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Find the nearest Hoseasons in Isle Of Anglesey
Hoseasons has over 12,000 self-catering places to stay in coastal and countryside settings throughout the UK and Ireland. From secluded lodges to family holiday parks with plenty to do and from thatched cottages to boating holidays – even luxury villas.
Here we list our Hoseasons locations in Isle Of Anglesey.
- Hoseasons Anglesey Lakeside Lodges is part of our Autograph Lodge Holidays Collection and enjoys a truly breathtaking location surrounded by the majestic countryside and tranquil rolling hills of Anglesey. Spaciously situated around 9 acres of beautifully landscaped lakes this exclusive selection of luxurious contemporary lodges commands spectacular views over the picturesque Anglesey landscape and creates an idyllic rural retreat far from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Each lodge has been designed to the most exacting standards while retaining an individual character and style that seamlessly combines traditional rustic appeal with the ultimate in unadulterated modern luxury. Relax and enjoy the tranquility on site or explore beautiful Anglesey which plays host to great cycling and walking trails golf courses horse riding and sailing with delightful bays and beaches nearby. Purpose designed one two and three bedroomed lodges with contemporary and stylish interiors each with outdoor hot tub.Outdoor hot tub Flat screen TV with Freeview/DVD/CD Wi-Fi iPod docking station Kitchen including microwave dishwasher fridge/freezer and washing machine Bath and/or shower Bed linen duvets and towels Beds made up for your arrival Spacious verandah with garden furniture Barbecue Double glazed and centrally heated Gas and electricity included Pets £50pw each (max 2) (in specific lodges only) All non smoking accommodation Some lodges have wheelchair access suitable for parties including visitors with partial disabilities – please check when booking
- Hoseasons Anglesey Bungalows is a small family run holiday park sits in the quiet seaside village of Trearddur Bay on Anglesey’s north west coast. Most of the stunning 125-mile Anglesey coastline is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty. The Anglesey Coastal Path birdwatching at South Stack Cliffs and day trips to Dublin from Holyhead are all easily accessible. The whole family will love the indoor heated pool together with a welcoming club bar and adjoining games/family room for children. Beautiful coves and headland abound while several excellent restaurants and horse riding are close by – some within walking distance. There are two golf courses in Trearddur also popular for its rock fishing and watersports. he North Wales coast and breathtaking scenery of Snowdonia National Park is just 40 miles across the island via the A55. Three miles away is the port of Holyhead with regular sailings to Dublin and Dun Laoghaire. With the high speed ferries you can be in Ireland in just 99 minutes! Bar meals are available and there are several excellent restaurants in the village and surrounding area. Choose from a range of two and three bedroom holiday bungalows.TV Wi-Fi Kitchen including microwave Bath with overhead shower Bed linen and duvets Beds made up for your arrival Central heating included (in Mon Cybi Dyffryn and Kingsland only) Electric panel heaters (in Penrhyn and Anglesey only) Electricity included (in Kingsland only) Electricity by coin meter (in Penrhyn Mon Anglesey Cybi and Dyffryn only) Travel cots and highchairs £7pw each Group bookings may be subject to restrictions Pets £20pw each (max 2) (in specific bungalows only) All non smoking accommodation

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If Manchester City have any hope of overturning their 3-0 deficit to Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium next week, it may be helped with today’s news that three of Liverpool’s big-name midfielders are likely to miss the fixture.
German international Emre Can had been expected to return, but according to James Pearce of the Liverpool Echo, he is likely to miss out.
With Adam Lallana also injured and Jordan Henderson suspended after receiving a yellow card on Wednesday night, that leaves Jurgen Klopp with less midfield options than he would have liked.
The Liverpool boss can still field a strong three-man midfield if nothing changes before next week’s game, with James Milner, Gini Wijnaldum and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – two of whom featured in the win over City – available to play.
It is better news for Liverpool on the Mo Salah front, with Liverpool hopeful that the Premier League’s leading scorer will be fit for the second leg after limping off. Salah felt some discomfort in his groin, but Liverpool’s medical team believe it is only a minor issue.
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We all want to eat as healthy as we can, but, let's face it: we all crave some fried stuff now and then. So, here's a recipe of some fried chicken pieces coated in an egg and breadcrumbs mixture after it's been marinated in a combination of spices that I've made up myself.
INGREDIENTS (serves three):
- the legs and thighs and breast of one chicken;
FOR THE MARINADE:
- a splash of Worcestershire Sauce;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped fine;
- a splash of soy sauce;
- a pinch of cumin (ground);
- a generous pinch of time;
- a table spoon of regular mustard;
FOR THE COATING:
- 2 eggs, beaten well;
- 2 cups breadcrumbs.
HOW TO MAKE:
First separate the chicken legs from the thighs and cut the chicken breast in about 4 or 5 pieces (however you can manage around the bones). Take off all the skin from all the pieces of chicken. Make a few cuts with a sharp knife into the meat on all facets of it so the seasoning and the marinade gets into it better and later the coating will be more adherent and thick. No more then 3 or 4 cuts on each chicken piece will be enough.
Next make a marinade from all the ingredients shown above and coat the meat well with it. Let sit in the fridge for at least one hour (to a day).
Beat the eggs well and get the chicken pieces one by one, coat them well on all sides with the eggs and then coat them well with the breadcrumbs in a separate container. Work with only one handwhen coating with egg, otherwise you will make a mess everywhere. It's fun aether way.
Next fry the well coated pieces in a thick skillet with vegetable oil on medium high heat, just until they are brown on all sides. Do not overlay the pieces. Make in batches if the skillet is too small. This doesn't take more than 5 minutes for each batch.
Finally, put the browned chicken pieces into an oven tray, with a bit of space between them, and cook in the oven for 30 minutes covered, then for another 15-20 minutes uncovered on medium heat (170-200 C). If you can, turn the pieces at half the baking time. For best non stick results you can use an aluminum foil or a baking sheet underneath them.It sounds like a lot of work but I promise you that you'll be done in under two hours (including the baking time) and the results are delicious.

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Parent's Bill Of Rights
Concerning the creation of a parent's bill of rights.
2020 Regular Session
Children & Domestic Matters
The bill establishes a parent's bill of rights that sets forth specific parental rights related to directing the upbringing, education, and health care of a minor child.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)


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In this guide, you’ll learn how to OCR a PDF document in SharePoint using a Designer workflow. This enables you to process scanned or bitmap-based content and generate fully searchable PDFs. We’ve also added support for the ability to recognize text on (part of) a page and return the actual text (not a bitmap) to the workflow for further processing. A common use for this functionality is to extract a particular area of text from documents that use a common template or layout.
Most organizations deal with scanned (or other bitmap-based) content on a regular basis. Faxes are received in a digital inbox, and invoices or legal documents are scanned and filed away in a file system or MS SharePoint library or other document management system. The problem is that this is information that cannot be searched or indexed using traditional technology. This is because the content is stored as one big image that cannot be indexed by search crawlers and, as a result, does not show up in search results.
This is where optical character recognition (OCR) comes in. OCR analyzes image-based content — e.g. a scanned PDF or an image embedded in a MS Word file — and applies some image recognition logic and then embeds the result in a PDF. The scanned content still looks the same, but you can now copy text from the document, and search crawlers can index this text as well.
It's possible to carry out OCR using our standard Convert document workflow, but that requires knowledge of our XML syntax, which — although powerful — is less than user friendly. To simplify the process, we created a separate workflow, Convert to OCRed PDF. The image below shows what it looks like.
this document — The source document to convert and OCR. For most workflows, selecting the current item will suffice, but some scenarios may require the lookup of a different item.
this file — The name and location to write the generated file to. Leave this field empty to use the same location and name as the source file. If your source file is already in PDF format, leaving this field empty will overwrite it. For details about how to specify paths to different libraries and site collections, see this blog post.
include / exclude metadata — Control if the source file’s SharePoint metadata is copied to the destination file.
OCR language — The language the source document is written in. It defaults to English, but from version 7.2 and higher, we also support Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
OCR performance — Specify the performance and accuracy of the OCR engine. The recommendation is to leave this on the default setting, Slow but accurate.
Whitelist / Blacklist — Control which characters are recognized. For example, limit recognition to numbers by allowing 1234567890. This prevents, for example, a 0 (zero) from being recognized as the letter o or O.
Pagination — In some specific cases, a single image spans multiple pages. Enable pagination for those cases.
Regions — By default, the entire page is OCRed. To limit OCR to certain parts of a page, e.g. a header and/or footer, you can specify one or more regions using our XML syntax. Refer to this blog post, but only use the part that starts with (and includes)
List ID — The ID of the list the processed file was written to. This can be used later in the workflow to perform additional tasks on the file, such as a checkin or checkout.
Item ID — The ID of the processed file. This can be used with the List ID.
Although creating simple workflows in SharePoint Designer is relatively easy, if the concept of MS SharePoint Designer workflows is new to you, take a look at our Getting Started Knowledge Base article.
Note: The OCR and PDF/A Archiving add-on license is needed to use OCR in your production environment.

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Biden admin funds drag queen story-hour performer’s latest book on ‘cruising gay men and witchy women’
The Biden administration is funding a scholarly book on queer artists and digital privacy written by a drag queen who has written several drag-themed children’s books.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in January announced a $60,000 grant for a book about how drag performers and trans/queer subjects “playfully dazzle both human senses and sensors. computers,” drawing on “case studies including drag queens, trans taxi drivers, gay men on cruises, and female witches.”
Book author Harris Kornstein stars as Lil Miss Hot Mess, a staple of controversial hours in drag queen history who has become a lightning rod for Republican politicians and parenting rights organizations who argue that the events expose children to sexually suggestive content.
Lil Miss Hot Mess is also listed as the author of the children’s books “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” and “If You’re a Drag Queen and You Know It”, two revisions on the theme of popular children’s drag. rhymes.
DRAG QUEENS AT ‘RUPAUL’S DRAGCON’ SAID IT WAS ‘GREAT’ TO SEE ‘SO MANY KIDS’ AT THEIR PERFORMANCES
The description of NEH’s research agenda says the book will explore “digital enchantment,” which the author describes as “a framework that explores how diverse queer and trans users subvert and expand traditional approaches to privacy by leveraging creatively the functionality of consumer technologies and creating their own platforms.”
The book aims to challenge assumptions that view online privacy as primarily hiding information, according to the project’s description, while the streak offers a way to flood algorithms with alter ego images that confuse surveillance systems digital.
CRITICS EXPLODE OVER US NAVY’S USE OF DRAG QUEEN TO SOLVE RECRUITMENT CRISIS: ‘WHAT NOT TO DO’
“Drawing on case studies from San Francisco, including drag queens, trans taxi drivers, gay cruisers, and witch women, I turn to LGBTQ+ stories that complicate these assumptions,” the statement says. description of Kornstein’s project. “Digital enchantment describes the hyper-visible glamour, mischief, and mystical intuition that many queer/trans subjects employ to playfully dazzle both human senses and computer sensors.”
The project appears to bear some similarities to Kornstein’s 2019 essay on flirting and digital counter-surveillance. In this article, Kornstein explores drag as a source of “practical techniques for managing one’s identity and avoiding, thwarting, or mitigating harm to data-driven forms of surveillance.”
For example, extravagant makeup and costume changes by drag performers would confuse facial recognition algorithms on social media, causing confusion and distrust of platforms, Kornstein found.
“Specifically, I position drag as a social performance practice that not only disrupts masculinity/femininity, but also disclosure/concealment, transformation/stability, and truth/fiction,” Kornstein wrote.
Kornstein’s alter ego, Lil Miss Hot Mess, has been a flashpoint in the controversy surrounding drag queen performances targeting children and has championed children’s books and events as co-founder and board member of administration of Drag Queen Story Hour, an international organization.
“I wrote (“The Hips on the Drag Queen”) because I wanted everyone to experience the magic of drag and practice a little shaking their hips or shaking their shoulders – to find out how fabulous we can feel inside our own bodies,” Lil Miss Hot Mess said during a Drag Queen Story Hour featured on PBS in 2021.
One of the Lil Miss Hot Mess books was reportedly featured in children’s drag queen events at Ramstein Air Base in Germany in 2021, before the military installation canceled an event scheduled for June 2022 after returning of Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, and other conservative leaders.
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“These inappropriate events are extremely divisive at home for good reason; in any case, they place young children in close proximity to adults who are intentionally and explicitly sexualized,” Rubio wrote to the Air Force the last year. “A flyer for last year’s similar event pointed to the apparent inclusion of a controversial book, ‘The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish.'”
Kornstein, an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.


Carbon in My Burning Log
The flames of the fire hold my senses hostage. Staring at the orange flames dancing upward I hear the crackling release of carbon entombed in the hardened cell walls of the log. I feel the heat, a byproduct of the transfer of energy as the log is transformed from a solid to a gas. I stare. My mind wonders….what happened the year the carbon was captured from the atmosphere to make this log perhaps a hundred years ago?
The year 1918 – Carbon Dioxide (CO2) concentration is 290ppm
1918: Woodrow Wilson is President of the United States, the trenches of Argonne empty and World War I ends. Fritz Haber, a German physicist is awarded the Nobel prize for inventing the process to make nitrogen fertilizer from the air (the atmosphere is about 72% nitrogen), the last captive Carolina Parakeet dies in the Cincinnati Zoo, Nelson Mandela is born, the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is 290 ppm.
The Carbon being released as a gas from the log I watch was a combination of cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose, all complex compounds containing carbon.
The carbon cycle is one of the most important and profound ecosystem services on Earth. Plants take carbon dioxide in through photosynthesis and make sugars out of it. Animals eat the plants to make cells and grow. Animals die and their carbon filled bodies are consumed by microbes in the soil.
Soil Stores Carbon
Cover it up for a million years, add pressure and presto, we have coal and crude oil – fossil fuels. One of the greatest functions of the soil beneath our feet is to capture, recycle, and store carbon. The soil is the largest terrestrial reservoir of carbon.
We often hear of the macro-nutrients necessary for plant growth – nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) – but we don’t hear much about carbon as a nutrient. We don’t fertilize with carbon because plants take in carbon without human intervention.
In the past 100 years, we humans have extracted trillions of tons of solid and liquid entombed carbon from the depths of the Earth in the form of coal and crude oil. The world extracts and uses about nine billion tons of coal per year and about thirty-five billion barrels of crude oil per year. Humans have been on a fossil fuel binge economy since about 1900.
One of the by-products of all this conversion is the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases that trap heat.
The year 2016 – CO2 concentration in Antarctica reaches 400ppm
In 2016 the last place on Earth without a 400 ppm CO2 concentration is reached – Antarctica. The Earth has not had this much CO2 in the atmosphere in four million of years.
Fossil fuels have served humanity well but it is time to move on. Scientists warn us that we need an atmosphere with a concentration of CO2 no higher than 350ppm.
Higher concentrations of CO2 cause our climate to change….warmer temperatures, more violent storms, more wildfires, more droughts, and sea level rise.
Cap and Trade
Our challenge is to lower the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. We can do this. First by reducing carbon going into the air and second, by capturing carbon in the air and putting it back into the Earth. This is called carbon sequestration. The cool thing (pun intended) is that we can use plants to do this.
Reduce carbon going into the atmosphere.
We need to put a CAP on carbon. Many countries and now US states are establishing carbon diets for carbon-emitting practices such as coal-fired power plants, car and truck exhaust, and agricultural tillage. We can then put a tax on carbon emissions above the established diet limits.
Revenue created by the taxes or from established carbon markets can be used to create incentives for practices that sequester carbon such as solar and wind energy, lowering transportation emissions, reduced agricultural tillage and carbon farming. This is called CAP and TRADE.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
One of the recently created carbon markets is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) – the first mandatory market-based program in the US to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nine New England and mid-Atlantic states are members including three Chesapeake Bay states: Delaware, New York, and Maryland.
Legislation was introduced this year in Virginia to join the initiative but the bill was killed in committee along party lines. Democrats wanting to join and Republicans not. In fact, Republicans introduced a bill to require legislative action to join the RGGI. The bill passed along party lines.
All Chesapeake Bay states should join the RGGI or create their own carbon markets because it will help restore the Bay and improve human health. Breathing cleaner air is good for us!


UPDATED 5-23-15 - in another editorial Thursday (21) the Post urged full funding to outfit all officers with cameras and urged that "access to the police video should not be a bar" to moving ahead.
Posted on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 12:49am
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Police departments and communities are looking to body cameras to curb police misconduct and rebuild community trust. But whether that technology, which can record what the police see, will be used to benefit the public remains to be seen.


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Embroidered white repeating sand dollars create this wonderful Navy Blue and White Sand Dollar 16 x 16 Indoor-Outdoor Pillow. In classic beach home colors, this decorative coastal throw pillow is created with sea shore embroidered shells and appliqued details, completed with a hidden zipper. A pop of classic coastal color to add to any room, inside or out!
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Set to take place this month, UN talks on the regulation of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS), informally known as ‘killer robots’, have been postponed. The decision was taken in May this year as a result of a small number of states failing to pay their dues.
Earlier in August, Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk called for an outright ban on ‘killer robots’ alongside 116 experts from 26 countries. Musk, who has previously labelled killer robots as humanity’s ‘biggest existential threat’, is one of the signatories of an open letter that launched earlier this week at the opening of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Melbourne. The letter calls for urgent action to 'prevent an arms race in these weapons' and to 'protect civilians from their misuse'.
UNA-UK has previously called for a ban on 'killer robots' and continues to emphasise the need for consensus among states on this issue to ensure that weapons systems remain under meaningful human control at all times. It is highly concerning that the process at the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) - the Geneva-based UN forum mandated to regulate inhumane weapons - is faltering at a time when developments in artificial intelligence continue apace.
Talks on killer robots at the CCW will not now resume until November 2017 at the earliest, more than one year after the last substantive discussions on the issue. UNA-UK calls on all states to recognise the importance of this issue and for those states currently in arrears, most notably, Brazil, to pay their dues in order to allow talks to resume at the earliest possible time.
Whilst the UK is not responsible for the delays in Geneva, UNA-UK continues to urge the UK government to pay greater attention to this issue and encourage others to do the same. The UK has previously been dismissive of an outright ban on LAWS, maintaining that existing international humanitarian law is sufficient - a position which puts the UK at odds with a growing number of states, NGOs and industry experts calling for new controls.
The UK's pursuit of a "more engaged, global Britain", as well as Britain's security interests, are best served by setting a positive example domestically through a national moratorium on the development of LAWS, and by supporting calls for strict regulations at an international level. Prioritising international efforts to control inhumane weapons is both morally right and is in the UK's national interest.
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, of which UNA-UK is a member, published a press release on the decision to postpone the UN talks:
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is deeply disappointed that the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) has cancelled a crucial week of formal discussions on fully autonomous weapons in August. This step was taken because of the failure of several states, most notably Brazil, to pay their assessed dues for the convention’s meetings.
“The collective failure of countries to find a solution to their financial woes doesn’t mean they can stop addressing concerns over weapons that would select and attack targets without further human intervention” said Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch, coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. “If the CCW is unable to act, nations must find other ways to maintain the momentum toward a ban,” she said. “Countries that agree with the need to retain human control of weapons systems should move swiftly to adopt national policies and laws and to negotiate a new international treaty prohibiting fully autonomous weapons.”
The call for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons has been endorsed by 19 countries and dozens more states have affirmed the need to retain human control over the selection of targets and use of force. This clearly indicates that they see a need to prevent the development of fully autonomous weapons. Last December, China became the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to find that new international law is required o regulate fully autonomous weapons.
The Campaign calls on countries to urgently address the enormous humanitarian challenges posed by these weapons by endorsing the call for a ban. It is vital and urgent that all stakeholders work together to secure a new international treaty before these weapons are unleashed.
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots fundamentally objects to permitting machines to take a human life on the battlefield or in policing, border control, and other circumstances. It calls for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons through new international law as well as through domestic legislation.
Following the launch of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and a debate in the Human Rights Council, countries agreed in November 2013 to begin discussing what they called lethal autonomous weapons systems at the Convention on Conventional Weapons at the United Nations in Geneva. The CCW is a framework treaty that prohibits or restricts certain weapons and its 1995 protocol on blinding lasers is an example of a weapon being preemptively banned before it was acquired or used.
Most of the CCW’s 124 high contracting parties participated in three meetings on lethal autonomous weapons systems in 2014-2016, in addition to UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Last December at their Fifth Review Conference CCW states decided to formalize and expand those deliberations by establishing a Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapons systems to meet in August and November 2017, chaired by Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill of India.
However, on 30 May, the CCW’s president-designate Ambassador Matthew Rowland of the UK announced that the Group of Governmental Experts meetings scheduled for 21-25 August has been cancelled due to a lack of funds. Rowland issued several warnings that that the lack of payment of assessed financial contributions would mean the likely cancellation of CCW meetings planned for 2017.
Several countries have financial arrears from previous years, but according to the UN’s official summary, Brazil accounts for 86 percent of the outstanding contributions due to four core humanitarian disarmament treaties, including the CCW. Brazil last paid its assessed CCW contributions in 2010. The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots has appealed to Brazil to pay its outstanding contributions without delay and it challenges CCW states to achieve cost saving measures in other ways that do not require the cancellation of key meetings.
Several autonomous weapons systems with various degrees of human control are currently in use by high-tech militaries, including CCW states China, the US, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and the UK. The concern is that low-cost sensors and advances in artificial intelligence are making it increasingly practical to design weapons systems that would target and attack without any meaningful human control. If the trend towards autonomy continues, humans will start to fade out of the decision-making loop, first retaining only a limited oversight role, and then no role at all.
France, UK, and the US supported establishing the CCW Group of Governmental Experts last December, but remain unambitious in their overall goals for the process by proposing a focus on sharing best practices and achieving greater transparency in the conduct of legal reviews of new weapons systems. Russia openly opposed the creation of a Group of Governmental Experts, but did not block multilateral consensus for establishing one.

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The two international locations have solid shut financial ties through a free-trade agreement effective since 2010. In Taiwanese society, all migrant brides are sometimes stigmatized for his or her poor class, gender position, and the commodified nature of their marriage . Migrant brides are additionally seen as unfit to bear respectable Taiwanese residents. In 2006, out of each 100 births, 12 were the product of a migrant marriage. Because of their remote, rural origins, Vietnamese migrant brides usually lack fundamental information of what their life might be like in Taiwan.
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Vermont is beautiful in all four seasons, and exploring the mountains and valleys on foot is one of our favorite pastimes. We’ve been trekking and meandering the hiking trails in Southern Vermont with our kids for the past 15 years, and we figured it was high time we share our favorite trails with you.
The following hikes, rambles, and walks are perfect for novice hikers or families with children. Most are under five miles, and all have a kid-friendly feature to help entice them along.
The best way to encourage my own kids down a trail is with the promise of water for swimming. We’ve got a few more tricks up our sleeves if you’re interested, but a good many of our favorite trails surround lakes, meander along rivers, or end up at the bottom of waterfalls.
More serious hiking opportunities will be covered in another post. Today, we’re going to focus on easy day-hiking in Southern Vermont, including trails in Bennington, Manchester, Stratton, Wilmington, Brattleboro, and Putney, but first a few logistics.
- When is the best time to hike in Southern Vermont?
- What to Wear Hiking in Southern Vermont?
- Resources for Finding Great Southern Vermont Hiking Trails
- Easy Hiking Trails in Soutwestern Vermont
- Easy Hikes in South Central Vermont
- Easy Hikes in Southeastern Vermont
When is the best time to hike in Southern Vermont?
We hike the trails in Southern Vermont year-round, so don’t let the temperature discourage you. Our favorite time to hike in this area is early October because the fall colors are incredible, but fall is also prime tick season, so be sure to protect yourself from those nasty critters.
Summer is our second favorite time to hike in Vermont. The days are long, the weather is warm, and we can cool off with a swim during or after our hike. The trails are busiest in the summer, but even on the most popular trails, there’s plenty of room to spread out.
Finally, all of these trails are totally doable (and beautiful) during the winter months. You made need to bring a pair of snowshoes or microspikes, but because these trails are pretty short, you should be able to accomplish them without issue.
What to Wear Hiking in Southern Vermont?
Layers! It doesn’t matter what time of year you’re hiking in Southern Vermont – layers are your friend. Here’s what I wear when hiking Vermont trails.
- Hiking pants – I recommend hiking in long pants, even in the summer. Lightweight pants will keep the bugs away and will also protect you from brambles and poison ivy. My current favorites are these straight leg hiking pants from Columbia because they come in short sizes. Eric wears these Quandary pants from Patagonia.
- Hiking tights – For cooler temps, layer a pair of leggings or tights under your hiking pants. These amazing leggings are lined with merino fleece and can be worn with our without hiking pants throughout fall and winter.
- Wool socks – Wool is my favorite fabric for hiking year-round. I wear Darn Tough Vermont wool socks in the summer and winter. I love that they are made in the USA and that they come with a LIFETIME guarantee. They come in sizes for men, women, and kids.
- Wool top – Guess what? I’ve found the softest wool layers for hiking. They are made by Woolx and they wick away moisture, dry fast, and can be machine washed. The best part is they keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And no matter how much you sweat, Woolx shirts don’t stink! Woolx makes short-sleeve, tanks, and long-sleeve tops form both men and women.
- Puffy layer – A lightweight puffy jacket is indispensable. They are incredibly warm and they pack up very small. I wear mine all winter and keep it in my daypack in the summer and fall, just in case. My favorite down layer is from Patagonia and has lasted many years.
- Waterproof layer – A packable raincoat is useful for Vermont’s unpredictable weather. We pack the men’s and women’s versions of the Ranier Rain Jacket from REI Co-op. I recommend going one size up from what you normally wear so you can layer it over your puffy if you have to.
- Hiking shoes – Vermont is a rocky, rooty state for hiking. I recommend sturdy hiking shoes over trail runners or sandals. I love my Oboz Sawtooths because they have a narrow heel and a wide toe box, but as long as they’re sturdy, bring whichever brand works best for you.
Resources for Finding Great Southern Vermont Hiking Trails
We hope that Back Road Ramblers is a good resource for finding hiking trails, but we will never be able to hike and write about them all. So, here’s where we look when trying to find great trails to hike in Vermont.
- Hiking in Vermont Facebook Group – The people in this group are so helpful at providing recommendations for trails all over the state and can answer any questions you might have about trails.
- AllTrails – This hiking trail database includes thousands of trails, as well as maps, photos, and reviews. You can save your favorites, navigate to trailheads, record your tracks, and share reviews all within the AllTrails app. So useful!
- Trailfinder – This is another great online database of hiking trails in Vermont and New Hampshire. You can search for trails by location, difficulty level, and activity (snowshoeing, biking, horseback riding, etc.).
Easy Hiking Trails in Soutwestern Vermont
Southwestern Vermont is our home turf, so we have lots of suggestions for hiking in Bennington, North Bennington, and Shaftsbury.
Lake Shaftsbury State Park: Shaftsbury, Vermont
This 84-acre park is small but well-loved. It is most popular as a picnic and swimming spot for local families, but the trail around Lake Shaftsbury is underappreciated and quite lovely.
The hike around Lake Shaftsbury is more of a ramble — a mile in length, meandering through the woods, then wetlands, than back into the woods, with a constant view of the lake. Waterfowl are plentiful most of the year, and we’ve also spotted bald eagles and osprey on numerous occasions.
After your hike, your kiddos will want to spend some time on the water, and the beach is the perfect spot for relaxing with a good book. I highly recommend driving south on route 7A for another mile and visiting the Chocolate Barn for the best ice cream you’re ever likely to taste in Southern Vermont.
Difficulty level: easy
Length of trail: 1-mile loop
Kid appeal: swimming, a boardwalk through wetlands, decent fishing, boat rentals
Dogs: on-leash, but not on the beach or picnic area
Fee: $4 for adults, $2 for children
For more on this hike, check out Lake Shaftsbury State Park in all Four Seasons.
Woodford State Park: Woodford, Vermont
The hiking trail in Woodford State Park brings you around Adams Reservoir, a gorgeous, tree-lined lake nestled in the Green Mountains. Woodford State Park is much more secluded than Lake Shaftsbury, and much cooler (temperature wise).
We’ve seen moose up here and spent days on the water without running into another person. The trail around the lake isn’t difficult, but at 2.7 miles, it might be hard for younger kids to make it around. We love how dark and mossy the trail is. There are several easy stream crossings, and you may even see the carnivorous sundew plants if you look very carefully along the shore.
Difficulty level: easy to moderate
Length of trail: 2.7 mile loop
Kid appeal: swimming, playground, boat rentals
Dogs: on leash
Fees: $4 for adults, $2 for kids
Want to learn more about Woodford State Park? Check out: Woodford State Park: A Park for All Seasons
Mile Around Woods, North Bennington, Vermont
The Mile Around Woods trail is one of the best hikes in Southern Vermont. It sits behind the beautiful Park McCullough house in North Bennington, VT. This loop starts by taking hikers through beautiful farm fields of grazing horses, then meanders through a hardwood forest on a lovely, wide path.
The forest loop is exactly a mile long, but you can make the adventure last by traipsing across several fields, or by visiting the historic Park McCullough House and Hiland Hall gardens. I recommend making an afternoon of it – the Park McCullough House is open for tours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from May to October. The Hiland Hall gardens have been meticulously restored and are located behind the main house.
Difficulty: easy for all ages
Length: 1 mile loop
Kid appeal: farm animals, wildflowers, rocks for climbing
Dogs: on leash
Fees: none, unless you want a tour of the historic house
For a trail map, please visit the Fund for North Bennington.
Emerald Lake State Park, East Dorset, Vermont
Emerald Lake State Park is nestled in a deep valley between the Taconic Mountains to the West and the Green Mountains to the east. The two mountain ranges are only a few hundred yards apart here, and they rise up steeply on either side of the lake.
Covering just 20 acres, Emerald Lake isn’t big, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in beauty. There are several hiking trails in Emerald Lake State Park, and if you and your kids are into vistas, I recommend checking out the Vista Trail, which is a steady climb with awesome views of the lake. I have to say that our kids much prefer the lake trail, which hugs the shoreline, with side trails into the three campground loops. We like taking the trail to the “C” loop because it travels through the wetlands at the south end of the lake, perfect for some kid-friendly birding adventures.
Difficulty: easy, although the campground trail is kind of steep
Length of trail: The lake trail is .5 miles and the campground trail is .4 miles, one way. You can walk back to the beach and parking lot on the campground roads, or turn around and retrace your steps.
Kid appeal: awesome swimming, rope swing for big kids (on the island), bird watching, boat rentals
Dogs: They’re allowed in the campground and on the trails (on leash), but not at the beach or picnic areas.
Fees: $4 for adults, $2 for children
For more about Emerald Lake trails, check out: A Summer in Vermont: Exploring Emerald Lake State Park
Merck Forest and Farmland Center, Rupert, Vermont
Merck Forest and Farmland Center is a nonprofit educational center and outdoor stewardship organization that maintains 3,162 acres of woods and farmland in Rupert, Vermont.
There are more than 30 miles of hiking trails to explore, plus cabins for camping. We like to stroll around the farm, visit the animals, check out the maple tap house, and then head up to Birch Pond for a dip and a picnic. This is a fairly easy, 3-mile loop, but we often make a day of it because the animals are so hard to resist.
Difficulty: easy to moderate
Length of trail: 3-mile loop
Kid appeal: swimming, farm animals
Dogs: They are allowed on the trails, but if you want to visit the animals, you should leave your dog at home.
Read more about Merck Forest here: Cabin Camping at Merck Forest
Easy Hikes in South Central Vermont
The Green Mountains runs north to south through the center of the state. The following hikes are located in the southern Green Mountains, which are gorgeous in all four seasons!
Stratton Mountain Fire Tower, Stratton, Vermont
At 3,940 feet, Stratton Mountain is Southern Vermont’s tallest peak. The hike to the Stratton Fire Tower from the base of the mountain gains 1,700 feet in elevation, and is 6 miles, round trip. This is a great hike to aspire to, but it’s probably not suitable for young children, unless they are avid hikers already. Luckily, there’s a shortcut. During summer weekends, and every day during the fall foliage season, you can hop aboard the gondola at Stratton Mountain Resort. From there, it’s an easy, .7 miles to the fire tower, which provides unparalleled views in all directions.
Length of trail: 1.4 miles round-trip
Kid appeal: gondola ride, fire tower
Fees: It’s $35 for a family of up to eight people to ride up the mountain in a gondola cabin.
The Stratton Mountain Blog has a good overview if this adventure. Check out: Venture Vermont: Stratton Fire Tower Hike
Mt. Olga, Molly Stark State Park: Wilmington, Vermont
Mt. Olga is a great day hike for folks visiting Wilmington, which by the way, is one of my favorite Vermont towns. It’s a 1.8-mile loop to the top of the mountain.
Older kids will appreciate that they are actually climbing a mountain, but it’s not so hard that it’s frustrating. Still, it is all uphill, so prepare yourself and your kids with an incentive for reaching the summit. We usually opt for cookies and ice tea. When my kids were little, we would read a chapter of their favorite book at the top. If you explore the summit a bit, you’ll find ruins of the defunct Hogback Ski Resort up here, which are fun to poke around.
Length of trail: 1.8 mile loop
Kid appeal: ruins, Fire Tower
Dogs: on leash
Fees: $4 for adults, $2 for kids
For more about exploring Wilmington, check out: The Complete Guide to Exploring Wilmington, Vermont
Little Rock Pond: Mt. Tabor, Vermont
Looking for a nice hike to a pristine mountain lake? Little Rock Pond sits just off the Appalachian / Long Trail. The hike is 4 miles round-trip, but it gains just 350 feet in elevation. The lake is just far enough from civilization that it is never crowded, but close enough that it can be a nice day trip for a hike, picnic, and swim.
Other hikers have seen leeches in Little Rock Pond, but I never have, and we’ve been there dozens of times. Just something to be aware of. There is a lean-to shelter and several tent platforms set up near the lake for hikers, which also makes this hike the perfect first backpacking adventure for your family.
Length of trail: 4 miles, round trip
Kid appeal: swimming, rock jumping, beaver activity
Fees: none, although there is a nominal fee for camping
For a trail description and directions, check out this article in the Castleton Spartan.
Hamilton Falls, Jamaica State Park: Jamaica, Vermont
Jamaica State Park is one of our favorite Vermont State Parks. It includes an awesome rail trail that hugs the West River, which is a gem for swimming. As you hike or bike this trail, you’ll find lots of secluded swimming holes.
If you have little kids, I recommend sticking to the West River Rail Trail, which goes all the way to the Ball Mountain Dam. The hike to Hamilton Falls is probably the most challenging on this list. It’s 6 miles round-trip — 2 miles on the rail trail, and then a 1.1-mile climb to the base of the falls. We often shorten our trip by biking the rail trail and then locking our bikes up to a tree while we hike to the falls.
Difficulty: easy on the rail trail, but a steep climb to the falls
Length of trail: 6 miles round-trip
Kid appeal: River swimming, playground, waterfall
Dogs: on leash
Fees: $4 for adults, $2 for kids
Easy Hikes in Southeastern Vermont
Now let’s head east to the Connecticut River Valley. We haven’t done a huge amount of hiking in this area, but we’re hoping to add more to this list soon.
Mt Ascutney State Park, Windsor, Vermont
There are several hikes up Mt. Ascutney, a beautiful monadnock overlooking the Connecticut River Valley, but if you’re hiking with small children, or you want a more relaxing day trip, you can drive right up the mountain to a summit parking area. Once at the top, the summit trails are easy and fun to explore, with incredible views, a fire tower, and a hang glider launch pad. In fact, Mt. Ascutney is one of the premier hang gliding destinations in the northeast. There are several trails criss-crossing the summit, but if you want to climb the fire tower and watch the hang gliders, I recommend taking the summit trail to the Weathersfield trail to the hang glider’s trail. The whole loop is about 2 miles.
Length of trail: 2-mile loop
Kid appeal: hang gliders, awesome views, fire tower
Dogs: on leash
Fees: $4 for adults, $2 for kids
Want to read more about Mt. Ascutney State Park, check out: Vermont’s Mighty Monadnock
Black Mountain, Dummerston, Vermont
At 1,280 feet, Black Mountain isn’t huge, but it is an unusual ecosystem for Southern Vermont, boasting lots of mountain laurels and blueberry bushes (ready in late July or early August), and lots of exposed granite. The views are good, but a bit obstructed by trees.
When you get to the top, it pays to explore a bit for more exposed outcroppings of rocks and better views. There are two trails up the mountain, from either Rice Road or Black Mountain Road. The Rice Road trail is 1.5 miles and steep. The Black Mountain Road trail is 2.5 miles, but a more moderate climb. Choose the one most suitable for your family.
Difficulty: moderate to difficult
Length of trail: depends – see above
Kid appeal: blueberries, wildlife, good birdwatching
Putney Mountain, Putney, Vermont
There is a whole network of trails here, maintained by Windham Hill Pinnacle Association and the Putney Mountain Association. The Putney Mountain trail is easy enough for families, provides awesome views of the Green Mountains to the west, and is one of the premier spots to watch migrating hawks in the spring and fall. Once you reach the summit, you can continue on the West Cliff Trail for a longer hike, or loop around back to your car for a total of 1.2 miles.
Length: 1.2 mile loop
Kid appeal: vista, hawk watch
Dogs: on leash
For a directions and a detailed trail map, visit Windam Hill Pinnacle Association
There are many, many trails in and around Brattleboro that I haven’t explored yet. If you have, please leave a comment. I’d love some more recommendations. Also, the Brattleboro Area Trail System has a fabulous trail map and guide for anyone who wants to explore the area. As I visit more trails in Southeastern Vermont, I will update this page.
Looking for more opportunities to hike in Vermont? Check out our Vermont Vacation Guide for Outdoor Lovers or read these posts:
- Easy Hikes in Northern Vermont
- Best Hiking Near Killington, Vermont
- Hiking the Long Trail with Dogs: An Interview with Shirley Harman
- Rambling Around Vermont: Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park
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Our Favorite Resources for Road Trips and Outdoor Adventures
These are the resources we use for planning road trips, saving money while traveling, and shopping for outdoor gear.
Car Rentals: While we use our own car most often for road trips, we also enjoy flying into major airports and then renting a car for more regional road trips. We use Kayak to compare prices and find deals from dozens of car rental agencies at once.
Flights: We use Kayak to search out flight deals. Money-saving tip: If you find yourself using the same airline over and over again (we are huge Southwest fans), consider joining their loyalty program and getting an airline credit card. With our Southwest Rewards Visa, we earn a few free flights each year.
Hotels: When it comes to lodging, we seek out small boutique hotels or quirky roadside motels. First, we search for hotels on TripAdvisor so we can read reviews from other travelers. Then, we use Booking.com to make reservations (they have the best prices, plus a flexible cancelation policy).
Camping: Camping is one of our favorite things to do on long road trips. It allows us to explore the outdoors, cook our own food, and save money. We use They Dyrt Pro to find campsites and read reviews before booking on Recreation.gov or state park websites.
Glamping and Vacation Rentals: For weekend getaways and shorter vacations, we love glamping (check out our glamping resource guide). We book glamping properties through Tentrr, Hipcamp, and Airbnb. For cabins and vacation rentals, we like to use VRBO (they have fewer fees and a better cancelation policy than Airbnb).
Guides and Maps: If we are visiting a new region, we usually invest in a Moon Travel Guide for the area. We pass them on to friends and family after our trip. If we are planning on hiking, we also purchase a Falcon guide in the Best Easy Day Hikes series.
Outdoor Gear: We are REI Co-Op members. It cost us $20 for a lifetime membership, but we get a yearly dividend based on our purchases, plus great deals and coupons throughout the year. REI also has a great return policy.
Check out our complete guide for planning a road trip on a budget


Day 2 of the 16-day biannual Television Critic’s Association Summer 2014 Press Tour started off with introductions of new programming from Discovery, WGN America and BBC America. The following is a snapshot look at their new series, as well as what was noteworthy from the featured presentations.
Animal Planet’s “Pitbulls and Parolees” will make you cry because it touches the heart that deeply. It demonstrates that what the rest of the world would turn their backs on and throw away may be beautiful loving souls — both human and canine. Tia Torres’ Villalobos Rescue Center has been saving the lives of dogs and people who need a second chance for over 20 years; and while Tia may proclaim that she is not a hero, she certainly comes across as a hardworking, tough-as-nails angel. It is remarkable the path she has chosen — saving what the rest of the world has deemed unsaveable. Animal rescue and parolee rehabilitation is not an easy task, but one admires those who have the strength and tenacity to do it. (Premieres September 27, 2014.)
American Heroes Channel’s “Gunslingers” calls itself a docu-drama, but it looks just like a really good scripted Western drama. The show offers reenactments of the most famous gunslingers in American history, like Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Wyatt Earp. Fantastic way to revisit and rediscover why the Wild West was truly “wild.” In a nation trying to figure out how to tame those who sought out the freedom and lawlessness of a world not yet ruled by laws and a justice system. The theme is: “to catch a bad man, it takes a bad man.” (Premieres July 20, 2014.)
“Manhattan” is a new drama series set back in the 1940’s when the U.S. government was striving to discover the secret to make an atomic bomb. It tells the stories of the men and women who were scientists, mathematicians, soldiers and the wives that had to keep this massive secret and were not even sure what the end goal was at the time. Invoking the nostalgia from the era, the show plays like a classic movie with each episode a new chapter in a dark tale of trying to live a normal life in the midst of an extraordinary situation. With secrets and classified material embruing their entire world, there is an underlying boiling tension. It becomes a question of who can you really trust and is the government telling them everything they need to know about their highly confidential mission. The show appears to captured the innate glamour of the era with classic cars and stylish clothing while merging it with the dusty, secret-filled world of a town that was not even allowed to have a name. Apparently, it was just too dangerous to even be a name on the map. (Premieres July 27, 2014.)
“Orphan Black” officially picked up for Season 3, with production to begin September 2014 and will return in Spring 2015. It is a brilliant sci-fi series that, if you have not discovered it, you have been living under a rock. So get with it and catch up. It is one of the most critically-acclaimed shows on television and deserves to win every award every nominated. One word describes it perfectly: clones.
“The Game” is a slick, intriguing British spy series about the moles, double agents, sleepers and covert operatives at the heart of the ultimate spy game. Created and written by Toby Whithouse (DOCTOR WHO, BEING HUMAN), the series explores a British agent who nearly defects to Russia during the Cold War and yet then there is a twist and the game has begun. Just when you think you have figured out what who can really be trusted, the story twists again and you are not sure at all who can be trusted. Heroes and villains are not easily defined when everyone is hiding behind a facade and has a stake in the game. Stars Brian Cox and Tom Hughes. Point of interest is that the first season is self-contained, meaning it has an ending to the story. However, if the show renewed, they would offer a whole new story to explore. (Premieres Fall 2014, 6 episode series.)
“The Intruders” is a spooky, spine-chilling tale of beings who take over the bodies of unsuspecting people on a mysterious quest. The series is based on the book by Michael Marshall Smith and stars John Simm (LIFE ON MARS, DOCTOR WHO), Mira Sorvino and James Frain. If previews are any indication, the show may give you nightmares. (Premieres August 23, 2014, 8 episode series.)
“A Poet In New York” stars Tom Hollander, who portrays the legendary poet Dylan Thomas, and brought to screen by writer Andrew Davies (DOWNTON ABBEY). It is a tragic and heartbreaking look at Dylan Thomas’ life. He had a remarkable, rare gift with words, but seemed to constantly spiral farther and farther out of control with his drinking and erratic emotions. It led to a premature death, but his legacy lives on through is poetry. Here is something you may remember of his work: “Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Point of interest: this may sound familiar if you have watched the film “Independence Day” or the television series “Falling Skies,” both which referenced this iconic quote. (Premieres Fall 2014.)
That is a wrap on Day 2 at TCA! Look for more upcoming snapshots from TCA Summer 2014 on the new shows and TV specials coming up for Fall 2014.


Zardosi, literally meaning ‘zardon si’ and translating to ‘heavenly like gold’.
Zardosi is the name of the exquisite embroidery work that has its roots in Iran, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Pakistan, and India of course. The word ‘zardozi’ is the combination of two Persian words – zar, meaning ‘gold’, and dozi, meaning ‘work’. This form of embroidery uses gold and silver threads to create gorgeous patterns and designs.
The identity of modern Lucknow – the monuments like Buland Darwaza, Bada Chhota Imambaara, picture gallery, Nawabi culture attract tourists from all over the world. But not many bother to pay attention to the narrow lanes of the traditional Lucknow, which are the hub of the famous and exquisite Zardosi work.
The ancient and rustic flavor of the narrow lanes woven together by the golden threads known as Zardosi spreading magnanimously through the different facets of life. It narrates a series of anecdotes. It is believed that this art form that originated in Persia and Iran first came to India through Agra and Delhi. The embroidery art came to India via Persia and gained its summit during the Mughal reign. King Jehangir’s wife Noor Jehan immensely patronized the art and raised it to a higher level of craftsmanship.
Such is the beauty and the magnificence of this craft that it adorns the spaces of the Kaba(Mecca) to the Gurudwaras to the Hindu temples. The grandeur of the Zardosi can be witnessed in the Kaaba Sharif where a new zardosi sheet is laid every year during the Hajj.
The artisans take pride in the fact that the craft of zardosi, dabka and others can only be achieved by hand. And involves a continuous and tedious effort of two to three months per design.
Learning the zardosi craft is an education in itself and takes about two to three years of training. The artisans are trained to understand the different designs, know the difference between the various stitches and inculcate it with the preferences of the individual customers.
Experience the dynamism of Zari with this varied collection.
Maroon Linen Silver Zari Woven Dupatta:
Ishwarya Indigo Clamp Dyed Dupatta With Zari Border:
Bottle Green Organza Silk Zari Embroidered Dupatta:
Grey Zari embroidered Kurta
Blue Zari Kurta:
Blue Zari Embroidered Kurta & Palazzo Set:
Opulent Zardosi Shawls
Royal Black Aari Zari Pure Pashmina Shawl
Blue Shaded Aari Zari Pure Pashmina Shawl
Aari Zari Embroidered Off-White Pure Pashmina Shawl


When people normally talk about tyres it's in the context of cars, motorbikes or bicycles, but Michelin has been aiming higher with its latest partner.
The arm of the business which makes tyres for aircraft, Michelin Aircraft Tyre, announced that the Gulfstream G280 will be making use of its Michelin Air X radial tyres.
Michelin Aircraft Tyre Company's director of original equipment Bob Pointon made the announcement at the National Business Aviation Association convention.
He said that the company was "proud to be the tyre of choice on the new G280" and explained that the company is "committed to providing innovation and safety".
Mr Pointon was keen to remind his audience that the company's "radial tyres are designed to provide a long tyre life and exceptional performance".
The company also pointed out that the tyres are designed with flexible casing which allows for "smooth taxiing, takeoffs and landings" to make passengers' journeys more comfortable.
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"It's just perfect from the top to the bottom." This family-owned inn sits on 15 verdant hillside acres on the Samaná Peninsula, with views of the Atlantic in the distance. The Victorian colonial design evokes an eighteenth-century plantation house (this one filled with eclectic art, including a collection of wooden sheep). "Beautiful rooms" in earth tones have Brazilian hardwood floors, antiques such as Chinese bamboo storage trunks and Indian ivory cabinets, and mahogany soaking tubs. Enjoy drinks on the terrace or, for an "unforgettable culinary and sensory experience," try a seafood lunch at the Beach Restaurant, a few miles—and a free shuttle ride—from the main hotel. Expect "truly unbeatable service from the outstanding staff." "This is the most perfect, tranquil, relaxing place I've ever been."
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When I was at Ally pally last month I had Massimo with me. While browsing at the Visible image stall he noticed the character stamps and wanted to get them all as he really liked them. His favourite was immortal Edward.
So we left the stall with 3 sets of stamps. So I decided to play with hem this week. I really like this little chappie and I think he looks a lot like Massimo. I can imagine him striking exactly the same pose.
Anyway enough of my waffle and back to card. I started with a piece of centura card and using reverse side i embossed the brick wall stencil on it. Leaving stencil in situ I started adding colour with distress inks and stencil brushes. I used antique linen. old paper, tea dye, rusty hinge, brushed corduroy, vintage photo and walnut stain.
Using a texture stamp from same set and vintage photo and walnut stain i stamped randomly over background thus adding texture to bricks. Then using black soot and the stars i stamped them randomly along 3 sides. I matted it on black and stuck it to base card.
On a separate piece of centura card I stamped Jake with black archival and clear embossed him. I coloured in using promarkers. I added glossy accents to his eyes, wrist bands, collar, strip on cap, star on trainers and the axles on wheels.
I fussy cut him and shaped him and stuck him to wall. Then I stamped and embossed sentiment and cut it out with a spellbinders die. I cut a faux nestie in black and attached overlapping the wall. I finished card off with some cosmic shimmer glue dots and a star from my stash.
I hope you like my make especially as this is the first project using Visible image stamps, Theresa xx
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"i felt as though this album really bless my heart. hearing the kids worship god in a very beautiful and heartfelt way. This album is truly a blessing to me and my family. Just like to say to minister barnes and his family to be encourage and always abide in the lord. Please come out with a album that will touch my heart as this one did."


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I forecast a British cream cheese shortage in the near future.
Rosalie Price of Saratoga wants to help her sister-in-law in England replace a beloved missing cheesecake recipe for a taller-than-usual cake that feeds a crowd. Price’s sister-in-law will need to stock up on cream cheese to try all the recipes Home Plates readers sent. I’m forwarding all your contributions to Price — and two of those recipes accompany today’s column.
Maureen Kawaoka of El Cerrito thinks her tangy New York-style cheesecake is a fitting replacement. Her cheesecake includes a pound of cream cheese, two cups of sour cream and a bit of lemon juice and lemon zest. I’m intrigued by the precise, yet quirky baking instructions. You bake the cheesecake for an hour at 300 degrees, then leave it in the oven with the door closed and the oven turned off for 30 minutes more. And finally, you let the cake rest inside the oven for another half hour with the door open.
If you can’t lay hands on a springform pan, then Vicki Gutgesell of Oakland has the cheesecake for you. Her favorite recipe includes a cookie-type crust baked in a pie plate or torte pan. The cooled cheesecake is topped with a homemade strawberry glaze.
“Thank you for reminding me about the dried fruit ‘brandy’ that was popular in the 1970s,” says Dee Danna of San Jose. “My mom always had at least one jar in the pantry. It was often hard to find anyone to drink the liqueur – too sweet! – but the remaining fruit was her secret ingredient in nut bread and sometimes in cookies.”
Danna had an “aha!” moment when she read the recent column about rock-candy apricot brandy. “I thought, ‘That’s why the banana bread doesn’t taste as good as I remember!’ I might soak some dried fruit with rock candy and vodka this summer, so I will have fruit for fall baking,” she says. “Thank you for a very sweet memory.”
The recipe left Susan Carothers with a couple of questions about rock candy. Rock candy is a sweet made of large sugar crystals formed on a string or stick. If you’re feeling ambitious or want to channel your inner Bill Nye the Science Guy, you can make your own rock candy at home. Recipes and experiments abound online. Or you can buy rock candy at Amazon or sites such as www.oldtimecandy.com.
Carothers wonders if she can substitute fresh figs in the apricot brandy recipe. “I own an enormous and productive fig tree, which yields tons of figs in August,” she says. “I would love to make fig brandy.” Any suggestions for brandy or liqueur recipes using fresh figs are welcome. If you have other recipes that will help Carothers utilize her fresh fig crop, please share.
Send recipes, tips and requests to Kim Boatman at HomePlates@bayareanewsgroup.com. Find recent Home Plates recipes online at www.mercurynews.com/tag/home-plates.


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Himadri Pakrasi, the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor in biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, leads a team awarded $1.7 million from the National Science Foundation to streamline the genome of a cyanobacterium with the goal of developing a green cellular factory for sustainable production of food, feed and fuels.
“In this project, we are aiming to redesign the genome of a photosynthetic organism without sacrificing its production capacity. This is a tall task, never attempted before,” Pakrasi said.
Researchers will use a genome reduction strategy to develop a photosynthetic production platform out of a fast-growing cyanobacterium, Synechococcus 2973, that can efficiently convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into products of interest. This strain has the fastest doubling time of any known species of cyanobacteria and the highest rate of biomass production observed in cyanobacteria, making it a prime target for bioproduction.
Pakrasi and members of his research group, including postdoctoral research associate Anindita Banerjee and research scientist Deng Liu in biology in Arts & Sciences, have worked with Synechococcus 2973 before, including on projects that required expertise in cyanobacterial physiology, systems and synthetic biology.
Their collaboration includes pioneering geneticist George Church of Harvard Medical School and MIT and computational scientist Costas Maranas at Penn State. The Pakrasi and Maranas research groups have worked together for nearly a decade.
The new project involves state-of-the-art genome editing technology, guided by metabolic modeling and experimental analysis. The project will also train a number of undergraduate students, teaching the design and implementation of molecular tools and cyanobacterial physiology.
“Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic and can thrive with sunlight and consume carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas,” Pakrasi said. “Bioproduction using such microbial cell factories is expected to be environmentally sustainable, as compared to the current heterotrophic production hosts.”


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COMING SOON to Imagecraft – The NEW Sony Venice Camera
Slated to be available in Imagecraft Productions cinema camera rentals department in early 2018… Recently Sony unveiled the Venice, its next generation CineAlta camera system with forward thinking full frame sensor, phenomenal color science and user friendly operation. CineAlta is a brand name used by Sony to describe various products involved in content creation, production and exhibition process within digital cinema workflow. Now Sony’s products branded as CineAlta include digital cinema cameras, camcorders, recorders, cinema servers, and projectors. You can browse our current CineAlta camera rentals and related products here.
“VENICE has a surprisingly compact design which allows easier shooting in confined spaces or on drones. VENICE’s control buttons reflect the requirements of camera operators, carefully positioned for intuitive operation. They even illuminate for easy use on dark sets. On-set monitoring operation is further enhanced by the addition of an extra HD output alongside the standard 4K-SDI. VENICE can be powered by both 12 V and 24 V power sources that can be connected at the rear. A wide range of accessories are supported, including standard Fischer connectors. For enhanced durability in tough conditions, the viewfinder uses a LEMO connector.”
We were lucky enough to get to see and demo the camera the other day, and here is what our cinema camera rentals department heads had to say about it.
Gene Duggan, Director of Sales and New Business, “My initial thoughts on the Sony Venice were,
- Sony finally listened to input from working professionals and incorporated it into the design of Venice; the biggest feature being the internal ND Filter wheel of .3-2.4. Also, the user menus are on the “dumb” side of the camera so the AC’s can still be playing w/settings while the DP is looking through the viewfinder.
- Sony has gone w/the full frame sensor and higher resolution capability with this model.
- Rental houses are going to have to change/update their lens inventory to accommodate for the full frame sensor.
I can see our clientele using this for promos, VFX, feature films, television and commercial work. Out of all of our cinema camera rentals, this camera will be able to handle all of the above.
I am extremely excited for this to arrive in the beginning of 2018. In addition to our existing clientele this camera will open up industry doors that previously have been shut.
From the short film and the behind the scenes extras we saw at the Sony launch party, the Sony Venice is extremely user friendly and has the same menu structure as previous models. I think it was very smart of Sony to identify what works from other camera manufacturers, for example, putting the menu screen on the “dumb” side of the camera.
The Sony launch party was very well done and well attended by a lot of Hollywood DP’s and executives. Sony brought in the top brass from Japan and I believe they were excited by what they saw. The event must have had close to or maybe even more than 500 people. It was good to mingle w/some of the top DPs, executives, and AC’s in the industry.”
Patel, Head of Engineering discussed, “Sony has finally entered in to FULL FRAME 6K Digital Motion Picture Camera. The sensor is state of the art in technology, performance, dynamic range and color gamut. The sensor is CMOS with effective 24.4M effective pixels. (6048 X 4032)
The Main applications that I see for our clients are feature films, anamorphic look, commercials, high-end dramas, aerial shoots and live events like concerts.
I would be excited to have this camera in Imagecraft’s inventory, but the right lens choice is also important for each different application.
- The camera menus have been simplified considerably compared to the Sony F55.
- The viewfinder is New OLED DVF-EL200 with double the brightness when compared to the Sony F55 OLED VF. The reason being is, with 15 Stop Dynamic range you need to see more latitude in the eye piece.
- Nighttime aerial shots are high resolution; no noise and color saturation in low light makes it more immersive. In this regard Sony has surpassed film performance.
- Venice has a built in full frame ND filters ranging from 0.3 to 2.4 in steps of 0.3 clearly almost no external ND filters will be required and of course, servo controlled.”
- The workflow for Venice is already here using an R7 recorder ( RAW, X-OCN 16bit) and data transfers using the Thunderbolt 2 card reader with a data rate of up to 1GB per second.”
To read more about the Sony Venice, you can follow this link to the Sony site: http://bit.ly/Sony_Venice


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text: In this stunning history, soldiers and civilians, both American and Vietnamese, tell what it was like in the spring of 1975 as Hanoi carried out its final, successful offensive against the Republic of Vietnam. Generals, ambassadors, pilots, marines, politicians, doctors, seamen, flight attendants, journalists, children, and even Vietcong soldiers describe the growing demoralization, panic, and chaos as the collapse gained momentum. American survivors recall with raw emotions the escape of the last airliner out of Danang, the chilling helicopter airlift from the U.S. embassy roof in Saigon, and the painful abandonment of their South Vietnamese allies. Former boat people relate their hair-raising encounters with Thai pirates and in a new postscript, an American government official describes the resettlement of 130,000 Vietnamese refugees in America over the ensuing months. Touching, heroic, and unforgettable, these dramatic narratives illuminate the closing act of one of the central events of modern history.


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The Labour Party held its presidential rally for Peter Obi and Ahmed Datti in Minna, Niger State yesterday, and the participation of the people at the rally was encouraging.
Taking to his Twitter page, the presidential candidate of the party, Mr Peter Obi described the rally as an awesome rally.
What an awesome and energizing crowd in Minna. I am grateful and delighted to be here. Thank You Niger State.
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As the 2023 general election is fast approaching one of the critics of the Labour Party flagbearer, Mr Reno Omokri has confessed that Peter Obi is a great candidate.The Former Presidential spokesman stated this via his verified Twitter handle. According to him Obi is an excellent candidate but the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar is better.He urged people to support whoever they want and still respect each other. His words: “I love Obidients...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) will launch its campaign rally for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State on Sunday with a proclamation from President Bola Tinubu.This was disclosed in a statement released on Friday by Kingsley Fanwo, the director of media and publicity for the Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Alhaji Dr. Umar Ganduje, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State and Chairman, APC National Campaign C...
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It was a dramatic moment yesterday at the Lekan Salami stadium on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State when one of the members of the National Union of Electricity Employees performing the match pass in commemoration of Workers’ Day suddenly fell down from the ladder used to illustrate the symbol of the union.An eyewitness, who told our correspondent that all the affiliated unions of the Nigeria Labour Congress were called one after the other for the yearly match pass by the...
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At one time there was no choice. If you wanted to speak to someone you picked up the phone on the desk and called them. Today, you can also use a mobile cellular phone which could be either GSM or 3G.
Or you could use VOIP from your desktop PC to route the call over the internet. You could do the same with your laptop. And your internet connection could use ADSL, cable, wifi, 3G or even wimax. And then there’s your PDA…
We have never had more choice of how to communicate but neither have we had so many head-spinning acronyms. Wouldn’t it be better if we had one mobile device that could find its own way to set up a call from A to B?
That is the vision of E2RII, an EU-funded project that pulled together 32 organisations in 14 countries to plan a future where such things are possible.
“Most users don’t care about the technology, what they care about is communicating,” says project coordinator Dr Didier Bourse of Motorola Labs near Paris. “You may be in different environments – at home, in the office, on a train, and so on – but what you want is to be connected and to enjoy a seamless experience. At the same time, network operators want to make the best of their networks and use them as efficiently as possible.”
They call it ‘end-to-end connectivity’, and to achieve it the exchanges, routers and other hardware between A and B must be able to adapt to several different technologies, hence the principle of ‘end-to-end reconfigurability’ (E2R) which gives the project its name.
E2RII was the second phase of a series of projects that began with E2R itself, which ran between 2004 and 2005. The partners exploited concepts of ‘software-defined radio’, where many functions that are normally hard-wired can be done in software, and ‘cognitive radio’ and ‘cognitive networks’, where communication nodes become more and more intelligent and reconfigurable.
“The idea is to guarantee end-to-end connectivity,” says Bourse. “We are looking both at terminals – such as a phone – and networks. Terminals will be more and more intelligent, so one of the key challenges was to define how in future we will split the intelligence and functionality between the network and the terminal. What do you need on the network side to make these different technologies work together and how far can you distribute the intelligence to the edges?”
At present, most of the intelligence lies in the network. As you travel across Europe with your mobile phone, the local network automatically locates you, routes your calls and then hands you over to the neighbouring network. This is known as ubiquitous access.
In the medium future, the watchword is ‘pervasive services’. “You buy your device and you can update the software, like a PC, but over the air,” Bourse says. “The device can evolve to cope with new technologies, so you can access new services. Developers or vendors will be able to modify the communications standards of equipment without having to invest in a new hardware design.”
Further ahead lies ‘dynamic and flexible resource management’. Bourse asks us to picture a cube – the ‘communications cube’ – where one side represents radio frequency, a second side represents the range of radio technologies available and a third side maps all the possible services.
Today’s devices operate at only a few points within the cube. At any one time, your mobile phone will use a given frequency (perhaps 900 or 1800 MHz), a technology (say, GSM) and a service (such as voice or text). In future, Bourse envisages systems that potentially could use the entire volume of the cube, selecting whatever frequency, technology and service is available to get your message across efficiently. And you won’t even know it’s happening.
Influence on standards
Of course, there are many obstacles to overcome first, not least the present rather rigid allocation of radio spectrum. E2RII included telecom regulators amongst its partners, alongside businesses and universities, to ensure that its innovative technical concepts and solutions made regulatory as well as business sense.
There were even partners in India, China and Singapore, to bring in needed skills and help build a wider consensus on the way ahead. The project also worked with similar initiatives in North America and Japan.
The partners have developed many proposals for equipment, network management and applications. They made more than 450 contributions to conferences, journals and workshops and the effects of the project are already being felt through its input into European and worldwide standards. Some reconfigurable products influenced by E2RII thinking are starting to appear.
Although E2RII finished at the end of 2007 its work is now being carried on by a project called E3 – End-to-End Efficiency – which seeks to build on the concept of cognitive radio systems to make the best use of the communications cube. As Bourse says, “The ultimate goal is really to make the system much more efficient.”
E2RII is one of five large integrated projects in the EU’s Wireless World Initiative and was supported by the Sixth Framework Programme for research.
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Physicists of the University of Würzburg have made an astonishing discovery in a specific type of topological insulators. The effect is due to the structure of the materials used. The researchers have now published their work in the journal Science.
Topological insulators are currently the hot topic in physics according to the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Only a few weeks ago, their importance was...
In recent years, lasers with ultrashort pulses (USP) down to the femtosecond range have become established on an industrial scale. They could advance some applications with the much-lauded “cold ablation” – if that meant they would then achieve more throughput. A new generation of process engineering that will address this issue in particular will be discussed at the “4th UKP Workshop – Ultrafast Laser Technology” in April 2017.
Even back in the 1990s, scientists were comparing materials processing with nanosecond, picosecond and femtosesecond pulses. The result was surprising:...
Have you ever wondered how you see the world? Vision is about photons of light, which are packets of energy, interacting with the atoms or molecules in what...
A multi-institutional research collaboration has created a novel approach for fabricating three-dimensional micro-optics through the shape-defined formation of porous silicon (PSi), with broad impacts in integrated optoelectronics, imaging, and photovoltaics.
Working with colleagues at Stanford and The Dow Chemical Company, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign fabricated 3-D birefringent...
In experiments with magnetic atoms conducted at extremely low temperatures, scientists have demonstrated a unique phase of matter: The atoms form a new type of quantum liquid or quantum droplet state. These so called quantum droplets may preserve their form in absence of external confinement because of quantum effects. The joint team of experimental physicists from Innsbruck and theoretical physicists from Hannover report on their findings in the journal Physical Review X.
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