far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightman--a.k.a. Harry Dunkel--once the owner of a Chicago art gallery, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York." Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances. He soon finds himself drawn into a scam involving a forged page of "The Scarlet Letter, " and begins to undertake his own literary venture, "The Book of Human Folly, " an account of "every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I have committed during my long and checkered career as a man."
"The Brooklyn Follies" is Paul Auster's warmest, most exuberant novel, a moving, unforgettable hymn to the glories and mysteries of ordinary human life.
About the Author
Paul Auster is the bestselling author of "Oracle Night, The Book of Illusions, " and "Timbuktu." "I Thought My Father Was God, " the NPR "National Story Project" anthology, which he edited, was also a national bestseller. His work has been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"If you haven't read Paul Auster's fiction before, his newest novel, The Brooklyn Follies, is a great place to begin. . . . Auster has written a sublime soap opera about the ways in which people abandon and save one another. He captures a historical moment, our twisted America, and he offers a message of hope. Love will save us. We will save each other. Auster employs tough-guy talk and funny, believable stories of folly in his search for wisdom and goodness."--The Boston Globe
"Probably the first authentic attempt to deal with the post-September 11 world . . . It is a multilayered tapestry, with whimsical chapter headings and Dickensian depth."--San Francisco Chronicle
"As fate has its way with his irresistible characters, the sorcerer-like Auster rhapsodizes about nature, orchestrates unlikely love affairs and hilarious conversations, and considers such extreme experiences as a life in pornography and marriage to a tyrannical religious fanatic. . . . This addition to his increasingly tender cycle of love songs to Brooklyn is his most down-to-earth, sensuous, and socially conscious novel to date."--Booklist
"A charming, beguiling story about the terrible beauty of families and the redemptive power of love . . . His writing is packed with surprises."--USA Today
"A big-hearted, life-affirming, tenderly comic yarn . . . Suffice it to say that by the end, the partner-less are happily partnered, the long-lost are returned, and love finally flourishes where dread once thrived."--The Washington Post
"The Brooklyn Follies is another Paul Auster masterpiece."--BookPage "Paul Auster's thirty-year career has been astonishing as well: novels, screenplays, poems, essays, illustrated tales, translations, scholarly editions of French verse. He seems almost a literary decathlete, able to excel in any genre. . . . His latest novel, The Brooklyn Follies, is perhaps his most engaging and compelling story. . . . A hopeful book, a series of finely crafted interlocking stories about love--about its difficulties, about its mysteries and enormous redemptive powers."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
"Follies, like any of Auster's previous books, is impossible to put down."--Star-Telegram (Philadelphia)
"As rich in incident as it is in personalities . . . Though The Brooklyn Follies shares with Auster's other works a universe of chance encounters, the affable, forthright voice of Nathan Glass makes this novel a particular pleasure. Belief in happiness might be just another of the Brooklyn follies, but Nathan's winsome stories are an effective engine for joie de vivre. Instead of dying, the narrator brings to life a cast of buoyant Brooklynites."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"The characters shimmer, the anecdotes spark, the dialogue nimbly natters, the tale barrels along with the old-fashioned power of Nathan's lime green Oldsmobile Cutlass."--Seattle Weekly
"Is there a contemporary American novelist who believes more in the transporting, transformative power of story? No way."--Detroit Free Press
"Paul Auster reminds us that our social and emotional infrastructure can creep up on us in beautiful and unexpected ways whether we like it or not, and that accepting this process and those people can be in itself heroic. By the end of this wonderful novel, there can be no doubt that Auster's unprepossessing Nathan is a modern urban hero of a high order."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Ever since The New York Trilogy nearly twenty years ago, Auster--through dozens of books--has produced increasingly dazzling, provocative writing. He may remind readers of Franz Kafka, Nathanael West, or Philip Roth, but Auster--as brilliant postmodern parodist and satirist--is a unique talent. He may, in fact, be America's best writer."--BookPage
"Auster's prose is sharp, simple, compelling."--The Guardian (U.K.)
"The thing you want to do this winter . . . is to curl up with Paul Auster's newest novel, The Brooklyn Follies. You want to do this for the quality of the writing. You want to do it for the story. You want to do it because it's a Paul Auster book--partly metafictional, partly wry, more than partly full of chance encounters, and blessedly devoid of intellectual prattle."--Baltimore Sun
"Hucksters, people vanishing and reappearing, problems with language, the glancing invocation of those stalwarts Hawthorne and Poe and Thoreau and Whitman, whose presence is sprinkled throughout this author's body of work--yes, it's Auster. . . . A touching, even warm, story of families in recombination."--Chicago Tribune
"A teeming and exuberant novel that is sure to drive up property values in Brooklyn."--The Buffalo News
"The Brooklyn Follies is Auster at the top of his game. . . . His words are slinky and supple; his characters sing off the page. . . . Auster's meditation on happiness and encroaching age ripens each page into mellow fruitfulness. This superb novel about human folly turns out to be tremendously wise."--New Statesman


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Original Post: The Times UK, January 30, 2009.
The private security firm Blackwater Worldwide faced a humiliating ejection from Iraq yesterday after the Interior Ministry said its licence to operate would not be renewed.
The decision was taken because of a shootout in September 2007 when Blackwater guards were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians, a ministry spokesman said.
If implemented, the expulsion order would be a huge blow to the North Carolina-based company, which has the US State Department contract to protect the sprawling American Embassy in Baghdad and all American diplomats in Iraq.
It is unclear when the 1,000 Blackwater guards — who are made up largely of former US military personnel and has its headquarters in Baghdad’s green zone — will be asked to leave and whether they can continue to carry out their duties in the interim.
Major General Abdel Karim Khalaf, the Iraqi spokesman, said: “The contract is finished and will not be renewed by order of the Minister of the Interior . . . It is because of the shooting incident in 2007.”
An Iraqi investigation found that 17 civilians were killed and 20 wounded in the incident, when Blackwater guards opened fire with automatic weapons while escorting a US diplomatic convoy through Baghdad. The firm insists that its guards were acting in self-defence after being ambushed.
The US Embassy confirmed that it was looking for new security arrangements for its staff. “We are working with the Government of Iraq and our contractors to address the implications of this decision,” an official said.
A relative of two of the victims of the shootout at a busy Baghdad roundabout expressed scepticism that Blackwater would be forced to leave.
“This is a comedy,” Haitham alRubaie, a doctor whose wife and son were killed, said. He said that the firm had had its contract renewed in the past without requiring the permission of the Iraqi Government. Now, however, a US-Iraqi security accord approved in November gives Iraq the authority to decide which foreign security companies operate in the country.
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

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Director James P. Lynch was confirmed on June 22, 2010. A hearing to consider the nomination was held on January 20, 2010. An archived webcast is available. The nomination was reported by the Committee on February 11, 2010.A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office. Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.
- November 12, 2009 - Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy Coalition
- November 10, 2009 - Janet L. Lauritsen, Professor, University of Missouri St. Louis, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice


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We talked to Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare about their creator-owned, Kickstarter-funded one-shot Halloween Eve in an article that ran on the homepage Tuesday, and the duo had been waiting to announce a publisher for the book. The announcement is now official, and it’s a big one — the increasingly bustling Image Comics, who broke the news Thursday in a press release.
Some words from the creative team, courtesy of the release:
“Halloween Eve will break your heart and blow you away!” said Reeder. “I am so excited to be creating my own characters and story, and I’m glad it’s in the hands of what has lately felt like creator-owned central, Image Comics.”
“Working with Amy Reeder to co-create Halloween Eve was already almost too good to be true,” added Montclare. “Being at Image—without a doubt the place-to-be for creator-owned comics—is unbelievable.”
Check out the full Halloween Eve cover after the jump.

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Q:Wow you put NONE of the fan art I made for you on your site. Do I mean NOTHING to you? I hate you ;~;
Anonymous person, if you have some fan art, email it to me. I’m sure I didn’t get everything. Just the stuff I could find off hand made it on initially.
This goes for everybody else. Don’t feel like a nuisance, just send it if I forgot.
FOXHOLE SITE UPDATE
If you want me to remove something you made, add something you made, add a link back to your website/gallery/portfolio(must have NO adult art on it, sorry), then let me know!
There are currently no links on the names credited in the gallery. So if you want one on there for your art, you NEED to notify me.
The note count for that FN@F comic of mine has grown far beyond the total view count of Foxhole in its lifetime.
Keep in mind that the tumblr notes do not take into account the amount of people who saw the comic, which also stretches beyond tumblr itself. It’s only the people who bothered to press the like and/or reblog button.
If I were to extrapolate the fave-to-view ratio from the FA submission of the Foxy comic to the tumblr notes… I could estimate that the comic has had around 60 thousand views on tumblr. That’s pretty nifty if it’s even slightly accurate.
Lesson is, make more trendy fan art, and maybe that popularity will rub off on Foxhole. Hoping against hope.
So you have a patreon? What are your thoughts on it? I’ve been curious about patreon, but can’t imagine I would get much support if I made one, I don’t have an ongoing project/comic and I work too slowly.
It’s centered around Foxhole. There are rewards to get custom-made art (including adult art), exclusive Foxhole promo art, project files for the comic pages, and things like that.
It’s mostly being carried by the “commission” rewards. It was tantamount to me opening up more slots.
This is to further motivate me to update twice a week. And it’s been working nicely. Of course, the comic itself is still free.
If I want to be a total dick, I could probably delay free comic pages and have patrons see them a week early.
So I gotta find time to make Patreon exclusive bonus Foxhole arts. But I don’t really want to gate content totally. Soo I dunno.
Here’s a sketch of a little thing I want to post on there. Of course it would be colored up and all that, and that version will be the exclusive. But I’m sleepy. Let’s color it later.


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Desk Correpondent, abptakmaa, Kolkata, 11th June 2020 : The outbreak of Covid-19 has again given us a strong reminder of the importance of putting nature first and taking proactive measures to combat climate change. While the medical experts are still in search of a vaccine for Covid-19, the world is talking about the importance of adopting environment friendly measures to avoid a repeat of such a pandemic in the future. Keventer Agro, one of the fastest growing Food & Beverage companies in Eastern India, today marked the World Environment Day announcing their commitment to reduce carbon footprint by 75% by the year 2025.
Taking a decisive step towards a green future, Keventer Agro commissioned eastern India’s largest rooftop solar plant at their Barasat unit in West Bengal recently. The 2.15 MW project is expected to yield 2.835 million units of energy while offsetting 2647 metric tonne carbon emission annually. Spread over Two Lakh square feet (2, 00,173 Sq. Feet), this is eastern India’s largest installation of rooftop solar panel.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mayank Jalan, CMD, Keventer Agro said, “At Keventer Agro, our motto is Enriching lives, everyday. We believe this can be achieved in its truest form only if we take care of our environment as well. Much before Covid-19 hit us and it became regarded as nature’s way of taking revenge on mankind, we had envisioned a plan to reduce our greenhouse gas footprint by 75% by 2025 and use renewable energy as much as possible. As a large and responsible food company, we take this pledge today to adopt sustainable business practices to tread a path towards carbon neutrality.” Publicity : Adfactors.


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Long County schools are closed Friday because of the massive wildfire that began Thursday afternoon near Elim Church Road and has now burned more than 1,000 acres. The blaze quickly spread to the wooded areas surrounding Highway 84 and officials closed the road in both directions. Long County High Schools is being used to house evacuees.
The Long County Sheriff's Office is looking for help finding a child-molestation suspect and the person or people who stole two motors using a large commercial truck.
ATLANTA - Georgia's death penalty statute was in the crosshairs again Monday as the state's top court considered whether capital defendants have to meet an unfair standard to prove they are mentally disabled to avoid an execution.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Tom Davis was a guest speaker Thursday at the Long County Chamber of Commerce's March breakfast meeting at the Ludowici Church of God.
Caleb Hamacher, 6, seriously was burned Feb. 11 when a small backyard fire at a home in the 900 block of Primrose Lane in Hinesville flared up after gasoline was used to get it going. Now, a month and a half after the child was taken to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctor's Hospital in Augusta and listed in critical condition, Caleb is back home with his family.
March 7: An ATM customer in Hinesville recovered and returned $500 to a previous customer who had driven off without the money. The customer who discovered the money called police, who later witnessed the money's owner return to retrieve her funds.
After seeing and hearing newscasts about the terrible devastation in northern Japan since the Pacific island nation was rocked by an earthquake and submerged by a tsunami last Friday, many people here on the coast have asked, "Can it happen to us?"
Friday nights with the Hinesville Police Department are like a scaled-down version of the television show, "Cops." There are lots of traffic stops, people found to be under the influence of mind-altering substances and drug busts. Basically, for a reporter, it means a night full of stories.
DARIEN - Firefighters have been battling a 500-acre brush fire off Highway 17, just north of Darien in McIntosh County.
Imagine you are experiencing a life-or-death emergency and dial 911 for help. A calm voice answers, ready to help. Now imagine your ability to speak English is limited. Fortunately, the Liberty County 911 dispatcher can connect you to a trained interpreter. You relax a little, knowing Liberty County's first responders will receive valuable information to save lives and property.
In January, a Liberty County Grand Jury committee found the Liberty County jail to be "well maintained and spotlessly clean," according to a legal notice run in the Feb. 9 issue of the Coastal Courier. However, the committee also expressed concern over the facility's ability to accommodate an increasing inmate population. The grand jurors recommended county officials and the Liberty County Sheriff's Office stay committed to expanding the jail in the near future.
March 2: Stalking, Atkinson Drive: An Atkinson Drive woman told police her ex-boyfriend had been stalking her since they broke up in 2007.
A Wednesday fire in Gum Branch left a family of three homeless. The fire broke out shortly after 3:30 p.m. at 103 Dolly Jane Drive, according to Gum Branch Volunteer Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Charles Helton. John Barnard and his two teenage sons live at the residence but were not home at the time of the fire.
The following incidents are taken from recent Hinesville Police Department reports:
A Hinesville family of five was displaced Monday night when a fire heavily damaged their Whisper Lane home.
A Flemington man involved in an armed stand-off with police in October 2013 entered into a plea agreement in Liberty County Superior Court Monday.
A Hinesville family was displaced Monday night when a fire heavily damaged their Whisper Lane home.
The driver charged in the hit-and-run death of Midway native Ethan Pringle has been granted bond in Jasper County, South Carolina, Superior Court.
Coastal Georgia could get as much as seven inches of rain by Friday from the quickly-risen Tropical Storm Julia.
The back tires of a school bus from Joseph Martin Elementary School, carrying students slid into a ditch Tuesday afternoon.
The man allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run death of Midway resident Ethan Pringle, 26, has been arrested, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl ...
From Hinesville Police Department reports:
A Midway man, Ethan Pringle, 26, was killed by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Matt Southern.
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The Swiss flutist, Charlotte Schneider, began her musical studies in Neuchâtel and received her certificate in preprofessional studies on the recorder with distinction from Neuchâtel Conservatory of Music in 2014.
In parallel with her study of the recorder, Charlotte also studied the traverse flute, lyrical vocal instruction, harpsichord and is an active member of the l’Avant Scene Opèra company. She continued her training in Lausanne for two years.
Since 2016 she has studied different types of historical recorders and flutes at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis under the direction of Conrad Steinmann, Marc Hantaï, Han Toi, Kathrin Bopp, Andreas Böhlen and Johanna Bartz.
In 2021, she received her Master degree with distinction in teaching (recorder) and is actually pursuing her studies for a Master degree in Performance (Flute).
Charlotte is active as a performer in Switzerland and other European countries as a soloist and as an ensemble player: Duo Aeoline(recorder/flute and organ) Hortus Amoris (early music), Duo Aeoline (recorder/flute and organ), Duo sol&luna (recorder/flute and keyboard instruments), Echo Temporis Consort (Renaissance recorder consort), Ensemble Phaedrus (Renaissance flute consort), Echo Temporis Consort (recorder ensemble) et Duo sol&luna (flutes and keyboards).
Since 2019, Charlotte teaches recorder at the Küttigen-Biberstein music school in Argovie.
Charlotte won 1st prize in the 2021 International Contest for solo recorder « MOECK/ SRP Recorder Solo Competition » in London and has also been a winner many times as a soloist and an ensemble player in the prestigious musical “Concours Suisses “ for young people .


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Paper Pumpkin Fun!
I had some friends (Tom-san, Yoko-san and Hana-san) visiting from Japan a few weeks ago. Yoko-san and Hana-san LOVE to stamp, so I pulled out some of my Paper Pumpkin kits and stamps from past Paper Pumpkin kits and we had some Paper Pumpkin Fun!
Meet Yoko-san, Hana-san and me!
Here are Hana-san and Yoko-san with some of the Paper Pumpkin Fun projects they created using some past kits (pictured below).
What is Paper Pumpkin? Paper Pumpkin is a monthly kit from Stampin’ Up! Subscribers receive a kit the middle of each month. Each kit contains the stamps, inks, embellishments and other supplies needed to create the project(s) of the month. Here are some examples of past kits:
Are you a subscriber? If not, then today is a good time to join the Paper Pumpkin fun. There is a Paper Pumpkin special right now. Go to the Paper Pumpkin website. Sign up for a 3-month subscription before September 10, 2017 and receive a 50% discount on your first shipment. I would love for you to join the Paper Pumpkin Fun! Paper Pumpkin subscriptions also make wonderful gifts for the crafters in your life, and Christmas is approaching! You can find out more details here.
As always, feel free to contact me if you have problems signing up.


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Liberal Democrat cabinet members are pressing for a referendum on voting reform for the election of MPs to be held next May, seeing it as the best chance of winning public backing for one of Nick Clegg's main political projects.
The Lib Dems fear a delayed referendum would lead voters to reject change and punish an unpopular coalition government in the wake of a programme of big spending cuts.
Clegg, the deputy prime minister, had at one time been looking at a date as early as this October but there is little prospect of the parliamentary reform bill, announced in today's Queen's speech, reaching the statute book in time.
A referendum on 5 May 2011 could also boost turnout since nearly 12 million voters will be going to the polls in elections for the Scottish parliament, Welsh assembly and about 280 English local councils.
But a referendum has the potential to disrupt the coalition since David Cameron and almost the entire Conservative party oppose voting reform.
The prime minister gave no hint today on when the referendum on the alternative vote system (AV) would be held.
Pro-AV Cabinet members said today that they regarded May 2011 as probably the optimum date, but said the issue was extremely delicate since Cameron and Clegg would be campaigning on different sides during the referendum, which will offer a choice between the existing first- past-the-post system and AV.
Advocates of the reform fear that if the coalition government is unpopular at the time of the referendum, support for AV will suffer since campaigners against AV will argue the reform would lead to more hung parliaments.
Peter Lilley, a former Tory cabinet minister, used his speech opening the debate on the Queen's speech to warn against AV saying it would lead to "permanent hung parliaments".
Clegg is due to hold his first talks on the issue with the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, tomorrow, and has already been holding discussions within government on the referendum's timing.
Some Lib Dems point out that by next May an unpopular cuts programme will not have started in earnest, and by contrast the linking of pensions to earnings will have just been implemented. They also hope a budget will have just taken hundreds of thousands out of the tax system by reforms to the personal allowance system.
The Conservatives said today that the bill on AV would also contain measures to reduce the number of constituencies by as much as 10% and to equalise their size – a complex, controversial and time-consuming measure that will benefit the Tories.
The Lib Dems say the referendum can be held before the boundary review is complete as long as the legislation has been passed setting the constituency boundary review in train. But some senior Conservative sources were hinting the boundary review would have to be under way before the AV referendum could be staged, so delaying its date.
Tory sources were also emphasising that if the referendum rejected a change to the voting system, changes to constituency boundaries would still be implemented, a move likely to make it easier for their party to be re-elected.
Amid all the pomp of the state opening of parliament, held against the backdrop of coming spending cuts, a tougher welfare regime and tax rises, the Cameron government announced 23 bills and one draft bill, many of them dismantling what the prime minister described as "the top-down apparatus of state control".
He promised his government marked "an end to the years of recklessness and big government and the beginning of the years of responsibility and good government".
The prime minister said Labour had left Britain in an appalling mess with a deficit bigger than Greece's. "Until they learn what they got so badly wrong I am not sure whether the public are going to listen to them again," he said in his speech to the Commons.
The coalition government promised a lightning start to its legislative programme, with a brief but all-important bill published tomorrow to spread academy schools across the secondary and primary sectors.
On Thursday the home secretary, Theresa May, will publish a bill to abolish ID cards and the national identity register, a precursor to a grandly titled freedom (great repeal) bill, designed to protect privacy, extend freedom of information and review anti-terrorism legislation.
Other bills will also part-privatise the Royal Mail, put an annual cap on non-EU migrants in the tens of thousands, allow for elected police commissioners, and remove barriers to new providers setting up schools within the state system. Ministers are still working on the details of proposed citizens' referendums on local government issues.
There were also signs tonight that Cameron would back down over aspects of his plan for a five-year fixed-term parliament, by saying that the proposed majority of 55% required before a parliament could be dissolved early would only apply to a move by the prime minister to dissolve parliament early. A simple majority would still be required for a government to lose a confidence motion.


Guided Hiking at Domaine de L’Etoile
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Guided Hiking at Domaine de L’Etoile
Discover the island’s pristine flora and fauna at Domaine de L’Etoile’s nature reserve.
While hiking up the mountain, listen to the rustling trees, chirping of the tropical birds, and contemplate on the wild beauty with outstanding turquoise-blue ocean views. Throughout this hiking trip you are sure to enjoy amazing landscapes and panoramic views which you will encounter during the hike; just don't forget your camera – the views are breathtaking!
The guide will inform you about the different animal and plant species that will cross your path. Domaine de L’Etoile hosts a number of endemic plants such as orchids, traveller’s trees, ebony trees and others. You may also encounter, wild boars, monkeys and bats, as well as bird species which were on the brink of extinction such as Kestrels and Green Cateaux. If you’re lucky, you might even spot the Rusa deer that inhabit the domaine.
The hike is an easy walk and is perfect for those wanting to experience the tranquility of nature without the crowds.
About Domaine de L’Etoile
Previously a private hunting domain, and only recently opened to the public, Domaine de L’Etoile remained one of the most preserved regions of Mauritius.
The domain counts English gardens, rivers, and indigenous woods which are rich in hundreds of different varieties of plants and trees, including the most ancient ebony trees of Mauritius and other endemic species as well as cinnamon trees, vetivers, orchids, traveller’s trees, banana trees and more. A large river flows through the Domaine as well as trickling streams and flowing waterfalls.
Domaine de l’Etoile is best described as a wonderful and enchanting area where all nature lovers can enjoy themselves. A number of activities are offered, including, Quad biking, Horse riding and Hiking circuits. Visitors will witness, in turns, spectacular panoramas, Java deer and endemic birds. There is also an onsite restaurant which presents a quiet and peaceful environment where guests can recall the special moments of the day while enjoying the tasty local cuisine.
About The Guide And The Spirit Of The Trip
All hiking excursions and treks will be supervised by experienced and professional guides in Mauritius. During the hike, the guide will share extensive knowledge about the reserve and its surrounding areas.
The trip will take you around some of the most beautiful places in Mauritius and you will get to learn more about the fauna and flora and what’s being done towards its preservation, making this a unique and enriching experience.
About Hiking In Mauritius
The little gem of Mauritius raises its glory much more above than its famed white sandy beaches, swaying palm trees and stretched blue azure lagoons. Being a volcanic island, it has several breathtaking summits and valleys to explore on foot. The island is well known for its distinct flora and fauna. Its flora is composed of 700 species of indigenous plants.
To learn more about hiking and trekking in Mauritius check our Trekking in Mauritius page
The Domaine de L’Etoile restaurant is a ravishing restaurant found in the reserve, situated next to the Grand River South-East with stunning views onto the mountain.
As part of this package you also have the option to benefit from a delectable lunch at the Domaine de L’Etoile restaurant, where you can savour on a menu of the day. At this restaurant, you will be offered a typical Mauritian cuisine inspired from the diverse cultures present in Mauritius. The restaurant also proposes a fusion cuisine.
The irresistible charm of the restaurant is further enhanced by the beautiful natural surroundings and the thatched roof. The tables at Domaine de L'Etoile restaurant are set under the veranda of the main reception building. From here, you get spectacular views of the Mauritian mountains. On the foreground is the superb English lawn, which only accentuates the idyllic setting of the restaurant.
Note: The restaurant is closed on Mondays
Adults Classic Menu
- Pasta salad with Pesto, Tomato Mozzarella
- Mini Sandwich
- white sandwich loaf, soft boiled egg, mayonnaise, watercress, tomato OR
- french bread, chicken ham, butter, lettuce, tomato, cheese
- Chicken Leg Tandoori
- Chips & Puff Pastry
- Cheese & Crakers
- Season Fruits
- Coconut Biscuit
Adults Formal Menu
- Crudités & assortment of sauce
- Quiche with cheese & brède
- Californian Roll, Sambal sauce
- Mini Sandwich - Bread with cereals, smoked marlin, horseradish cream, spring onions, fougasse, marinated grilled vegetables, tomato salsa, olive & pesto
- Roasted chicken, potato salad with mustard & coleslaw
- Prawn cocktails, pineapple & papaya
- Soft chocolate
- Season Fruits
A choice of one of the following:
- Chicken or fish nuggets, chip and juice
- Marinated farmer`s chicken burger, chips and juice
- Spaghetti Bolognaise or Carbonara, chips and juice
Additional activities offered at the Park
- 1-Hour Night Buggy Ride
- Quad or Buggy Ride
- 3.5 km Ziplining
- Horse Riding Excursion
- Kids Adventure Park
- Kids Pony Ride at Domaine de L’Etoile
- Minimum number of participants: 2
- Maximum number of participants: 30
- 0.5L of mineral water offered per person
- One or two guides according to the size of the group for guided hike
- Duration of the hike may vary according to participants fitness levels
- Do not forget: sunscreen, mosquito repellent, good walking shoes and your camera. It is also advised to wear long trousers if possible.
- A towel and spare change of clothes can be brought along, should you wish to shower after the excursion.
Price per participant: 51 Euro
Optional Lunch Prices:
- Adults Classic Menu: 25 Euro
- Adults Formal Menu: 29 Euro
- Kids Menu: 14 Euro


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Harsh blizzard ravages those who remain at Standing Rock to continue the fight
CANNON BALL, N.D. — The sun was bright Sunday when the Army Corps of Engineers halted construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock, marking a victory for activists at the site.
But in the 24 hours since, the camp has been battered by an oncoming snowstorm — and conditions are now dire.
Heavy snow and wind batters the sides of tipis and tents, forcing the Standing Rock resistance indoors. The roads have shut down going in and out of Oceti Sakowin Camp, one of three Standing Rock camps and the one closest to the front lines.
Supporters around the world could grow complacent now that a tentative victory has been declared, but the Standing Rock Sioux are intent to remain.
They're certain the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline isn't over.
Cars are backed up through the camp as the sun goes down, attempting to get out of Oceti Sakowin Camp to the south. One security guard, lighting a cigarette against the wind, said a charter bus was stuck on the bridge on the only road headed south. Despite the alleged victory Sunday, police haven't withdrawn their presence from the front lines along North Dakota Highway 1806, the straight route north toward Bismarck. The shutdown of Highway 1806 to the north has prevented supplies and ambulances from reaching the camp quickly for weeks.
In the camp, which is built like a small city, there are still over 5,000 or 6,000 people, who are now huddling around wood stoves and furnaces in the designated heating areas.
"Wood be becoming very scarce," a security guard who identified himself as Mad Max said. "People need propane tanks, even if they're empty we could use them."
Winter on the North Dakota plains is coming in with full force. The Lakota Sioux don't typically reside at Standing Rock year-round, instead spending colder months in other treaty lands like South Dakota's black hills. But the police and the pipeline company are still here — and so the Sioux are remaining.
At least food is abundant, and both the Lakota Sioux and their remaining guests are confident that the roads will open again soon. As long as the world doesn't turn away from Standing Rock, the resistance will fight on.


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Now Nomura's chief economist, Richard Koo, is explaining just how real the threat is.
He sees the current economic positions of the U.S. and UK something beyond the typical according to The Diplomat.and more like the recent Japanese variety,
Japan has endured years of stagnation even though the Bank of Japan flooded the country's money supply. No one wanted to take on new debt in Japan, and so no matter how cheap money became businesses and private consumers were more concerned with clearing off their balance sheet then taking on new loans.
What Koo is essentially saying is that America is no different than Japan, and that no matter how hard or how fast quantitative easing came, this is a balance sheet crisis and no one wants to take on new debt.
As an ex New York Fed economist, Koo outlines how the U.S. government has to respond to this.
- This recession is a distinct balance sheet problem that cannot be solved by monetary policy, or quantitative easing, and must instead be addressed by fiscal policy.
- While Bernanke is now starting to agree with Koo, he needs to take actions which suggest that he doesn't see QE as the solution to the U.S. crisis.
- Those actions could see a dramatic end to the government's QE program or a potential move towards fiscal stimulus.


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Cole Miller is getting ready to fight on a big stage.
When Miller takes on Junie Browning at the UFC Fight Night on April 1 on Spike, Miller will be on national television, and he'll have a whole lot of fans rooting for him -- mostly because they want to root against Browning. Browning is well known to UFC fans because of his role as the bad boy on the last season of The Ultimate Fighter, and Miller says he expects to show that for all of Browning's bravado, he doesn't have the skills of an elite mixed martial artist.
Miller talked to me in an interview Monday about the upcoming fight with Browning, about his own experience on The Ultimate Fighter in 2007, about his thoughts on the UFC's pay scale and about his recent trip to Japan with his brother, also an MMA fighter. The full interview is below.
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by Tammy Wanchena
For the duration of my life, one fact has remained constant. I hate country music! With that being said, it is highly unlikely for me to recognize a country music star. But even I remember Billy Ray Cyrus and his retarded one hit wonder, “Achy Breakey Heart”. Well now to find he’s an actor, too. Boy, howdy, I tell you what! This was one video our readers needed to know about!
Billy Ray Cyrus is “Radical Jack” Reynolds, a former CIA operative who is sought out to stop an arms dealer from selling illegal air missiles. When he arrives in the two-bit hick town where the deal is supposed to go down, he finds a number of butt kicking rednecks with a grudge against strangers. And the number one bad ass in town, the arms dealer’s son, beats up women. So who does Jack fall in love with, but the son’s mistress. In his defense, she came on to him. That’s because Jack was still mourning his wife and daughter’s death. And who killed his wife and daughter? The man who was buying the missiles of course! It’s a small world after all.
When I said that Billy Ray Cyrus was an actor, I simply meant that he starred in the movie. I can honestly say that this film had the worst acting I have ever seen. If I’ve said that before about another film, I take it back now. There was not a single decent actor in this entire film. The fight scenes are all incredibly fakey and good for a laugh or two. Deedee Pfeiffer costarred. Is she related to Michelle Pfeiffer? She could use a couple pointers!
Of course country music tormented me throughout most of the film. And the only motorcycle in “Radical Jack” was a ridiculous thirty second chase scene where Billy Ray rides his Harley forty miles per hour down a dirt road than gets stopped by a super lame road block. A movie with a bigger budget might have hired a stunt man to jump or get around it. They could have used the stunt man to help coordinate the fight scenes! However any producer or director that would think Billy Ray Cyrus would be a big box office draw might not have a head for finance. Now I must take some Excedrin for my achy breaky head.


President Biden’s one-word response on Taiwan Monday was breaking news to his administration officials, CNN reports.
A journalist asked Biden during a news conference in Japan, “You didn’t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?”
“Yes,” Biden answered.
“You are?” she asked in a follow up.
“That’s the commitment we made,” Biden said. “We agree with the One China policy. We signed onto it and all the attendant agreements made from there. But the idea that [Taiwan] can be taken by force, it’s just not appropriate. It will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine.”
CNN’s John Berman remarked that Biden switched from the “strategic ambiguity” toward China’s claim that Taiwan is part of their sovereign territory.
“The comments this morning seem a little less ambiguous,” Berman said. “As to whether they were strategic, CNN has learned the president’s comments caught his top aides off guard. They are already issuing some clarifications this morning. Beijing issued a response a short time ago as well.”
The White House attempted to clean up Biden’s remarks, stating that U.S. policy “has not changed.”
CNN: "Several administration officials were caught off guard" when Biden said the U.S. would intervene militarily if China attacked Taiwan.— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 23, 2022
"This is not the first time. Twice before Biden has suggested the U.S. would intervene" and his staff walked it back. pic.twitter.com/KOxcwu3qOJ
Q: “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan?”— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) May 23, 2022
BIDEN: “Yes, that’s the commitment we made.”
Biden’s staff immediately walked back these comments. pic.twitter.com/AhPC3czPOl
REPORTER: “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?”— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 23, 2022


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“There exists none of them! I’ll try and cease it. The remainder of you take out!” Grand daddy Lan explained, wanting to set down his personal lifestyle for them.
“What?! You’ll expire!” Lan Yingying said to him.
Direct sunlight designed by the Demon Lord stayed for your very good second right before it finally begun to subside.
“There may be none of them! I’ll attempt to prevent it. Most of you take gone!” Grandaddy Lan stated, willing to lay down his very own living for the kids.
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Yuan ceased working apart if they were actually far enough from your Lan Loved ones, and there was no position when he believed that he wouldn’t outrun the Demon Lord.
“Do you actually think you could outrun me?!” The Demon Lord laughed since it acquired better and nearer to Yuan.
Nonetheless, Yuan thought to him, “No! I will handle it!”
Even so, Yuan believed to him, “No! I will handle it!”
“Do you actually believe it is possible to outrun me?!” The Demon Lord laughed because it acquired much closer and closer to Yuan.
“Hang on! Young person!” Grandpa Lan tried to quit him, but alas, Yuan completely forgotten about him and continuing advancing.
“I won’t expire.”
The Demon Lord’s entire body twisted until it absolutely was the shape and size of a tiny pebble, much like a gla.s.s marble of sorts.
Regardless that Yuan’s power could rival just a Nature Lord as being a Nature Grandmaster, his soaring rate was an entirely various narrative.
“I won’t perish.”
On the other hand, Yuan thought to him, “No! I will handle it!”
“In just a matter of moments, I will blow up, and almost everything within ten thousand m will go away with me!” The Demon Lord laughed out high in volume simply because it hovered several yards far from Yuan.
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The Demon Lord had not been only becoming more powerful, however its entire body was also radiant redder and redder.
“Hahaha! So you want to pass on, huh?! This is certainly great!” The Demon Lord laughed as its atmosphere became more unstable and severe.
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I’m just getting used to dynamic tags and hinges in Cinema4D. What I’m trying to do is create a facade similar to Elisa Strozyk’s wooden textile https://www.elisastrozyk.de/seite/woodtex/woodentextiles.html. I want to be able to attach points of the facade to strings and have those strings pulled to lift the “blanket ” facade at certain points. What’s the best technique for pinpoint lifting points? and most importantly:
How do I make it so that all the edges all lie flush with each other, stop the triangles from overlapping, and remain so even if I were to pull on the facade. If you zoom in, you can see gaps between each triangle where all the hinges are. I’d like to make it behave just like Strozyk’s wooden textile blankets. I’ve upped the steps per frame to 30 and iterations to 180 which is much higher than the default but it still has those gaps. I want the hinges to perform as if they have no bounce, super rigid.
Is there a way to make it so gravity and the weight of each triangle doesn’t pull down on them, but they all behave as if hinged when pulled at one point?
tough order with 3D, you’d have more success using a triangulated plane (take the Phong tag off so it doesn’t look smooth) than trying to make that out of loose objects. That’s whats happening in the wooden textile shots, the cloth backing keeps everything together. Then either cloth or a softbody maybe. However, his wood pieces are not put on in a regular pattern like you would get with triangulating the quads of a plane.
Yeah, yesterday I experimented with cloning the equilateral triangles to a flat plane and making it a soft body, based of greyscalegorilla’s chain mail tutorial. I couldn’t get them to behave as if they were all attached to each other those, like an articulated blanket. they looked more like they were triangles shoddily glued on to a piece of fabric when falling onto a sphere as a test. any suggestions?


The Igbo Canadian Community Association (ICCA/Umunna) has described an approval given by the Ebonyi State Government to name the newly established Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies of the Ebonyi State University after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai as an ill-advised action on the graves of Nigerians who had been extra-judicially killed by the army under Buratai’s leadership.
President of the group, Chief Ugochukwu Okoro, in a statement issued in Toronto, Canada by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Ahaoma Kanu, said “it is incomprehensible and unconscionable that a serving governor will take the very inhumane decision to name a building after a man whose hands are dripping with the blood of innocent Nigerians killed in broad daylight by Nigeria Army under the command of Buratai who not only has blood on his hands but has failed in his mandate to protect the country and its people from aggression.”
This followed statement by Col. Sagir Musa, the Nigeria Army spokesman, that the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Chigozie Egbu, announced that the university was naming its newly established Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies after the Chief of Army Staff for his selfless service to the nation and humanity when he led a team from the university on a courtesy visit to Buratai in Abuja recently.
The VC during the visit disclosed that the state governor and the State Executive Council had approved that the Institute be named “Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies.” The ICCA/Umunna said that from the vague reasons given by the Ebonyi government why Buratai was selected to be honoured, it showed the governor and the Executive Council had failed to take into consideration the actions of the Nigerian Army under Buratai against human rights in the country.
“We find it unbelievable that the Ebonyi State government wants to reward failure; cloth dishonor with honour; encourage indiscriminate killing of innocent citizens by the Nigeria by the Army or tell the world that Ebonyi rewards bloodshed. “Has Governor Umahi and the Executive Council of Ebonyi forgotten that on December 12, 2015 the Nigeria Army killed 348 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria with 347 bodies buried in secret.
“Are they not aware that the Judicial Commission for Inquiry set up by the Kaduna State Government in January 2016 under the chairmanship of Justice Mohammed Garba, a presiding Justice of Court of Appeal, found that the army gunned down 348 Shi’ites and urged for prosecution.
“How can Governor Umahi and his Executive Council forget that about 150 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were killed in a chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions by the Nigeria Army under the command of Buratai between August 2015 and August 2016?
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Tune into a new episode of Gettysburg College’s podcast, Conversations Beneath the Cupola. In this episode, podcast host President Bob Iuliano is joined by three members of the Class of 2020—Darby Nisbett, Jason Sinsheimer, and Jazmin Reynoso Ortiz. Iuliano asks the graduates to define what it means to be a “Gettysburgian” by reflecting on their time at Gettysburg College, sharing the lessons they learned, memories of the people and moments that shaped them, and more.
“Being a Gettysburgian, obviously you’re doing great work, you’re a part of this community, but in my mind, it’s kind of becoming a part of something much bigger than just yourself,” Sinsheimer said in the podcast episode.
The episode concludes with an anecdotal “Slice of Life” told from the president’s perspective. Iuliano uses this moment to congratulate the Class of 2020 for their perseverance and accomplishments during their time at Gettysburg. While the entire College community cannot wait to celebrate graduates in person in October, Iuliano highlights the happenings of the Senior Celebration that will be held on May 17 to commemorate the Class of 2020’s original Commencement date.


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A heavy Sudanese troop presence helped restore calm Tuesday in the Darfur region, local sources said, after three days of inter-ethnic violence claimed at least 155 lives and displaced tens of thousands.
The transitional government in the capital Khartoum has deployed military units to the remote region where the recent end of a joint United Nation and African Union peacekeeping mission raised fears of more bloodshed.
Violence erupted Saturday between Arab nomads and members of the non-Arab Massalit ethnic group in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 130, said the state governor, Mohamed Abdalla al-Douma.
The clashes led around 50,000 people to flee areas in and around a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) who were driven from their homes in previous conflicts, said the aid group Save the Children.
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Authorities in West Darfur have imposed a statewide curfew as troops arrived there from Khartoum and other states to restore order.
“There have been no clashes since Sunday, but there were incidents of looting, especially of houses and farms of people living at the Kerindig IDP camp,” Douma told AFP. “The situation is calm in the state as security forces have spread in and around the city of El Geneina and Kerindig.”
Douma said houses were burned and farm produce stolen in villages near El Geneina but added that “we sent security to surround these villages and they are now secure”.
Separate clashes broke out Monday in South Darfur between members of the Fallata ethnic group and the Arab Rizeigat tribe, leaving at least 55 people killed and 37 wounded.
A heavy troops presence has also restored order there, the official SUNA news agency reported.
Tribal leader Mohamed Saleh told AFP by phone that “the situation is calm today in our village in South Darfur. There are no clashes. “People are however tense, fearing the renewed outbreak of violence.”
Sudan has been undergoing a rocky transition since the April 2019 ouster of autocratic President Omar al-Bashir amid mass pro-democracy protests.
The transitional government, installed months after Bashir’s ouster, has been pushing to stabilize Sudan’s remote regions after years of conflict.
The vast western region of Darfur was convulsed by bloody fighting in 2003. It killed 300,000 people and displaced 2.5 million, according to the United Nations.
The war broke out when ethnic minority rebels rose up against Bashir’s Arab-dominated government, which recruited and armed a notorious Arab-dominated militia known as the Janjaweed from among the region’s nomadic tribes.
Bashir, now on trial over the Islamist-backed 1989 coup that brought him to power, is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
Fighting in Darfur has subsided over the years, but ethnic and tribal clashes occasionally flare, mainly over land and access to water between semi-nomadic Arab pastoralists and settled non-Arab farmers.
The latest clashes came after the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, ended its 13 years of operations in Darfur on December 31.
Darfuris had protested the blue helmets’ departure citing fears of renewed violence.
UNAMID plans a phased withdrawal of its 8,000 or so armed and civilian personnel within six months.


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Daria Skuratovskaia conducts his research in the field of genetic studies of the metabolic syndrome and its complications. She studies the polymorphic variants of adipokine and cytokine genes responsible for the formation of insulin resistance in obesity. In addition, she investigates the relationship between the components of NF-ĸB and Wnt signaling pathways with mitochondrial biogenesis.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes core subunits of oxidative phosphorylation complex and as a result of a complex regulatory crosstalk between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes the total number of mtDNA copies fits the requirements of each cell type. Deviations from the optimal number of mtDNA copies are expected to be deleterious and thus can cause some diseases and agin. The reasons of potential deviations in mtDNA copies might be genetic or environmental such as hormonal imbalance in non-hereditary diseases. We studied 193 individuals (69 men; 124 women) who were divided into two cohorts, with and without obesity. The types of tissues were analyzed from each individual- peripheral venous blood, liver, Subcutaneous Adipose Tissues (SAT) and Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) from both greater omentum and mesenterium. The absolute mtDNA copies per cell were measured by droplet digital PCR and were significantly lower in peripheral blood than in the other tissues examined, 228±31 in peripheral blood, 1158±151 in liver, 1312±142 in greater omentum, 1161±86 in mesenterium and 1418±219 in SAT. The Body Mass Index (BMI) correlates positively with the mtDNA copies in SAT and negatively with peripheral blood mtDNA copies. There are positive correlations between greater omentum and mesenterium mtDNA copies (cor=0.44, p<0.05) and between SAT and greater omentum (cor=0.48, p<0.05). Multiple regression model revealed that blood and SAT mtDNA copy number affect the change in BMI (multiple R2: 0.4491, adjusted R2: 0.3471, p-value: 0.004633). Thus, we have revealed positive relationships between BMI and mtDNA copies in SAT and fat depots, but negative relationship between BMI and mtDNA copies in peripheral venous blood.

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Psychology is the science of human behaviour. It incorporates their behaviour patterns of doing things, special characteristics and predicts their behaviour. There are many amazing things that you simply did not know about psychology that are sure to blow your mind.
Have you ever wondered what makes people act a certain way that they do? Only psychologists can predict their behaviours. But did you know that you too can predict some common behaviours and patterns easily, and there are out in the open to learn?
Cool ways to predict behaviour:
There are many ways to understand one’s behaviour. This article will teach you how.
You can tell when someone is lying.
Body language is everything. Even if someone is lying straight to your face, you can tell the truth from their body language. If they don’t make eye contact, are acting defensive, and avoiding telling the whole thing, you have a liar on your hands.
Crossing your arms is a way to act defensively.
If you are crossing your arms when talking to someone, you are blocking them out and showing them that too. Psychologists predict this behavior as being cold, cutting a conversation short, and just plainly refusing everything. It is out in the open to see.
When someone blinks a lot.
If there is someone you are talking to and you see them blinking rapidly and many times. Then they are either distressed or not comfortable or even scared. Rapid eye movement represents all these emotions and showcases them.
Sitting with an open posture.
An open posture whether or not you are sitting shows that are in control, comfortable, relaxed, and easy-going. It might be during a conversation or just a casual affair. When you cross your legs out, it means the opposite.
These common behaviours have been researched by scientists who make observations of people and then conduct research. So the next time you want to predict someone’s behaviour, you’ll know how to.

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Les metalcoreux anglais d'Oceans Ate Alaska ont annoncé que Jake Noakes était leur nouveau chanteur. Annonce officielle à lire dans la suite.
"OUR NEW VOCALIST is our very close personal friend and incredibly talented singer/screamer Jake Noakes from the UK! It's our honour to be performing along side of him from here on out, he's an absolute monster!
"We are also very excited to inform you that the new album now is fully recorded and sounds INSANELY SICK! Without doubt this record is going to melt some faces. Anyway, everyone go give Jake a big warm welcome to the OAA family, and get stoked for some killer new tunes. "


Smiths Beach delayed again
02 November 2005
The Busselton~Dunsborough Mail
Consideration of the controversial Smiths Beach development has again been delayed.
The draft development guide plan for the Smiths Beach project will not be presented to council on November 9 as originally planned. Instead, council will vote on accepting the proponent's proposal to defer consideration of the plan.
As part of the shire staff's assessment of the guide plan, which was to be presented to council at its next meeting before being released for public comment, the plan was referred to external consultants and government agencies to ensure it complied with the planning framework.
Shire director of lifestyle development Nigel Bancroft said that following a preliminary assessment of the plan a summary of the main issues, including the proposal's design, was given to the applicant's consultants who then requested a deferral.
Canal rocks Pty Ltd spokesperson Alan Tranter said the proponents of the development planned for Smiths Beach had agreed to defer the advertising of the development guide plan so that a number of minor points could be clarified.
Mr tranter said the objective was still to advertise the plan as soon as possible.
"We have always believed that the sooner the project is in the public arena the better because that's the one certain way to eliminate misunderstanding and ensure comprehensive knowledge of the plans," he said.
"We are happy with the small number of points that need clarification."
Mr Tranter said the items that required clarification referred to the proposed community facilities, the tourism components and some minor planning points.
It is now expected to be about three months before the plan is finalised and presented to council.
© Copyright 2005 by Rural Press Ltd. This report is for information only in order to inform readers about the this Rural Press Ltd report. No charge for such use is made and the material is not being used for commercial purposes. The text has not been modified from the original report.


Viscoelastic damping material has been widely used in engineering machinery to absorb vibration and noise. In engineering, the dynamic behavior of the viscoelastic material is mainly affected by temperature and frequency. Classical dynamic behavior equations of the viscoelastic damping material have complex structures with multiple and ambiguous parameters. So a novel variable-order fractional constitutive model (VOFC) is established based on the variable-order fractional operator. Then the viscoelastic dynamic equations are derived by the Laplace transform of the VOFC model. The DMA test by the three-point bending mode is carried out at variable temperatures and frequencies and the frequency spectrum of the dynamic behaviors, i.e., the loss modulus, the storage modulus and the loss factor are obtained. Against the test data ,the VOFC model is compared with classical models such as the integer-order Maxwell model (IOM), the constant fractional-order Kelvin-Voigt model (CFK), the constant fractional-order Maxwell model (CFM) and the constant fractional-order standard linear solid model (CFS). Through the comparison , it can be found that the VOFC model can describe dynamic behaviors of the viscoelastic damping material at different temperatures and frequencies more accurately. Furthermore, the VOFC model has simpler structure and only two parameters with clearly-physical meanings.


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Baby H - a newborn session in the home (lifestyle),
What does a newborn lifestyle session involve?
Mostly it's an informal way of capturing your newborn baby with your family in your home. This can be more relaxing for the whole family and especially if you have siblings, as they are more comfortable getting used to me and the camera. A newborn photoshoot in your own home can be artistic as well as natural. The best way to make this happen is to keep a couple of rooms as clear as possible, although you don't need to completely remove as much as possible, as your home should be as you like it. This can be a mixture of story telling as well as capturing some unique and special images.
Baby H was captured his gorgeous home and mostly in their bedroom and the upstairs landing. The light in the room and simple yet interesting decor will make these images timeless. A baby and family session in the home can be two to three hours depending feeding and sleeping/settling. This session was around that time and his lovely parents rewarded me with the title of "baby whisperer". Some babies settle wrapped, this is not the case for all however, but if that does not work I try other tricks before baby is back to mummy for a milk top up or a cuddle.
My main aim was to capture as many features of baby H along with making the experience as natural and artistic as possible in a lifestyle session. Having images with mum, dad and sibling were barely directed. I captured as many moments as well as aiming to make images that would work well on display in their home.
I loved my morning with this family!
A lovely way to continue this story will be to capture baby H at his milestones, three months, six months or one years old for his first birthday in a similar lifestyle session in the home.
I will travel for home studio sessions and outdoor sessions to anywhwere in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Leicestershire and surrounding villages: Oundle, Market Harborough, Stamford and beyond.
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Jesse James Appears in Court—and on NightlineAD Lynn
Jesse James is coming out of seclusion to speak in two very different venues. First, he’s set to appear in court today on charges that he “screwed over a clothing company,” according to TMZ.com. With the trial set to begin, he’s asked the judge to lay out some ground rules. This includes a list of topics he wants excluded from the courtroom. And the list, which spans the gamut when it comes to his life with Sandra Bullock, is extremely revealing.
According to the website, James would like the Judge to declare the following topics off limits: his sex life, allegations that he’s a Nazi, phrases including “the most hated man in America” or a “monster … skin head … racist … homophobe … prostitute … cheating … cheater.” Also off limits? The following Sandra Bullock-related topics: Any mention of Sandra, her movies, pictures of her, baby Louis’s adoption, or references to “moral turpitude.”
Jesse claims these subjects have nothing to do with the lawsuit, and we’d have to agree.
But he will be talking about his marriage, Sandra Bullock, his role in Louis’s life, and the fallout from the famed Jesse James cheating scandal, on Nightline. His apparently revealing interview with Vicky Mabrey airs May 25 at 11:35 PM. Yup, Jesse James on Nightline: it’s as highbrow as it sounds. It’s also his first interview since the cheating scandal broke, and I, for one, will be watching.
PHOTO: ABC/Patrick Wymore

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AC Milan’s ‘Operation Rooney’ to stop him from scoringMarch 10th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Ace playmaker Ronaldinho has revealed how AC Milan has launched ‘Operation Rooney’ to stop the 28-goal hitman from scoring against them in Champions League round-of-16 tie at Old Trafford.
Rooney scored twice in Manchester United’s 3-2 first leg win at the San Siro and will play tonight after recovering from a knee injury.
“Rooney was incredible in the first match. We have watched videos of the game and the key to victory for us will be stopping him receiving the ball close to our penalty area,” The Sun quoted Ronaldinho, as saying.
“If we can stop him our own options soar. We can beat United. As far as I am concerned, this match is like the Champions League final itself,” he said.
“I see a very attacking game with many goals,” Ronaldinho added.
Rooney is looking to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo’s 42-goal haul of two seasons ago.
And Ronaldo, now at Real Madrid, said of Rooney: “He is sensational at the moment. If he carries on like this he will soon be very close to the number of goals I scored.” (ANI)
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- Champions League: Milan draw with Barcelona, Bayern blank Marseille - Mar 29, 2012
- Berlusconi dreams of buying Ronaldo for AC Milan - Apr 13, 2011
- Ferguson wary of Beckham's fairytale return against Man U - Mar 10, 2010
- Mourinho going nowhere: Cristiano Ronaldo - Mar 14, 2012
- Rooney not distracted by red-hot form acclaim - Feb 18, 2010
- Rooney is one of the world's best football players: Beckham - Mar 11, 2010
- Real Madrid routs Granada to lead La Liga - Jan 08, 2012
- Ronaldinho 'available' for Brazil recall - Sep 01, 2012
- Ronaldo advises Balotelli to 'talk less and think about playing more' - Jan 26, 2011
- Fans want Ronaldinho out of Flamengo - Apr 07, 2012
- Rooney can beat Ronaldo's 42-goal record: Ferguson - Mar 11, 2010
- Ferguson backs Man U's 'collective unit' to overcome 'Ronaldo' factor - Apr 30, 2011
- Beckham backs Rooney to fire England to World Cup glory - Feb 18, 2010
- Fergie warns beware of AC Milan kill or be haunted by Seedrof's ghost forever - Mar 10, 2010
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|Olympia 2017 Spring Arts Walk
April 28 - 29
|The Washington Stars Quilt Guild displayed many beautiful
quilts at Seldon's Home Furnishings
Located at 220 Legion Way
|"Arts Walk in downtown Olympia celebrates the arts in our community!
Experiencing visual and performing arts in over 100 businesses by hundreds of artists.
Special features include hands-on family activities, demonstrations and impromtu street performances.
For artists, art lovers and the art curious, this event is a wonderful opportunity to embrace the arts in all forms!"


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By Diane Donovan – Senior Reviewer at Midwestern Book Review:
Diet Slave No More!: A Fun Literary Journey into Your Self is an unexpected journey in that it’s not another book on “how to diet”. Instead, its holistic approach combines the medical traditions of East and West as it considers the fact that typical dieting strategies just don’t work, and it reviews a new idea that offers better balance and insights.
Where most diet books advocate a singular program that can be followed by all, Diet Slave No More maintains that in order to achieve lasting results, diet efforts must be customized and tailored to and by the individual dieter.
This is further emphasized by the fact that ninety-seven percent of those who lost weight gained all of it back within a few years, neatly demonstrating that artificial weight loss efforts not backed by deeply life-changing strategies are likely only temporary achievements.
One of the purposes of Diet Slave No More is to provide medical insights into weight gain and loss and what occurs on a metabolic and physical level when one’s diet changes. Discussions move to a cellular level as they probe how food is digested and absorbed into the system.
A touch of metaphysical insight adds to Dr. Kogan’s approach, as well: “By coming to understand that your Cells are highly intelligent by design, you are not committing to any religion or a cult. You are simply coming to terms with why you were born perfect and why you are such a mess today. And what’s more: you are learning to tap into your birthright—your cellular integrity, to recreate your perfection.”
Specifics of emotional ties to food are revealed (“Just like a positive emotion, like hearing your beloved calling you with a cup of coffee, can strengthen your positive perception of an object, in this case coffee, the negative emotion will cause predictable results. Even if only one of the five senses is suddenly conveying an unpleasant emotion, the overall perception of an object will be affected dramatically. A cup of coffee offered by someone you resent will make this beverage tough to swallow. So, emotions are always there, accompanying our five senses, feeding into them, and getting nourished by them.”), backed by the latest research, the author’s case history examples, and discussions of how perception and taste play a part in food choices.
Part of the book promotes an accompanying app of the same name – Diet Slave No More! – as part of a plan to link outside world experiences with reinforcements for habit change, which can be as basic as eating healthy at home before an event or outing to adopting a slower pace of life and an organic, non-GMO-based diet.
The result advocates not one approach, but a series of psychological, physical, and spiritual insights into the mechanics of eating, diets, and decision-making and choices that will help readers realize and define a better path for overall health. Serial dieters will be surprised and delighted with a book that doesn’t advocate yet another regimen, and which blends science with anecdotes and examples from real-life situations.

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Telephone companies utilize densely packed electronics in outdoor metal cabinets for routing calls between customers. As a result of the increasing power densities of electronics, companies are looking for innovative methods of providing system level cooling such as using soil heat exchangers. Numerical simulation using a system of lumped thermal capacitances coupled to a soil finite element model is used to predict the transient thermal behavior of a cabinet. The cabinet model has been verified in previous studies by comparison with experimental measurements on a commercial telecommunications cabinet and is shown to predict temperature trends well. The effects of transient heat load, soil properties, and heat exchanger geometry are examined. Results reveal soil heat exchangers have the capability to provide the necessary cooling for relatively low power outdoor cabinets. However, the temperature of the soil surrounding the heat exchanger may increase daily if the number and spacing of pipes is not adequate to handle the desired heat dissipation load.


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Journal of the House of Commons: Volume 4, 1644-1646. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1802.
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Die Jovis, 16 Octobris, 1645.
THE Grand Committee of the House, according to former Order, proceeded to take into Consideration the Business concerning Propositions to be sent to his Majesty, for a safe and well-grounded Peace.
Sir Thomas Widdrington in the Chair.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr. Whittacre carried to the Lords, for their Concurrence, the Ordinance concerning Keeping of ignorant and scandalous Persons from the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper: The Votes for referring the Framing of an Answer to the King of Denmarke's Letter, touching his Interposition, and for requiring Sir John Henderson to return with .. Fourteen Days: The Vote for Twenty-five Pounds per Week for Colonel Bridge's Troop, out of the Excise of Warwickshire: The Vote for Mr. Blagrave to be HighSheriff of Berks: The Vote for Mr. Nixe to be of the Committee for Nottingham: And the Vote for Sir John Cooke to be added to the Assembly of Divines.
Mr. Whittacre brings Answer from the Lords, That, as to the Ordinance concerning the Sacrament, they will send Answer by Messengers of their own: And, as to the rest, they do agree.
Sir Thomas Widdrington reports from the Grand Committee appointed to consider of Propositions to be sent to his Majesty, for a safe and well-grounded Peace: And
It is Resolved, &c. That the Demand, touching the Takeing away of the Court of Wards and Tenures, may be one of the Propositions to be sent to the King.
Ordered, &c. That it be referred to the Grand Committee of the House appointed to consider of the Matter of Propositions, to proceed upon the Propositions touching the taking away the Court of Wards; notwithstanding any former Order or Resolution of this House, touching that Business.
A Letter from the Mayor of Sandwich, of September 26, 1645, directed to Mr. Speaker, was this Day read; containing the Contents of a Letter, written unto him from the Earl of Warwick, touching the Election of his Son, Mr. Charles Riche, to serve for that Town.
Ordered, &c. That this Business, of this Letter, written from the Earl of Warwicke to the Mayor of Sandwich, be referred to the Committee of Privileges: And that That Committee shall take Information, and make Examination, of all Letters that have been written by any Peers, touching the Electing of any Members to serve in this House: And that they do speedily represent the State of this Business, together with their Opinions upon the whole Matter, to the House.
Resolved, &c. That Mr. Prideaux, Serjeant Wilde, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Jesson, Mr. Smith, Sir Dudly North, Mr. Jo. Ashe, Mr. Nicholas, Sir Martin Lumley, Colonel Venn, Mr. Boyse, Colonel Mountague, Mr. Bond, Mr. Hill, Sir Gil. Pickering, Mr. Yonge, Mr. Corbett, Sir John Northcott, Mr. Grimston, Mr. Burrell, Mr. Hoyle, Mr. Jo. Goodwyn, Mr. Sam. Browne, Captain Skinner, Mr. Darley, are added to the Committee of Privileges.
Ordered, &c. That the Ordinance concerning the Governor of Bristoll be read To-morrow.
Ordered, &c. That the Clerk do, together with the Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, for the issuing a Writ, for the Election of any Person to serve as a Member of this House, send a Copy of the Order of this House, of December 1641, touching Letters written by Peers, concerning the Election of any Persons to serve as Members in this House: And that the Commissioners of the Great Seal do take care, that a Copy of the said Order may be sent, together with the Writ that they shall send to any Place, for the Electing of Members to serve in this House.
An Ordinance for appointing the Committee of Sequestrations in London to cause all the Records, Books, Writings, and other Things, in Mr. Willys his Chamber, in the Inner-Temple, belonging to the Office of the Clerk of the Crown, to be delivered unto John Bolles Esquire, now Clerk of the Crown, was this Day read; and, upon the Question, passed.
The House being informed, That Colonel Devereux, according to the Order and Summons of this House, attending at the Door;
He was called in; and informed the House, That he had his Commission from General Leven, and Committee of Estates of Scotland: Who, upon the Removal of the Scotts Army from before Hereford, commanded him to join with Colonel-General Pointz; from whom he had Orders to remain in Worcestershire. He further acquainted the House, That he had sent Eightscore Arms, Saddles, and Swords, to arm such of them as had no Arms before: And that he had ... taken any of those Horse from the Country, except such as were taken out of the Enemy's Quarters, within Two Miles and One Mile and a Half of Worcester.
Ordered, &c. That the whole Business concerning Colonel Devereux be referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms, to examine and settle it: And that he deliver up the Commission from the Scotts General: And that they take care to send what Force they can to follow the King.
Ordered, &c. That Fifty Barrels of Powder, and Match and Bullet proportionable, be forthwith furnished out of the publick Stores, for the Service against Chester: And it is especially recommended to the Committee for the Stores, to make these Provisions.
Ordered, &c. That One hundred Backs, Pots, and Breasts, and an Hundred Case of Pistols, and an Hundred Saddles and Bridles, be forthwith provided and furnished out of the publick Stores, for the Nottingham Horse, under the Command of Colonel Thornhagh.
Ordered, &c. That Mr. Millington do make the Report concerning Colonel Thornhagh, To-morrow Morning.
Ordered, &c. That Colonel Edward Mountague be added to the Committee made by Ordinance Nine-and-twentieth of March last, touching the Affairs of the Army, under Sir Tho. Fairefaxe, and the Payment thereof; in place of Mr. Wm. Strode, deceased.
The Lords Concurrence to be desired herein.
Upon Mr. Whittacre's Report from the Committee of Examinations;
It is Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do grant a Pass to Mrs. March, to go into the Enemy's Quarters; and to return again within a Month.
Ordered, &c. That Colonel Venn, Mr. Snellinge, and Colonel Thompson, do, from this House, acquaint the Committee of the Militia of London of the Necessity of the speedy raising the Recruits for Sir Thomas Fairefaxe's Army; and desire them to take special Care of it.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Page;
The Lords have commanded us to bring you this Order: It is for the Making of Mr. Trefusis Vice-Admiral of Cornewall: It came as a Report from the Committee of Lords and Commons for the Admiralty and CinquePorts: The Lords have agreed to it; and desire your Concurrence:- An Ordinance for Relief of some Poor at Taunton, and of some Scholars at the Universities: To which they do agree; and desire your Concurrence. They commanded us to put you in mind of Colonel Barrow, to be Governor of Barkley-Castle.
The Order concerning Mr. Trefusis was read: And
It is Resolved, &c. That this House doth agree with the Lords; and doth nominate and approve of John Trefusis Esquire to have and execute the North Vice-Admiralty of Cornewall, as Vice-Admiral thereof.
The Ordinance for Relief of the Poor at Taunton, and of the Scholars at the University, was read; and, upon the Question, passed.
A Letter from the General Sir Tho. Fairefaxe, of Eleven of October 1645, from Chard, was this Day read; and was, concerning the Governor of Barklay-Castle.
Resolved, &c. That this House doth nominate and approve of Colonel Barrow to be Governor of BarklayCastle.
Answer returned by the same Messengers; That this House hath considered your Message; and doth agree in every Particular of it.

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