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You've probably done well to capture this at all as it's probably at the limit of what your lens can handle. The main problem with it is that it's not sharp - the sharpest point of focus needs to be the eyes of the bird. It could also do with a slight boost in contrast as it's a little bit flat.
Well done for getting the shot, these are just my thoughs..
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as i have a fujifilm s1500 i cant do alot my lenses are build in to the camera. i really cant do what i want with this camera. i am looking for a job at the moment to give me some cash for a new camera and equipment i would like.
I am letting some one do another photo shoot of me on the 29th at Bawsey Ruins with swords and stuff cant wait
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I am starting the preliminary planning for our 16 night trip to Scandinavia in July 2010. We fly with points requiring reservations to be made around 10 months advance. Besides, my main hobby is planning our yearly trip to Europe! We enjoy all aspects of travel such as nature, architecture, and museums. Our trip last month to northern Spain included 10 days of driving. For this trip I would like to avoid the headache of renting a car.
Bergen, arrive at noon, Saturday, July 9, stay 2 nights
Norway in a Nutshell tour to Oslo, spend 3 nights in Oslo.
5 nights in Stockholm.
5 nights in Copenhagen with day trips to Frederiksborg and Roskilde.
Please help with our Scandinavia itinerary
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I think you are going in July 2011 not 2010, right?
The allotment of time looks good to me. Will you fly between cities? We were in Stockholm and Copenhagen last year, 5 days former and 4 latter. We liked it so much we will return this summer allotting a similar amount of time to each city. Go to
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/scandinavia-other-baltics-a-whole-new-world.cfm to see my trip report. -
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JulieVikmanis, yes, we are going in 2011. Great trip report! Combining a cruise with personal time seems to give one the best of both worlds!
I plan to fly from Oslo to Stockholm and then fly from Stockholm to Copenhagen. I have also read that the express 5.5 hour train from Stockholm to Copenhagen is recommended.
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I would definitely take the overnight Silja Line Ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki and plan to stay in Helsinki at least 3 nights. You can take a day trip on a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn Estonia. The Old Town in Estonia is great for a day trip.
Take one day from Oslo, one from Stockhom and one from Copenhagen.
I have been to Oslo twice and love it but 2 nights there would be enough unless you are planning day trips out of the city. -
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Bratsandbeer, I was originally planning on visiting Helsinki and Tallinn certainly sounds exotic.
We just returned from Northern Spain where my itinerary was just too ambitious. We ended up racing from town to cathedral to mountains in an effort to visit the major sites from Santiago to Bilbao.
On this trip I am trying to simplify; the reason for dropping Helsinki. Do you think the addition of another city will make for too demanding a vacation? -
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I thoroughly enjoyed Helsinki and think bratsandbeer is right that you could fit it in by adjusting your time in other locations. On the other hand, I think your original plan for allocating your time made for a pace that would allow you to see each of your destinations in some depth without being too rushed. The good news is that you have two wonderful options!
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kja,how did you travel to Helsinki? The boat ride is quite long, would it be better to fly from Stockholm?
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InMiami - I don't think adding Helsinki would be too exhausting.
You could fly from Stockholm to Helsinki, however the ferry leaves Stockholm around 5pm and arrives in Helsinki in the morning. On the ferry, there is a wonderful buffet that you wouldn't want to miss. Also,shops, casino etc. You would make a reservation for a room with private bath etc. We had a cheap room - not one of the expensive rooms. You would arrive in Helsinki in the morning ready for the day.
You could then fly from Helsinki to Copenhagen.
People in Finland speak mostly 3 languages, Swedish, Finnish and English so language is no problem. There is much to see in Helsinki - think you would like it. -
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If taking trains Oslo-Bergen and back and then to Stockholm and to Copenhagen then investigate the ScanRailPass - the fare between Stockholm and Copenhagen may pay for much of the pass - ditto for Oslo to Bergen and back and Oslo to Stockholm. For loads of info on Scandainavian trains and the pass i always spotlight these info-laden sources: www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com; www.seat61.com. The pass is also valid on the Stockholm to Helsinki ferries and it may even include a free berth of some kind.
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> how did you travel to Helsinki?
I visited Helsinki on a different trip than the one during which I visited Stockholm and Copenhagen. I'm no help to you there! -
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If you are considering going to Helsinki from Stockholm and have time constraints, take a one hour flight. Richard www.blue1.com
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If you do not have time constraints then by all means take the overnight ferry - in summer the days are so long you will not miss the incredible gorgeous IMO coastline - a rocky archepelago the ship seems to follow forever. I remember being mesmerized by that
Plus these ships have lots of amenities and are really dirt cheap compared to other such overnight ships IME -
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How long did you spend in Northern Spain that stressed you so much for time? We are currently here, spending 3 nights in Ribadesella, 5 in Getaria and 3 in Logrono. Last year spent 4 in Santander, 3 in Ribadesella, 1 in Ribadeo and 3 in Santiago, then 3 on Galician coast. Pace seemed/seems similar to what we did in Copenhagen and Stockholm. This time we are going by ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki (I think) 2 days in Helsinki would probably be fine but you could add a 3rd and do a day trip by boat to Tallinn, ok, but not critical given your concerns about spreading yourself too thin. Helsinki is pretty neat. Enjoy.
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If going round trip by ferry Stock-Helsinki you can also go via Turku - a few hours by train from Helsinki and see that unique town as well - some boats dock at Turku before Stockholm or perhaps terminate at Turku.
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Palenque - the train ride to Turku was not exciting - mostly farmland. Our relatives go to Abo university in Turku - we visited them. The Turku Cathedral is worth a visit.
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brats - what did you think of the city of Turku - modern like many Scandinavian towns or with some character? I have not been there but heard, as a major port, it had a unique feel and look?
As a city - worth a look?
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Pal - We took the train to Turku one day - stayed overnight and came back the next day. Our relative met us at the hotel and showed us around Turku. We didn't see a whole lot of Turku - the cathedral was interesting. We went to Abo University to see where our relative was doing a lot of research - associate professor. He showed us some buildings from the 1700s - if I remember correctly a lot of the town burned down at one time.
I probably didn't see enough of Turku as a tourist so it would be hard for me to recommend spending a couple of days in Turku.
We did visit over breakfast with some American guys who stayed at our hotel - they were employed as shipbulders - building a new cruise ship - think it was for Royal Caribbean.
Ship building in Turku is part of Finland's history.
My grandfather came from Finland - he graduated from the university in Vaasa in 1880. His brother started the Suomi Insurance Company in 1890 which is a large company today. His son wrote textbooks for the schools, was editor of Mikkeli newspaper etc.
Have been in Finland twice now and I want to go back to Finland to Jakobstad, Vassa and Rovanemi. -
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brats - thanks for you comments! We have lots of Finns in northern Michigan - in Duh U P - they came as miners to work in the copper and iron ore mines - there is a Suomi College in Houghton/Hancock.
Of course Finland is not technically in Scandinavia but a Slovish stocked country i believe - more Russian than Swede! -
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>>>Slovish stocked country i believe - more Russian than Swede!<<<
Cannot it just be Finnish? Certainly there is nothing Russian, even the Orthodox church is Finnish Orthodox, and Swedish is just a native language for 5 % of Finns, they are not Swedes.
There is an old saying: We are not Swedes and we don´t want to become Russians, so lets be Finns. -
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elina "they are not Swedes" They are Finns is correct but they relate to Sweden more than Finland and consider themselves Swedes. My ggrandmother was a "Swede" and my ggrandfather was a "Finn" who came from Russia when the Russians ruled Finland. Both lived in Finland and married.
The Swedes were the educated class, professors, pastors, teachers,landowners, etc. - the more wealthy class. The Finns were laborers and foot soldiers. Many worked for the Swedes on the farms.
To this day there is a distinction between the Swedish speaking Finns and the Finnish speaking Fins. We were told by our relatives that if a Swedish speaking person goes to southern Finland and speaks Swedish they could be in some trouble with the Finnish speaking Finns.
The history of Finland is very interesting with many wars and changes in government. That is why they like peace now. -
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Pal - We live in WI north of Milwaukee and south of the UP. Have read stories of the Finns who came to work in the mines. They had a hard time.
My grandfather spoke 7 languages - he would go to court with immigrants to translate for them. He ended up becoming a judge - in MN. He married my grandmother who came from Norway as an indentured servant - she worked for 7 years to pay for her passage. In Norway she would take the goats to the mountains for the summer.
Glad we don't get the snow that they get in Houghton in the winter. -
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thanks to all for your terrific ideas. I have to sit down and study the best way to add Helsinki to our trip.
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brats - Houghton has a huge snow pile from winter street sweeping and they bet on when it will finally all melt - it could still be there!
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JulieVikmanis, we were in Northern Spain for 17 days but we accomplished one month of sightseeing in that period. On that vacation we had the car for 10 days and spent hours in the car almost daily. For Scandinavia I am planning not to rent a car and try to limit how much we fit into each day.
Visiting Helsinki would be great. I feel that I would have to choose between that city and visiting Bergen and the fjords. Any suggestions on priorities? -
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> Visiting Helsinki would be great. I feel that I would have to choose between that city and visiting Bergen and the fjords. Any suggestions on priorities?
You might consider your future trip options. For example, do you think you might ever travel to St. Petersburg? It is easy to combine that with Helsinki. -
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kja, St Petersburg would be facinating but I don't see it happening any time soon. The over-night boat to Helsinki looks like fun; we could then fly on to our next destination. I think I will try to investigate further.
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I thank you for this post. After a great process of trying to narrow down our Europe trip options, my wife and I have decided to spend 13th nights in Scandinavia. We are looking to fly next month, Aug 2010 so I have a lot of plans to make.
We really loved the looks of the fjords, and other natural landscape and have to best taper your 16 night trip down plans to our 13 night trip. Based upon available flights and cost, we will probably arrive in Bergen on Aug 16th and fly out of Copenhagen on Aug 29th. -
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Bugler, I have really brainstormed on the best way to fit the Norway fjords into our itinerary. The easiest is to visit Bergen and then do the "Norway in a Nutshell" one-way tour from Bergen to Oslo. It just seems sad to only spend one day in the fjords.
My other option is to fly back to the states from Bergen with a stopover in Oslo. I could take the "Sognefjord in a Nutshell" round trip tour from Bergen. This boat tour takes you from Flam through the Sognefjord all the way back to Bergen ($180pp). If I added 2 nights in Flam I could add a Flam to Gudvangen round trip by boat ($56.pp) to see more of the Nærøyfjord fjord.
My flight to Olso would be covered as part of the leg from Bergen to Miami, we would be able to see it all by air! -
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Thank you InMiami. I have been reading on Rick Steve's site about the Norway in a Nutshell tour. We are more of the landscape type verses the church and museum type so my preference will be to spend more time in the fjord area and less in the largers cities. This is especially the case now that my reading indicates Norway really has no medieval castles, but instead stave churches.
I am even having second thoughts about spending all of my time in Scandinavia. I am wondering about spending some time in Ireland along with time around the fjords.
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If taking trains Oslo-Bergen and back and then to Stockholm and to Copenhagen then investigate the ScanRailPass - the fare between Stockholm and Copenhagen may pay for much of the pass - ditto for Oslo to Bergen and back and Oslo to Stockholm. For loads of info on Scandainavian trains and the pass i always spotlight these info-laden sources: www.budgeteuropetravel.com; www.ricksteves.com; www.seat61.com. The pass is also valid on the Stockholm to Helsinki ferries and it may even include a free berth of some kind.
I was looking at information on the ScanRall pass and I thought it indicates that it only gives you a discount on the Stockholm to Helsinki ferries, but that they are not otherwise free with the Scanrail pass. I am trying to determine if it is worthwhile for us to buy this pass. Right now, my biggest challenge seems to be knowing for how many travels days I might need to pay for with this pass.
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Ask the guys a www.enjoyscandinavia.com even if you don't want a trip from them, asking them for details will help you a lot and they do respond quickly. At least they answered me in quick time.
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I was looking at information on the ScanRall pass and I thought it indicates that it only gives you a discount on the Stockholm to Helsinki ferries, but that they are not otherwise free with the Scanrail pass. I am trying to determine if it is worthwhile for us to buy this pass. Right now, my biggest challenge seems to be knowing for how many travels days I might need to pay for with this pass>
There is confusing info I have seen - official info says 50% off but I believe the boat web site may indicate free - they are free with a Eurail Pass (if you want first class option check out the Eurail Select Pass valid in any 3-5 countries).
But these boats are not expensive - and if the pass gives you 50% off then you would not have to use a day on the flexipass - if it is a discount you do not use a flexible travel day so a discount could even be better than 100% where you would have to use a day - if the fare is low enough as I believe these boats may be - for deck passage that is - what the passes cover - optional sleeping accommodations are extra. If you want a definitive answer about coverage of those boats with a Scan Pass I'd call Byron at www.budgeteuropetravel.com - I have bought passes from him and his agency for years and he always knows everything IME.
So things since 2010 may have changed so consult an expert.
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Positive expectations for Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseffa**s
government is 69.2 percent, according to a Sensus poll commissioned by the
National Transport Confederation.
Brazil's public sector finances fell deeper into the red in November,
adding to concerns over spending, inflation and interest rates.
Brazil will stop importing diesel oil in 2017 when production begins from
a new oil refinery in Ceara state in the country's northeast.
Petrobras forwarded to the National Petroleum Agency a declaration of
commerciality for the Tupi and Iracema fields, the former of which
contains 6.5 billion barrels and the latter, 1.8 billion.
Brazil will place a new peacekeeping force in northern Rio de Janeiro
shantytowns (favelas) following last month's major crackdown on gangs and
drug-traffickers. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/157765.html
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided not to extradite
former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti, Brazilian media reported on
Wednesday, a move that could hurt ties with Italy.
Brazila**s President-Elect Rousseff Has 69% Support in Sensus Poll
By Maria Luiza Rabello - Dec 29, 2010 4:12 PM GMT-0200
Positive expectations for Brazilian President-elect Dilma Rousseffa**s
government is 69.2 percent, according to a Sensus poll commissioned by the
National Transport Confederation.
The rating approval for outgoing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rose
to 87 percent from 80.7 percent in a survey published Sept. 29, the poll
showed. Support for Lulaa**s government rose to 83.4 percent from 79.4
percent in September.
The nationwide poll of 2,000 people was taken Dec. 23-27 and has a margin
of error of 2.2 percentage points.
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Paulo Gregoire
Brazil Government Finances Fall Deeper Into Red In November
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's public sector finances fell deeper into
the red in November, adding to concerns over spending, inflation and
interest rates.
The government's primary budget surplus for the rolling 12-month period
fell to 2.51% of gross domestic product, from 2.85% of GDP in October,
according to central bank data published on Wednesday. Including interest
payments on debt, the nominal deficit increased to 2.74% of GDP at the end
of November.
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targets for 2011, and economists said the November results make that all
but impossible.
Tax revenues have soared thanks to the rebounding economy, with GDP
expected to rise more than 7.5% this year. But public sector spending has
kept pace, initially as a response to the global economic crisis and also
in the run-up to October's national elections.
The higher spending is blamed for a rapid rise in inflation, which in turn
puts pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates. Last week the
central bank issued signaled it's prepared to make a move in the near
That, however, is an early setback for President-elect Dilma Rousseff, who
takes office Saturday and has vowed to bring down interest rates during
her four-year term.
At 10.75% per year, the central bank's Selic rate is already one of the
highest benchmark rates in the world, which stifles the availability of
long-term financing for the economy and drives up government debt costs.
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take some of the pressure off interest rates. Not everyone is convinced
that the government will be agile enough to rein in spending, however.
"The promise is that this formidable fiscal expansion will be reversed
next year. It must be seen to be believed," economists at Banco Santander
said in a recent research note.
The Brazilian government's outlays are small in comparison with the
spending undertaken in Europe or the U.S., where in many cases deficits
have soared into double digits. But price pressures are low in much of the
developed world due to surplus factory capacity, whereas in Brazil rising
inflation is all too real.
Earlier Wednesday, the Getulio Vargas Foundation said one of its main
inflation indexes this year rose by its fastest pace since 2004, thanks to
broad price pressures across the economy. The IGP-M index rose 11.32% in
2010, compared with a drop of 1.72% in 2009. Wholesale, consumer and
construction costs all rose, according to the data.
Moreover, the lower surplus means there's less money to pay down the
government's debts, so it must in turn borrow more. Net public sector debt
ticked higher, to 1.45 trillion reais at the end of November, from BRL1.36
trillion at the end of 2009. Thanks to strong economic growth, net debt
fell to 40.1% of GDP at the end of November, from 42.8% at the end of last
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Oil and Gas
Santos Basin holds 8.3 billion barrelsntos
Petrobras forwarded to the National Petroleum Agency a declaration of
commerciality for the Tupi and Iracema fields, the former of which
contains 6.5 billion barrels and the latter, 1.8 billion.
AgA-ancia Brasil*
Rio de Janeiro a** This Wednesday (29th), the Brazilian oil company
Petrobras forwarded to the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel
Agency (ANP) a declaration of commerciality of recoverable oil and gas in
the Tupi and Iracema fields, in the Santos Basin. In the proposal,
Petrobras suggests the names Field of Lula (which means Squid in
Portuguese), for Tupi, and Field of Cernambi (scientific name
Anomalocardia brasiliana), for Iracema, both of which are names of
molluscs. The state-owned company traditionally names fields discovered at
great depths after sea animals. In the case of the Field of Lula, however,
there is a clear reference to president Luiz InA!cio Lula da Silva, whose
term in office ends this week.
In a statement, Petrobras informs that the two fields are part of the
BMS-11 Block and that reserves total 8.3 billion barrels of oil and gas,
of which 6.5 billion are in the Field of Lula and 1.8 billion are in the
Field of Cernambi.
According to the state-owned enterprise, "the Field of Lula will be the
first super-giant oil field in the country [recoverable volume of over 5
billion barrels of oil equivalent], and the Field of Cernambi is among the
five largest gigantic fields in Brazil."
AgA-ancia Petrobras
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In the statement, Petrobras explains that the declaration of commerciality
has been issued after the implementation of the Exploratory Evaluation
Program in the area, for which the first well was drilled in October 2006.
In addition to the document, Petrobras submitted to the ANP its Production
Development plans for the two fields (view the location of the areas on
the adjoining map).
"The success achieved in exploration in the area represents the heightened
potential of the pre-salt [layer], which is already starting to contribute
to the growth of the company's production curve and oil and gas reserves,"
according to the statement.
The BMS-11 Block is operated by Petrobras, which owns 65% of the
concession, in partnership with the British britA-c-nica BG Group, with a
25% share, and the Portuguese Galp Energia, with 10%.
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil To Be Self-Sufficient In Diesel Oil In 2017 - Petrobras
RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)--Brazil will stop importing diesel oil in 2017
when production begins from a new oil refinery in Ceara state in the
country's northeast, a manager for Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR),
or Petrobras, said Wednesday.
The new Premium II oil refinery, one of the world's largest with 300,000
barrels per day production capacity, will allow Brazil to gain
self-sufficiency in diesel oil, said Mario Tavares, general manager at the
refinery, during a ceremony to mark the start of construction at the site.
"The refinery is of extreme importance in our quest to meet Brazilian
demand," Petrobras Chief Executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli said at the
With domestic demand for fuels growing at about 4.1% a year, Petrobras is
building a series of refineries to meet the demand as well as to develop
an export market for oil derivatives and to add value to the company's
products, company supplies director Paulo Roberto Costa said last month.
The company will bring onstream eight new refinery lines or refineries
between 2010 and 2018, he said.
In addition to low-sulfur diesel, which will account for 60% of the Ceara
refinery's output, the new works will produce aircraft fuel, naphtha,
kitchen gas and ship fuel, Costa said.
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil sends peacekeepers to Rio slums
Wednesday Dec 29, 201006:08 PM GMT
Brazil will place a new peacekeeping force in northern Rio de Janeiro
shantytowns (favelas) following last month's major crackdown on gangs and
The plan is to maintain the presence of nearly 2,000 foot-soldiers on the
streets of Rio's northern favelas of Complexo do Alemao and Penha on a
peacekeeping mission.
The peacekeeping forces will have duties similar to that carried out by
the 1,300 Brazilian troops in Haiti.
Following the placement of the new peacekeeping forces, Rio's police will
have to directly answer to the Brazilian military.
One November 23, security forces in Rio launched a major crackdown on
gangs and drug-traffickers in an attempt to stop a wave of violence
ripping through the city.
For three days prior, suspected gang members had been blocking streets,
burning cars and taking pot shots at the city's police stations.
Almost 22,000 troops, police, and state agents were involved in the
operations that left at least 35 people dead.
Rio is home to 6 million people and has hundreds of poor shantytowns,
known as favelas.
Authorities have said that the gangs are largely comprised of off-duty
police and prison guards who have emerged as the new mafia.
Brazil is hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. The
peacekeeping forces may help the improvement of security and the rule of
law in Rio and its surrounding favelas.
Paulo Gregoire
Brazil won't extradite Italy's Battisti: media
BRASILIA | Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:37am EST
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has
decided not to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti,
Brazilian media reported on Wednesday, a move that could hurt ties with
The online editions of leading newspapers O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo
reported, without citing sources, that Battisti would not be extradited.
Earlier in the week Lula said he would decide by Friday. His aides said on
Wednesday there was no formal decision yet.
The Supreme Court had ruled last year that Battisti should be extradited
on murder convictions from the 1970s in Italy, but it left the final
decision to Lula.
Battisti denies the murders and says he is being persecuted politically in
He faces life in prison there for the murders in the 1970s, a violent
period known as the "Years of Lead," when he belonged to a guerrilla group
called "Armed Proletarians for Communism."
Lula, who ends his second term in office on January 1, had granted him
refugee status in January 2009, straining ties with Italy. The pending
decision has been one of the main issues during the final days of Lula's
Several senior members of his leftist Workers' Party had supported
Battisti's cause and visited him in prison on the outskirts of the capital
Lula wanted to decide on the case in order to spare his successor, Dilma
Rousseff, from having to wade into controversy early in office.
But some analysts say he waited until the very end of his term in order to
avoid renewed diplomatic tensions with Italy.
Battisti escaped from an Italian prison in 1981 and lived in France for
years, but fled when Paris approved his extradition in 2006. He was
arrested on the run in Brazil.
(Reporting by Raymond Colitt; Editing by Eric Beech)
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US 1929314 A Abstract available in Claims available in Description (OCR text may contain errors) Oct. 3, 1933. Y. ISHll 1,929,314 SUN VISOR Filed Sept. 19, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 3, 1933 UNITED STATES SUN VISOB Yomoichi Ishii, East Ely, New. Application September 19, 1932 Serial No. 633,889 2 Claims. (01. 296-97) The present invention relates to a sun visor for automobiles to be attached to automobiles on and near the instrument board and it may be raised or lowered as may be needed for the purpose of preventing sun or light glare generally from the hood or front headlights of approaching cars. An object of the invention resides in the provision of an apparatus of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, easy to manipulate, inexpensive to manufacture, thoroughly eflicient and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. 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I know that Soraka with Twitch or Kog'maw Janna with Ashe? But when countering if you see an all in Support like Leona, you should use Blitz or Morgana. Those are the few I know off heart, and I figured It's about time I start learning the good combinations on top of countering supports. What are good Support ADC combos, and when you should counter a support instead of going with the main combo? (unless this is too confusing, then feel free to to explain how you decipher my post).
I mean its not confusing at all, but in the end its knowing what all the champs can do. For example if youre playing against an aggressive support/adc like morgana/sona and draven/cait/tristana then you dont want to go a melee support. Especially if youre supporting a kogmaw, vayne, trist or any adc with a weak early game and no poke. You also cant pick your support/adc just based off of theirs. You want to look at their team. If their team has a lot of tanks then you want a hyper carry or someone like varus/kog maw that does health percent/true damage. If your team is squishy as **** then youll want either a tanky support or a support with a lot of peel like leona, zyra, tairc, braum, or lulu. So you have to learn the champions and learn how to read teams to pick valid supports. So many games ive had to dodge because no one picks any champs with cc and everyone is squishy and we end up going against like a thresh, tf, udyr, tristana and irelia.
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I always choose supports that I know I can play well and just play them no matter what. That way, you'll get good at unfavorable matchups as well as favorable ones. Just pick one or two supports you really enjoy their playstyle and play them a lot. The more versatile matchup picks you play verse, the more you learn about your champion. If you aren't interesting in maining a champion, then just choose whatever your ADC/APC needs. Always remember, you aren't the ADC's personal shield. You are mid's too. Gotta protect and help them both.
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I say have that one supp that you default to(for me it's Sona) then learn champs that compliment that. For instance, Leona counters Sona hard from what I've seen, so I picked up Morg. Sona doesn't seem to Sync as well with Vayne/Trist(yet again from personal experience)So I picked up Thresh. Also I suggest picking up Thresh as he is a good one is hard to counter IMO and he syncs well with a lot of ADCs.I will say that counters don't matter as much in bot lane due to it being a duo lane, so if you sync with the ADC,don't worry as much about getting countered unless your ADC is countered too.
I pick Nami, Zyra, and recently Karma. I feel like I can't be hard countered.
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I just play Thresh he can do everythibg.
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Gragas, Nami or Zyra.
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In this current bottom lane meta your best bet would be to pick up nami/morg/thresh. The adc/support synergy doesn't matter nearly as much in season 4 after the adc/support champion pool got gutted. Play morg against thresh or leona, and nami against poke lanes such as cait or karma, play thresh with anyone as long as it's not against morg.


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Bickford, DavidOverview
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David Bickford
Victorian demijohns
by Ken Arnold
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Face Of Tomorrow
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 2004 in Undetermined and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Path following and stabilization of an autonomous bicycle
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In this thesis we investigate the problem of designing a control system for a modern bicycle so that the bicycle is stable and follows a path. We propose a multi-loop control architecture, where each loop is systematically designed using linear control techniques. The proposed strategy guarantees that the bicycle asymptotically converges to paths of constant curvature. A key advantage of our approach is that by using linear techniques analysis and controller design are relatively simple. We base our control design on the nonlinear (corrected) Whipple model, which has been previously verified for correctness and experimentally validated. The equations of motion for the nonlinear model are very complicated, and would take many pages to explicitly state. They also have no known closed form solution. To enable analysis of the model we linearize it about a trajectory such that the bicycle is upright and travelling straight ahead. This linearization allows us to arrive at a parameterized linear time-invariant state-space representation of the bicycle dynamics, suitable for analysis and control design. The inner-loop control consists of a forward-speed controller as well as a lean and steer controller. To keep the bicycle at a constant forward speed, we develop a high-bandwidth proportional controller that uses a torque along the axis of the rear wheel of the bicycle to keep the angular velocity of the rear wheel at a constant setpoint. To stabilize the bicycle at this forward speed, lean torque and steer torque are treated as the control signals. We design a state-feedback controller and augment integrators to the output feedback of the lean angle and steer angle to provide perfect steady-state tracking. To arrive at the gains for state feedback, linear-quadratic regulator methods are used. When following a constant-curvature path, a vehicle has a constant yaw rate. Using this knowledge, we begin designing the outer-loop path-following control by finding a map that converts a yaw rate into appropriate lean angle and steer angle references for the inner loop. After the map is completed, system identification is performed by applying a yaw-rate reference to the map and analyzing the response of the bicycle. Using the linear approximation obtained, a classical feedback controller for yaw-rate tracking is designed. In addition to yaw-rate control, to track a path the yaw angle of the bicycle must match that of the path and the bicycle must physically be on the path. To analyze these conditions a linear approximation for the distance between the bicycle to the path is found, enabling construction of a linear approximation of the entire system. We then find that by passing the signal for the difference in yaw rate and the distance through separate controllers, summing their output, and subtracting from the reference yaw rate of the path, the bicycle converges to the path. After developing the general design procedure, the final part of the thesis shows a step by step design example and demonstrates the results of applying the proposed control architecture to the nonlinear bicycle model. We highlight some problems that can arise when the bicycle is started far from the path. To overcome these problems we develop the concept of a virtual path, which is a path that when followed returns the bicycle to the actual path. We also recognize that, in practice, typical paths do not have constant curvature, so we construct more practical paths by joining straight line segments and circular arc segments, representing a practical path similar to a path that would be encountered when biking through a series of rural roads. Finally, we finish the design example by demonstrating the performance of the control architecture on such a path. From these simulations we show that using the suggested controller design that the bicycle will converge to a constant curvature path. Additionally with using the controllers we develop that in the absence of disturbance the bicycle will stay within the intended traffic lane when travelling on a typical rural road
The canadian decision to enter world war II : a case study of the foreign policy decision- making process
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 1971 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The War on Terrorism : role of the international community
by Ethics and National Security Conference Law
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide Panel III of the conference Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration, held April 10-11, 2008, Duke University, Durham N.C
A survey of the herpetofaunal and mammalian species and the collection of avian nests and eggs in the Rio Macho Reserve of Costa Rica
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide Data on the presence and estimated population sizes of the Chordata species in a Montane Wet Forest life zone of the Rio Macho Reserve is presented within this study. The study area was between Trinidad de Dota and Ojo de Aqua in the Talamancan mountains of southern Costa Rica at 2400 - 3200 meters above sea level
The state and conservation of Southeast Asian biodiversity
by Navjot S Sodhi
1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Conservation biology and vertebrate species diversity in a Montane West Forest ecosystem of Costa Rica
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide
Southeast Asian biodiversity crisis
by David Bickford
1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide Audience Level
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