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Are We Asking the Right Questions to Guide Our Descent From the 2007 Oil Peak?
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Peak oil may have been reached in 2007, if so; a new source of energy will be needed. Coal would be a poor substitute as it produces twice as many greenhouse gas emissions when burnt, and biofuels have huge drawbacks, as expected when food is converted to fuel. Ethics and morals should have a major impact on the policies aiding the transition from peak oil to the eventual much reduced per capita energy consumption. Decision makers must have does humankind have a _right to endanger posterity by continuing profligate use of fossil energy?


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Just when we thought we were out, winter drags us back in. The temperatures have been plunging across Victoria in the past week which has resulted in record breaking gas demandgas, peak demand, winter, weather, news
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has today released its 2019 Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO), which forecasts tight electricity supply-demand conditions in several States for the upcoming 2019-20 summer and highlights the need for short- and longer-term investment in dispatchable resources and transmission.media release, Audrey Zibelman, summer, electricity, national electricity market, consumers, news
A new industry report has concluded that Apple Inc. has the most installed solar capacity of any company in the United StatesInternational, emissions, generation, renewables, solar, technology
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) welcomes the introduction of Consumer Data Right (CDR) in energy, along with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's (ACCC) recommendation today for AEMO's gateway data access modelconsumers, cyber security, energy security, report, news
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and TransGrid have published for consultation a draft proposal to increase the interconnector transfer capability between Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). AEMO finds this investment to be in the long-term interest of Australian energy consumerstransmission, New South Wales, Victoria, electricity, consumers, news
Coles has signed a long term agreement to purchase more than 70% of the electricity generated by three solar power plants to be built outside the regional centres of Wagga Wagga, Corowa and Juneesolar, renewables, electricity, consumers
AEMO's Managing Director and CEO, Audrey Zibelman, gave the keynote address at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney todaynews, Audrey Zibelman, renewables, solar, technology
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In December this year, AEMO will launch Australia's first database of distributed energy resources (DER), known as the DER Registernews, renewables, solar, battery, technology, consumers
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For GSS Losing Biodiversity chapter 3. Excerpt: The birds that have come to be known as Darwin's finches have long intrigued students of evolution. But now a parasitic fly introduced to the Galápagos Islands is threatening the future of one or more of these iconic finch species.... http://e360.yale.edu/feature/in_galapagos_an_insidious_threat_to_darwins_finches/2694/ - by Elizabeth Kolbert, Environment360.
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Select INMSP300.M3OE# as "OEM_NO", INMSP300.M3OEC as "ComprsOE", INMSP300.M3PRD as "PN", INMSP300.M3CLS as "PrdLine", dbo_ECC_APP.OEM[/strong]_NO, dbo_ECC_APP.CARDONE_NO, dbo_ECC_APP.OE_FORMER2, dbo_ECC_APP.OE_REPLACED_BY, dbo_ECC_APP.ID_NO, dbo_ECC_APP.RELEASE
From RDB CARF1.INMSP300 INMSP300l LEFT join RDB dbo_ECC_APP dbo_ECC_APP
, ComprsOE=OEM_N0 ————— I think this should be something like
ON ComprsOE=OEM_N0 ————– this …
Where INMSP300.M3CLS ='78' and INMSP300 is NULL;
Do you get any text with the error message?
I would make a very simple select first, then add one item at a time …
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SQL thinks you are refering to: dbo_edd_ppp
I don't see it in this code but since this is a query on a query ????
Below is the code that I get.
[IBM][System i Access ODBC Drive][DB2 for i5/OS]sql5001 – Column qualifier or table DBO_ECC_APP undefined. (#-5001)
What I did is I went into accees and the designed a link by joining the different queries together and allowed the software to develop the SQL statement and this is what it came up with.
SELECT dbo_ECC_APP.CARDONE_NO, dbo_ECC_APP.OEM_NO, [78IN0140wOE].M3PRD, [78IN0140wOE].M3PRD
FROM dbo_ECC_APP INNER JOIN 78IN0140wOE ON dbo_ECC_APP.OEM_NO = [78IN0140wOE].[M3OE#];
Why the are there [ ] and what does that do? Why is it only on the table being joined and not the feild?
Access will put [ ] around a name that would otherwise confuse it —
– In access you can name a column with a space in it like EMPLOYEE NUMBER to clarify that for SQL it gets
the [EMPLOYEE NUMBER] treatment. So our editor has done something here [78IN0140wOE].[M3OE#] — it's saying [78IN0140wOE] is a name of a file or column that SQL might have a problem understanding (the wOE in that name probably isn't really wOE and it starts with a digit so it encloses it in [].
It does the same for [M3OE#] — here it might be the # sign that gets Access a bit excited. As you said it works.
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Mobile chipsets' processing power is improving unbelievably fast over the past few years, but unfortunately, this brings a lot of unwanted heat to the equation, which takes away some of the fun. According to Qualcomm, though, this needn't be the case.
This is where their Snapdragon S4 SoC comes in, prepared to show how much cooler (literally!) it is than the TI OMAP 4430 (Motorola RAZR, competitor A) and the Exynos 4210 (Samsung Galaxy S II, competitor B) in a thermal shootout.
But why stop there? Qualcomm has also prepared a new kind of a test, which may or may not become an industry standard. See the video below and decide for yourself.


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When most people think of student property they think leftover takeaways, beer can pyramids and dusty unused textbooks lying around, however student buy-to-let investors should really be seeing pound signs.
Last year in the UK investors put nearly £348million into the student property market, research from CB Richard Ellis revealed.
Investors are chasing average net yields of up to 7%.
Loxley McKenzie, MD of colordarcy.com said: "The student property market is renowned for outperforming the wider rental market – with landlords of student properties generating a higher average income by letting properties on a per-room basis rather than the usual per-property basis."
By leasing property to students on a per-room basis, landlords made an average income of 6.45%, compared to 5.94% from properties rented out to young couples.
The West Midlands proved to be a goldmine for those investing in its student property market, Paragon property data showed.
Home to nine universities, including Warwick and Birmingham, the West Midlands offered the highest annual yield for investors of 6.5%.
Yorkshire wasn't far behind, the region is a hive of student activity with 14 potential locations to choose from including Leeds, York and Sheffield. This reflects in its average annual yield of 6.4%, providing the West Midlands with some healthy competition.
Demand for student property shows no signs of being affected by the introduction of the controversial tuition fees system later this year – students still want to pay tuition fees and will simply borrow more money to pick up the shortfall.
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Mar 27, 2007
A cloud does not put out the sun.
"The Thought of God surrounds your little kingdom, waiting at the barrier you built to come inside and shine upon the barren ground."
The aim of A Course in Miracles is to remove what blocks our awareness of our natural peace and power.
In this lively, discussion-based pod, we show you a shortcut to seeing the blockage and help you understand Course practices for removing it. It turns out, the barrier blocking us from our happiness is stubborn but fragile as a cloud.
It is a fun introduction for beginners and helpful for students with dusty copies of the book who choose to start again.
The Fear-preserver, or we sometimes call it the Barrier of Fear or simply The Red Donut is shown and discussed in these podcasts. It has helped students grasp major Course principles quickly. It has evolved and expanded with each presentation, often through the insights and discoveries of the students themselves.
Other helpful material for beginners
can be found by Dr. Kenneth Wapnick and other great teachers at
www.acim.org. We
also recommend the books "Take Me to Truth" by Nouk
Sanchez and Tomas Vieira (www.takemetotruth.com), "The
Disappearance of the Universe," by Gary Renard
(www.garyrenard.com) which
both offer an easy read of Course principles.
Philip Urso has been a student of The Course for over 10 years. He studies The Course with other teachers who often join him on this podcast and who have helped in the teaching and development of these ideas. Thanks to Lisa Urso, Liz Dufresne, Kristen Marx, Elena, Steve McKiernan and Linda Boback and all of the students who have contributed. Philip also teaches Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga. Podcasts of live classes are available at iTunes and Libsyn.
Thank you!! Thank you so much from the bottom of my soul. I have no words for the tremendous impact of your "work" with A crash Course in Miracles in my existence (and i believe in many others). So much generosity in sharing your insights. ...so much love...keep spreading the love :) With love from your sister Sara Chabert


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State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert cautioned the regime of Bashar al-Assad, in a statement Friday night, against any action in the de-escalation zone of southwest Syria, saying the U.S. "will take firm and appropriate measures" if Assad violates the cease-fire in the area.
The big picture: Assad has already violated cease-fire agreements in de-escalation zones. Eastern Ghouta was designated as such, and was promptly torn apart by regime strikes. However, the Associated Press reports that the area in southwest Syria between Daraa and Golan Heights, is "a flashpoint in a wider standoff between regional archrivals Israel and Iran."


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As part of my job, I run an Occupational Therapy type program (and I use the term loosely) that allows students to develop their fine and gross motor skills and we also do lots of 'crossing the midline' (an imaginary line down the body) activities which encourage cognitive development in children. These days children spend a lot of their time indoors, usually attached to a device, research shows that if children aren't given opportunities to run, skip, walk, hop, jump, roll, spin, swing and generally run around, they are at a higher risk of developing cognitively slower than their peers that are given ample opportunities to participate in these gross motor activities.
I remember as a child my brothers and I would do the 'rub your belly pat your head' – turns out that trick actually increases brain development! By working our limbs oppositely our brains cross our midline and increase brain function. Can your child touch their knee with their opposite hand? My brothers and I also used to play 'wheelbarrows' – turns out this activity is also a great one to encourage cross midline stimulations, as well as building upper body strength – two for the price of one! What about simple skipping? I have an aunty who is well into her 80's, 5 foot nothing and about the same width, for the last forty years (probably longer) she has skipped 100 turns of the skipping rope every day; she says it keeps her brain active – turns out she was right! The simple act of skipping involves co-ordination of all our limbs, our brain has to get our arms to turn whilst also getting our bodies to jump – quite a feat when you think about it.
We all need cross the midline to be successful at tasks like writing and reading, but we also need to engage successfully in everyday activities that involve crossing the midline, think of the simple act of getting dressed and brushing hair. Babies who don't learn to crawl often experience midline difficulties as they come into their toddler years and beyond. Difficulty crossing the midline may result in no particular dominant hand therefore causing issues when beginning writing, as the child will have two less skilled hands, as opposed to one dominant hand. When reading children who have difficulty crossing the midline may also experience difficulties when tracking text as they tend to stop in the middle of the text and refocus across to the other half of the page, which may result in delayed reading.
Brain research is constantly new and updated and always exciting. When I was younger you were considered to be clever if you were ambidextrous, current research shows this not to be the case – I wonder if ongoing research will change this thought again? We don't know what we don't know.
As well as all this positive brain research to encourage kids to play outside, let's just get them outside, playing, running, chasing, hitting (balls, not each other) breathing in the fresh air – let them play, let them get muddy, let them fall over and scratch their knee. By bubble wrapping our kids we are doing more harm than good.


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The goal of all professional development programs is to provide opportunities for professionals to learn core competencies that add value and increase productivity and effectiveness. Most of the adult learning that occurs in the business world falls under what is called non-formal setting. But learning can still be delivered in structured formats, such as classroom lecture and seminar, as well as self-directed, peer driven, and on-line, all of which are strategies of a model based on explicit knowledge transfer. One constant that the research continues to support is the value, need, and importance of traditional, foundational training that has a structure and set of predetermined objectives. 8 Elements for Facilitating Adult Learning is Volume 2b of Howatt HR Consulting's Talent Management Series that promotes strategic considerations for developing effective structured and planned professional programs. Volume 2b explores core considerations for adult learning design and delivery. Each of the eight sections is designed to assist human resources professionals and development managers to facilitate discussion on what they are doing and may need to improve to effectively develop human capital. This text is a core resource for the Howatt HR 4-Day Adult Learning Train-the-Trainer course for preparing professionals to design and deliver professional development materials. William A. Howatt, PhD, EdD, Post Doc Behavioral Science UCLA School of Medicine, is CEO of Howatt HR Consulting Inc., a strategic human resources management company. Howatt HR Consulting focuses on assisting companies to gain a significant competitive edge by minimizing risk to talent equity. This is accomplished through defining, designing, and developing talent management solutions for removing potential talent equity risks and to filling gaps.
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- Date May 2, 2009
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The study of climate changes and past events by comparing the successive annual growth rings of trees or old timber.
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(Forestry) the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
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the study of the annual rings of trees to determine the dates and chronology of past events.
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The study of annual rings in trees in order to analyze past climate conditions or to determine the date of past events. Trees grow more slowly in periods of drought or other environmental stress than they do under more favorable conditions, and thus the annual rings they produce are smaller. By observing the pattern formed by a tree's rings, scientists can learn about the environmental changes that took place during the period in which it was growing. They can also match up the pattern in trees whose age is known to the pattern in a piece of wood found at an archaeological site, thereby establishing the approximate date of the site.
the science of fixing dates in the past by the study of growth rings in trees. — dendrochronologist, n. — dendrochronological, adj.See also: Time
the study of annual rings in trees to determine their age, climatic and other conditions and changes that might have affected them, etc. — dendrochronologist, n. — dendrochronological, adj.See also: Trees
The study of the annual rings of trees and the use of these in dating past events.


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As we add typefaces to our library, we search for designs that are optimised for specific areas of use. We think this helps designers find the right products for their needs. ITF's newest releases are Title and Inbox. Although these families are both sans serifs, they could hardly be more different from each other. Where Title is narrow and utilitarian, Inbox is whimsical and decorative. As Title's name implies, it is a typeface for film titles and credits sequences. Inbox, on the other hand, is a display typeface offering a new spin on the geometric sans genre. Inbox is a great selection for headlines and logotypes, and it was designed by Alisa Nowak. Title is by Julie Soudanne and Jérémie Hornus.
Movie titles need to catch the viewer's attention and give them a preview of the film's feeling. End credits, on the other hand, present viewers with an awful lot of information. Only a special kind of typeface can solved both problems. Since Title has been optimised for use in these parts of a movie bookended by type, its letterforms are extremely compressed. The family includes five fonts that range in weight from Extralight through Bold. Title's letterforms are made up of strokes that are almost monolinear; only some characters contain visible contrast. Each font features a particularly unique capital 'J', which does not descend. Its out-stroke mirrors the terminals on other characters, like 'C', 'G', 'S', '2', '3', '5', '6', and '9'. The fonts include two forms for the lowercase 'g': the standard 'g' is double-storied, while the alternate form is single-storied. Title's euro and yen currency symbols are designed with a nice little break in the center of their main strokes.
Inbox is a decorative geometric sans with five styles. Each font in the family includes a wide variety of eye-catching ligatures, as well as stylistic alternates for many of the letters. The typeface, which is all-caps, is particularly suited for application in logos, word marks, and in editorial design. Its letterforms are really monolinear in their design – much more so than Title's. Ranging in weight from Light to Black, each Inbox font includes 447 glyphs. As is befitting for a decorative geometric sans, Inbox's standard version of the 'O' looks like a circle (the standard 'C', 'D', 'G', and 'Q' are based on this). Similarly, the standard 'A', 'V', and 'W' are triangulars; like the 'O', they are also wide. The standard 'M' and 'Y' are designed in a similar language as the other triangular letters. To spice up Inbox's inherent rhythm for text, several letters have been designed to be very narrow, such as the 'E', 'F', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'P', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'X', and 'Z'. To differentiate it from the 'O', Inbox's zero has a dot inside its counter.
In addition to simple horizontal couplings, Inbox's many ligatures include designs where one letter is overlapping another, or where one letter has been placed inside a second one. In terms of stylistic alternates, many characters have two different glyph variants in each font – but sometimes, Inbox is more wild. The 'C', for instance, has five separate versions available. Inbox's alternate glyph designs are determined by what the letterform skeletons allow. Some alternate glyphs feature letterforms that are skewed to the left or to the right, while other alternates feature letters reduced in size and shifted upwards or downwards.


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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will debut their new consoles at the annual E3 games Expo in Los Angeles in May.
These so-called "next generation" machines will be faster than current consoles, and capable of displaying much higher-quality visuals.
For gamers, this should make for better, more immersive games.
In a pre-recorded video slot during Microsoft's keynote address at the Game Developers Conference, held last week in San Francisco, famed director James Cameron revealed he is making a game in tandem with his next film - believed to be Battle Angel Alita.
The game's visual quality would be "like a lucid dream," said Mr Cameron.
But numerous speakers warned that creating such graphics will require more artists, and so next generation console games will be much more expensive to develop.
The first new console, Microsoft's Xbox 2, is not expected to reach the shops until the end of 2005.
Games typically take at least 18 months to create, however, so developers are grappling with the hardware today.
No newcomers
Such sums mean it will be difficult for anyone to start a new game studio, said Mr Walsh.
"If you're a start-up, I doubt that a publisher is going to walk in and give you a cheque for $10m, however good you are," he said.
Mr Walsh suggested that new studios should make games for mobile phones and handheld consoles like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS, since they are cheaper and easier to create than console games.
Sowing the seeds
One developer bucking the trend towards big art teams is Will Wright, the creator of the best-selling The Sims games.
The founder of California's Maxis studio surprised the conference with a world exclusive preview of his next game, Spore.
Spore will allow players to experiment with the evolution of digital creatures.
Starting with an amoeba-sized organism, the player will guide the physical development of their creature by selecting how its limbs, jaws and other body parts evolve.
Advanced players will visit the home planets of creatures created by other Spore players. These worlds will be automatically swapped across the Internet.
Mr Wright said that enabling players to devise and share their creatures would make them care more about the game.
"I don't want to put the player in the role of Luke Skywalker or Frodo Baggins - I want them to be George Lucas or Dr Seuss," explained Mr Wright.
Few games have hinted at the scope of Spore, but Mr Wright explained that he has nevertheless kept his development team small by hiring expert programmers.
Instead of employing lots of artists to create 3D models of the digital creatures, Spore generates and displays the creatures according to rules devised by the programmers.
"The thing I am coming away with [from the conference] is that next generation content is going to be really expensive, and creating it will drive the smaller players out of the market," said Mr Wright.
"I'd like to offer an alternative to that."
Tool solution
New development tools will be another important aid in making next generation games, and dozens of companies demonstrated their latest products at the conference.
The actor is realistically modelled according to the laws of physics.
Endorphin simulates how the actor falls down stairs, for instance, or crumples up after a gunshot.
Artists can blend together these visual sequences, and include the results in their games.
The process is much quicker than having an artist animate each movement by hand, and so lessens the need for larger art teams.
Another British company aiming to reduce the workload of artists is Manchester start-up Genemation.
Its latest tool, GenCrowd, enables artists to create unique, photo-realistic human faces for games involving lots of people.
GenCrowd works by blending together elements of an in-built supply of stock faces of differing ages and ethnicities. The software can create up to 2,000 new heads an hour.
Mobile option
One area not yet dominated by graphical blockbusters is mobile phone games.
Even the latest phones are not as powerful as the consoles of a decade ago, so smaller teams of half a dozen people can still create complete games for the devices.
A niche attraction for a few dozen conference attendees when it began five years ago, GDC's Mobile summit this year drew several hundred delegates.
Mobile games are a fast-growing sector because newer phones have better graphics and sound, and are thus more suitable for playing games.
Furthermore, the adoption of mobile phones continues to spread across the world.
It's predicted that by 2006 two billion people will own a mobile phone.
The growing importance of mobile gaming was reflected by a keynote given by John Batter, general manager at EA Mobile.
EA Mobile is a division of Electronic Arts, the biggest games publisher. Until recently Electronic Arts had been dismissive of games for phones.
"The last time you checked, EA wasn't in this business," Mr Batter admitted. But he said EA now planned on dominating the market by releasing mobile versions of its most popular franchises.
EA plans to release up to 20 mobile games over the next 12 months. The first will be a version of its Need for Speed racing game, created by EA Mobile's 30-person development team.
Mr Batter predicted that by 2006, mobile phones would be capable of running games of comparable quality to those on Sony's upcoming PSP handheld console.
Owain Bennallack is the editor of Develop magazine.
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Thank you all for the excellent information. What did they use for spearheads?
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Eleven million Spaniards marched against yesterday's bombings. Michele has some reaction. "Millions in Madrid Protest Train Attacks" [Read More]
In Europe we're getting tons of coverage. It's amazing to see the people packed on the streets in solidarity. As I was watching the protests on tv my husband said "We were there!" and sure enough we recognized a square where we stopped to snap pictures during our visit to Spain four years ago. My heart grieves for the victims, their families, and their whole country.
I know it would be an idea that could easily grow out of its proportions, but I really liked your Voices Project, and I was just thinking today: "What if she would extend it a bit?". Or maybe create a kind of parallel project? Just a thought you know; again, I realise it wouldn't be a simple thing to do.
And I hope they don't waste that solidarity by invading a country with no reason, proof or sanity; something no sane leadership would do.
Oh, wait...
(Note: someone will claim I'm being cruel to the hundreds of martyred Spaniards. Tell that to the thousands of humans dead in New York, used as political fodder by Bush and his cronies to invade Iraq, and see who was the more cruelly used.)
J. Finn
The Spanish people were against joining the coalition. They will not join in a senseless war against the Basques.
Flint, what kind of idea do you have? Email me, I'm very interested.
Joseph, can you for one freaking thread give it a rest? You are so inappropriate sometimes.
No, Joseph, I won't claim you are being cruel to hundreds of martyred Spaniards. Compared with the cruelty they have suffered recently your efforts have all the impact of a fungo bat, if even that much. I will just point out that you are an ass. (You are no longer merely "being" one, you have become one.)
Joseph: people like you who claim that the invasion -- and subsequent and ongoing efforts to build democracy -- in Iraq was a mindless rush to war, had nothing to do with the war on terror, etc. etc. have lost their ability to reason and willfully overlook the facts because of your blind hatred of the President and his party. You and your ilk sicken me. If you believe so strongly that the Iraqi operation lacked legitimacy, please, by all mean, go take up arms for the resistance. At least you'll present a viable target for our fighting men and women who know how to handle friends of dictators and enemies of freedom.
I'm sorry, I have had it with people like you!
Rock on, Michele.
I only mention it when appropriate, Michele. I can only hope the government of Spain is wiser than the leadership of the US and their craven and cowardly use of the loss of thousands of humans to justify an unjustified invasion. I pray that this is so.
That unjustified invasion is a fact now. Nothing can change that. And Pres. Bush has changed the history of the 21st Century with that one stroke.
Since regime change in Iraq was the official policy of the Clinton administration, I believe he followed the good example of Mr Clinton and Sandy Berger in effecting that change.
Yes, it would be so wonderful if only Saddam were still in power. He could be stealing money from the UN, one of his sons could still be crashing weddings and raping the brides. I will say a prayer tonight for Saddam's safe return to power. I'm sure a majority of Iraqis wish he was still in power. Let's all join hands with Joseph. We can form a big prayer circle.
I've noticed this about the internet in other elections: the political season brings out the worst people. They'll be here till after the election, and more and more of them.
Interesting. So what's the message here: that a tragedy with political causes shouldn't be discussed in political terms? That we should all throw our sympathies out to the Spanish, but not reflect on the whys and wherefors? So, sympathy, in the "teddy bear with a car" sense, rather than the "talking about what happened" sense?
Just for future reference.
Political causes? This whole tragedy seems to have psychopathic causes. :-P
Josh, it's been discussed. It's not like anyone is ignoring the issues.
I wasn't using this post to politicize the death of 200 people; I was merely feeling sympathetic.
Try it sometime.
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The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) yesterday said it would subsidize taxi drivers whose vehicles have been in operation for more than 14 years to help them purchase new cars, provided the drivers receive service improvement training offered at motor vehicle offices nationwide.
The program marks the first time the government is subsidizing the replacement of old taxicabs.
Chen Yen-po (陳彥伯), director-general of the Department of Railways and Highways, said the ministry had invested heavily in the development of public transportation systems in the past two years, including assisting bus operators to purchase low-floor buses and subsidizing the operations of bus service routes in remote areas. It had also decided to include taxis — a para-transit service — as part of the public transportation network.
Taxis carry approximately 796 million passengers per year, accounting for about 30 percent of the public transportation volume, Chen said. However, about 30 percent of taxicabs have been in operation for more than 10 years.
"The old cars may not be as fuel-efficient as new ones and may generate more pollution," he said. "Some passengers also avoid old cabs, which reduces drivers' revenue."
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After writing the article "Last Rank of Degree Courses Allotted in PG Medical Counselling for AI Quota" I started working on similar data for Diploma courses for PG Medical counsellings of years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017.
I am posting the table below. As mentioned in degree courses article please check out points to remember as well, as it will help in better understanding of this data. This article will be updated further after the availability of allotment lists of further rounds of AIPG 2014 as only Round 1 was completed at the time of writing this article. (Updated with AIPG 2014 Counseling Round 2, Round 3, extended Round 3 allotment Data and AIPG 2015 Round 1, 2 & 3, AIPG 2016 round 1 & 2 and NEET PG 2017 round 1 & 2 allotment data)
Trends in Round 1 of AIPG 2015 Counseling
A trend in Round 1 of AIPG 2015 counseling which can be noticed is that although the total number of diploma seats have been increased, the last rank at which a seat as gone has increased for most of the subjects (mainly clinical subjects). So cut-off is higher for most of the subjects in the 1st round of AIPG 2015 counseling. Some big examples I would like to mention are Diploma in Clinical Pathology – DCP (Last rank 11904 in Round 1 AIPG 2014 and Rank 110822 in Round 1 AIPG 2015), Diploma of Oto-rhino laryngology – ENT (Last rank 9425 in Round 1 AIPG 2014 and Rank 7223 in Round 1 AIPG 2015), Diploma of Ophthalmology (Last rank 7830 in Round 1 AIPG 2014 and Rank 6498 in Round 1 AIPG 2015), DGO (Last rank 6057 in Round 1 AIPG 2014 and Rank 5155 in Round 1 AIPG 2015) and Diploma of Anaesthesiology – DA (Last rank 8311 in Round 1 AIPG 2014 and Rank 6858 in Round 1 AIPG 2015). This trend can mainly to linked to the unpredictability of this NBE and Prometric conducted exam along with every year a case being filed in Hon'ble Supreme Court for changes in counseling schedule and method. These things are probably forcing students to secure a seat in the 1st round of counseling itself.
Trends in Round 2 of AIPG 2015 Counseling
Just like degree courses, trends in Round 2 of AIPG 2015 counseling for diploma courses were similar to one in round 1 for some subjects but different for others. The cutoff of some of the diploma PG medical seats was at higher rank when compared to Round 2 of AIPG 2014 counseling or counseling of years previous to AIPG 2014 and for most diploma courses were at lower ranks. Few examples of comparison between Round 2 of AIPG 2014 and 2015 counselings for open category students are, Diploma in Clinical Pathology – DCP (last rank of 13543 in 2014 and 11778 in 2015), Diploma of Ophthalmology – DOMS (last rank of 8602 in 2014 and 7554 in 2015) and Diploma in Psychological Medicine (last rank of 8282 in 2014 and 869 in 2015). This could probably be linked to Hon'ble Supreme Court order of carrying out Round 1 of state counselings before AIPG 2015 Round 2.
Trends in NEET PG 2017 Counseling
- There was an increase in the number of PG seats by 5000 by the government of India and MOHFW.
- This caused the last ranks for all the subjects to rise significantly.
- Some major change in the last rank in NEET PG 2017 Round 2 counseling compared to AIPG 2016 Round 2 counseling were, rise in the last ranks in NEET 2017 by 58% for Diploma in community medicine, 25% for Diploma in T.B. and chest medicine, 28% for diploma in psychological medicine, 27% for diploma in orthopaedic surgery, 33% for diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics (DGO) for general category students. Similarly, rise by 68% for Diploma in T.B. and chest medicine for ST category students.
Points to Remember
- In allotment list of the year 2013, there is no mention of "Diploma of Industrial Hygiene" but there was mention of "Diploma of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene" which was not mentioned in 2012. So I have included both in a separate section (rows).
- In allotment list of years 2012 and 2013 there was no mention of "Diploma of Maternal & Child Welfare" which was present in 2012. SO again I have included both in separate sections (rows).
- "Diploma of Bacteriology" was not present in Round 1 allotment list of the year 2014.
- For diplomas with very low number of seats, reserved seats were not available for some allotments.
You can download PDF file of above data table from our forum here. The file has been password protected to prevent plagiarism and to protect our hard work and copyright.
For further discussion, doubts and counseling allotment lists of previous years visit our forum here or leave a comment below.
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Maples Teesdale are taking part in the 2017 LandAid 10k run on Thursday 8th June. This year the firm has 2 teams running to help LandAid fund two fantastic projects that are tackling youth homelessness. The first is a help-to-rent project run by New Horizon that finds suitable housing for young homeless people and supports them to maintain their tenancies. The second is a mentoring project run by XLP which works with young people at risk of becoming homeless in the future. The Maples Teesdale runners are; Paul Burke, Andrew Clarke, Dominic Fagan, Helen Kearns, Yana Kisel, Laura Mortimore and Alex Watkins and Emily White. We wish them all good luck!


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This week takes us to Olde Del Mar, and we have a gorgeous estate with unbelievable landscaping. Indoor and outdoor living meet with views of the Pacific. Even the master bath has an outdoor spa with rain maker shower head!
The adjective "lush" is thrown around all of the time in real estate to describe landscaping. Often times incorrectly. This property on Crest really sets the bar high here, with 4 levels of ponds and the pool. Completely engulfed in amazing trees and bushes that give the feel of a tropical getaway while provided impenetrable privacy at the same time.
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This Is Your Chance To Get Victoria Beckham's Wardrobe!
Every fashioniser dreams of acquiring the same piece his or her icon wears, and if it's the exact one she has already worn once, the price for that item becomes pretty higher. Uber-successful fashion designer, mother and style icon Victoria Beckham has listed more than 600 items from her personal wardrobe for sale on The Outnet, giving her fans a chance to get her iconic designer pieces, at the same time borrowing a piece of her personal style. The good side of this auction is that the proceedings from the sale will go to the fund of the famous charity program, Mothers2mothers. The auction of Victoria Beckham's wardrobe will take place from August 20 to 25, 2014, however, chances are pretty high that the pieces won't last that long!
Victoria herself took the exciting news to her social accounts, making her fans look forward to the date to be able to acquire her gorgeous designer pieces while supporting mothers with HIV. Talking about the choice of the items that will go for sale, Victoria noted: "I laughed a lot when we were going through my wardrobe as the pieces hold so many happy memories for me, David and the children. A lot of the clothes have been specially designed for me by the most talented designers and I've loved wearing them, however I now feel it's someone else's turn to enjoy them. We approached The Outnet as they have an incredible global reputation and are the perfect partner for us to build awareness and raise as much money as possible for Mothers2mothers.'
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Talking about her visit to the charity's base in Africa, Victoria said: "In February this year I visited South Africa for a project that I was working on with Anna Wintour. It was on that trip that I met Mitch Besser, founder of mothers2mothers, and the Mentor Mothers, who are the most remarkable women I have ever met. I came back from South Africa and thought, what can I do to help? I started going through my closet and found so many great pieces that I've worn and thought, maybe I can raise money by auctioning these off. Working with THE OUTNET has been so exciting for me – I just want to do whatever I can do.'
Mothers2mothers is a charity program that helps HIV-positive mothers to stay healthy and to protect their babies from the possible HIV infection. Giving them the right education and support, they take care that no baby is ever bron with HIV and no mother dies from AIDS.
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Panko and Parmesan Broccoli is an easy, cheesy broccoli side dish. Healthy, quick, and perfect for busy weeknights.
I have another quick and easy vegetable side dish for you today. Like I mentioned in my No-fail Butter and Garlic Green Beans post, I have some strict requirements when it comes to the veggie sides that I cook regularly. They have to be easy. They have to be quick. And they have to taste good while still being healthy.
Long, complicated, heavy sides are fine for the weekend, but on busy weeknights, I know myself well enough to know that I'll just skip my veggies if it takes too much work to make them. And while mayonnaise-laden pasta salads and things like Loaded Baked Potato Salads are everything good and beautiful in this world, I shouldn't be eating them every night of the week.
This broccoli fits all three of those bills. It'sSO easy–if you buy pre-cut broccoli florets, you don't even have to cut anything. It's fast, and it's so, so yummy. I'm not kidding, if you are making this dish with other people in the kitchen, you have to watch closely to make sure they are not stealing bites of it!
The broccoli is tossed with a little olive oil then sprinkled with panko, Parmesan, Italian spices and garlic before going into the oven for 10 minutes. When it comes out, your broccoli is perfectly cooked and coated in a crunchy, cheesy coating that everyone will love.
And fun fact, do you know the correct way to pronounce panko? It's pan-KOH. As a Japanese person who speaks just enough Japanese to know better, I had been pronouncing it PANG-ko for years! I feel that it's now my duty try and correct the damage I have done. 😉
Quick Panko and Parmesan Broccoli
An easy, cheesy broccoli side dish with crunchy panko and Parmesan. Healthy, quick, and perfect for busy weeknights.
- 1 pound broccoli florets
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup panko*
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
Preheat your oven to 425°F. Cover a baking sheet with foil and grease well with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, stir together broccoli and olive oil, coating the broccoli as well as possible.
- Spread broccoli evenly over the prepared baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, mix Parmesan, panko, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and optional red pepper flakes. Sprinkle mixture evenly over the top of the broccoli.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until broccoli is tender.
- Serve and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
*For crunchier panko, you can toast it like I did here. Spray a frying pan with a little cooking spray and let the panko brown, stirring occasionally until toasted. I like my broccoli with a bit of a bite to it, so I cut large florets. If you prefer more tender broccoli, you can cut yours into smaller, bite-sized pieces. And if you have kids who will only eat their broccoli soft (I was one of those!!), you can parboil it before roasting.
Nutritional Information
Recipe Adapted From: Melissa's Southern Style Kitchen
Small-yield Instructions: 1/2 of a quarter cup is 2 tablespoons and 1/2 tablespoon is equal to 1 1/2 teaspoons. No prep or cooking changes are necessary.
Make-ahead Instructions: Broccoli can be cut up to two days in advance and stored in an air-tight container in the fridge. Make sure your broccoli is completely dry before storing.
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But a new display at the Cook Islands Whale and Wildlife Centre will give both locals and tourists the chance to see 15 living oysters flown down from Manihiki.
Sheryl John, manager of the Whale and Wildlife Centre, said the oyster display is a great asset to the island. "There is so much interest surrounding the farmed pearls. Many tourists buy black pearl jewellery but few know exactly how they are grown until now," said Sheryl John, manager of the Whale and Wildlife Centre.
She said it took months for her and husband Huw to bring the oysters to Rarotonga because they needed approval from the National Environment Service, Ministry of Marine Resources and Manihiki Island Council."Then we had to send a chilly bin up on a ship, which was used to bring the oysters back down on the plane," said Huw.
The live oysters have been donated by pearl farmer Richard Browne and hung in a specially-designed aquarium brought from New Zealand, allowing visitors to get up close and personal.Next to the tank is an explanation of how and where the oysters are farmed, provided by the Cook Islands Pearl Authority.
Sheryl said the oysters are still young and, because they haven't been seeded, will not cultivate pearls inside them. They are thriving in their new environment and could live for around seven years, she said.
Huw feeds fish flake to the oysters every day and replaces about 20L of seawater in the tank weekly. They also feed on waste from the numerous small fish swimming around inside the tank.
Sheryl said they had starfish in the tank but have had to remove them, because they kept trying to open the oysters for a feed. Another recent addition to the centre is an open-top touch pool full of sea cucumbers, blue starfish, brittle stars, fish and crabs.
People are invited to get hands-on and find out what these sea creatures feel like. "But it's surprising how many people don't want to," said Huw. "They go 'oooooh' but then some of them end up putting their hands in anyway." He added that there are no stone fish in the touch pool.
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Over the course of 29 days, you'll explore three major mountain ranges - the Sierra Nevadas, Cascades and Rocky Mountains - and cover deserts, cities, forests and canyons. This tour showcases the best national parks, attractions and wildlife viewing opportunities in Western USA. Cross nine very different states, with a multitude of exciting and exhilarating experiences. If you really want the 'ultimate Western USA experience', this is it!
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- Explore Portland - the 'hippest city in America'
- Old Faithful Geyser & bubbling mud pools in Yellowstone
- Wildlife watching - look out for moose, bison, elk and bear
- Iconic views from Dead Horse Point State Park
- Enjoy an epic sunrise or sunset at the Grand Canyon
- Take in the bright lights of Vegas
- Explore Hollywood Boulevard
- Travel on iconic Route 66, visiting the town of Seligman
- Admission to incredible national & state parks - Yosemite, Redwood, Mount Rainier, Olympic, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Arches, Dead Horse Point, Monument Valley & Grand Canyon
Accommodation & Transportation
Food & Meals
- We operate a Food Kitty on this trip - you will need to contribute US$10 a day which covers all your meals whilst camping
Other Inclusions
- Services of a TrekAmerica tour leader
- Private transportation with free Wi-Fi
- All accommodation, camping fees & equipment (except sleeping bag)
Essential Information
- Prices quoted are land only. Call us on 0333 999 7951 for a flight quote (UK only).
- This tour links the Pacific Coast and the Mountain Trail.
- This tour requires a minimum number of five to operate. On rare occasions we may run with lower numbers.
Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best overnight stops, highlights and included experiences, with plenty of optional activities to choose from. No two Trek trips are the same, with stops at some of your tour leader's favourite places and occasional changes to the itinerary, so get ready for one awesome adventure!
As this tour departs at 07:30 hrs we recommend that you book pre tour accommodation. Please request further details at time of booking.
Leave the glitz and glam of LA behind you and head to the coast! First up is Santa Barbara, a gem of a coastal city with a decidedly Spanish flair and miles of pristine sandy beaches, a great introduction to the incredible California Coast.
Continue heading north where you make your way for the Big Sur and Monterey area. Spend your night under the Californian stars; the perfect way to get to know your fellow travellers!
Say 'so long' to the ocean for a couple of days and head towards the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevadas and the towering granite peaks of Yosemite National Park. You'll have two days to hike, bike, or float through this extraordinary landscape of glacier-carved granite monoliths, spectacular waterfalls and groves of Giant Sequoias. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for bears and coyotes roaming the trails.
Optional Activities
Come fog or shine, this city is always a highlight! Start with a walk across Golden Gate Bridge and a visit to Haight-Ashbury, a neighbourhood oozing with hippy vibes and plenty of quirky shops and cafes. Head down to Pier 39 to see the resident sea lions in their hundreds - you'll definitely hear them before you see them! For seafood, make your way to nearby Fisherman's Wharf. Learn all about the prisoners who spent their lives trying to escape the city's most famous attraction, Alcatraz Prison, with a superb audio tour included in your trip (value US$33). For a different perspective of the famous Golden Gate Bridge, set sail on an optional sunset sail cruise in the evening. Bliss!
Optional Activities
As you drive along the stunning Californian Coast to Redwood National Park, you'll be well and truly spoilt with amazing scenery around every bend. Get out and stretch those legs with a hike on the Tall Trees Grove trail and keep an eye out for elk and bear who can be spotted hiding under the canopy of the Redwoods. Redwoods are the tallest trees on earth, so be prepared to spend a lot of time looking up! As you explore more of the park you might start to recognise the canyons covered in fern and moss from Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World'...but don't worry, the dinosaurs are long gone!
Call it what you want - 'City of Roses', 'Bridge City' or 'Beervana'- Portland is simply awesome! The fact that you'll see the slogan 'Keep Portland Weird' plastered everywhere makes this super chilled city even more intriguing. It's a vibrant city, full of quirky cafes, cool hipster folk and farmers markets. Oh - and let's not forget about the beer! With over 30 breweries dotted across the city you'll never go thirsty in Portland.
Optional Activities
Journey into the heart of the Cascade Mountains to Mount Rainier National Park. There are over 300 miles available on the park's network of trails, with everything from easy walks through forest and meadows carpeted in wildflowers, to heart-pounding climbs up to the mountain's glaciers. Mount Rainier, an active strato-volcano, looms in the background. Don't worry though, it hasn't erupted since 1854! This is the perfect introduction to the lush and vibrant landscape of Washington State.
Get ready to roll with a blast of fresh air adventure in pristine wilderness. Washington's jewel, Olympic National Park, offers a wide range of vistas including glacier carved valleys, snowy peaks, rugged coastline and an ancient rainforest to explore and enjoy. An afternoon of kayaking is included on Lake Crescent, amongst forest-covered mountains and water so clear it's tough not to dive in! Relax at Sol Duc Hot Springs (optional), after so much activity, your body will thank you for it.
Optional Activities
Leaving the mountains of the Olympic Peninsula behind, enjoy a scenic journey across Puget Sound by ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. Once you've arrived, why not whisk yourself more than 150 metres (520 ft.) up the Space Needle, taking in the spectacular setting from a glass elevator? If you prefer to explore at ground level then get yourself to Pike Place Market and watch as the famous fishmongers throw fish to each other, while you grab yourself some tasty local seafood or check out the city's coffee culture. In the evenings, rock out in the city that gave the world Hendrix and Nirvana.
Optional Activities
Depart the city of Seattle early and cross Washington and Idaho's Bitterroot Range into 'Big Sky Country'. Montana welcomes you with rugged mountain peaks and wide open spaces.
After enjoying a night under a brilliant blanket of stars, you reach Yellowstone National Park for a glorious two night stay. View the iconic and explosive Old Faithful Geyser which goes off like clockwork and check out the colourful waterfalls, while exploring the world's oldest and most famous national park. Keep your camera handy for wildlife that roams the park such as bison, bear, moose and elk.
Next up are the wonderful views and hikes that await in majestic Grand Teton National Park. With few foothills to speak of, the jagged peaks here rise like teeth from lush, flat meadows against the bright blue sky. Next you visit the truly Western town of Jackson, Wyoming. Explore pine forests, peaks and lakes or enjoy some rodeo action! Go wild with optional rafting on the Snake River rapids; this is one of America's last great untamed rivers, so it should definitely get that adrenaline pumping! If you prefer to stay on dry land, how about a shot of 'Red-Eye' Whiskey at the Silver Dollar Saloon?
Optional Activities
Say goodbye to the mountains and hello to the unique red rock scenery that marks the start of the Desert Southwest as you head for the border with Utah. You'll soon see why the intrepid explorer John Wesley Powell gave this place the name Flaming Gorge, as you watch the sun reflecting off this unique red rock landscape. Make sure to get that grammable shot of the sunset over Flaming Gorge and Green River. The views are out of this world!
Known for being the USA's natural adventure playground, Moab is next up on your itinerary - and boy, will you be impressed! Named Arches National Park for a reason, the countless number of incredible red rock formations dotted all over the park, shaped by the elements, make for some serious exploration. Delicate Arch is one of Utah's most famous icons and people travel far and wide to see the awesome freestanding 20 metre arch (65 ft.) in all its glory. After your hike why not strap on a helmet and take on this amber terrain on two wheels with a mountain bike? You're guaranteed perfect conditions with the dips, climbs, twists and turns. Alternatively, you may be tempted by the thrill of a Hummer tour through the red rock scenery! If this isn't enough, you'll pay a visit to Dead Horse Point for amazing canyon views of the snaking Colorado River below.
Optional Activities
En route to Monument Valley you stop at the viewpoint of Moki Dugway for an awesome view of the road snaking down the mountainside and across the red rock desert. Next it's off to one of North America's most iconic landscapes, used as the set for countless Western movies. Immerse yourself in the native culture on an included guided jeep tour of the Navajo Reservation and backroads. Marvel at the sight of towering buttes and mesas which dominate the awe-inspiring landscape during the day, then when the sun goes down swap campfire stories under a blanket of stars.
Strike out across the desert in search of one of the 'Seven Natural Wonders of the World', the Grand Canyon. An early morning start has its rewards as this jaw-dropping landscape comes alive with colour at sunrise. Take to the sky to witness the Grand Canyon's monumental red and gold formations from up high on an optional helicopter flight. Hit the rim trails for vast incredible views of the canyon. You may prefer to hike down into the belly of the canyon - Plateau Point offers views of the rushing Colorado River. Or, there's the aptly named 'Ooh Aah Point' on the South Kaibab Trail. Whatever view of the Grand Canyon you go for, you'll never forget the moment you first lay your eyes on this incredible place!
Optional Activities
Today you travel a section of the original Route 66 and make a stop at the little town of Seligman, packed with quirky shops full of iconic road trip memorabilia. Next it's off to the main event, Las Vegas! With a sudden burst of neon, this desert oasis appears before your eyes. A-list stars swarm to this 24/7 party town - you may not make it into any of their swanky parties, but you can feel like a total legend if you take a cruise down The Strip on an optional party bus. The possibilities are endless in Vegas…tour the glamorous hotels, take in a show, ride a roller coaster or go clubbing all night. You can even have a 'sham' wedding if fancy, and marry whoever (or whatever) you like! For those with a little cash to splash, why not take an evening flight down the Las Vegas Strip? Epic!
Optional Activities
Finish your tour in style with a stroll around Hollywood Boulevard and spot your fave stars along the Walk of Fame. If you decide to stay on a few more days, head down to Venice Beach for the perfect place to relax in the Californian sun. Or to truly get under the skin of America's biggest city, add an Urban Adventure on to the end of your tour and explore the city with a local.
This tour ends at approximately 17:00 hrs. We can book you post tour accommodation at our gateway hotel if required. If you are planning to fly tonight, please do not book a flight that departs before 21:00 hrs.
Our tours usually depart at 07:30am and finish around 5:00pm at designated hotels in our gateway cities, so it's a great idea to book a room for the night before and after your tour. It's also worth staying extra nights to explore the city more. You must book these hotels in advance either online with your tour or by contacting our friendly sales team.
525 North Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, Los Angeles, CA 90245
This hotel offers free WiFi, air-conditioning, mini-market, plus an outdoor pool, fitness centre and free shuttle service to LAX.
Twin share (With a trekker of the same sex)
From £114 | US$134 | Eur122 | AU$172 | NZ$181
Price per person per night
Full room (Your own single or double room)
From £177 | US$233 | Eur213 | AU$301 | NZ$316
Price per room per night
The hotel operates a free airport to hotel pickup from the international airport to the Fairfield Inn & Suites Hotel. Whilst this is a complimentary service a tip of US$1-$2 is generally expected. On arrival to the airport, please call the hotel and advise them which terminal you are at and to arrange pick up. The transfer should take approximately fifteen minutes by road depending on traffic. For airport drop-off, please arrange this with the reception staff.
Sticking around for a day or two after your trip? Arriving early for some big city fun? We don't blame you. Making sure you catch ALL the highlights, we've partnered with GetYourGuide to show off the ultimate things to do in our fave cities.
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Our specialist flights department can offer UK customers a great airline fare to all of our Trek destinations. We have preferred contracts with many international carriers and have secured some of the most competitive prices in the industry.
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At TrekAmerica we believe that your safety and enjoyment are the most important parts of your holiday. That's why we recommend you take out insurance as soon as your booking is confirmed. TrekAmerica can offer you comprehensive travel insurance which is completely tailored for your trip and is specially designed to include all the activities listed we do.
If you do not take our policy, you must ensure that the policy you do take offers an equivalent level of protection and covers you for the activities involved - be aware that some policies do not include, or restrict, coverage for this type of travel.
See our insurance page for more information.
There are loads of exciting optional activities available for you to choose from during your trip giving you the flexibility to do the things you want to and leave out the things you don't. A list of optional activities and approximate costs are shown at the end of each day by day itinerary descriptions above.
Your tour leader will arrange your chosen activities during the tour so no need to pre-book. You'll also pay for these locally so ensure you budget for the bucket list items!
As local weather conditions and seasonality can change not all optional activities may be available on your trip and prices can be subject to change.


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Creative, manipulative rattle engages problem solving skills Multiple textures designed for teething exploration Moving rings make engaging sounds for baby Free floating beads provide response when shaken


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A Polymeric mirror from 1D photonic crystal exhibiting full specular reflection is applied on the exterior of the counter electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Reflection of exiting light from the cell allows for the reuse of the light and thereby significantly increases the efficiency of the DSSCs (from 8.07% to 8.85%). Furthermore, it is also found to be effective even with incorporation of an internal scattering layer, which is widely used within a TiO2 anode layer for enhancing light trapping in DSSCs (from 9.17% to 9.53%).
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How a crazy idea put us on a serious mission
Diana's Bananas started in the mid-80s, as the delicious result of an inspired whim. There in our booth at The Taste of Chicago, the city's yearly open-air food fest, we hit upon the idea of freezing a fresh, ripe banana and giving it a bath in delicious chocolatier-grade melted bar chocolate. We each took a bite and passed it around. Our taste buds leapt for joy... and we sprung into action.
We sent our team to the local supermarkets and cleaned them out of bananas. Around the clock, we melted chocolate, peeled bananas, inserted sticks, froze the bananas and dunked them in chocolate... oh, and we also sold the living daylights out of them. Ten days and 25,000 bananas later, we knew we had a hit on our hands.
From there, we became weekend warriors, bringing our bananas out in force to the various street fairs and music festivals that make up summertime in Chicago and the outlying areas. Everywhere we went, the response was the same: "Can I buy these in stores?" There was even one smart fellow who wheeled up a cooler and told us to fill it with our frozen bananas, no matter what it cost him.
It became apparent that people felt as strongly about Banana Babies as we did, and getting them in stores was the next step. Just like with any small business, there were hurdles to overcome (not with our beloved banana; we had that recipe worked out almost immediately) but eventually we took our rightful place in the grocer's freezer—and your home.
Let's face it, in a business like ours you can't take yourself too seriously. Just look at our packaging, or this website, for that matter. There are pictures of chimps all over the place. But there is one thing we're unwaveringly serious about—producing the world's best chocolate-dipped frozen banana™.


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BRUSSELS (AP) — It's probably not a long-lost painting by Michelangelo. It almost certainly wasn't stolen by a sophisticated gang of international art thieves. But the disappearance of a painting that a priest claimed resembled a work by the Renaissance master has Belgian investigators scratching their heads.
The wood-mounted art piece — "The Silence of Our Lady" — was snatched last Friday from the Saint Ludger Church in the town of Zele, 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Brussels. The priest, Jan Van Raemdonck, believes it could be a Michelangelo and says an Italian art expert was due any day to come and authenticate it.
Police have obtained grainy security video of a man walking near the scene before dawn with what appears to be painting propped up against his head. A feat in itself, as the priest says it took three men to place the approximately 5 foot-by-3 foot work on an easel just before Christmas.
"He was not very smart," the priest, who was writing a book about the painting, told The Associated Press. "It was at 5:15 in the morning. Other people passed by him in their cars going to the train station, so I hope other people have seen where he has put that painting in his car, which car it is, and maybe that we can follow him."
Besides the video, police also want to talk to a man between 17 and 20 who a witness saw near the church that morning, wearing a grey hoodie and carrying a dark backpack.
While finding out where the painting has gone is a challenge, establishing where it came from is almost a mystery in itself. A Belgian lawmaker is thought to have bought it from a friend who was having financial difficulties. The lawmaker then sold it to an organization that helps the church.
Thirteen years ago, the organization gave it to the church in Zele. It languished in a corner where it couldn't be seen for 11 years, until Van Raemdonck moved it to a more prominent place. Just before Christmas, he proudly put it on display in the middle of the church.
Van Raemdonck says he told very few people about his suspicions that the painting might be a Michelangelo, but despite his enthusiasm for the painting, art experts say it's extremely unlikely the piece is a 16th-century masterpiece.
"This painting is a relatively close copy of Michelangelo's prototype," Didier Martens, an art history professor at the Free University of Brussels, told the AP on Wednesday. "Stylistically there's a clear link with Michelangelo."
Martens said he believes that the painter "only knew Michelangelo's model through an engraving" but said the artist has "succeeded in keeping enough Michelangelo elements in his work."
Whatever the painting's origins and the outcome of the investigation, Van Raemdonck has a wealth of new material for his book.
AP writers Lorne Cook in Brussels and Mike Corder in The Hague contributed to this report.
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This quiz will test your knowledge on the electrical system of the heart. In nursing school, especially in your pathophysiology or anatomy class, you will have to know how the Sinoatrial node (SA node), Atrioventricle node (AV node), Bundle of His, right and left bundle branches, and Purkinje fibers work to make the heart contract.
After contraction of the heart due to the electrical system, which contributes to the blood flow of the heart throughout the body, it must supply your tissues, organs, and brain with the nutrients it needs to function.
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Charlie Cook's Favourite Book
by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Like many parents today, I love the way Julia Donaldson writes, and Axel Schelffer paints us amazing images, bringing her stories to life visually. My son has grown up listening to and loving The Guffalo and the Gruffalo's Child, Stick Man is still read at Christmas and he was delighted to Find Room on the Broom had been made into a stage play. But for me my magic moment came when he read my favourite of their books out loud to to friends. Finally I knew he understood why Charlie Cook's Favourite Book has been my favourite to read to him again and again.
He used his voice to play up the links from each scenario in the book to a new one, his voce rising and falling at play on the books and stories theme that link them all together (sometimes delaying his reading as he lost himself in the pictures before realising he was actually reading to an audience). Then, when he had finished reading, he took his audience back to the beginning of the book and showed them how all the characters had been in the initial illustration, and were there again at the end in the final one as their actual characters in the story.
The symmetry of this round robin books is contagious, and reading Julia Davidson's lyrical rhymes is a joy as the story meanders around frogs and dragons and ghosts, spacemen and robbers and birds, who all have one thing in common – books. As the words paint the pictures, so Axel Scheffler's images create the colourful world that you fall into when reading Charlie Cook's favourite book.
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Whole Life Insurance and Universal Life Insurance – What Is The Difference?
Applying for life insurance is a major step in your life. But you must choose carefully the policy. If you select a plan that does not fit your financial possibilities or other requirements, you may end up with a disadvantageous policy that can either drain your money or offer little in return.
When it comes to permanent policies we always encounter 2 major policies: whole life insurance and universal life insurance. In this article we will explain the difference between them. If you are interested in one particular policy, we recommend you to search for quotes, even life insurance quotes no exam required.
Whole life insurance is probably the most known permanent policy. It is suitable for long term goals and it is a stable policy with premiums locked at the same value. Cash value accumulation and death benefit are guaranteed. A savings feature is added to life coverage, resulting higher premiums, in comparison to other policies (for example, term life). With every payment you make, the cash value increases.
The company will also place a part of your insurance money in an interest bank account. Everything you save and the cash value are tax-free. You can use the cash value to borrow money or to surrender the policy. You can choose to participate in the surplus of the insurer and get dividends annually. Dividends can be cashed in or let them accumulate interest. In addition, you can use them to pay the premiums or buy additional coverage.
Universal life insurance is also known as "adjustable life insurance". Death benefit can be increased or reduced by the policy owner. Premiums can be paid at any time and any amount, within certain limits. Coverage can be also increased or decreased. You can select from a fixed death benefit or an increasing death benefit that is equal to the face value of the policy plus the cash value amount. It is a more flexible policy than whole life.
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