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Why You Should Be a Disciplined Trader
The golden rule of trading, you may be surprised to hear, has nothing to do with technicals or fundamentals, profit strategies, platforms, or indicators. The key to becoming a successful investor lies rather in a quality: discipline. Lack of discipline is the number one reason for trader failure, but exercising your discipline will help you fill the bank, not break the bank. Trading discipline consists in mastering two separate components: emotions and logic.
The world of trading is an exciting place, and as such it can very easily arouse the emotions. While there is nothing wrong with enjoying the thrill offered by the trade, you should never allow your emotions, whether positive or negative, to take over or overwhelm you at any time while trading. Seeing the little light on your screen flashing red as a trade turns against you can be quite alarming, and it may even urge the undisciplined trader to rash decisions, such as placing more immediate trades to counteract the effects of the first trade, which may result in far greater losses than the trader's account can sustain. Conversely, watching the light flash green, indicating that you are in the money, will certainly boost your confidence, but riding your "lucky streak" to the end will most certainly put you deep in the red before you've had any time to enjoy even a penny of your profits. Setting predetermined limits for yourself, however, on the amount of money you are willing to invest in each trading session, regardless of the final outcome of the trade, will help you effectively manage the inflow and outflow of your account. The successful trader knows how to control his emotions, and although he feels both the thrill of a win and the ache of a loss, he refrains from impulsive, emotional reactions to the market.
But emotional discipline alone cannot save your trade. If your investment plan consists of random guesses and hunches about the market, then you will have no checks and balances to apply to your vacillating emotions. Only a pre-established trading plan deeply rooted in knowledge of the market can control your emotions with its logic. For smart investments, you must educate yourself in the area of your trade, be it currencies, commodities, stocks, or indices. Knowing how to analyse the factors and events that affect the trading of an asset will help you make educated forecasts regarding the direction of the market based on facts and figures. Approaching the market, armed with knowledge, will prevent you from second-guessing yourself on account of the opinion of the crowd. Trusting your own analysis of events will not only boost your confidence as a trader, it will also prevent you from experiencing devastating regrets on account of not following your own advice.
Remember that trading in more like a marathon, rather than a sprint: you need to pace yourself by setting limits, accept some losses along the way without losing control, and trust that your knowledge and training will get you to the finish line a winner in the long term.


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Copywriting Tips: How to Make Your Writing More HumanTim Beyers • Tim is a freelance business writer. He writes about the business of innovation, comics and genre entertainment on The Full Bleed.
An effective website uses good, clean copy. But what does that mean, really? Is good copy compelling? Grabbing? Click-worthy? Yes, yes and yes. But there's no way to get these results without writing plainly.
For example, your blog post about autonomous vehicles shouldn't say they'll "use sensors to navigate streets seamlessly" even if that's technically true. Try writing for the human benefit instead. In this case, autonomous cars "see like humans do," and they're able to drive around obstacles as a result. The more human the language, the more likely it is your copy will get the attention it deserves.
Good examples of writers making the complex sound and read simple are easy to find if you know where to look. Try the tech section of The New York Times, for one. There you'll find plenty of short, punchy stories that get to the point, fast, despite tackling complex topics.
BuzzFeed takes a similar approach in its tech reporting. Consider this between-the-eyes lede for a story about Bitcoin fraud: "Crypto Callz, a free-to-join chatroom on Telegram that artificially inflates the price of cryptocurrencies, is not shy about advertising what it is."
Or how about this setup at Adweek, for a story about Amazon's proposed Super Bowl ad featuring the Alexa voice-activated assistant: "Amazon will be in the Big Game."
Notice the pattern? There's no mystery, complicated language or over-explaining in the hook. Make your whole blog post read that way and you'll have readers coming back for more. Here are five tests to determine whether your copy is good enough to go viral:
Your sentences have fewer than five words. Punchy sentences hit hard. They're quick, easy to understand. They're also instructive. Stocks up, bonds are down. Home prices rise. Buy one get one free.
You rarely use commas. Every comma equals a new thought. String too many together and you've confused your reader. Don't believe me? Read this sentence aloud: Writing for humans, unlike writing for birds, writing for kids, writing for the stage, or any other form, style, or discipline of writing, is like trying to squeeze a square peg into a round hole.
Jargon isn't in your vocabulary. Humans speak in single-syllable words. We rarely optimize or act diplomatically or operationalize or strategize. We work, we cooperate, we plan.
Your neighbor would understand what you're saying. If you can envision your writing in a conversation with the neighbor on the other side of the fence in your backyard, you'll find an audience. If not, rewrite.
It speaks well. Speak it aloud. If your words flow easily, you've got understandable copy. If not, try again.
How does your writing fare? Are you writing for humans — as legendary ad copywriter David Ogilvy would demand of his employees — or are you writing for search engines? Do the former and the latter will find and highlight your good work more often than you might expect.


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The Fishers Freedom Festival is seeking immediate nominations for the fourth annual "William D. Kehl Jr. Volunteer of the Year" award. Nominees should be either youth or adults who have gone above and beyond to help or support others. The deadline for all nominations is Monday, May 3.
All nominees must be a resident within the Town of Fishers or the Hamilton Southeastern School District. List your name, address, phone and email address along with your nominee's name, address, phone and email address. Please detail the nominee's particular qualities and the impact they have had on an individual, organization, or the Town of Fishers within 1000 words or less.
Your nomination letter will be presented to a panel of judges who review all nominations and select the winner based on the following criteria:
• Nominee has been exceptionally dedicated and committed.
• Nominee has contributed innovative ideas that produced great results for an individual, organization, or the Town of Fishers.
• Nominee has been a role-model to other volunteers.
• Nominee has made a definable difference that had a positive impact on an individual, organization, or the Town of Fishers.
Nomination information is available online at www.fishersfreedomfestival.org or by mailing all of the appropriate information to Volunteers of Fishers, P.O. Box 930, Fishers, IN 46038-0930. The 2010 award will be presented to the winner at the Fishers Freedom Festival held Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27. Festival Office number (317) 595-3195.
This award was named in loving memory of William D. Kehl Jr. whose life was tragically cut short and who dedicated many years to the Fishers Freedom Festival and the Town of Fishers. He was an intricate part of our community and will always be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, his drive to be the best at everything, and his absolute dedication to his community.


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There are as many reasons to love Lake Highlands as there are people who live in this East Dallas neighborhood, and the annual Lake Highlands Home Tour will show off a wonderful cross-section of these beautiful houses and the families who treasure the neighborhood. The March 30 event, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m., will showcase seven incredible specimens of architectural diversity you can explore, including an incredible modern home designed by the late, much-loved builder Tom Greico.
If you don't yet have your tickets, we're here to offer an inside look at the tour that will have you scrambling for your credit card number. And if that's not enough, make room in your schedule for the auction benefit that evening at Oak Highlands brewery from 7 to 10 p.m., with food and beer from Dog Haus Biergarten and wind from WineShop at Home. You can snag an all-inclusive ticket to both the tour and auction for $45, or you can enjoy just the tour, which is priced at $20 per person with complimentary drinks served at each tour stop. Proceeds from the tour go to the Lake Highlands Area Early Childhood PTA, which supports programming at Lake Highlands-area schools.
You can buy tickets here, or you can try your luck here at CandysDirt.com as we'll be giving away a pair of tickets to this home tour next week! Stay tuned!
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At Least 100,000 Texas Women Have Attempted Abortion Self-Induction
Tue, November 17, 2015
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Today,TxPEP released first-of-its-kind research that finds at least 100,000 Texas women ages 18 to 49 (estimated to be 1.7% of Texas women of reproductive age) have ever attempted to end a pregnancy on their own without medical assistance. Other TxPEP research suggests self-induction may be more common in Texas compared to other states. This is the first time a statistic on self-induction in the general population has ever been calculated.
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The immune system is organized in primary (thymus and bone marrow) and secondary (lymph nodes, spleen, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissues or MALT, tonsils, skin immune system) organs and tissues.
1) Primary lymphoid organs are involved in lymphocyte production, differentiation and selection.
The thymus is an organ devoted to the maturation and production of T lymphocytes. It develops from the third week of gestation, then after 8 months of age, it gradually reduces and disappears (thymic involution). The development of T lymphocytes takes place in the cortical microenvironment. T cell progenitors, originating from the bone marrow, mature in thymocytes which undergo positive or negative selection before proliferating and differentiating into mature T lymphocytes. Only thymocytes expressing receptor molecules (TCR) that are able to recognize Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) antigen molecules and not autoantigens will differentiate in specific mature non self-reactive lymphocytes, while the thymocytes that are reactive against the "self" are deleted by apoptosis.
The thymus is also an endocrine organ that can secrete hormones (thymulin, Growth Hormone, Prolactin) that influence the development and the function of T lymphocytes and it also has receptors for several hormones (e.g, ACTH, cortisol etc.) and for pro-inflammatory and pro-immune cytokines (e.g. IL1, TNFa, IL-6 etc).
The bone marrow is a lymphopoietic organ producing:
- Undifferentiated T cells progenitors, which will mature in the thymus,
- B cell precursors leading to the development of B lymphocyte clones specific for the antigens,
- Myeloid cell lines and dendritic cell precursors.
2) The secondary lymphoid organs are all able to capture antigens and activate the acquired immune response.
The lymph nodes are the site of antigen recognition by B and T cells. These cells activate and proliferate. In pig, differently to other species, lymph nodes appear lobulated because they are derived from the fusion of 3 or more "nodular units", each constituting a functional lymph node with a particular structure. The lymph enters each unit through the afferent lymphatics penetrating from the capsule into the cortex at the level of its own afferent hilus, while it comes out by efferent lymphatic vessels, at the level of internodular efferent hilus. T lymphocytes enter and return to the systemic circulation mainly through the high endothelial venules (HEV).
A high number of lymphocytes pass every day from blood to the spleen, where the antigens are filtered. Consequently, it is the site of activation of the humoral and cell-mediated immune response to systemic infection (bacteremia/septicemia). The spleen also allows the removal of immune complexes and of aging erythrocytes.
In pig, MALT (mucosal associated lymphatic system) has a critical defensive role. Many pathogens penetrate the organism through the mucosal surface (gut, respiratory tract, breast and urogenital surfaces). The main mechanism of defense is the secretion of mucosal IgA in association with humoral (IgG) and cell-mediated immune response. Furthermore, activation/regulation of the immunological tolerance occurs in the MALT.
The tonsils are solitary or aggregated nodules of diffuse lymphoid tissue located in the lamina propria of the soft palate lamina (palatine tonsils) and in the pharynx at the base of the tongue (lingual tonsil). In the tonsils, lymphocytes recirculate between blood and the intestine.
The GALT (Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue) is in different compartments, organized in non-encapsulated lymphoid tissues Peyer's patches (PPs), in lymphoid follicles in the mucosa and in mesenteric lymph nodes. Furthermore, effector T lymphocytes are localized between the enterocytes (intraepithelial T lymphocyte) and in the lamina propria, together with B cells and macrophages.
In the respiratory tract, immune cells (lymphocytes and macrophages) are located in different areas. Lymphoid nodules in the wall of bronchi constitute the bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) which develops after antigenic stimulation; immunocompetent cells (lymphocytes and macrophages) are present as an interstitial pool, in an intravascular pool (such as pulmonary intravascular macrophage) or are within the epithelium, in the lamina propria or in the broncho-alveolar space.
Cellular and humoral components that can trigger an innate and specific immune response are also located in the skin (Skin Immune System). IgG and the IgM can reach the skin but secretory IgA are locally produced. Keratinocytes are able to respond to pathogens by activating TLRs and by triggering the inflammatory / innate defensive response.


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Ubisoft has been knocked off the top of the Steam Top Sellers for week ending 19 March as NieR: Automata takes pole position.
H1Z1 is still performing well in the top five and Total War: Warhammer makes a reappearance in fifth position. Space colony sim Oxygen not Included now appears in the top ten and Bioshock: The Collection and HITMAN also pop back in.
With Mass Effect: Andromeda not selling on Steam, it would have more likely made the top ten for pre-orders this week if it was available on Valve's platform.
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With Samhain just around the corner, its relation with Day of the Dead is an issue of some importance to many Pagans. Taos, where I now live, is famous for the ubiquitous presence of decorated Day of the Dead skulls … Read more
On Honoring July 4
Critics of natal-women-only rituals oppose NeoPagan religion
The right wing's Orwellian manipulation of 'socialism'
Two Sexes, Many Genders and the Perils of Thinking in Dichotomies
Looking Deeper: Kavanaugh, Women, the Culture War, and Us.
Two Spirits, Two Sexes, Many Genders
This post is from my August 8, 2018, blog at Witches and Pagans.
Z Budapest once stirred up strong feelings, ending in a demonstration, by holding a biological-women-only ritual at Pantheacon. The previous year another group had also … Read more
Why arguments against abortion fail
"Connecting the Dots: Hayek, Darwin, and Ecology" COSMOS + TAXIS, vol 5 | issue 3 + 4 2018
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$6+ Million in Scholarships & Aid
Our mission is simple: to provide you with the best study abroad program possible—which includes the highest quality academic and cultural experiences.
You will enroll in a required Italian language course and one English-taught area studies course, for a total of 6 credits. Placement in the IES Abroad language course is determined by an online predeparture language assessment and an on-site interview conducted during orientation.
Along with your Italian course, you will choose an English-taught area studies course. These courses encourage experiential learning by making the city's historical, artistic, and architectural wealth your classroom. Area studies courses offered have included:
- Art History
- Sociology
- Urban Studies
This is a list of possible course offerings. After you are accepted, you will see a list of tentative course offerings in your MyIESabroad account.
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|US/SO/AH 319 - Rome as a Living Museum
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|IT 105 - Beginning Italian I
|IT 205 - Intermediate Italian I
|IT 305 - Advanced Italian I
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|US/SO/AH 319 - Rome as a Living Museum
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|US/SO/AH 319 - Rome as a Living Museum
Field Trips & Events
Explore Italy through IES Abroad-organized field trips. Possible locations include:
Amalfi Coast
Enjoy the stunning coast by boat. Explore the coastal towns of Amalfi and Positano. Visit the amazing archaeological sites of Pompeii and take taste the products of a local farm.
Tour the countryside of one of Italy's most unique regions, with its gorgeous landscapes and rich artistic legacy. You will also visit the sites of the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance.
IES Abroad field trip destinations, activities, and lengths of stay may vary according to term and availability.
Course-Related Trips
IES Abroad Rome organizes course-related trips that complement what you're learning in the classroom, and contribute to your general knowledge of Italian culture and society.
Daily Life
Part of making you feel at home in Rome is doing our best to help you feel safe and cared for. Whether it's the orientation program that prepares you for what's ahead, your housing that is well-located and comfortable, or the field trips that take you to places off the beaten path—we're all about our student services. This is just one of the things we're known for.
During the 2-day orientation, we'll introduce you to:
- IES Abroad staff
- Fellow students
- IES Abroad policies
- Academics
- Safety information
- Daily life in Rome
We want to make sure that your greatest challenge is deciding which landmarks to see first or discovering the best café—not finding a place to live where you feel comfortable. We do our best to locate housing that is reflective of how the local students are living. Our goal is that when you leave Rome, it will feel like home.
Furnished apartments are single-sex and typically house four to seven IES Abroad students, with the option to live with a local university student. Apartments offer fully-equipped kitchens, Internet access, and a washing machine. No meals are provided.
Extracurricular Activities & Cultural Events
Explore Italian culture and get to know your classmates through cooking classes, trattoria nights, and daytrips to the Roman beachside.
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Discover the Ins and Outs of World-Famous Landmarks
The Pantheon, Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Vatican…the list of historic sites in Rome is endless. Our programs take you beyond the tourist visits and inside the cultural and historic significance of these landmarks.
Watch Roma Game
Soccer is more than a sport in Italy. Soak in the passion and pride at an A.S. Roma game in the Stadio Olimpico.
Shop at Local Farmer's Market
Spend the morning picking up produce, cured meats, freshly baked bread, and Rome's famous mozzarella di bufala. Pro tip: Make it a picnic with your local friends and head to a park or piazza to enjoy!
Take in a Panoramic View of the City
While founded on seven hills, Rome is actually surrounded by 10. Take your pick and climb to the top for the best views of the city.
Take a Cooking Class
There's no denying the mouthwatering food of Rome. Partake in the Center-sponsored cooking class, where you'll learn the techniques and traditions of Roman cooking first-hand.
Program Cost
Consider these prices as a starting point. We encourage you to contact your study abroad office to determine the actual cost to you when factoring in financial aid, scholarships, your home school policies, and other factors.
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Open to students who apply to and attend an IES Abroad or IES Internships summer program.
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Situated in the heart of Rome along the Tiber River across from the Castel Sant' Angelo, the IES Abroad Rome Center is a newly renovated 1920s-era building within walking distance of the Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, and the Vatican.
Features include:
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Our Staff
Dott. Gianni Ponti
Center Director
Dott. Ponti is an archaeologist specialized in Imperial Roman architecture. After earning a BA in Classics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dott. Ponti obtained a Laurea in archaeology from the University of Rome. He has worked on a number of archaeological excavations in the Mediterranean, including Troy, Aphrodisias and Leptis Magna. His studies and research focus on the use of marble in Roman construction, the ancient marble trade, quarrying and carving techniques. Dott. Ponti has worked on a number of excavations in Rome, including the Palatine Hill and the Imperial Fora. He has done research for the Department of Antiquities on a number of conservation projects including the Ara Pacis, the Column of Trajan and the Arch of Constantine. He is currently directing an excavation at the Villa of Maxentius on the Via Appia, as well as conducting architectural studies at Leptis Magna, Libya, with the Università di Rome Tre. Dott. Ponti has taught at the Istituto Centrale del Restauro of the Department of Antiquities and is currently Archaeology Advisor of the American Academy in Rome. He has been teaching archaeology courses at IES Abroad Rome since 2004.
IES Abroad Staff
IES Abroad Rome Staff
Monica Bandella
Italian Language Coordinator
Sara Coppolella
Student Affairs Assistant
Simona Di Giustino
Academic & Internship Coordinator
Valeria De Mori
Academic Assistant and Moodle Project Manager
Arianna Gaffi
Student Affairs & Housing Coordinator
Luisa Taffara
Center Manager & Administrator
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Earlier this week Niklas Wildhagen wrote a piece about the UEFA financial fair play rules and what this means for the likes of Hoffenheim. This week's special treat for you is a piece that was sent to us by the writer of the Hoffenheim offside blog, Saurabh Ananth. In this piece Saurabh chronicles Hoffenheim's incredible run to the Bundesliga. Enjoy!
Hoffenheim isn't a club steeped in history like Kaiserslautern or Borussia Mönchengladbach. Instead, Hoffenheim became one of German football's greatest projects. Like Fulham and Wigan in the Premier League, Hoffenheim came through the lower leagues on the back of a benefactor. As a result of this almost unprecedented rise, the club hasn't been the most popular during their rise through the ranks. However, unlike most clubs that have been taken over by rich owners, Hoffenheim's model was and still is one to admire.
Coming from a small village in the south of Germany, Hoffenheim was nothing more than an amateur side for a majority of their existence. They were up to the fifth tier of German football where they stayed for a few years. In the 1999-00 season they finished top of the league and earned promotion to the Oberliga, the 4th division of German football at the time.
It was around that time that Dietmar Hopp, co-founder of software company SAP, took over his boyhood club where he had played his entire career. Hopp's new team were crowned champions of the Oberliga and were promoted to the Regionalliga Süd in the 2000-01 season where they would stay a solid top table side, finishing as high as 5th in the 2003-04. It was the same year that Hoffenheim made a dream run to the quarter finals of the DFB Pokal. On the way they beat several 2nd division sides, and most impressively, Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. The same Leverkusen team that had reached the Champions League finals in 2002 and eventually lost 2-1 to Real Madrid thanks to a wonder strike from Zinedine Zidane. Hoffenheim ran out 3-2 winners against Leverkusen but were dumped out in the next round by 2. Bundesliga side, VfB Lübeck.
Hoffenheim finished in top table positions in the Regionalliga but around 2006 Dietmar Hopp started investing more into the club. He acquired the services of pragmatic manager, Ralf Rangnick who had just been relieved of his duties at Schalke. Rangnick was given free rein over the club as long as the club's ambitions were met. The long term plan at Hoffenheim was to get the club up the ranks of German football and compete in the Bundesliga. The move paid off immediately, with Hoffenheim earning promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the 2006-07 season after finishing 2nd in the Regionalliga.
As things started looking up for the small village team, Dietmar Hopp put plans into place for the new Rhein-Neckar Arena in nearby Sinsheim. The 30,000+ seater was set to replace the smaller Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion, which now hosts Hoffenheim's reserves. The move to Sinsheim was an important one in bringing in new fans from the nearby towns and cities. Along with the new stadium came the improvement of training and youth facilities and Hoffenheim's focus on youth grew. The small village team was starting to stir the pot, and for a team like Hoffenheim to break the mould the way they did, it started to attract negative attention from the German fans and media.
The club hadn't made any major signings early on, Sejad Salihovic was the biggest signing for the club, joining the club in 2006 from Hertha Berlin. The 2007-08 season however, was a major season for Hoffenheim in terms of signings. The club acquired the services of striker Vedad Ibisevic from league rivals Aachen but wasn't as prolific as he would prove to be later on. The key player that season was Demba Ba, the Senegalese striker signed from Belgian team Mouscron. Ba went on to be the team's top scorer, putting away 14 goals to secure the team's promotion. Chinedu Obasi, Carlos Eduardo and Isaac Vorsah also joined the team and helped shake up the 2. Bundesliga.
The season in the 2. Bundesliga started positively for the club, and at the winter break they were comfortably sitting in eighth place. Not good enough for Rangnick however and Hoffenheim rallied to fight harder, only losing three games in the second half of the season. During their time in the 2. Bundesliga the team and Dietmar Hopp himself were on the receiving end of a lot of abuse. Despite that however, they managed to keep their heads and make their historic first appearance in the Bundesliga under the guidance of Ralf Rangnick. Rangnick's men finished runners up behind Gladbach and earned a consecutive automatic promotion.
Every year, all around the world, a newly promoted team surpasses all expectations before crashing back down to earth. In 2008-09, that team was Hoffenheim. Ibisevic who had only scored five goals the year before, fired Hoffenheim to the top with the help of his strike partner Ba. Ibisevic scored 18 goals and got 7 assists in 17 games. This prolific run of scoring saw Hoffenheim crowned "Winter Champions". Unfortunately, that's where the run ended. Ibisevic suffered a cruciate ligament injury during a friendly match and that derailed Hoffenheim's season. All the expectation was put on Demba Ba for the rest of the season and along with his teammates they managed to hold the team up to a solid top table finish. The signings of Luis Gustavo and current captain Andreas Beck at the start of the season had proven to be popular ones, both of them solidifying themselves into the hearts of the Hoffenheim faithful.
It was a season of ups and downs for Hoffenheim and they were one of many surprises for Bundesliga fans. That season saw Wolfsburg end the season as champions and Hoffenheim finish in a solid seventh place in the league. The dream run which had started more than ten years ago had culminated in Hoffenheim's highest ever finish.
Not much has gone in the way of Hoffenheim in recent times however. After moving to their new stadium and aiming for European football, Hoffenheim suffered once again from mid-season injuries that saw them drop out of the top five to a lowly eleventh place finish in the 2009-10 season.
Later, the 2010-11 has been a difficult one for Hoffenheim. The departures of Timo Hildebrand, Carlos Eduardo, Luis Gustavo, Demba Ba, and finally Ralf Rangnick himself would have an adverse effect on the club. Despite trying to shore up the losses by signing Tom Starke and Ryan Babel, a boring mid table finish looks on the cards at the end of this season. Dietmar Hopp's attempt to balance the books and get the club safely within the new Financial Fairplay regulations while admirable has been a major setback in the club's quest for European football.
Despite recent shortcomings, the team was built by the vision of both Dietmar Hopp and Ralf Rangnick. Rangnick's outlook on football was a brilliant one. Unlike, many team's who have billionaire owners, Hoffenheim focused on improving it's facilities to bring through the next generation of German footballers. In the words of Rangnick himself:
"You have to let them run. If you play defensively with a young team it is a contradiction. Young players have many advantages. They learn faster, listen, can cope with the intensity of training. Young players also know that they need team spirit and need trust and confidence from us."
And the team's poor form and a more defensive minded manager in the latter half of this season has proven that high tempo attacking football will be a big key in driving the club forward again in the future. Something which should come back to Hoffenheim in the upcoming season with the appointment of St. Pauli manager Holger Stanislawski.
With a vast scouting network and the staff to match, the commitment to blooding a new generation of footballers and the brand of smashmouth football Hoffenheim is set for a long and successful spell in Germany's top flight.
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Pakistan's cities are unsafe from Islamist militant attacks due to their porous security, the country's defense minister said after suicide bombers and gunmen killed 11 people in an assault on a court in the capital earlier this week. Carried out by a splinter group of the Paksitani Taliban, the attack will complicate the government's efforts to open peace talks as it destroyed trust on all sides, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif told Reuters. "It is scary," Asif said in the wake of the worst attack in Islamabad since the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in 2008.
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The hiring of Chip Kelly by the 49ers may turn out well or turn out to be a train wreck. But it's going to be entertaining as hell to watch what happens next. After the safe-as-milk hire of Jim Tomsula as head coach last January, the 49ers have gone the opposite direction and gone the unsafe-as-moonshine-but-hoo-man-what-a-kick-in-the-pants route.
They have gone out for a tightrope walk. Hold your breath. Owner Jed York and general manager Trent Baalke are out there together, wearing spangled tights and leather slippers, whistling along to calliope music and hoping this all somehow works out.
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Do you know what a brownfield is? You could ask someone–but you might get different answers depending on who you ask. And you might be surprised by the range of answers. Depending on what definition is applied, someone might tell you there are 130 brownfields in Detroit, or 114,000.
At British Petroleum, I learned that a "brownfield" is a mature oil or gas field in decline or in the final stages of its productive life. A brownfield could also reference any existing onshore or offshore facility, and the term "brownfield modification" refers to any upgrade of an existing facility.
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If you ask a real estate professional, they might cite Congress and the "Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act," which defined "brownfield" to mean (with certain exceptions and exclusions) "real properties, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant." Emphasis mine.
Properties which "may be" contaminated could include any property in transition from one owner to another, or from one use to another. Prudent transaction advisors tend to take nothing for granted and treat every transaction as if the property "may be" contaminated–if only until proven otherwise, and to the satisfaction of a lawyer and lender.
But if the only requirement for a property to be a "brownfield" is that someone perceives that hazardous redevelopment obstacles might exist, then Congress established a subjective test. A brownfield is in the eye of the beholder, according to Congress, and individual opinions can vary wildly. And even when subjective opinion is absolutely false it can have real consequences–like false testimony in a trial–and this is true in markets too, especially in real estate and redevelopment.
In real estate, perception is often reality both at the high end and the low end of the market. Perception rules the price of an apartment overlooking Central Park or an abandoned gas station. Positive perceptions drive prices up on the high end, but negative perceptions can do more than drive prices down – they can hamstring real estate transactions and leave properties in a kind of real estate limbo. Too often enough people presume that a property that "may be" contaminated is definitely contaminated. Some will assume the worst, which infects the marketplace with negativity and drives perceived remediation and redevelopment costs up.
Today the market perceives that many properties are "upside down"–that their cost to clean up and redevelop is higher than a realistic market return–whether they are in fact upside down or not. Few bother to confirm their suspicion, and so brownfields that "may be" contaminated persist as maybes–often for many years, even decades.
Understanding this, Congress fit the definition of brownfield to include properties being held back by negative perceptions about redevelopment difficulty. Between 1995 and mid-2013, the U.S. EPA awarded brownfield assessment grants to provide investigations of more than 20,000 properties, create real data and answer the brownfield questions hanging over a property's reuse potential. Congress broke the brownfield cycle for thousands of properties and leveraged nearly $18 dollars of private capital for every $1 of public capital funneled through the brownfield program to fund initial investigations and cleanups that spurred redevelopment ripple effects in the private sector.
In this way, Congress designed "brownfield" as a temporary status for a property as it moves through its lifecycle – from a property in limbo with many questions, to a property with fewer questions and more hard data, to a property redeveloped into productive use again.
Congress was also clear about what a brownfield was not in the exclusions it defined. If a property didn't have redevelopment doubt and questions, then it was not a brownfield. The same "Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act" excludes nine categories of real property "the term 'brownfield site' does not include"–such as any property where a removal action is planned or ongoing, a property on the National Priorities List (Superfund), or any property subject to an administrative order, court order, or judicial decree requiring environmental response. Unlike Congress' subjective brownfield test, these types of properties have fewer questions and been red flagged for remedial action of some kind. These brownfield exclusions are objectively contaminated and pose a current health risk or would pose a health risk to tenants of the property if occupied.
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Congress did not give these nine categories of real estate a name, but perhaps it should have. By failing to coin a term, Congress left it open as to what to call these brownfield exclusions. Many informal definitions include both categories of property – even though Congress clearly separated the two. "Brownfield" has become an imprecise catchall term, to the detriment of the real estate market and transactional hopes of properties everywhere.
In some cases, such as Homefacts.com, only the brownfield exclusions are referred to as brownfields. Unlike Congress, Homefacts uses an objective test: a "brownfields site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a candidate for cleanup because it poses a risk to human health and/or the environment." These are exactly the kind of properties Congress intended to exclude, but for Homefacts the brownfield exclusions pose clearer, objectively-defined risks to its residential user base.
By using the term to refer to the exclusions, however, Homefacts feeds the propensity to assume the worst of questionable properties. Once the label "brownfield" is applied the market can respond by stigmatizing the property even if uncontaminated. "Brownfield stigma" is most unwelcome in residential areas where voters live and the law requires the highest cleanup standards. This is perhaps one reason why Homefacts uses an objective standard and limits the number of brownfields it reports – to avoid over-reporting and limit negative stigma to those properties known to be contaminated, rather than every suspicious property.
For different reasons, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently proposed to change New York's definition of brownfield to a similar objective standard: a site where contaminants exceed soil cleanup objectives or other health-based environmental standards. This is a considerable change from current New York law, which mirrors Congress' dichotomy between brownfields with subjective problems and the nine exclusions with clearly objective, physical obstacles to reuse. Such a break would mean the State of New York could adopt a definition of "brownfield" in direct contradiction of Congress, because a property exceeding soil cleanup objectives – as Governor Cuomo would define it – is exactly the type of property excluded from Congress' definition of "brownfield."
Not only would this compound confusion in the redevelopment industry about just what a brownfield is, but if Governor Cuomo is successful in changing the definition, what will old brownfields–as defined by Congress–be called in New York? Much of the vacant, abandoned, obsolete and underutilized property locked in land use limbo would no longer qualify as a brownfield. New York would repeat Congress' mistake, but leave the other side of the redevelopment spectrum without a name.
But while some in the redevelopment space are narrowing the definition of "brownfield," other forces are pulling the definition the other way: towards a more open and inclusive standard aimed at even more types of properties.
Cracking the rule wide open
Krista Sprenger of Lend Lease, New York sees a lot of "brownfield" redevelopment opportunity in central business districts. The commercial office building monoculture of past generations is giving way to a new century of preferences and design possibility. In the Urban Land Institute's Product Council Insight: Outlook for Redevelopment and Reuse, Sprenger suggested "[i]nstead of creating more single-use property types, we need to reimagine these–what I call vertical brownfields – as a mixed-use offering." Vertical brownfield redevelopment can diversify land uses and achieve more balance, she offered, "within those central business districts that are now ghost towns on the weekends."
Municipalities too are widening their brownfield programs to target "underutilized" property. St. Louis is one example, which provides: "[t]he purpose of the St. Louis Brownfield Program is to return underutilized and contaminated sites back to productive use." And there's a lot to be gained in an individual transaction by squeezing a property into a brownfield program. Developers certainly welcome any sweetener they can get.
So while some are drawing the definition of "brownfield" more narrowly, others are opening the definition up to include millions of new properties with obsolete monocultures or "underutilized"–however that may be interpreted and applied locally.
This was the subject of a robust discussion in a NALGEP session at a recent RTM Communications Inc. conference in Philadelphia I attended. Many welcomed the wider latitude a more open definition of "brownfield" provides. Some voiced concerned "underutilized" could be a slippery slope that would lead to overuse, as developers pressured to get more and more private property into programs with public redevelopment dollars.
Uncertainty still reigns
It's a vitally important question because depending on which brownfield prism you look through you will see a different number of brownfield properties. How many brownfields are in Detroit? Again, it depends on who you ask. A recent search on Homefacts yielded 130 brownfields in all of Detroit "identified by EPA as a candidate for cleanup"–less than the number of Superfund sites (150). However, a recent federal study–one of the first comprehensive and methodical surveys of its kind–documented 78,506 lots with dilapidated structures in Detroit and 114,000 vacant and abandoned lots.
The redevelopment industry knows there is a huge spectrum of different types of properties that exist–there just isn't a set of definitions complete enough to capture them all. This is why some are pushing the definition of "brownfield" one way while others pull it the opposite direction.
At a time when exurban expansion has virtually halted and greenfield development is becoming an endangered species in many markets, redevelopment is becoming the new real estate normal. And yet, the redevelopment space is still bottled up, dysfunctional or broken. Redevelopment economics are better than ever and our redevelopment know-how is greater than ever, but sellers still struggle to find buyers and developers capable or interested in their redevelopment opportunities. Likewise buyers, vendors and other redevelopment professionals spend a lot of time and resources searching and evaluating redevelopment opportunities.
Confusing terms and contradictory definitions are not the root of everything bottling up the redevelopment segment, but markets thrive on transparency and clarity of communication. Right now, the redevelopment space has neither. Worse, markets abhor confusion and right now the redevelopment space has plenty.
How many transactions could be made in a trading pit where every trader had their own terminology to refer to what they were trading? This communication problem can be worse in a brownfield context where the transactional stakeholders must interface with a crowd of redevelopment stakeholders that is much larger–including the general public. The terms we use in the redevelopment space and how we define them is vitally important because they have legal impact, they narrow or broaden the availability of government assistance, and they influence decision-makers and the public alike.
Clearing the lanes
Our redevelopment marketplace at BrownfieldListings.com is clearing the lines of communication. We built Brownfield Listings to connect buyers and sellers of challenged properties and act as a platform for professional participation and community collaboration. We connect transactional stakeholders with each other as well as with other redevelopment stakeholders. Inside our platform, Sellers can send clear signals to the marketplace by tagging their listings with conditions and characteristics specific to their property or the relevant market. Published on our platform, Sellers can engage professionals and the public in an online workspace where ideas can be shared and consensus built.
"Brownfield" is not an over inclusive catchall term on our platform, but one tag in a Taxonomy that sellers use to classify their property conditions. Buyers and vendors can search by these tags and find only the types of properties they are looking for. If everyone can communicate more clearly and easily, then together we can all make a healthy and thriving redevelopment marketplace that improves outcomes for everyone.
Dan French is the founder and CEO of Brownfield Listings, LLC.
See also:
Brownfield or Redfield: What's in a Real Estate Name?
What is a Brownfield? Defining the Brownfield ABCs.
EPA Releases TSCA 2.0 Framework and Rules to Mark Law's Refresh Last Year
New EPA Digest: Cleaning Up Brownfields and Getting to "No Further Action" in all 50 States
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It was in the early 17th Century, as part of his attempts to modernize and develop various industries in France, that Louis XI's ordered mulberry trees, for the propagation of silk worms, to be planted round Paris, Tours, (see earlier blog on Plessis les Tours) and Orléans. Louis also sponsored silk and brocade production in Lyon, but this experiment failed and the workers and the looms were transported to the Touraine. It is recorded that by the middle of the 17th century, there were 11,000 looms active in the Touraine.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Tours also had a significant Huguenot (Protestant) population, many of whom had been responsible for the building of the city's significant silk industry. When the Edict of Nantes was rescinded in 1685 and persecution of Protestants reached horrific heights, the Huguenots fled, taking many of their skilled workforce with them, and the once flourishing silk industry of Tours went into serious decline. Out of a total of eighty thousand inhabitants it is said that fifty thousand went; the silk industry was all but destroyed and was "carried across the Channel, to enrich the English at the expense of whole populations of the working French."Some of the Huguenots also settled in Ireland where their weaving skills saw them establish some of the great Irish linen factories. Amongst their skills the Huguenots had developed and took with them to
England was the technique of producing moire silken fabric. This produces silk with a wavy (watered) appearance and, by 1570, the word had found its way into English as mohair. A further skill possessed by the Huguenots was lustering a process of producing an enhanced appearance of the silk. Huguenots from Tours had been denied the opportunity to weave lustered cloth in France as it was the monopoly of the silk-workers of Lyon. However, once in England there were no such commercial barriers and lustered silk production grew, some say mushroomed, in London's Spittalfields district. Refugee Huguenots also resided in other areas of London including; Stepney, Aldgate, Bishopsgate, Cripplegate, Tower Hamlets and Southwalk where, in the main, they carried out their silk-weaving trade. In particular they wove narrow-ware i.e. ribbons, hat bands, garters, fringes etc., which were sold in penny widths or six-penny wide.
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On April 15, 2019, the San Pablo City Council approved grant criteria and program guidelines for the upcoming FY 2019-20 Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant Program for organizations who are interested in offering programs and services that are designed with the intention to increase the health and wellness of children in San Pablo and have a positive impact on the City's continued efforts to decrease childhood obesity in the City.
Funding priority will be given to proposals that address the following areas:
- Increasing physical activity levels
- Increasing access to healthy foods and beverages and limiting access to unhealthy foods and beverages
- Changing messages about nutrition and physical activity, including limiting marketing of junk food to children
- Improving nutrition and physical activity in schools
- Providing programs and services with measurable goals and/or outcomes
The full Request for Proposal (RFP), with accompanying documents, are available for public download from the City of San Pablo's Childhood Obesity Prevention Advisory Group webpage (see below).
FY 2019-20 Request for Proposals: Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant Program
FY 2019-20 Request for Proposals: Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant Program - Required Budget Template
FY 2019-20 Request for Proposals: Childhood Obesity Prevention Grant Program - Sample Fiscal Agent Statement
City of San Pablo's Community Action Plan (CAP)
All questions about the RFP must be submitted in writing to Jora Atienza Washington, Community Services Manager, at email@example.com. City staff will not answer questions via telephone or in person. The deadline to submit questions is Friday, April 26, 2019 at 5:00 pm. To ensure applicants have access to both submitted questions and their answers, City staff will publish all received questions and answers by Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at 5:00 pm on this webpage.
All applications are due to the City of San Pablo - Youth, School, & Community Partnerships Division Office by Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 5:00 pm. Postmark and e-mail transmitted applications are not accepted.
Jora Atienza WashingtonCommunity Services ManagerPhone: (510) 215-3092
Physical Address
13831 San Pablo Avenue #6
(look for the white fence)
San Pablo, CA 94806
Phone: (510) 215-3087
Background: Childhood Obesity Prevention Advisory Group (COPAG)
On July 2, 2018, City Council adopted Resolution #2018-100, transforming the existing Childhood Obesity Prevention Task Force (COPTF) into a new 5-member Childhood Obesity Prevention Advisory Group (COPAG) to coincide with the adoption of a new RFP/RFQ process authorized by previous City Council action. The Advisory Group was established by City Council Resolution under the following general guidelines:
- Purpose/Role: Assist City staff with annual RFQ/RFP process, contract and program administration with childhood obesity prevention contract services, and to make appropriate recommendations in collaboration with City staff to the City Council for contract award; meet periodically to share information on the City's city-wide childhood obesity prevention activities, contract services, programs and services on a periodic as-needed basis.
- Composition: five total members: three appointed from the former COPTF-affiliated organizations; and two members from the community/general public previously affiliated with former COPTF membership. All community/general public appointments must meet a San Pablo residency requirement.
- Meeting Frequency: Quarterly meetings with other meetings as needed, due to operational and program administration requirements.
- Term: 1- and 2-year staggered terms: 1-year term for community/general public appointments, and 2-year term for community organizations. Initially, all Advisory Group appointments will be recommended by current COPTF representatives prior to official transformation, with official appointments approved by formal City Council action. All subsequent appointments are subject to City Council appointment only. For the initial term(s), City Council appointments would likely occur September 2018 and run through June 30, 2019 for 1-year term appointments, and from September 2018 through June 30, 2020 for 2-year term appointments.
- Application: A formal application for the Advisory Group must be completed for formal consideration and for annual or bi-annual renewal of Advisory Group members (see attachment).
- Department/Staff Liaison: Community Services Department/Youth, School, & Community Partnerships Division staff for contract and program administration. Staffing support services may be revised to meet City budget or operational requirements as determined by the City Manager.
- Ralph M. Brown Act: The Advisory Group would be subject to public noticing and open meeting requirements under Ralph M. Brown Act.


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METACHAOS si aggiudica il "Golden Nica" al Prix Ars Electronica Austria.
Alessandro Bavari's "Metachaos" is an impressive display of the amazing graphics that can be produced with leading-edge hardware and software. The 8-minute clip begins with a sequence of clear, geometric forms that suggest a serene world. But it doesn't take long until it's apparent that this was just the calm before the storm. Shadowy creatures and shockingly grotesque figures intrude into this domain rendered in black & white and sepia tones and rip it to pieces. Using the interplay of light and shadow, intentionally shaky camera movements and quick cuts, Bavari takes us on a tour de force through an unsettling imaginary cosmos that grips viewers and doesn't let them loose. In addition to its extraordinary visuals, "Metachaos" features an impressive composed soundscape of incredibly concentrated intensity—noise elements paired with driving beats, panic-stricken screams, the rattling of bones and gale-force winds.
While some of as did not necessarily share the apocalyptic view of this film, we found that it left the most indelible impression. Narrowly passing through the first round, it grew on us, so that on repeated viewing it miraculously made its way to the top.
What starts as a cinematic, kinetik, yet clean field of geometry and bodies, gradually evolves, or devolves, into the artist's vision of a nightmarish black-and-white world created by a continual collision of the human and the architectural form. It finally culminates in a screaming dance among the ruins. In a impressive virtuoso tour de force, Alessandro Bavari creates a constant mêlée of grime, projectile muck and dust among collapsing spaces at the stage for metamorphosing human bodies with branching limbs that seem constantly to break the architectural environment apart. Zombies with missing limb sand decaying skin and faces sometimes stand around listlessly and other times appear to engage in orgasmic sex. The human forms become insect-like and multiply in hordes across the building forms. Dust particles and snakes of turbolent, ferrous liquid finally explode into an apocalyptic ocean of flotsam and sludge.
Bavari's few collaborators helped shape what the credit call "camera tremula" (shaky, documentary-style camera) and sound design. We commend his dedication to a singular artistic vision that is grounded in his practice as a photographer. This is a representation of a caustic end of the world, a world of a audible pain and hopeless destruction rendered with a disturbing reference to 80s-style computer-generated animation as well as 60s "actionism".


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2Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and brush with oil. Pour 1/4 cup of crepe batter into pan, tilting to completely coat the surface of the pan. Cook 2 to 5 minutes, turning once, until golden. Repeat with remaining batter.
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Sun City is a huge entertainment resort built into the rugged South African wilderness, just 2-3 hours drive from Johannesburg. The theme of a Lost Kingdom of Africa runs through the resort's four hotels, the central Valley of the Waves waterpark as well as the gold courses and casino. You've also got a 'Big Five' safari right on your doorstep, with Pilancesberg National Park too!
Just a few hours further on from Sun City is the Madikwe Game Reserve. One of South Africa's largest game reserves boasts the 'Big Five', as well as the rare wild dog and cheetah, amongst rocky outcrops and open grasslands. Madikwe Safari Lodge is our favourite lodge, offering luxurious accommodation, with excellent facilities for all travellers, and a great variety of game viewing.
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- Pokhara Tour
- Chitwan Tour
- Lumbini Tour
- Nepal Honeymoon Tour
- Bandipur Tour
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- Nepal Pilgrimage Tour
Trekking in Nepal
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- Everest Trek
- Lantang Trek
- Makalu Trek
- Upper Mustang Trek
- Dolpa - Mustang Trek
- Kanchanjunga Trek
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Darjelling - Sikkim Gantok Tour
Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and the headquarter of Darjeeling district, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 meters above sea level. The main attraction of Darjeeling is tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is famous as a touristic area. Tiger Hills (8364 Ft) view sunrise over, Ghoom Monastery, Batasia Loop, Japanese Temple, Peace pagoda, Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park & Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (Closed on Thursday), Tenzing & Gombu Rock, Tibetan Refugee Self-Help Center (Closed on Sunday) are the attraction of Darjeeling.
Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas.. The thumb-shaped state borders Nepal in the west, The People's Republic of China to the north and east, and Bhutan in the southeast. Sikkim was an independent state ruled by the Chogyal monarchy until 1975, when a referendum to make it India's twenty-second state succeeded. The Indian state of West Bengal borders Sikkim to its south. Gangtok is the capital and largest town. The official language is Nepali, and the predominant religions are Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism. Listed as one of the least populated city, Sikkim is rich is culture, scenery as well as biodiversity. Khecheopalri Lake (6000 Ft) is one of the sacred Buddhist mountain lake. Tshangu Lake (12400 Ft ), Rumtek Monastery, Jhakri Water Fall, Droul Chorthen, Research Institute of Tibetology, Directorate of Handicraft & Handloom and Flower Show are the attractions of Sikkim.
Bhandari tours and travel arranges the various tour packages including Darjeeling- Sikkim Gangtok tour.
Join us for a memorable travel experience.
Day 01:
Arrive Darjeeling: Kathmandu/ Biratnagar or Bhadrapure, Meet our Sikkim representative in the Airport and Transfer to Darjeelijng. Overnight at Hotel Seven Seventeen or similar on standard.
Day 02:
Darjeeling: Early morning tour to Tiger Hills (at 4 am) to view sunrise over Kanchenjunga Peak (subject to clear weather) and Batasia Loop & Ghoom Monastery. Afternoon visit to Japanese Temple, Peace pagoda, Lalkothi, Dhirdham Temple, Ava Art Gallery and Natural History Museum. Overnight at Hotel Seven Seventeen.
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Darjeeling: Today, visit Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological park, Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Rope way Tenzing & Gomba Rock, Tibetan Refugee self-help Centre, Tea Estate and Labong Race Course. Overnight at Hotel Seven Seventeen.
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Darjeeling &ndash Gangtok: Transfer to Gangtok (after breakfast,98 kms / 04 hrs). Overnight at Hotel Golden Pagoda.
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Gangtok: Take an excursion to Tshangu Lake (12000 ft. 35 kms / 02 hrs). Overnight at Hotel Golden Pagoda.
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Gangtok: Go for a day sightseeing covering Directorarte of Handicraft & Handsome, Enchey Monastery, Research Institute of Tibetology, Chorten, Rumtek Monastery and orchid sanctuary. Overnight at Hotel Golden Pagoda.
Day 07:
Gangtok &ndash Kalimpong: Transfer to Kalimpong (after breakfast, 81 kms /03 hrs). Check-in at Hotel .Take a leisure walk thorough a Hilly town. Overnight at Park Hotel.
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Kalimpong: Here you do the sightseeing of Dello Hills, Dr. Graham & resquo Home, Glower Nurseries, Jang-Dong-Palriffo Brang, Gouripur House and Durbin Dara Hills. Overnight at Hotel Park
Day 09:
Leave Kalimpong: Transfer to the point for your onward connection (after breakfast).
Tour Cost:
Single Supplement:
Minimum size: 2 pax
v The itinerary is changeable and modifiable as per needs and time frame of tour.
v Cost will be re calculated if the itinerary is changed or modified.
v Additional activities may be added as per travelers request with approx. additional cost.
v The cost may also be affected due to the requirement of number of guides.
v For any kind of change please contact us by mail or call.
Cost Include:
v Arrival / departure transfers by private car.
v Hotel accommodation on twin sharing basis with breakfast.
v Luxury Ac transport as per itinerary for sightseeing.
v All sightseeing with your own language speaking guides, entrance fees.
v Reconfirmation of your flight ticket
Cost Exclude:
v Hotel Lunch and dinner.
v Airfare international flights
v India entry visa fee, Visa can be obtained easy at the arrival
v Mineral water, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, laundry, phone calls, internet.
v Tips, gifts, souvenirs.
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In March 2015, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation awarded the National Theatre a grant over three years towards Connections, the National Theatre's annual festival of new plays for youth theatres and schools. This funding will allow us to double our inclusion fund, enabling groups demonstrating a financial or geographical barrier to participate and prioritising those who have a lack of access to creative opportunities, high levels of deprivation or significant NEET members.
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Cloquet man arrested for burglary
A Cloquet man is facing a felony charge after allegedly breaking into the Pine County impound lot in Sandstone.
On July 18, Branden David Welch, 34, was arrested on charges of possession of burglary or theft tools, a felony, and tampering with a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor.
Just four days before, Welch had posted bail out of the Carlton County jail, and has three pending felony cases against him, two for felony firearm possession and one for felony controlled substances.
According to the criminal complaint, Pine County dispatch notified authorities just before 2 a.m. July 18 there was an unauthorized person in the impound lot. Deputies checked the fence perimeter and found the gate was locked, and the fence didn't appear to be cut. They searched the interior of the lot and found Welch hiding under a truck. According to the charging document, Welch had two compact flashlights on him, and nearby, a sheathed filet knife, a canister of lighter fluid and an electronic cable were found.
Surveillance video showed the defendant entering several vehicles on the property. Deputies later discovered a black sport utility vehicle (SUV) registered to Welch nearby that contained numerous tools, personal care items and women's clothing. A vehicle battery was located near the roadway between the impound lot and the abandoned vehicle.