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- If the thyroid is responsible then hormone replacement treatment may be advised
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- Some individuals have managed to cure a few tonsil stones by coughing
- Some tissues of the throat may or may not be removed depending on the severity of snoring
- A constantly blocked nose enlarged tonsils or uvula (the projection of soft tissue at the back of the palate) or problems with the thyroid can all be reasons for snoring
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It’s better to stop snoring naturally but occasionally it becomes necessary to visit the doctor and consider surgery. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids can
create very narrow passages in the airways during sleep. Simple laser surgery can reduce the size of the tissue and open up the airways.
Other cases may possibly be a lot more severe such as a brain or neurological dysfunction. Once your medical doctor pinpoints the cause you will probably be sent to a sleep professional. Sleep apnea test by a sleep specialist Sleep experts are medical doctors who have specialized in studying sleep associated conditions. You might be referred possibly to a pulmonologist (lungs) neurologist (brain) or otolaryngologist (throat). Some dentists likewise have specific training in sleep medicine.
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In addition most physicians if they are not sleep doctors do not routinely screen patients for sleep disorders. So Dr. Smith and the other leaders of sleep dentistry are doing their best to get dentists to start asking the questions of their patients.
Don’t ignore your snoring as it could result in some serious health problems for both yourself and your partner. Lack of sleep can cause weight gain increased blood pressure and poor concentration. Daytime drowsiness through lack of sleep could prove dangerous if you drive and many accidents are caused by momentary lapses in concentration.

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Above is the first trailer for GTA IV. Remember that? It came out at the end of March 2007 and answered questions about the next GTA, even as it raised a bunch of new ones. It showed graphics that shamed its contemporaries, revealed Liberty City (aka New York City) as the location and introduced us to the captivating lead character Niko Bellic.
Now, we're on the verge of the next big GTA trailer, giving us the first official details of the next big game.
Next week's GTA V trailer is probably going to show where the new game is set, and we are feeling good about our reporting that it's going to be in Los Angeles or a fictional version thereof. But surely there are other questions this trailer could answer. I've got five...

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On 16 June, the European Union and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) donated four modern boats to Georgia’s Coast Guard.
These rapide response boats with a total cost of around 5 million laris will be deployed in Poti and Batumi. They will support the Coast Guard in patrolling coastal waters and conducting effective search and rescue operations, as well as to enhance interdiction capabilities.
The main technical specifications of the boats have been tailored to the needs of the Coast Guard to ensure compatibility with the maritime surveillance equipment and systems already in place in Georgia.
“Safe and secure borders are key for citizens in Georgia, as in any country. Ensuring security of and around the Black Sea – the physical bridge between the EU and Georgia – is a shared priority for both Georgia and the EU,” said Catalin Gherman, from the EU Delegation to Georgia, during the ceremony in Poti.
The boats were donated within the project ‘Support to Integrated Border Management in Georgia’, implemented by the IOM in the framework of the EU’s ‘EU4 Security, Accountability and Fight against Crime in Georgia’ (SAFE) programme.
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BORDER POLICE LIEUTENANT COMPLETED A ONE-YEAR NAVY OFFICER’S COURSE AT THE BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGEWednesday, 12 January 2022 13:41
Lieutenant Ruslan Dolidze, Senior Inspector of the Boarding Team of the MIA Border Police Coast Guard Department, successfully completed a one-year Navy Officer’s Course at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC).
The graduation ceremony, held in Dartmouth, was attended by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.
From the Georgian side, the Director of the Border Police Coast Guard Department, CAPT Ramaz Papidze attended the graduation ceremony. CAPT Papidze congratulated the Coast Guard Officer on the successful completion of the course and wished him success in his career.
Within the framework of his visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Director of the Coast Guard Department held various working meetings. CAPT Papidze met with the Deputy Commander for NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM), Vice Admiral Didier Piaton, Commander of the Britannia Royal Naval College, CAPT Roger Readwin, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to the Republic of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Sophie Katsarava.
The officers of MIA Border Police Coast Guard Department detained Vessel HONG FA SHANG HAI, a cargo ship sailing under the flag of China in the Georgian territorial waters, for violating the rules of navigation.
The captain of the ship, who is a Chinese citizen, was charged by the Operative-Investigation Main Division of the Border Police for violating the rules of navigation per Article 114, Part 1, Paragraph 1, Sub-paragraph “T” of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia.
The captain of the ship was fined 50,000 GEL. After paying the fine, the ship was allowed to sail freely.
MIA Border Police Coast Guard and NATO Naval Unit ships conducted the joint naval exercise in the Black Sea.
Georgian coast guard completed the final maritime training of the multinational exercise sea breeze 2021Friday, 16 July 2021 10:41
In the framework of the multinational maritime exercise Sea Breeze 2021, the boarding teams of the MIA Border Police Coast Guard Department, together with their Ukrainian counterparts, conducted joint exercises.
The Royal Navy ship HMS DEFENDER has arrived at the Batumi Port. The Director of the MIA Border Police Coast Guard Department, CAPT Ramaz Papidze, the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara Tornike Rizhvadze and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton met with the Commander of the ship, CAPT Vince Owen and the crew at Batumi Port.
Press-release of the MIA Georgia
Nikoloz Tvildiani and Sandro Stazhadze-United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) students sponsored by Georgia's Interior Ministry-were congratulated on the completion of their courses and awarded diplomas by US President Joe Biden, at the academy's graduation ceremony.
USCGA graduates Nikoloz Tvildiani and Sandro Stazhadze are the first cadets endorsed by Georgia's Interior Ministry to study at the US Coast Guard Academy who, after the successful completion of a bachelor's degree program, will serve as Coast Guard service members.
A total of 240 students graduated this year from the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), with two Georgians: Nikoloz Tvildiani and Sandro Stazhadze among 7 foreign graduates. The Coast Guard Academy is among the top ten military academies in the US. The Interior Ministry of Georgia, in light of its purview, became involved in the selection of USCGA entrants for the first time in 2017. Four years ago, only Nikoloz Tvildiani and Sandro Stazhadze were accepted to USCGA after excelling in a demanding competition.
USCGC HAMILTON (WMSL 753) has entered the Batumi Port. The Director of the Coast Guard Department, CAPT Ramaz Papidze, and the Chairman of the Government of Adjara, Tornike Rijvadze hosted the U.S. delegation. This is reported by the administration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
The ship's visit serves to strengthen the security cooperation between the United States and Georgia, promote regional peace and stability, and emphasize the importance of the Black Sea for Euro-Atlantic security.
It is the first time the USCGC HAMILTON visited Georgia. The Coast Guard Department of the Border Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is hosting the ship in the territorial waters of Georgia.
Before entering the Batumi Port, the USCGC HAMILTON and the Georgian Coast Guard ships DIOSCURIA and OCHAMCHIRE took part in joint naval exercises. The exercise included naval tactical manoeuvres, search-and-rescue procedures, and other training elements using the USCGC helicopter. Joint training helps to increase interoperability between the U.S. and Georgian Coast Guard units.
In the framework of the visit, the Head of the Coast Guard Department, CAPT Ramaz Papidze will hold a meeting with the Commander of the ship, CAPT Tim Cronin at the Batumi Division. The crew members are scheduled to visit the Poti base of the Coast Guard Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Joint Maritime Operations Center (JMOC). American colleagues will host the Georgian delegation on the USCGC HAMILTON.
The US Coast Guard ship will leave the Batumi Port on May 6.

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Alessandra Ambrosio confirmed for Olympics closing ceremony
Another model has been added to the growing list of catwalkers who will be appearing at the London Olympics closing ceremony. Alessandra Ambrosio has been confirmed for the event as a representative for the Rio 2016 Games and will join in on the official handover of the Olympic flag from London to Brazil, which will host the next Summer Olympic Games. She will participate in the ceremony along with Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Georgia May Jagger and co., who are confirmed to hit the catwalk for a special fashion tribute showcase.
Rumours on the blogosphere suggest that Alessandra will wear a costume created by Brazilian fashion designer Jum Nakao, who is best known for making dresses from intricately-cut white paper. In addition to Ambrosio's appearance, there will also be a traditional Brazilian dance such as a samba to help mark the handover.
The Telegraph has beaten me to it, but the first thing I wondered when I heard this news is whether Alessandro's appearance at the Games will also mean she will attend the official opening of Victoria's Secret new London stores. After a recent setback, the New Bond Street flagship store is now scheduled to open a couple of weeks after its Westfield Stratford store will open on July 24.
I am also pinning my hopes on Miranda Kerr's attendance. In addition to confirming the new launch date for the Westfield store, she also revealed she'd love to be there for the opening celebrations if her schedule allows for it.
"These days it's complicated to work the schedules: mine, Orlando's and the baby's - and then of course all the other Angels. The only time the girls are all definitely together is the Victoria's Secret show which is booked so far in advance, but it's hard to say which of us will definitely be in London for the launch just yet," she recently said.
- For more Olympic fashion fun, read all about Ab Fab's special Olympic-themed episode here.


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Since Burundi accused Rwanda of backing a coup attempt against it in 2015, relations between the two countries have been rocky. Most of the Burundian military and political actors suspected of plotting the coup were granted refugee status in Rwanda, which soured relations. But they’re talking, and their relationship has warmed, to a degree.
Officials from both countries have met at the level of military intelligence, provincial governors, foreign affairs ministers and senate presidents. Rwanda’s Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente even participated in Burundi’s 59th Independence Day Celebration, where Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye pledged to restore ties with his northern neighbour.
Most of the contentious issues between them appear to have been resolved, including the controversial request by Burundi authorities to hand over the coup plotters. The complete reopening of the border between the two countries (which was closed in 2015) and a meeting of their two leaders would seal a rapprochement that populations on both sides want.
But it’s not all plain sailing. Both governments are working on a new chapter in their dealings, but face fierce opposition. Distrust between the two nations serves the interests of a wide range of state and non-state actors, inside and outside both countries. These actors provoke instability through misinformation and hate speech, supporting proxy armed groups and creating insecurity in Rwanda and Burundi.
The history of violent conflict in the two countries and the Great Lakes region has produced scores of refugees, some of whom formed rebel groups determined to topple sitting governments. Depending on the prevailing alliances and socio-political dynamics, several of these groups enjoy more or less open support from regional governments, fuelling mistrust between the two countries.
Rwanda and Burundi’s governments grew out of similar armed oppositions in exile. They have a lot in common, and working together, could stem the region’s threats. Other parallels include their ethnic fabric, high population density and land scarcity, and proximity to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) poorly governed eastern province. Above all, they share a similar colonial history and a deep legacy of war that shapes their political histories and foreign policies.
Burundi’s ruling Conseil National Pour la Défense de la Démocratie – Forces de Défense de la Démocratie is a former majority-Hutu rebel movement that fought against a Tutsi-dominated regime. Hutu extremists in Burundi believe Rwanda is dominated by supremacist ethnic Tutsis and that Rwanda won’t rest until there is a Tutsi regime in Burundi.
In Rwanda, the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front is a former Tutsi-led rebellion that seized power in 1994, ending a genocide perpetrated by the former Hutu-dominated regime in Kigali. Extremists in Rwanda see in Burundi’s ruling Hutus individuals who share the same ideology as the Rwandan Hutus who committed the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Burundian Tutsi extremists, some of whom fled to Rwanda and in the diaspora, consistently fuel this narrative.
The United Nations and African Union (AU) are trying to foster stability in the Great Lakes region. Revamping regional security and reactivating the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries will depend largely on a close relationship between Rwanda and Burundi.
Restoring multi-level contact between the two governments will go a long way in building the trust needed to address the many challenges both countries face. These include border insecurity, climate change and the loss of revenues caused by illegal cross-border trade. But to ensure sustainable improvements, the contentious issues must be resolved through high-level meetings of both governments.
Rwanda’s granting of refugee status to most of the 2015 alleged coup perpetrators is a case in point. In a May 2021 interview, Rwandan President Paul Kagame expressed his readiness to extradite the refugees to Burundi. But during a recent meeting with the diplomatic corps in Burundi’s capital Gitega, Foreign Minister Albert Shingiro said such a handover would be the last step towards full normalisation.
The AU, Economic Community of Central African States and International Conference on the Great Lakes Region should encourage a settlement in line with African legal frameworks, such as the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance or the Organisation of African Unity Refugee Convention. Rwanda and Burundi could consider setting up a joint oversight mechanism to monitor, guarantee and support such a delicate handover, if it happens.
As insecurity in the Great Lakes deepens, the commitment of Rwanda and Burundi’s leaders to normalise relations is a positive step. The common challenges facing both states require coordinated responses that encourage a much-needed climate of trust. The Great Lakes region, and especially Burundian and Rwandan societies, can only benefit from such a development.
The third beneficiary of productive relations between Kigali and Gitega would be the DRC, where opposition armed groups from both countries operate. Any normalisation would help revive trilateral cooperation on security, diplomacy and the economy.
Addressing the Burundi-Rwanda dispute can reinvigorate regional rapprochement and conflict resolution. After years of uncertainty, it could also remind the continent’s leaders of the value of African collective security.
Paul-Simon Handy, ISS Regional Director for East Africa and the Horn and Antoine Prosper Estime, Independent Political Analyst focusing on African peace and security
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Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
An ancient Hawaiian temple or sacred site.
- ‘Because it is the youngest in the chain, it holds open many windows to the past, through heiaus or ancient temples, a sacred ‘place of refuge,’ and petroglyphs - messages from the ancients carved into the lava flows.’
- ‘Turn left just before Upolu Airport and drive 2 miles on the cinder road; the heiau is on a rise to the left.’
- ‘The largest were heiau waikaua, or war temples, at which sacrifices occurred.’
- ‘The heiau, on the island of Hawaii's windswept northern tip, is one of several important sites that make the Big Island the state's most visible repository of traditional native culture.’
- ‘Since many of the places mentioned are vital to contemporary Hawaii's spirit and culture - many heiau, for example, are used for active worship - it's important to observe some rules of etiquette.’
We take a look at several popular, though confusing, punctuation marks.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, discover surprising and intriguing language facts from around the globe.
The definitions of ‘buddy’ and ‘bro’ in the OED have recently been revised. We explore their history and increase in popularity.


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In this interactive workshop, participants will explore metaliteracy, including the metaliterate learner model and characteristics, review the goals and learning objectives and their value, touch upon differences between metaliteracy and the ACRL (2015) and CILIP (2018) conceptions of information literacy, and consider both open metaliteracy resources and sample open educational practice models that they support. Participants will explore options that will meet the needs of their students, and start a plan for incorporating metaliteracy in their formal or informal teaching. They will be able to learn from one another and share ideas on an online, open platform for continuing consultation, reporting of results, and idea-sharing.
(Jacobson & Mackey, 2021)
The ideas and techniques applied in this workshop are flexible and transferrable to different pedagogical settings and situations. If you would like to talk with us about ways to adapt this workshop to your setting, feel free to contact us.
Tom Mackey, Professor of Arts and Media at SUNY Empire State College and Trudi Jacobson, Distinguished Librarian at The University at Albany were invited to represent “Team USA” from the State University of New York (SUNY). Trudi and Tom presented a Team USA Workshop that explored their contributions to the project from a metaliteracy perspective, including related open educational resources (OER) developed as part of their work with the Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative.
As part of this week-long transnational online course, students collaborated on final projects that they presented to all participants on the last day of class. Each of the student projects provided a detailed analysis of an information literacy or metaliteracy online resource. The students conducted research and closely examined each platform based on content analysis, usability, and accessibility. Two of the teams analyzed specific metaliteracy OER including the open content associated with the Metaliteracy Digital Badging system and the Coursera MOOC Metaliteracy: Empowering Yourself in a Connected World. Both presentations are exceptional and will inform the further development of each metaliteracy resource. The slides from each student group are shared with their permission:
“Anyone could make edits, and anyone could challenge those edits…This helped me feel less like an outsider trying to fit into a conversation and more like one of a million voices that were working together towards a shared goal of information creation and consumption.”
It is not only illuminating, but also vital to hear from learners about the impact of their encounters with metaliteracy. Asking them to write reflective pieces is one way to find out how components of metaliteracy may have had an effect on their learning. A recent Wiki Edu blog post by Corrin Baker, a graduating senior at The University at Albany, provides such insight. Corrin expanded a wonderfully written course reflection for this post about a course taught by Prof. Trudi Jacobson.
In describing metaliteracy’s producer role, Ms. Baker wrote:
The shared roles of producer and consumer were present in every step of the course. I was fully engaged in locating and evaluating sources, and then finding ways to make that information both understandable and accessible. I felt a great sense of responsibility to the audience and to the authors whose work I was using. I was also far more aware of diversity in a global audience, especially as I found myself struggling to find non-male authors to cite.
The course, which lasts just seven weeks, is challenging for students, but aims to have a lasting effect on their understanding of information and their roles in producing and sharing it. Corrin’s reflection testifies to the incredible impact that the blend of metaliteracy, information literacy, and the wonderful Wiki Education program can have.
As educators strive to deal with this information flood in a world of partisan politics and questionable content, critical and reflective thinking are required to better understand this philosophical moment and one’s role in it. Metaliteracy promotes the development of metaliterate digital citizens who are civic-minded and effectively produce content in a participatory networked culture (Hill & Mackey, 2021, p. 220).
As part of this article, the Community Virtual Library (CVL) in Second Life is analyzed through the four primary goals of metaliteracy. Valerie J. Hill is the director of the CVL and provides insights about related programming in this virtual library community such as the annual Dickens Project that features a reading of A Christmas Carol and historical simulations.
Thanks to Trudi E. Jacobson for reading a draft of the article and providing feedback!
Hill, V., & Mackey, T. (2021). Embracing metaliteracy: Metamodern libraries and virtual learning communities. College & Research Libraries News, 82(5), 219.
Profs. Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey delivered the keynote address entitled Metaliteracy: Engaging Students through Assessment as Learning at the Second Virtual Training Session 4th National Meeting of Information Literacy Competencies. This virtual event was hosted by the University of Puerto Rico in February and the presentation is now available as a recording on YouTube.
This presentation explores both the theory and practice of metaliteracy with a particular emphasis on assessment as learning. The following topics are covered:
Engaging Students in Learning
Developing a Metaliterate Mindset
Metaliteracy and Open Learning
Metaliteracy and Assessment
Integrating Assessment through Metaliteracy in Your Setting
In addition to the recording, feel free to explore the slide deck for ideas about ways to apply metaliteracy to your own teaching strategies.
We welcome any feedback or ideas that you have and when you adapt one of these techniques to your own setting let us know!
Wikipedia is used by so many people to learn about topics they are interested in. But if they want to learn more about Metaliteracy, they won’t have much luck. A search on the word “metaliteracy” in Wikipedia yields two results, very brief mentions in the Information Literacy and Transliteracy articles. There have been efforts in the past to get an article included specifically on Metaliteracy. Now, once more, the draft Metaliteracy article that began with these earlier efforts has been restored for editing. This latest draft needs additional content before being considered for permanent status. It would be tremendous if the effort this time were successful.
Are you available to work on a new draft of a Wikipedia article about metaliteracy? An educator in Canada is analyzing how the article might be shaped to address the reasons earlier efforts were unsuccessful. Her analysis can be seen on the Talk page for the draft. She is continuing to work on the page, but is new to metaliteracy and would love to have assistance. Tom, Trudi, and Kelsey are unable to work on it, as per Wikipedia’s policies. While we post all of our open content via Metaliteracy.org, including a concise definition at our About page, our latest Publications, and Metaliteracy in Practice, it would be great to reach an even wider audience through Wikipedia. Types of additions that are particularly needed are information about metaliteracy applications by others, and connections between metaliteracy and other pedagogical frameworks.
If you have already edited Wikipedia, feel free to jump right in and join the conversation on the Talk page. If you’ve never edited Wikipedia, learning to do so is not hard, and it is actually quite fun and satisfying! There are numerous resources available to help you learn how to edit. Here are just a few of them:
The Wikipedia Adventure: Learn to edit Wikipedia in under an hour! Accomplish 7 missions and you are good to go! Unfortunately, the adventure doesn’t work on tablets and other mobile devices.
Student training modules: Trudi’s students learn quite quickly how to edit Wikipedia by working through some of these concise yet extraordinarily helpful modules. Ignore the mention of the student dashboard, and jump right in. If you’ve completed The Wikipedia Adventure and want a refresher on some topics, this would be a great way to access that information.
The new metaliteracy book written by Tom Mackey and Trudi Jacobson will be published by ALA/Neal Schuman in summer 2021!
The fourth metaliteracy book in a series is entitled Metaliteracy in a Connected World: Developing Learners as Producers and will focus specifically on the metaliterate learner as informed and ethical producer of information in collaborative social settings. The Foreword to this book will be written by Jako Olivier, UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning, and OER Professor in Multimodal Learning, North-West University, South Africa.
In this newest book in their series, the authors carefully examine the central role of learners as producers of information, a foundational idea for the metaliteracy framework and one that’s more important than ever in our current media and information environment. They emphasize the active role today’s learners play as individual and collaborative metaliterate producers of information in various forms, including writing, digital stories, digital artifacts, and multimedia productions. The authors explore a range of connected social settings from online courses to social media to open learning environments.
SUNY Online has just published their schedule of events for 2021’s Open Education Week.There are a number of presentations from Monday, March 1 to Friday March 5, several of which fit in well with the very metaliterate idea of learner as producer.
On Tuesday, March 2 at 10:00 ET, Trudi will be presenting “Enhancing Student Engagement Through Scaffolded Non-Disposable Assignments,” in which metaliteracy will be playing a starring role! At least one of her current students plans to participate, providing his views as a counterpoint.
Perhaps you will be able to attend one or more of the sessions. The registration link is available on the schedule of events page.
The videos depict metaliterate learning in action: a learner considers the impact of the affective domain when seeking information on a topic about which they are particularly passionate (and perhaps biased); a metaliterate author creates a digital story that ethically incorporates repurposed content; and civic-minded citizens work together to create trusting online spaces by developing and enacting community guidelines. The examples in the videos, by no means exhaustive, encourage self-reflection as viewers contemplate the roles, characteristics, and domains they employ as metaliterate learners. The videos also emphasize that metaliterate learning is a continual, reflective process and prompt learners to consider the aspects with which they identify as well as those toward which they aspire.
Do you have ideas for how you might incorporate these resources into your teaching? Please feel free to embed the videos into your lessons and tell us about it in the comments! We’d love to know more about your ideas and practices.

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Thanks to yahoo Movies here’s a first official preview clip of Miles Ahead, the upcoming biography drama movie directed by Don Cheadle and starring Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Lakeith Lee Stanfield, and Jeffrey Grover:
Miles Ahead – Music
“Rolling Stone reporter Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor) wants is an exclusive interview with the jazz legend himself, Miles Davis (Don Cheadle). What he gets instead is a wild and dangerous ride-along with a recording artist living at his edge, rife with shootouts, car-chases, and a tale of lost love to the sensual singer Frances. ”
Does Don Cheadle really play the trumpet? Or is he just acting here?
Stillno official release date.

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First Edition of William Faukner's Soldier's Pay; Signed by Him
Item Number: 31013
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.
First edition of Faulkner’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William Faulkner on the half-title page. In near fine condition. Trade editions signed by Faulkner are rare.
Faulkner’s first novel, Soldiers’ Pay (1926), is among the most memorable works to emerge from the First World War. Through the story of a wounded veteran’s homecoming, it examines the impact of soldiers’ return from war on the people―particularly the women―who were left behind.


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As more and more news outlets start to charge for media and online content, should increased fees mean an increased investment in site and app performance?
The Telegraph Media Group is the latest national publication to be rumoured to charge for online content and, with ‘The Guardian’, ‘The Daily Mail’ and ‘The Independent’ launching paid-for apps, Keynote Systems argues that paid-for content should mean greater investment and focus on digital offerings. By Robert Castley.
By Robert Castley
Over the past few months, many UK news sources reported on the rumours that the Telegraph Media Group was preparing to be the latest outlet to charge for online content. Until now, only a few national media outlets are operating with a paywall, however, with the New York Times setting up a similar system towards the end of 2010, it is likely that paid-for content will become the norm. But how will potential and existing readers react to this change? If customers are being asked to pay for a service that they’re used to receiving for free, will they be willing to pay for the same online offering without any improvement to the service?
Recent research from KPMG suggests that online news consumers are still not sold on the idea of paying for content. When asked whether they’d continue to use their regular news site if it set up a paywall, 10% said yes, 11% said they didn’t know and 79% said no.
Many newspaper outlets have looked to avoid setting up paywalls by introducing paid for tablet-specific offerings and apps. Publications can develop their apps in-house and can charge for downloading the app initially, as well as encouraging repeat subscriptions. Outlets can also continue to generate revenue by selling advertising space in their tablet publications. However, online media consumption continues to dominate the market and if news outlets are intending to charge for content, they need to consider their Web site performance, usability and availability if they wish to retain unique users.
Every week, Keynote Systems monitors the performance and availability of 22 of the top UK news and media sites. The results from the first week of January reveal that many of the major outlets are struggling with availability and slow response times. The Daily Mirror suffered the most with an average response time of 9 seconds in the week commencing January 2nd.
The Times Web site, which adopted a paywall setup in June 2010, had an average response time for the week of 2.38 seconds making it the fastest of the national papers monitored. The Telegraph comes in just below the industry average with a time of 2.94 seconds. Paying customers are likely to expect more in terms of site performance if they are parting with money in return for access to news stories. Otherwise, there is a risk of driving readers away to competitor sites, if a paid-for offering is not up to scratch.
To avoid frustrating customers and losing potential subscribers, publications can look to implement site performance monitoring technology, which can alert content providers when there is an issue with site availability or download speed. This will help publications to attend to any issues before they drive readers away from their site.
As many commentators continue to argue that the future of the media is moving away from print and moving towards online, tablet editions and mobile sites and apps, it’s clear that news outlets will need to focus on digital offerings if they are to remain competitive. Media outlets must ensure an optimal end-user experience, regardless of the medium readers use to access content, if they expect customers to continue to access their outlet for a fee. As more and more outlets look set to adopt this approach, they need to ensure that the performance of their digital services is up to standard, otherwise they’ll risk losing subscribers and ultimately, risk affecting their bottom line revenue as news continues to move towards a digital age.
About the author
Robert Castley is a Solutions Consultant at Keynote Systems.
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MEDFORD, Ore. — There’s still no trial date set for the man charged in connection with the death of former Disney Mouseketeer, Dennis Day.
Daniel Burda is charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, abuse of a corpse, and identity theft.
Burda lived at the Phoenix home of Dennis Day and his partner, Ernie.
A police affidavit obtained by The Oregonian says Burda told police he shoved Dennis Day to the ground at his home last July.
Police say he then hid the body under a massive pile of clothes.
Day was missing for more than 8 months.
Last year, Burda was evaluated at the state hospital and found able to “aid and assist” in his own defense.
On Monday, his attorney expressed concern that he may not be mentally “fit” to move forward.
The judge decided to wait another three weeks to see if Burda will have any further evaluations.
Burda will be back in court next month.
Amanda Rose is a multimedia journalist for NBC5 News. Amanda graduated from Columbia University earning a Master’s degree in Journalism. She also received a Bachelor’s degree in English with a specialization in literature from the University of British Columbia.
She’s a Los Angeles native, but is thrilled to return to the beautiful Pacific Northwest and is passionate about reporting on the criminal justice system.


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Tea Plantation Hotels
Tea Plantation Hotels
Sri Lanka is home to some of the lushest tea estates you can visit. Take your experience to the next level with an overnight stay at one of them! There are many beautiful hotels, colonial villas, lodges, and bungalows hidden amidst tea fields to choose from.
Sri Lanka offers plenty to the avid traveller with its romantic landscapes, verdant mountains, golden beaches, remarkable national parks, and, of course, lush tea gardens and tea plantations. Sri Lanka remains the fourth largest tea producer in the world, producing just under 350,000 tons of tea. In fact, around 17 percent of the world’s tea crop is grown on the island nation. With so many thriving tea plantations scattered across the country, it is little wonder that Sri Lanka is excellent for tea factory tours, tea plantation visits, and even tea estate vacations. If you’re looking for an unforgettable stay up in the hills, look no further.
Staying at a tea plantation offers a truly unique Sri Lankan experience. There is no better way to appreciate the country’s most precious crop. Staying at a tea plantation also gives you the chance to step right back into the 18th century, allowing you to choose from charming tea bungalows, converted tea factories, and even beautiful colonial-style homes to spend the night.
History of Tea in Sri Lanka
In 1824 a tea plant was brought to Ceylon by the British from China and was planted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya for non-commercial purposes. … Commercial cultivation of tea commenced in Sri Lanka by the Scotsman, James Taylor. He arrived Sri Lanka in 1852 and settled down in Loolecondera estate in Kandy
the British and planted in the Royal Botanic Gardens for display. Over time, several more tea plants from other regions such as Calcutta and Assam in India were brought to the island. It was discovered that the humidity, rainfall, and cooling temperatures of the country’s central highlands provided the perfect climate to yield quality tea crops. Thus, began Ceylon’s foray into tea production, which very quickly surpassed the country’s coffee production. By the late 1880s, nearly all of Ceylon’s coffee plantations and coffee stores had been converted to tea plantations and tea factories.
Today, Sri Lanka remains one of the biggest exporters of tea. Even more impressive is its reputation for producing the cleanest teas in the world due to stringent pesticide restrictions. While Sri Lanka grows various types of tea, it is most famous for its Ceylon tea, prized for having a distinct aroma and delicious full-bodied flavour. Ceylon black tea is often the tea base of choice in breakfast tea blends
Madulkelle Tea & Eco Lodge-Madulkelle, Kandy
Imagine waking up to the sounds of birds chirping outside your room, you then open your front door to one of the most spectacular views imaginable – majestic mountains, lush green valleys and tea plantations, crystal clear streams and even the occasional deer or giant squirrel. Take a deep breath of the fresh air and pinch yourself – no, you’re not dreaming…
This is Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge, the first of its kind in Sri Lanka offering a revolutionary and contemporary concept to the traditional warmth and hospitality that Sri Lanka is famous for.
Nestled on a picturesque tea plantation, on the Knuckles Mountain Range 1000 meters above sea level, Madulkelle Tea and Eco Lodge will treat travellers to magnificent views, top class facilities, friendly and courteous service and plenty of things to see and do. https://www.madulkelle.com/
Clingendael located 30 minutes east of the ancient hill capitol Kandy is a typical example of the famous Sri Lankan architecture of stately homes which were built in Sri Lanka during the last 3 hundred years. Clingendael provides the experience to wonder back to the bygone days of Colonial Splendour and Über Luxury.
High in the rolling hills of Kandy, in the very heart of Sri Lanka, lies a hideaway of unparalleled privacy, colonial luxury and impeccable taste. Stepping through the entrance gateway, we are instantly entranced by the unparalleled view down to the house and the Knuckles Mountains beyond. A stone path leads us past the pretty spa, down through the gardens, under shady trees to stepping stones across a koi pond. Sweeping vistas of lush greenery and colourful tropical flowers at every turn. As though the hands of time have turned back, you are ushered into a bygone era. Clingendael is an ultra-luxury boutique hotel, which offers guests the best of both worlds: an intimate environment with bespoke service; and yet all the facilities of a much larger property. With only five luxury suites, accommodating up to twelve guests at a time, this exclusive retreat, is perfect for romantic escapes or larger social reunions.
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://www.theclingendael.com/
A 19th Century’s English mansion located in the hill country of Kandy, chronicles The Ceylon Tea with its own indulgence offering an experiential luxury dwelling with incomparable boutique Concept. Extensive ventures within the premises compel the accommodation further to its concept.
Good Old English Dining Etiquettes with Authentic Sri Lankan Hospitality is served along with the finest creations of Western and Eastern recipes on the plate by our chefs. Mostly Organic & Country-side grown freshness will boost taste buds to limits where our supplies are from, Personalized fine-dining menus are at hand during the stay to spoil further! Various Dining locations at the Property will charm the experience like no other in its class.
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://taylorshill.lk/
The Oliphant - Luxury Bungalow in Nuwara Eliya
Spectacularly placed within tea gardens and mountains, The Oliphant Nuwara Eliya details the impressive features of a rustic English bungalow whilst catering to the needs the modern travellers. Nestled in Sri Lanka’s highest elevated village, Shanthipura, the bungalow is your home in the countryside.
Reservation contact property directly-click: www.amayaresorts.com/theoliphant/
Ceylon tea bungalow-Bandarawela
The Premier Luxury Boutique Hotel in The Eastern Hill Country. Ceylon Tea Bungalows – Bandarawela lies within the beautiful Hilpankandura Tea Estate on the Bandarawela – Welimada Road. The charming bungalow was previously used by the Estate Superintendent and is owned by the Wijetunga family.
The mountain scenery of the Eastern Hill Country contains arguably the most magnificent landscapes in the whole of Sri Lanka. From the famous Lipton’s Seat nearby, you can see the most breathtaking views in the whole of Sri Lanka. Horton Plains National Park contains amazing Cloud Forests with twisted dwarf trees, unique ferns and colourful rhododendrons leading to World’s End – a dramatic sheer drop of 3000 feet to the plains below.
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://ceylonteabungalows.com/
Rangala House - tea-planter’s bungalow-Knuckles Conservancy Region
Rangala House bungalow is a converted tea-planter’s bungalow offering top class accommodation in the Hill Country of Central Sri Lanka. Bungalow is located on the edge of the Knuckles Conservancy Region (World Heritage Site), just one hour from Kandy. “ The accommodation is elegant, stylish, just perfect. The old tea-planter’s bungalow has been updated very sympathetically to provide luxurious amenities in keeping with its past. The views are breathtaking.”
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://rangalahouse.com/
Heritance Tea Factory-Nuwara Eliya
Have you returned to 19th century Ceylon? …Possibly… A warm tea culture offers respite at the highest level in Sri Lanka.
Heritance Tea Factory Hotel is situated in the heart of the mountain range that gave the world pure Ceylon tea and was built in the days of the British Raj. Offering exclusive luxury at one of the loveliest honeymoon hotels Sri Lanka has to offer, the Superior Rooms at Heritance Tea Factory are truly special. Lovingly designed, the setting is cosy and intimate, and the views over the Hethersett plantation are extensive. Let the morning sun drift in and wake you, Champagne or a pot of Ceylon’s best brew from the estate outside: breakfast in bed
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://www.heritancehotels.com/teafactory/
The Glenrock, Luxury Nature Resort, Upstream Belihuloya
Nestled among the Horton Plains mountain range, the Adam’s Peak mountain range and the Rabbit Rock and hidden in the lush greenery of a sleepy mountainous farming village, the Glenrock Upstream Belihuloya sits serene on the glen of the virgin river Belihuloya that winds its way through the untouched nature reserve Horton Plains, roaring down thousands of feet through Baker’s Falls and Galagama Falls.
Handful of tucked-in-the-jungle luxury suites and cabanas and great many sweetly smothering natural features within its own boundaries such as fish therapy, water therapy on the river or in the natural pool, bird watching, concept-based community development activities, agriculture tourism, both western and village organic delicacies and traditional Sri Lankan treatment-based healing and immunity building wellness program, the Glenrock Upstream Belihuloya is a destination itself.
The Glenrock Upstream Belihuloya provides even more reasons to plan a feel-at-home long stay as it is a base to explore in a day trip, many a must-see Sri Lankan attraction such as the Horton Plains, World’s End, Adam’s Peak, Ella, Nine Arch Bridge, Haputale, Nuwara Eliya, the tea country, famous up country train trip and the Udawalawe Elephant National Park. the Glenrock Upstream Belihuloya is the nature surrender your mind, body and the soul has secretly longed for long.
Guests can explore the range of in-hotel activities at the Glenrock that will complement the splendour of your stay.
Reservation contact property directly-click: https://www.glenrock.lk/
Don Diogu Villa-Wellawaya
The surrounding 300 acres now supporting paddy and coconut plantations were once a battle-ground to hundreds of soldiers fighting for the Kandyan King. The Portuguese Governor Dom Constantine De Saa marched to Badulla with an army of 7,000, destroying centuries-old Buddhist temples and villages. The forces of the Kandyan Maha Asthana Prince (crown Prince) retaliated, forcing the Portuguese to retreat and suffer death by sword. De Saa and the Portuguese army were decimated at this battleground.
Many village names stem from translations of “soldiers camp-out”, “dead bodies in paddy fields”, and serve as historic monuments in the district. Wellawaya is steeped in history dating back to the 3rd century BC.
This is a working plantation area is famous for two of the most commercially viable products in Sri Lanka – Rice paddy and Coconut, and home to many fruits and spices. The wild gardens of pepper, jack and breadfruit, mahogany, teak, olives, oranges (to name a few), lead down to a private rocky river. There are huge beautiful Kumbuk trees on the river banks and rocks in the middle of the river on which to sit and cool your toes.
Enjoy spring-water swimming or boat down-stream admiring the vibrant bird life. Watch- huts and benches lie next to the river and 58 species of bird have been identified, including Kingfishers, Barbets and the Ceylon Flycatcher. Explore the Poonagala Mountain Range and the surrounding jungle by foot or mountain bikes. You’ll meet wild elephants, elk and wild boar en route. Waterfalls cascade all around and frequently provide excellent dipping pools.
Real Sri Lankan living, history and active expeditions fill your days, but that is not all. In the evening you can recline in easy chairs on the spacious roof terrace and enjoy a night sky unpolluted by city lights. Ideal for families, retired couples and birdies who don’t want chintz but wish to see a bit of the “real Sri Lanka”
Reservation contact property directly-click: http://www.dondioguvilla.com/

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Enjoy this weekend in the Factory!
It's not just about the 90 minutes, make a day of it and come and enjoy a pint for the perfect weekend at Priestfield!
Saturday 20 July - Gills v Charlton Athletic (2pm)
Sunday 21 July - Gills v Millwall FC (1pm)
We will be open from 11am to 7:45pm, giving you plenty of time to grab a drink before and after the weekend games.
The factory will be showing a mixture of sport, football and music on our several screens, so there’s something for everyone. We also have a number of seating and standing areas, plus disabled access – please speak to either security or our bar staff if you require any extra assistance.
Don’t forget to grab a match day programme and bar snacks to keep you going for the game!
Please note: This weekend there will not be access to the Rainham End seats via the Factory. Fans will have to exit the Factory and enter the stands at the turnstiles.
For further information please call our Customer Engagement team on 01634 350350.

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BroCoCon - Family Gaming Convention
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Brown County Game Conference (BroCoCon) is a family-friendly consumer game show hosted by The Toy Chest. It is designed to be fun to attend with the whole family or without
Brown County Game Conference (BroCoCon) is a family-friendly consumer game show hosted by The Toy Chest. It is designed to be fun to attend with the whole family or without kids. We will have games to learn and play (as well as purchase) in strategy, family, party, and preschool categories. There will also be special events, game tournaments, preschool game highlights, outdoor games, and strategy game instruction. General admission tickets allow admission to the general event from 10am-5pm as well as continued access to open-play spaces.
*Children 5 and under are free
Adult Game Night
In the evening we host an 18 adult game night, which boasts game speed dating (play a game until the bell dings, them move to the next table) and a cash bar. The ticket for this event is sold separately and can be attended without attending the daytime event. Adult Game Night Tickets allow admission to the game night hosted from 7-10pm.
Board games bring people together. In our inaugural year,BroCoCon boasted 90 games from 20 vendors and saw over 200 attendees. One person noted, “I’ve never seen such a large group of people with nobody looking at a phone, ” and another attendee call it, “More fun than GenCon.” We fondly remember the kids who showed up disappointed that we didn’t have video games, then at end of the day couldn’t select just one board game to purchase. If you’re craving fun and connection, you won’t be disappointed.
(Saturday) 10:00 am - 1:00 am(GMT-04:00)
The Brown County Inn
51 State Road 46, Nashville IN


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If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.[James 1:5]
As people wait in line to receive their Covid-19 vaccines, I cannot help but wonder if the American people have been educated and informed enough about how this untested, experimental mRNA delivery system works and furthermore if it is safe in the short-term or the long run.
Having a background in journalism and coming from a family of nurses, I feel as if it is my responsibility and obligation to gather and disseminate the information and facts that most people will not take the time to consider. Because we are dealing with complex technical and medical concepts, I will do my best to write in layman’s terms and also provide sources for deeper investigation.
These are the following reasons I am very skeptical and hesitant to trust this new, experimental “vaccine,” and frankly why you should be too.
Reason #1 — Experimental Covid-19 vaccines use a radically new mRNA delivery method
The first reason we should be very hesitant to trust these experimental Covid-19 vaccines is because many doctors and medical experts acknowledge that the developers from the major pharmaceutical companies are using unprecedented technology in the delivery mechanism of these “vaccines,” which is more accurately defined as gene therapy. One of the many doctors who have publicly addressed his concern is business ethicist and professor Dr. David Martin, Ph.D, who said in an interview last month that “mRNA is not a vaccination. It’s a gene therapy that was originally developed for cancer treatment.”
Traditional vaccine treatments introduce an attenuated or fragmented form of a live virus into your body, allowing our amazing God-given immune systems to recognize the virus and build natural immunities against it. This is how traditional vaccines help prevent future infection and transmission of said virus.
The mRNA gene treatment, however, works completely differently by actually integrating the synthetic mRNA delivery system with your cell wall and programming your cells to manufacture the harmful sars cov-2 spike protein.
“The problem is that in the case of Moderna and Pfizer, this is not a vaccine. This is gene therapy” … that sends “a strand of synthetic RNA into the human being and is invoking within the human being the creation of the S1 spike protein, which is a pathogen,” Martin said. “This is not only not keeping you from getting sick, it’s making your body produce the thing that makes you sick … A vaccine is supposed to trigger immunity. It’s not supposed to trigger you to make a toxin.”[Dr. David Martin — Life Site Article — Jan 25, 2021]
Reason #2 — Experimental Covid-19 vaccines have been rushed to distribution without adequate testing
It’s one thing to use a synthetic mRNA delivery mechanism to manipulate the human genome and change our DNA. It’s another altogether to produce and mass distribute such a radical experimental vaccine in record time without proper trials and adequate testing.
Consider that on average it takes up to 10 years to develop, test, approve, and distribute a new vaccine. Big Pharma pushed the Covid-19 vaccine out in 10 MONTHS! Let that sink in just a minute. 10 MONTHS!
This may be the most alarming reason of all! It is impossible to know how these experimental gene therapies will affect our bodies in the short or long-term. To say that these trials were rushed and there is a lack of clinical studies backing them is the understatement of the year.
When the medical community is usually consistent on following protocol and taking their time on distributing new treatments, why has virtually everyone ignored the normal testing process with these experimental vaccines?
Reason #3 — Experimental Covid-19 vaccines already have produced short-term side effects and deaths
While it may take years to determine what the long-term side effects will be for these new, experimental gene therapies, there already have been reports of serious short-term side effects and deaths due to the “vaccine.”
For example, last month in Norway 23 people died after receiving this experimental vaccine, causing medical officials to question its safety.
“Norway said Covid-19 vaccines may be too risky for the very old and terminally ill, the most cautious statement yet from a European health authority as countries assess the real-world side effects of the first shots to gain approval. Officials said 23 people had died in the country a short time after receiving their first dose of the vaccine.”[Bloomberg article — Jan 15, 2021]
Considering that the elderly and immune compromised are in the highest risk category for Sars-CoV-2 deaths, it is concerning to see such adverse reactions within that age range. Over 99% of people under the age of 65 will naturally recover from SARS-CoV-2, which renders a vaccine unnecessary. Couple that with proven treatments for Covid-19 using safe and inexpensive drugs like hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, many doctors have expressed their frustrations with the suppression and censorship in the medical community to disparage proven treatments that could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
Furthermore, almost all experimental covid vaccine trials have proven to be utter failures because of a unique adverse response in the body called antibody-dependent enhancement. Both animal and human trials for coronavirus since 2002 have proven to be fatal and most were abandoned.
Reason #4 — Experimental Covid vaccines most likely will not prevent future infection or transmission
Perhaps the most bizarre information coming from the medical community is that the experimental vaccines being mass distributed likely will NOT prevent future infection or transmission, which is why the likes of Dr. Anthony Fauci — White House chief medical officer — has been quoted as saying that mask mandates and social distancing will be necessarily moving forward.
“In a New Year’s Day interview with Newsweek, Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), reinforced the WHO’s admission that health officials do not know if COVID-19 vaccines prevent infection or if people can spread the virus to others after getting vaccinated.2 According to U.S. and WHO health officials, vaccinated persons still need to mask and social distance because they could be able to spread the new coronavirus to others without knowing it.”[The Vaccine Reaction — Jan 3, 2021]
Are you serious?
Are we supposed to trust that an experimental gene therapy that literally integrates with our DNA and makes our bodies produce the toxic Covid-19 pathogen likely DOES NOT EVEN WORK?!!!
Isn’t that what a vaccine is supposed to do? Prevent infection and transmission?
And yet we are already being told that these radical treatments probably won’t work, so we will have to “mask-up” and social distance indefinitely!
You can’t make this stuff up.
Consider a quote from the horses mouth himself.
“We do not know if the vaccines that prevent clinical disease also prevent infection. They very well might, but we have not proven that yet….That’s the reason I keep saying that even though you get vaccinated, we should not eliminate, at all, public health measures like wearing masks because we don’t know yet what the effect [of the vaccine] is on transmissibility.”[Dr. Anthony Fauci — Newsweek Interview — Jan 1, 2021]
So we are expected to get an experimental vaccine that may not even work and that will have God-knows what kind of long-term side effects?
Not to mention the fact that variant mutative strains of SARS-CoV-2 have already been identified in the States, which means as covid mutates and builds resistance like all viruses, this particular experimental vaccine will be rendered useless against the new strains.
Reason #5 — Experimental Covid vaccines are being used to push mandated vaccination passports
Maybe the most troubling result of this strategic social experiment is the obvious attempt by Big Pharma and Big Government to restrict our freedoms and even infringe on our basic human rights. The likes of Bill Gates and Tony Blair have been pushing global vaccination passports that will be required before anyone can “safely” and effectively travel and operate in society in the future.
This obviously creates a serious human rights issue, as we are likely to see both private business and government agencies mandate proof of covid-19 vaccination before allowing individuals the right to re-enter society. Nothing screams Orwellian nightmare quite like mandatory vaccination passports.
“Eventually, what we’ll have to have is certificates of who is a recovered person, who’s a vaccinated person, because you don’t want people moving around the world where you’ll have some countries that won’t have it under control, sadly. You don’t want to completely block off the ability for people to go there and come back and move around.”[Bill Gates TED talk — March 2020]
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is pressuring Great Britain to lead the way in the upcoming G7 Summit by pushing for a mandated universal, digital vaccine passport in order to resume world travel.
Mr Blair said the passport should be digital and capable of tracking and verifying an individual’s coronavirus “status” wherever they travel in the world. Included would be details of any vaccination they had, together with the results of Covid-19 test results. Governments could access data at borders by scanning a QR code, rather than working through reams of paper certificates which might be vulnerable to fraud.
“It’s going to be a new world altogether,” Blair said. “The sooner we grasp that and start to put in place the decisions [needed for a] deep impact over the coming years the better.”[Tony Blair — Telegraph — Jan 27, 2021]
All in all, these are but a few reasons to hesitate and educate yourself before rushing to the next vaccine center to get this experimental gene therapy. Needless to say, I am not against all immune therapy. Horrible diseases like polio and smallpox have been all but eradicated using safe and effective vaccines. I am very concerned, however, at the precedent being established out of the manufactured fear and manipulation of the Covid-19 “crisis.”


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#22. Melody’s Echo Chamber
Melody Prochet is the woman behind the French dream pop project Melody’s Echo Chamber.
Originally, she was known as My Bee’s Garden, that is, until she met and collaborated with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala in 2010. Since 2012, her new material has been released under the moniker Melody’s Echo Chamber.
So far, Ms. Prochet has only released one studio album, a 2012 self-titled effort. In 2014 she released the single “Shirim,” along with rumors that a sophomore album would soon follow, still nothing. Maybe when it gets real quiet between songs during her Coachella set, I will yell “where the hell is the new album?”


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After a year of Covid in 2020 I finally broke down and got vaccinated and was ready for my first flight since 2019. In the last 10 years I was able to visit 6 new state highpoints plus two more visits back to Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.
2019 was an epic year with finally getting back to Maine and climbing Mt. Katahdin and now two years later I was itching to visit my next state highpoint and a monumental one it would be marking my 30th state high point. The destination was chosen in August, just a bit over a month prior to our trip.
Option 1 was to fly into Tucson and visit Saguaro NP then head to Texas. Since Guadalupe Peak is all the way in the western pan handle of Texas it would only be about a 6 hour drive away. Option 2 was to fly into El Paso, which was to afford us way less windshield time and it looked that we could climb Guadalupe Peak on Saturday and visit right next door Carlsbad Caverns, another National Park right next door.
I spun both ideas past my good friend Greg and he suggested we could add in White Sands National Monument and possibly Big Bend National Park in Texas. Well it looked like White Sands was upgraded in 2016 to National Park status and looked like we could fit it in on Friday afternoon after landing. It looked like an easy loop and we could see new scenery the entire trip.
Next was to recruit a few people to join me. Mai was all in when I suggested flying out of town for a weekend together. I got 2 plane tickets from Los Angeles to El Paso on Monday August 16th. I also invited my trusty travel companion and friend George and by Wednesday only two days later he had his tickets as well. We would land about the same time but he would extend his stay 4 additional nights so he could tag on Big Bend NP after our time together over the three day weekend and was kind enough to drive back to El Paso to drop us off at the airport on Sunday.
I had only been in Texas one time before for the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 2010. Carlsbad area was quite a long ways from Dallas so in our action packed 3 days we would get to see all new sights. Getting out of Los Angles was hardly a breeze on Friday morning. A late start because my keys accidentally got locked in my car so we arrived at the airport well after the extra cushion I had built into our travel plans. Once before LAX sent me on a shuttle from the main airport to a smaller terminal in the middle of the airport so that even took a little longer but no fear we made it to the gate with seconds to spare and we were literally the probably the last two to board.
George was waiting in El Paso, we picked up a rental car and figured out that none of us had had lunch. We didn't expect a lot of places to choose from on the road to White Sands NP so we pulled off the highway and circled around until we found a hole in the wall Mexican cafe, had a quick lunch and headed back on the road. There were two ways to go both about equal distance and either way about 1.5 hours. We headed north on Rt54 and had a beautiful of Lincoln National forest straight ahead as well as a storm ahead which would bring some rain and lightning but it most stayed off to the east.
"West Texas is such a mystical place, its wide-open roads and endless desert landscape evoking an air of enchantment that simply can’t be described in words." We arrived at the 4:42 and the park ranger said we had to be out of the park by 8pm. That didn't give us a lot of time to explore the 275 sq miles of white sand, however, the park road only goes 8 miles into the sand with plenty of parking areas to pull over and go walk around in the sand.
From the park we would begin our pilgrimage to our hotel in Carlsbad which we hadn't figured out until we plugged the address into the GPS that is was 165 miles or over 3 more hours. We drove back east into the storm and had the blessing of a huge rainbow that was beautiful. We took Rt82 which cuts right through the Lincoln National Forest. There was a tiny ski resort in the mountains, but hardly a place to stop for dinner until we reached Artesia. By this everything was closed and our only option was pizza or McDonals, so much for a nice dinner, but beggars can be choosers.
Arriving finally at La Quinta Inn & Suites after 10pm all we could hope for was an easy check in but that wasn't in the cards. For some reason our Hotels.com reservation was not in their system so 45 minutes later after trying to figure it out they finally gave us a room and we could figure out the reservations in the a.m., except we were getting up early for our hike so would have to figure it out later. Reception was more that understanding of our frustration an updated our standard room to a full suite with a separate living area. A quick stop at the desk and the reception said it was all taken care of and nothing to worry about.
Saturday morning we had about a 1 hour drive to the the entrance of Guadalupe Mountains National Park which was also the trailhead for our hike for Guadalupe Peak. The entire drive we had beautiful views of the mountain chain just off to the right side of the road which Rt62 took us all the way there. It was an interesting mountain as for miles the top of the mountain was nearly the same height and looked flat all the way along the mountain chain. Off in the distance at the very end of the mountain chain there was an obvious peak that resembled the topography we were searching for in Guadalupe Peak. Also along the way half way from Carlsbad was the turn off to Carlsbad Cavern National Park shortly thereafter the crossing of the state line into Texas.
Arriving at the entrance of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park was a welcome sign so we jumped out of the car for a quick picture and headed to the visitors center. A strict covid protocol still required masks when entering the visitor's center. There was a small exhibit that featured some wildlife and small gift shop. We used the rest rooms and then drive about 1/2 mile to the actual trailhead. By the time we arrived it was already 10 a.m. and the lot was nearly full with only two remaining spots. An eager park ranger ran over to show us where we could park and asked us if we had any questions about our hike. The base of the mountain blocks the view of the summit of Guadalupe Peak, but off the the right Hunter Peak (8,369) was clearly visible which towered way above us and we knew Guadalupe Peak was (8,751) or 381 feet taller which made about 3,000 vertical feet ahead of us for our climb 4.4 mile hike to it's summit.
The visitor center stands at 5,730 feet and none of the 3 of us seemed to be having any problems with the elevation. We read the usual hike takes about 6-8 hours round trip. Even starting section 1 of our hike we tried to take it slow and pace ourselves. I would describe section 1 as the trailhead to "around the bend" where you finish the first set of switchbacks and take a hard left at 1.5 miles. George had taken off and we finally caught him at the "bend", but again he would move just a little faster than Mai and I all the way to the top.
Section 2 I would describe as from "around the bend" turn till the top of the 2nd set of switchbacks. From the "bend" you can see these switchbacks but we already knew this was a false summit and there was still a little further to go. We were one of the last groups to start the hike in the morning so there was really no one from behind to catch us. We saw many groups on the trail ahead of us and we were probably the oldest ones on the trail but kept on reeling each group in one at a time. In section 1 there was a couple that turned around, we asked if they made it but they gave up. We encouraged them to keep going so they once again turned around and started following us.
In the middle of the switchbacks of section 2 a group had already been to the summit and was on their way down, but one of the guys was cramping very bad. He had water so didn't seem dehydrated so we offered him some salt supplements to boost his electrolytes to see if that would help with his cramps and then kept on moving. A few other hikers were going to camp on the mountain. There are not many flat spots on the mountain but there is a turn off I'm told at about 1 miles from the summit. The peak seems like a great place for a sunrise or sunset as you can see 360.
The spring can bring high winds and rain, but for us the desert mountain was bone dry. We did see the afternoon thunderstorm in the nearby mountains a day earlier on Friday, but we had light clouds and sunshine all day for an almost perfect day for a hike. There was a bridge crossing that safely was build over a sketchy section with a big crack in the rocks, and from there only about 3/4 miles left to go. In the final switchbacks to the summit we could finally see where we were heading to, however, the trail took a hard right turn and we missed the turn and ended up doing a small section of bushwhacking and rock climbing until we found where the trail connected directly above us.
George was already on top and waiting for us. I think he got there about 15 minutes ahead of us. The summit has a big memorial monument at the summit and there was no benchmark in site. We also could not locate any journal or register to sign. There was a cardboard sign with elevation on we used in a couple pictures but didn't noticed until we got home that the sign had the wrong elevation written on it. LOL We posed for a few pictures, a snack, and didn't really spend a whole lot of time on the summit because George had already taken off back down the trail. The entire hike was beautiful looking down onto the floor of the desert and we enjoyed all of our surroundings from start to finish.
While the trail was steep mostly all the way up and back down, without heavy backpacks we hiked without poles and just trail running shoes. It was pretty rocky and could easily be argued to where a nice broken in pair of hiking boots. We swiftly descended back to the parking lot and Mai showed her downhill speed and lead the way. Back at the parking area they have facilities as well as cold water which if you were low on fluids would have been a sight for sore eyes. We made the hike up and down in 5:30 minutes so in even less time than slated.
There is really nothing between the entrance to the National Park and Carlsbad. We even stopped at the turn off to Carldbad Caverns hoping to find a carryout or any life but it was pretty desolate. We planned our night on the way back to the hotel and decided that a BBQ place we drove past Friday night would fit the bill for us.
Sunday morning we packed up and checked out of the hotel and headed to Carlsbad Caverns before the couple hour drive back to catch our flight in El Paso.
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Working with people intimately, helping them with certain of their problems for a living, is an expanding experience. You get to see the incandescent and the dull aspects of humanity, the good and bad and bland, the smart and the stupid.
What this does is put you in an interesting position. Some would call it humility or wisdom or some other high-minded virtue. I think it is just survival.
Your patience becomes as sharp as your awareness of wit, your heart no longer races at every perceived slight (the slights are almost always unintended, it is never personal), and you know what to say and how to get them what they need (the solutions are at your fingertips).
You come to expect it all. Few things surprise you and you see things for what they are: a lot of the time, clumsily and haltingly, we are all trying to do our best with what we know.

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OneWeb’s 36 satellites arrive at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota SDSC-SHAR, India, ahead of first dedicated commercial launch for NewSpace India Limited using GSLV-MkIII rocket.
LONDON, 20 September 2022 (OneWeb PR) — OneWeb today announced the arrival of 36 satellites at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC- SHAR) in advance of a planned launch from Sriharikota, India. With this launch, OneWeb will have more than 70% of its planned Gen 1 low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation in orbit as it progresses to deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity services around the world.
OneWeb has partnered with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of the national space agency of India – Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) – to facilitate this launch. The launch will be the company’s 14th overall and the satellites will be put into orbit by the heaviest ISRO rocket, the GSLV-MkIII, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. One additional launch will take place this year and three more are targeted for early next year to complete the constellation.
With a vision to deliver transformative connectivity around the world, the upcoming launch will be a pivotal moment for OneWeb, demonstrating tremendous momentum and progress towards delivering global coverage next year. OneWeb resumes its launch programme with leading partners in the Satcom industry and the company’s services are already available in Alaska, Canada, UK, and the Arctic region.
India’s Bharti Enterprises, a major investor and shareholder in OneWeb, this year announced a distribution partnership with Hughes Communications India Private Ltd. (HCIPL). OneWeb will connect towns, villages, and local and regional municipalities in the hardest-to-reach areas, thus playing a critical role in bridging the digital divide across India.
Neil Masterson, OneWeb CEO, commented: “OneWeb’s dedication to industry collaboration has allowed us to successfully navigate the everchanging global environment and prepare for yet another milestone launch. We are proud of our ability to adapt and remain on track to deliver global connectivity in the hardest to reach places. With many thanks to our top-of-the line partners ISRO and NSIL, as well as our shareholder Bharti Global for their continued stewardship, we were able to facilitate this upcoming pioneering launch in Sriharikota, India.”
Radhakrishnan D, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NewSpace India Limited, commented: “Undertaking the launch of 36 OneWeb satellites on-board GSLV-MkIII from India is a historic moment for NSIL and ISRO. We are excited to see the arrival of the satellites and the ground support equipment in India in preparation for the launch. Teams at NSIL/ ISRO are sincerely working towards providing the best of the launch service solutions and support for OneWeb satellites, and we wish their teams great success in their forthcoming activities at SDSC-SHAR and launch.”
OneWeb continues to remain focused on executing its first-generation system and scaling services worldwide. Over the past few months, OneWeb has announced several innovative strategic partnerships with companies including Telstra, HD Hyundai Avikus, Marlink, Intelsat, Relativity Space, Telespazio, Astroscale, Telefónica, Kymeta, Telstra and Hanwha Systems Corporation.


“I don’t think they do care,” Michelle Vitullo told WJW, after the Cleveland Clinic indefinitely cancelled her liver transplant surgery. “I feel bad because my grandkids, they say, ‘Grandma, we’re praying for you to get better.’ It breaks my heart because now I have to tell them I may not get better.”
Michelle has been battling stage 4 liver disease for years and had been receiving care from doctors at the Cleveland Clinic, the outlet reported. She and her husband of 47 years, Jim Vitullo, say they made sweeping changes to their lives in order for Michelle to receive the care.
“They had us sign an agreement that we would live within one hour of the Cleveland Clinic, I had to quit my job because of all the visits, ended up sleeping literally hundreds of days in my car in the carport there because of the expense,” Jim recounted.
After extensive testing, they found that their daughter, Angela Green, was a match to Michelle, which elated the family.
Michelle’s health was stabilized and a surgery date for the end of September was set. But that all soon changed.
“We were told to get ready,” Green told WJW. “Then we get the news we were taken off the list and we can’t do it without the vaccine and it was heartbreaking.”
The entire family is against getting the vaccine, citing religious reasons and previous health problems.
“We’ve heard of adverse reactions like blood clotting and heart problems,” added Angela, “Those are not supposed to happen from a vaccine and we don’t feel comfortable taking on that many risks.”
“To us, it’s a big mistake. It’s against our beliefs,” Jim added.
Two of the Cleveland area’s largest hospital systems, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, require patients be vaccinated against the virus ahead of an organ transplant, WJW previously reported.
Michelle and her family are now searching for another hospital to perform the surgery.
The Cleveland Clinic told Fox News in a statement that “health and safety of our patients is our top priority.”
“Cleveland Clinic has recently developed safety protocols for solid organ transplantation that require COVID-19 vaccination to be an active transplant candidate or living donor. Vaccination is particularly important in these patients for their safety. Living donation for organ transplantation has been a life-saving treatment, but it is not without risks to the donor. For the living donor, reducing the risk of a COVID-19 infection around the time of their surgery and recovery is crucial,” the statement continued.
“For the transplant candidate, in addition to a major operation, medications taken after an organ transplant weaken a person’s immune response. Serious complications of COVID-19 are most likely to develop in those individuals who have weakened immune systems, as their body has a reduced ability to fight and recover from infections. The FDA-authorized vaccines have been determined to be safe and effective and are the best way to prevent severe illness and death from COVID-19.”
The Cleveland Clinic also noted that no one on the waiting list for an organ transplant has been removed due to not being vaccinated, and that “the vaccination is to prevent severe illness or death from COVID-19.”
A similar story recently unfolded in Colorado, where a woman with stage 5 renal failure was denied a kidney transplant due to her and her donor being unvaccinated.


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Strides in the women's movement have been made in our country but more work is needed to assure women's equal pay for equal work, to stop hate crimes against women such as rape and domestic violence, and to guarantee the sanctity of each woman's reproductive rights remain for her to decide on. These issues concern all of us, women and men.
However, there is a bias against men by some women's rights activists. There are men who share an egalitarian view, and the gradual ascension toward equality needs to include men to carry on the progress. But some women activists and their organizations exclude males, or at least distrust them, and a reverse discrimination is set in place. Perhaps even these words themselves would be better received were they to come from a woman. It is not a man's world, nor is it a woman's world. The egalitarianism we seek is equal parts the responsibility of females and males.
Ultimately, when gender equality is achieved, men's immaturity will largely be targeted as the reason why the male domination stranglehold lasted so long. But further thought will also show that the women's movement, once it had firm footing as it does now in this country, did not strategically mobilize their victories for further gains by bringing into the center men who support the cause. From the outside looking in it is evident that equality can exist only where equality is practiced.
This is to suggest the moral and ethical responsibility be shifted reasonably between women and men in showing what is expected of us in an egalitarian society.
The women's movement in the United States and much of the West has been a remarkable demonstration of how to successfully bring about non-violent social reform. So why this call now for a shift in strategy? Because it is in the rest of the world where we must accelerate our efforts in support of women's rights.
Two weeks ago, news outlets across the world reported on the Indian woman gang-raped and murdered in New Delhi. In response, there was international outrage against this unspeakable inhumanity. I love Hilary Clinton as much as many of you do. She is a remarkable spirit. Yet as we praise this one woman's greatness as a measure of the movement's success, we must also mourn this one Indian woman's horror and that of the millions of others like her around the world who suffer atrocities and abuses not because they did anything wrong. But rather only because they are females.
This is why it is so important for the successful women's movement to break its silent embargo against men, particularly egalitarian-minded ones, simply because they are males. For example, look at the faculty at university women's studies programs and the committee members at non-profit support groups. It is understandable that distrust by women is present. After all, who to better advocate for women's rights than women? Or, are "these helpful men" really wolves in sheep's clothing?
Though building trust is not easy, at this time, the atrocities committed against women in parts of the world are so inhumane that we must take that chance and learn to trust. Glass ceilings and sexism are indeed real problems women in this country face. They are problems we need to resolve and the solutions can be nonviolently championed by women as has largely been the case with other equal rights progress.
But the tactics for elsewhere need more than what has gotten us this far in the West because we face unfit men in power, real wolves who make no innocent disguises for themselves.The approach needs to consider this as a human rights issue and not singularly as a woman's problem. Away from here chauvinism can equal a license for violence. Mutilation can equal perverse justice. Infancy can equal infanticide.
We have a responsibility. We women and men have a responsibility to share our success in gaining more gender equality. In order to succeed beyond our own Western cultures we must accomplish the difficult task of rebuilding a trust for equality between ourselves, women and men. From that platform, we can more urgently help save lives in less developed cultures.


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- New from Frankfurt: every Monday and Thursday non-stop to Edmonton (Canada)
- Long-haul from Munich again: Cancun (Mexico), Halifax (Canada), Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Seattle (USA)
- Back in the schedule from Frankfurt: New Orleans (Wed/Sat), Barbados (Sat), Tobago (Sat)
- New design: Condor logo back in the aircraft tail for trademark reasons
Frankfurt, 3 December 2019 - Condor is topping up its 2020 summer flight schedule: Germany's most popular leisure airline will be flying non-stop from Frankfurt to Edmonton in Canada for the first time as of June 2020. Flights to the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta can be booked from 349.99 euros per person one-way and are offered every Monday and Thursday. In addition, long-haul destinations from Munich will be on the flight schedule again in summer 2020, with a Boeing 767 stationed in Munich as of May 2020: Condor flies from the Bavarian state capital to Cancun in Mexico on Mondays, to Halifax in Canada on Fridays, to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) on Wednesdays and to Seattle (USA) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. As of today, flights from Frankfurt to New Orleans (USA), Barbados and Tobago in the Caribbean can also be booked from Frankfurt.
"With the additional long-haul flights next summer, we are ideally expanding our existing summer flight schedule 2020 - not only with the new destination Edmonton in Canada from Frankfurt, but also with the non-stop connections from Munich," says Ralf Teckentrup, CEO of Condor. "We are thus offering our guests in southern Germany an even greater selection of direct connections to their holidays and are strengthening our presence in Munich with a stationed long-haul aircraft.“
The destinations Cancun, Punta Cana and Mauritius will be served from Munich in the current 2019/20 winter season. Mexico and the Dominican Republic are therefore in the Condor flight schedule all year round from Munich and Frankfurt. The connections from Munich to Halifax (Canada) and Seattle (USA) in the summer of 2020, on the other hand, will be completely relaunched.
Overview of Condor long-haul destinations from Munich in the 2020 summer timetable:
- Cancun (CUN): every Monday
- Halifax (YHZ): every Friday
- Punta Cana (PUJ): every Wednesday
- Seattle (SEA): every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
New destination from Frankfurt: Edmonton
With the inclusion of the Canadian megacity of Edmonton in the 2020 summer flight schedule, Condor's Canada services will be expanded to a total of six destinations: In addition to Edmonton, Germany's most popular leisure airline will also be flying to Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver and Whitehorse from Frankfurt and Halifax from Frankfurt and Munich.
Edmonton is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is considered the gateway to the Rocky Mountains due to its geographical location. Situated along both banks of the North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton's summers are long, pleasant and with average temperatures of 20 degrees, only partly cloudy. The capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, Edmonton, offers many musical festivals and a variety of cultural activities for young and old, including more than 60 museums and galleries. In addition, numerous skyscrapers shape the image of the city, including the 130-metre-high Bell Tower in the centre of the metropolis.
Overview of Condor long-haul destinations from Frankfurt in the 2020 summer timetable:
- Anchorage (ANC): every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Barbados (BGI): every Friday
- Baltimore-Washington (BWI): every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Calgary (YYC): every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Cancun (CUN): every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- NEW: Edmonton (YEG): every Monday and Thursday
- Fairbanks (FAI): every Thursday
- Halifax (YHZ): every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Havana (HAV): every Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Holgiun (HOG): every Wednesday and Sunday
- Cape Town (CPT): every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Kilimanjaro (JRO): every Wednesday
- Las Vegas (LAS): every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Mauritius (MRU): every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Minneapolis (MSP): every Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Mombasa (MBA): every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Montego Bay (MBJ): every Wednesday and Saturday
- New Orleans (MSY): every Wednesday and Saturday
- Phoenix (PHX): every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Pittsburgh (PIT): every Monday and Friday
- Portland/Oregan (PDX): every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Punta Cana (PUJ): every Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- San Jose (SJO): every Wednesday and Sunday
- San Juan (SJU): every Saturday
- Santo Domingo (SDQ): every Wednesday and Sunday
- Seattle (SEA): daily
- Seychelles (SEZ): every Tuesday and Friday
- Tobago (TAB): every Friday
- Toronto (YYZ): every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Vancouver (YVR): every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Varadero (VRA): every Friday
- Whitehorse (YXY): every Sunday
- Zanzibar (ZNZ): every Monday and Friday
New short- and medium-haul destinations: Paphos (Cyprus), Tivat (Montenegro) and
Just recently, Germany's most popular leisure airline announced three new destinations on short- and medium-haul routes in its summer flight schedule: Condor flies every Monday and Friday from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf and Leipzig/Halle to Paphos (Cyprus), Tuesday and Friday from Frankfurt to Tivat in Montenegro and Toulon (France) is served every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from Frankfurt.
Condor takes off again with its own logo
The Condor logo returns to the tail of the aircraft. For trademark reasons, the Thomas Cook logo and the heart logo must be completely removed after the final separation from Thomas Cook. The tail fins of the Condor aircraft will be revised with decals in the coming weeks as part of their regular maintenance. The rest of the livery will not change. "The Condor logo stands for a brand that has been Germany's most popular leisure airline for 64 years. We are proud of this," says Ralf Teckentrup.
The entire summer flight schedule can be viewed online at https://www.condor.com/de/generated/flugplan_S2020.pdf.


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