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TripCode: T-195
ValiDate: 30/09/2017
Pick you up on arrival and transfer to the hotel, check in and free time at leisure on your own of exploration the city. Overnight Hanoi
At 9.00 AM, pick you up the hotel, our city tour including visit Hochiminh President Complex(Hochiminh Mausoleum, the house on stilts, presidential palace, the One Pillar Pagoda).Visiting this site, you will understand more about the life of President Ho, a great leader, Hero of national liberation and a great man of world culture. Our next stop is the Temple of literature, which is built in 1070 and it is the first university of Vietnam. Before having lunch, we visit the fine art museum where different kinds of paintings of famous artists are on display. Your lunch will be served at one of the best local restaurants with special of Hanoi cuisine. After lunch, continue our visit to Museum of Ethnology, which exhibits the traditional culture of 54 ethnic minorities in Vietnam. You will take one hour of Cycling trip for sightseeing Hanoi old quarters. Taking this mean of transportation is the best way to have a close look at the 36 streets in Hanoi. At late afternoon, we will see the water puppet show for one hour before transfer back the hotel. Overnight Hanoi (B/L)
DAY 3: HANOI-HALONG BAY CRUISES (aboard)
This morning, we will check out the hotel and depart for Halong bay, some 165 km away from Hanoi. Enjoy the journey through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta and the scenery of rice fields, water buffalo and everyday Vietnamese village life. Arrive in Halong and board the Huong Hai or Bai Tho traditional sailing junk. Whilst cruise the exquisite waters sample the regions fresh seafood. Visit the recently discovered Surprise Grotto with its great views, and on the next island see the yawning mouth of Bo Nau Cave. Alternatively journey to Dau Go Cave and nearby see the famous stalagmites and stalactites of Thien Cung Cave. Enjoy a swim in the emerald waters of Halong Bay at any spot that you wish to visit. Watch the sun set over the bay whilst enjoying a delicious dinner. Overnight on board junk.(B/L/D)
DAY 4: HALONG BAY-HANOI-HUE/ Flight
Wake up to fresh coffee and a wholesome breakfast before cruising back to Halong City. En route the junk weaves through strange-shaped rock formations that invite comparisons from fighting cocks to dragons and even General de Gaulle's nose! After another wonderful fresh seafood lunch on board disembark at the dock at Halong City. Transfer back to Hanoi by road to Noi Bai airport for flying to Hue (some 1hour fly), Pick up at Phu Bai airport to transfer to Hue Hotel for check in before sightseeing the city, Hue was once the capital of the Nguyen Dynasty of Emperors from 1802-1945. There are many mausoleums to visit as well as the fascinating Dong Ba market, famous for selling the best conical hats in Vietnam, transfer back your hotel. Dinner on your own. Overnight in hotel in Hue (B)
Have breakfast in hotel before checking out, start our sightseeing Hue included the Imperial Citadel and the King tombs of Minh Mang and Khai Dinh, tour ends, we will heading for Hoi an ancient town, Hoi an is some 140km away and the town is just 35km from biggest city of central part of vietnam named Danang. We will pass the fishing village of Lang co before ascending the scenic Hai van pass (cloudy pass) where a spectacular panorama of the center coastline can be viewed at the summit, upon arrival in Da Nang visit Cham museum, one of the 5 oldest museums in The ASIA, containing the finest collection of Cham sculptures and visit marble mountains before continuing to hoi an ancient town. Check in the hotel on arrival and free time for shopping and dinner. Overnight in Hoi An.(B/L)
Have breakfast in the hotel before start our walking tour to visit Hoi an ancient town, From the 16th to 18th centuries, Hoi An was a thriving international commercial port for Chinese, Dutch, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Arab traders. These people came primarily to trade in the high grade silk, which is still produced in the area, as well as ceramics. Today, Hoi An is a quaint riverside town, popular with tourists for its eclectic architecture, tailors shops, and numerous cafes. Some of the buildings in the narrow streets have remained unchanged for more than a century. Some places that not to be missed in town are the former merchants'homes, the 400 year-old Japanese Covered Bridge and the colorful market. Transfer back the hotel at noon and free time for dinner. Overnight Hoian.(B)
After breakfast, Free at leisure and next will be transfered to the airport for flying to Saigon, Meet our local guide and car at Tan Son Nhat airport and transfer to hotel in downtown. free time on your own of dinner. Overnight in Saigon (B)
Early in the morning, we pick you up at your hotel and depart for cu chi tunnels. By 1965, 250 km of tunnels criss-crossed Cu Chi and surrounding areas -just across the Saigon River was the notorious guerrilla power base known as the IRON TRIANGLE. The Cu Chi tunnels played a vital part in the American war in that they allowed the Viet Cong to control a large rural area only 30 to 40 km from Saigon. At its height, the tunnel system stretched from Saigon to the Cambodian border. The network, parts of which were several levels deep, included innumerable trap doors, specially constructed living areas, storage facilities, weapons factories, field hospitals, command centres and kitchens. Today the remaining tunnels have become a major tourist attraction giving the visitor a unique experience and feel of what underground life in the American War must have been like. The tunnels have been widened for our benefit (otherwise we would not be able to enter them!) For those interested there's even the opportunity to fire off rounds from an AK47 or MK16 at the nearby rifle range. Return back to Saigon for lunch, next will be visiting the Reunification Palace, war Museum, China Town and Notre Dame Cathedral. At early this afternoon, tour will be finished at your hotel at 5.00 PM. (B/L)
Heading out of the town, we travel by roads to the Mekong Delta, Vietnam's largest rice bowl. On arrival in My Tho we embark on a boat navigating around the intricate small canals in the delta region, which is a great way to observe the local lifestyle close-up. The most interesting excursion will pass the lush green vegetation before arriving at the most beautiful Unicorn Island. Here we have opportunities to visit some fascinating local industries, stroll around an orchard and taste many seasonal fruits. And then we continue our trip to see fascinating local industries in Ben Tre Province. After feasting on a huge lunch we return to Saigon with stop over at the beautiful Vinh Trang Pagoda. On arrival, transfer to your hotel. Overnight Saigon (B/L)
Transfer to Tan Son Nhat airport in Saigon for flying to Siemreap of Cambodia. Upon arrival at Siem Reap airport, meets and transfers to hotel for check in Lunch not included Visit to the unique interior brick sculptures of Prasat Kravan, Srah Srang ("The Royal Baths" was once used or ritual bathing), Banteay Kdei (surrounded by 4 concentric walls), Ta Prohm, one of the area's most beautiful temples. Ta Prohm has been relatively untouched since it was discovered and retains much of its mystery. Neak Pean, a fountain built in the middle of a pool (representing the paradisiacal Himalayan mountain-lake) and Preah Khan temple, Built by the King Jayavarman VII. Preah Khan is, like Ta Prohm, a place of towered enclosures and shoulder hugging corridors. Unlike Ta Prohm, however, the temple of Preah Khan is in a reasonable state of preservation and ongoing restoration efforts should maintain and even improve this situation. Dinner not included and night at hotel(B)
Breakfast at hotel Visit the antique capital of Angkor Thom (12 century): the South Gate with its huge statues depicting the churning of the ocean of milk, the Bayon Temple, unique for its 54 towers decorated with over 200 smiling faces of Avolokitesvara, the Phimeanakas, the Royal Enclosure, the Elephants Terrace and the Terrace of the Leper King. Lunch not included Visit to the most famous of all the temples on the plain of Angkor: Angkor Wat. The temple complex covers 81 hectares and is comparable in size to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. Its distinctive five towers are emblazoned on the Cambodian flag and the 12th century masterpiece is considered by art historians to be the prime example of classical Khmer art and architecture. Enjoy wonderful sunset from the top of Pre Rup Temple. Dinner not included and night at hotel (B)
Breakfast at hotel In the morning, we will enjoy a boat ride on the Tonle Sap lake at KAMPONG PHLUK VILLAGE. This is the largest permanent fresh-water lake in South East Asia and flows into Tonle Sap River, joining the Mekong in Phnom Penh. We will see a fishermen's "floating village" with floating schools, floating police station, etc. It is same as a big village floating on the lake, and the "village" move from place to place following water levels and current. Lunch not included Transfer to Siem Reap airport for flight to LuangPrabang city of Laos. On arrival at Luang Prabang International Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. After you have had time to rest and freshen up we will head off to see some of the highlights of Luang Prabang including a visit to the Royal Palace Museum, which hosts a range of interesting artifacts from the Royal period in Luang Prabang. Cycling on we are seeing the city's oldest temples, the magnificent Wat Xiengthong with its roof sweeping low to the ground, representing classical Lao architecture, the impressive stupa of Wat Visoun and the shrine of Wat Aham. From there we will climb to the top of Mount Phousi to explore the sacred gilded stupa and to enjoy the panoramic view of the city and the sun setting over the Mekong River. Decenting the mountain your will find yourself in the midst of the famous Luang Prabang Night Market, where you can find a unique selection of handmade textiles and handicrafts locally made by both ethnic Lao and hilltribe people surrounding Luang Prabang. Your evening is free to explore the city or relax at the hotel. Overnight in Luang Prabang. (B)
This morning we board our private boat for a pleasant and scenic cruise up on the Mekong River to the mysterious Pak Ou Caves. These caves are an ancient pilgrimage site and contain thousands of gold lacquered Buddha images left there over hundreds of years. Returning to Luang Prabang we disembark our boat and have the option of taking a short drive to Ban Phanom, a village famous for its hand weaving or returning to the hotel for free time to relax. Your evening is free to explore on foot or by bicycle, treat yourself to a spa treatment or massage or just enjoy a few drinks by the riverside. Overnight in Luang Prabang (B)
Depending on your flight time this morning we will visit to the Arts & Ethnology Centre and take a stroll through the Morning Market before transfer to the airport for departure (B).
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Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air-conditioned car
Domestic Flights ( Can be changed on issue dates):
+ HN/HUE (120$/one way)
+ Siemreap- Vientiane (190 $/one way) flight QV 522 @ 10.05
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos International departure taxes
Land tour for the Tour leader is charged =50% (group from 24paxs, 1 FOC tour leader for landtour)
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The Aberdeen survey also found that Best-in-Class organizations leveraged EMM capabilities to ensure that end user devices are properly authenticated before accessing company network and data. Almost three quarters of the Best-in-Class track the level of network and data access provided to each employee, which helps them to enforce security policies. Further, these companies are more likely to implement processes to control which software is installed on end-user devices to minimize security risks and ensure network performance is protected from malware and other threats.
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Commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro, who was among the most powerful of the fifteenth-century Italian condottieri, the studiolo's intarsia panels display a dazzling array of the accoutrements of the duke's life—armor and insignia referring to his prowess as a warrior and a wise ruler, as well as musical and scientific instruments and books that attest to his love of learning. This humanist's treasure trove, "stored" on shelves behind half-open lattice doors, is rendered with a most admirable understanding of the laws of perspective. The objects depicted and the shadows that give them such realistic volume are composed of thousands of pieces and slivers of different varieties of wood, each set with uncanny accuracy. After a decade of conservation treatment, the studiolo is once more a glorious and mesmerizing Renaissance interior. It is rivaled only by a slightly earlier room of the same type commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro for his palace at Urbino, where it remains.
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Antoine M. Wilmering is Conservator, The Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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ONE of the two private equity firms running the ruler over Billabong has walked away after just two weeks, sending shares in the struggling surfwear company down more than 7 per cent.
Billabong announced yesterday that the un-named firm - believed to be US-based Bain Capital LLC - had withdrawn from its conditional, non-binding and indicative proposal to buy all the stock at $1.45 per share.
That knocked shares in the Gold Coast-based company down 10.5c to close at $1.34 as almost 10 million shares changed hands.
Rival American private equity firm, TPG International, now stands as the only remaining potential suitor. TPG flagged its interest in late July at the same offer price, valuing Billabong at $695 million, and that review process continues.
The embattled Gold Coast company rejected the TPG offer as too low but agreed to open its books in the hopes the offer would be increased.
Back in February, TPG had been willing to pay $850 million, or $3.30 a share, but that offer was rejected by the board because they said it undervalued the company.
Since then, Billabong has reported a $275.6 million full-year net loss and announced the closure of a further 82 stores after already shutting 58 under-performing outlets.
It suffered from a 7 per cent fall in revenue to $1.44 billion and reported a $343 million impairment charge related to goodwill and asset writedowns.
Earlier this year, Billabong saw the departure of its chairman and chief executive as it oversaw a controversial $225 million capital raising at a significant discount in an effort to reduce debt.
The company stressed again yesterday that there was no certainty the TPG talks would result in a deal.
"The board of Billabong reiterates there is no guarantee that, following this formal process, a transaction will be agreed or that the board will recommend any proposal," the company said in an ASX announcement.
Analysts said the lack of competitive tension brought on by the departure of one suitor meant that Billabong may have to settle for the $1.45 offer.
Shares in the company climbed after TPG launched its second takeover tilt but have failed to exceed the current offer price. That has been interpreted as a sign that investors do not believe an increase is likely.
But some analysts say TPG might boost its offer price because institutional shareholder Perennial has already agreed to sell its 13.7 per cent stake to TPG at $1.50 a share failing any better offer.
Colonial First State also plans to sell down its stake.
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I was recently invited to dinner at a friend's home and they mentioned, in an off-hand sort of way, that I should drop by when they have turkey and all the Thanksgiving fixings.
She said they make "Thanksgiving dinner" about 3-4 times a month, every single month of the year.
It's just something she likes to do, and the family enjoys eating.
And they go all out. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberries, creamed corn, and cornbread, pumpkin pie,
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One of the most despicable attacks on Richard Dawkins in recent years (and that's saying a lot!) has been posted at the Guardian; it's by Adam Lee, atheist blogger who writes at "Daylight Atheism". I won't bother to dissect it in detail because reading it makes me ill. Dissing Richard is a regular thing at the Guardian these days, and there's no shortage of unbelievers willing to answer the call. Lee's piece is called "Richard Dawkins has lost it: ignorant sexism gives atheists a bad name." Read it and weep. If you cheer, you shouldn't be reading this website.
It's one-sided, quoting only the anti-Dawkins Usual Suspects, and accuses not only Dawkins but Sam Harris of "ignorant sexism." To do so, Lee relies on quotes that have been cherry-picked by people determined to bring down Richard and Sam. Rather than distress my lower mesentery by going through the piece, I'll post the remarks…
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Really don't think much of Adam Lee or his hit-piece. I tweeted to him three places where I think he badly misrepresented both Dawkins & Harris (1) but, of course, he has me blocked – so much for his supposed willingness to address such claims. And I posted a few comments to his recent blog post (2) on the topic, both of which were deleted (3). Adam Lee: a real class act.
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One specific result of Dodd-Frank is new rules that change how the derivatives market functions and operates, which affects how commodity hedging will be done in the future. In a recent article for Oil + Gas Monitor, Navigant's Thomas McNulty outlines what's changed and what energy companies can do to better quantify commodity price exposure in the post Dodd-Frank world.
According to McNulty, some of the business that banks have exited, as a direct result of Dodd-Frank, can and will be picked up by other banks, and by merchant trading firms. However, the cost and liquidity concerns are very real today. The typical oil and gas company, as an example, can expect to have fewer counterparties with which to do business. Plus, the cost to execute commodity derivative trades, in order to hedge, will be higher. If Dodd-Frank is making it more expensive for banks and traders to do the work, then where will they pass the additional costs to? They will pass them to their clients and customers in many cases. Regulation most often increases the cost to do business and rarely causes it to decrease.
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Chinese Child Policy Increases Gender Imbalance, Study Shows
LONDON—China's one child per family policy has cut the country's birth rate and means men clearly outnumber women in the population, a study showed on Friday.
Using data from nearly 40,000 women, it found the birth rate had dropped from 2.9 before the policy was introduced in 1979 as a short-term measure to 1.94 in women over 35 and 1.73 in women under 35—below replacement level.
The study by Qu Jian Ding of the Institute of Population Studies at Zhejiang University and Therese Hesketh of London's Institute of Child Health was published in the British Medical Journal.
The policy also means that the male to female ratio has risen from 1.11 in 1980-89 to 1.23 in 1996-2001.
Experts say Chinese parents have resorted to sex-selective abortion to ensure their child was a boy since the one-child policy was introduced.
"These findings have clear implications for decisions about future population policy," concluded the authors.
"A relaxation of the policy could be considered in the near future. It is unlikely that a baby boom would result, and such a change in policy might help to correct the abnormal sex ratio."
Thirty five percent of the women questioned said they wanted only one child and 57 percent said they would stop at two. Less than six percent said they wanted more.
Writing in the same issue, Malcolm Potts of the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, praised the policy for lifting 150 million Chinese out of abject poverty by creating the conditions for increased economic growth.
He said that while the policy had caused grief for one generation of Chinese it had brought far greater comfort for following generations.
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In a case that illustrates just how sticky it can be to prosecute insider crime, the US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the second criminal conviction of a former Goldman Sachs programmer who copied 32MB of what he claimed was open-source code.
Before leaving to work for a high-speed trading startup in 2009, but while he still had access to the Goldman Sachs network, Sergey Aleynikov admitted to having logged in remotely to copy a tarball – a group of files collected together as one.
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"...About 25 mi (40 km) offshore Long Branch, waves reached heights of 44 ft ..."Dear seaworthy Fools :Well, Sandy was an experience. However, it was not the first time I had to "face the elements". Hurricane Sandy made Hurricane Irene look like a cakewalk. But Irene was still wussy compared to the December nor'easter of 1992.On 30 October, 2012, a Sunday afternoon I arrived home from work into a commotion in the lobby. A mandatory evacuation order had already been in effect since 8 A.M. Residents were expected to evacuate by 4 P.M. How nice. I report to work at 6 A.M. and quit at 2:30 P.M. !Since it takes about 20 minutes to drive the five miles home from work, (Hard to believe? 7 traffic lights, one railroad crossing and three stop signs) that gave me a whole 70 minutes to pack a bag and get out. Well, what's to worry? I've seen the very worst it could ever be once before.The lobby was filled with confused and frantic tenants. The police wanted us out. The tenants wanted to stay. The city website still said that the mandatory evacuation was for the lower lying area a few miles north of here, and not for us. (As usually happens in a bad storm). The building owner wanted to shut off all utilities and the Fire Department Chief said he wanted them on.I went upstairs, stuffed a small knapsack with some clean clothing and a few things that I would need just in case it was a "real disaster". This included my check book, debit card, credit card, health insurance card, etc., and whatever cash I had. Why should I worry? I could always go to a cash machine. The laptop? Safer here. Might drop it, lose it, whatever. Leave it home. I'll be back tomorrow. After all, Hurricane Irene was nothing compared to the '92 nor'easter so how much worse could Hurricane Sandy be? Never heard of the December 1992 nor'easter?For a few years in the early 90s, I was an on site caretaker for a local beach club. Let me draw a picture of how suddenly the ocean can become vicious and deadly in the blink of an eye.The club's chaise lounge deck was about 150 from the tide line and the beach slopes up about 15 feet high to that deck. The chaise deck ran from the beach back about 30 feet to the pool deck. The deck continued back about another 20 feet or so to the deep end of the pool. The pool continued back 100 feet to the shallow end and another 10 feet to the office/caretaker building. So the building roughly 320 feet and perhaps 20 feet above the tide line.At that time I would take care of winter time maintenance chores at the club in the afternoon, take a quick nap and then work the midnight shift at the USPS processing facility. My routine was to come home and flop into bed asleep before my head hit the pillow. The back to the daytime chores. The gale was just kicking up when I arrived home that morning.Something, I'll never know what, broke loose and was banging away in the wind. It was about 10 A.M. "Okay, I'll go tie it down and fix it later". Still half sleep, I thought that the office door was stuck. I couldn't get it open. It took a few minutes to realize that the wind was holding it closed. I had to fight it open and get outside. It slammed shut behind me. I saw something that I always thought, until then, was a Hollywood dramatic effect : the ocean literally looked like a mountain range. I worked my way as close to the chaise lounge deck as I dared by moving between the pool cabana's walkways. The wind must have been 50 mph. They would eventually reach hurricane force. By this time, the waves were crashing just short of the chaise lounge deck. Debris was flying everywhere!The east and west wings of the ocean cabanas were being smashed. Water had lifted the chaise lounge deck off the pilings underneath. I went back to the office to telephone the pool club's manager. As I was describing the damage I witnessed what I later learned was a "tidal surge" : several waves broke, but didn't rush out. Finally, in one smooth motion a big wave broke and kept coming like a river. It nearly filled the empty 165,000 gallon pool in minutes and rushed along it's walkways towards the office. Where it finally stopped and slid back.The surge happens so fast and so furious, there's hardly time to react:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1992_nor%27easterHad that been Sandy's tidal surge, it would have washed away the office, and continued out over the parking lot, another 100 feet out onto "Ocean Boulevard". (And from what I've heard, it might have. I don't yet know for certain).Anyway, the experience of the '92 nor'easter, and having seen Irene come close to the boardwalk the previous year and the very good probability that this could be worse, I decided to leave merely thinking that this storm would be something in between and a one or two day inconvenience. It would be simpler to stay at a nearby discount hotel.Instead, I spent one night in my car, two nights at a Sheraton with no power, (staff was wonderful, served hot meals) then "home" to a cold dark six more days. The power came back on as the temperature was dropping last night. I saw an eerie nightmarish world of gas lines, boarded up store fronts, yet open for business, people shopping with flashlights inside, and patrolling national guard troops on local streets. And home! Home became a cold dark, hollow place!How fast our comfortable world can change! A million thanks to those line workers from all over the country who were out there in a driving rain yesterday to get power to this section and did so, just in a nick of time. So I pretty much experienced what Jeff (Ormont), LOTROQueen, scaryblondechick, notehound, chkNYC and others experienced. I thought that I witnessed, first hand, up close and personal the worst storm in living memory ever to hit the Jersey shore in December 1992. I couldn't imagine anything worse.It's really, really difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that I've just experienced a storm that made the '92 storm pale by comparison.And I'll leave you all with one bit of advice : when the ocean unleashes it's full fury, don't go down to the shore to see it. Just get away as fast as you can!Your storm wise Fool,FM
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ +16 years-old ] With a good performance of James Alvarado (see cast), this film directed by Matthew Sconce was premiered in cinema in 2012. The movie "Firefall: An Epic Family Adventure" comes from USA. You can watch Firefall: An Epic Family Adventure online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2012.
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More oil slicks appear in Bohai Bay
The oil spill in China's largest offshore oilfield, in northern Bohai Bay, has still not been contained nearly two months after the problem emerged, authorities say.
The State Oceanic Administration said on Thursday that it had identified several oil sheens across a 4.6-square-kilometre area east of the Penglai 19-3 oilfield, off the coast of Shandong province. The facility is operated by US firm ConocoPhillips and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC).
The latest detection of leaking oil comes after ConocoPhillips China's president Georg Storaker said on July 6 that the main spill had been contained and the clean-up was nearly finished. The company said no oil slicks had been found on the coast after it was asked to halt production in the affected areas on July 13.
But the administration said the oilfield's platform C was leaking at 2.52 litres per day and that 20 to 70 oil sheens were emerging every minute. Oil slicks were also found near platform B. It said the production wells, recharge wells and water injection wells of both platforms were closed.
Lin Fangzhong, an official with the administration's North China Sea branch, was quoted by Xinhua as saying the density of oil pollutants per litre of sea water sampled in the area was as high as 118 micrograms, more than twice the acceptable limit of 50mcg.
According to the American Petroleum Institute, a spill of seven barrels (1,123 litres) of oil can be considered a serious incident. Greenpeace China said that while last year's BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached 5,000 barrels a day, the effects of just 2.52 litres of oil leaking continuously from the Penglai oilfield could be underestimated because the Bohai Bay environment was different and the incident was ongoing.
The administration has ordered ConocoPhillips to clean up the areas and hold a thorough investigation by August 31 to avoid any further leaks.
The company said: 'Any oil that is seeping near platform B is in very small amounts, and is contained and cleaned up quickly. At platform C, occasional sheens are generated as we continue our sub-sea clean-up efforts of the oil-based drilling fluids from the sea floor. These sheens are also being contained with absorbent booms and cleaned up quickly before they leave the field.'
However, environmentalists were sceptical the clean-up would meet the August 31 deadline.
They said the detection of new oil sheens, and the northward spread of the spill to the coasts of Hebei and Liaoning provinces, showed the problem was more serious than previously thought. 'It shows that the action taken by the company is not effective enough,' said Ma Jun, an expert in water pollution. 'We are seeing more spills every day.'
Professor Wang Yamin, from the Marine College at Shandong University in Weihai, said the clean-up would take a 'very long time'.
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Introduction to the Magical Bard
LoL Micro Analyst "Awkwah" here, and this is one of the guides I am putting out as Bard is one of my favorite champions to play in Ranked. This is for the Champion Bard, the Wandering Caretaker. He is a new support for the League and is nothing but interesting. He is unlike most supports and is expected to wander all over the map to "Care" for lanes and grab chimes. This seems simple enough, but I believe there is some ground rules that need to be found before the care-taking begins.
Here is a the Champion Spotlight which has a lot of the same ideas I have about Bard:
Some Ground Rules for Bard
OK, I am going to set some ground rules first thing.
-Wander does not mean first thing leave your ADC alone all game. If you want to lose, that's how you lose.
-The reason to roam goes to two ideas:
1) You roam when your lane is winning and has an ADC that can survive on their own.
2) You roam to help the jungler with situations that are between the closest two lanes (ex. the jungle between bottom and mid lane)
-I will treat this support as a pseudo-jungler/ support as he is roaming, similar to the jungler. He will help in some ganks, but not all of them as he is still a support that needs to help the ADC
-Don't expect to do much damage at any point except for VERY late game (because of chimes collecting with the meep powers), I won't recommend any AP items on this champ as he has three moves that scale off of it with low ratios for each of them.
-You may not do much damage, you should have a HUGE impact on every team fight that happens with the kit you have. Practice with Bard to understand his kit more, practice will always improve your game (as practice helps with understanding all champions).
Pros / Cons
|+ Great Roaming Potential
+ Game Changing Ultimate Tempered Fate
+ Nifty Escapes and Engages with Magical Journey
+ Gets stronger as the game progresses with Meeps
|Bard has some really great roams all possible to his passive Traveler's Call. Just roam to collect the meeps and help engage with the jungler. Go in with Magical Journey to really get a crazy gank going, or if the gank went bad just Magical Journey back out. Its a really safe move for both. The ultimate of Tempered Fate is just insane, a Zhonya's Hourglass effect for every possible thing within it.
- Tempered Fate can lose you fights if incorrectly placed
- ADC has to be ahead or able to survive on their own for Bard to roam safely
- Very team oriented champion
|Bard is extremely complicated to use his abilities correctly, as he can lose fights such as an ill-communicated Tempered Fate. You can also forget about roaming if your ADC is behind or can't survive on their own. I would never recommend Bard for Solo/Duo que, as he needs to be completely clear to the whole team of his intentions during team fights.
Runes and Reasoning
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed
Greater Mark of Precision
Greater Seal of Armor
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
As for runes, I have looked at different ideas. Movement speed is always nice to fulfill your role to roam and help out. With that idea I have these runes:
This is for your meeps deal that extra oomph with each hit, and your Q benefits off it too.
Greater Seal of Armor:
Gotta protect yourself from that ADC who will be poking you here and there.
Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist: Scaling because you shouldn't be facing too much AP harass early on, later game the scaling helps with the full on team fights
Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed:
The help you move super duper fast around the whole map, to gank/ apply pressure/ collect chimes
Items for the Roam
Items, this is where I have spent most of my time with Bard. He seems interesting as he needs to be moving everywhere, and he needs to be able to survive. Over time I recognized he needs a good mix of both.
Spellthief's Edge:The new Frost Queen's Claim is now the go to item since the support item changes. The slow and the AP within the support item makes it synergize with Bard}'s kit really well. It also helps with peel or chasing down low health enemies.
Boots of Swiftness:These boots are probably the best if you are going to roam a lot (Reminder to only roam if you and your ADC feels comfortable with it). You will get to move faster in the jungle for collecting chimes and converging onto the enemy for ganks. The Captain upgrade for your teammates to roam along side you, most notably the jungler.
Ruby Sightstone:As most supports buy this item, I feel as if this is a EXTREMELY great item that can really be used on Bard. He is roaming for chimes, so why not just ward while you're in key locations too.
Zeke's Harbinger:Zeke's Harbinger is what I believe a perfect fit for Bard. The armor and mana is beyond what Bard needs in the bottom lane. You can tank ADC autos better, you slow their attack speed with the passive, Cool Down Reduction for some of your longer cool-downs, and now more mana for yourself to spam Cosmic Binding or have more Caretaker's Shrine for your team. This item is great right now, as you can snowball with and adc with two full items. 100% Crit, nuff said.
Locket of the Iron Solari:This is one you have to watch, as your jungler may build this item too. I like the idea of the Locket on Bard because it frees up an item for the Jungler to be more of a tank or add the extra damage item. It helps lanes that you are ganking with the bonus Magic Resist (So mid lane mostly, as it would be helpful there most. Minimal help with any AP damage in bottom lane, but it still helps!). Great for team fights as you will be helping any tanks soak up magic damage, and you got that active shield that can be soaking up more damage.
Mikael's Crucible:Now so much Mana Regeneration it's nuts. But that isn't the key component of the item, it is the active. The cleanse and heal effect can save any champion that is stuck in a pickle, mostly your ADC as he will have crowd control hitting him bot lane a lot because of pesky supports and junglers.
Skills and Level Order
Bard has the standard four skills and a passive. Out of these, three scale off of AP, and two deal damage. You can say his kit seems a little crazy, as he seems he would be a powerful AP caster. This is nowhere near the case, as I believe his ratios are too low on his abilities to abuse his skills with some AP as a support (Don't try a full AP build in mid lane either, pretty rough laning).
Man, doesn't he seems like a piece of poop now? But wait, there's more! He has a great heal, a one-way portal that can be abused for some great plays, and even a BIG ZHONYAS that works on more than just champions.
Passive: Traveler's CallNow this passive has two things, tells you about the chimes to collect and the meeps powers. Lets talk about chimes, as these are extremely cool pickups for Bard. As you roam, there are chimes. Pick them up if you're not in a hurry anywhere (such as supporting your ADC). Seriously, the best time to pick them up is when you're warding. Just don't make this your main focus the whole game, chimes are important but not that important. The meeps are the second part of your passive, they make up to 4 consecutive autos deal more damage. Your meeps are powered up by your amount of chimes you have collected (Every 5 chimes equal a power-up). Here is how the meeps work:
So collecting these bad boys sure helps into the late game, just don't blow off this passive. I would never use this on minions, only auto attack enemy champions and epic monsters. These meeps deal a lot of damage, and you don't really need to farm as you are support.
Q: Cosmic BindingYour Cosmic Binding is your only damage skill that is an active. It can activate one of two crowd control effects: A 60% slow on a single target for 1.2 to 1.8 seconds, or a stun on one to two enemies for 1.2 to 1.8 seconds. This is how you would engage any enemy, a Q. If you hit someone with the Q, you automatically get the 60% slow. To get the stun, you have to hit one of two things: Another enemy unit (champion or minion), or you can hit a wall. Ideally you want to stun two champions in one, but you can also focus down one champion next to walls to assist someone in getting a kill.
W: Caretaker's ShrineWelcome to ARAM health shrines. You now own the power to leave a pack in a lane for another person to use. If it sits for at least 10 seconds, then the heal power is increased. Not only does it heal you, it gives a short boost of movement speed. This means two possible actions can be used for these: Drop one for quick movement speed to have you or your fellow teammate get out of a tight situation, or keep one back next to turret to have when you need a nice boost of health. Just make sure your enemies don't walk over them, as it will destroy the shrine.
E: Magical JourneyThe one way portal, seems simple enough right? But there are so many plays that can be made, from quick travel times to extreme baits. Personally, I enjoy the fact that this portal has no limit on length. There are a few noticeable portals that can be made to quickly travel the terrain really fast. Just remember that enemies can join you too in the portal, so be safe when used by enemies or use it well to bait for a kill.
R: Tempered FateTHE GOLD MOVE, FOR EVERYONE! This is seriously a game changer for the whole champion pool. Not only can you put champions in stasis (similar to the Zhonya's Hourglass active), you can use it to: protect your turret, disable enemies turrets, and delay/protect baron or dragon! This is going to be interesting how pros work around this ultimate as it is semi-global. Just don't troll too much with this.
The Phases of the Game
Early Game
Bard early game should defiantly consist of staying with your ADC. I wouldn't recommend roaming till you are level 3 so you at least have a point in each skill. Once you do you can roam when your ADC is safe (can safely farm and has a health shrine at their tower) and tower are in a safe position. Once your lane goes back to being pushed against you, you should go back and make sure that your lane is in a good position to roam again. As you are roaming; collect your chimes, ward if you have a Sightstone, and maybe hit a gank up or two with the jungler between your lane and middle.
Mid Game
Bard should have the Boots of Mobility and the Sightstone. You can still roam when your ADC and tower are safe. Continue to collect chimes, place your wards, and apply pressure in the lanes. Towers should start to fall around now, so keep an eye on the lanes so you can help if an objective needs attention. Your ultimate is also up so you will be using it to: delay dragon, protect your towers/teammates, setting up the perfect gank, or disable your enemies' towers for a dive. If your ADC is completely ahead and has no problem with being alone (so don't if they aren't fine with you running off a lot), then roam with your jungler. This is where the pseudo-jungler idea comes in, as you are now running a duo jungle-like composition. You will now help with every gank (with Magical Journey if possible) and help him clear his camps faster, all while you're collecting your chimes and warding. With this, your ADC is now solo farming gaining experience faster than the two he may be facing in lane. The enemy support may roam too so you got to keep an eye on that. The team may start to group up a lot more for objectives, so be there to heal and help them engage with Magical Journey and Cosmic Binding or escape with Magical Journey.
Late Game
Alright this is 5v5 time, Bard in teamfights seems a little strange. You got some tank stats, so you're thinking front line? NO, you protect da carrires. Your team should engage with a portal to an area, disengage with it, or just move quickly around the map. Drop Caretaker's Shrine near the back lines if you are dancing with the other team. Now is a great time to use your Tempered Fate on Baron if the enemy is trying to secure it, as you can delay it just long enough for a smite steal or setup for a fight. Don't forget to get those autos off to deal the Meep damage and CC within the fights.
The Updating of Bard
I plan to keep a section stating the buffs and nerfs over every patch for Bard.
Q - Cosmic Binding
DAMAGE 75/100/145/180/215 magic damage ⇒ 80/120/160/200/240 magic damage
REMOVEDCOSMIC COINCENDENCE Cosmic Binding can no longer tether to unusual units such as Jarvan IV's Demacian Standard, Syndra's Dark Sphere, Jayce's Acceleration Gate, and Wards
E - Magical Journey
COOLDOWN 26/24/22/20/18 seconds ⇒ 20/19/18/17/16 seconds
SPIRITED AWAY Clicking on a Magical Journey portal is now more forgiving
TRAVEL GUIDE Allies that go on a Magical Journey will grant Bard an assist on their kills for a short time afterwards
MAGICAL EQUALITY Clones (such as those created by Shaco, LeBlanc, Mordekaiser and Yorick) can now be commanded to take a Magical Journey
R - Tempered Fate
TEMPERED MONSTERS Neutral Monsters will no longer have their health reset while under stasis
Passive - Traveler's Call
MEEP RESPAWN TIME 12/11/10/9/8 seconds (with chimes) ⇒ 10/9/8/7/6 seconds (with chimes)
CHIME MANA RESTORE 15 + 8% missing mana ⇒ 12% of Bard's maximum mana
Q - Cosmic Binding
BASE DAMAGE 80/120/160/200/240 (+0.5 ability power) ⇒ 80/125/170/215/260 (+0.65 ability power)
Passive - Traveler's Call
SAFE AND SOUND Chimes will avoid spawning in the enemy jungle before 5 minutes
EXPERIENCE PER CHIME 20 flat XP ⇒ 20 + 1 XP per minute (after 5 minutes)
W - Caretaker's Shrine
COST 100/105/110/115/120 mana ⇒ 90 mana at all ranks
E - Magical Journey
COOLDOWN 20/19/18/17/16 seconds ⇒ 18/17/16/15/14 seconds
Passive - Traveler's Call
CHIME SPAWN: Chimes now begin spawning at the 50 second mark ⇒ 35 second mark
Passive - Traveler's Call
BASE MEEP RECHARGE RATE 10 seconds ⇒ 8 seconds
W - Caretaker's Shrine
MINIMUM RATIO 0.2 ability power ⇒ 0.3 ability power
MAXIMUM RATIO 0.45 ability power ⇒ 0.6 ability power
Passive - Traveler's Call
AREA-OF-MEEP Meeps now additionally hit in a 150 radius around the primary target (in addition to the cone damage) once Bard unlocks the cone attack Meep upgrade
As Bard you are meant to set up plays, control objectives with your ultimate, and sustain your teammates. This is a very high skill cap champion, as he has some great skills to master. I hope your time on the rift with Bard, with or against, is enjoyable. Just try not to troll too hard you fellow Bard mains in the rising


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Call for Nominations: 2012 Gill Prize
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We invite MAS members and friends to submit nominations for the 24th annual Brendan Gill Prize. The Gill Prize, endowed to permit a cash award, is given each year to the creator of a specific work, a book, essay, musical composition, play, painting, sculpture, architectural design, film or choreographic piece that best captures the spirit and energy of New York City. Whether the nominated individual or group is well known or just emerging, the goal of the Gill Prize is to draw attention to the varieties of artistic experience that enrich our contemporary life.
The prize was established in his honor in 1987 by friend and fellow MAS board member Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis along with board members Helen Tucker and Margot Wellington. The selection of the winner is made by the Brendan Gill jury, an esteemed group of people intimately involved in the arts and literature of the city.
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