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It's only two hours away, but it feels like another planet. Iceland expert and guide Cathy Harlow introduces Europe's coolest capital and its spectacular surrounds
Where? South-west Iceland
Why? For the long weekend of wonderfully weird nature and welcoming people
When? Sept-Mar for aurora; summer for warmer weather
The most northerly capital in Europe, Reykjavík is informal and friendly with a quirky edge to its subculture, tons of fresh fish on the menu, world-class music in its bars and a huge adventure playground on its doorstep.
Political turmoil in ninth-century Viking Norway prompted an exodus of land-hungry seafarers to head west to Iceland. First to stake his claim was chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson, who grabbed the south-west corner of the island and built his farm at Reykjavík: 'Smoky Bay'. For the next 800 years Reykjavík was little more than that.
By 930 the island was fully settled and the Althing national assembly was set up as the ruling body. Governed by its laws, independent Iceland flourished for almost 250 years, trading homespun woollen cloth and dried fish. This was the era of the Sagas, epic family dramas scripted on vellum.
Iceland's 'Golden Age' ended when quarrelling chieftains brought the island to near civil war. In 1262 the Norwegian King Hákon brokered a peace initiative in return for legislative control of the island and some useful tax revenue. A century later, Iceland came under the control of Denmark following the Kalmar Union, the aim of which was to counter the growing power of the German Hanseatic league.
To curb foreign interests in Iceland, the Danes imposed a monopoly on trade with the island, bringing economic decline and progressive isolation. Then epidemics and disastrous volcanic eruptions took their toll – Hekla in 1693 and 1766; Öræfajökull in 1727; the Myvatn Fires in 1724; Laki in 1783.
What is unusual about Iceland's history is that until the late 1700s there were no villages or towns on the island. Icelanders were subsistence farmers or farm labourers, supplementing their livelihood by seasonal fishing. One fifth of them died of famine after Laki's toxic ash falls spoiled the land.
To kick-start the economy, free trade returned and workshops were set up at the farm at Reykjavík to tan hides and work sheep's wool. Soon the settlement had its own town charter, bishopric and school. With improvements to the port, Reykjavík was positioned to become the island's capital yet by 1900 had a population of only 6,000. Since Icelandic independence in 1944, the capital's population has grown to 120,000.
Wherever you are in this pint-sized capital, the sea is never far away so brace yourself for a buffeting, though the gulf stream keeps the climate warmer than you might expect. Also, heated by geothermal water, the city is clean, as well as safe and friendly.
Steer away from any mention of Icesave and recall that in the wake of the financial crisis Icelanders threw out their government and voted in a comedian as mayor of the capital. You'll be surprised at the air of buoyant optimism and sense of moving forward that's present in this cultural, cosmopolitan city, yet the traditional wool lopapeysa (Icelandic jumper) is still worn with pride.
Explore the waterfalls and glaciers of the south shore – walk on Sólheimajökull glacier (www.mountainguides.is) – or head north for the dramatic Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
Dip in thermal waters, seek historic spots and plan wild adventures
For the northern lights, head out of the city. Having your own car gives you the flexibility to stay up all night but there are some good tours on offer. Opt for a small group and a 4WD tour – Ragnar is the man! (www.superjeep.is).
When to go: Year-round. Sept-March for northern lights; summer for warmer weather, though it's busier; New Year's Eve for the fireworks.
Getting there: Icelandair (084 4811 1190, www.icelandair.co.uk) flies from Heathrow, Manchester and Glasgow to Keflavík from £89 one-way. EasyJet (www.easyjet.com) flies from Luton, Manchester and Edinburgh from £25 one-way. Wow Air (www.wowiceland.co.uk) flies from Gatwick from £69 one-way. Flight time is two to three hours.
Getting around: The city is compact, walkable and bike friendly. Hire bikes from Borgarhjól (24hrs ISK4,200 [£22]; www.borgarhjol.is). City buses (www.straeto.is) cost ISK230 (£1.20) a ride, exact change required; buses outside the city cost more. The Reykjavík Welcome Card (from ISK2,900 [£15] for 24hrs; www.visitreykjavik.is) includes buses, pools and some museums.
Where to stay: The central Hótel Borg (www.hotelborg.is) has a lot of character; doubles from €184 (£155). Hotel Thingholt (www.centerhotels.is) is a modern boutique hotel; doubles from €160 (£135). Funky and new, Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Marina (www.icelandairhotels.com) is by the harbour; doubles from ISK21,000 (£109).
Where to eat: Fish and lamb are traditional staples. Icelandic Fish & Chips (www.fishandchips.is), Höfnin (www.hofnin.is) and Við Tjörnina (www.vidtjornina.is) do not serve whale meat; advance booking recommended. Vegetarians and vegans should try Gló (www.glo.is) for healthy organic and raw food.
More info: www.visitreykjavik.is
You'll cover Reykjavík's tiny historic centre in an afternoon. Walk around Lake Tjörninn for an overview of the city's architecture: the austere City Hall; the National Gallery, once an ice store; classy 1920s villas and bright iron-clad dwellings with ornate balconies. Geothermal water keeps the pavements ice-free in winter, and flows to the lake where toddlers toss crusts to the ducks.
Head to Austurvöllur Square, and the stone-built Parliament House, the exquisitely restored Lutheran cathedral Dómkirkjan and art deco Hotel Borg. On the corner of Aðalstræti, Reykjavík's oldest street, look for the Settlement Exhibition – an excavated Viking farm. The Danish-style house at number ten is the city's oldest, dating from 1764. Next, wander through Grjótaþorp, a grid of quiet streets flanked by restored timber homes.
Moving to the harbour, linger over a coffee, the unofficial national drink, and see the whalewatch boats jostle with the fishing fleet. Head for Harpa, the acclaimed concert hall; its mosaic of coloured glass changes with the light. Continue along the seafront to Jón Gunnar Árnason's evocative Sólfar (Sun Voyager), a stainless-steel sculpture in the shape of a Viking boat.
Cross Laugavegur to reach Hallgrímskirkja, the modern hilltop church; take the lift up the tower for the view. Across the street is sculptor Einar Jónsson's gallery and garden.
For dinner, try traditional kjötsúpa (lamb stew) and plokkfiskur (fish stew) at Höfnin by the harbour or cosy upmarket Við Tjörnina, near the lake.
Take the bus or grab a bike and join the locals in the hottubs at Laugardalur, the city's main geothermal swimming pool.
Further out of town, wander among the turf-and-timber dwellings at Árbæjarsafn open-air museum then head for the glistening Perlan building, another city viewpoint. Hidden among the trees here are the remains of the British occupation of Iceland in 1940.
Head down to the bathing beach at Nauthólsvík, where a hot-water outlet warms the sea. Walk or cycle the coast path to the university campus and National Museum.
Take a whalewatching trip (www.elding.is), trot through the lava on an Icelandic horse (www.ishestar.is) or descend 120m into a crater to the base of a magma chamber (www.insidethevolcano.com). Alternatively, hop on the bus to Hveragerði, 38km east of the capital, for the muddy half-day hike to the Hot Spring Valley of Reykjadalur; take a swimsuit to soak in the warm river.
At sunset, head for the tip of Seltjarnarnes and watch seals and eider ducks as the light fades on Snæfellsjökull, the volcano across the bay. On the way home, grab a takeaway from Icelandic Fish & Chips and head to friendly microbrewery Kaldi (Laugavegur 20b) for a beer or two.
Join Iceland Horizon's (www.icelandhorizon.is) small-group minibus tour of the Golden Circle, or hire a car to drive it yourself. Either way you'll take in Gullfoss Falls, Geysir geothermal area and Unesco-listed Thingvellir, site of the Althing assembly.
There are hiking trails if you want to escape the crowds. In summer, hop on a bus for 914m Mt Esja, the brooding mountain range 10km north of the capital – it's a simple hike, but the last bit demands concentration.
You'll need a car to make the most of the volcanic Reykjanes Peninsula, or go with Salty Tours (www.saltytours.is). The wave-lashed rocky shore is a top birding spot year round. It's peppered with shipwrecks in spite of its 11 lighthouses: Iceland's oldest is at Reykjanesviti; the tallest is at Garður, a popular spot to watch the sun set.
At Gunnuhver (named after Gunna, a 400-year-old ghost) and Krísuvík, steam vents and bubbling mud pools eat away at the landscape. There are crater rows to explore en route to the mysterious disappearing Lake Kleifarvatn, the 'Draining Lake' of Icelandic crime author Arnaldur Indriðason. End your day at the Blue Lagoon, or visit this busy spa on your return transfer to the airport.
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The 2020 4th ANNUAL TOUR SPONSORED BY UNDER ARMOUR 54 HOLE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP will be played in OCEAN CITY MARYLAND! 3 spectacular courses will host the 4th annual championship! Friday, August 14th will be played on the challenging Robert Trent Jones Course at Ocean Pines Golf Club. Saturday, August 15th will be played on the gorgeous Lester George Design on the Newport Bay Course at Ocean City Golf Club. August 16th-Sunday's final round will be held on the town of Ocean City's own Eagles Landing Golf Course, with its excellent conditions and spectacular views. This will complete the 54 Hole National Championship.

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Spring Veggie Soup
Spring Veggie Soup
Other vegetables can be added to this soup as desired. This light soup is a great way to curb your appetite with hardly any calories.
Nutritional Information:67 Calories, 4.9 gm Protein, 3.4 gm Fat, 5.6 gm Carbohydrates, 0 mg Cholesterol, 548 mg Sodium
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This insecticide is used as a soil drench on ornamental trees, shrubs and certain fruit and nut trees. It controls adelgids, leaf beetles, leafhoppers, mealy bugs, scale, whiteflies, borers (including the Emerald Ash borer) and many others. Gives a full year of control. No spraying, just use around the roots as a soil drench for full season insect control.
- Easy to use - Mix in water & pour around tree/shrub
- Controls emerald ash borers
- Kills insects & prevents new infestations
- Systemic insecticide is absorbed through the roots, and carried up into the plant & won't wash off
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Item Number: 139310
Universal Product Code: 022179102620
Manufacturer: Monterey Lawn and Garden Products
Manufacturer's Part Number: HGC704616
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Price (RRP): $1,699
Manufacturer: LG
LG has refreshed its soundbar series for 2018 with five new models. The three lower models offer 2.1 channels. That is, the bar is stereo and there's a separate subwoofer. But the LG SK10Y is the top of the line model. It has 5.1.2 channels. And they're not just fake channels. And, blow me down, it sounds like an audio product ought to.
The LG SK10Y also consists of two parts (well, three including the remote control). The bar is quite substantial, weighing 7.5 kilograms and measuring 1443mm wide, 146mm deep and 63mm wide. Its width is a good match for a 65 inch TV. I paired it with a 2018 LG OLED65C8 TV (reviewed here).
Packed inside it are seven 50-watt amplifiers driving ten speakers.
The front left, centre and front right channel speakers each consist of an oval woofer and a round tweeter. On the ends are two of the oval woofers doing full range duty and acting as surround speakers. On the top at either end are two round full range speakers for Dolby Atmos work.
Dolby Atmos can refer to many things, it seems. For movie makers, it's a system for mixing and carrying surround sound using audio "objects". Those are decoded by a Dolby Atmos playback system using many different combinations of speakers. But it also means "height". Instead of the surround sound being just to your front, sides and rear, Dolby Atmos includes sound over your head.
Those two speakers on the top are what's called "Dolby Enabled" speakers. They sound shoots upwards. The sound is processed in a way that is intended to make the overhead effect convincing.
At the back, the LG SK10Y soundbar has two HDMI inputs and one HDMI output. It supports the Audio Return Channel. Your TV can send its audio back down that HDMI cable so that the soundbar produces the sound.
Glowing through the grille is a display with relevant information about what input and sound mode are in use.
Wireless peripherals for the LG SK10Y
As part of the LG SK10Y package, there's an equally hefty subwoofer. It weighs 7.6 kilograms and stands 390mm tall, 221mm wide and 313mm deep. The design is bass reflex, with a flared port on the back and a driver of uncertain size on the front. Inside is a 200 watt Class D amplifier.
The subwoofer and soundbar are pre-paired.
Then there's the infrared remote control and LG Wi-Fi Speaker app for iOS and Android. You will need that app to initially set up the speaker if you're planning on a Wi-Fi connection. In addition, that app can send music from your phone to the speaker via the network
Or you can connect a device using Bluetooth.


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July 18, 2019
Will Provide Care for Cardiovascular Patients in the Fox Cities
APPLETON, Wis. – Emily Gurnee, NP, has joined ThedaCare Cardiovascular Care, providing care to patients throughout Northeast and Central Wisconsin.
Gurnee received an associate's degree in nursing from Fox Valley Technical College before earning her bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She earned her master's degree in nursing from Bellin College and is a certified nurse practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Outside of work, Gurnee spends time with family and friends and enjoys outdoor activities including gardening, hiking, running and taking walks with her two dogs, Lucky and Buddy.
About ThedaCare
For more than 110 years, ThedaCare® has been committed to finding a better way to deliver serious and complex healthcare to patients throughout Northeast and Central Wisconsin. The organization serves a community of more than 600,000 residents and employs more than 6,700 healthcare professionals throughout the regions. ThedaCare has seven hospitals located in Appleton, Neenah, Berlin, Waupaca, Shawano, New London and Wild Rose as well as 31 clinics in nine counties. ThedaCare is the first in Wisconsin to be a Mayo Clinic Care Network Member, giving our specialists the ability to consult with Mayo Clinic experts on a patient's care. ThedaCare is a non-profit healthcare organization with a level II trauma center, comprehensive cancer treatment, stroke and cardiac programs as well as a foundation dedicated to community service.
For more information, visit www.thedacare.org or follow ThedaCare on Facebook and Twitter.
Media should call Cassandra Wallace, Public Relations Specialist at 920.442.0328 or the ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah switchboard at 920.729.3100 and ask for the marketing person on call.
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Tales of Zestiria the X
Tales of Zestiria the X (テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア ザ クロス) is the Japanese fantasy RPG anime TV series based on the Japanese role-playing game Tales of Zestiria. The anime began airing on July 3, 2016.
Title: Tales of Zestiria the X
Synonyms: Tales of Zestiria the Cross
Japanese: テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア ザ クロス
Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Premiered: July 3, 2016
Season: Summer 2016
Broadcast: Sundays at 23:00 JST
Producers: Bandai Visual, Lantis, Bandai Entertainment, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Anime Consortium Japan
Directed by: Sotozaki Haruo
Written by: ufotable
Music by: Sakuraba Motoi, Shiina Go
Studios: ufotable
Licensed by: Madman Entertainment, Funimation
Network: Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11
Genres: Fantasy, RPG
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 – Teens 13 or older
Prequel: Tales of Zestiria the X: Saiyaku no Jidai
Sequel: Tales of Zestiria the X (2017)
Others: Tales of Zestiria the X: Doushi no Yoake
Opening Theme: "Kaze no Uta (風ノ唄)" by FLOW
Ending Theme #1: "calling" by fhána
Ending Theme #2: "White Light" by Superfly (ep 5)
Ending Theme #3: "BURN" by FLOW (ep 6)
Tales of Zestiria the X Synopsis
Sorey is a human youth who grew up among the seraphim, spiritual beings not visible to humans. Sorey believes in the folklore that says "long ago, every human was able to see the seraphim" and dreams of unraveling the ancient mystery to make the world a place where people and seraphim can live together in peace.
One day, Sorey visits the human capital for the very first time. He becomes embroiled in an incident during which he pulls out a holy sword embedded in a rock and ends up becoming a Shepherd, one who casts away calamity from the world. He begins to realize the gravity of his mission, and his dream of coexistence between mankind and the seraphim becomes more intense—
And thus, the Shepherd embarks on an amazing journey with his companions.


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Back to regular life after a truly beautiful weekend. It all started with a fabulous evening on Friday night. WT and I travelled to Eau Claire, WI to visit a friend, Robin and her husband Steve and their 2 lovely kitties. Steve is in the Jazz band at UW-Eau Claire. I guess the director is famous for his bands. They played Big Band music and it was great!!!
R and S hosted us overnight so we had a chance to visit. Robin showed me her progress on a soft silk scarf she is knitting for Steve. It looks like basketweave. She also showed me her Saxony spinning wheel. I guess I hadn't been interested before, or perhaps she hadn't mentioned it. She had it made years ago by Mr. Jensen of the now famous Jensen Spinning Wheels. I almost passed out when she told me how inexpensively she had this wheel made – custom, from SOLID WOOD. You couldn't pull that off now. I wish I had brought my camera.
Saturday morning we traveled back to St. Paul, to run around doing errands and plan for another trip. WT decided we needed to make our long weekend more special by booking us one night's stay at a B&B in Sparta, WI. Justin Trails Resort is pet friendly so Spencer came along for the fun.
What a wonderful trip! Spencer especially loved the ride, standing on the elbow rest to put his whole head and part of his chest out the window. Here is a shot through my window of my crazy dog in the side mirror:
The fall colors were beautiful. I relaxed and knit on poncho 2 and stopped to look and take a few pics on the way.
We finally arrived at the B&B
and checked into the house where our room was. We stayed upstairs in the Presidential Suite – cool!
After looking around the grounds a bit, we decided to take a walk on the grounds. This place is huge – with a frisbee golf course and walking and showshowing trails all around.
We didn't make it very far before coming to a complete halt to check out the llamas in the back yard. We found out later that the owners have only had these 2 sweeties since April. Donna doesn't spin, weave or knit. She told me the person who sold them the Llamas shears them each year. I was dying to ask her if she would be willing to sell me their….is it wool, hair or ?….but I stopped myself.
Anyway, back to the walk. It was wonderful. Here are some pics:
Just a perfect day. We went back to the grounds near the house, and kicked back to knit and read until it was too chilly to stay out. Back to the room to get ready for dinner.
Dinner was a weird experience. We had our minds set on steak so we found a listing for a nearby steak house. Found our way there – closed; as in not in business anymore. So we traveled into town for another grill place – closed. Weird. We finally found an italian restaurant and decided to try it. It was okay. You know how you get your mouth set for one particular type of food, and nothing else will do? That is what happened. I guess the other problem was that the food was very slooooooooooooooooow in getting to us. But it didn't wreck our mood, it just didn't add anything to it.
Back to our room where we enjoyed our in-room jacuzzi. Very relaxing.
Monday morning was a big breakfast at another building that is setup cafe-like with separate tables. We dined on their special granola with yogurt and milk, OJ, coffee, muffins, bacon and french toast. They also served a really nice wine syrup. Yum! We bought some granola and a bottle of the syrup to take home.
No rush to get back, so WT and Spencer headed off for a walk. I did some knitting back in the room. Back from the long walk, WT decided to jacuzzi again. Then we got our stuff together and headed down to read and knit. I finished the poncho (all but the fringe). I started a shawl for a friend and then it was time to go home.
On the way back we stopped for lunch. We wanted to go to Outback Steakhouse, but they didn't serve until 4:00 p.m. Dang! So we headed to Applebees where it was another looooooooooooong wait for our food. What is up with that? Anyway, we tried not to fret as we didn't want to spoil the mood.
I had spied a Hobby Lobby along the way so he dropped me off there after lunch. My first Hobby Lobby – we don't have them in MN. It was nice. I picked up a knitting gadget that holds yarn separate on your finger. I also bought a bunch of acrylic yarn *gasp*.
I don't mind confessing that I am not a yarn snob. If there is a color or type that suits me and it happens to be even 100% acrylic or microfiber or some other euphemism, I will buy it and use it with pride. Most folks that get gifted with hand-knit items don't know how to care for more expensive, natural stuff. Most of the acrylics now aren't really that bad. They aren't as stiff or plasticy and they come in some very nice varigated colors.
This is already way too long so I will show pics of the yarn, gadget and finished ponchos tomorrow.


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What is true for young men with a driving licence?
It is in fact true that young men are more careful when they have just gotten their driving licence compared to when they have had their driving licence for a year, and not the opposite. (Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 183)
In the beginning they are still unaccustomed to driving and try to get into a routine. When they get used to driving, they start taking greater risks and challenging their boundaries.
This is an example of one of the driving theory questions at Körtkortonline.se. There are questions in three languages: English mock test, Swedish mock test and Arabic mock test
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Kilo Kish And Maison Kitsuné Collab For T-Shirts
T-shirts have basically become my new favorite article of clothing because of their versatility—the same one I rock to bed (with my late grandparents screen printed on it) is the same one I've worn to the office, and even to a bar (add a blazer, throw on a skirt, you know the drill). This summer, I plan to only live in t-shirts, which is why I'm ecstatic about Kilo Kish and Maison Kitsuné's capsule collection that's brand spankin' new. Talk about perfect timing with the warmer weather!
You may know Kilo Kish as the painfully cool songwriter. That's not all she does, though. The multi-hyphenate is singer, visual artist, painter, fashion designer, and even a model/actress. That's a lot of hats, but she wears them damn well. Kilo Kish and Maison Kitsuné have worked together in the past—last year, Kilo Kish released her EP, titled Across, on the Kitsuné label, and she even appeared on the brands fall/winter 2014 campaign.
Now, they join forces again, as they've collaborated on a collection of tees, tennis shoes, and totes inspired by the French and American flags. "Specifically, I wanted to make pieces that felt reminiscent of Americans vacationing in Europe," Kilo Kish said, according to Vogue.com.
The result is a pretty kick ass set of merch. T-shirts in stripes reading "I <3 Kitsuné" and another that spells out, "I FLEW ALL THE WAY TO PARIS TOKYO NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS VERY LOUSY TEE SHIRT FROM MAISON KITSUNÉ," according to Vogue.com. Clever. An iPhone case is also available, with a playful red, blue, and white pattern, and a tote with the French flag on one side, and the American on the other.
"They look perfect with a beer and a pair of Levis 501s," says Kish, "but also cute while sightseeing in Paris," said Kilo Kish, according to Vogue.com. That kind of free spirit, on the go type girl with a penchant for the off-kilter is exactly who I see rocking this capsule collection. I certainly know what I'll be wearing this summer throughout New York City days and nights.
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Did you see that Pampers has improved their Cruisers design and now feature new Sesame Street designs?
We are always looking to improve the product experience and in turn, wanted to produce diapers that allow babies to play at their best. Our improved diaper design offers a three-way fit that adapts to babies little waists, legs and bottoms. The diapers have also been enhanced with a longer absorbent area and new soft quilted backsheet, like our Swaddlers diapers, too.
But perhaps the most fun? New Sesame Street graphics! Even Oscar the Grouch is making his debut appearance and joining in on all the fun! And with this recent announcement, we are extending the fun via Facebook, with a truly playful celebration —
Pampers Cruisers "30 Days of Play & Giveaways!"
Beginning September 30th, you can visit the special "Cruisers Sweeps" tab located on the left side of the screen, and participate in daily Sesame Street trivia for a chance at exciting prizes. Each day a new question and set of prizes will be offered giving you a few chances at winning a pack of newly improved Pampers Cruisers with 3-Way Fit alongside cool Sesame Street items– like furniture and toys, and event tickets to Sesame Place… even a chance at winning a year's supply of diapers and an all-inclusive, four-day/three night vacation for two adults and two children (age 15 or under) to any of the four Beaches Resort's "Sesame Street Caribbean Adventure" in Turks & Caicos or Jamaica!
I received some of the new Pampers Cruisers. They're soft and sort of quilty like the Swaddlers diapers. Why give up softness just because you're moving from an infant diaper to a toddler diaper? I think the idea of a three way fit that allows for differently proportioned children is a great one. One size does not fit all all of the time, as you probably know. I think it's terrific that these come in sizes 3 to 7. Kids will love seeing their favorite Sesame Street characters in softly colored designs too!
ONE winner will receive an exclusive Pampers Cruisers "Play-A-Palooza" Pack (total retail value approximately $100), which includes:
(1) 64-Count Tub of Pampers Wipes
(1) Jumbo Pack of newly improved Pampers Cruisers with 3-Way Fit diapers
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Why is it that so many of us are looking for a mate to complete us, fix us, enhance our lives or define us? I have to admit, I was needy for a time and settled for a warm body beside me because I thought I could bring out the best in him. But, he didn't know what he wanted in life, so I lost myself in the process of trying to guide him. I compromised my convictions because I craved his attention and mistook affection for love. He was allowing me to make decisions for the both of us because he wanted some of that adventure that I had and I longed to be held in return. Yet, being held often gave mixed signals because guys either use touch and sex to show love or just use it for self-gratification without emotional connection at all. I define both motives as the same thing, lust, but what do I know, I'm only a chic who thinks deeply on everything and winds up falling for the bad boy..
So in this video clip I use my own experiences of failing miserably in relationships to offer an anecdote to others with similar relationship issues. I for one, would have been completely content with cuddling all the days long and left it at that, but it confused my x-boyfriend and made him feel rejected if I didn't go all the way. Now I can't heal anyone's rejection issues from childhood, but I damn near died trying to with this guy each time I gave into sex to appease him. Of course I wanted him to feel loved, I loved so much about him, but I still carried residual fear about losing someone if you dumb your connection down to sexual chemistry.
And here comes the point, if either person brings ideologies, experiences and expectations to a relationship, communication better be the strongest attribute the two of you have together. Ain't no amount of sex or pleasure that is going to get you through tough times if you can't even speak a word to each other during daily routines, much less turbulent circumstances. Sex is the sign on bonus, the glue that sticks your lover to you through thick and thin, til death do you part. At least that was my hope anyway, and the intention of waiting for marriage to do the deed, even though we started out hot and heavy. Unfortunately, once you've tasted of the goods, it is hard to go back to abstinence, but I did appreciate his chivalrous attempt to do so. Bottom line however, is that if true love exists between a couple, than sex is obsolete to defining your passion for one another and if after marriage you find out the act sucks, open communication and sacrifice sprinkled with a little coaching can bring up your intimacy level to a standard few will ever attain.
So get some counseling and gain some self-control for the love of God, and stop believing lies that attraction is all there is to meeting someone. Eventually you will have to start loving that someone. It would be nice to start with yourself. That means offer yourself the same kindness and concern you would a friend. Once you get the cray cray from your past out in the open, you won't need someone else to understand you, read a book that describes you or pay you attention that is fleeting anyway. You may be able to shut down your on-line dating app and spend time alone, liking your own company.
I won't even get into the distractions that we can set up instead of getting to know ourselves; activities like relationship hopping, shopping, eating, drinking, video gaming, flirting, gambling or the hundreds of other things we do to cope when feeling unloved. None of it works and neither does spending time with someone who isn't going to be The One. Raise the bar high and make a list of what attributes you want in a loving relationship, not what he or she will look like or what tax bracket they are in. Change your mind as soon as you realize that commonalities are hard to stand on and being with the person for the long haul won't cut it. Or if you want to be a filanderer just say so, as long as you communicate the type of connection you want, you could find someone with the same drive.
Keep your eyes open and observe if they are the same person with you as they are with others. If he acts different behind closed doors than accept that part of him will be "unknown" and lie to yourself about him seeming mysterious if you must. If he is searching for arm candy and has limited time to spend with you, accept that you will be lonely in a relationship half the time. But if you long for deep connection, you may want to ditch the mindset that he or she is attractive because of differences. Chances are, if your mate hasn't done the necessary inner healing work to talk deeply with you about sex, God and goals, then he might stray from commitment if others have similar beliefs that he can connect with. That old adage, great minds think alike, has some insight to offer. An atheist and a Christian might hit it off the first few dates, but those opposing views sure can wear down the attraction after the sex faze has simmered down. It's all about connection and connecting with someone who has identified who he or she is long before you come around.


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The North Caucasus republic has its own brewing traditions.Lori / Legion-Media
"Our people have hundreds of national beer recipes: every family probably has its own brewing nuances. Every Ossetian will start trying to prove that the best craft beer was brewed by his granny," says Georgiy Didarov, head of the brewing department at the Bavaria brewing company, which brews both traditional and Ossetian national beer.
Georgia Didarov. / Photo courtesy of Bavaria Group
Didarov is one of the few male brewers in North Ossetia: most of brewmasters in this mountainous region in southern Russia are women. According to Ossetian traditions, beer should be brewed by the oldest woman in the family. Didarov says that he learned to make beer as a child from his grandmother and his mother.
Every fall, a beer festival takes place in the regional capital, Vladikavkaz (1097 miles South-East from Moscow). Called Eeron Bagany, it is a kind of Oktoberfest for Ossetian beer. Didarov is one of the judges at the festival's competition for best brewer. During the festival, which only lasts a day, Didarov must test at least 150 local beer samples.
Georgiy Didarov (second from right) at the Eeron Bagany festival. / Photo courtesy of Bavaria Group
"Nowadays all the brewing plants use computer-assisted manufacturing," says Didarov. "But Ossetian beer can't be produced mechanically. At our plant, we do it the same old way: make a campfire, place a big copper tun [a large pot used for brewing beer] over it, roast the malt there. The flavor immediately starts spreading all over the territory. I remember one business conference taking place here at our plant: there were pinstripe types wearing formal suits. They went out during the break and were really surprised to see the campfire, I tried to explain: there is no other way to brew our beer."
Participants of the Eeron Bagany festival. / Photo courtesy of Bavaria Group
North Ossetian brewing culture is at least as old as the Republic's best known-epic, the Nart sagas. This epic, which was compiled even in the pre-Christian era and was written in the 8th and 9th centuries, contains a legend about the discovery of beer.
Ossetian beer is an important part of a monthly celebration specific to the republic. During this celebration, a group of Ossetians gather to drink beer at a round table. The oldest man at the table blesses the beer cup, takes a sip and passes the cup to the youngest boy at the table, who also takes a sip. The cup is sent around the table. In the early days of Ossetian culture, only men were allowed to sit at the table while women brought in the food. Today, however, all Ossetians are welcome to take part in the feast.
Eeron Bagany festival. / Photo courtesy of Bavaria Group
Ossetian beer is organic. Traditionally, it was brewed in a giant copper pot on a camp fire. Today, however, urban housewives can brew it in an iron pot on a stove.
2. Put the malt mass into a wicker basket for lautering. The wort remains, it should be put back into tun.
3. Boil the sifted brew for 1-1.5 hrs. Then add the hops and boil for an hour more.
4. Add yeast that has been rehydrated in a small amount of brew and sugar.
5. When the brewed beer is ready, strain it through a sieve and put in a glass container in a cool dark place, such as a cellar or storeroom.
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A science fiction legend, Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the most highly regarded speculative fiction writers of all time. She has won three Nebula Awards and six Hugo Awards, four for Best Novel, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. The majority of Bujold's works comprise three separate book series: the Miles Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife Series. The mother of two, Ms. Bujold lives in Minneapolis.
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Chapter OneThe last gleaming sliver of Komarr's true-sun melted out of sight beyond the low hills on the western horizon. Lagging behind it in the vault of the heavens, the reflected fire of the solar mirror sprang out in brilliant contrast to the darkening, purple-tinged blue. When Ekaterin had first viewed the hexagonal soletta-array from downside on Komarr's surface, she'd immediately imagined it as a grand Winterfair ornament, hung in the sky like a snowflake made of stars, benign and consoling. She leaned now on her balcony overlooking Serifosa Dome's central city park, and gravely studied the lopsided spray of light through the glassy arc overhead. It sparkled deceptively in contrast to the too-dark sky. Three of the six disks of the star-flake shone not at all, and the central seventh was occluded and dull.
Ancient Earthmen, she had read, had taken alterations in the clockwork procession of their heavens-comets, novae, shooting stars-for disturbing omens, premonitions of disasters natural or political; the very word, disaster, embedded the astrological source of the concept. The collision two weeks ago of an out-of-control inner-system ore freighter with the insolation mirror that supplemented Komarr's solar energy was surely most literally a disaster, instantly so for the half-dozen Komarran members of the soletta's station-keeping crew who had been killed. But it seemed to be playing out in slow motion thereafter; it had so far barely affected the sealed arcologies that housed the planet's population. Below her, in the park, a crew of workers was arranging supplemental lighting on high girders. Similar stopgap measures in the city's food-producing greenhouses must be nearly complete, to spare them and this equipment to such an ornamental task. No, she reminded herself; no vegetation in the dome was merely ornamental. Each added its bit to the biological reservoir that ultimately supported life here. The gardens in the domes would live, cared for by their human symbiotes.
Outside the arcologies, in the fragile plantations that labored to bio-transform a world, it was another question altogether. She knew the math, discussed nightly at her dinner table for two weeks, of the percentage loss of insolation at the equator. Days gone winter-cloudy-except that they were planetwide, and going on and on, until when? When would repairs be complete? When would they start, for that matter? As sabotage, if it had been sabotage, the destruction was inexplicable; as half-sabotage, doubly inexplicable. Will they try again? If it was a they at all, ghastly malice and not mere ghastly accident.
She sighed, and turned away from the view, and switched on the spotlights she'd put up to supplement her own tiny balcony garden. Some of the Barrayaran plants she'd started were particularly touchy about their illumination. She checked the light with a meter, and shifted two boxes of deerslayer vine closer to the source, and set the timers. She moved about, checking soil temperature and moisture with sensitive and practiced fingers, watering sparingly where needed. Briefly, she considered moving her old bonsai'd skellytum indoors, to provide it with more controlled conditions, but it was all indoors here on Komarr, really. She hadn't felt wind in her hair for nearly a year. She felt an odd twinge of identification with the transplanted ecology outside, slowly starving for light and heat, suffocating in a toxic atmosphere ... Stupid. Stop it. We're lucky to be here.
"Ekaterin!" Her husband's inquiring bellow echoed, muffled, inside the residence tower.
She poked her head through the door to the kitchen. "I'm on the balcony."
"Well, come down here!"
She set her gardening tools in the box seat, closed the lid, sealed the transparent doors behind her, and hurried across the room into the hall and down the circular staircase. Tien was standing impatiently beside the double doors from their apartment to the building's corridor, a comm link in his hand.
"Your uncle just called. He's landed at the shuttleport. I'll get him."
"I'll get Nikolai, and go with you."
"Don't bother, I'm just going to meet him at the West Station locks. He said to tell you, he's bringing a guest. Another Auditor, some sort of assistant to him, it sounded like. But he said not to worry, they'll both take pot luck. He seemed to imagine we'd feed them in the kitchen or something. Eh! Two Imperial Auditors. Why ever did you have to invite him, anyway?"
She stared at him in dismay. "How can my Uncle Vorthys come to Komarr and not see us? Besides, you can't say your department isn't affected by what he's investigating. Naturally he wants to see it. I thought you liked him."
He slapped his hand arhythmically on his thigh. "Back when he was just the old weird Professor, sure. Eccentric Uncle Vorthys, the Vor tech. This Imperial appointment of his took the whole family by surprise. I can't imagine what favors he called in to get it."
Is that your only idea of how men advance? But she did not speak the weary thought aloud. "Of all political appointments, surely Imperial Auditor is the least likely to be gained that way," she murmured.
"Naïve Kat." He smiled shortly, and hugged her around the shoulders. "No one gets something for nothing in Vorbarr Sultana. Except, perhaps, your uncle's assistant, whom I gather is closely related to the Vorkosigan. He apparently got his appointment for breathing. Incredibly young for the job, if he's the one I heard about who was sworn in at Winterfair. A lightweight, I presume, although all your Uncle Vorthys said was that he was sensitive about his height and not to mention it. At least some part of this mess promises to be a show."
He tucked his comm link away in his tunic pocket. His hand was shaking slightly. Ekaterin grasped his wrist and turned it over. The tremula increased. She raised her eyes, dark with worry, in silent question to his.
"No, dammit!" He jerked his arm away. "It's not starting. I'm just a little tense. And tired. And hungry, so see if you can't pull together a decent meal by the time we're back. Your uncle may have prole tastes, but I can't imagine they're shared by a Vorbarr Sultana lordling." He thrust his hands into his trouser pockets and looked away from her unhappy frown.
"You're older now than your brother was then."
"Variable onset, remember? We'll go soon. I promise."
"Tien ... I wish you'd give up this galactic treatment plan. They have medical facilities here on Komarr that are almost as good as, as Beta Colony or anywhere. I thought, when you won this post here, that you would. Forget the secrecy, just go openly for help. Or go discreetly, if you insist. But don't wait any longer!"
"They're not discreet enough. My career is finally on course, finally paying off. I have no desire to be publicly branded a mutant now."
If I don't care, what does it matter what anyone else thinks? She hesitated. "Is that why you don't want to see Uncle Vorthys? Tien, he's the least likely of my relatives-or yours, for that matter-to care if your disease is genetic or not. He will care about you, and about Nikolai."
"I have it under control," he insisted. "Don't you dare betray me to your uncle, this close to the real payoff. I have it under control. You'll see."
"Just don't ... take your brother's way out. Promise me!" The lightflyer accident that hadn't been quite an accident: that had ushered in these years of chronic, subclinical nightmare waiting and watching....
"I have no intention of doing anything like that. It's all planned. I'll finish out this year's appointment, then we'll take a long overdue galactic vacation, you and me and Nikolai. And it will all be fixed, and no one will ever know. If you don't lose your head and panic at the last minute!" He grasped her hand, and grimaced an unfelt smile, and strode out the doors.
Wait and I'll fix it. Trust me. That's what you said the last time. And the time before that, and the time before that.... Who is betrayed? Tien, you're running out of time, can't you see it?
She turned for her kitchen, mentally revising her planned family dinner to include a Vor lord from the Imperial capital. White wine? Her limited experience of the breed suggested that if you could get them sufficiently sloshed, it wouldn't matter what you fed them. She put another of her precious imported-from-home bottles in to chill. No ... make that two more bottles.
She added another place to the table on the balcony off the kitchen that they routinely used for a dining room, sorry now she'd not engaged a servitor for the evening. But human servants on Komarr were so expensive. And she'd wanted this bubble of domestic privacy with Uncle Vorthys. Even the staid official newsvid reps were badgering everyone involved in the investigation; the arrival of not one but two Imperial Auditors on-site in Komarr orbit had not calmed the fever of speculation, but only redirected it. When she'd first spoken with him shortly after his arrival on-site, on a distance-delayed channel that defeated any attempt at long conversation, normally-patient Uncle Vorthys's description of the public briefings into which he'd been roped had been notably irritated. He'd hinted he would be glad to escape them. Since his years of teaching must have inured him to stupid questions, Ekaterin wondered if the true source of his irritation was that he couldn't answer them.
But mostly, she had to admit, she just wanted to recapture the flavor of a happier past, greedily for herself. She'd lived with Aunt and Uncle Vorthys for two years after her mother had died, attending the Imperial University under their casual supervision. Life with the Professor and the Professora had somehow been less constrained, and constraining, than in her father's conservative Vor household in the South Continent frontier town of her birth; perhaps because they'd treated her as the adult she aspired to be, rather than the child she had been. She'd felt, a bit guiltily, closer to them than to her real parent. For a while, any future had seemed possible.
Then she'd chosen Etienne Vorsoisson, or he had chosen her ... You were pleased enough at the time. She'd said Yes to the marriage arrangements her father's Baba had offered, with all good will. You didn't know. Tien didn't know. Vorzohn's Dystrophy. Nobody's fault.
Nine-year-old Nikolai bounded into the kitchen. "I'm hungry, Mama. Can I have a piece of that cake?"
She intercepted fast-moving fingers attempting to sample frosting. "You can have a glass of fruit juice."
"Aw ..." But he accepted the proffered substitute, cannily offered in one of the good wineglasses lined up waiting. He gulped it down, bobbing about as he drank. Excited, or was he picking up parental nerves? Stop projecting, she told herself. The boy had spent the last two hours in his room, tinkering intently with his models; he was due to shake out the knots.
"Do you remember Uncle Vorthys?" she asked him. "It's been three years since we visited him."
"Sure." He finished swallowing his snack. "He took me to his laboratory. I thought it would be beakers and bubbly things, but it was all big machines and concrete. Smelled funny, kind of dusty and sharp."
"From the welders and the ozone, that's right," she said, impressed with his recall. She rescued the glass. "Hold out your hand. I want to see how much you have left to grow. Puppies with big paws are supposed to grow up to be big dogs, you know." He held up his hand to hers, and they met, palm to palm. His fingers were within two centimeters of being as long as her own. "Oh, my."
He flashed her a self-conscious, satisfied grin, and stared briefly down at his feet, wriggling them in speculation. His right big toe poked through a new hole in his new sock.
His child-light hair was darkening; it might yet become as brown as hers. He was chest-high to her, though she could have sworn he had been only hip-high about fifteen minutes ago. His eyes were brown like his Da's. His grubby hand-where did he find so much dirt in this dome?-was as steady as his eyes were clear and guileless. No tremula.
The early symptoms of Vorzohn's Dystrophy were deceptive, mimicking half a dozen other diseases, and could strike any time from puberty to middle age. But not today, not Nikolai.
Not yet.
Sounds from the apartment's entryway, and low-pitched masculine voices, drew them out of her kitchen. Nikolai shot ahead of her. When she arrived behind him, he was already being half picked up by the stout, white-haired man who seemed to fill the space. "Oof!" He stopped short of swinging Nikolai around. "You've grown, Nikki!"
Uncle Vorthys hadn't changed, despite his awe-inspiring new title: same grand nose and big ears, same rumpled, oversized tunic and trousers that always looked slept-in, same deep laugh. He deposited his great-nephew on the flagstones, spared a hug for his niece, which was firmly returned, and bent and felt in his valise. "Something here for you, Nikki, I do believe ..." Nikolai bounced around him; Ekaterin retreated temporarily to wait her turn.
Tien was shouldering through the door with baggage. Only then did she notice the man standing apart, smiling distantly, watching this homey scene.
She swallowed startlement. He was barely taller than nine-year-old Nikolai, but unmistakably not a child. He had a large head set on a short neck, and a faintly hunched stance; the rest of him looked lean but solid. He wore tunic and trousers in a subtle gray, the tunic open on a fine white shirt, and polished half-boots. His clothing was entirely without the pseudo-military ornamentation usually affected by the high Vor, but the perfection of the fit-it had to be hand-tailored, to fit that odd body-hinted a price Ekaterin didn't dare to estimate.
She was uncertain of his age; not much older than herself, perhaps? There was no gray in the dark hair, but laugh-lines around his eyes, and pain-lines around his mouth, scored his winter-pale skin. He moved stiffly, setting down his valise, wheeling to watch Nikolai monopolize his great-uncle, but did not otherwise appear very crippled. He was not a figure who blended in, but his air was notably unobtrusive. Socially uncomfortable? Ekaterin was recalled abruptly to her duties as a daughter of the Vor.
She advanced to him. "Welcome to my household ..." ack, Tien hadn't mentioned his name "... my Lord Auditor."
He held out his hand and captured hers in a perfectly ordinary, businesslike grasp. "Miles Vorkosigan." His hand was dry and warm, smaller than her own, but bluntly masculine; clean nails. "And you, Madame?"
"Oh! Ekaterin Vorsoisson."
He released her hand without kissing it, to her relief. She stared briefly at the top of his head, level with her collarbone, realized he would be speaking to her cleavage, and stepped back a little. He looked up at her, still smiling slightly.
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Habib Zafarullah, PhD is an adjunct professor of Sociology (Governance Studies) at the University of New England, Australia. He was chair of the Public Policy Program there and his areas of academic interest are: democratic governance, comparative bureaucracy, public policy and administration, and international development and has published extensively in these areas and some of his recent books include: Colonial Bureaucracies (2014), Managing Development in a Globalized World (2012) and International Development Governance (2006) (the latter two with A S Huque). He served as editor of Politics, Administration and Change, an international social science journal, for 25 years.


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On September 21, 2011, at 11:08 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia, a death row inmate named Troy Davis, convicted 20 years ago for the murder of off-duty Savannah policeman Mark MacPhail, was executed by lethal injection.
For decades, though, Davis, his supporters, and many justice advocates had proclaimed the prisoner's innocence. And in the final weeks leading up to his scheduled execution, celebrities and rap stars helped lead a last-minute push to save Davis's life, even pleading with President Obama to personally intervene. However, the Supreme Court denied any stay of execution. Obama did not act. And Davis's time ran out.
But last night, halfway through the Black Star show at the Fillmore Miami Beach, Mos Def paused between songs to challenge the BET Hip-Hop Awards, Oprah, and Obama to pay tribute to the recently executed death row inmate.
"The BET Awards are happenin' in Atlanta, Georgia, apparently this weekend on Saturday, right?," Def said. "I'm making a strong, serious recommendation and suggestion.
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"In the interest of humanity and the rights of human beings all over God's spaceship, Earth," he continued while Talib Kweli stood with his arms crossed, nodding his approval, "if you are doing or hosting this event in Atlanta, Georgia, right after this young man, Troy Davis, was brutally murdered, in public for the whole world to see, you should definitely dedicate one part of your show.
"If it's the opening, the beginning, the middle, or the end ... Bring his mama out there, show her your support and show her some words of comfort and encouragement.
"This is not the moment for your silence, BET! Or anybody else! And that goes to every peep from Oprah to Obama: When you get a free moment, call Troy Davis mama!"
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I argue that sometimes a group can author a work of art without the work being either co-authored or multiply-authored. Sometimes the group, itself, is an author, rather than any of its members alone or together. I argue that when a group is an author like this, it has mental properties that no individual member of the group possesses. For example, we can consider the groups that authored digital remixes based on a film titled #INTRODUCTIONS created by the artists LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner. YouTubers posted their digital remixes online, and the question is: Who authored those remixes? I contend that many digital remixes are authored by groups that are capable of cognition.
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Misbah believes Lord's victory will pave way forward for Amir's career
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London, July 18 (ANI): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes that Mohammad Amir can finally move on with his international career, after his side clinched a remarkable 75-run win over England at Lord's to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match Test series. This was Amir's first Test appearance after completing a five-year suspension for his role in the infamous 2010 spot-fixing scandal. The 24-year-old marked his return at the 'Home of Cricket' with a decent performance, claiming three wickets overall, including the last one of the gripping clash. "He's part of the team that has won the Test match, it will be one of the memorable days of his life and from here he can start his career again. He's a good kid now, he's a mature cricketer and he can prove to everyone that he's a good bowler," an elated Misbah was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. Amir had also served a prison sentence in the United Kingdom for his part in a plot with former skipper Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif to deliberately bowl no-balls in the final Test of Pakistan's last tour of England at Lord's in 2010. 42-year-old Misbah, who scored a vital first-innings century, was equally effusive in his praise for his rest of the teammates especially match-winner Yasir Shah. He said, "It's been a remarkable turnaround after the 2010 incident. The team took real responsibility and these players showed a lot of respect for the game, fought throughout the six years and brought plenty of wins. Their on- and off-the-field disciplines are really good and winning against a top side, who are really good in their home conditions, speaks volumes for this team and for all the players." "It is one of the top wins as a captain and as a Pakistan team. I'm really proud of the team, everybody fought and came out with really good skills. Especially today, mentally everyone was strong. Yasir Shah in first and second innings and the fast bowlers bowled really well. Overall it was a good win for us," he added. Yasir, the talismanic leg-spinner, bagged the Man of the Match award for taking a total of 10 wickets across two innings as England struggled to build partnerships and were eventually bundled out for 207 on the fourth day while chasing a target of 283 runs.(ANI)


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As California suffers from one of the worst droughts in recent history, it was recently reported that the chairman of the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), was among some of the worst offenders in personal water consumption—yet he recently launched an advertising blitz to persuade 19 million people to save water.
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The U.S. Postal Service has rules about sending food through the mail. "Mailable perishable matter can be sent at the mailer's own risk," the USPS site states. But bread, eggs, milk and more have been the mail for AmazonFresh grocery buyers in Northern California since August, according to the Wall Street Journal. "So much for drone delivery," gibes BloombergBusinessweek's Devin Leonard on Sept. 11.
Back in the early 1980s, Peggy and I were taken to an open house at the Nutmeg Curling Club in Darien, Conn. We tried the sport and liked it. Dues were cheap, and curling was a grand diversion over the winter—a sport to enjoy from ages 8 to 80. Fellow members were all party animals. Booze flowed and second-hand cigarette smoke was a fact of life. I never got good at curling, but Peggy excelled. She traveled to bonspiels (friendly competitions in the northeast) and had a blast. After a few years, her team won the regionals and she went off to compete nationally.
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DSPE Optics and Optomechanics Week 2017
23 - 26 October 2017
The Optics & Optomechanics week is an unique collaboration by Dutch, German and international organisations. This week brings you outstanding speakers and lecturers from semicon to medical, from industry to academia, from Europe and abroad, teaching you about the details and latest trends.
• 23 October – DSPE Optics and Optomechanics Symposium + Fair
• 24 October - Demonstration Day at Fraunhofer Institute
• 24 - 25 October - Course Optomechanics of Dan Vukobratovich
• 24 - 26 October - SMETHODS+ Trainings and Hands-on Practice on Optical Design and Simulation
In 2013 we had the first bi-annual Optics and Optomechanics event in Eindhoven. In 2015 we had the OpticsWeek in Delft. More than 250 precision engineers joint both events. To extend the community to abroad, we have chosen to organize it in Aachen Germany and to involve German parties to the event. Representatives from acknowledged German industry and institutes are involved.


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Insurance will Reduce Poverty, Go More Digital: Alice G Vaidyan
Thiruvananthapuram: With the insurance industry assuming greater significance each passing day, insurance will soon become one of the instruments that can reduce poverty in our country, says Alice G Vaidyan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re).
"For very long, the focus has been on the cost of doing something... I think it is time for us to determine the cost of not doing something. I believe that an increase in productivity and efficiency of humans is a natural consequence of financial protection and it is high time Indians had the same amount of social security as their counterparts in developed economies," says Vaidyan, who hails from Mavelikkara. Last year, Fortune India had announced her as the 'Seventh Most Powerful Woman in Business'.
Helped primarily by a conscious government push in the manufacturing, infrastructure and agricultural sectors, India has seen a GDP growth of over seven per cent. This together with the rising affluence have translated into huge dividends for the insurance industry as well. With the National Health Policy Scheme (NHPS), the recent Budget has given a major boost to the insurance industry, In India, the States generally do not provide insurance.
"I am committed to the goal of a fully-insured and pensioned society in India, so that our citizens will have financial independence," said Alice who was recently in Kochi. "As insurers, we are eagerly waiting to see the success of NHPS that is expected to benefit more than 50 million people in the country," said the top offical who is also the first woman to head GIC Re – one of the oldest and largest reinsurers in the country. In fact, insurers have observed that the gap between economic losses and insured losses in India is about 90 per cent when we have a catastrophe, against the global 70 per cent.
However, the situation is expected to improve as the gross premium income of the general insurance segment grew by a whopping 32 per cent in 2017. Globally, India is the 10th largest life insurance market and 15th largest general insurance market.
The top insurer also hailed creative innovation, or disruption as "truly changing the game." As a matter of fact, Indian insurers are gearing up to ride on the wave of Blockchain technology. Shedding light on how disruptive technologies can result in a macro change she said, "One thing is for sure, despite the ever presence of change, technology catches many of us – people, governments and companies – off guard from time to time. Perhaps that is why digital technologies have already indisputably changed the way consumers approach financial services,"
According to her, the insurance industry will have to work harder to understand how insurance syncs with people's changing attitude and ways of accessing information. "It is likely that digital companies may consider entering our industry in the coming years. That means, we might see the entry of non-traditional insurers like Google or Amazon in the sector. These players could potentially tap large customer bases and benefit from the information they already own," she said.
"Technology is now replacing skilled people, which is a phenomenon termed 'technological unemployment.' However, there is still a long way to go to achieve full digitisation," she added. Although possibilities are unlimited, Alice also cautioned how western business interests and digital payment infrastructures are concentrating in a few hands.
Insurance fraud indeed calls for cooperation among insurance companies. This may be through the development of common agencies that build databases about suspicious claims and spread awareness. "Databases may help mitigate the inefficiency associated with adverse selection. That is why insurers are unable to distinguish potential criminals from honest policyholders," said Vaidyan.


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In the upcoming comic book from LegacyHeroComics, writer/artist Eric Lamont plans to a revive truly obscure comic hero.
ACE HARLEM, the "famed Negro detective," appeared once and only once, in the first and only issue of All-Negro Comics, a collection of all new stories put out by the company of the same name, way back in 1947. The book, the brainchild of journalist Orrin C. Evans, featured African-American and African heroes, intended to inspire and entertain that community, and was the first known comic book written and drawn solely by African-American writers and artists.
Mind you, Ace was no superhero -- he was just a cop -- but he still qualifies as one (if not the first) black heroes in comics.
Ace was tough but fair; a two-fisted homicide dick who had a steel jaw, a fedora and the obligatory raincoat. He worked out of the 28th Precinct of New York City, more commonly known as -- yep -- Harlem, and wasn't afraid to mix it up. He seems to be well respected in Harlem, and treats everyone he encounters -- fellow officers, witnesses, suspects and informants pretty well. In his one recorded case, he never draws his weapon, even when attacked. But don't write him off as a wimp -- as Lamont points out, "Every ne'er-do-well in the debut story met a grisly death, either at the hands of a fellow criminal or by some cruel (but justified) twist of fate. Ace barely had to lift a finger!"
In his one recorded case, Time Magazine noted that "...the villains were a couple of zoot-suited, jive-talking Negro muggers, whose presence in anyone else's comics might have brought up complaints of racial 'distortion.' Since it was all in the family, Evans thought no Negro readers would mind."
Unfortunately, although a second issue was announced, it was never published. And so, the character might have slipped between the cracks of history...
Until 2015, when Lamont annouced he was "reworking" the character, and rechristening him ACE HARLEN.
In this ambitious new incarnation, Al is a private detective working out of King City. He's still a bad ass, but he dresses a little sharper, and looks a little meaner. He's occasionally aided in his investigations by a young forensic scientant, Willie "Whiz-Kid" Jones and Officer Nickels of the King City PD. Now he not only doesn't use a gun -- he doesn't even carry one.
This sounds interesting, but I fear it may all come to naught -- since announcing his big plans back in February 2015, there hasn't been a peep about this project.
Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
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The Mediterranean Region under Climate Change. A Scientific Update: Abridged English/French Version| ,
Part 1. Mechanisms, observed trends, projections
Chapter 4. Air quality and climate in the Mediterranean region
Ambient air ranks number one among the natural resources vital to human beings, with an average individual daily need of 12 kg. Due to the specificities of the Mediterranean region (sunny, hot and dry climate; long-range transport converging over the basin), air pollution in reactive compounds over the Mediterranean is often higher than in most European inland regions. Climate change (increase in temperature and drought) and anthropogenic pressure (growing population) should significantly impact the regional air quality. As a result, Mediterranean inhabitants who are already regularly exposed to pollutant loads well above WHO air quality recommendations will be further exposed, resulting in an excess of premature deaths. Exposure monitoring and win-win strategies should be developed in the future both to improve air quality and develop a low carbon economy. The evolution of emissions under climate change is not always clear and much uncertainty remains around present emissions from large urban-industrial centers, although recent progress has been made on emissions of the different regional sources of pollutants. It has been established that the regional climate and water cycle are affected by atmospheric chemistry. By reducing solar radiation at the surface, aerosols reduce the yearly average precipitation in the Mediterranean by 10%, which is a major issue since water is already scarce. Aerosols could further reduce precipitations by reducing the size of cloud droplets or through the formation of cloud droplets and ice crystals. Moreover, recent in situ and model experiments indicate that anthropogenic nitrogen and desert dust phosphorus deposition in nutrient-depleted surface seawater favors phytoplankton development, which stimulates the sink of atmospheric CO2 into marine sediments. But Saharan dust deposition by rain also stimulates bacterial growth, which reemits CO2. The net effect of desert dust deposition at large scales needs to be established.
L'air est sans aucun doute la ressource naturelle la plus essentielle à l'homme: chaque jour 12 kg d'air sont nécessaires à sa survie. Du fait des spécificités de la région méditerranéenne (climat ensoleillé, chaud et sec; convergence de masses d'air d'horizons lointains), la pollution de l'air en espèces réactives y est souvent plus forte que dans la plupart de l'Europe continentale. Les changements climatiques (augmentation des sécheresses et de la température) et la pression démographique devraient dégrader encore la qualité de l'air. En conséquence, les habitants de la Méditerranée qui sont déjà régulièrement soumis à des niveaux de pollution bien au-dessus des recommandations de l'OMS devraient se trouver plus exposés encore, ce qui engendrera une surmortalité. Un meilleur suivi de l'exposition des habitants et des solutions «gagnant-gagnant» devraient être mises en place dans le but d'améliorer la qualité de l'air et de s'engager dans une économie décarbonée. Les conséquences des changements climatiques sur les émissions de polluants par les principales sources régionales ne sont pas toujours très claires. Il a été établi que le climat régional et le cycle de l'eau sont altérés par la chimie de l'atmosphère. En réduisant le flux solaire en surface, les aérosols réduisent les précipitations moyennes annuelles de 10% en moyenne sur le bassin méditerranéen, réduisant un peu plus une ressource déjà rare. Les aérosols pourraient réduire plus encore les précipitations en réduisant la taille des gouttes d'eau dans les nuages ou en agissant sur la formation de cristaux de glaces. Par ailleurs, de récentes expériences indiquent que le dépôt atmosphérique d'azote et le phosphore issu des poussières désertiques à la surface des eaux pauvres en nutriments de la Méditerranée favorise le développement du phytoplancton activant par la même occasion l'absorption de CO2 par l'océan. Cependant, il a aussi été observé que le dépôt de poussières favorise le développement de bactéries qui elles-mêmes rejettent du CO2 du fait de la respiration. L'effet net du dépôt de ces poussières à grande échelle reste à établir.
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Charbel Afif
University Saint-Joseph, Chemistry Dpt., Lebanon
Rezak Alkama
University Abderrahmane Mira of Bejaia, Electrical Engineering Lab., Algeria
Carla Ancona
Lazio Regional Health Service, Epidemiology Dpt., Italy
Isabella Annesi-maesano
INSERM, UPMC, Sorbonne University, UMR-S IPLESP, France
Matthias Beekmann
CNRS, UMR LISA, France
Fatima Benaïssa
University Abderrahmane Mira of Bejaia, Electrical Engineering Lab., Algeria
Gilles Bergametti
CNRS, UMR LISA, France
Christophe Boissard
Paris Diderot University, UMR LSCE, France
Agnès Borbon
CNRS, UMR LaMP, France
Christel Bouet
IRD, IEES-Paris, UMR LISA, France
Augustin Colette
INERIS, Direction des Risques chroniques, France
Barbara D'Anna
CNRS, UMR IRCELYON, France
Sabine Darras
CNRS, UMS OMP, France
Uri Dayan
The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Dpt. of Geography, Israel
Cécile Débevec
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Claire Delon
CNRS, UMR LA, France
Karine Desboeufs
Paris Diderot University, UMR LISA, France
Pierre Durand
CNRS, UMR LA, France
Sébastien Dusanter
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Wehbeh Farah
University Saint-Joseph, Physics Dpt., Lebanon
Francesco Forastiere
Lazio Regional Health Service, Epidemiology Dpt., Italy
Paola Formenti
CNRS, LISA, France
Valérie Gros
CNRS, UMR LSCE, France
Corinne Jambert
Paul Sabatier University, UMR LA, France
Houcine Khatteli
IRA, Tunisia
Mohamed Labiadh
IRA, Tunisia
Juliette Lathière
CNRS, UMR LSCE, France
Benoît Laurent
Université Paris Diderot, UMR LISA, France
Maud Leriche
CNRS, UMR LA, France
Catherine Liousse
CNRS, UMR LA, France
Nadine Locoge
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Sylvain Mailler
ENPC, LMD, France
Marc Mallet
CNRS, UMR CNRM, France
Laurent Menut
CNRS, LMD, France
Vincent Michoud
CNRS, LISA, France
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
National Observatory of Athens and University of Crete, Greece
Marie Monier
Blaise Pascal University of Clermont-Ferrand, UMR LaMP, France
Pierre Nabat
Météo-France, UMR CNRM, France
Myriam Mrad Nakhlé
University of Balamand, Faculty of Health Sciences, Lebanon
José B. Nicolas
CNRS, UMR LaMP, France
Fatma Öztürk
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Environmental Engineering Dpt., Turkey
Jean-Louis Rajot
IRD, IEES-Paris, France, IRA, Tunisie
Jean-Baptiste Renard
CNRS, LPC2E, France
Philippe Ricaud
CNRS, UMR CNRM, France
Thérèse Salameh
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Alcide di Sarra
ENEA, Laboratory for Earth Observations and Analyses, Italy
Karine Sartelet
Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, CEREA, France
Stéphane Sauvage
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Jean Sciare
Cyl, EEWRC, Cyprus
Karine Sellegri
CNRS, UMR LaMP, France
Michaël Sicard
UPC-BarcelonaTech, Remote Sensing Lab., Spain
Fabien Solmon
ICTP, Earth System Physics, Italy
Massimo Stafoggia
Lazio Regional Health Service, Epidemiology Dpt., Italy
Antoine Waked
Mines Douai, SAGE, France
Régina Zbinden
CNRS, CNRM, France
2In this chapter, we consider relatively short-lived (<~1 month) particulate and gaseous tropospheric trace species that cause atmospheric pollution and have two-way interactions with climate. Emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases and their role, and evolution with climate change are dealt with elsewhere in this book.
3Ambient air is one of our vital natural resources. Air quality in the Mediterranean region is generally poor, due to both particulate and gaseous pollution. For instance, particulate or ozone concentrations are generally higher in the Mediterranean region than in most continental European regions, especially during the long dry and sunny summer season that characterizes the Mediterranean type of climate, (e.g. Nabat et al. 2013; Doche et al. 2014; Menut et al. 2015). In addition, the Mediterranean region is a hot-spot for climate change (Giorgi and Lionello, 2008), whereas numerous two-way interactions take place between climate and air quality, which are not always well understood. In addition, the Mediterranean region is expected to undergo a major increase in population, especially the development of large urban centers on its eastern and southern sides (CIHEAM, 2009). Air quality is already very poor in such centers and has significant adverse effects on health (an average of more than 20 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants took place in 2008 in Egypt, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey; WHO, 2014). It is thus important to understand the impact of the expected climate change on atmospheric chemistry and the resulting surface air quality in the Mediterranean region (Colette et al. 2013).
4Conversely, atmospheric pollution also affects the climate. The most obvious effect is global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), but anthropogenic aerosols and ozone, for instance, also perturb the Earth's radiative budget (IPCC, 2014). Up to now, future climate predictions have neglected feedback due to atmospheric composition, apart from that due to long lived GHGs. Atmospheric pollution, however, is also made up of many gaseous and particulate species that are more chemically active than GHGs and these short-lived species have various reciprocal interactions with climate, which must be accounted to better simulate their combined evolution. For instance, direct effects due to scattering and absorption of solar radiation by tropospheric anthropogenic aerosol particles compensate for and even cancel out the warming effect of GHG emissions in polluted regions at the regional scale (Bergamo et al. 2008). But they are much more difficult to represent in climate models (i) because of the high temporal and spatial variability of their concentrations and optical properties whereas, in comparison, GHG vary very little in concentration (Le Treut et al. 1998), and (ii) because to properly assess aerosol climatic impact, it is necessary to use coupled atmosphere-ocean dynamical models rather than fixed sea-surface temperature to account for a radiative impact that affects sea surface evaporation (NABAT et al. 2014). These reactive species form secondary products that are not directly emitted into the ambient air but control the concentration of fine particles in the background (Querol et al. 2009) and urban (El Haddad et al. 2011) Mediterranean air, they can be transported over long distances in the troposphere (Lelieveld et al. 2002; Ricaud et al. submitted) and affect air quality at the surface (with profound impacts on human health) (Künzli et al. 2000), perturb the radiative budget of the atmospheric column and modify cloud properties with significant consequences for the atmospheric water cycle and climate (Nabat et al. 2015), affect marine biogeochemistry (Guieu et al. 2014a) and continental vegetation (Paoletti, 2006) through their deposition at the Earth's surface. There are thus many processes and different types of feedback to take into consideration when assessing interactions between air quality and climate and when modelling the present and future coupled air quality-climate system.
5The present chapter is a contribution from the project ChArMEx (the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment; http://charmex.lsce.ipsl.fr) of the multidisciplinary regional research program MISTRALS (Mediterranean Integrated Studies at Regional and Local Scales; http://mistrals-home.org) endorsed by ALLENVI. It summarizes current knowledge on the links (feedforward and feedback) between climate and the air resource in the Mediterranean region, on the impact of expected climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressure on that natural resource and its consequences for human health, highlighting on-going efforts and recommended research to overcome critical limitations of our present knowledge. In the following sub-chapter headed 'Sources of reactive species and source apportionment', we review emissions that affect the Mediterranean atmospheric environment and report source apportionment results in both coastal urban and background air. In a separate text box, we also present the regional emission database ECCAD/ChArMEx dedicated to the Mediterranean region. We describe the particular cases of large urban centers, aeolian erosion, and biogenic emissions of volatile organic carbonaceous species. In the sub-chapter headed 'High concentrations of aerosols and pollutant and greenhouse gases', we address the question of the high atmospheric loads of atmospheric pollutants in the Mediterranean region and our understanding of the reasons. We include a focus on secondary organic aerosols, a major component of fine particles in the ambient air and a challenge for atmospheric chemistry models because they are formed by complex chemical reaction chains from gaseous compounds emitted by both human activities and natural sources. The sub-chapter headed 'Atmospheric deposition to nutrient-depleted seawater' is dedicated to the deposition of aerosol particles to the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea, a major pathway for the transfer of nutrients and contaminants, and its impact on surface marine ecosystems. The sub-chapter headed 'Impact of atmospheric chemistry on the regional climate' describes the impacts of atmospheric chemistry on climate and reviews recent results on their assessment. In the sub-chapter headed 'Impacts of air quality on health in the Mediterranean region', we report recent results on the detrimental effect of air pollution on human health. In the sub-chapter headed 'The (uncertain) future of air quality', we question our knowledge on the evolution of air quality in the coming decades. Finally, we summarize the main recent advances, open questions and related ongoing research and perspectives.
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I realized I was never going to finish the upgrades to the site before we moved, and possibly not before Sprout is born, and possibly not before a 5th birthday. So, I made the redeisgn that I have the front page.
So the stylesheet is updated, but the the templates don't completely match the stylesheets causing a whole range of wacky hyjinx. Give it some time I can likely make a couple fixes to pull this of most of the way.
The main thing holding up launching it earlier is the picutre int he front. I want to fully automate that as part of the photoblog. Photo blog you say, yes I want one, no I don't have one. I've been searching for a good way to do it, and I think I can using a bevy of plugins to automate it all and just drop photos into a folder and poof make an album or splash or an entry, somehtign fancy ya know. but with minimal work in the long run. however I don't have time to put forth the effort in the short run.