KARACHI: The rupee continued to remain on a downward trend in the open market on Saturday as it lost over one-rupee to Rs128 to the US dollar on speculation that the government would let the currency depreciate further under the influence of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
“Dollar is priced at Rs128 (a new two-month low),” said a dealer at Galaxy Exchange Company in Karachi.
Currency dealers reported they closed the rupee-dollar trade in the range of Rs126.8 to Rs128 compared to Rs126.1 to Rs126.8 a day earlier.
In the officially run inter-bank market, the currency trade ended at a stable level of Rs124.24 on the last working day of the week on Friday, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).
“Market talk suggests the IMF has recommended further depreciation of the rupee to Rs150 to the US dollar if Pakistan wants to opt for a bailout to avert balance of payments crisis,” Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP) General Secretary Zafar Paracha told The Express Tribune.
“Devaluation of the rupee to Rs150 seems unrealistic in the current scenario. However, if the government opts for the bailout, it will definitely let the currency weaken to Rs130-135,” he said.
Pakistan Forex Association President Malik Bostan said, “The currency market has faced panic buying as the government did not come forward to deny media reports.”
An IMF team is in Islamabad these days, holding meetings with Pakistani authorities to review the country’s economic performance.
Many are seeing the meetings as a prelude to negotiations for a new bailout for Pakistan, which is facing growing pressure on its external sector.
Finance Minister Asad Umar has reiterated that the meetings are not aimed at seeking a bailout and if the country requires an IMF loan programme, the government will formally apply for it later.
Despite the minister’s statement, currency dealers continued to ask the government to remove uncertainty by disclosing its actual plans.
“The market may remain uncertain in the next two to four weeks,” Paracha said. “The government must clarify the situation.”
The supply of dollars to the open market shrank further and impacted the rupee as potential sellers withheld dollars on expectations the rupee would further go down, Bostan added.
Banks are the second source of dollar supply to the dealers. They, however, remained closed on Saturday on account of weekly holiday.
The rupee should recover after the central bank tightened the monetary policy by increasing the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 8.5% on Saturday, he said.
Stock market outlook
The increase in interest rate would strengthen the rupee and that should invite renewed buying, including from foreigners, at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, Bostan said.
However, historical evidence suggests the PSX’s benchmark KSE-100 index will react negatively to the increase in the interest rate.
Bostan said banks may react positively to the rate hike as they would benefit from the move.
Dollar hovers around Rs130.5 in open market
Besides, those listed companies which are operating on heavy bank loans may react harshly and those running on low bank loans may face a low selling pressure.
The All Sindh Saraf and Jewellers Association announced an increase of Rs450 per tola (11.66 grams) to Rs59,300 in the price of gold on Saturday mainly due to the downturn in the rupee.
“The downturn in the rupee has made gold expensive,” association’s President Haji Haroon Chand stated.
Besides, the price of gold, which is largely imported to meet local demand, surged to $1,192 per ounce (33.10 grams) in international markets from $1,183 a day earlier.
Rupee gains 0.68% as dollar inflow continues
An analyst at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) said the gold outlook remained negative internationally since the Fed continued to increase interest rate.
The market has continued to go down for the last two months, he recalled.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 30th, 2018.
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The best way to transition to inpatient care from outpatient care is to shadow an experienced hospitalist for a few days to learn the work flow.
There are only 30-35 conditions that patients get admitted with repeatedly. Become thorough with those conditions and your work will become very easy. Ask colleagues to help in the beginning.
Pick up day shift first if you are new to hospital medicine as there will be other hospitalists to help if you need help which you will need for sure. Do not feel shy to ask for help. We learn fast and correctly from colleagues than anywhere else.
Use the admission “order sets” made for some important diagnoses like CHF, TIA/CVA, COPD, sepsis to meet “Core Measures” requirement.
ER physicians are in a hurry to move the patients out of ER. It is understandable. Do not take their diagnosis as final. Many times, patient could have a totally different diagnosis. Just do your own assessment and come up with right diagnosis.
Save all the cell phone numbers of all the consultants as sometimes they are very helpful to communicate for quick patient care.
First thing in the morning, correct electrolyte abnormalities, then see sick patients, then see discharges.
Round with nurse preferably so that you can help patient better. It is the safest thing to do.
Always, start the day on time. If you delay in the morning, the whole day could be delayed causing stress.
Try to finish discharge summaries on the same day.
Always order PRN medications while admitting the patient to reduce pages or texting from nurses later. PRN situations include nausea,insomnia, fever, pain, BP over 160, shortness of breath, constipation, anxiety, agitation, headache, etc.
Always give benefit of doubt to nurses when they say the patient is not doing well. Just go and see the patient ASAP.
Avoid friction with your colleagues, nurses, specialists and for that matter with everyone. You never know who you will need help in future.
Most common diagnoses you see as a hospitalist are: Dizziness, Syncope, TIA, CVA, Epistaxis, Cellulitis, Pneumonia, Viral upper respiratory infections like Influenza, RSV, Rhinovirus, Human Metapneumovirus infection, etc which cause COPD exacerbation, Asthma and CHF exacerbation, Osteomyelitis of toes in diabetics, Ortho consults for joint surgeries for preop clearance, UTI, Urinary retention, Diverticulitis, Pneumonia, Rectal bleeding, Sepsis from different kind of infections, Bowel obstructions [with surgeons], Hepatic encephalopathy, Cirrhosis with ascites, Pleural effusions, Respiratory failure, DVT, PE, Meningitis, Intracranial bleeds, DKA, AKI, CKD, Hypertensive urgency, Hypotension, Code Blue, Hypo and Hyperglycemia, Electrolyte disturbances, Hospice as inpatient if terminal, AFib with RVR, Bradycardia, Diarrhea, C Diff infection, Gastroparesis, Drug seekers, Dementia with behavioral disturbances requiring medications and sitter at bedside, encephalopathy, chest pain, Sickle cell crisis, Patients on vent with PEG, ESRD on HD. etc. I am sure there are a few more. This site covers most of them.
If you have any questions about managing any of the above cases especially initially, do not hesitate to discuss with an other hospitalist until you get a grip over them. Even after that, if in doubt, discuss with someone either hospitalist or a consultant.
Always, talk to the family members about sick patients and explain what you think and what you are doing. If patient is in critical condition, clearly explain that.
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text: Fabrication of low-cost biosensing platforms with high selectivity and sensitivity is important for constructing portable devices for personal health monitoring. Herein, we report a simple biosensing strategy based on the combination of a cationic AIEgen (aggregation-induced emission fluorogen), TPE-2+, with an aptamer for specific protein detection. The target protein can displace the dye molecules on the dye–aptamer complex, resulting in changes in the fluorescence signal. Selectivity towards different targets can be achieved by simply changing the aptamer sequence. The working mechanism is also investigated.

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Nordic style small three-bedroom, fresh and beautiful, warm and comfortable family of three
March 13, 2019
Speaking of Nordic design, it seems that what emerges in everyone’s mind is a very cold and cool style. They use bright and neutral colors to present a simple and sleek aesthetic, and the abstinence is full. In fact, Nordic is a place full of fairy tales, and the true Nordic style is not cold at all. After reading today’s case, you will definitely I like this simple and charming style. This is a set of 105 square meters of small three-bedroom, using some bright and colorful paintings, the interaction with the wall, the space is more refined.

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text: Schools, keep up the good work! A new national study by the Crimes Against Children Research Center found that bullying, sexual assault, and other violence against US children ages 2-17 “declined substantially” between 2003 and 2008, the University of New Hampshire’s CCRC reports. The study’s lead author, David Finkelhor, credits schools’ and other prevention efforts to reduce bullying and sexual assault as part of the explanation for the declines, though adding that “children’s victimization is still shockingly high.” In the past year, physical bullying decreased from 22% of youth to 15%, and sexual assault from 3.3% to 2%, the CCRC study found. Certainly we all have more work to do – and not just schools: The authors “did not find declines in physical abuse and neglect by caregivers, but [they] did find a decline in psychological abuse. Thefts of children’s property also declined, but robbery was one of the few offenses to show an increase.” This page at the UNH site has a link to the full study, “Trends in Childhood Violence and Abuse Exposure,” in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Here’s coverage today in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; thanks to Cobb County School District risk-prevention specialist Patti Agatston in the Atlanta area for pointing the Journal-Constitution article out. Later added: the Wall Street Journal’s coverage.

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Australian soccer club sanctioned after pitch invasion
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Melbourne Victory soccer club has been prevented from selling tickets to home games and fans cannot attend away matches under Football Australia’s preliminary sanctions for a violent pitch invasion. The Victory were put on notice after 150 spectators stormed the AAMI Park pitch in last Saturday’s A-League match against Melbourne City, forcing the match to be abandoned. City goalkeeper Tom Glover sustained a concussion and facial lacerations when he was hit with a metal bucket wielded by a pitch invader. Referee Alex King, a television cameraman and two security guards were also injured. Football Australia has not fully determined final sanctions but has put Friday’s temporary measures in place until Jan. 15.
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Most people will never fly in a private jet, but for the few who do, it is a wonderful experience. Heads of state and their families are among the lucky few who have that opportunity. There are many benefits for them to travel in a private jet. They can fly right to their destination cityand on their own schedule. No waiting for commercial airlines. The private jet will not be running behind schedule. Landing on a smaller runway is possible and opens up many different areas. Food and libations are available and can be served at anytime. Complete privacy is important to heads of state and that is possible when they are on a private plane. Anyone who is lucky enough to have this experience will enjoy the flight greatly. It is a wonderful way to travel.
There are numerous different ways to travel through the air. The most common is commercial airlines. The next best way is through a private jet or private flight. Having the option of being able to fly to any airport that you want at any times takes stress off of traveling. You don't have to worry about others and who you will be on the plane with. You can easily rest and travel in peace. Many private flights and jets also have their own kitchen, bar, and seats tailored to you the person that is flying. Going in a private craft or private flight also give you the opportunity to be a little more flexible as far as the times you leave and arrive. So keeping in mind that you can literally fly at any time as long as you have a pilot makes it easier to fly, you just have to get a private craft first.
When you are in the market for an air charter service, you want to make sure that you locate a company who can best work with your specific needs. For example, if you need to get to a certain location faster then, say, a commercial airline flight, you want to be sure that you go with a company who can get you where you need to go on a faster plane. On the other hand, if you are looking to fly somewhere with some of your best friends to truly experience a city, you want to go out there and an private jet charter that has room for you and all of your friends in the plane. Additionally, you want to make sure that the planes that you find have the amenities that you want and have access to the destinations you want to go to. You can find more info online.
When a corporate company travels they usually utilize a private jet to charter their executives. A lot of big name companies use private jet services because it is more convenient. The corporate executives don't have to wait in long airport lines to check in. They don't need to check their bags in before they board. A lot of big companies have their own private aircraft and they hire a pilot to charter them around when they have to go to other countries. A jet charter flight is more comfortable for the executives because there is more room in a private jet. A private jet has more amenities than a commercial flight does. The bathrooms on a private jet are usually cleaner than the ones on a commercial flight. There are not a lot of passengers on a private jet like there is on a commercial flight.

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This is a joint project with the
Institut für Landtechnik of the University of Bonn.
Project Team: Dr. Peter Boeker, PD Dr. B. Diekmann (project leaders), Dipl.-Phys. O. Wallenfang
Models for the spread out of gaseous/aerosol components in air are important for the
prediction of the pollution of the environment. The aim of this project is to develop
accurate models for this task. To this end a Lagrange-particle approach is combined
with the NaSt3DGP flow solver.
Of major interest is the time fraction when the concentration of an unpleasingly smelling
species is larger then a given threshold. In Germany this is one of the criteria
for the official admission of new industrial facilities which potentially lead to
The following two figures show some examples of a current distribution of the
pollutant. The figures were taken from Boeker,Wallenfang,Koster,Croce,Diekmann,Griebel,Schulze-Lammers,
"Ausbreitungsmodellierung von Gerüchen mit zeitaufgelösten Modellen", Agrotechnische Forschung
The Lagrange particle model will be included in the NaSt3DGP distribution
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Like A Good Catholic Should
“Like A Good Catholic Should”
by Maria Pagliarulo
What do a lapsed Catholic, a practicing Muslim and a powerful Monsignor have in common?
I live on an ethnically mixed street in theBronx. My neighbors, a Muslim family fromBangladesh, live in the two-story brick house next door. From the day they moved in, my contact with them was minimal: polite smiles, careful hellos, a brief wave. On occasion I would see the Muslim family in their backyard from my small second floor balcony and ask the two children – a young boy and girl – how they were doing in school. They always responded with quiet enthusiasm. Their parents also greeted me kindly, but I sensed the palpable distance between us: it was an almost hermetic response expressed simply from what they did not say. It was actually a welcome change, since most of my neighbors were loud and rambunctious.
In mid- June, as I was walking up the stairs to my front door, Sayed, the young boy, approached me. He was wide-eyed, nervous. He spoke in a breathless rush, telling me that his parents could no longer afford the tuition of the private Catholic boys’ high school he had been attending for the past year. Sayed’s father, a diabetic, had been forced to cut back on what had once been a grueling work schedule. Now the family was in the first throes of financial ruin. Sayed’s academic record was excellent; he was eligible for a scholarship, he explained, but he and his parents had inquired about one for months without any response from his school’s principal, Brother Stan. Sayed asked me if I knew of any other programs that might be of help. He also asked me if I’d be willing to speak with Brother Stan.
I was a bit overwhelmed by the intensity of the moment, but also moved by the fact that his parents felt comfortable enough for him to come to me, to reach out to me from their seemingly hermetic front. I told him that I would do some research on scholarships, that I would give his principal, Brother Stan, a call. But first I needed to see his report card.
Before Sayed walked through his front door, his mother called down to him from an upstairs window, speaking in their native tongue. They invited me into their home. I looked up at the window and, for the first time, saw something more than the woman who wore her religion and her culture like a perpetual shroud. I saw a mother deeply concerned about the future of her child’s education.
I entered their small, modest apartment and was greeted by Sayed’s parents. His father extended a hand, then thanked me for my willingness to hear his family’s dilemma. And quite a dilemma it was. Sitting at their small kitchen table, I learned that Sayed had spent the first few months of his freshman year at a specialized school for science, only to end up a victim of racism. He had been assaulted by several students because of his name. Hussain. It was clearly – almost painfully – Muslim. Promptly, Sayed was pulled from that school and placed in a Catholic school close to home, where he excelled easily. But as the family’s financial situation darkened, so too did their hope in Sayed’s education. Sayed’s mother had tried to meet with the principal of the Catholic school for months. The elusive Brother Stan was never available. With a sad smile, Sayed’s father ended the conversation by saying, “You see, everyone thinks we are the Taliban. I am simply a Muslim American, trying to raise my family, trying to give my children an education in a safe environment.” He then handed me his son’s report card. Sayed had a grade point average of 97 and had been exempted from his final exams. This kid was definitely a candidate for a scholarship.
I left their home resolved to help them. I thought seeing Brother Stan would be quite simple, but I was wrong. In the weeks that followed, I went to the school on several occasions, but I could get no further than his secretary, Ms. McMillian. So I pursued other options. I did as much research as I could with the allotted time. The fall was approaching, the school year was creeping up, scholarship deadlines at other schools had already passed, and the few money-bag people in my life simply weren’t interested in helping with this cause. So, two weeks before school started, I went back to the school for the last time. Ms. Mcmillian said to me in a whisper, “Look, the only person who can really turn this around is The Monsignor – Monsignor Collins. He controls the purse strings. Go see him at the rectory and maybe he’ll do something. Just don’t tell him I sent you.”

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This pre-recorded panel discussion, hosted in partnership with the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), is designed to help viewers understand and address the mental health and psychosocial challenges of patients, family and caregivers who are dealing with COVID-19 related illness. In part one
of this two-part pre-recorded webinar series, a panel discussion will be led by Laurie Ferguson, PhD, an expert in social services and patient mental health, along with Steven Powell, MSN, RN-BC, CRRN, and Michelle Camicia, PhD, RN, PHN, CRRN, CCM, NEA-BC, FAHA. Both panel members have a unique perspective on COVID-19 due to geographic location, the size of their organization, as well as personal experiences with both patients and caregivers in the rehab setting. This open discussion will share information on how to assess, manage, and address the mental and psychosocial wellbeing of patients, families, and caregivers.
Education Gap Addressed By This Webinar:
As a result of COVID-19, patients, families and caregivers have seen an increase in post-traumatic stress symptoms. This pre-recorded webinar will cover how providers can best identify, minimize, and address these mental health symptoms.
This webinar will be pre-recorded and will be eligible for non-live CEUs for RNs and PTs.
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Leap is an award-winning national youth charity that provides inspirational conflict management programmes and personal support to young people and the professionals working with them. Many of the young people Leap works with have grown up in care, are not in mainstream education, are at risk of gang involvement and exploitation, or are caught up in the criminal justice system. They face high, sustained levels of conflict – violence, aggression, poor relationships, low self-esteem or bullying may be part of their daily lives.
By taking part in Leap’s training, young people gain the skills and personal resources to understand, manage and resolve conflict. This positively affects many areas of their lives including their relationships and decision-making abilities. They adopt new ways of thinking and behaving, are better placed to support peers in dealing with conflict and become leaders in their communities.
The SFF’s unrestricted grant to Leap Confronting Conflict supports the organisation to invest in curriculum development—so its work continues to address young people’s most pressing conflict-related needs—and other core costs.


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Microneedling well suited for patients with skin of color
By: Denise Fulton, Frontline Medicial News
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF – Microneedling shows promise for treating melasma and acne scarring in patients with skin of color, Dr. Janiene Luke said at PDA 2016.
A newer technique, microneedling employs small needles that puncture the skin, creating rapidly healing punctures and stimulating a wound-healing response, resulting in collagen and elastin production, said Dr. Luke, associate professor of dermatology at Loma Linda (Calif.) University. Because microneedling does not target a specific chromophore in the skin or use thermal energy, it will not cause postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.
Dr. Luke discussed a prospective randomized study conducted in India that looked at microneedling followed by application of topical tranexamic acid versus tranexamic acid microinjections in 60 patients with melasma who had Fitzpatrick Skin Types (FST) IV-V. Thirty patients were randomized to each of the two treatment groups.
After 3 treatments, patients in the microneedling groups saw a 44% improvement in Melasma Area Severity Index (MASI) scores, compared with a 36% improvement in those receiving microinjections (J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2013 Jul;6(3):139-43).
Dr. Luke pointed out that all dermatologists will need to know more about how to treat patients with skin of color since the U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2044, more than half of the U.S. population will be made up of people with skin of color.
“Since patients with skin of color will likely seek out dermatologic care more and more in the future, it is important to understand the conditions they commonly present with and have knowledge about practical ways in which to approach treatment as well as awareness of new and emerging research,” she said.
Dr. Luke reported that she had no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.


Darnell Mooney injury update
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The Chicago Bears might be the walking wounded after Sunday's contest against the New York Jets.
Veteran safety Eddie Jackson has already been carted off to the locker room with a foot injury, and now standout receiver Darnell Mooney is headed to the locker room with an apparent leg injury in the third quarter.
Mooney was unable to put any weight on his left leg when he walked off the field.
Bears officials announced that Mooney has suffered an ankle injury and is doubtful to return to the contest.
Mooney has 40 catches for 493 yards and two touchdowns this season.


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What's the used Ford Kuga 4x4 like?
The first-generation Ford Kuga was a stylish car that was generally well-received. Some, though, thought that it prioritised design a little too highly above function for a hotly contested class that included the likes of the iconic Nissan Qashqai.
This second-generation car was designed to be sold in North America too, and is, therefore, bigger, more upmarket and competes against a whole new class of larger SUVs and 4x4s than the old model. It ran from 2013 until it was replaced by an all-new model in 2020.
Early examples of the Kuga can be found with a turbocharged 1.6-litre petrol engine, this being replaced in 2016 by a smaller 1.5-litre. The entry-level 1.5 TDCi diesel engine may be small in size, but should have enough grunt for most people. If you regularly have a full car though, the 2.0-litre 150 is especially good. There's the choice of a six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic gearboxes on most versions, as well as front or four-wheel drive. All combinations are solid and eager performers.
There are plenty of trim levels to choose from, too. Entry-level Zetec models offer all of the essentials; air-con, electric windows and cruise control are all standard, although we would be tempted to look for a car fitted with the optional 8.0in touchscreen infotainment system. Moving up to Titanium brings a few niceties, such as the upgraded infotainment system, dual-zone climate control, rear parking sensors, part-leather seats, and automatic lights and wipers. ST-Line models are the sporty option and feature a bodykit, sports suspension, 18in wheels, black detailing for the outside, floor mats with red piping and a self-parking system. The latter not only brings front and rear parking sensors, but also means the Kuga can steer itself into a parallel parking spot.
The range-topping Vignale version arrived in 2016 and adds perpendicular parking assist, a powered tailgate and adaptive xenon headlights as standard, as well as a liberal upholstering of Windsor leather on the seats, interior doors and dashboard.
Where the Kuga really surprises is in its ride and handling, both of which are accomplished to the level where it feels more like a hatchback than an SUV of old, with good body control and agility and neat absorption of bigger bumps and road irregularities. Patched up town roads can cause it to shimmer slightly, but on the whole, occupants will be comfortable.
Looking the sizeable exterior dimensions of the Kuga, you'd be forgiven for expecting a spacious interior. However, it is soundly beaten by the Tardis-like Seat Ateca according to our measurements for both front and rear seat room. What's more, the use of some scratchy plastics means it doesn't feel as well made as the Ateca or Mazda CX-5 inside. The boot is a good size, but one or two in this class have a larger capacity.
What used Ford Kuga 4x4 will I get for my budget?
Prices for an early 2013 Kuga start at around £5000, at the time of writing, but we think it’d be wise to up the ante to around £8000 for a 2015 example. Upwards of £10,000 will secure a good 2017 car, and from £13,000 upwards you’ll be able to find a 2019 model. Spend around £16,000 to £18,000 for a run-out 2020 car.
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How much does it cost to run a Ford Kuga 4x4?
The front-wheel-drive 1.5 TDCi diesel-engined Kuga is the most economical in the range, with a combined figure of 54.3mpg, under the NEDC fuel test procedure that was relevant at the time. The 2.0 TDCi diesel is not far behind at 47.9mpg. The best-performing petrol-engined Kuga is the 1.5 Ecoboost 120 in Zetec trim, with a combined result of 45.6mpg, although getting the more powerful 182bhp one with four-wheel drive and an automatic gearbox lowers this to 37.7mpg. Mind you, that's still better than an equivalently equipped Kuga using the older 1.6-litre engine that uses fuel at a rate of 36.7mpg.
Avoid both the older 1.6-litre or four-wheel-drive equipped 1.5-litre petrols; these two have high emissions of 179g/km and 171g/km, respectively. The front-wheel drive 1.5 is much more reasonable at 143g/km. Early examples of the 2.0-litre diesel emitted 139g/km, but revisions in 2014 saw that drop to 122g/km. However, the Kuga with the lowest CO2 figure is the entry-level 1.5-litre diesel, with a figure of 115g/km.
Cars registered before April 2017 will be charged annual car tax based on their CO2 emissions, which obviously vary throughout the range. Owners of cars registered after that date will be liable for a flat rate fee. This is currently £155 a year. To find out more about the current road tax costs, click here.
Ford servicing costs are usually pretty reasonable and you can keep the costs down even further by opting for an Essential's service for £169 once the car is outside of its manufacturer's warranty period.
A significant number of Kuga owners have enjoyed a trouble-free experience, praising its reliability. Conversely, a portion of our readers have encountered persistent engine and electrical issues, necessitating frequent dealer visits. This inconsistency extends to dealer service experiences, with feedback split between dissatisfaction over repair delays and costs, and positive remarks on the professionalism and helpfulness of dealership staff.
Discover more about used Ford Kuga reliability and common problems on our dedicated reliability page.
Which used Ford Kuga 4x4 should I buy?
The entry-level 1.5 TDCi diesel engine may be small in size, but it should have enough grunt for most people.
Entry-level Zetec models offer the best value in the Kuga range because you get all of the essentials; air-con, electric windows and cruise control are all standard, although we would be tempted to look for a car with the optional 8.0in touchscreen infotainment system.
Our favourite Ford Kuga: 1.5 TDCi Zetec
What alternatives should I consider to a used Ford Kuga 4x4?
The Mazda CX-5 is one of our very favourite SUVs. It’s good to drive, with tidy handling and a range of flexible engines. It’s also very well equipped, and an excellent value used buy.
The Skoda Kodiaq is larger than the Ford Kuga and can seat seven people. It’s decent to drive and is cheaper to run than most rivals. It’s not the fastest, or the best equipped, but it’s a capacious family SUV that represents good value.


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Consent — and the right to withdraw it — underlies the EU's newly effective General Data Protection Regulation for researchers in Europe and beyond.
The VISAGE consortium's efforts coincide with a push in Germany to allow DNA phenotyping and biogeographical ancestry testing in criminal investigations.
The change will be felt most immediately in Europe, where the Dutch molecular diagnostics company recently secured a CE-IVD mark for its MammaPrint BluePrint kit.
A European Union lawyer argues that gene-edited crops should be exempt from genetically modified organism laws in the EU, the Guardian reports.
Over the next three years, the company and its partners will assess the OneRNA platform to diagnose bladder cancer, select treatment, and measure response and recurrence.
The European Union and the UK have developed an agreement that would enable EU researchers to stay in the UK post-Brexit, Science reports.
The new European initiative promises to deliver multiple new tests and methods for improving the treatment of breast cancer and rectal cancer.
The firm will launch two new analysis modules for its Genetic Information Management Suite next year, in addition to a new pharmacogenomics mobile application.
A new report suggests the UK's stature in science and research could fall post-Brexit, the Guardian reports.
Areas of concern are the recruitment of talented scientists, as well as retaining access to EU funding, European research collaborations, and clinical trials.
In a statement, National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins says sexual harassment is "morally indefensible" and "unacceptable."
Octopuses might owe their intelligence to their liberal alterations to their genes, Cosmos reports.
Stat News and ProPublica report that African Americans are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials.
In Cell this week: genomic analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysm, effect of probiotics on the microbiome, and more.


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Residents of a village in Vietnam have released 19 hostages held for a week over a land dispute on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi.
Villagers in Dong Tam Commune, in the suburb of My Duc, took 38 police officers and government officials hostage last Saturday after Hanoi police detained four locals, according to the BBC. Some of the hostages were freed earlier this week.
The disagreement between the people of Dong Tam and the authorities has been simmering since 2015, when it was announced that villagers’ land would be parceled up and sold to a military-run telecommunications firm. Residents said that they have been offered inadequate compensation for the 116-acre land seizure.
Vietnam’s communist state does not allow private land ownership, and reserves the right to seize land for construction and other projects. Since the villagers do not technically own the disputed land, the government said the protests are against the law, the Associated Press reports. While land disputes are common in Vietnam, large-scale protests are rare, as the state severely limits citizens’ freedom of expression and assembly. Activists are often harassed and can face harsh punishment under laws designed to crack down on government critics.
The remaining Dong Tam hostages were freed Saturday after a meeting between activists and Hanoi’s police chief, who promised amnesty for the villagers involved and a review of local land use.
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Pubic Hair Untamed: Viewership, Body Hair, And Primitivism In Modigliani's Female Nudes, 2019 University of Puget Sound
Pubic Hair Untamed: Viewership, Body Hair, And Primitivism In Modigliani's Female Nudes, Mary Thompson
Pubic Hair Untamed looks at the series of female nudes painted by early twentieth-century avant-garde artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing primarily on Female Nude from 1916. Modigliani’s nudes are unique in that they depict women with pubic (and armpit) hair, which is a detail omitted almost entirely from women’s bodies throughout the canon of art history. Within the canon, pubic hair has been acceptable on the bodies of nude men but otherwise only seen on women’s bodies in erotic or pornographic art, or on the bodies of women of color. Therefore, in the context of Modigliani’s nudes ...
Masks: A New Face For The Theatre, 2018 James Madison University
Masks: A New Face For The Theatre, Alexi Michael Siegel
James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)
This study seeks to reimagine and reinvigorate modern theatre’s relationship with mask work through text-based historical research and practice-based artistic research. It focuses on three ancient mask traditions: pre- and early Hellenistic Greek theatre, Japanese Noh theatre, and Nigerian Egungun masquerades. Research on these mask traditions and recent masked productions informed the development and staging of a masked performance of Charles Mee’s Life is a Dream. The production featured sections for each of the ancient masking styles and a final section that explored masks in a contemporary theatrical style. As a whole, this creative project pulls masks out ...
Sensing The City: Legibility In The Context Of Mediated Spatial Terrains, 2018 Iowa State University
Sensing The City: Legibility In The Context Of Mediated Spatial Terrains, Sharon Wohl
Smartphones, with their “pervasive presence” in contact with our bodies, have come to act as sensory prosthetics that mediate our experience of the city. They activate new possibilities of navigating the urban, such that we can find exactly what we want, rather than what has been placed before us. This article argues that smartphone technologies produce a more fluid engagement with urban space: where space is not so much “given” as “enacted.” In this context, notions of “legibility” take on new algorithmic and virtual forms. Thus, according to Hamilton and colleagues, where “the legible city waited to be read, the ...
Construction Of Reality: Symbolic And Social Practice Of Michael Kurzwelly’S Słubfurt And Nowa Amerika, 2018 Illinois State University
Construction Of Reality: Symbolic And Social Practice Of Michael Kurzwelly’S Słubfurt And Nowa Amerika, Olga Kostyrko
Theses and Dissertations
My thesis is concerned with the analysis of two long-term community-based socially engaged art projects of German artist Michal Kurzwelly: “Słubfurt” (1999-2018) and “Nowa Amerika” (2010-2018). The research methodology for the analysis is drawn from the fields of art theory and criticism, and sociology. More specifically, in order to evaluate the social impact of long-term social art practices on the local community I borrow the criteria from the sociological discourse of bottom-up community development, while simultaneously, combining it with the insights from art criticism to discuss aesthetic dimensions of the work. I am arguing that Michael Kurzwelly’s projects are ...
Face To Face, Carl Beam And Andy Warhol, 2018 Gettysburg College
Face To Face, Carl Beam And Andy Warhol, Keira B. Koch
Schmucker Art Catalogs
Keira Koch ’19 examines representations of indigenous cultures in prints and photographs by American artist Andy Warhol and First Nations artist Carl Beam. In this comparative study, Koch considers the topic of appropriation and re-appropriation of Native imagery. Warhol, as a non-Indigenous artist, is using this imagery to highlight the dominant narrative of the American West. Beam, however, incorporates photographs of Native subjects and traditional narratives by re-appropriating those images to tell a distinctly Native narrative. This exhibition invites discussion about the role of contemporary indigenous artists and how indigenous identities are expressed in contemporary art. This exhibition intersects with ...
1981: One Or Several Aesthetics?, 2018 The University of Western Ontario
1981: One Or Several Aesthetics?, Jacob Norris
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Gilles Deleuze’s monograph on Francis Bacon, The Logic of Sensation (1981), proposes a theory of aesthetic experience that prioritizes the material depths of sensation over stable, identifiable forms. Deleuze’s key references in The Logic of Sensation to playwright Antonin Artaud arouse the suspicion that Artaud’s schizophrenic experience of language, wherein words are reduced to phonetic ramblings, illuminates how Deleuze interprets this chaos of sensation in Bacon’s art. My work therefore calls back to The Logic of Sense (1969) and the first section of his book on Masochism (1967) to explore the waves of consistency between Deleuze ...
Returning The Radiant Gaze: Visual Art And Embodiment In A World Of Subjects, 2018 Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Returning The Radiant Gaze: Visual Art And Embodiment In A World Of Subjects, Beth Carruthers
Drawing on the latter thinking of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as on the ideas of other contemporary philosophers and theorists, this essay considers the denigration of vision from Plato to twentieth-century anti-ocularism, and argues for the reclamation of vision and visual perception as sensuous, embodied interplay between humans and world, self and other—an opening to wonder and more sensitive human-world relations. It does so through a phenomenological exploration of the process of art-making, and consideration of the role and value of artworks and images in the world. This essay is first and foremost an enquiry. As such it promises ...
The Larger Conversation: Contemplation And Place By Tim Lilburn, 2018 Concordia University
The Larger Conversation: Contemplation And Place By Tim Lilburn, Emory Shaw
Review of Tim Lilburn's The Larger Conversation: Contemplation and Place.
A Documentary-Material Approach For Performance, 2018 University of Malta
A Documentary-Material Approach For Performance, Marc Kosciejew
Proceedings from the Document Academy
This article begins a conceptual discussion about the relationship between documentation, performance, and materiality. It argues that a documentary approach helps show the roles played by documents and practices with them in performance’s materialization and constitution. It presents the start of a documentary approach for analyzing performance by discussing some ways in which documentation helps provide a material basis for performance beyond its enactment whilst simultaneously materializing and constituting it in and for other diverse contexts.
Enacting The Glastonbury Pilgrimage Through Communitas And Aural/Visual Culture, 2018 Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley and the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
Enacting The Glastonbury Pilgrimage Through Communitas And Aural/Visual Culture, Kathryn R. Barush
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage
The sacred sites of Glastonbury in Somerset, England have long been places of pilgrimage, connected to the legend of the journey of Joseph of Arimathea to the British Isles, and have fired the imagination from the Middle Ages to today - inspiring the Arthurian legends, folk-stories and song, and visual representations. In response to the question ‘What is Pilgrimage,’ this essay seeks to explore the conjunction of artistic representations and geographic journeys to and among the ancient topography and mysterious structures of Glastonbury, with a particular focus on how sacred travel, and especially an experience of communitas, can be engendered through ...
Biblical Assyria And Other Anxieties In The British Empire, 2018 James Madison University
Biblical Assyria And Other Anxieties In The British Empire, Steven W. Holloway
Steven W Holloway
The successful “invasion” of ancient Mesopotamia by explorers in the pay of the British Museum Trustees resulted in best-selling publications, a treasure-trove of Assyrian antiquities for display purposes and scholarly excavation, and a remarkable boost to the quest for confirmation of the literal truth of the Bible. The public registered its delight with the findings through the turnstyle- twirling appeal of the British Museum exhibits, and a series of appropriations of Assyrian art motifs and narratives in popular culture - jewelry, bookends, clocks, fine arts, theater productions, and a walk-through Assyrian palace among other period mansions at the Sydenham Crystal Palace ...
“After-Ozymandias”: The Colonization Of Symbols And The American Monument, 2018 CUNY Hunter College
“After-Ozymandias”: The Colonization Of Symbols And The American Monument, H. R. Membreno-Canales
School of Arts & Sciences Theses
After-Ozymandias examines the visual rhetoric of American patriotism through its many symbols, including flags and monuments. My thesis project consists of photographs of empty plinths, objects, products and archival materials. Countless relics remain today memorializing leaders and empires that inevitably declined, from antiquity to modern times. Looking back at distant history feels like a luxury, though: the question for our time in America is whether we have the strength of mind as a society to scrutinize our history, warts and all.
Radical Social Ecology As Deep Pragmatism: A Call To The Abolition Of Systemic Dissonance And The Minimization Of Entropic Chaos, Arielle Brender
Student Theses 2015-Present
This paper aims to shed light on the dissonance caused by the superimposition of Dominant Human Systems on Natural Systems. I highlight the synthetic nature of Dominant Human Systems as egoic and linguistic phenomenon manufactured by a mere portion of the human population, which renders them inherently oppressive unto peoples and landscapes whose wisdom were barred from the design process. In pursuing a radical pragmatic approach to mending the simultaneous oppression and destruction of the human being and the earth, I highlight the necessity of minimizing entropic chaos caused by excess energy expenditure, an essential feature of systems that aim ...
Four Sights Of The Patient (Ophelia), 2018 Washington University in St. Louis
Four Sights Of The Patient (Ophelia), Cecily Ann Fergeson
Graduate School of Art Theses
I make work in a variety of media, largely dealing with the imagery and material of the human body. My current work attempts to reckon with the following subjects: a reclamation of the notion of the so-called medical gaze and its historical record in photography; the idea that receiving the medical gaze transforms patients’ bodies; the idea of illness as an uncanny and intimate experience; and, finally, the act of metaphorically retracing the body’s material journey through the medical institution as it exists today. In this text, I discuss my practice in the context of critical theory, a recent ...
A Document That Transcends Itself: Between Abstraction And Reality, 2018 Washington University in St. Louis
A Document That Transcends Itself: Between Abstraction And Reality, Seth Lewis
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
In A Document that Transcends Itself: Between Abstraction and Reality, I first present a historical analysis of photography that complicates traditional assumptions of how photographs operate in the world. Rather than functioning as merely an objective record, the photograph takes on a dual status as both a document and an abstraction from reality. The photograph’s ability to selectively decontextualize the origins from which it came from and present itself as something other than what it simply records becomes the core of my artistic practice. This paper will also discuss my conceptual investigations into how we perceive photographs when they ...
Literarische Filmsimulation: Heinrich Eduard Jacobs Medienphilosophische Filmästhetik In "Blut Und Zelluloid", 2018 Washington University in St. Louis
Literarische Filmsimulation: Heinrich Eduard Jacobs Medienphilosophische Filmästhetik In "Blut Und Zelluloid", Paula Vosse
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Heinrich Eduard Jacob´s novel Blut und Zelluloid was published in 1929 and therefore mostly reviewed as a critical artwork regarding European film-propaganda before the outbreak of the Second World War. This thesis provides the interested scholar with a different approach: It discusses Jacob´s media-philosophical method to simulate the upcoming medium film in literature. With his implicitly and explicitly organized systems of diverse media, he circumvents constraints of the Paragone-discourse and offers a well-balanced literary construction.
Jacob´s method is compared with Pinthus´ Kinobuch and Pirandello´s Shoot!, while Simmel and Benjamin provide the thesis with a fundament to ...
Strange Woods, 2018 Washington University in St. Louis
Strange Woods, Song Park
Graduate School of Art Theses
I am interested in searching for images of women that have not been adequately represented in visual art. As a visual artist, I am directed by my sense of sight to investigate and know something. I like to challenge myself to visualize things that do not already have a visual representation. It has been frustrating for me to create images of women, and I have experienced a deep ambivalence in response to the different images of women I have encountered. The socially and culturally constructed images of women that I have internalized and those that have developed from my own ...
Hidden Mickey: Animation's Exclusion From Art History, 2018 University of Colorado, Boulder
Hidden Mickey: Animation's Exclusion From Art History, Molly Mcgill
Art History Theses & Dissertations
Despite being one of the most prevalent forms of entertainment in the twentieth century, commercial animation has long been excluded from serious art historical discourse, only considered within the disciplines of film studies or visual studies. As a drawn-medium, reliant on a team of artists for completion, I argue animation warrants discussion within the discipline of art history, particularly to address modernism within the vernacular consumer in the early twentieth century. This thesis operates as a proponent for animation's inclusion in art history, as well as a historiography of the fraught relationship between animation and the art world. Animation ...
"Itfannan": The Case For A Public Art Committee In The City Of Amman, 2018 University of Pennsylvania
"Itfannan": The Case For A Public Art Committee In The City Of Amman, Zein Zu'bi
CUREJ - College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal
Los seres humanos somos por naturaleza artistas, por ende, el origen del arte comienza con el origen de la humanidad. No cabe una duda que el arte es importante en la sociedad. Una sociedad privilegiada con una infraestructura de arte bien desarrollada – la cual le ofrece a la gente la oportunidad de visitar museos, galerías, exposiciones, instalaciones publicas (tanto permanentes como temporales), y participar en programas de arte – se ve más dispuesta a expresarse, y a exponerse a nuevas ideas y a escuchar las de los otros.
Seria un crimen negarles a los individuos de una sociedad la oportunidad de ...
Profanation, 2018 CUNY Hunter College
Profanation, Tsahi Zac H. Hacmon
School of Arts & Sciences Theses
This paper attempts to provoke an Israeli American dialogue that comes through profanity of conventional architecture. I am creating this dialogue by displaying two main subjects in proximity to each other: border architecture from Israel and institutional architecture or non-places in New York.


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04 February 2014, 16:02
Kazan seminary case is being investigated - Moscow Patriarchate
Moscow, February 4, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate has denied the allegations that the events that have taken place in the Kazan seminary are not being investigated.
Protodeacon Andrey Kurayev, the author of a popular blog, has started a debate on the "gay lobby" in the Russian Church, citing anonymous testimonies on homosexuals among priests and bishops. Specifically, he said students of the Kazan seminary have complained about sexual harassment by one of their mentors, who is a priest.
"Why is someone assuming that this case is not being investigated? A common church court is the last stage of any debate. It should not speak or act until a case is forwarded to it. There are a number of procedures related to the preliminary investigation. The fact that the common court is silent on the matter does not mean at all that the case is not being investigated," Archimandrite Savva (Tutunov), deputy head of the Property Management Office of the Moscow Patriarchate, told Interfax-Religion on Tuesday.
Archimandrite Savva recalled that a commission of the Education Committee of the Russian Church has visited the Kazan seminary with regard to the letters received by the patriarchate.
"By the way, they said these letters were received three years ago. It's not true. They were received not long before the commission visited there. As to the work of the commission, many people who are involved in the public debate are citing 'the conclusions drawn by the commission' and 'the commission's decisions.' I doubt very much that any of these people have read the aforementioned conclusions because very few people have access to such documents," Archimandrite Savva said.
As to "the commission's decision," Archimandrite Savva said the commission of the Education Committee has no powers to decide whether a specific person is guilty or not, or make decisions on someone's appointment, dismissal, or suspension from work.
"Decisions on whether a person is guilty or not are made by church law. Decisions relating to hierarchy issues are made by the Holy Synod and archbishops. What has the Education Commission done? It has conducted an investigation, and it was done only in the seminary. These materials will be provided to the relevant authorities. Any serious accusation requires a serious investigation," Archimandrite Savva said.
He also said the work of the church court will be improved, adding that "we are now analyzing experience, facts, and precedents, which may later lead to amendments."
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Friday, 8 January 2010
spent a couple of hours this week preparing frame, swingarm and wheels for powdercoating, i know from bitter experience it's worth taking a little time to blank off any threaded holes or bearing surfaces, cut out a wood blank with a 18 tpi hacksaw blade to approximate size and hit it on the bench grinder to get it a near fit, finish your blank with a hand file and emery, drill a 6mm clearance hole and pinch together with a length of 6mm rod and a couple of old nuts, it's worth taking a bit of effort in the long run especially when you start rebuilding, the sprocket tappings iv'e just cut down some old 10mm set screws to blank off the threads, same as the 8mm disc mountings on the opposite side of the wheel.
frame, swinging arm, bottom yoke and wheels are in for powder-coating, engine is up at steve cannon racing for porting work so we are left with all the niggly jobs to get on with, all the mzedders run fork braces so we dug a lump of dural out of the stock bin and dangerous set too carving away with the miller, instead of me standing there with my thumb up my arse i set too on the front forks, a little tip here, tell your missus that she needs more room in the kitchen, move the boiler into the shed and run a radiator off it, positively balmy in there this week, [been working in my shorts ], she will love you for it and you will be toasty, [take note barse and nick, this tip is for you!]
horsepower vs weight, you can spend a fortune chasing that elusive extra half a brake horsepower or you can get it for free by reducing the weight of the bike, attention to detail, fork-nuts, counterbored up centre and top dished, you wish you had thought of that don't you?, i have problems sleeping at the moment, every component of the bike has careful consideration, i might need help, it's an mz remember?, doesn't matter, it's a racer, forget all that bollocks about wanting to compete and there's allways someone to race, i want to win and everything that gives me a competitive edge i will take, "trample the weak and hurdle the dead"
front forks on an mz racer are critical, got new fork seals, heavy duty springs, silkolene sae 30 medium weight oil and new damper piston rings, just a case of slapping them together, [together with the secret fork mod that you all want to know]
welded the three mm hole up in the top of the damper rod and re-drilled it 1.5mm, replaced the damper rod piston rings, [top of photo], they were really rough when i received them, lot of work to remove the casting flash so they run smooth in the bottom of the leg and don't pick up, a little bit of experimentation of fork oil levels should get the forks working correctly,
so i added 225ml of medium silkolene fork oil and the damping seems ok, i may have to use the standard springs and experiment with fork oil if the ride appears to be too harsh, there's no pre-load on the forks with them having no weight on them, the springs, [which ever ones i use], may need a little more pre-load due to the light weight of the bike, it's all down to when i get it out on the track.

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HÍPICA CAN COSTA
Can Costa Equestrian Center is a center attached to the Equestrian Catalan Federation that was created with the purpose of creating a riding center around the world of horse.
Located in a privileged environment, our region is well known for the natural setting of the Pla de l'Estany where Banyoles Lake is located.
We train our riders in Horseball, Dressage and Jumping.
Hípica Can Costa specializes in the discipline of Horseball, a type of riding similar to rugby with horse. We have teams of all ages available and we compete in the Catalan Horseball League in several categories.
Thanks to our geographical position, we organize horse ridings throughout Pla de l'Estany including the well-known paths that surround L'Estany de Banyoles.
Our values are based on respect, harmony and love towards the horse. Equitation is for growth and development at personal level, which makes its as an unique sport.
Activities for children of all ages and levels with ponies and / or horses.
EXTRACURRICULAR during the working week.
PONY GAMES, Summer, Christmas and Easter CAMPUS.
Personalized BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
Games with ponies that helps riders and amazons to develop their physical, sociability and level of riding in the most fun and motivating way. combine many elements of classical riding with basic skills, and with attitudes and values that help the holistic development of our riders and Amazons.
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A l'Hípica Can Costa organitzem un casalet per passar els dies de festa de la millor manera!
Inscripcions a: firstname.lastname@example.org
180€/month + VAT
217,80€/month VAT included
BOX + PADDOCK
266,20€/month VAT included
WHAT INCLUDES THE HORSE BOARDING?
Box of 3x3 meters with shavings bed, automatic drinker
Individual outdoor paddock with drinking fountain. The horses are separated by fences but close to other equines so they do not lose contact.
Two rations of forage / straw, morning and afternoon.
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We clean daily several times a day to obtain maximum comfort.
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Can Costa has many proposals and horseback routes in the natural setting of the Pla de l'Estany.
Our location allows us a wide variety of horse tours where you can enjoy the experience of the equine world, visiting idyllic places where you can only reach with the horse.
Excursions can take several lengths and can be individual or group.
At the backs of experienced horses in this discipline, you will enjoy truly unique natural landscapes.
Pack 350€/couple VAT included
Duration 2 days / Weekend
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Do you want an exciting and special weekend surrounded by horses and nature, full of activities and excursions on horseback and end with a relaxing stay in an idyllic setting? WE HAVE IT!
We have many accommodation options in rural houses, hotels, outdoor activities and other options, click on more information to access all weekend plans.
WHERE ARE WE?
Our facilities extend to the village of Cornellà de Terri just 20 minutes from Girona and 5 minutes from Banyoles.


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Bucks Start Construction on Apartments
Park 7 Lofts, with 107 units, will be built as part of new arena complex.
The project will be built along N. 6th St. between W. Juneau Ave. and W. McKinley Ave., immediately west of the new parking structure being constructed in tandem with the new arena. The mixed-use apartment building is being designed by Engberg Anderson Architects.
This morning the Milwaukee Common Council approved a permit request for building general contractor CD Smith to occupy a portion of N. 6th St., clearing way for construction equipment to be placed in a portion of the street.
Due to the unique nature of the site, the building would be a three-sided, triangular-shaped structure. The building will not have any windows on its eastern facade, as it will immediately border a parking garage. The units in the building will be a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The potential for affordable apartments in the building was announced by Royal Capital in a May 2017 zoning hearing on the project, but the firm has yet to announce final details of that proposal.
The Bucks announced Royal Capital Group as the developer of the site in February. As part of the deal, the team’s real estate affiliate will be an equity investor in the privately-financed project.
The Common Council approved the design of the complex in June 2017.
Because it is being developed on former county-owned land in the Park East, the project will need to pay union-level wages to those working on the project. The developers, at the project’s announcement in February, also announced that they’re voluntarily complying with the city’s Residential Preference Program and Small Business Enterprise programs. As such, Royal Capital will need to have 40 percent of the project’s work hours completed by those certified as under- or unemployed by the city as well as having 25 percent of the project’s contracting led by minority-owned small businesses.
The building does not include any parking, but would take advantage of the parking garage. That garage, being built for the new arena, will have 1,243 stalls. The garage has a budget of $43 million, with $35 million coming from the city via a tax-incremental financing (TIF) district and $8 million via a developer-financed TIF district. The Bucks and city will split revenue from the structure.
At the time of its approval, Royal Capital president Kevin Newell said he expected the building to be complete in 2018.
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