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Founded in 1989, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) has worked to meet its mission in our Black communities. Our work is also guided by our motto, 'Because All Black People's Lives Are Important', and it stands as a reminder of the importance of our commitment to our community. The Mission of Black CAP is to:
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by Jim Harris
Call me Ishmael. No, wait, call me Thunderclap. Hold on, that might be a little too "in-your-face." OK, I'll stick with "Jim," but I'll spell it "Gymm."
These days, it seems to be more important than ever to have a name that sets one apart from the other seven billion named humans on the planet, but which still says something about your roots.
Desmond Morris called man "The Naked Ape" in his 1967 best seller, but I think we could also be called "The Naming Ape," since we alone have named every star in the sky and every fish in the ocean. The first word we ever say — Mama — is someone's name, although I'm told that I called my mom "Mahara" (an attempt to say "Mrs. Harris") until I was two.
People often take on the names of ancestors. According to scientists, I have an ancestor who was a missing link. I'm sure he worked very hard to survive, reproduce and keep the whole evolution thing going.
I therefore briefly considered calling myself "Link," after him, but decided I needed something a bit less primeval.
Since my more immediate ancestors came from Ireland, I tried to come up with something Celtic-sounding. I tried "Cladannadagh," but every time I said it, I coughed up a hairball.
I also took up wearing kilts for a while, but my dogs kept trying to look up my skirt. It was embarrassing, especially when we had guests over. Will someone please tell me why humans ever wore kilts? I'm assuming it was because they had not yet discovered pants.
And who among us has not had this embarrassing exchange with a small child: "What's YOUR name, honey?
And so on. I eventually concluded that there are just too many new names for me to keep track of. I'm pretty sure that some of them are made up (as all names were at some point), and some are old names with new appendages, like DeSean, LeSean, or K-k-k-katie. (Ed. Note: My wife had a student named La Launderette.) Re-spellings have also become popular. For example, Sean can now be spelled Shawn, Shaun, Shawon, Shonn, Shawne and even Chone. It means "God's grace," and it's derived from the Hebrew "John," which in turn is derived from the Neanderthal "Ogg."
Sometimes disparaging names can be thrust upon us. A boy in grade school called me "Germs Hairass" for years. Eventually it caught on with the entire student body. It took me years of therapy (which I'm still paying for) to get over it. Sometimes names become no longer relevant. Chestnut Hill doesn't have Chestnut trees anymore, and Germantown is similarly pretty much devoid of Germans.
Sometimes we get stuck with names we inherited and don't really like. For example, the men's basketball team at Philadelphia University is called the Rams, so when a women's team was formed, they became the "Lady Rams." Scientifically AND politically incorrect. In all cases like this, we should be able to choose new names that accurately reflect who we really are.
True story: A couple of years ago, I was sitting on a panel of prospective jurors for a murder trial in Philadelphia involving an alleged Vietnamese-American gang. As is necessary in such cases, the court clerk had to ask us if we knew any of the parties in the case. He began to read from a list:
"Bui Tuong Phong, Hoang Loc Dong, Phan Toan Thang." This went on for some time. Our eyes began to glaze. "Tuan Loc Tran, Truong Trong Thi, Jack Daniels." Upon hearing that last name, the whole room burst out in laughter, and someone yelled, "Yeah, I know HIM!"
That was as much fun as you can have on a murder trial, and a good example of how the world is shrinking, cultures are intermingling, and we are all being exposed to an ever-increasing font of names which we are expected to incorporate into our collective consciousness.
I have an idea. Since Americans love to eat, why not have names associated with food — something we can all clearly identify with. Brunch, Hummus and Sherbet are all great names for boys; Fondue, Quiche, and Spatula are good for girls, and I'm sure we can come up with lots more. Whatever appellations we choose, let's make them names that we can live up to.


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Booze bill booted at sponsor's request
The legislature today once again refused to allow beer, wine and liquor from grocery store shelves.
Meanwhile, the fate of a ballot initiative with a similar aim remains unclear, with powerhouse supporters of expanding booze sales still deciding whether to throw their full weight behind it.
Rep. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, told a House committee that she didn't have the votes to carry on with House Bill 1279, which would have allowed supermarkets to purchase the liquor licenses of neighboring liquor stores.
She asked the committee to kill the bill she's been negotiating for months, and said she thinks voters are likely to get a chance to vote on the issue this fall.
"I worked very diligently to make a compromise on this bill," McFadyen said. "Undoubtedly, this will end up on the ballot. There will be millions spent between both sides, because we couldn't reach a compromise here."
A bill to allow full-strength beer sales in convenience stores died in the same committee earlier this year.
Liquor store advocates rejoiced in the hall outside the committee room.
Colorado Licensed Beverage Association president Jeanne McEvoy said she's not worried about an initiative this fall.
"We're tan, rested and ready," McEvoy said. "I don't get the feeling they're going (with the initiative). There's no public support for it."
Even without an initiative, the issue will almost certainly come up again.
The Fair Markets Coalition, a group of supermarkets and shoppers, was impressed that both HB 1279 and the convenience store bill progressed as far as they have, said spokeswoman Diane Mulligan.
In previous legislative sessions, similar proposals died in their first committees.
"We think things were moving in the right direction this year; we'll definitely be back next year," Mulligan said. "We need to take stock of where we are (in relation to the ballot initiative). We believe this is a very important issue when it comes to fairness in the marketplace."


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Will My Older Boyfriend Try to Sleep With Me?
I'm a freshman in high school, and I'm really hitting it off with a junior. He's so sweet, but I've heard rumors that upperclassmen are just trying to get in your pants. What's the deal with dating upperclassmen?
– Joyce*
A 2-year age difference isn't that big of a gap later in life (a lot of married couples are that far apart or more), but it can be a huge difference in high school. It's no fault of yours, but there is a chance that an older guy might simply want a more physical relationship than you do.
Just because your guy is 2 years older, though, doesn't necessarily mean he is trying to get in your pants. But if he seems to be, you can explain to him that you aren't ready to move so quickly in your relationship with him. If he truly is the sweet guy you hope he is, he will understand. You never know — those extra 2 years might mean he's mature enough to understand and respect your honesty.
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They planted 12 new elm trees, and added two extra for good measure. (Take that, tree robber, whoever you are. Police have yet to find the culprit, despite a $2,500 reward).
Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski teamed up with Middle Village residents from a local civic organization and high school students on November 28 to replant the trees, which were donated by Ed Dart, of Long Island's Dart's Tree Farms.
Shovels in hand, volunteers piled dirt around the saplings, positioned beforehand in carefully dug, evenly spaced holes in the ground. Lewandowski said community efforts like these sustain parks around Queens.
"Our parks thrive because of the vital communities" surrounding them, Lewandowski said. "I really count on the good citizens of Middle Village to be our eyes and ears and help us keep Juniper Valley Park in the good state it's in."
She said an active police investigation to find the person or persons responsible for the September arborcide is ongoing.


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Constitutional monarchy
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A constitutional monarchy, limited monarchy or parliamentary monarchy (also called a crowned republic) [1][2][1] is a form of government in which governing powers of the monarch are restricted by a constitution.[3]
A constitutional monarchy may refer to a system in which the monarch acts as a non-party political head of state under the constitution, whether written or unwritten.[4] While most monarchs may hold formal reserve powers and the government may officially take place in the monarch's name, they do not set public policy or choose political leaders. Political scientist Vernon Bogdanor, paraphrasing Thomas Macaulay, has defined a constitutional monarch as "a sovereign who reigns but does not rule".[5] In addition to acting as a visible symbol of national unity, a constitutional monarch may hold formal powers such as dissolving parliament or giving Royal Assent to legislation. However, the exercise of such powers is generally a formality rather than an opportunity for the sovereign to enact personal political preference. In The English Constitution, British political theorist Walter Bagehot identified three main political rights which a constitutional monarch could freely exercise: the right to be consulted, the right to advise, and the right to warn. Some constitutional monarchs, however, retain significant power and influence and play an important political role.
The United Kingdom and fifteen of its former colonies are constitutional monarchies with a Westminster system of government. Three states – Malaysia, Cambodia and the Holy See – employ true elective monarchies, where the ruler is periodically selected by a small, aristocratic electoral college.
The most recent country to transition from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy was Bhutan, in 2007–08.
- Constitutional and absolute monarchy 1
- Executive monarchy versus ceremonial monarchy 2
- Modern constitutional monarchy 3
- List of current reigning monarchies 4
- Former constitutional monarchies 5
- Unique constitutional monarchies 6
- See also 7
- Notes 8
- Footnotes 9
- References 10
Constitutional and absolute monarchy
In England, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to a constitutional monarchy restricted by laws such as the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701, although limits on the power of the monarch ('a limited monarchy') are much older than that (see Magna Carta). At the same time, in Scotland, the Convention of Estates enacted the Claim of Right Act 1689 which placed similar limits on the Scottish monarchy. With the Hanoverian accession in Britain onwards, monarchs saw their powers pass further to their ministers, and Royal neutrality in politics became cemented from around the start of the reign of Queen Victoria (though she had her personal favorites) and enlargements to the franchise. Today, the role is by convention effectively ceremonial.[6] Instead, the British Parliament and the Government - chiefly in the office of Prime Minister - exercise their powers under 'Royal (or Crown) Prerogative': on behalf of the monarch and through powers still formally possessed by the Monarch.[7][8] No person may accept significant public office without swearing an oath of allegiance to the Queen.[9] With few exceptions, the monarch is bound by convention to act on the advice of the Government.
Constitutional monarchy occurred first in continental Europe, briefly in the early years of the French Revolution, but much more widely afterwards. Napoleon Bonaparte is considered the first monarch proclaiming himself as an embodiment of the nation, rather than as a divinely-appointed ruler; this interpretation of monarchy is germane to continental constitutional monarchies. G.W.F. Hegel, in his Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820), gave it a philosophical justification that concurred with evolving contemporary political theory and the Protestant Christian view of natural law. Hegel's forecast of a constitutional monarch with very limited powers whose function is to embody the national character and provide constitutional continuity in times of emergency was reflected in the development of constitutional monarchies in Europe and Japan. His forecast of the form of government suitable to the modern world may be seen as prophetic: the largely ceremonial offices of president in some modern parliamentary republics in Europe and Israel can be perceived as elected or appointed versions of Hegel's constitutional monarch; the Russian and French presidents, with their stronger powers, may also be regarded in Hegelian terms as wielding powers suitable to the embodiment of the national will.
Executive monarchy versus ceremonial monarchy
There exist at least two different types of constitutional monarchies in the modern world — executive and ceremonial. In executive monarchies, the monarch wields significant (though not absolute) power. The monarchy under this system of government is a powerful political (and social) institution. By contrast, in ceremonial monarchies, the monarch holds little actual power or direct political influence.
Executive monarchies: Bhutan, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Morocco, Tonga, and the United Arab Emirates.
Ceremonial monarchies: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Grenada, Jamaica, Japan, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom.
Ceremonial and executive monarchy, should not be confused with democratic and non-democratic monarchical systems. For example, in Liechtenstein and Monaco, the ruling monarchs wield significant executive power. However, they are not absolute monarchs, and these countries are generally reckoned as democracies.
Modern constitutional monarchy
As originally conceived, a constitutional monarch was head of the executive branch and quite a powerful figure, even though his or her power was limited by the constitution and the elected parliament. Some of the framers of the US Constitution may have envisaged the president as an elected constitutional monarch, as the term was then understood, following Montesquieu's account of the separation of powers.[10]
The present-day concept of a constitutional monarchy developed in the United Kingdom, where the democratically elected parliaments, and their leader, the prime minister, exercise power, with the monarchs having ceded power and remaining as a titular position. In many cases the monarchs, while still at the very top of the political and social hierarchy, were given the status of "servants of the people" to reflect the new, egalitarian position. In the course of France's July Monarchy, Louis-Philippe I was styled "King of the French" rather than "King of France".
Following the Unification of Germany, Otto von Bismarck rejected the British model. In the constitutional monarchy established under the Constitution of the German Empire which Bismarck inspired, the Kaiser retained considerable actual executive power, while the Imperial Chancellor needed no parliamentary vote of confidence and ruled solely by the imperial mandate. However this model of constitutional monarchy was discredited and abolished following Germany's defeat in the First World War. Later, Fascist Italy could also be considered as a constitutional monarchy, in that there was a king as the titular head of state while actual power was held by Benito Mussolini under a constitution. This eventually discredited the Italian monarchy and led to its abolition in 1946. After the Second World War, surviving European monarchies almost invariably adopted some variant of the constitutional monarchy model originally developed in Britain.
Nowadays a parliamentary democracy that is a constitutional monarchy is considered to differ from one that is a republic only in detail rather than in substance. In both cases, the titular head of state—monarch or president—serves the traditional role of embodying and representing the nation, while the government is carried on by a cabinet composed predominantly of elected Members of Parliament.
However, three important factors distinguish monarchies such as the United Kingdom from systems where greater power might otherwise rest with Parliament. These are: the Royal Prerogative under which the monarch may exercise power under certain very limited circumstances; Sovereign Immunity under which the monarch may do no wrong under the law because the responsible government is instead deemed accountable; and the monarch may not be subject to the same taxation or property use restrictions as most citizens. Other privileges may be nominal or ceremonial (e.g., where the executive, judiciary, police or armed forces act on the authority of or owe allegiance to the Crown).
Today slightly more than a quarter of constitutional monarchies are Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Sweden. However, the two most populous constitutional monarchies in the world are in Asia: Japan and Thailand. In these countries the prime minister holds the day-to-day powers of governance, while the King or Queen (or other monarch, such as a Grand Duke, in the case of Luxembourg, or Prince in the case of Monaco and Liechtenstein) retains residual (but not always insignificant) powers. The powers of the monarch differ between countries. In Denmark and in Belgium, for example, the Monarch formally appoints a representative to preside over the creation of a coalition government following a parliamentary election, while in Norway the King chairs special meetings of the cabinet.
In nearly all cases, the monarch is still the nominal chief executive, but is bound by convention to act on the advice of the Cabinet. Only a few monarchies (most notably Japan and Sweden) have amended their constitutions so that the monarch is no longer even the nominal chief executive.
There are sixteen constitutional monarchies under Queen Elizabeth II, which are known as Commonwealth realms.[11] Unlike some of their continental European counterparts, the Monarch and her Governors-General in the Commonwealth realms hold significant "reserve" or "prerogative" powers, to be wielded in times of extreme emergency or constitutional crises, usually to uphold parliamentary government. An instance of a Governor-General exercising such power occurred during the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, when the Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed by the Governor-General. The Australian senate had threatened to block the Government's budget by refusing to pass the necessary appropriation bills. On 11 November 1975, Whitlam intended to call a half-Senate election in an attempt to break the deadlock. When he sought the Governor-General's approval of the election, the Governor-General instead dismissed him as Prime Minister, and shortly thereafter installed leader of the opposition Malcolm Fraser in his place. Acting quickly before all parliamentarians became aware of the change of government, Fraser and his allies secured passage of the appropriation bills, and the Governor-General dissolved Parliament for a double dissolution election. Fraser and his government were returned with a massive majority. This led to much speculation among Whitlam's supporters as to whether this use of the Governor-General's reserve powers was appropriate, and whether Australia should become a republic. Among supporters of constitutional monarchy, however, the experience confirmed the value of the monarchy as a source of checks and balances against elected politicians who might seek powers in excess of those conferred by the constitution, and ultimately as a safeguard against dictatorship.
In Thailand's constitutional monarchy, the monarch is recognized as the Head of State, Head of the Armed Forces, Upholder of the Buddhist Religion, and Defender of the Faith. The current King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, is the longest reigning current monarch in the world and in all of Thailand's history.[12] Bhumibol has reigned through several political changes in the Thai government. He has played an influential role in each incident, often acting as mediator between disputing political opponents. (See Bhumibol's role in Thai Politics.) Among the powers retained by the monarch under the constitution, lèse majesté protects the image of the monarch and enables him to play a role in politics. It carries strict criminal penalties for violators. Generally, the Thai people are reverent of Bhumibol. Much of his social influence arises from this reverence and from the socio-economic improvement efforts undertaken by the royal family.
In both the United Kingdom and elsewhere, a frequent debate centers on when it is appropriate for a monarch to use his or her political powers. When a monarch does act, political controversy can often ensue, partially because the neutrality of the crown is seen to be compromised in favour of a partisan goal, while some political scientists champion the idea of an "interventionist monarch" as a check against possible illegal action by politicians. For instance, the monarch of the United Kingdom can theoretically exercise an absolute veto over legislation by withholding Royal Assent. However, no monarch has done so since 1708, and it is widely believed that this and many of the monarch's other political powers are lapsed powers.
There are currently 44 monarchies, and most of them are constitutional monarchies.
Constitutional monarchies with representative parliamentary systems are shown in green. Other constitutional monarchies are shown in light green.
Constitutional monarchies with representative parliamentary systems are shown in red. Other parliamentary systems (republics) are shown in orange and green.
List of current reigning monarchies
|Type of monarchy
|Monarch selection
|Selection of Bishop of La Seu d'Urgell and election of French President
|Hereditary succession
|Popular monarchy[2]
|(Hereditary succession)[2]
|Hereditary succession
|Chosen by throne council
|Hereditary succession
|Hereditary succession, with directed approval of the House of Al-Sabah and majority of National Assembly
|Hereditary succession, subject to directed approval of College of Chiefs
|Hereditary succession
|Grand duchy
|Elective federal monarchy
|Selected from nine hereditary Sultans of the Malay states
|Hereditary succession
|Elective federal monarchy
|President elected by the seven monarchs constituting the Federal Supreme Council
|(1689, 1701)
|Hereditary succession
Former constitutional monarchies
- The George III of the United Kingdom, but with its own elected parliament and a written constitution guaranteeing local autonomy and democratic rights.
- Brazil from 1815 (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarves) until 1822, with the proclamation of independence and rise of the Empire of Brazil by Pedro I of Brazil. The empire ended in 1889, when Pedro II was deposed by a military coup.
- Kingdom of Bulgaria until 1946 when Tsar Simeon was deposed by the communist assembly.
- Many Commonwealth republics were constitutional monarchies for some period after their independence.
- The Grand Principality of Finland was a constitutional monarchy though its ruler, Alexander I, was simultaneously an autocrat and absolute ruler in Russia.
- France, several times during the 19th century. Napoléon Bonaparte proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in what was ostensibly a constitutional monarchy, though modern historians often coin his reign as an absolute monarchy. The Bourbon Restoration (under Louis XVIII and Charles X), the July Monarchy (under Louis-Philippe), and the Second Empire (under Napoleon III) were also constitutional monarchies, although the power of the monarch varied considerably between them.
- The German Empire from 1871 to 1918, (as well as earlier confederations, and the monarchies it consisted of) was also a constitutional monarchy—see Constitution of the German Empire.
- Greece until 1973 when Constantine II was deposed by the military government. The decision was formalized by a plebiscite December 8, 1974.
- Hawaii, which was an absolute monarchy from its founding in 1810, transitioned to a constitutional monarchy in 1840 when King Kamehameha III promulgated the kingdom's first constitution. This constitutional form of government continued until the monarchy was overthrown in 1893 in American conspiracy.
- The Kingdom of Hungary. In 1848–1849 and 1867–1918 as part of Austria-Hungary. In the interwar period (1920–1944) Hungary remained a constitutional monarchy without a reigning monarch.
- Iceland. The Act of Union, a December 1, 1918 agreement with Denmark, established Iceland as a sovereign kingdom united with Denmark under a common king. Iceland abolished the monarchy and became a republic on June 17, 1944 after the Icelandic constitutional referendum, May 24, 1944.
- Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was a constitutional monarchy, which had been originally established during the Persian Constitutional Revolution in 1906.
- Italy until June 2, 1946, when a referendum proclaimed the end of the Kingdom and the beginning of the Republic.
- Korean Empire proclaimed in October 1897 to the Annexation of Korea by Japan on August 20, 1910. It succeeded the Joseon Dynasty.
- The Kingdom of Laos was a constitutional monarchy until 1975, when Sisavang Vatthana was forced to abdicate by the communist Pathet Lao.
- Mexico was twice an Empire. The First Mexican Empire was from July 21, 1822, to March 19, 1823, with Agustín de Iturbide serving as emperor. Then, with the help of the Austrian and Spanish crowns, Napoleon III of France installed Maximilian of Habsburg as Emperor of Mexico. This attempt to create a European-style monarchy lasted three years, from 1864 to 1867.
- Montenegro until 1918 when it merged with Serbia and other areas to form Yugoslavia.
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nepal until May 28, 2008, when King Gyanendra was deposed, and the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal was declared.
- Ottoman Empire from 1876 till 1878 and again from 1908 until the dissolution of the empire in 1922.
- The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formed after the Union of Lublin in 1569 and lasting until the final partition of the state in 1795, operated much like many modern European constitutional monarchies (into which it was officially changed by the establishment of the Constitution of May 3, 1791, which historian Norman Davies calls "the first constitution of its kind in Europe").[13] The legislators of the unified state truly did not see it as a monarchy at all, but as a republic under the presidency of the King. Poland–Lithuania also followed the principle of "Rex regnat et non gubernat", had a bicameral parliament, and a collection of entrenched legal documents amounting to a constitution along the lines of the modern United Kingdom. The King was elected, and had the duty of maintaining the people's rights.
- Portugal was a monarchy since 1139 and a constitutional monarchy from 1822 to 1828 and again from 1834 until 1910, when Manuel II was overthrown by a military coup.
- Kingdom of Romania From its establishment in 1881 until 1947 when Michael I was forced to abdicate at gunpoint by the communists.
- Kingdom of Serbia until 1918, when it merged with the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs into the unitary Yugoslav Kingdom, that was led by the Serbian Karadjordjevic dynasty.
- The West African Songhai Empire was considered a powerful constitutional monarchy before annexation by Morocco and later France, when it became a colony and presently, a secular Sufist republic.
- Yugoslavia from 1918 (as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) until 1929 and from then (as Kingdom of Yugoslavia) until 1944 when under pressure from the Allies Peter II recognized the communist government.
Unique constitutional monarchies
- Andorra is the only monarchy where the head of state is vested jointly in two individuals ("Co-Princes"): the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France.
- Andorra, Monaco and Liechtenstein are the only countries with a reigning Prince.
- Japan is the only country with an Emperor.
- Luxembourg is the only country with a Grand Duke.
See also
- ^ The terms crowned republic and parliamentary monarchy are used by some sources to distinguish one type of constitutional monarchy from another, but because the terms have no widely adopted meanings, different authorities define the terms in such a way that the definitions may overlap between publications. While the Australian Republic Advisory Committee used the term crowned republic to describe a constitutional monarchy where the monarch's role is ceremonial and all royal prerogatives are prescribed by custom and law in such a way that the monarch has little or no discretion over governmental and constitutional issues (and with it have framed the usage of the term in Australia) (Patmore 2009, p. 105), parliamentary monarchy has been used to describe both a system where the monarch's powers are restricted (as in a crowned republic) (Schmitt 2008, pp. 313–314) and also where the powers of the monarch are less constrained by custom than is true of most modern European constitutional monarchies (Orr 2002, p. 3). Note also that absolute monarchies may employ parliaments, as is the case in Oman.
- ^ a b Belgium is the only existing popular monarchy — a system in which the monarch's title is linked to the people rather than a state. The title of Belgian kings is not King of Belgium, but instead King of the Belgians. Another unique feature of the Belgian system is that the new monarch does not automatically assume the throne at the death or abdication of his predecessor; he only becomes monarch upon taking a constitutional oath.
- ^ Boyce 2008, p. 1.
- ^ McCannon 2006, pp. 177–178.
- ^ Jerome Blum et al., The European World (1970) 1:267–68
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July 7th, 2014
- Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park
- Western Part of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland
- Eastern Part of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland
- List of Onsen
- List of Activities
- List of Accommodations
Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park
Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park (釧路湿原国立公園) among Kushiro city, Kushiro town, Shibecha town and Tsurui village is a famous tourist attraction in the Eastern Hokkaido, and about 500,000 people visit every year, and is the largest wetland with 18,290 ha in Japan. It has been designed as Ramsar Convention since 1980, and developments had been limited strictly. More than 700 plants grow, and about 200 birds and about 1,100 insects inhabit. A lot of rare animals inhabit and plants including Japanese cranes, Blakiston's fish-owls that are only 100 in Hokkaido, Iijima Ruriboshiyanma (イイジマルリボシヤンマ) that is a remaining specy in the glacial epoch, Itou fish (イトウ) that is said to be a very rare fish, Kushiro jacob's ladder (クシロハナシノブ) that is a remaining specy in the glacial epoch, Bogberry and Yachibouzu (ヤチボウズ) are in the wetland.
Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park PDF
Tourist attractions of the Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park are roughly divided into 2 parts, the western part and the eastern part. In the western part, boardwalks are enriched, and an activity to go down a river by canoe is featured in the eastern part. To enjoy a damp plain, there are 3 points. 1. Enjoying views to visit lookouts dotted with the wetland. 2. Walking wooden paths and studying plants up close. 3. Going down Kushiro River (釧路川) by the canoe. For very large wetland, I recommend that tourists should go around by a privately-owned car or a rental car. Because a service interval is long in the case of the public transport bus services, the tourists might run out of the time.
Tourism Map PDF (Japanese)
"Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko Train (くしろ湿原ノロッコ号)", a train specialized in the sightseeing of the wetland, is operated from Kushiro Station (釧路駅) to Toro Station (塘路駅) from April to September. Because a railroad is constructed across the Kushiro-shitugen wetland from the north to the south, passengers can see the Kushiro River and Iwabokki Water Gate (岩保木水門) that the tourists using cars can not see. "SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train (SL冬の湿原号)" travels from the Kushiro Station to Shibecha Station (標茶駅) in a winter, and is a time-limited train from January to March. When the Japanese crane, a representative animal of the winter Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, is watched, the train seems to be stopped for watching that. As for a sightseeing bus, Kushiro-shitsugen bus Isshu-go (釧路湿原一周号) runs. Finally very many mosquitoes fly in the sky. Please, make sure that the preparation for insect measures will be perfect !
A direct bus does not run between Sapporo or New Chitose Airport and the Kushiro. But an express bus "Star Light Kushiro-go (スターライト釧路号)" and "Kuhsiro Limited Express New Star-go (釧路特急ニュースター号)" run between the Sapporo and the Kushiro, and Sunrise Asahikawa-Kushiro-go (サンライズ旭川・釧路号), an express bus, runs between the Kushiro and Asahikawa, and Sweets Liner-go (スイーツライナー号) runs between Obihiro and Tancho Kushiro Airport, and Senpoku-go (釧北号), an express bus, runs between the Kitami and the Kushiro, and Akan Airport Liner (阿寒エアポートライナー) runs between Lake Akan and the Tancho Kushiro Airport.
List of Highway Bus
Refer to following companies for the highway bus service between the Kushiro and the Sapporo, the Asahikawa, the Kitami, the Obihiro and the Lake Akan.
|Chuo Bus(中央バス)
|From Sapporo to Kushiro
|Chuo Bus(中央バス)
|From Kushiro to Sapporo
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Asahikawa to Kushiro
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Kushiro to Asahikawa
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Kushiro to Kitami
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Kitami to Kushiro
|Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)
|From Obihiro to Tancho Kushiro Airport
|Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)
|From Tancho Kushiro Airport to Obihiro
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Tancho Kushiro Airport to Lake Akan
|Akan Bus(阿寒バス)
|From Lake Akan to Tancho Kushiro Airport
Kushiro (釧路) that about 170,000 people live is the 5th largest fisheries city in Hokkaido, and is one of regional hub cities of the Eastern Hokkaido area. The Kushiro became incorporated with Akan town (阿寒) and Onbetsu (音別) in 2005, and has became the 3rd largest city by area in the Hokkaido. In Japan, it is the 7th latgest city by the area. The Kushiro is also well-known as a tourist city with rich nature, and has 2 very famous national parks, Kushiro-Shitsugen wetland (釧路湿原), the largest wetland in the Japan, and Lake Akan (阿寒湖) consisted by primeval forests and lava. In addition, the beautiful sunset can be seen, too, and the Kushiro is one of the three major places to see the beautiful setting sun in the world together with Manila in Philippines and Bali in Indonesia. Article is here
Western Part of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland
In the westpern part of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, there are Kushiro Shitsugen Observatory (釧路湿原展望台), Hokuto Lookout (北斗展望地) and Onnenai Visitor Center (温根内ビジターセンター). Wooden pathes that tourists can take a walk through wetland are built, and are enriched, and it is the most enjoying way to experience the wetland on foot. My visited places are as follows.
Kushiro Shitsugen Observatory
Kushiro Shitsugen Observatory (釧路市湿原展望台) is a viewpoint in the west side of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, and is one of the most famous tourist attraction in Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, and is well-known for enjoying a scenery like African savanna in a north country. The Kushiro Shitsugen Observatory is built on a small hill at about 85 m above sea level along Hokkaido Road 53, and Kushiro Shitsugen Observatory Boardwalk is built around the observatory. Hokuto Ruins (北斗遺跡) is along the boardwalk, too. Here is a few place to see the morning sun in the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, and a night view from here is beautiful, and it is a dating place. Article is here
Hokuto Lookout
Hokuto Lookout (北斗展望地) is at the west side of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原), and is about 1 km away from the north of Kushiro Shitugen Observatory (釧路湿原展望台). It is built beside Hokuto Parking (北斗パーキング) on a small hill at about 78 m above sea level along Hokkaido Road 53, and the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland can be viewed here. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. Article is here
Onnenai Visitor Center
Onnenai Visitor Center (温根内ビジターセンター) is an information center at the west side of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原). A large parking lot is built along Hokkaido Road 53, and the Onnenai Visitor Center beside the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland is located a little below the parking lot, and is a few tourist attractions to be close the wetland in the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland tourist attactions. Onnenai Boardwalk (温根内木道) is built at the wetland, and visitors can freely observe various plants such as a reed, a sedge, a bog moss. At the Onnenai Visitor Center, informations about marsh plants, marsh insects and wild birds are displayed, so the visitors can collect knowledges and informations about wetlands. The building has resting places and a restroom, but there is not a restraunt. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. By the way, various events such as crayfish fishing are held, so check below out. Article is here
Eastern Part of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland
There are Shitsugen-no-Kaze Arena Obsevation Deck (湿原の風アリーナ展望台), Hosooka Observation Deck (細岡展望台), Hosooka Canoe Port (細岡カヌーポート), Lake Takkobunuma (達古武沼), Lake Toro (塘路湖), Sarubo Observatory (サルボ展望台) and Sarurun Observatory (サルルン展望台), Nihonmatsu Lookout (二本松展望地), Kottaro Marsh (コッタロ湿原), Lake Shirarutoro (シラルトロ湖) and Kayanuma Station (茅沼駅). Some tourist attractions are along a railroad. Tourists can enjoy the beauty and the grandeur of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland while looking over a view using mountain ranges of Akan Area (阿寒) and serpentine Kushiro River as the backdrop. In the east side, ways of enjoying wetland are various, the tourists can enjoy seeing nature, and can enjoy walking the nature, and even the tourists can enjoy going down a river on a canoe, and can experience it in various ways. There are little‐known good spots, Cape Miyajima (宮島岬) and Cape Kirakotan (キラコタン岬), too. It looks the sea, so those are called "Cape". * Because the Cape Kirakotan and the Cape Miyajima are private land, only ordinary tourists are not allowed to enter. My visited places are as follows.
Hosooka Observation Deck
Hosooka Observation Deck (細岡展望台) is the most famous tourist attraction in Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland at the east side of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. It is a popular reason that visitors can enjoy a famous scenery with using ridgeline of Mt. Oakandake (雄阿寒岳) and Mt. Meakandake (雌阿寒岳) as the backdrop, and Kushiro River (釧路川) meandering through the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. It is rumored that the setting sun is beautiful, and it is said that everyone would like to go to at least once. There are Hosooka 1st Observation Deck (第一展望台), Hosooka 2nd Observation Deck (第二展望台), Hosooka Visitor Lounge (細岡ビジターラウンジ) and a public restroom, and it takes about 10 minutes from Kushiro-Shitsugen Station (釧路湿原駅) to the Hosooka Visitor Lounge on foot. Steps from the station to the Hosooka Observation Deck are steep, so you will get tired a little. Except above, the Kushiro-Shitsugen Station and Inn Nomu, there is nothing. A road to the Hosooka Observation Deck is a narrow unpaved road, so drive carefully. A restroom, a cafe and a souvenir shop are at the Hosooka Visitor Lounge, so tourists can take a break. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. Article is here
Hosooka Canoe Port
Hosooka Canoe Port (細岡カヌーポート) near Hosooka Station at the western part of Lake Takkobunuma is a landing place for canoes along Kushiro River. There are only the canoe port and a parking lot. Tourists can enjoy the canoe that is most popular extreme activity in Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, and ordinary people can view the river. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here
Lake Takkobunuma
Lake Takkobunuma (達古武沼) is a freshwater lake on the east side of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原). The perimeter is around 5 km. Lake Balls (マリモ) grow on the bottom of the lake as well as Lake Akan (阿寒湖). There is Tatsukobu Auto Campsite (達古武オートキャンプ場) on the north shore of the lake and that is only facility. There is Center House (センターハウス) that everybody can enjoy meals and can take a rest on the Tatsukobunuma Auto Campsite. Tatsukobu Yumegaoka Walks (達古武夢ヶ丘歩道) with 2.3 km in total length is built along shore of the lake. Yumegaoka Observatory (夢ヶ丘展望台) is on the terminal, and tourists can see a scenery that a railroad track sails across Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. Therefore visitors can discover a variety state of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland that artifacts blended into nature. Article is here
Lake Toro
Lake Toro (塘路湖) is a freshwater lake at the northeast part of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原). The Toro means "A place with a lake" in the Ainu language. The perimeter of the lake is about 18 km. The maximum water depth is about 7 m. The lake is the largest lake in the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. Lake Balls (マリモ) grow on the bottom of the lake as well as Lake Akan (阿寒湖). In addition, here is well-known for enjoying a canoe, most popular activity in the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. Tourists can float down through Kushiro River by the canoe. Some activity companies serve a paid canoe tour. There are Sarubo Observatory (サルボ展望台), Sarurun Observatory (サルルン展望台) and Nihonmatsu Lookout (二本松展望地) around the lake, and tourists can look over around the Lake Toro. Those are not so famous, but it is popular as sightseeing spots with tourists expert. Article is here
Sarubo Observatory and Sarurun Observatory
Sarubo Observatory (サルボ展望台) and Sarurun Observatory (サルルン展望台) are observation decks at the northeast part of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原), and is located at the northwest side of Lake Toro (塘路湖) and at the south side of Lake Shirarutoro. There are a lot lakes and marshes around here in the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, so wetlands, lakes, a road and a railroad make a good combination. 2 trailheads to the Sarubo Observatory and the Sarurun Observatory are provided, and there is the nearest trailhead on a parking lot. After visitors go up along the precipitous trails, the trails ahead split in two way around the top of a hill. The trails are rough, so you should wear comfortable shoes. By the way, please be careful for thefting from your vehicle on a parking lot. You had better bring an insect repellent because a lot of gnats try to bite your skin in a summer. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here
Nihonmatsu Lookout
Nihonmatsu Lookout (二本松展望地) is near Nihonmatsu Bridge cross Kushiro River (釧路川) in Shibcha. It is not a tourist spot officially, so there is not a facility at all. A signboard is not provided, too, and a lot of tourists are hard to find it. It is known as a secret tourist spot. In my case, I was somehow able to find trails (foot stamps) on a hillslope. It took about 10 minutes on foot, and white mountaintop came into sight. That is the Nihonmatsu Lookout. It commanded a fine view, and Kushiro-shitsugen wetland different from Hosooka Observatory (細岡展望台) can be seen. Cars can come to the mountaintop, but a path is very uneven, I think only off-road vehicles can get there. Admission free. Article is here
Kottaro Marsh
Kottaro Marsh (コッタロ湿原) is a wetland beside the north side of the Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park. The Kottaro means "A place that water gushes out from underground" in Ainu language, and the place is fitting its name. Because it is not the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, few tourists come, but it is a little-known spot that the tourists can enjoy nature. A scenery looks like original nature, and it has been designated as the special protection district of the Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park. The Kottaro Marsh is well-known as a nesting place for Japanese cranes. Visitors may have a chance to watch the Japanese cranes from a spring to a summer. A half gravel road called Hokkaido Road 1,060 "Kucchoro-genya Toro Line (クチョロ原野塘路線)" stretches on the marsh, and there are 1st Kottaro Viewpoint (第一展望台), 2nd Kottaro Viewpoint (第二展望地) and 3rd Kottaro Viewpoint (第三展望地) along the road. The 3rd Kottaro Viewpoint seems to be on a hill, but I have never found it. Article is here
Lake Shirarutoro
Lake Shirarutoro is a freshwater lake at the northeast part of Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原) and at the east side of Kottaro Marsh (コッタロ湿原). It is said that the Shirarutoro means "Something between rocks in river (川の中の岩の間)" in Ainu language, but that has not been known in detail. The perimeter of the lake is about 6.5 km. The maximum water depth is about 2.3 m. Lake Balls (マリモ) grow on the bottom of the lake as well as Lake Akan (阿寒湖). The lake is between Mashu National Route (National Route 391) on the east side of the lake and a railroad on th west side of the lake. Lake Shirarutoro Campsite (シラルトロ湖キャンプ場) and Kayanuma Onsen (茅沼温泉) is located at the north side of the lake, and Shirarutoro Onsen (シラルトロ温泉) is located at the northeast side of the lake. Article is here
Kayanuma Station
Kayanuma Station (茅沼駅) is famous for feeding to Japanese cranes. Ikenaka Genta 80 kilo, a Japanese famous drama Tv series, picked up the Japanese cranes, so a lot of visitors has came to here in a winter. There is Ikoi-no-Ie Kayanuma (憩の家「かや沼」) near the station, and it takes 15 minutes on foot. Tourists can take a bath at hot springs.
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|Admission fee
|Free of charge
|Parking lot
|Parking lot is not provided * Pull over to the shoulder
|Business hours
|Open 24 hours
|Regular closing day
|Open all year round
|Telephone number
|Home page
|Home page is not provided
List of Onsen
Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland used to be the sea. Therefore, hot springs with salty taste can be enjoyed at Kayanuma Onsen (茅沼温泉) in the north side of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland and Yamahana Onsen (山花温泉) in the southern part of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. In addition, moor hot springs can be enjoyed at Shimo-osobetsu Onsen (下オソベツ温泉) and Aurora Onsen (オーロラ温泉) beside the northern part of the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland, too.
Kayanuma Onsen
Kayanuma Onsen is a hot spring place in Shibecha town located in the northern part of Kushiro city, and is located at the northern tip of Kushiro-Shitstugen Wetland National Park (釧路湿原国立公園). Visitors turn along Mashu National Route (National Route 391), and go straight for around 2.5 km along Hokkaido Road 959, and the end of the road is the Kayanuma Onsen. Only Kushiro Marshland National Park "Ikoi-no-Ie Kayanuma" (くしろ湿原パーク 憩の家 かや沼) that is one of compound facilities called Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland Park (くしろ湿原パーク) built on a hill facing Lake Shirarutoro (シラルトロ湖). Except a hot spring facility, there are a park golf course, Shirarutoroko Campsite, Shirarutoro Walking Path (シラルトロ歩道) and Cho-no-Mori Observation Deck (蝶の森展望台). Unfortunately, restraunts, cafes, cafes, souvenir shops and convenience stores are not built around there. Kayanuma Station that is famous for feeding Japanese cranes is at the middle of the Hokkaido Road 959, and a lot of photographers come to take a picture of Japanese cranes with SL Winter Wetlands (SL冬の湿原号). Article is here
Shimo-osobetsu Onsen
Shimo-osobetsu Onsen is a hot spring place in Shibecha town located in the northern part of Kushiro city. Only Ajikoen (味幸園) is built in Osobetsu plain (オソツベツ原野) beside the northern tip of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原), and is about 1 km away from Mashu National Route (National Route 391). Unfortunately, restraunts, cafes, souvenir shops and convenience stores are not built around the building. Article is here
Aurora Onsen
Aurora Onsen (オーロラ温泉) is a hot spring place in Shibecha town located in the north part of Kushiro city. Aurora Farm Village (オーロラファームヴィレッジ) is around 1.5 km distance through a graveled path from Tsurui National Route (鶴居国道 * National Route 274), and is a nature experience village surrounded by forests beside the northern tip of Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland (釧路湿原). Total area is 991,735.537 m2, and Center House (センターハウス), hot spring facilities, cottages, a camping ground and a lookout are built on the site. Here with rich nature is popular for people came from outside Hokkaido, A whole mountain is like the Aurora Farm Village. There are the Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland, 900 Sogen Grassland (900草原) and Tawadaira Observaton Deck (多和平キャンプ場) around the Aurora Onsen. By the way, an entrance gate is closed at 20:00. Article is here
Yamahana Onsen
Yamahana Onsen (山花温泉) is a hot spring place in Kushiro city, and is around 20 km away from the center of the Kushiro. Yamahana Onsen Refre (山花温泉リフレ) is built in a grassy plain next to Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park (釧路湿原国立公園). There are Kushiro Zoo (釧路動物園), Horse Park and Kushiro Yamahana Park Auto Campsite (釧路市山花公園オートキャンプ場) near here, and those are near Tancho Kushiro Airport, too. The Yamahana Onsen is a little away from Otanoshike (大楽毛), restraunts, cafes and convenience stores are built around there. Speaking of the Otashike, I ate a pork rice bowl at Butafuku (ぶた福). It was so tasty. Tourist attractions relatively near here are the tourist attractions related with the Kushiro-Shitsugen Wetland National Park, for example, Kushiro Marsh Observatory (釧路市湿原展望台), Hokuto Lookout (北斗展望地) and Onnenai Visitor Center (温根内ビジターセンター). Article is here
List of Activities
Some activity companies serve canoe tours or guided tours to the Onnenai, the Cape Miyajima or the Cape Kirakotan. As for the guided tour to the Cape Miyajima, only people staying at Kushiro Prince Hotel can join the guided tour. Refer to following websites for the activity companies. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
Canoe Tour
|Lake Toro Eco Museum Center(塘路湖エコミュージアムセンター)
|Lakeside Toro(レイクサイドとうろ)
|B & B Come Home(B & B かむほーむ)
|Healing Canoe Kushiro(ヒーリングカヌー釧路)
|Kushiro Marsh & River(釧路マーシュ&リバー)
|North East Canoe Center(ノースイーストカヌーセンター)
|Family Canoe Toro(ファミリーカヌーとうろ)
|Toro Nature Center(塘路ネイチャーセンター)
|Canoe Shop Hiraiwa(カヌーショップヒライワ)
Onnenai Guided Walk
|Onnenai Visitor Center(温根内ビジターセンター)
|Kushiro Tourism & Convention Association(釧路観光コンベンション協会)
Cape Kirakotan or Cape Miyajima Guided Tour
|Mr. Masao Ikeda(沢田 正雄氏)
|Kusuri Dekoboko Ryokosha(クスリ凸凹旅行舎)
|Healing Canoe Kushiro(ヒーリングカヌー釧路)
|Kushiro-shitsugen Yachi-no-Kai(釧路湿原やちの会)
|Kushiro Prince Hotel(釧路プリンスホテル)
Horse Trekking
|Tsurui Dosanko Ranch(鶴居どさんこ牧場)
Pond Smelt Fishing
|Lakeside Toro(レイクサイドとうろ)
List of Accommodations
Refer to following websites for the accommodations in or around the Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
Kushiro-shitsugen Wetland
|Lake Shirarutoro Campsite(シラルトロ湖キャンプ場)
|Kushiro Marshland National Park "Ikoi-no-Ie Kayanuma"(くしろ湿原パーク 憩の家 かや沼)
|Yamahana Onsen Rifre(山花温泉リフレ)
|Circle House Red Beret(サークルハウス赤いベレー)
|Kushiroshitsugen Toro Inn(釧路湿原 とうろの宿)
|Lodge Shirarutoro(シラルトロ温泉 ロッジ シラルトロ)
|Tsurui Dosanko Ranch(鶴居どさんこ牧場)
|Kushiro Shitsugen Tohro Youth Hostel(釧路湿原とうろユースホステル)
Kushiro Downtown
|Palude Kushiro(駅前ホテル パルーデ釧路)
|Super Hotel Kushiro-ekimae(スーパーホテル 釧路駅前)
|Super Hotel Kushiro(スーパーホテル釧路)
|Hotel Route-Inn Kushiro Ekimae(ホテルルートイン釧路駅前)
|Hotel AreaOne Kushiro(ホテルエリアワン釧路)
|Kushiro Century Castle Hotel(釧路センチュリーキャッスルホテル)
|La Vista Kushirogawa(ラビスタ釧路川)
|Hotel Rasso Kushiro(ホテルラッソ釧路)
|Comfort Hotel Kushiro(コンフォートホテル釧路)
|Hotel Crown Hills Kushiro(ホテルクラウンヒルズ釧路)
|Hotel Axia Inn Kushiro(ホテルアクシアイン釧路)
|Kushiro Royal Inn(釧路ロイヤルイン)
|Hotel Paco Kushiro(天然温泉ホテルパコ釧路)
|Kushiro Prince Hotel(釧路プリンスホテル)
|ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kushiro(ANAクラウンプラザホテル釧路)
|Toyoko Inn Kushiro Jujigai(東横イン釧路十字街)
|Athele Inn(アスリートイン)
|Lasting Hotel(ラスティングホテル)
|Minshuku Kano(民宿かのう)
|Business Hotel Frontier(ビジネスホテル フロンティア)
|Hotel Marshland(ホテル マーシュランド)
|Business Ryokan Tokiwaso(ビジネス旅館 富喜和荘)
|Hotel Marshland Annex(ホテル マーシュランド別館)
|Minshuku Green Park(民宿グリーンパーク)
|Sumire Ryokan(すみれ旅館)
|Business Hotel Nakazono Daiichi(ビジネス ホテル 中園第一)
|Wakatake Ryokan(若竹旅館)
|Heart'n Tree(ハートン ツリー)
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The Department of Biotechnology (http://www.bt.iitkgp.ac.in) started (in 1986) the earliest set of M.Tech. programs in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering in the country and received support from DBT, Government of India, since then. We initiated (in 1994) the B. Tech in Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering, 1st in IIT system. The curriculum served as the model for the other programs in Biotechnology, added later in the country. The academic and research activities have been revised/re-structured this year, targeting intellectual excitements in students and innovative thrust of research students and Faculty. Befitting with the interdisciplinary dimension of the program the students are guided to choose electives across the departments and opt for project work in collaboration with the Faculty in sister Departments. Industry-institute participation in R&D is accorded highest priority, and has resulted in transferring technologies, in the country/abroad. The future goals are set in establishing world class resources and in making outstanding contributions in healthcare biotechnology and bioenergy.?
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The BBC also failed to present its viewers with clips that have been available on the world wide web for months now. Namely footage of the moment an Israeli 'commando' executed Furkan Dogan, aged 19, on the upper deck. No mention either that Furkhan was not a terrorist but merely in his senior year at Kayseri High School, where he was awaiting the results of his university entrance exams. He hoped to become a doctor. Watch IDF commandos executing Furkan Dogan, a clip BBC skipped for some peculiar reason:
Instead, we heard Israeli commandos repeating the usual stories about IDF soldiers shooting passengers only in the limbs. And that dear friends only after extreme 'provocation'. As we all know 9 peace activists died on the Mavi Marmara, peppered with IDF bullets- to the head and chest area.
The BBC also reported one Israeli commandos assertion that he was 'badly wounded'. If you are bothered to see the documentary you will see a footage of a single Israeli soldier's hands lightly scratched. Yet we won't see medical records to prove (as asserted) 'severe blood loss' nor did the soldier offer to show his no doubt serious scars to Ms Corbin. Did she even due her basic duty as a documentary maker and ask to see evidence of such injuries?
The BBC found a footage of a 'potential shaid'. A Turkish passenger is presented saying that if needed, he would confront the Israelis because peace for Palestinians is being ignored on the international stage. He said that he would even be willing to give his life for the proud cause of justice and freedom. A reasonable, honourable statement. Especially in retro-perspective taking into consideration the fact that the Gaza Flotilla was attacked in international waters.
There is one very positive aspect to the BBC documentary. It gave us a glimpse into the Israeli desperation. Never in the past would Israel's leaders consider letting anyone near its Fleet 13 commando unit. Now, their bored, probably terrified recruits put on glamorous Hollywood style mock 'boardings' for even a lowly (once upon a time despised) BBC crew. Proof - the Israelis are losing ground.
Interestingly, the Israeli Commandos being interviewed by Panorama were kept hidden from the camera, their anonymity safely preserved. All viewers of the pathetic Hasbara attempt glimpsed were silhouettes or profiles.
We should know why.
Being war criminals they have much to hide.
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Moyer Opens Series
September 25, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Utley, 2b; Burrell, lf; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Werth, rf; Ruiz, c; Nunez, 3b; Moyer, p.
It was cool going to bed last night and waking up this a.m. tied for first in the wild card race.
Now, there's work to be done day-by-day. Each game is a must win. We can scoreboard watch but we need to focus on winning and controlling our destiny.
Yes, we've been in this position several times this decade and haven't advanced but we need to look at the glass being half full, as Aaron Rowand has expressed. There are a lot of clubs who would love to be in our position.
National TV
For those Phillies fans living elsewhere in this country, the Phillies will be on national TV 7:05 tomorrow night (ESPN) and Saturday afternoon (FOX), a 3:55 p.m. start.
Chart of the Day
Jimmy Rollins has scored 132 runs. It is the fifth highest total in Phillies history (since 1900).
158 Chuck Klein, 1930
152 Lefty O'Doul, 1929
152 Chuck Klein, 1932
143 Lenny Dykstra, 1993
134 Roy Thomas, 1900
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The Phils control their own destiny… It's a beautiful spot to be in. Hopefully they'll get to James early and often…
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3 lb oxtails (about 5)
1 cup dry white wine
14 oz fire roasted diced tomatoes, drained
1 3 oz smoked pork chop, diced
2 shallots, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 cayenne pepper, minced
zest of 1 lemon
1 1/2 teaspoon nonpareil capers
freshly ground black pepper
Wondra (or other super-fine flour)
Heat some olive oil in a Dutch oven. Toss the oxtails in Wondra flour to coat. Lightly brown the oxtail and pork. Add to a 4 quart slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients. Cook on low for 8 hours.


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As soon as I saw Billy Brown's pixelated array of cameras the other week, I downloaded several and started using them as my OS X icons. I'm very tempted to buy the matching vinyl decals, but the international shipping makes them pretty pricey unfortunately.
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Route: SINGING BRIDGE WHITNEY DRAIN to ALABASTER ROAD BEACH
Distance: 5 Miles
Shoreline Land Use: Primarily residential
Points of Interest: Offshore abandoned loading structure associated with gypsum mining and loading materials onto ships.
Waypoints: No rest stops
Hazards & Cautions: Open Water Paddle to offshore structure.
Route: ALABASTER ROAD BEACH to EAST TAWAS DNR BOAT LAUNCH
Distance: 6 Miles
Shoreline Land Use: Urban with numerous waterfront parks.
Points of Interest: There are numerous access points along the Tawas and East Tawas waterfronts. Public sites include day use parks and campgrounds that offer picnic areas, beaches, marinas, docks, and boat launches.
Waypoints: Access Site numbers - 06-02, 06-03, 06-04, 06-05
Hazards & Cautions: Recreational boat traffic
Comments: With numerous access sites, it's possible choose short or long paddles.
Route: EAST TAWAS DNR BOAT LAUNCH to TAWAS POINT STATE PARK
Distance: 6 Miles
Shoreline Land Use: Residential and parks.
Points of Interest: Parks, coastal wetlands, Tawas Point Lighthouse
Waypoints: 06-07 (road end)
Hazards & Cautions: A sand and rock shoal extends a few hundred feet off Tawas Point. Stay out from the shoal when rounding the point.
Comments: Camping and day use facilities available at state park.
Route: AU SABLE POINT
Distance: 14 Miles
Shoreline Land Use: Residential, there is no public lands along this stretch
Points of Interest: Au Sable Point, beaches, small resorts and forested coast
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Get ready for another death chase in this exciting stunt driving challenge. Choose and customize your car first. Your objective is to race the bumpy road with some pretty big jumps as you try to take out your rivals. To gain nitro you must perform stunts as you collect coins and stars to upgrade your vehicle during the races.Help
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The work of projectionists in the age of digital movies
Tonight the Music Box in Chicago kicks off its first ever, two-week long festival of 70mm films.
70mm is a wide-gage, high resolution format. It is bright and sharp and absolutely steady, free of the distortion that can occur with 35mm films. The format's no novelty: It's been around about as long as we've had movies. But it is costly, requiring special projectors and screens. So 70mm has always been more of a special treat than standard fare at the cineplex.
Still, the Music Box program is eclectic enough to satisfy a variety of cinematic tastes.
High art formalists will appreciate 2001: A Space Odyssey or Vertigo, both of which screen tonight. Early Gen Xers can wax nostalgic over (and bring their kids to) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. And for cult film enthusiasts, there's Lifeforce. The sci-fi thriller about space vampires was a failed attempt at a blockbuster, directed by Tobe Hooper and shot by the late Alan Hume, who did great work on films ranging from Return of the Jedi to one of my personal favorites, The Legend of Hell House.
Doug McLaren, head projectionist at the Music Box, says the festival was inspired by an advanced screening late last summer of Paul Thomas Anderson's film The Master, a rare contemporary film shot in 70mm.
It turns out the Music Box is the only theatre in Chicago capable of projecting 70mm. After a lot of local interest (and calls from "Anderson's people", according to McLaren), he arranged the screening, which almost immediately sold out and prompted rave reviews, for both the film and its presentation.
The Music Box only got their 70mm projector about 10 years ago – McLaren says to expand both their programming scope and projecting capabilities (the theatre can screen 16, 35, and 70mm film, as well as the digital equivalents to film: DCP or "Digital Cinema Package" and HDCAM).
But McLaren says in preparation for the festival they've completely rebuilt their 70mm projector, installing brand new gears and bulbs, and re-timing "everything."
Paradoxically, at the same time that the Music Box has been investing time and money in an aging and almost obsolete format, what they're now screening is almost entirely digital content.
McLaren says that wasn't the case even as recently as six months ago. But starting with their latest winter calender, the tides shifted.
"Even things that used to be a new restoration of a given film is now video," he said. "Which was quite a shock, because it came faster that we thought. It seems like everyone decided to go all in at the same time."
The arrival of digital
Much has been written about the rapid shift from analog to digital at the movies, in particular how the new "paradigm" threatens small, independent film exhibitors and movie houses, who can't always afford to pay for new digital equipment.
But I hadn't yet fully processed the impact this was having on the people who actually climb into the booth and screen the movies for us, until a recent chat with another local projectionist (and full disclosure, good friend), who had just returned from her annual 3-week gig at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Michelle Puetz has been a freelance projectionist for 15 years. She regularly travels to festivals in the U-S and abroad to inspect and project films. It's always been a high pressure and even grueling gig. But thanks to digital, Puetz says the projectionists at Sundance saw their workload double.
Puetz and her colleagues had to inspect almost 300 movies, most of which were either DCP or HDCAM. Only 16 were 35mm films, and of those a mere 5 were actually screened. The other 11 were back-up copies, which were run through projectors with their lamps not on, in case something went wrong with the digital copy.
The protocol for inspecting actual films is pretty clear cut. But for what Puetz dubs "the wild west" of digital content, the Sundance projectionists had to figure out a whole new standard of inspection and quality control.
DCP, unlike a reel of film, is just a hard drive full of files which program a number of things, from the actual image, to the soundtrack, to the language or even font of the subtitles. A separate key (an alphanumeric string) "unlocks" the content, specifying which servers and for what period of time, down to the very minute, it can be played.
Which means that instead of measuring the length of a film or checking it for tears or splices, Puetz says "you're an IT person learning how to read code." And because there's no actual "object" to inspect often the only way Puetz could check a film was to load it on a server and play it, in real time.
Even that wouldn't guarantee a trouble-free screening (hence the 35mm back-ups). Digital promises that you can just push play and walk away. But any number of things can go wrong (see David Bordwell's exhaustive but enlightening take on the potential pitfalls of the nascent format). And if it does, a film technician can't open up the projector and take a look. They have to call someone who is authorized to access and re-format the content (controls Puetz and others chalk up to the studios' "paranoia" about piracy).
The process sounds annoying and mystifying to be sure. But according to projectionists, it's also diminishing.
The decline of projectionists
"In the past projectionists, though technicians, were very deeply interested in the art of presentation," Puetz said. "They knew when an image looked right on screen. They could see a shutter vibration or flicker. They could actually hear it going wrong. Now with digital, the presentation standards are set by studios. So it's not really an art anymore."
McLaren of the Music Box concurs.
"It invites a laziness I don't appreciate," McLaren said. "There's nothing I can really change."
And while he's a big proponent of "showing things in the medium that they were intended for, digital is creating an atrophying of skills, both in myself and my staff."
That's likely not just because of digital. Whether because of cost-cuts or sheer indifference, 35mm projection at many multiplexes has for years now been foiled by under-trained staff and poorly maintained equipment: How many badly lit, awful sounding films have you sat through?
These days, if audiences do notice the difference between film and digital, it's probably because if only by comparison, the latter is often a more satisfying experience. Even Puetz says if she's going to see a Hollywood feature she wants it be digital.
And the digital 'adapt or die' scenario projectionists face is not unique. Other skilled practitioners, from car mechanics to doctors (who seem to spend as much or more time doing data entry as diagnostics during appointments), have moved on. In fact some projectionists are excited by the potential of digital (Mclaren notes there's currently room for up to 128 audio tracks on DCP).
The digital divide
Still, what exactly is that potential? So far the main argument seems to be that digital conversion saves money, for the studios anyway. Great for them. What about us? I don't mean this to be a Luddite's lament. Smart phones, computers, social media streams: All have allowed us to communicate in wonderfully transformative and complicated ways.
How much wonder and imagination has digital conversion thus far brought to actual movie going, or to the art of film presentation? Digital visual effects have produced fantastic spectacles.
A film like Avatar definitely threw down the gauntlet, especially in terms of how much money was to be made with new 3D technology (digital conversion conspiracy: it was James Cameron, a whole bunch of green screens, and a huge swath of New Zealand that sent us hurtling pell mell down this path.)
But for all its technical innovation, film going and film screening has been a relatively stable and standardized experience. And so it more or less remains, at least for those of us out front, in the house seats.
Not so much for those up in the booth. As the art of projection dies away, and actual films become as rare and precious as old master paintings (how ever did the copy become the master, the original?), it is hard not to wonder to what purpose - or even why - such a complete and seismic shift in the film experience, had to happen.
Maybe it's too soon to tell. But as the winding down of cinema speeds up, I'd really love an answer.
The 70mm Festival runs February 15-28 at the Music Box Theatre.
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The passwords to 432,000 email accounts were leaked earlier today. They were leaked from an older Yahoo file associated with the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Yahoo claims that only about 5 percent of the accounts had valid (current) passwords, but here's how to check if your ancient account is one of them.
Security company Sucuri has put together a tool to check if your email is included in the 400,000+. It also notes that you might want to check even if your account isn't at Yahoo:
[Sucuri] notes that 135,599 emails came from yahoo.com; but that a further 106,185 came from gmail.com; 54,393 from hotmail.com; 24,677 from aol.com; 8,422 from comcast.net and 6,282 msn.com.
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At Yahoo! we take security very seriously and invest heavily in protective measures to ensure the security of our users and their data across all our products. We confirm that an older file from Yahoo! Contributor Network (previously Associated Content) containing approximately 400,000 Yahoo! and other company users names and passwords was stolen yesterday,July 11. Of these, less than 5% of the Yahoo! accounts had valid passwords. We are fixing the vulnerability that led to the disclosure of this data, changing the passwords of the affected Yahoo! users and notifying the companies whose users accounts may have been compromised. We apologize to affected users. We encourage users to change their passwords on a regular basis and also familiarize themselves with our online safety tips at security.yahoo.com.
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Thomas scores 22, Ohio State escapes upset, 69-59
Ohio State tied for third in Big Ten with Wisconsin
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Deshaun Thomas scored 22 points and No. 13 Ohio State used a late 12-0 run to beat Northwestern 69-59 Thursday night, the Buckeyes' 32nd consecutive home win against the Wildcats.
Lenzelle Smith Jr. added 12 points — all in the first half — with Sam Thompson adding 11 and Amir Williams a career-high 10 for the Buckeyes (18-6, 8-4 Big Ten).
Pesky Northwestern (13-12, 4-8) led throughout the second half despite having only seven scholarship players due to injuries.
Tre Demps led the Wildcats with 16 points, Reggie Hearn had 12 and Dave Sobolewski 10.
No one would have been surprised to see the Buckeyes blow out the Wildcats. They held a 111-45 upper hand all-time against Northwestern, including 65-14 in home games. The last time a Northwestern team had won in Columbus was Feb. 24, 1977 — when the original Star Wars was up for best picture and the Cincinnati Reds reigned as World Series champs.


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Museo de las Americas stages Rojo Central fundraiser
Sure, size matters when it comes to fundraising galas; larger the crowd, larger the profit. Most of the time, anyway.
Museo de las Americas faced a bit of a challenge for its annual fundraiser, Rojo Central, this past Friday night. Summer vacations, another very popular event and the current state of economic affairs all took a toll. The event might not have had the proverbial cast of thousands, but the 100 or so who did make it to the Adirondacks Ballroom on the Auraria campus had a great time and raised a respectable sum for the museum's educational programs.
Guests enjoyed food and dj music while bidding on a seemingly endless array of art pieces contributed by such well-known names as Manuel Chavarria Denet, Sergio Bustamante, Andrea Li and David Almaguer.
Jesse Ogas, the community relations director for ARC Thrift of Colorado who is also an actor and co-owner of Encantada Catering, was both master of ceremonies and auctioneer. Romaine Pacheco, recently appointed state director of boards and commissions by Gov. John Hickenlooper, made brief remarks, as did museum director Maruca Salazar.
The event was planned by the museo's social committee, a group that includes Baltazar Solano of the Mexican Consulate in Colorado. He was joined by his friend, Jorge Gonzalez Mayagoitia, who has spent the past year as Mexico's visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico Law School in Albuquerque and is about to assume a major position at the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix. Prior to enrolling at UNM, Mayagoitia was the Mexican consul for politicaal and economic affairs in Colorado.
Others attending Rojo Central were Kristen Heeres, a teacher at the Stephen Knight Center for Early Education who also leads children's workshops at Museo de las Americas; Trudy Jagger, an aquatic healer who is also an art teacher at Barnum Elementary School; museum volunteer Marsha Pruett; and board member Adrianna Abarca, who brought her friends Beth Sanchez and Michele Kelly, a psychologist at the Kempe Center.
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Several people noticed Facebook chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg joined startup Viddy, a video-sharing app that's been called the new Instagram. The video, features his dog, Beast, playing in what looks like his kitchen.
The video has received 1,200 "likes" at the service, but it's a far cry from the 13 million subscribers he has on Facebook. As the Next Web points out, if he were to share the video on Facebook, he would guarantee a lot more exposure for the app that now has 15 million users. Another interesting note is that Viddy is now using Zuckerberg's dog video to promote its product.
Also, remember that Zuckerberg recently singlehandedly made the $1 billion Instagram deal, so does that mean his eye is already on Viddy? If so, he's in good company -- current investors include Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Jay-Z, and international pop star Shakira.
However, it appears more than a few app developers are hoping to catch Zuckerberg's attention . . . and a possible billion dollars.


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When you are working with a multi-tier application very often you run into task of converting objects in one layer to objects in another layer. This could be converting database objects into domain objects, service objects into domain objects, domain object into view models, etc.
I've seen it being done in multiple ways, those include:
- In-line conversion
- Creating a translator class with static helper methods
- Using extension methods to simplify conversion
- Overriding cast operators
- Creating sepearate mapper classes for every possible translation
- Utilizing solutions such as automapper
What would be the "proper" way to handle it. The application I currently work with utilizes separate mapper class for every possible translation, and although it has benefits of testability we are using dependency injection and we have to pass all those mappers as dependencies in the constructor.
Has anybody figured out a better way to do it?
I am using .NET stack here (EF +Business Layer + MVC)