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Very good game
E. Rivas "Gemini", Amazon
24 March 2014
Summary: I already played a few hours and I really liked the game. Being a Saint Seiya fan for many years, it is amazing that finally we get to see games on our consoles here in the US. The fighting system is not the best but it's getting there. i would love to see a cinematic game, kind of like Asura's Wrath, so that we can see their key battles in CGI and play i like we do in this game.

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Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the fourth and final Test between South Africa and England.
The seamer missed the second and third Tests after failing to recover from a shoulder injury sustained in the 241-run defeat in the first Test in Durban.
And Steyn will not be available for the finale - which starts on Friday - as South Africa bid to finish a series on a high in Centurion after England moved into an unassailable 2-0 lead with a seven-wicket win in the third Test at Wanderers.
A Cricket South Africa statement read: "Dale Steyn has not recovered from a shoulder injury and will not be available for selection for the last Test, and all efforts will be made to have him ready for the one-day international series starting at the end of the month."
Meanwhile, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock faces a fitness test to determine if he can play at Supersport Park. De Kock missed out on the third Test because of a knee injury suffered while walking his dogs.
Stiaan van Zyl - who has scored just 69 runs in five innings so far at the top of the Proteas order - has been released from the squad.
Despite the disappointment of following up a Test series defeat in India with a home loss to England, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada is remaining upbeat.
"There are always going to be up and downs in cricket and in life," Rabada said. "The good times will come and we will look back at the tough times and think 'look where we were and look where we are now'.
"It happens to everyone, unfortunately it is happening to us right now but we have to stick together as a team and stay positive.
"There is another game to play, we have to look to the future. We are trying to stay positive, there is another match starting on Friday and we are going to rock up and play hard.
"We are not going to throw in the towel, it's unlike us to do that."


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Dr. Seuss Books for Kids of All Ages
Dr. Seuss books are a must-have in every child’s library! To celebrate Dr. Seuss Day on March 2, we’ve rounded up our favorite classics by this best-selling author. Which is your favorite?
Green Eggs and Ham
Sam-I-Am likes green eggs and ham! In typical Dr. Seuss rhyming fashion, the list of places to eat this unusual treat (and friends to enjoy it with) grows longer and longer throughout the book. According to Sam-I-Am, there is nowhere you can’t eat green eggs and ham!
The Cat in the Hat
Dick and Sally are stuck inside with nothing to do on a cold rainy day — until a giant cat in a hat shows up and wreaks havoc on their home! Written in 1957, The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’ wacky rhyming style changed the way children learned how to read.
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Written for babies, this classic Dr. Seuss book introduces them to all the sounds in the world. Cows “moo,” eggs “sizzle,” and thunder goes “boom.” The world will never run out of sounds!
Dr. Seuss uses the voice of the Lorax, a furry, earth-conscious creature, to drive home the importance of conserving our world for future generations.
Hop on Pop
“Pat sits on a hat and on a cat and on a bat…but a cactus? Pat must NOT sit on that!”This “simplest Seuss for the youngest use” is a Beginner Book classic that has been encouraging young children to read all by themselves for generations.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Whether it’s for a nursery school, high school, or college grad, Dr. Seuss’ graduation speech in this classic book rings true for all ages. Touching on life’s highs (soaring to high heights and seeing great sights), and lows (being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly perch), Dr. Seuss delivers his simple yet profound message in his typical humorous fashion.
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
“Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” This classic Beginner Book celebrates how much fun using your imagination can be. The colorful cast of characters and their silly antics (have you ever heard of a winking Yink who drinks pink ink?) introduces young readers to the wildly entertaining world of Dr. Seuss.
Horton Hears a Who!
Children learn kindness and compassion in this timeless and comical classic. With Dr. Seuss’ hilarious rhymes and eye-catching illustrations, his message rings loud and clear — “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”

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The soon to be released Afrobeats genre was inspired by his recent visit to Ghana and the title of the song, ‘FTY’ is an acronym of Free The Youth (FTY) which is also a creative crew established by Jonathan Coffie and Kelly Foli in 2013, dedicated to connecting Ghanaian art, fashion and design to the world.
The singer has linked up with Tema- based Ghanaian record producer, Zodivc, as the sole sound engineer and producer of the soon to be released Afrobeats song.
Zodivc has worked with several artistes such as Sarkodie, R2Bees, Yaa Pono, Akan, King Promise, La Meme Gang, Gasmilla, Efya among others. Known among his peers as the “Knack Them King”, Zodivc puts a lot of dedication and determination into his productions and this has resulted in him producing consistent ear soothing beats.
He produced hit songs like Mugeez’s ‘Chihuahua’, B4Bonah’s ‘Dear God’ Dani Draco’s ‘Sad Boy Flow’, Tneeya ft B4Bonah and Kwesi Arthur ‘Bend It’, La Meme Gang ft B4Bonah – ‘Enda Fom’ B4Bonah’s ‘B4Beginning E.P. (Album)’, Tibu’s ‘Amnesia’, B4Bonah’s ‘ Work’, Mugeez’s “Bounce It,’ Efya ft Mugeez’s ‘Priceless’ (Mix and Mastering).
Zodiac Asempa Antwi, known in the entertainment circles as ‘Zodivc’ joins the catalogue of budding producers coming out of the Harbour City – the home of Kaywa, Streetbeatz, Kayso and Killbeatz. He shares unique elements which have become characteristic of his body of work making him a producer extraordinaire. Growing up, Zodivc had always loved the ‘Tema Culture’ and has always taken inspiration from there.
Zodivc would go to school early just to join the group of boys that play the school drums during gatherings. He draws inspiration from everyday activities from people around him – family, friends, kids and hawkers to mention a few. He’s always looked up to Kanye West as a role model.
Zodivc serves as a fountainhead of afro-pop, hip hop, RnB and dancehall. He likes to see himself as an Afrobeat mixed with an alternative jazz beatmaker. The foundation of his beats is usually hip-hop filled with sweet chords and voice sampling laced with sounds of African instruments. A recent example of this beat is that of B4bonah’s hit single Work.
After years of battling through the sound production journey, he met B4Bonah, one of the young budding rappers with street credibility in Tema. The two married their ideas resulting in countless music projects. Within the same period, Zodivc virtually produced all of B4Bonah’s songs including one mixtape and the 2017 hit single ‘Dear God’ which received widespread critical acclaim and tremendous commercial success.
American rapper Chance The Rapper has arrived in Ghana as he had previously promised in 2019.
In a video that went viral, he was spotted with fellow rapper Vic Mensa who has been in Ghana for a while. Unlike his other African Americans from the diaspora, including singer Ari Lennox and Vic Mensa, who came to experience ‘Detty December’ in Ghana, Chance the Rapper arrived after ringing in the new year in the US.
“We are here,” Chance was heard saying in the video. Rapper Vic Mensa also tagged them Ghana boys.
In 2019 at the height of the ‘Year of Return’ campaign, Sarkodie, after winning the Best International Flow award at the BET Hip-hop Awards, urged people in the diaspora to visit Ghana.
“I think Africa has always had it, and it is about that time. This year is the Year of Return, and I will urge each and every one of you here to take a trip back home. When you’re coming to Africa, choose Ghana,” he said.
Following his speech, Chance The Rapper tweeted, “Year Of The Return #Ghana #HipHopAwards19.” This sparked speculations, with many wondering if the Rapper would genuinely make an appearance in the country.


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Raleigh – According to a bombshell story from the News & Observer, Wesley Meredith hired a man with a lengthy driving record who went on to hit and severely injured a 20-year old while driving a company car. According the report, a “lawsuit accuses Meredith of negligence, saying he knew or should’ve known that Harris was a driving risk … At the time of the accident, Harris’ license was revoked. Prior to that, the lawsuit claims Harris was convicted of 24 traffic offenses between 1984 and 2005. His record includes four cases of driving while impaired, two cases of habitual driving while impaired and speeding.”
In response to the story, NCDP spokesman Robert Howard released the following statement:
“Wesley Meredith put countless people at risk by putting a dangerous individual with a checkered driving record behind the wheel of his own company’s car – and it ended up costing someone dearly. That utter lack of judgement from a sitting state Senator is shocking and raises serious questions about his integrity and fitness for elected office. Whether putting someone with multiple DWIs behind the wheel or defrauding taxpayers, Senator Meredith has shown he’ll cut corners to get ahead – even if means taxpayers and families end up paying the cost.”
News & Observer: NC lawmaker hired a man with lengthy driving record. Then the man caused a serious injury.
By Paul A. Specht
October 29, 2018
After a legislator in North Carolina hired a man with a lengthy traffic record, the man seriously injured a 20-year-old while driving the legislator’s company car.
Wesley Meredith, a Republican state senator from Cumberland County, owns Cardinal Landscaping and serves as its president. The company offers commercial and residential landscaping services, as well as outdoor lighting and irrigation services, according to its website.
On Jan. 16, 2015, Cardinal employee Henry T. Harris was driving a company truck on N.C. 55 in western Wake County when he ran a red light and struck a Toyota driven by Christopher Coward.
The wreck crushed Coward’s car. He was taken to Duke Medical Center and “has suffered severe and permanent injuries,” according to a lawsuit he filed in 2015 against Cardinal Landscaping.
The suit, which was resolved in 2016, raises questions about Meredith’s judgment as he seeks a fifth term in the N.C. Senate.
ABC11: Welfare fraud allegations surface in state Senate race
By Nicole Carr
October 1, 2014
Allegations of welfare fraud have surfaced in the 19th District state Senate race.
On Tuesday, Fayetteville attorney and Democrat Billy Richardson called a press conference, where he provided the media with public and private financial records tied to his opponent, Senator Wesley Meredith (R-NC).
The documents allege Meredith, a Fayetteville business owner, committed welfare fraud in the late 90s, when he and his now ex-wife, Elizabeth, were making annual incomes in the six-figure range. The couple separated in 1997.
Sources tell ABC11 that the former Mrs. Meredith provided the private documents, to include WIC receipts, to the Richardson campaign. Most of the other documents are public record.


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The chefs at Sekisui Sushi Bar & Steakhouse pick and choose influences from Japanese culinary culture. Teriyaki sauces, sweet plum, and emerald curlicues of seafood bedeck the dishes, which include sushi and hibachi-grilled meats. The earthiness of miso, traditionally made by fermenting soy, rice, or barley, drifts from bowls of soup along the sushi bar. At the hibachi grill tables, chattering blades flip scallops, lobster, filet mignon, and veggies inside a veil of steam. American influences are still present in wontons with buffalo sauce, burgers, and chopsticks modeled after Bruce Springsteen’s dainty fingers.
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Screening breast ultrasound detects cancers missed on mammography in women with dense breasts
Screening breast ultrasound performed after mammography on women with greater than 50% breast density detects an additional 3.4 cancers or high risk lesions per one thousand woman screened, a detection rate just under that of screening mammography alone for women with less dense breasts, a new study shows. Screening mammography detects 4-5 cancers per thousand women screened.
The study, conducted in conjunction with seven Connecticut radiology practices, included 19,745 women who had dense breasts and "normal" mammograms. Sixty-seven cancers were found, said Dr. Sarah Steenbergen, lead author of the study, who is now at Yale University in New Haven, CT.
"Out of the available surgical reports, only one case had nodal involvement at the time of diagnosis. This suggests that the cancers are detected early and therefore we anticipate a survival benefit," Dr. Steenbergen said.
The study has been conducted over two years, "and we've seen an improvement in the sensitivity of screening breast ultrasound from 96.6% to 100% and in specificity from 94.0% to 96% from the first to the second year," she said.
This illustrates a learning curve, and "we anticipate that as the number of screening breast ultrasounds increase, physicians will be even better able to differentiate benign from malignant lesions," she said.
Recent legislation in Connecticut mandates reporting of breast density on mammograms and recommending follow up screening ultrasound for women with greater than 50% breast density, said Dr. Steenbergen.
The study was conducted, in part, to measure the outcome of this legislation and what we can hope to achieve with screening breast ultrasound, she said.
Dr. Steenbergen will present her study at the ARRS annual meeting on April 18 in Washington, DC.
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Whether you call it effervescent, fizzy, or sparkling, carbonated water is making a comeback as a beverage. Aside from quenching thirst, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered a new use for these "bubbly" concoctions that will have major impact on the manufacturer of the world's thinnest, flattest, and one most useful materials -- graphene.
As graphene's popularity grows as an advanced "wonder" material, the speed and quality at which it can be manufactured will be paramount. With that in mind,...
Physicists at the University of Bonn have managed to create optical hollows and more complex patterns into which the light of a Bose-Einstein condensate flows. The creation of such highly low-loss structures for light is a prerequisite for complex light circuits, such as for quantum information processing for a new generation of computers. The researchers are now presenting their results in the journal Nature Photonics.
Light particles (photons) occur as tiny, indivisible portions. Many thousands of these light portions can be merged to form a single super-photon if they are...
For the first time, scientists have shown that circular RNA is linked to brain function. When a RNA molecule called Cdr1as was deleted from the genome of mice, the animals had problems filtering out unnecessary information – like patients suffering from neuropsychiatric disorders.
While hundreds of circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in mammalian brains, one big question has remained unanswered: What are they actually good for? In the...
An experimental small satellite has successfully collected and delivered data on a key measurement for predicting changes in Earth's climate.
The Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes (RAVAN) CubeSat was launched into low-Earth orbit on Nov. 11, 2016, in order to test new...
A study led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science in Hamburg presents evidence of the coexistence of superconductivity and “charge-density-waves” in compounds of the poorly-studied family of bismuthates. This observation opens up new perspectives for a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity, a topic which is at the core of condensed matter research since more than 30 years. The paper by Nicoletti et al has been published in the PNAS.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, superconductivity had been observed in some metals at temperatures only a few degrees above the absolute zero (minus...


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The disaster response and recovery expectations of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) vary year to year and event to event. Although Arizona did not experience devastating wildfires or flooding in 2015, a neighboring state did, allowing DEMA personnel to deploy and assist in recovery.
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Imagine for a moment you’re in the cockpit of a $30 million helicopter. You’re monitoring gauges, and controlling the aircraft as you fly back to home base the morning flight was pretty uneventful, weather was predicted to be good. You’re low on fuel, and can’t wait to get home for a quick meal and some rest after a long mission.

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When I said that I am not the mountaineering-type, I really mean it.
First, because I am deathly afraid of snakes. Second, because I am aware that my poor body, especially my knees, cannot take the strain of conquering a mountain. And lastly, because I am the type of person who loves my little comforts.
So, it really doesn’t make sense why I decided to risk life, limb and my remaining dose of self-preservation by agreeing to be part of the mountain-climbing activity of my Fitness group.
The mountain in question is Pico de Loro, nestled in a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sanctuary in Ternate, Cavite, Central Philippines. At 664 meters above sea level, Pico de Loro is considered a medium-difficulty level mountain for climbers and is perfect for a day climb.
Pico de Loro summit
In spite the raging alarm bells in my head a day before the climb, I still showed up faithfully for the early morning call time in our meeting place. From there, our rented van was able to reach Ternate by 8AM. At the jump off point, we divided ourselves into two — the advanced group where most of the people are, made up of experienced climbers and the athletic, active types in the group; and the beginners group, a ragtag group of 10 who were already having second thoughts even while still in civilization, i.e. the group where I was part of.
in to the woods
The trek started uneventful, until the 30th minute when one of my companions decided to get her knees closely acquainted with the rocks and protruding roots. In a span of an hour, she fell one after the another, collecting a series of abrasions and minor cuts along the way. In my head, I was a bit happy for my achievement — apparently, I will emerge unscathed from this activity. Well, almost.
After the gloating, I started getting acquainted too with the protruding roots and sharp, jagged edges of the rocks littering the forest. Nothing major. Just the typical war wounds I get even while sitting in bed. Moving a bit to inspect a tree *kzzzzzzh — knee connects with boulder* walking along the trail *kzzzzzh — stubs toe on tree root*. But, yep — I didn’t fall down one bit.
There are specially marked trees within the forest that served as trail and place markers, telling the next batch of mountaineers where to turn, etc.
I was already dying of exhaustion by the time our second hour rolled by, and we aren’t even anywhere near the first base camp where one can refresh, do the number one or two, and eat courtesy of the kind family who maintains a “kubo” (hut). Maybe we were too preoccupied with getting the job done that when we finally had the chance to look up, we realized that we were letting a lot of awesome views go by.
While on our way to Base Camp 1, we chanced upon this cutie:
One of the resident “guides” in the area. He loved the KFC Chicken Burger I gave him
This handsome fella was one of the dogs raised in the mountain and calls the DENR office home. Our guide, JP told me that the dog pretty much guides the mountaineers who goes up Pico de Loro. JP suggested I give doggie something and true enough, the little schmuck immediately warmed up to me after the third piece of bread was given to him. But, after finding some of his “friends” (a pack of dogs) whom he proceeded to wildly chase around the area — the dog left us to find our way to the summit.
After a quick rest at the base camp, we proceeded to scale the rest of the way, finally reaching the viewing deck just when our friends (the advanced group) were finishing their lunch. It was clear that in the viewing deck alone, the pain (and the bruises) were worth it.
I initially had reservations if I will push through with the final ascent going to the summit. From where I was standing, I can see that there were no trees to serve as guides or even safety nets. But I figured out in the end that I might as well do it. I was there, anyway.
On my way to the summit and trying to find my footing
And the picture above is my own definition to the term, “…hanging on for dear life”. Please note that I was desperately clutching a few clumps of dead grass.
After the ordeal seen above, I finally reached the summit and it was worth it.
I keep thinking, “God, I really do have a beautiful country…” To our front was the Corregidor Island, a tiny island glistening in the middle of the azure ocean, further up was Bataan, while to our left was the beaches of Ternate, Cavite. And well, directly below us is a dense forest, where hawks circle the air just beneath our feet. It was simply magic.
Of course, we eventually had to go down (another death-defying stunt) and continue the trek down the mountain, until we reach civilization by 8PM. Yes, we got caught by sunset in the middle of the forest! Imagine, finding your way down with barely 3 flashlights (one was already malfunctioning) and with the moon just leading your way. I tell you, my over active imagination was on overdrive and I was close to crying already due to the insane fear of being in the middle of the forest at night. When we finally made it down, I was so profuse with thanks that I managed to do what I used to dread way back.
And yes, I managed to come out of the dark forest in one piece.
IF YOU WANT TO CLIMB PICO DE LORO:
1. Transportation going to Ternate is not easy. Best to rent a van and split it amongA your group.
2. Always make sure you have complete gear, especially the flashlight which will come handy should you get stuck like us at Pico de Loro at night.
3. Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but memories.

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Description of the book "For the Time Being":National Bestseller "Beautifully written and delightfully strange--. As earthy as it is sublime, For the Time Being is, in the truest sense, an eye- opener."--"Daily News" From Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and one of the most compelling writers of our time, comes For the Time Being, her most profound narrative to date. With her keen eye, penchant for paradox, and yearning for truth, Dillard renews our ability to discover wonder in life's smallest--and often darkest--corners. Why do we exist? Where did we come from? How can one PDF person matter? Dillard searches for answers in a powerful array of images: pictures of bird-headed dwarfs in the standard reference of human birth defects; ten thousand terra-cotta figures fashioned for a Chinese emperor in place of the human court that might have followed him into death; the paleontologist and theologian Teilhard de Chardin crossing the Gobi Desert; the dizzying variety of clouds. Vivid, eloquent, haunting, For the Time Being evokes no less than the terrifying grandeur of all that remains tantalizingly and troublingly beyond our understanding. "Stimulating, humbling, original--. [Dillard] illuminate[s] the human perspective of the world, past ePub, present and future, and the individual's relatively inconsequential but ever so unique place in it."--"Rocky Mountain News"
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did you tell the dealer to replace the chain at the 35000 km service ?
did you give the dealer the go ahead when he quoted 3k, was it in writing?
after you got it back running rough, did you return straight away? who decided to replace the plugs, did you tell them to do it, or was it their recommendation?


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Running twice a year during September and April, PlatypusWatch is our community-based platypus monitoring program that engages local volunteers to help collect platypus data by recording sightings and assessing platypus habitats at three different creeks on the Sunshine Coast.
Platypus are highly sensitive to water quality and a keystone indicator of a health ecosystem. A majority of ECOllaboration’s work involves catchment restoration via the re-vegetation of riparian areas and therefore, it is of great interest to monitor platypus as they indicate the success of our ecological restoration efforts.
This citizen science project has been designed to be repeated each year to engage the community and collect a long-term data set on these elusive creatures.
This project is proudly funded by the Sunshine Coast Council.
What is PlatypusWatch?
PlatypusWatch is a community-based citizen science program that engages volunteers in surveying for platypus, recording sightings and assessing their habitats.
The information collected is used monitor platypus populations and identify what is needed to ensure the protection one of Australia’s most unique species.
This program also raises awareness of playtypus in our local areas.
How can I get involved?
Sightings from our September 2022 and April 2023 sessions
We are now taking expressions of interest for our Adopt a Platypus program!
For an annual $70 fee, participants will receive an adoption pack; with funds going to our riparian restoration works to plant and restore critical platypus habitat in the Sunshine Coast.
Each adoption pack includes:
- Certificate of Adoption
- Soft Handmade Platypus toy
- Protect the Petrie Platypus Wheelie Bin Sticker
- Invitations to attend our PlatypusWatch events before the general public
- Detailed information on our local Platypus and work we are doing to protect them & their homes
For more information head to our Protecting the Petrie Platypus page or email email@example.com


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Your place between heaven and earth
Picturesque Slovakia has a lot of beautiful places but there is a locality where the virgin nature, magic tradition and imposing development opportunities are connected.
The village Liptovská Osada is situated between Ružomberok and Donovaly in the area of Liptov region. This is the place where the unique and special project Gothal has been set up. Gothal is situated on the road connecting two distinctive Liptov villages Liptovská Osada and Liptovská Lúžna.
The multifunction project on the ground of 34 hectares which is being grown is going to be closed and open at once. Its basic philosophy is to keep traditional values and create secret surroundings with club character and services near at hand. Gothal will evocate the feeling of peace and harmony as if you are near the paradise. You will feel the real necessity to come back again and fill up your energy of life.
8 good reasons to choose Gothal:
- Health – you not only care about your body but about your overall body harmony
- Future – at present you are creating your astonishing future by your investment
- Uniqueness – only at this place you can find such wide spectrum of opportunities and possibilities together
- Ecology – everything is made from natural materials and ecologically friendly
- Certainty – the resort is being built with long-term vision and guarantee of reliability
- Care – we take care of you and your property with premium services
- Relax – gorgeous nature and calm contribute to your regeneration
- Profit – long term steady yield, since seventh year reaching up to 8%
- Poprad – Tatry (87 km) – international airport
- Airport Sliač – Tri Duby airport (50 km)
- Sport airport – Ružomberok (15 km)
- Railway station in Ružomberok (14 km)
- Bus station for domestic lines in Liptovska Osada
- Bus station for international lines in Ružomberok
- International north – south road E77 (Krakow – Ružomberok – Banská Bystrica – Budapest)
- Motorway D1 after completion (Bratislava – Ružomberok – Košice)
- Express road R1 Bratislava – Banská Bystrica
Gothal is comfortably reachable by all means of transport.
For GPS navigation use geographic coordinates: 48.94869167, 19.27718333.
You renew your energy in the armful of nature
Gothal has unique location on the boundary of two important Slovak national parks – Low Tatras and Big Fatra. There is a confluence of three rivers Revúca, Lúžňanka and Korytnica. The village Liptovská Osada lies at altitude from 609 to 825 of meters. The highest area is Korytnica spa.
The municipality is situated in picturesque mountains surrounded by well-known rock pillars and peaks such as Prašivá, Black Stone, Rakytov, Salatín, Smrekovica, Red Magura. The summits are full of breath-taking vista points from which all the major mountains of Slovakia can be seen. There are unique territories nearby and Liptov is region of scenic beauty and special fauna and flora. It is territory of many interesting animals such as otter, black grouse, hazel grouse, you can see chamois at higher altitude. Unique member of flora is sycamore maple.
Noticeable rock monument represents richly divided rock scenery from limestone and dolomite and aesthetically completes the surroundings of Liptovská Osada village.
Sub-mountain streamlet with alluvial swamps, boggy grassland and shore vegetation, where thanks to clean water and natural bed sustained critically endangered species of our fauna Eurasian otter.
Mountain massif with typical mixed vegetation of mountain rubble maple forest.
Stone quarry of lime stone of middle Triassic period with nicely developed reef biotope of Mesozoic seas – various fossils such as stem of day lily, pins of sea urchin, trilobite.
Let the history influence you
Liptovská Osada is famous since the period of Great Morava. Gothal is its original name which was given to the village by Benedictine monks in 1288. The name means “The God´s cottage”
Benedictines has brought not only religion but culture, art and new techniques of farming. Shepherding and forestry have helped to development and occupancy.
Current Gothal writes another capture of county history. According to an example of origin settlers it brings additional development and cultivation which respect the historical and natural roots of country.
Antiquities and interesting places around the village
- Vlkolínec – village integrated to UNESCO program
- Magurka – distinctive mining settlement (plans to join UNESCO programme as well)
- St. John the Baptist´s Roman Catholic church in Liptovská Osada
- Czechoslovak Hussite Church in Liptovská Osada
- Church of St. Andrew in Korytnica
- Evangelic wooden little churche in Svätý Kríž
- Outdoor museums – Pribylina, Zuberec
- Castles and castle ruins: Likavka, Oravský Podzámok, Palúdzka, Liptovský Hrádok, Sklabiňa
- Museums and galleries in Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikuláš, Liptovský Hrádok
- Caves Demänovská dolina, Harmanec, Bystrá
- Spa – Lúčky, Liptovský Ján., Ľubochňa, Sliač, Kováčová, Železnô
- Korytnica – complex of original spa
- Aquaparks – Bešeňová, Tatralandia in Liptovský Mikuláš, Turčianske Teplice, Dolný Kubín, Aquacity Poprad
Current social services
According to the number of inhabitants the village Liptovská Osada is well equipped with social services. The visitors will find everything tospent comfortable times here.
- Health centre (general practitioner, paediatrician, dentist, pharmacy, emergency rescue standpoint)
- Automatic teller machine
- Post office
- Nursery and basic school
- Rest home
- Football stadium
- Fuel and gas station
- Roman Catholic church
- Church of Czech Brethren Church-Hussite
- Sheep farms in Liptovská Osada, Liptovské Revúce, Liptovská Lúžna
- Cows and calfs farming in Skalné
- Monument of soldiers killed in action during the Second world war
- Small shopping centre, confectionery, hairdresser´s, florist´s, cross country skiing tracks, bike and tourist tracks ...
Made part of construction
- Biomass boiler with technology
- Water well with faucet and technology (supply water)
- Representative wooden house
- Planning permission for the sports complex
- Planning for the first phase of accommodation – communications and utility lines
Some activities at the distance of 50 km
- Hiking and cyklo tracks in Little Fatra, Great Fatra and Choč mountains, ...
- Water sports – Liptovská Mara dam, Šútovo, ...
- Aquaparks – Bešeňová, Tatralandia, Dolný Kubín, ...
- Spa – Lúčky, Liptovský Ján, Železnô, Lubochňa, Kováčová, Sliač, Korytnica , ...
- Skiing – ski resorts Donovaly, Malinô Brdo, Kubínska Hoľa, Jasná, ...
- Caves – Demänovská dolina, Harmanec, Liptovský Ján, Važec, ...


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• Delicious and healthy treat for dogs
• With 60% salmon
• Free of artificial additives
• Resealable packaging
Salmon Bones are a real treat for your dogs. These dog snacks 100% natural and contain a minimum of 60% salmon and 34% beef-hide. The salmon strips are also free of salt, sugar, glycerine or grains. A flavourful yet healthy treat for your dogs. Perfect as a reward in the afternoon or after a long walk.
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In this Brick Breakdown series I review official LEGO sets, from the perspective of looking at interesting building techniques we can all learn from. Today we will be looking at the #70411 LEGO Pirates Treasure Island. You can also check out the previously discussed LEGO techniques found in official LEGO sets at the end of this article. 🙂
As you know, LEGO Pirates are back this year. As the movie license of Pirates of the Caribbean is now over, there is no competition for the high seas. This means we’re back to the original LEGO Pirates, with simpler designs, but more freedom in what can be created. Since this is essentially a re-launch of LEGO Pirates, it was necessary to reestablish the two sides of the conflict. This is done with some fairly basic, tried and true designs; the soldiers get their various fort/outpost bases and the pirates get wrecked islands and a cool ship. So now let’s find out what valuable techniques are buried on Treasure Island…
➡ NOVEL PULLEY USE WITH LEGO
Often when you see a LEGO pulley design it is used in a very functional way; basically to lift things up – like a crane in a LEGO City set, or for closing a LEGO Castle gate. In the #70411 LEGO Pirates Treasure Island there are some minor twists to the pulley. First, the pulley is hidden behind tree leaves and is threaded among one of the pieces on the rocky outcrop. This makes the chain the pulley uses only partially visible – which differs from most pulley designs where you can see the full pulley action.
The next major difference is that when the pulley mechanism is activated, it pulls on a fixed object. The skull wall features a hinge that prevents the wall from leaving its position. The end result is a very specific redirection of how the pulley’s force is applied. In this case, the skull lifts like a hidden passageway. With all the decorations it can be easy to miss this simple yet very clever and effective technique. If you control an object’s movement with things like hinges, then the standard use of a pulley will change its effect. The real task will be figuring out the right placement to anchor the pulley and position the hinge.
➡ DECORATIVE & FUNCTIONAL WALLS WITH LEGO
I would like to begin by saying that you can make these types of walls in any thickness with a variety of styles. The one style I am going to cover is probably the most common and is what is featured in this LEGO Pirates set. I would encourage builders to only view this technique as a starting point and explore more complex designs using the principles found here. In the #70411 LEGO Pirates Treasure Island set a wall that is both decorative and functional is the skull wall section; it has a clear decorative look and it is used as a hidden passageway.
So let’s look at its basic principles applied here. For starters, the wall is two studs thick. This is very important because each row can be dedicated to a different facet of the wall’s construction. In this example, one of the stud rows is all about forming the skull with slopes and shaped elements. The second row is used for solidifying the wall by making it stable and features the hinge that gives it its functional aspect. This represents a clear separation of the two main qualities we are looking for in something that is both decorative and functional. I recommend anyone attempting this type of design to start with a two stud thick wall. It is easy to keep things in their proper place and it doesn’t take up a whole lot of space.
➡ APPLYING WHAT YOU LEARN
The novel use of the pulley seen in #70411 LEGO Pirates Treasure Island set is just one example of how you can alter a simple mechanism. Often by adding your own restrictions to a device, you can dramatically change what the device is capable of accomplishing. Consider any LEGO model you designed with an action element. Then think of ways you can change that action with a hinge or additional mechanisms.
As mentioned in the section about decorative and functional walls, the style described is only the simplest one to understand. You could build the wall sideways to add new complications, or make the wall thinner by using plates in a sideways fashion. You can even go the other direction and add more stud rows because you may want the middle to be functional and the opposite sides to be decorative. Your options will dramatically expand with just a little experimentation. For the LEGO Pirates sets see the Online LEGO Shop.
So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO The Pirates sets? Did you get any of them already? And did you learn from the interesting building techniques used in the sets? Feel free to share your own experiences and tips, or ask questions in the comment section below! 😉
And you might also like to check out the other reviews in this series:
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO The Hobbit The Lonely Mountain
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Super Heroes Green Lantern Set
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO UCS Tumbler
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Minecraft The Cave
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Minecraft Ender Dragon
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Santa’s Workshop
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Ideas Exo Suit
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Ideas Research Institute
- Brick Breakdown: Emmet’s Contruct-O-Mech
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Forest Animals
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO King’s Castle
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Cinderella’s Castle
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO MetalBeard’s Sea Cow
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO MetalBeard’s Duel
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Minecraft Sets
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Disney Princess Sets
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Back to the Future DeLorean
- Brick Breakdown: The LEGO Movie Ice Cream Truck
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Parisian Restaurant
- Brick Breakdown: The LEGO Movie Flying Flusher
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO The Hobbit Dol Guldur Battle
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Winter Village Cottage
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Winter Village Market
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lord of the Rings Council of Elrond
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Castle Dragon Mountain
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lord of the Rings Pirate Ship Ambush
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Ninjago Golden Dragon
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Superman Black Zero Escape
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Tower of Orthanc
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO City Dump Truck
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Monster Fighters Ghost Train
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lone Ranger Silver Mine Shootout
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lone Ranger Constitution Train Chase
- Brick Breakdown: Ninjago Temple of Light
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lone Ranger Colby City Showdown
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lone Ranger Comanche Camp
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Lone Ranger Stagecoach
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Star Wars AT-RT
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Arkham Asylum Part 1
- Brick Breakdown: LEGO Arkham Asylum Part 2
- Brick Breakdown: Legends of Chima Polybags
Wow, what a coincidence, I actually just built this last night. It was a fun little build. I chuckled though because beneath the brown platform one left next to the skull on the back there is a gray car door that seemed out of place. I was puzzled as to why they chose that element. Ha ha but it’s a cool set.
The pirates probably stole a car and incorporated the door in their hideout place. 😀
Awesome, I know there is another legogeek here but I am going to trademark that so you will have to change your name.
p.s. LegoGeek is a popular name.
Yeah, we are all LEGO geeks here! 🙄
Yes we are. 🙄
But you can use it as Lego geek or a Lego geek something like that.
Cool techniques, but I don’t plan on getting any Lego Pirates…Mostly because in 2008 when they existed, I bought a lot of those sets. I used to really like things like Pirates, City, and stuff like that. I have begun to realize I now like the movie themes such as Star Wars, the Lego Movie, Marvel Superheroes, etc. the only movie theme I really got was Star Wars in those years. And of course, I miss the Lego Harry Potter theme from the early 2000’s and late 2000’s
If you have the original Pirate sets there is really no need to get these as they are quite similar. And yes, sometimes your focus may change, and there is nothing wrong with that. I expect Star Wars to have a very strong revival at the end of the year, tied in with the new movie. And the Super Heroes sets are really good this year. So yeah, this is a good time to get into them. 🙂
Ahhh…. beautiful set. I love the pirates theme! Reminds me of the days when I would be at my grandparents house playing with my uncles (broken) LEGO sets. I remember re-building the old Pirate sets! 🙂
Reminds me a lot of set #6241, the old pirate island.


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It wasn’t the season opener that new head coach Jim Armstrong was dreaming of.
The Osoyoos Coyotes pounded the North Okanagan Knights 11-0 in their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League opener Friday night at the Nor-Val Sports Centre.
“It’s a tough start to the year but it is only game one,” said Armstrong.
The Knights trailed 3-0 following the opening frame.
“It wasn’t the start we wanted,” said Armstrong. “I thought we looked nervous in the first.
“I thought Collin Robin played a great game. He was a leader on the ice and the bench.”
The Coyotes downed the Knights in five games in the playoffs last spring including a 10-0 drubbing in Game 4.
“We just need to put it behind us and refocus. We are going to do some team building activities and practise. We can’t reflect on this too much,” said Armstrong.
It was all hands on deck for the Coyotes as they outshot the Knights 45-19. Rainer Glimpel scored a pair as nine other Coyotes found their way onto the scoresheet. Vernon product Brett Jewell supplied a goal.
“I thought that Mitch Profeit played well in the first. If it wasn’t for him, it could have easily been seven or eight nothing in the first,” said Armstrong.
The Knights are still searching for their first win since March and were outscored 10-2 in the exhibition season.
Profeit made 14 saves on 19 shots and was yanked in the second period for Brady Lenardon.
The Knights host the Golden Rockets today at 3 p.m. The Rockets doubled up the Princeton Posse 4-2 Friday night in Princeton.
Several Vernon products have had a strong start to their season.
Cole Woodliffe sniped a goal and two helpers as his Summerland Steam smoked the Kelowna Chiefs 6-2 Friday night at Summerland Arena.
Hayden Chase racked up five penalty minutes with the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in their 3-3 draw with the Nelson Leafs.
The 100 Mile House Wranglers clipped the Grand Forks Border Bruins 4-2 in the other KIJHL game Friday night.


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SMARTEST Comic Con
Harrah’s Cherokee Center, Asheville, NC
Sept 29 – Oct 1, 2023
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A convention unlike Any Other
Calling all science nerds, comic fans, cosplay enthusiasts, and those curious about our scene, the inaugural Asheville Beer City Comic Con will exceed your expectations and delight all your senses. This dynamic event will be marvelous thanks to exciting comic book and pop culture vendors, brave local artists, magnificently big brained speakers, and yummylicious beer from Western North Carolina’s best craft breweries. We’re packing into one weekend a super amount of musts, including:
- Intellectual seminars with renowned brainiacs from comic, academic, and civic circles discussing the Con community’s role in keeping our planet safe from harm!
- Panel discussions about the psychology of comic book characters and their influence on modern culture!
- Pop-up dance and costume events with DJs for all you freaks and geeks!
- Fancy philosophical conversations about the ontological themes of sci-fi, comics, and human nature!
- Shamazing artwork from locals you won’t find anywhere else!
- Speciality batch beers made only for BCCC—slurp!
Come to Asheville. Let’s get WEIRDER and WISER! We’ll have the best of the comic con community in a city that is welcoming and celebrates its own distinct uniqueness. This con will only be one once. (Imagine how great the t-shirts will look wrapped in polyethylene one day!)
Be a hero and get involved in Asheville’s Beer City Comic Con. We offer lots of ways you can be a part of our first ever event. Prefer to be powerful, but behind the scenes? Don your invisibility cloak as one of our essential volunteers. Fancy yourself as Bruce Wayne? We’d love you to check out our sponsorship opportunities. There are other opportunities for the artists, celebrities, and speakers who accept the challenge of doing their part for the benefit of the almighty con!
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St. John the Apostle and Evangelist will host an information workshop on February 18, 2012 from 9:00 AM to noon in the Church to explore how our parish community can help children trapped in the foster care system with no "forever" family. Hawaii Family Forum (HFF) has partnered with HOPE INC (In the Name of Christ), a Christian adoption agency to recruit, train and support families from the faith based community. Refreshments will be served. Please come and bring family and friends who may be able to help and want to explore the possibility of assisting children in need of a family. Please contact St. John's office or Mary Smart, 627-1220 if you want to register for this workshop.
As always, please keep all the children in the foster care system, in your prayers.

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Email: firstname.lastname@example.org Call: (415) 924-2095 21 Tamal Vista Blvd, Suite 210 Corte Madera, CA 94925
Barbara Easterlin, Ph.D. Barbara@lucasvalley.net (415) 847-2540 Founder/Co-Owner
Danya Moss, PsyD. Mossdanya@gmail.com (415) 272-9590 Co-Founder/Co-Owner
Sinead Broughton, PsyD. DrSinead@gmail.com (415) 806-6634 Senior clinician
Christa Johnson, PsyD. email@example.com (510) 325-2908 Clinician
Danielle Wu, PsyD firstname.lastname@example.org (415) 939-5224 Clinician
Rebecca Brandi, PsyD. email@example.com (650) 722-1041 Clinician
Who is Authentica?
Barbara Easterlin, Ph.D. Founder/Co-Owner. Barbara is a licensed psychologist and serves on the clinical faculties of UCSF Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Services, and UC Berkeley Department of Psychology. She developed Authentica’s original protocol for group treatment of girls based on empirically validated research that combines therapy with a skills-based curriculum geared toward making positive and measureable change in girls’ friendships. In her private practice, Dr. Easterlin provides individual, family and couple therapy as well as parenting consultation. She also provides assessment services for diagnosing ADHD, Learning Disabilities, mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Easterlin frequently lectures locally on diagnosing ADHD, executive functions, and navigating the social world of girls. She currently focuses on dealing with real-world social issues faced by today’s tweens and teens. License PSY13671.
Danya Moss, PsyD. Co-Founder/Co-Owner. Danya is a licensed clinical psychologist. She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP/ Alliant University) in 2003, with an emphasis on child development and family therapy. Currently, she has a private practice in Corte Madera where she offers social skills groups, as well as individual and family therapy, and parent consultation. Dr. Moss specializes in working with children, adolescents, and adults who have had the experience of being socially marginalized. She enjoys helping clients discover their own unique strengths, build their confidence, and find connection with others. She brings enthusiasm, compassion, and creativity to all of her work. Dr. Moss is also the mother of two children. License PSY21380.
Sinead Broughton, PsyD. Senior clinician. Sinead is a licensed clinical psychologist. In 2003 she received her doctorate in Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP/Alliant University). Dr. Broughton has a private practice in Marin County, where she provides social skills groups for girls, with a focus on friendship and social success. She also provides therapeutic services for children, adolescents, families, and individual adults, and is experienced in separation/divorce, co- parenting, parent consultation, and family trauma. Dr. Broughton has over ten years experience collaborating compassionately with children, parents, and other caring providers towards the goals of finding solutions and healing. She is also the mother of twin girls. License PSY20277.
Christa Johnson, PsyD. Clinician. Christa is a licensed clinical psychologist. She completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP/Alliant International University) in 2014. Christa has worked in a variety of settings since she started her clinical career in 2009, including inpatient, crisis, juvenile detention, and outpatient, and has been providing therapeutic services to children, teens, families and adults. She completed her postdoctoral residency at the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael and provided individual, group and family therapy for children, teens and families, with a focus on treating a variety of clinical conditions, including depression, anxiety, family conflict, self-harm, OCD, tic disorders, separation anxiety, adjustment disorders, behavioral issues and grief. She continues to work at the Department of Psychiatry at Kaiser Permanente in San Rafael, treating adults. Christa also has a private practice in San Rafael where she provides services to teens and adults. Christa believes therapy is a collaborative and transformative process for both clients and therapists. She takes a supportive approach to her work and believes in being flexible to match her approach with the individual needs of her clients in the moment. License PSY 28259
Danielle Wu, PsyD. Clinician. Danielle is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the behavioral and emotional problems of children and adolescents. Dr. Wu earned her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP/Alliant) in 2013. Her clinical interests include the etiology and treatment of trauma and secondary mood and anxiety disorders. These interests underlie her commitment to the use of empirically supported treatments and prevention-based interventions for children at risk for these disorders. Utilizing a warm and collaborative style, Dr. Wu has led many child and adolescent therapy groups and is known for integrating research and the individualized needs of her client when approaching treatment. Dr. Wu also provides assessment services for diagnosing ADHD, learning disorders, mood and anxiety disorders. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings including UCSF/SFGH Child and Adolescent Services and UC Davis Medical Center Department of Pediatrics, as well as community mental health in San Francisco and Oakland. License PSY26604.
Rebecca Brandi, Psy.D. Clinician. Rebecca is a licensed Marriage and Family therapist with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology (2007, California School of Professional Psychology - Alliant University). Rebecca has a private practice in Novato and Mill Valley where she facilitates psychotherapy groups for moms and provides individual, child and adolescent therapy. Rebecca specializes in Pregnancy and Postpartum support. She believes in educating and empowering moms to cultivate skills to support their emotional well being and bring balance and confidence to manage the challenging demands of motherhood. Rebecca also provides parenting and early childhood behavioral support specializing in Parent-Child-Interraction therapy. She believes the parent-child relationship allows children to thrive in their social and emotional competence, communication and problem solving skills. Rebecca has worked in a variety of outpatient mental health clinics as a parent child interaction therapist for court mandated mothers working towards reunification with their children. In addition she provided trauma therapy to women and children who were the victims of domestic and community violence. Rebecca has worked as an elementary school therapist and has led many divorce and social skills groups. Her warm, engaging approach helps clients’ align with their own innate strengths and abilities. With over 15 years of experience, she has supported individuals to move past old repeating patterns of being held back by past emotional wounds to gain a deeper understanding of themselves, which allows them to live a more meaningful life. Her collaborate work with parents strengthens the parent-child relationship, fostering insight into their child’s behavior by creating strategies to support their child’s social and emotional development. She is the mother of three children. License LMFT 103070.

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Fort Lauderdale is famous for our beaches, arts, diversity, culture and events.
From shopping on Las Olas Boulevard, to gondola rides on the canals, to a historic riverfront, it is one of the best places to live in South Florida. Just two miles north of Port Everglades, you can experience a landscaped beachfront promenade, with its signature white wave wall and brick paved path. Across the street, visit luxury hotels, and enjoy shopping or dining or a tour of quaint Las Olas Boulevard, historical districts, and the mansions and yachts dotting Millionaires Row.
Fort Lauderdale is often referred to as the Venice of America. We have over 23 miles of beach, over 165 miles of navigable canals, over 300 miles of Intracoastal waterways, and more than 290 parks in the Greater Fort Lauderdale area. Our population is continuing to grow, with current figures around 1.7 million residents. We have over 10 million tourists that come here annually. If you like sunshine, our weather can’t be beat! We have been ranked one of the 10 best cities in the USA for small businesses. We are home to over 100 Fortune 500 companies. We have a huge international trade business, and our Port Everglades is one of the nation’s busiest ports. Our airport is one of the finest and easier to use than any airport in the nation.
Did you know that Florida has no State Income Tax, no Inheritance Tax, no County or City Tax, and no County Sales Tax? Also, to get a savings on your taxes Florida has our Homestead Exemption- ask me about this!
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A Minister for marketing? Why not? Promoting the country's image is something a new generation of musicians, sports people and artists is already working on, awaiting politics also to take its course
Kosovo needs a Ministry of Marketing. That's according to Philip Kotler, one of the world's most famous marketing gurus and the keynote speaker at a recent lecture in Pristina which was attended by hundreds of marketing experts.
The idea was immediately embraced by Kosovan authorities who - in the eyes of Kosovo's citizens – do not have a shining record in marketing. Critics point to the millions of Euros spent – they say, wasted - on the marketing campaign “Kosovo Young Europeans”.
But in waiting for Kosovo's image to become a priority for Kosovan authorities, some are already thinking about what to do...especially at Kosovo's universities. Philip Kotler's ideas are studied nowadays in all university departments of marketing in Kosovo.
Two Kosovan universities gave the professor awards in honour of his visit, and are now among the hundreds of universities in the world that use his books and whose students have been able to meet him in person.
Events like the conference with Philip Kotler primarily contribute to increasing the country's self-confidence and sense of belonging and participation in global dynamics. In recent months there have been several similar events, including the Pristina Startup Weekend, organised by a group of young people with the goal of creating entrepreneurs in just 54 hours.
Ninety-two other countries organise similar events during which expert guests talk to and advise participants. On this occasion, Peter Sunde, co-founder of the popular "The Pirate Bay", a Swedish file-sharing web site, was among the guests, and he later shared his impressions of travel in Kosovo on the social networks.
A similar event was TEDx Pristina, held for the second time, whose official slogan was "Ideas That Spread Value". Speakers included a contemporary artist, a geneticist, and a dentistry student who inspired hundreds of people in Kosovo, Turkey, and worldwide by collecting and recycling plastic bottle caps to build wheelchairs.
The public also had the opportunity to listen to Ahmed Naguib, an Egyptian activist among the leaders of the Tahrir Square protests that lead to the 2011 "Arab Spring", and Elvis Hoxha, representative of a new generation of Albanian political thinkers with his views on “post-independence” citizenship after 1999.
Between fashion, sports, and music
This atmosphere of innovation also produced an innovative fashion show, organised by well-known designer Krenare Rugova, who decided to organize the fashion show in the streets and public spaces of Pristina. Like Rugova, hundreds of other Kosovars feel like they belong in the globalised world, but it is not always easy.
Majlinda Kelmendi, a judo player from Peja/Peć, focussed all her last years' training efforts on the London Olympics. After winning a number of medals for her country, Kosovo, she had to accept the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s decision to have her compete for Albania (the IOC does not recognize Kosovo's independence.)
Kelmendi's efforts to overcome political barriers have attracted media attention in the recent months, especially in the sports section of the BBC "World Olympic Dreams". Now, however, the moment of hope is over. If Kelmendi wins a medal, it will be for Albania, not for Kosovo.
Other young Kosovan athletes are doing their best to break the country's isolation and enter the international arena. Rona, a young singer from Mitrovica, represented Albania in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She captured audiences with her song's brave lyrics, and finished fifth in a singing competition that also raised strong international political debate.
Another Kosovan musical success story is that of Rita Ora who topped UK charts for a week with a piece recorded for the famous label Rocnation. Rita is not only promoting more modern music among her fans, but also, and above all, giving the world a new image of Kosovo.
Not Just Tourism
Kotler's idea will be useful as part of a long-term initiative to present the "New Kosovo" to the world. Yet, a Ministry of marketing should not only support tourism, but also those who aspire to reach beyond national borders.
While it is true that Kosovo is isolated and its economy is stagnant, it is also clear that there are people who are finding alternative ways to nurture their talents and share them with the world. Their ideas add value!


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On 07 November 2019 the kick-off meeting for the EU project “Pro-Future” took place in Barcelona. The international research project deals with microalgae as protein-rich ingredients for future food and feed. The aim is to develop more efficient production and processing concepts to integrate high-quality, safe, healthy and sustainable products and ingredients into the food value chain.
DIL (Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik e.V) participates in the international community with 31 partners and generates 559,500 euros for research in Quakenbrück, Lower Saxony. We spoke with Dr. Marie-Christin Baun, who studied plant biotechnology at Leibniz University in Hannover. She successfully completed her doctorate in molecular plant physiology in 2017 investigates the properties and possible applications of plant-derived proteins in food at DIL.
What exactly is the microalgae project about?
The increasing world population is leading to a higher demand for healthy food and high-quality protein sources such as meat, dairy products, eggs and pulses. However, our farmland is limited and protein production from conventional sources is limited by technical and environmental factors. The project “Pro Future” deals with the development of microalgae as an alternative protein source for food and feed, focusing on the efficiency and sustainability of algae cultivation, protein production and its processing into food and feed.
The entire supply chain will be considered and optimised so that minimising land, water and energy use and maximising efficiency as well as the use of side streams are overarching objectives. In addition, possible applications of the obtained algae and algae proteins in food and feed will be investigated in more detail. For example, proteins can have a stabilizing function in food, like gluten which ensures that a structuring network is formed when a dough is baked.
The addition of algae and algae proteins may therefore greatly alter the structure and taste of food. All these effects need to be explored so that healthy and tasty food can be produced in the end. Additionally, consumers are to be involved in product development as concerns need to be clarified, and awareness and acceptance for algae and algae-containing foods in the population shall be created so that algae can represent a promising protein source in the future.
Which plant-based products can be made from microalgae?
In principle, microalgae could be used in all processed foods. However, it depends on whether they are only added as a taste component or whether they should perform a certain function. To what extent algae proteins can take over certain functions in food and thus replace, for example, chemical additives or other ingredients needs to be clarified in “Pro Future”. The project will cover a wide range of vegan products, e.g. bread, pasta, sausages and protein shakes. The development is carried out in cooperation with companies that want to subsequently introduce these products to the market.
Which beneficial properties do microalgae have as a protein source?
Microalgae have a high photosynthesis efficiency, i.e. they can produce oxygen and sugar from solar energy, water and CO2 just like plants on land. Compared to plants, however, they have higher growth rates and thus a higher yield (50-80 tons per hectare per year). Another big advantage is that microalgae are not competing with other plants or animals for agricultural land, as they can be grown in artificial or natural ponds and, in the case of marine algae, directly in the sea. Microalgae have a protein content of 30-60 %. This is highly dependent on the type of algae but can be significantly higher than the protein content in skimmed milk powder (36%), soy meal (37%), chicken meat (24%), fish (24%) or peanuts (26%). While certain essential amino acids, i.e. amino acids which our body cannot produce itself but which are important for our metabolism, are often limited in plant proteins, microalgae show a very balanced amino acid profile. Furthermore, microalgae are rich in vitamins, antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.
Could animal stables be converted into production facilities for microalgae?
The conversion of animal stables into microalgae production plants is certainly feasible. But in my opinion it misses the goal of sustainability because in a closed facility artificial light would be required to enable the algae to photosynthesise. This would require additional electrical energy. However, it is imaginable to operate microalgae farms with waste heat and CO2-rich exhaust air from stables, large factories or power plants.


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HELLIGATORS – Disgrace
Released by: Sliptrick Records 10.05.23
Format: Online Single/Official Video
Genre: Southern Metal | Rock’n’Roll
After three years of silence, Helligators are back with their new single, Disgrace. The song is an angst-ridden outburst towards all those people, institutions, mentalities and situations that only represent all the negative, corrupt, dishonest and dirty bullshit that happens in our day to day lives that sometimes makes us want to just F*CK SH*T UP! Rather than call for violence, it is a direct and unfiltered unveiling of these realities. A desire to defeat them through exposure. Because violence…is for losers!
In a desire to capture the true energy and primordial spirit of rock n’ roll, the band decided to record the song live, playing together at the same time. As if they were jamming in their rehearsal space in Rome. This was made possible thanks to the amazing work done by Danilo Silvestri of Rome’s Funhouse Studios.
The video that accompanies the song captures the ironic and light-hearted attitude that has always characterized the band and that finds the Helli-guys applying their very own and personal torture methods to an absolutely helpless victim, totally incapable of any opposition.
Simone “Dude” Cacace – Vocals | Mik “El Santo” Chessa – Guitar | Daniele “Kamo” Tomassini – Guitar | Daniele “Pinna” Amatori – Bass | Alex Giuliani – Drums


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Brightened sometimes by compassion or deft psychological insight, this collection mainly induces headaches brought on by convoluted, show-off prose and plotless ambivalence. Hurlyburly playwright Rabe would do better to stick to penning plays.
Recalling slightly the noir lyricism of Hemingway’s “The Killers,” the story “Some Loose Change” finds boozy losers Red and Macky seeking revenge on a real-estate bigwig who’s reneged on a debt. There’s mood aplenty in this lean tale: cut-rate strip clubs, busted Fords, Vietnam vet paranoia and the kind of dialogue that’s generally categorized as “taut.” And there’s real poignancy in “Holy Men,” wherein a young writer and lapsed Catholic returns home to visit his priest and mentor. In college, he’d tried out mildly experimental work; the good father encouraged it, provoking the ire of his order’s superiors. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he’d been banished from teaching and exiled to ecclesiastical Siberia, ministering to aging nuns. And the writer blamed himself for the priest’s collapse. While he can’t resist the reference to the Inquisition that’s obligatory in angry ex-Catholic fiction, Rabe carefully renders the provisional reconciliation of teacher and student, a moment of genuine grace. But even the best of his stories seem written as though someone had misread a thesaurus. “Guilt brought on a threatening regression whose only counteraction was to escalate the severity and terms of my quarantine” isn’t atypical of his tortuous style. The title story meanders through upper-middle-class malaise to a wishy-washy conclusion; “Early Madonna” goes on and on about a girl’s fixation on the pop star; “Veranda” deals with a neglectful dad and attempts to be heartbreaking, but manages mainly to annoy.
Tedious, prolix tales: Unsympathetic characters may have become a staple of the self-consciously iconoclastic story. But they sure are hard to take.


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Episode 10: Leslie Ann Coles (Director/Producer)
“Melody Makers: Should’ve Been There”
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The Not Fade Away podcast is back and this time we are talking to Director Leslie Ann Coles about her documentary “Melody Makers: Should’ve Been There” and the new Apple companion book Melody Makers: The Bible of Rock & Roll to talk about the influential London-based music magazine that shaped a generation of musicians in the 1960s & 1970s.
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To judge by the hullabaloo over next week's Group of Eight meeting, you might imagine that this is an exercise in economic power by the most important nations in the world economy. The leaders make their decisions and the world applauds or protests.
But that is wrong, on three counts. To begin with, two, arguably three, of the most important economies are not represented. Next, countries are no longer the prime force shaping the world economy: markets are. And finally, it is not clear that the G8 is doing the right thing by focusing on medium and long-term issues rather than immediate ones.
Consider the first: neither China nor India is at the summit. These countries are revolutionising the world economy, sucking in investment and driving down prices. China is the world's cheapest manufacturer, while India has the world's cheapest service industries. They should be there. Maybe Brazil should be too; it is the world's cheapest producer of farming produce. Individually, these countries are becoming more important. China will pass the UK in size this year to become the world's fourth-largest economy. It has become the world's second-largest importer of oil after the US. It increased its oil demand by 13.5 per cent last year, even faster than the growth of the economy.
That shift is obvious. The other great change, the shift of power away from governments and towards markets is more subtle. Markets have always been important. It was, after all, the oil market that led to the first economic summit, and it was the bond market which forced governments to bring in policies that controlled the inflation of the 1970s. But now, government power has ebbed even further. Capital is even more mobile, flowing to countries that the world markets believe are good bets. Companies are more mobile, locating subsidiaries in countries that offer the best tax arrangements – much of the Irish boom can be attributed to well-crafted taxation. And, information has become global, though we are still in the early stages of understanding what the internet will do to government power.
Government policies still matter andcan go in directions that are disliked by the markets – the slow pace of reform in much of continental Europe, for example – but the cost is more immediately evident.
None of this is to claim that economic summits are pointless. At the margin, they can reduce potential economic tensions between countries because they allow open discussion about such tension. A summit won't solve the row between Boeing and Airbus over subsidies but it will stop it escalating out of control.
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of economic summitry is to see how little has been achieved and how the subjects now worrying the leaders are the same as they were a generation ago. Take the present – justified – preoccupation with Third-World debt. That has been on the agenda at almost every summit since 1980. In Tokyo in 1979 and Venice in 1980 the leaders agreed to press forward with energy conservation and the development of alternatives to oil. In Tokyo (again) in 1986 and Venice (again) in 1987 they held long discussions about the damage done by agricultural support policies such as the European Common Agricultural Policy.
A further problem is that the focus on Africa and on global warming – chosen by the UK as host – may be wrong for this moment. To say that is not to play down the importance of those two issues. But they are long and medium term matters, which could be addressed in other ways and at other times. There is an immediate one.
This is whether the world can cope with the strains caused by the high oil price and the dependence on the US consumer and the Chinese manufacturer to keep growth moving. Large financial imbalances threaten to bring the present growth phase to a halt. The large continental European countries are hardly growing at all, while the US has to borrow (largely from Japan and China) to finance itself and so pull along the rest of the world.
This cannot continue forever. At some stage during the next two to three years – no one can say when – there has to be an adjustment. The issue is whether this will happen in a benign manner or a destructive one. The role of the world's financial markets will be critical. Benign is better: vastly so. If the adjustment were sudden, a sequence of damaging shock waves would affect demand, investment, jobs – and, indeed, the help that the West would give Africa. The dollar could crash; confidence in the bond markets or share prices could be lost.
While the G8 countries cannot control the world's markets, they can at least listen to them, maintain their confidence and help shape their perceptions. In an ideal world, Gleneagles would be a quiet talk about these threats between the developed countries and the burgeoning "new" global players. It would be a place where the American administration could voice its fears about Chinese energy policy, where India and China could meet on neutral ground to relieve trade tensions. The high-unemployment countries in Europe could voice their worries about US exchange rate policy – or the lack of it.
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July 12, 2013 — Harmon
Harmon’s Blog 7.12 runs through the world of fantasy baseball and Major League Baseball box scores. He knowingly nods to those who watched SharkNado and talks injuries and adult diapers. Yeah, Harmon’s got a little bit for everyone.
- Baltimore first baseman Chris Davis went 1-for-3 with his major league-leading 34th home run in Thursday’s 3-1 win over Texas. Owners might be wise to put Davis’ name on the trade block right now. While the power numbers are still solid (three home runs in his 10 July games), Davis is batting just .118 this month (4-for-34). Taken further, Davis has recorded a dismal .191 batting average (13-for-68) in his past 20 games with 29 strikeouts.
- Seattle infielder Kyle Seager extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a two-hit game against the Red Sox. Seager hit his 14th home run of the season and drove in two runs in the loss.
- Edwin Jackson of the Cubs earned his third consecutive win by pitching seven shutout innings against the Cardinals. Jackson allowed three hits and struck out five batters. He’s allowed four earned runs in 18 2/3 inings pitched (1.93 ERA) during this three-game hot streak.
- Rookie catcher Josh Phegley (Don’t say I didn’t warn you!) hit a grand slam in support of Chris Sale to pace Chicago’s 6-3 win over the Tigers. Phegley went 1-for-5 in the victory with his third home run since his call-up. He’s produced four hits in his 20 at-bats with eight RBI. By the way, Sale won his first game since May 17th by pitching seven innings with nine strikeouts.
- Detroit superstar Miguel Cabrera hit his 30th home run of the season (94 RBI) in the loss.
- Newly-minted All-Star Matt Moore (a replacement for injured Texas starter Yu Darvish) earned his fifth consecutive win on Thursday against the Twins. He allowed three earned runs over 7 1/3 innings with 10 strikeouts against two walks.
- You watched “SharkNado.” Admit it. I’m sure you’ll be able to catch it again on SyFy this weekend.
- Derek Jeter returned to the Yankees lineup against the Royals and got “Yankee Nation” excited with an infield hit. Jeter went 1-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI. He underwent an MRI after the game because of tightness in his quadriceps.
- Yasiel Puig learned that he’d failed to make the All-Star team earlier on Thursday. He went 2-for-4 in the Dodgers’ victory over the Rockies. Adrian Gonzalez, who was also on the “Final Ballot,” went 2-for-5 with his 20th double of the year as he celebrated his bobblehead night. Puig left Thursday’s game with what is being called a “sore left hip.”
- Carlos Gonzalez ripped his 25th home run of the season in the ninth inning off Brandon League to keep the Rockies from being shut out. Gonzalez went 3-for-4 in the game.
- Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman staged a huge upset in that voting process to thwart the Puig campaign effort. Freeman celebrated by producing three hits and four RBI Thursday to make a winner out of Tim Hudson. Freeman is batting .312 with 60 RBI.
- The Cardinals lost outfielder Matt Holliday to a strained hamstring as he ran out a groundball. Derrick Goold of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch quotes Holliday as calling it a “day-to-day” injury.
- Fellow Post-Dispatch reporter Rick Hummel had an update on starter Chris Carpenter, who will begin a Double-A rehab assignment next week.
- Toronto reliever Steve Delabar won the American League vote. Who is Steve Delabar, you might ask? He’s a middle reliever with a 1.74 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 57 strikeouts in 41 1/3 innings pitched. You need more? Check out Richard Justice’s piece from MLB.com on Delabar’s history and interesting path to the midsummer classic.
- According to this article from Adam Pasick of QZ.com, adult diapers are scheduled to outsell baby diapers in 2020. The growth in this sector is estimated to be 6-10% per year and 20% of the Japanese population is over 65 years old.
- The proposal will still need to jump a few hoops before its end result is seen in Chicago, but it appears that the path is clearing for the arrival of a Jumbotron at Wrigley Field.
- Finally, here’s a quick interview conducted with Rob Gronkowski as part of his book tour.


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As part of a summer series of music, the Marianna Black Library is proud to present “A Songcatcher’s Notebook: Traditional Music and Storytelling” with Lee Knight on Thursday, August 11th, at 7:00 PM. Weather permitting, this program will be presented on the front lawn of the library, otherwise it will be moved to the library auditorium.
Raised in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, Lee became interested in traditional folk music as a young man and soon found himself to be an amateur folklorist. During college, he became familiar with the music and stories of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, as well as of the Adirondacks. He wanted to learn the music and stories from traditional sources--people who had them as part of their culture and community for generations. He also collected songs and stories from other parts of the world, including England, Scotland, Central Asia, Columbia and the Amazon region of Peru and has recently released his third cd, “An Untraditional Journey.”
Lee currently works as a folk singer, story teller and outdoor leader, performing at concerts, workshops, Elderhostels, festivals, camps and schools. He leads hikes, canoe trips and guides whitewater rafts. He plays various instruments, including the fretless five-string banjo, various guitars, the Appalachian dulcimer, the mouth bow, the Cherokee flute and the Cherokee rattle, as well as the Native American drum.
This program is free and open to area residents and visitors. Please join us for an evening of great traditional music on the front lawn of the Marianna Black Library. The library is located in Downtown Bryson City at the corner of Academy and Rector. For more information or driving directions call the library at (828) 488-3030 or visit www.fontanalib.org/brysoncity.


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Ceremony Honors Louis on 76th Anniversary Of Original 'Fight of the Century' At Arlington Cemetery!
This coming Sunday, June 22 will mark the anniversary of one of the biggest events to ever take place in boxing. This was the first boxing bout that transcended the sport into the general culture.
The rematch between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938 at Yankee Stadium in New York had seemingly the entire hopes of the United States set squarely on the "Brown Bomber's" shoulders. Louis was the world champion -- having beaten James J. Braddock exactly one year earlier -- June 22, 1937 -- for the title in Chicago. However, Louis told anyone who would listen that he didn't think he was the real champion unless he avenged his lone loss to Schmeling, which took place at Yankee Stadium on June 19, 1936.
Louis, of course, would destroy Schmeling in the rematch as famed sports announcer Clem McCarthy would say, "The fight is over! On a technical knockout! Max Schmeling is beaten in ONE ROUND!"
Now, 76 years later, there will be a ceremony honoring Joe Louis near his gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. The event not only honors the anniversary of this particular bout, it also honors Joe Louis the American hero and sports icon.
The takes place on Sunday, June 22 at 1 PM and it is free and open to the public. Among the guests will be Claude Roxborough, Sr., a Washington, DC attorney and a descendant of one of Joe Louis's managers, John Roxborough. Cassandra White of Babie Girl Productions is organizing the event and yours truly has the honor of serving as the master of ceremonies.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Demarcus Dobbs said he agrees with the NFL's decision to suspend him for one game without pay for a violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy that happened last season.
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders sustained a significant blow Wednesday with the news that starting left tackle Jared Veldheer will need surgery on his torn left triceps and will miss a significant portion of the upcoming season.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Suspended Rangers slugger Nelson Cruz is heading home Wednesday to the Dominican Republic, where he will work out before returning to Texas later this month. General manager Jon Daniels said Cruz will spend about 12 days in the Dominican, where the All-Star right fielder has a home gym and the team has a complex he will visit.
ATLANTA (AP) - A lifelong Atlanta Braves fan who fell about 65 feet to his death at the team's stadium was waiting out a rain delay in a smoking area and talking to his mother on the phone shortly before the accident.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - Hitting and tackling is not allowed during team drills for the San Francisco 49ers, so Eric Reid practices proper technique by driving his body through a makeshift punching bag with the other defensive backs.
HOUSTON (AP) - Yu Darvish was nearly perfect against the Astros once again, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning and striking out a career-high 15 to lead the Texas Rangers over Houston 2-1 Monday for their eighth straight win.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - Vance McDonald has been fortunate to spend his rookie summer as the understudy to veteran San Francisco tight end Vernon Davis, who has been eager to take McDonald on as a little brother and teammate, to guide him through the rigors of training camp and the regular season.

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