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CHINA: Disney sweats over sweatshop charges in China
For the families of 800 workers at Huang Xing Light Manufacturing factory in Shenzhen in southern China, the Chinese New Year, which begins on February 18, will begin on quite a gloomy note.
That's because only last fortnight, the factory, which used to supply Mickey Mouse and other Disney memorabilia to Tokyo Disneyland, downed shutters and laid off these 800 factory workers without any compensation.Â
On February 1, hundreds of dismissed workers staged violent protests outside the factory premises, demanding back-wages and compensation, but were dispersed by security officials.Â
The closure of Huang Xing came about after Disney, which accounted for over 80 per cent of the factory, pulled the plug on the relationship following damaging revelations by a Hong Kong-based labour activist group about working conditions at the factory.Â
In a report released in December 2006, Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM), a non-profit agency that works to advance workers' rights and "monitor" corporate behaviour, revealed gross violations of Chinese labour laws and international codes of conduct relating to work safety and compensation at seven factories that manufactured Disney merchandise in southern China.Â
That report validated the findings of an earlier report in 2005 from SACOM that had alleged sweatshop-like working conditions in the factories. Occupational injuries were prevalent, the report alleged.
In one factory, an average of three instances of occupational injury were reported every week. In addition, workers were paid far less than the statutory minimum wage, were forced to work longer hours than required under law, and accommodated in unsanitary dormitories.  Â
"Our findings were heartbreaking," SACOM coordinator Jenny Chan told DNA on Wednesday. "We'd gone to study labour conditions in southern China," which had by then become the 'factory floor of the world' and a pivotal link in the global supply chain of many multinationals. What the SACOM stumbled on was working-class hell.Â
Those reports helped initiate a consumer campaign of sorts in Hong Kong and elsewhere and focussed media and civil society attention on the poor labour standards in southern China.
SACOM also teamed up with pressure groups overseas - such as the Clean Clothes Campaign - to hold multinationals like Disney accountable on their home turf as well.Â
The damning reports stirred Disney enough to respond by pulling the plug on the relationship with the supplier - a policy that SACOM criticises as "cut and run". Says Chan: "This is the worst response to workers' rights violations. Disney must take responsibility for the labour rights violations carried out by its suppliers."Â Â
Disney, on the other hand, disavows any responsibility for the closure. The company's Asia regional corporate communications director Alannah Goss said in a statement that Disney had been working with both the licensee and the factory for many months and that "notwithstanding multiple offers by Disney to help the licensee and factory to improve standards, the licensee has chosen to walk away."'Â
Chan acknowledges that SACOM's well-intentioned efforts to protect workers' rights have had the unintended effect of seeing the workers lose their jobs, and admits that the group has been under "huge pressure" in recent days.
"At one level, what has happened is very sad. But it's important to bear in mind that Disney is the most important player in the relationship, and it was Disney that failed to correct rights violations in the factories or provide management solutions to the problem. If they had taken our suggestions seriously, this worst-case scenario wouldn't have happened."
Adds Chan: "Our objective hasn't changed. We still want Disney and other corporates to bear their social responsibility and fulfil their obligations to ensure that workers are properly treated and labour laws are followed."
More recently, SACOM has expanded the canvas of its operations to other labour-intensive manufacturing industries in China, including the electronics and computer assembly factories. The battle against "corporate misbehaviour" in China is evidently far from over...
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How Do I Prepare to Apply for a Vendor License?
To prepare to apply for a vendor license, you need to think about the types of goods or services you will be offering and where you will operate. These licenses are typically issued by municipalities, so it can be a good idea to check with the local government to determine if there are any special requirements. If you grow produce yourself and want to sell it at a farmer's market, you may be exempt from needing a vendor license. Most other activities that involve selling out of a fixed location or in a transient manner require a license. After you have planned out all of the specifics, you can contact the local tax authority and begin the application process.
The first step in preparing to apply for a vendor license is to determine what you are going to sell. Some areas have special restrictions, requirements, or exemptions depending on the good or service you are offering. If you are a farmer or large scale gardener, you may be exempt from licensing rules if you sell your produce directly to the public at a farmer's market or roadside stand on your property. Food sellers that offer products grown or created by other people typically need a vendor license and may also require food service certification.
If you will have a single place of business for a lengthy amount of time, you can plan to apply for a fixed location vendor license. Otherwise, you will need to plan for a transient license. The definitions of these licenses can vary between jurisdictions, but if you plan on transporting goods to be sold at a flea market or fair stall you will usually need a transient license.
Your next planning stage may be to determine which jurisdictions you want to sell in. If you plan on taking your goods to a number of different towns or counties over the course of several months, you may want to plan this out in advance. Local municipalities often limit the number of vendor licenses they issue in a given time period, so it can be a good idea to apply in advance for each permit you will need. This can help you avoid the experience of being unable to sell at a particular flea market or fair.
After you can completed all of your planning and preparation, you can contact the local taxation authority in each municipality you need a license from. The exact government body responsible for issuing these licenses can vary from one area to another, though the forms are often available online. In many cases, you will need to submit a fee along with your form, so you may also want to investigate how much this will cost in each area.

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Spent some time playing on the Android platform. Looked at a Barcode Scanner application (not the pay-for one Telstra provides). The QR code shown is for this website.
EvoGrid development is almost finished for this prototype. We are running simulations constantly in preparation for ALife12.
I've used simple-cdd for making Debian install disk images with EvoGrid packages bundled.
Looking at using OFX to import EVE transaction data into GnuCash.


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What the—Have you been crying?" Tohrment demanded. "Are you all right? Dear God, is it the baby?" "Tohr, relax. I'm a female, I cry at matings. It's in the job description." There was the sound of a kiss. "I just don't want anything to upset you, leelan." 'Then tell me the brothers are ready." "We are." "Good. I'll bring her out." "Leelan ? " "What?" There were low words spoken in their beautiful language. "Yes, Tohr," Wellsie whispered. "And after two hundred years, I'd mate you again. In spite of the fact that you snore and you leave your weapons all over our bedroom.
In the Old Language, she hissed, "If any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you sleep. I do not care where you lay your head or who with, my vengeance shall rain upon you until you drown." That last word was drawn out, until its syllable was lost in more growling. Dead silence. Until Doc Jane said dryly, "Annnnd this is why they say the female of the species is more dangerous than the male.
The Old Language really was beautiful, Blay thought. Staring at the symbols, for one brief, ridiculous moment he imagined his own name across Qhuinn's shoulders, carved into that smooth skin in the manner of the mating ritual. Never going to happen. They were destined to be best friends...which, compared to strangers, was something huge. Compared to lovers? It was the cold side of a locked door.
The hardest thing is being with other people — it's like they're on a different wavelength, but only you know it. They talk about their lives and what's wrong with them, and you kind of, like, just let them go. It's a whole different language, and you've got to remember that you can only respond in their mother tongue. It's really hard to relate.


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The holidays will soon be upon us and you know how those office parties will be. Well, maybe you don't, especially if it's your first with the company.
So here are some helpful hints that your boss may have had a little too much spiked eggnog, even before he got there.
Should any of the following happen, it might be a good thing to fake a headache and leave early so that you can keep both your job and your reputation.
Helpful Hints That Your Boss May Be Snuckered At The Holiday Office Party:
He parks his car on the roof and enters yelling "Ho Ho Ho" with his toupee glued to his chin.
Wild laughter from the sideroom and the fax machine has been going for over an hour.
Starts up with that "I could fire you all and hire Kenyans, you know?"
Got mistletoe hanging from his belt buckle.
He's in his office taking a leak in his desk drawer.
Keeps asking you if you'd like for him to get you a cock....tail....weiner?
Lying on the floor and only able to mumble four words over and over "first...thing...pops...up.."
Heavy breathing on the back of your neck smells like Jack Daniels and pepper spray.
Keeps talking about the "good ole days" as Governor of Arkansas and calling for the big-haired lady.


text: We have been carrying on Carol's work (Fertile Valley Seeds in OR) with this surprising cross between Black Mitla Tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) and Gaucho (Phaseolus vulgare) for the past five years, further selecting it for early maturity in our Northwest WA location. This is one of the most productive and flavorful beans we have ever grown and cooks up nice and quick. Small black and brown seeds of varying hues are easy to thresh. OSSI pledged variety.


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Collaboration for the future of open infrastructure
We recently got back from a trip to the UK where we attended the first European OpenInfra Days in London. An event where open source communities and projects meet, learn and collaborate to define the future of open infrastructure. Here are some of our take aways from the conference on April 1.
Openly developing Open Infrastructure
Thierry Carrez talked about the shift within the OpenStack Foundation and how the discussions in general have turned from being project oriented to goal oriented. Creating solutions has become solving problems, building software became integrating solutions and in the end the sole focus on developing OpenStack transformed into a focus on developing and improving open infrastructure as a whole.
Today, the OpenStack Foundation focuses on supporting open source based solutions for Datacenter cloud, edge computing, container infrastructure, CI/CD and AI/ML. Thierry illustrated his point byt showing that the very event we are attending hosts discussions on a wide range of technologies in the open infrastructure space where OpenStack is one of them.
Boatload of containers
To no surprise, containers is a hot topic – as it should be. Containerisation – wether through OpenStack Magnum, Kubernetes, Docker or other technologies is something many organisations are implementing these days.
Steve Hardy talked about a community project called "Metalcube" which is an effort to enable bare metal Kubernetes deployments using the K8s operator framework and OpenStack Ironic. It aims to seamlessly integrate existing infrastructure with workloads which is a super interesting use case.
Another interesting talk on the topic came from Miles Bryant from Monzo. His talk, detailed how the company, who is attracting some 28000 new customers every week, is building a bank using modern technologies.
Scientific computing
Academic and scientific computing was well represented at OpenInfra Days UK with no less than 7 different presentations, which was great to see.
The University of Oxford's – Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics and Big Data Institute, presented their OpenStack environment with a powerful authentication and authorisation infrastructure platform to enable high performance compute workloads on these sensitive datasets.
A big thank you to Danny Abukalam, Nick Jones and the advisory team for a great experience and for inviting us over.
New to OpenInfra Days?
Is this is the first time you've heard about the event format – with either the OpenStack or the OpenInfra prefix? Check out this short video from 2016 when OpenStack Days Nordic was launched to understand the concept.
Why some of the OpenStack Days events changed their names
(Text borrowed from OpenInfra Nordics – https://openinfranordics.com
2018 marked the beginning of a new era as the OpenStack Foundation announced their full support to all adjacent open source communities dedicated to building and operating open infrastructure. The Foundation changed the name of their community gathering to Open Infrastructure Summit, encouraging wide spread collaboration with communities such as Ansible, Ceph, Docker, Kata Containers, Kubernetes, ONAP, Open cSwitch, OPNFV, StarlingX, Zuul and more.
As a satellite event to the Open Infrastructure Summit, and as supporters of the new and improved mission, it is now our turn to head in the same direction. We are officially changing the name of this event and extend a warm welcome to the entire Nordic open infrastructure community.


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aliens... i liked independence day, also Transformers, also Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the Faculty.
"The mighty oak tree was once a tiny nut that stood its ground" -
I think one of my favorites i recently watched was Skyline. its really good and i think yall might like this one the first 10-15 mins is a recap of what happen before whats going on at the time of the movie starting but after that first 10-15 mins its great then on.
WHO ARE CALLING A ANIMAL! *grips Genes cloak with a evil glare* ~ Aisha - Eps Beast Girl ready to pounce.
(Aisha Clan Clan) I've never seen a ship like this before. It's far behind any C'tarl-C'tarl ship. It won't move unless you're naked! That's very kinky, wouldn't you say?


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She's The Man. I haven't seen this movie in forever. I recently watched it and it was just as funny as I remember!
V8 V-Fusion Sparkling strawberry lemonade.
Red by Taylor Swift. Now that Christmas music is over, I'm back to listening to this album on repeat.
The Goonies. An oldie, but a goodie.
Maybelline Dream Fresh BB Cream. Randomly decided to pull this out again and now I use it all the time!
Insomnia Cookies. Best invention for college students. They deliver warm, delicious cookies until 3am. The cookies are soooo good!
One Direction. I listened to quite a bit of One Direction earlier this month.
Revlon Just Bitten Balm Stain in honey. This is perfect, and it's subtle enough for everyday use.
Pretty Little Liars. PLL has been SO good this month!


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It's important to be able to spot the warning signs of skin cancer.
From the office of Board Certified Dermatologist, Dr. Mark Quarterman and Dr. Luke O'Steen located in Anderson, Seneca and Abbeville, South Carolina. Here is what to look for when it comes to skin cancer and when you should come into our office for a consultation.
Know Your ABCDEs
The ABCDE method is one of the best methods that you could follow for determining whether or not a mole requires further medical attention. While this method tends to refer to skin changes associated with melanoma, remember that there are other types of skin cancer, as well.
Asymmetry: In a healthy mole, you should be able to draw an imaginary line down the middle and see that both sides are mirror images in terms of size, shape and color. If one side has an uneven or ragged border, then it is time for the mole to be examined.
Border: A healthy mole will have a clearly defined border that is even and smooth. If you notice that the mole's border is poorly defined or is jagged or oddly shaped, then it is worth investigating further.
Color: Moles come in many different shades of brown; however, a healthy mole should only be a single color. If you notice multiple shades or colors in a mole, this could be a sign of skin cancer.
Diameter: While not always the case, most healthy moles are usually less than the size of a pencil eraser. Melanoma is often larger than 6mm; however, early-stage melanoma can be smaller.
Evolving: It is important that you examine your skin regularly so that you are able to spot changes to your moles. Healthy moles do not change much over the years, it is the ones that do change that need a closer examination from a medical professional. If you notice any growths that itch, crust over or bleed, then you need to make an appointment.
Anderson Skin & Cancer Clinic offers clinics in Anderson, Seneca and Abbeville, South Carolina. Regardless of whether you are noticing changes to a mole or you just want to schedule a routine skin cancer screening, don't hesitate to call our office today. For Anderson, call (864) 224-7577; Seneca, (864) 882-7747; or Abbeville, (800) 922-SKIN.


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2 Lean pork loin steaks, cut into small cubes
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1 Red pepper, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 Red pepper (halved and grilled)
2x15mlsp (2tbsp) Fresh mint, chopped
Small handful sprouted seeds eg raddish, alfa - optional
2x15mlsp (2tbsp) Natural low fat yogurt
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1 Lime, juice and rind
5mlsp (1tsp) Mint jelly
Dry fry the pork cubes in a non-stick pan for 1-2 minutes until starting to brown. Add the bulgar wheat, 600ml (1pt) boiling water, lime juice and rind.
Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the cracked wheat is tender.
Remove from the heat and add the red pepper, mint, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. Toss together and serve the Tabbouleh in two halves of a grilled red pepper. Top with sprouted seeds - if you wish. Drizzle with yogurt mixed with mint, lime and mint jelly.
Per Portion: (521g)
Energy 2680kJ / 638 cal
Fat 15g (of which saturates 5g)
Carbohydrate 57g (of which sugars 14g)
Salt 0.5g
Protein 73g
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But nae smile was seen on Kilmeny's face;
As still was her look, and as still was her e'e,
As the stillness that lay on the emerant lea,
Or the mist that sleeps on a waveless sea.
For Kilmeny had been, she knew not where,
And Kilmeny had seen what she could not declare.
That's pretty much how I felt after watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica for the first time. This article (new minted though long worked on) is one fruit of that obsession - picked on the academic side of the orchard. (For a basketful of others, feel free to click on the Madoka tab.) If you like narratology, reception studies, discussions of "the child" in children's literature, or magical girls with cool powers, it may be for you. However, it is full of SPOILERS, so tread carefully, don't linger, and don't leave the marked paths.


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GoFundMe Page Started for Student
Charles City, IA – The Charles City School District lost a young student this past weekend to illness. The community is getting involved to help pay for the funeral services.
4-year-old Gabriella Roundy attended Washington Elementary School before she passed away at the Floyd County Medical Center this past weekend.
A GoFundMe page has been set up for some of the costs upcoming. She will be transported to Chicago for her burial. Search Gabriella Roundy to find where you can leave donations. This will be open until the end of Wednesday.
Gabriella is the daughter of Ashley Chapman and Daniel Roundy.


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Project: Financial Abuse of Seniors
On March 26, 2013, CCEL Senior Fellow Laura Tamblyn Watts participated in a National Meeting on Financial Abuse organized by the International Federation on Ageing and held in Toronto. The full day meeting included stakeholders from the financial sector, government officials, and individuals and organizations with expertise in the area of abuse of older people.
As part of this event, the CCEL produced the Background Paper Financial Abuse of Seniors: An Overview of Key Legal Issues and Concepts. The paper includes:
- Discussions of the concepts of abuse of older people and financial abuse of seniors, including examples, patterns and highlights of key social dynamics;
- An overview of the existing legal framework in Canada, including criminal law, provincial legislation (such as adult protection and adult guardianship legislation), mental capacity law, power of attorney law, and privacy law, including a summary of amendments to the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, included in Bill C-12;
- An Appendix of examples of promising Canadian approaches in detection, response and prevention; and
- A conclusion highlighting recommendation that emerged out of the 2008 Federal/ Provincial/ Territorial Forum on financial abuse of seniors relevant to the National Meeting.
Questions for the consideration of stakeholders are threaded throughout the paper to stimulate thinking and discussion.
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One employee of the drugs bond at Diamond Hospital has admitted to stealing GYD$100,000 worth of supplies from the East Bank Demerara facility and one has resigned with immediate effect, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. The ministry added that several others, who were released from police custody , have not reported for duty. "They are on strike" ...Read More »
Daily Archives: May 18, 2017
Civil Defence to rush supplies to flood-affected residents facing "grim" situation in Region 8
Hundreds of residents in scattered villages in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) are facing a "grim" situation as a result of severe flooding due to heavy rainfall, a reconnaissance mission conducted Thursday by Guyana's Civil Defence Commission (CDC) revealed. "I would say the situation is grim," Director General of the CDC, Retired Col. Chabilall Ramsarup told Demerara Waves Online News. He said six ...Read More »
Minister George Norton hospitalised
Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton has been admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for observation, after complaining of feeling unwell, the Ministry of the Presidency said. No further details were provided. The Ministry of the Presidency said it "will provide relevant updates where necessary." Hospital sources said Norton did not ...Read More »
Woman charged with failing to declare large sum of money
The woman, who allegedly brought more than US$10,000 to Guyana allegedly without declaring it to authorities, was Thursday granted bail. Thirty-six year old Tracyann Todd appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where the charge of failing to declare a large sum of foreign currency was read to her. The charge against Todd stated that on May 4, 2017 at the ...Read More »
Listen to Podcast: Why building an oil refinery in Guyana is bad business and what are the country's options?
Several alternatives to building a US$5 billion oil refinery have been suggested to Guyana. After explaining the reasons why he thinks it will be unprofitable to establish a 100,000 barrel per day refinery to take care of domestic needs of about 15,000 barrels per day and the exportation of the remainder, Consultant Pedro Haas of the New York-based Hartree Partners ...Read More »
Listen to Podcast: Petroleum expert grilled on Guyana oil refinery feasibility study
After petroleum consultant at the United States-based Hartree Partners, Pedro Haas outlined the oil refining and product acquisition options available to Guyana, it was time for a very lively question and answer session. He was asked several questions about the viability of building an oil refinery in Guyana, and several suggestions were floated. The public consultation on the desktop feasibility ...Read More »


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I know I have talked about how little M loves her trees. She will often walk around the tree and talk to the ornaments...at least I think that's what she is talking to... so when I saw her start talking to the tree yesterday, I grabbed the camera.
I love that each little thing hanging at her level gets individual attention.
The angel gets special love...
But not as special as the velvet flocked ball, which gets a kiss!
Oh, little M, I feel the same way!


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text: On 12293 March 1977, Holger Levsen wrote: > I think we as a project should not tolerate such, agree so, and provide simple > filter mechanisms, so that people can continue to have these links in _their_ > blog posts, while they are filtered out on http://planet.debian.org No. I would want it to be the same as with other languages - the feed owner is responsible to provide a feed that is clean of this. > What do you think? I think that the flattr stuff is at best annoying, at worst i cant even imagine how bad. Especially with the idioticy of many who link to flattr that tell flattr anything about the people browsing the web - by linking the image from flattr servers. Stupido extremo. > How much spam do you find tolerable? Would it be ok if I sell advertisment > space on my blog and syndicate this to planet? You know, I need to eat too... Its on a debian resource, so the DMUP can hold up. Dont make money with Debian resources. Obviously with flattr you make. There is a very big grey area though. What about someone writing a book about Debian? Someone doing Debian for paid work and blogging about it? They get money from it -> not on planet? No. I think it depends on the amount of it. A one time "hey, i wrote this book" / "hey, im on flattr, in case you care..." and such should be ok. Regularly having this at every post -> not. -- bye, Joerg (somewhere im having my planet@ hat :) ) [...] While Debian is certainly about beer, and in some cases may even be about free beer, Debian is mainly about free speech.


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We are a proud partner in a joint project called 'Ex- Forces Support' aimed at supporting older veterans achieve improved wellbeing, social connections and improved confidence. We are specifically involved in supporting the carers of veterans, or supporting veterans who are carers, in the Hambleton and Richmondshire locality. If you have served in a National Service role or you have been a member of the Merchant Navy we can also support you in your caring role. This project is funded from the Veterans Fund funded by the Chancellor using LIBOR Funds- aiming to support Aged Veterans over 65 years, or born prior to 1950.
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Many Ex-British Armed Forces personnel have settled longer term in Hambleton or Richmondshire due to the British Army base of Catterick Garrison and the RAF bases at Topcliffe, Dishforth and Leeming, located in our area. We have a higher than average concentration of Ex-Forces personnel living in the area where we provide our services, and this includes a contingent of Gurkha personnel from the Brigade of Gurkhas, whose family or friends may also require support in the caring role.
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What to do and see in Amsterdam
Sure, everyone knows about the coffee shops -- but what else is fun to do in Amsterdam? Holland's capital city is a hub for happy cyclists, lazy beers by the canal, and art-lovers. As you start planning what to see, here are ten activities you can't miss.
Anne Frank House
Whether you've read the diary or not, the Anne Frank House is a must-visit. If you want to avoid the tourist traffic, book a ticket in advance and hop to the front of the line.
Amsterdam Canal Ring
By boat or by land, you won't be able to avoid Amsterdam's famous canal ring. Go for a stroll, hop on a ferry tour, or people-watch in a canal-side bar.
Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is home to the world's largest Van Gogh collection, and one of the most popular museums in the world. Even the artistically uninterested love the modern architecture (and free wifi).
Find your way to Museumplein, the "Museum Quarter" at the heart of the city. Three museums, lunchtime concerts in the Concertgebouw, plenty of shopping, and grassy green space.
The national museum of Holland boasts works by Rembrandt and Vermeer. Plan to arrive first thing or in the late afternoon - or book a Rijksmuseum ticket in advance in order to skip the queue.
Red Light District
Whether you're looking for a museum, a "souvenir," or some risque nightlife: the Red Light District is sure to delight and entertain.
Heineken Experience
Established in 1864, Heineken is now one of the world's biggest beer producers. The lighthearted, fun, historical tour takes a quick 90 minutes. The Heineken Experience ticket includes two beers.
New Church
A part-time wedding chapel for Dutch monarchs, New Church is Holland's most important church and a historical cornerstone in Amsterdam. Between coronations, check out their rotating exhibits.
Amsterdam Museum
For city history, visit the aptly-named Amsterdam Museum. Educate yourself on everything from famous Amsterdamians to fashion and architecture. Some exhibits are interactive!
De Pijp
Amsterdam's go-to bohemian neighborhood is brimming with coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. Go before dinner and spend the late afternoon wandering through the Albert Cuypmarket.
Planning Your Amsterdam Visit
How many days should you spend in Amsterdam?
There's no right answer, but you can get a real feel for the city if you allocate three full days. That will give you enough time to hit the big sights, see the canals, and explore your way through some neighborhoods.
Getting around town
Amsterdam is an easy city to navigate. While the public transport is first class, most visitors find that the city is compact enough to be 100% walkable, save for the train to-and-from Schiphol Airport. Plus, you can easily rent a bicycle when the weather's nice.
How expensive is Amsterdam?
While there are a couple big activities you will have to pay for (like the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum), Amsterdam is full of street markets and small independent galleries. And the city is so walkable that you won't need to spend a lot on public transportation.
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- Language
- Dutch and lots of English
- Currency
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- Time Zone
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- Best time to visit
- There's never a promise of good weather in Amsterdam, but you can expect milder temperatures and longer days between April and September. April is especially lovely -- those famous tulips will be blooming, and you can celebrate Holland's biggest holiday of the year, King's Day.
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What people are saying about Amsterdam
Very practical. The GVB service store stays right in front of the Amsterdam Centraal, across the street. You can get maps there for free too. I got there with the voucher, they scanned and gave me the transport card valid for 24hours counting from the first used time. Attention, cause this ticket doesn't allow you to take trains, only metro and buses, but it's explained by the GVB employee. For instance, I needed to go from Amsterdam Central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk. With the train, it would take me 5min to get there, but since my card didn't cover trains, only metros, I had to take a metro that took 1 hour to arrive there. I could have bought the train ticket... it would be around €2,40, but since I had the card and had time to spare, I took the metro. Besides all of that, you can have a good experience in Amsterdam with this card and I surely recommend it if you do not need to use trains because of a short time trip.
This was an amazing tour, a real eye opener!! We visited Amsterdam several times, so we wanted to do something different. It was very interesting and we never knew some of the extreme crime this city has. We learned about the old Dutch mafia but also about the new Moroccan mafia that is getting more powerful in the Netherlands. In recent years there was even a decapitated head found of one the mafia members in Amsterdam! This tour is a must do for anyone that is interested in crime!! You will get a real insight of the current situation of crime and mafia in the Netherlands. Crazy stuff!
Przewodnik okazal sie osoba bardzo obeznana w temacie, opowiadal bardzo ciekawe historie z zycia miasta. Wyjasnil dlaczego domy sa krzywe, opowiadal o problemach z narkotykami w dwudziestym wieku, o poczatkach prostytucji, o znanych osobach z czerwonej dzielnicy, pokazal najstarszy sklep z condonami, jeden z najstarszych Kofi shopow. Nie sposob przytoczyc wszystkiego. Wycieczka byla zaplanowana na 2 h, przedluzyla sie do 3 godzin o czym zorientowalismy sie dopiero po powrocie do hotelu, bo wydawalo nam sie ze jestesmy na miescie moze z godzinke. Szczerze polecam
I had a great experience and would highly recommend it to others. I was given an explanation of the club, then could walk around it and see the rooms upstairs. I was then given the opportunity to ask any questions I had about the club, the industry, or the guide's personal experiences. She was so nice and open to answering any questions I had - it was like talking with a friend. The guide was very interested in reducing the stigma of the sex industry, and I think it was both a good learning experience for me and fun!
Great tour through the red light district. As I was the only one booked the tour I even got a private tour. Stan showed me the most important spots and told the whole background and history of prostitution and coffee shops in Amsterdam. We even stopped briefly at a coffee shop and he explained everything to me in detail how it works. Stan is a great tour guide and I would definitively book a tour again the next time I am in Amsterdam.


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'We have a little angel looking after us now'
The parents of a young Port boy who was tragically killed in a car crash are hoping a community campaign can keep his memory alive and help others.
Four-year-old Ciarán Treacy died following a two car crash in Portarlington on April 17. His mother Gillian, who was severely injured in the crash, attended his funeral on a stretcher, before being brought back to Tallaght hospital. She has had eight operations in 28 days, with one procedure lasting 12 hours, and returned home last week in a wheelchair.
"From the chest down, if it wasn't broken it was either battered or bruised," explained Gillian's husband Ronan.
Ciarán idolised his older brother Sean and was extremely close to his little sister Caoimhe (2). "She knows that he's not around and she knows he is in heaven," Gillian explained. "He used to say to her, you're a little darling, you're a sweetheart," she added.
Gillian was bringing her boys home from their grandparents in Stradbally when tragedy struck. She had just promised to make pancakes for Ciarán. "The last words he probably would have said were 'wow, we are going to have pancakes'," she recalled.
On top of the pain of losing a child, the Treacys - who are self employed and lease a shop and filling station in Portarlington - are now facing mounting medical bills, the loss of an income and costs with adapting their home.
The Treacys have been overwhelmed by the support of the community who have set up the Ciarán Treacy Family Support Fund.
"We are just totally bowled over by the sense of community in Portarlington," Ronan remarked. "We feel he has not been forgotten," Gillian added.
She said being unable to grieve together as a family "was absolutely horrendous".
"I've missed five weeks out of their lives. We went up to the grave last night and it's the first time we have been up as a family on our own," she said.
Ronan was due to celebrate his birthday last weekend.
"Instead of having the a 40th birthday party we were at our son's months mind. Our hearts are broken, the only glue that is keeping our hearts together is the kids," she said.
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I want to travel up the country from HCM to Hanoi on the inner western road (the Ho Chi Minh Trail, essentially), popping in to the coast along the way. Has anyone traveled up this road? Any advice?
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Mmmm ... Tricky. This wasn't even possible when we first visited Vietnam and by all accounts it's still pretty tough. From what I can find it seems about the only way to do it would be by motorbike tour, even if you dobthis independently:
http://asiancorrespondent.com/visitedplanet/through-the-highlands-on-ho-s-trail-vietnam-blog-spot-13 or http://www.motorbikevietnam.com/hochiminhtrailride.htm
I certainly don't know of any travelers who have had either the time or the will to try this by public transport. Let me know if you do! about 10 years agoAnswered by Original Nomad via WorldNomads.com
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I did this trip just over 2 months ago. One word for it - AWESOME! I did it on a motorbike but if you wanted a truely 'local' experience then public transport (not what you'd call it though) is one option. For me, the motorbike was the only way to go - as long as you have prior riding experience. Vietnam is not the place to learn:)
Yok Don (near the Cambodian border) is a fantastic national park, and from there you can follow the border road north (Road 14 from memory). There are so many villages to stop in at along the way. Nothing touristy - just pure local flavour!
If you're game, there are a few places you can cross into Laos as you head north. Just be really nice to the Border Guards and they'll let you pop in for a few USD$. about 10 years agoAnswered by PlaneTraveler via Travellr.com
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I realize that it takes all kinds to make the world go round (as they say but really the world was spinning before man showed up). So I may write or post a picture of something in which a reader just doesn't find any humor. I'm sure it has happened. I want to thank you upfront (thanking you from behind could get us both in trouble) for enduring another post of the rumblings of my mind.
The above picture is a great physical implementation of a pun. Are you on board with it?
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taco talking - I wasn't a fan of Breaking Bad but I know many were. I watched a few episodes on DVD when our daughter was binge watching a season once. It did offer a very interesting plot.
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Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey
How deep is your love, how deep is your love
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We've seen national monuments blow up, animals speak and every unfathomable superhero come to life with the help of computer generated imagery. Nowadays, hack filmmakers try to turn in sloppy work and it doesn't pass muster. But when ILM brought all our favorite Transformers toys to life, it still wowed us. The film's visual effects supervisor, Scott Farrar, shared how he made the Autobots and Decepticons the real deal.
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"I come from a photographic background," said Farrar. "I started as a DP, visual effects photographer. It's been a tough crossover going from photochemical days where you photograph either shots on set or you shot miniatures or you shot real elements and you composited them. Okay, now we enter the world of computer graphics. What is that? Well, it's a compositing tool, put the thing together, but it's also a method of creating all kinds of things, simulations, dirt, debris, objects, what have you. But a lot of the stuff has not quite looked as good as what you could just go out and photograph. So the attempt in this movie was to ratchet up a little bit higher, hit a little bit higher watermark of making, in this case, hard body surfaces look real. I was kind of surprised it really hadn't been done before, especially like a giant robot movie kind of lends itself to that kind of a thing."
Luckily, Michael Bay still shoots a lot of practical footage, so Farrar had that to work with. But making a car turn into a robot was a purely digital assignment. "It's actually physical pieces moving. This all is very complex. This toy [the original Optimus Prime action figure] has 51 pieces. Our Optimus Prime in the movie has 10,108. So what you're talking about, and all that has to be chained. Chained means it's all got to be hooked together so it all travels along together as it moves, whether it's an arm move or a body movement or a transformation. That means it's complex, yes, of course. There's a lot of firepower that has to be in the computers to have all that information travel on, not only the pieces but all the information. The paint, the detail, the colors, the dirt, all the things that are textured onto it."
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text: MONTHLY ECONOMIC UPDATE Howard Erman, CFP®, CRC, EA | May 09, 2013 Share | Retirement 5/9/2013Howard Erman Presents: MONTHLY ECONOMIC UPDATE MONTHLY QUOTE"Always do right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest." – Mark TwainMONTHLY TIPCancel monthly charges for services or products you really don't use or need. If you decide you do need them, you can always sign up for them again later. MONTHLY RIDDLESpell out these numbers as words and figure out what they have in common: 3, 7, 10, 11, and 12.Last month's riddle: Keith claims his dog can jump over his house. His friends laugh, but he insists it is true. Why is Keith correct?Last month's answer:The dog is able to jump over his house – his house being a dog house.May 2013THE MONTH IN BRIEFOffhand, when was the last month in which stocks didn't advance? That would be October, and if it seems like a distant memory, credit the Federal Reserve, a decent Q1 earnings season, and a prevalent optimism that is hard to dismiss. The S&P 500 pushed higher during the month to settle at a new record close of 1,597.57 on April 30 – even after an abysmal March jobs report and some soft indicators at home and abroad. It was a bad month for commodities investors, with the big headline being gold's lapse into a bear market on April 12. There was better news out of Europe, if not out of China. The real estate market continued to improve, the usual monthly volatility in the pace of home sales aside.1,2,3DOMESTIC ECONOMIC HEALTHThe most stunning news of April came early in the month, when the Labor Department said that the economy had generated but 88,000 new jobs in March. Sure, the jobless rate fell to 7.6%, but that was only because fewer Americans were looking for work – the labor force participation rate hit a 34-year low of 63.3%. Of course, the Labor Department often greatly revises these monthly hiring figures.4Was manufacturing growth tapering off? The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing PMI came in at 50.7 in April, below the disappointing March reading of 51.3. ISM's March service sector PMI declined to a still-encouraging 54.4 in April from its 56.0 March reading. Construction spending was down 0.7% in March, while overall durable goods orders lessened by 5.7%. Retail sales dipped 0.4% in March (the poorest month since last June). Given indicators like these, perhaps it wasn't surprising that the federal government's initial estimate of Q1 GDP was 2.5% - not the 3.0% or better growth that many economists had assumed they would see.5,6,7,8 Consumer spending beat expectations with a 0.2% gain in March, with colder weather being the biggest factor: inflation-adjusted spending on utilities rose by the largest monthly amount since October 2001. Gas prices had fallen 4.4% in March, and inflation also lessened: the overall Consumer Price Index went south 0.2% and the overall Producer Price Index retreated 0.6%; the core PPI rose 0.2%, the core CPI 0.1%.8,9,10The Conference Board's April consumer confidence poll soared to a 5-month peak of 68.1 in April from its 61.9 mark for March. The University of Michigan's final April consumer sentiment index reached 76.4, surprising to the upside – economists polled by Briefing.com had expected a final April reading of 72.4.1,7,11 GLOBAL ECONOMIC HEALTHWould China's apparent economic recovery amount to an illusion? Its official GDP reading for Q1 was 7.7%, down from 7.9% in Q4. Additionally, its HSBC PMI reading fell to 50.5 in April, a two-month low. Economists worried that its GDP would be closer to 7% than 8% in coming quarters. This disappointment provided another hit to the global commodities market, signaling reduced demand for gold and other resources in the PRC.12While the banking crisis in Cyprus had cooled, eurozone unemployment had hit 12.1% in March, and Germany's manufacturing PMI showed contraction in April (49.2). However, these last two developments seemed to increase the odds of the European Central Bank lowering its benchmark interest rate (which was at 0.75% as April ended). Ten-year bond yields in Italy and Spain were respectively at 4.1% and 4.3% as the month wrapped up, a far cry from the danger zone they entered last summer; the yield on Spain's 10-year note fell for an eighth straight month. Italy's political stalemate ended after two months, with new prime minister Enrico Letta receiving a parliamentary vote of confidence.11,13,14,15 WORLD MARKETSMany marquee indices fared well in April. The gainers included the Global Dow (+3.27%), the MSCI World Index (+2.90%), the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (+0.44%), the Nikkei 225 (+11.80%), the Sensex (+3.55%), the S&P/ASX 200 (+4.52%), the FTSE 100 (+0.29%), the CAC 40 (+3.36%), the DAX (+1.52%) and the Euro STOXX 50 (+0.99%). In the loss column for April, we find the TSX Composite (-2.30%), the IPC All-Share (-4.11%), the Bovespa (-0.78%) and the Shanghai Composite (-2.62%).2,16COMMODITIES MARKETSIt wasn't all bad in April: natural gas futures rose 9.0%, cocoa futures gained 9.1%, and wheat futures rose 6.3%. Now for the bad news: gold fell 7.8% last month to an April 30 COMEX close of just $1,474.00. Silver cratered 14.6% in April; copper fell 6.4%, platinum 4.3% and palladium 9.2%. Corn (-6.5%) and soybeans (-0.4%) both lost ground for a third consecutive month. NYMEX crude dipped 3.9% in April to end the month at $93.46 a barrel while RBOB gasoline futures dropped 9.8%. The U.S. Dollar Index lost 1.52% in April, settling at 81.72 on April 30.11,17,18,19 REAL ESTATEThe pace of existing home sales was 10.3% better in March 2013 than it was in March 2012, according to the National Association of Realtors; the Census Bureau reported an 18.5% year-over-year improvement in the pace of new home purchases. The February S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed its best overall 12-month gain since May 2006 (+9.3%). NAR also noted pending home sales at a 3-year peak in March, with the annual gain at 7.0%. Existing home sales did decline 0.6% in March; new home sales rose 1.5%.11,20,21What happened to mortgage rates in April? We saw notable declines. Freddie Mac's March 28 Primary Mortgage Market Survey had the average interest rate for the 30-year FRM at 3.57%; it was at 2.76% for the 15-year FRM, 2.68% for the 5/1-year ARMs and 2.62% for the 1-year ARM. In the last April survey (April 25), the numbers were as follows: 30-year FRM, 3.40%; 15-year FRM, 2.61%; 5/1-year ARM, 2.58%; 1-year ARM, 2.62%.22LOOKING BACK…LOOKING FORWARDThe NASDAQ and S&P are now on 6-month winning streaks – the longest win streaks they have realized in the current bull market. The DJIA advanced for a fifth straight month in April. Here are the settlement prices from April 30: DJIA, 14,839.80; S&P, 1,597.57, NASDAQ, 3,328.79; Russell 2000, 947.46. (The RUT actually lost 0.43% for April.)1,2% CHANGEYTD1-MO CHG1-YR CHG10-YR AVGDJIA+13.25+1.79+12.31+7.50NASDAQ+10.24+1.88+9.27+12.73S&P 500+12.02+1.81+14.28+7.42REAL YIELD4/30 RATE1 YR AGO5 YRS AGO10 YRS AGO10 YR TIPS-0.64%-0.30%1.50%2.16%Sources: online.wsj.com, bigcharts.com, treasury.gov - 4/30/132,23,24Indices are unmanaged, do not incur fees or expenses, and cannot be invested into directly.These returns do not include dividends.Hopefully, we won't see domestic economic indicators falter in May and June, as was the case in 2011 and 2012. Overseas indicators (growth and manufacturing in China, the lingering recession in Europe) may not promise much, however. On a positive note, the Fed is still printing plenty of money and sticking to its accommodative monetary policy, which has boosted stocks of late more than any other factor. The undeniable psychological lift from the Fed's open-ended easing hasn't worn off, and investor morale is still high. The market doesn't seem to be facing headwinds comparable to spring 2011 or spring 2012, though they certainly could arise. If the S&P does top 1,600 in the first half of May and close above 1,600 at the end of the month, you can't say that Wall Street would be shocked. "Sell in May, go away?" Maybe not. Many investors still see more upside in this bull market. UPCOMING ECONOMIC RELEASES: For the balance of May, here is the schedule of consequential announcements ... the Labor Department's April jobs report and the ISM April service sector index (5/3), March wholesale inventories (5/9), April retail sales (5/13), April's PPI and industrial production and the May NAHB housing market index (5/15), the April CPI plus the report on April housing starts and building permits (5/16), the Conference Board's April index of Leading Economic Indicators and the University of Michigan's preliminary May consumer sentiment survey (5/17), April existing home sales and the release of the May 1 Fed minutes (5/22), April new home sales and March's FHFA housing price index (5/23), April durable goods orders (5/24), the March Case-Shiller home price index and the Conference Board's May consumer confidence poll (5/28), the second federal government estimate of Q1 GDP and NAR's pending home sales report for April (5/30), and May's final University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey plus the April consumer spending report (5/31)Please feel free to forward this article to family, friends or colleagues. 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Train you intuition – a 3-hour workshop with Nina Bentzon
Neurosurgeon Eben Alexander.
The success of a message largely depends on your own inner state as a messenger.
In life, we sometimes pick up on a deeper inner knowledge that highly qualifies and informs the activity or situation in which we find ourselves. It appears spontaneously and is not a process of thinking. We call it gut feeling, having a hunch, inner knowing or just intuition.
Intuition means "tuition from within". But how do we access this higher faculty and how do we train and refine it?
In this three-hour workshop we focus on clarity in understanding and practical application:
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Nina has been a professional astrologer since 1987 and is the author of three books. As a young woman she experienced a spiritual awakening with remarkable results – most importantly the healing of long time infertility. These events transformed her understanding of the importance of spiritual intuition in life and professional work and the transcendent dimensions of existence.
Her teaching is based on 30 years of research and studying the works of A. A. Bailey, Liz Greene, Brady, Schulman, Spiller, Arroyo, Oken and Forrest with inspiration from Eastern philosphy, near death research and the cosmology of Hicks/Abraham, Steiner, Martinus, Roberts/Seth among others.
Nina Bentzon-Ehlers is the founder and teacher of Nina Bentzon-Ehlers Astrology and Mindlight Institute, Denmark, that provides courses in psychological astrology and transpersonal psychology.


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Solar panels placed to optimally gather sun light. Arrangement also assures that the system components are setup to provide best system efficiency
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Ada Limón leads campus community poetry workshop
Abigail AbantoHollans, Staff Writer
March 30, 2018
"I am going to read 12 poems," said poet Ada Limón. "I tell you this so that if you like what you hear, you'll be excited to hear what's next. And if you don't like what you hear, you can count down how many poems are left." Limón read a collection of her poems during a poetry reading...
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March 23, 2018
Quaker House presents "This Evil Thing" On Friday, March 16, in Sternberger Auditorium the Quaker House presented the one-man show, "This Evil Thing," written and performed by playwright and actor Michael Mears. The show focuses on the ways in which conscientious objectors across the globe ...


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PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — THE FAN's Andrew Fillipponi is joined by former NFL head coach Jim Fassell who is now coaching the Las Vegas Locomotives in the UFL.
According to Fassell, a shorter NFL camp due to the lockout will hurt players like Terrelle Pryor.
He is not sure that Pryor would be a starter in the UFL. Fassell says that Pryor needs more work under center.
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