Welcome back to RoshCast for Episode 51! For those of you taking the initial certification exam, you're at the home stretch. Remember to listen to this episode and old episodes as you get closer to the end for more review. Good luck from us at the RoshCast team! We have a great episode for you to get you prepped in your final studies!
A 46-year-old man presents with a progressive dull headache over the past 3 weeks. It is worse in the morning and with bending over or coughing. He denies any fever or congestion. For the last two days, he has had associated nausea and three episodes of vomiting. Which of the following characteristics seen on neuroimaging would be most consistent with a glioblastoma?
A 16-year-old African American boy presents with a scalp rash. On examination, it is a 5 x 5 cm boggy and thickened area of the right parietal cap with an overlying scaly and crusty plaque and hair loss. The lesion appears yellowish-green under a Wood's lamp. What is the treatment of choice for this lesion?
A 22-year old man recently diagnosed with schizophrenia presents to the ED with altered mental status. His blood pressure is 160/80 mm Hg, pulse 130 beats per minute, and temperature is 39.5°C. He is noted to be confused and diaphoretic. He has muscle rigidity and a tremor in his hands. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A 21-year-old woman presents with painful urination. She has no vaginal discharge and is not sexually active. Which of the following is most sensitive for a urinary tract infection on urine dipstick testing?
Which of the following findings would be consistent with a diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot?
A 73-year-old man presents with painless vision loss in the right eye. Which of the following on funduscopic examination is most characteristic of central retinal vein occlusion?
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and presents as a heterogeneous mass with central necrosis.
A kerion is a boggy, pus-filled lesion caused by a fungal infection on the scalp. It is treated with a 6 to 8-week course of oral griseofulvin.
New antipsychotic medication administration and a presentation of altered mental status, muscle rigidity, hyperthermia, and autonomic instability is classic for the diagnosis of neuroleptic malignant syndrome.
On urine dipstick, leukocyte esterase is sensitive while nitrites are specific for a urinary tract infection.
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease and is associated with a harsh systolic murmur that improves with squatting.
Central retinal vein occlusion presents with sudden, painless, monocular vision loss with the classic "blood and thunder" appearance and retinal hemorrhages.
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Lucien Spence is an Indigenous Canadian Country Artist from Ochi-Chak-O-Sipi First Nation, (Crane River) Manitoba. He started singing with his parents at 6 years old, and at 12 years old picked up a guitar. Growing up, he was always passionate for music and started singing/songwriting his own music in 1996. Lucien writes, sings and plays music to express his Life's Journey and enjoys sharing his stories through music. He hopes to inspire people to find Joy, Peace, and Happiness through his music, on their own Journey.
Lucien hit national recognition on his song "Celebrate" being played on the Sirius XM Satellite Radio playlist. In January 2016, Lucien teamed up with Dave Rodgers, a well-known business man and songwriter from Portage La Prairie, MB. They spend a lot of their time writing, collaborating and promoting their songs on AM/FM Radio, and Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Their music has taken them to Nashville and Memphis Tennessee where Lucien performed in seven shows.
In 2017-2018, Lucien and Dave co-wrote six new songs. "Nashville Ready" and "By the River" and are being played on Sirius XM Satellite Radio playlist. All six songs, "With My Friend", "By the River", "Nashville Ready", "Thunder on the Run", "Let it be Hey Buddy Let it Go", "Giving Up Is Easy" are being played on AM/FM Radio.Lucien latest 2019 relseae called "Honey Do You Miss Me" Dave Wasyliw from Doc Walker who produced the song and did back up vocals. Murray Pulver who has played for Crash Test Dummies and Doc Walker did the lead guitar and Russ Pahl from Nashville who as worked with some of the world biggest country stars.
Lucien plays his music for many fundraising functions,charities, and is always willing to help when possible. He was honored to open a show for Marty Stuart and has performed many shows with the well-known Ray St. Germaine. Lucien's influences in music are Hank William Jr, Waylon Jennings, Bob Seger,, Billy Simard and Ray St. Germaine.
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Mark and Javier's music, mostly improvised, is noted for its extreme contrasts between minimalist/ambient sounds, silence, and dense free-jazz, with startling and sudden changes of direction.
Their first CD 'DosadoS' is due for imminent release on the Babel Label, has already received pre-release airplay on Resonance 104.4FM, BBC Radio 3, Radio Reverb in Brighton, KOOP 91.7FM in Texas and Radio Scorpio 106FM in Leuven, Belgium, and has the track below featured on compilations on the cover of Jazzwise and The Wire magazines as well as a commercially available one showcasing the various groups of the Loop Collective.
It has received positive reviews from The Guardian in UK, Improjazz magazine in France, and Jazz Word, Free Jazz, Music OMH and many others online.
"[DosadoS] has all the hallmarks of a spontaneous free-jazz and improv encounter – scurrying sax phrases accompanied by light, pattering figures; long multiphonic outbreaths against softly ringing noises; water-over-rocks cymbal patterns; guttural sax blasts driven by racing free-swing... But the erudition and resourcefulness of both players gives this ostensibly austere session a rare eventfulness... It's the kind of music that could even make free-improv's sworn enemies say, "OK, now I get it.""
"Combative dialogue and a broad sound palette make this [DosadoS] a good listen indeed."
"DosadoS is an extraordinary set of duets from a very engaging pair.. Hopefully there will be more down the pike from this pair soon."


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Alfred Wendel (* 17. April 1958 in Werl) ist ein deutscher Intendant der Duisburger Philharmoniker.

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Alfred Wendel wurde in Werl geboren, er ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder. Er studierte in Göttingen Pädagogik, Musikwissenschaft und Kunstgeschichte. Er wurde mit der Dissertation Eine studentische Musiksammlung der Reformationszeit promoviert.

Wendel war Veranstaltungsleiter des Rheingau Musik Festivals in Wiesbaden, Leiter der Administration des Klavierfestival Ruhr, Mitarbeiter im künstlerischen Betriebsbüro der Internationalen Göttinger Händel-Festspiele und beim Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet in Essen. Diesem gab er mit der Nacht der Industriekultur Extraschicht, der langen Museumsnacht im Museum Folkwang neue Impulse.

Seit Februar 2006 ist Alfred Wendel Intendant der Duisburger Philharmoniker. Durch seine Modernisierungen des Erscheinungsbildes des traditionellen Orchesters und neuer inhaltlicher Konzeption erreichte er eine Steigerung der Besucherzahlen bei den Duisburger Konzertreihen.

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Laudes Organi von Alfred Wendel
 Eine studentische Musiksammlung der Reformationszeit : die Handschrift Misc. 236 a - d der Schermar-Bibliothek in Ulm / Alfred Wendel  Verleger  Baden-Baden : Koerner  Erscheinungsjahr  1993, ISBN 3-87320-585-8

Silberne Stimmgabel
Wendel wurde für besondere Verdienste um das Musikleben in NRW mit der Silbernen Stimmgabel des Landesmusikrates NRW ausgezeichnet. Die öffentliche Verleihung fand am 14. September 2013 statt.

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On April´s Fool of last year, I was opening my first digital scrapbook store, because I love to design and I wanted to have some extra bucks, specially for the months where usually my craft business doesn´t have that much profit. I chosen to start at ScrappyBee when Charly made the first designer call for that store - the idea of starting together with the store was really attractive to me.
However, the 120-140 days with very slow moviment that I was predicting (because it happened in previous years) ended up being only 27 days - the store only got slowest after December 20th (and not November 25th, as usual) and was back in action on the third week of January. It´s profting around three times the same month last year and a month like Faburary, that used to be a very slow month, has a slightly bigger profit than a "ok" month from last year.
As I work only with help of my DH, that is involved in a medium-term really draining freelance job, I´m working 24/7 on my craft business! It´s been hard even to find time to relax in some weeks. I´m in fact working more than I used to do when I was a 44 hours/week employee - but my job now is for more pleasant!
Meanwhile, if you know a neat store, where all products are full sized and there´re no posers that could shelter my creations with no store duties, please let me know! I would also love to know of some people that would like to QC or make some sample layouts with my next kits even knowing that they´ll take some time to be released.
Even if I take some months to write again in this blog, feel free to contact me via e-mail (loriensworkshop at gmail.com), facebook and Pixel Scrapper.
Happy 2015! 2014 was a great year to me, since it was the year I first opened a digiscrap store, and also got really busy with my craft business. But I´m taking time on January and Februrary to start designing kits to put on my store through the first semester - Maybe I´ll have time to join some more blog trains before the events season starts?
Note: If you saw my preview on ScrappyBee thread, I´m sorry for having to substitute the orange/red paper. The texture on the other wasn´t good enough for quality standards and I didn´t have time to redo it - so, since I alrerady have more stuff with this colors ready to go to the store in February, I picked a paper with the same color combinations in exchange.
Thanks for reading! Have a Bright New Year!
This week is a special week at ScrappyBee, since we are having our first Stocking Stuffers sales. Each design has at least 4 items for sale, and I deceided to mark all my kits and extra packs down. I hope you enjoy!
Welcome to Scrappy Bee Designers 12 days of Christmas blog hop!
It may still not be Wednesday for you, but since we´re in summertime here in São Paulo, Brazil, it´s already time for your freebie!
Sooo, did I convince you? If so, download your freebie here (it´s a direct download) or clicking in the preview above.
Now, back to the blog hop :) You have another spot today - if you still haven´t been on Sweet Dreamer By Sharon E. Grant´s blog, this is your next hop. (note that we´re on different time zones, and I´m ahead). And tomorrow, December 18th, your blog hop continues on Gypsy Butterfly´s blog. If you get lost, or want to see the previous entries, you can find the master list at the Scrappy Bee Forum. If you´re new to my blog, don´t forget to check my other freebies clicking on the free stuff link in the top bar.
To see more details and grab yours, go to my store. My template packs are usually $2,99, so, for the price of one you can get both of them and the Seashore or the harvest paper pack (that goes very well with My day: Fall kit) as a gift. Cool, isn´t it?
Do you want an alpha?
Today I am releasing a new kit at ScrappyBee: It´s called My day: Autumn, and is a very special kit for me. It´s the first full kit when I used lots of hand-drawn elements - Now I feel that my drawing skills are getting to a satisfactory point :) It´s also my first full kit where I mixed elements made with blocked daily life style in mind.
As always, I made the kit in a way I´d like a kit to digiscrap with: No "just recolored" stuff - even the solids have one texture each, no stacked flowers - they´re awesome, but I really like to have flowers that I can stack myself - and with a touch of artsy stuff and the woodgrain design trend - I simply love to play with different trends in my kits!
The harvest subway art and the wordart on the top are both in no-texturized black, so they can be used in several ways to match not only this kit, but any other you´d like to use. Do you want to mix and match My day: Autumn with another kit? Maybe clipping a paper from the other one in these word arts can be a good start :) What are you waiting for? Buy it here!
Cool, isn´t it? Don´t forget to stop by my store to see what I have to offer - and buy while it´s on sale - and take a look on the awesome ScrappyBee designers - we have hundreds of cool products waiting for you!


Can't quite do a Push-Up? Try THIS, not that.
A Push-Up is one of those coveted exercises that, if you're not able to do one, is usually a milestone goal. It's one of the ultimate bodyweight moves since it not only strengthens your pushing muscles (chest, triceps, front of shoulders) but, when done properly, is really a total body workout.
Anyway, the reason we tend to go to our knees to make a push-up easier is because it shortens the lever, or distance between the two points of contact (in this case, the hands and knees). Unfortunately, this takes the core out of play and, since one of the main purposes of a push-up is to strengthen the core and stabilize the spine, we want to be sure to train with the core involved as you're learning.
While we may have members perform push-ups on their knees in a large group setting where other options aren't accessible, a better alternative to gaining that core and upper body strength is a HANDS-ELEVATED PUSH-UP.
By elevating your hands, you're able to take some of the load off of the upper body and shorten the lever in a much more functional way while still keeping the core engaged. It's actually the position you'd push something in real life, if needed.
We most commonly use barbells to choose hand-height levels at the gym, but these could be done anywhere – we like to recommend throwing in some push-up every day after you brush your teeth or to attach it to any other habit you already have!
Start with your hands on a counter-top level and once you've mastered 10 or so push-ups here –> move them down to a seat-level –> then a step or low bench –> then…the floor!
Progressing push-ups in this manner is a great way to safely gain strength and train the correct patterns of a pushing motion. And, if you'd like some further help with correct form, be sure to check out our 3 Common Push-Up Mistakes and How To Fix Them.


This is the only known hybrid of the Osage Orange.
This Morton Arboretum specimen, from a cutting, is 9 years old.
Bark and thorns are reminiscent of the very closely related Osage Orange, Maclura pomifera.
Shrubs or small trees, 1-7 m tall, deciduous. Bark grayish brown. Branchlets slightly ridged, glabrous; spines 0.5-2 cm. Winter buds reddish brown. Petiole 1-2 cm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade ovate to rhombic-ovate, occasionally 3-lobed, 5-14 × 3-6 cm, abaxially greenish white and glabrous or sparsely pubescent, adaxially deep green and glabrous, base rounded to cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate; secondary veins 4-6 on each side of midvein, tertiary veins reticulate. Inflorescences axillary, single or in pairs. Male inflorescences capitulate, ca. 5 mm in diam.; peduncle shorter than capitulum. Female inflorescences 1-1.5 cm in diam., axillary; peduncle short. Male flowers: calyx lobes fleshy, margin revolute, apex thick; pistillode pyramidal. Female flowers: calyx lobes with margin revolute, apically shield-shaped; ovary immersed in lower part of calyx. Fruiting syncarp orange red when mature, ± globose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul.
Sunny forest margins, mountain slopes; 500-2200 m. Anhui, Fujian, SE Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, S Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan (cultivated), Korea].
1. J.D. Burton, USDA Forest Service Silvic Manual, Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid.
Mulberry Family: Moraceae consists of flowering trees, shrubs, herbs or lianas (vines), both evergreen and deciduous; mainly woody and tropical, they are most abundant in Asia. Moraceae includes both self-supporting and epiphytic (plants that use an immobile object such as another plant, or a building to support their structure) vines. The largest genus is Ficus, with about 750 species of figs.


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Abstract: This paper aims at presenting the concept of "Artificial Intelligence." It is the branch of Computer Science concerned with making computers behave like humans. It is the Science and Engineering of making intelligent machines, especially intelligent computer programs. It is the hot topic on many boards and software houses. The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This paper briefly describes how Artificial Intelligence works and the various techniques used in AI. It further describes, the greatest advances that have occurred in the field of Medicine, Military, Expert
Systems, Robotics and Natural Language Processing. This paper deals with latest advances that have occurred in the field of games playing. The best computer chess programs are now capable of beating humans. In May 1997, an IBM supercomputer called Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in a chess match. Today, the hottest area of Artificial Intelligence is neural networks, which are proving successful in a number of disciplines such as voice recognition and natural language processing. Robotics incorporating artificial intelligence interaction with laser, ultrasound, MRI scanning, are performing delicate brain surgery more accurately than by traditional surgical approaches. A.I. was used in the investigation of Mars in July 1997. This paper reflects the potential impact of AI on our lives. Artificial Intelligence is likely to continue to creep into our lives without us really noticing.
‡ Epistemology Who uses Artificial Intelligence? ‡ Medicine ‡ Artificial Nose ‡ Military ‡ Game AI ‡ Natural Language Processing ‡ Expert Systems Future of AI Technology ‡ Telephone Translator ‡ A Greater Use of Expert Systems ‡ Passing the Turing Test ‡ Research assistants
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence is a branch of Science which deals with helping machines find solutions to complex problems in a more human-like fashion. This generally involves borrowing characteristics from human intelligence, and applying them as algorithm in human friendly way. It is basically the ability of a machine to think for itself. It aims at getting computers to do tasks which require human intelligence. In short it can be described as: Simple things turn out to be the hardest to automate: *Recognizing a face. *Navigating a busy street. *Understanding what someone says. Why Artificial Intelligence?
Introduction Why Artificial Intelligence? ‡ Motivation How does Artificial Intelligence work? ‡ Planning ‡ Pattern Recognition ‡ Ontology ‡ Robotics ‡ Artificial Life
Motivation... Computers are fundamentally well suited to performing mechanical computations, using fixed programmed rules. This allows artificial machines to perform monotonous tasks efficiently and reliably, which humans are ill - suited to. For more complex problems, things get more difficult. Unlike humans, computers have trouble understanding specific situations, and adapting to new situations. Artificial Intelligence aims to improve machine behaviour in tackling such complex tasks. How does Artificial Intelligence work? Technology... Over the past five decades, AI research has mostly been focusing on solving specific problems. Numerous solutions have been devised and improved to do so efficiently and reliably. This explains why the field of Artificial Intelligence is split into many branches. Some of the branches have been explained below: Planning: Planning programs start with general facts about the world (especially facts about the effects of actions), facts about the particular situation and a statement of a goal. From these, they generate a strategy for achieving the goal. In the most common cases, the strategy is just the sequence of actions. Pattern recognition: The main focus in AI today is getting a computer to recognize, make senses and
recreate in what it sees and hears. The two major divisions of pattern recognition are machine vision and sound. Pattern-Recognition-Vision: It's goal is to get a computer to recognize pictures so that it can recognize objects in its surroundings that would be helpful in robotics. Pattern-Recognition-Sound: It wants to achieve a similar goal but is a primary concern with companies that want to produce a new means in which a person interacts with a computer by talking.
Ontology:Ontology is the study of what objects are and what are they made of. It is the study of kinds of things that exist. In AI, the programs and sentences deal with various kinds of objects, and we study what these kinds are and what their basic properties are.
Robotics: Robotics is the study of how to design, build, use, and work with robots. Robots are mechanical devices that can move and react to sensory input giving them some degree of autonomous control. Robots are widely used in the industrial sector performing high-precision jobs such as painting and wielding. They are used in laboratories for repetitive tasks in chemistry and biology, and in situations, which would be dangerous for humans such as cleaning toxic waste or defusing bombs. Three laws of robotics: 1. A robot may not injure or harm a human being or allow a human being to come to
harm. 2. 2. A robot must follow the instructions given to it by a human being without violating Rule 1 3. 3. A robot must protect itself as long as such protection does not violate Rules 1 and 2.
Applications... To be useful, a system has to be able to do more than just correctly perform some task. -- Johan McDermott Artificial Intelligence is helping people in every field to make better use of information to work harder not smarter. The potential applications of Artificial Intelligence are abundant. However, some of the applications of AI have been listed below:
Artificial life: Artificial life is a field of scientific study that attempts to model living biological systems through complex algorithms. Scientists use these models to test and experiment with a multitude of factors on the behaviour of the systems. Artificial life: From robot dreams to reality It is a diverse field of research, but a common theme is testing out the fundamental principles of life by building detailed working models. One of the most ambitious goals of artificial-life research is the construction of living systems out of non-living parts. Artificial life is a blanket term used to refer to human attempts at setting up systems with lifelike properties all biological organisms possess, such as selfreproduction, homeostasis, adaptability, mutational variation, optimization of external states, and so on. Epistemology: Epistemology is a study of knowledge that are required for solving problems in the world.
Medicine: NEW BLOOD TEST SPOTS CANCER: In one of the biggest advances in cancer research in years, scientists have developed a blood test that can detect cancer with a greater than 90% accuracy. This artificial intelligence --already tested for cancers of the breast, ovary, and lung--could one day be used to detect many types cancer. 'All that's needed is a single drop of blood¶« 'The computer does the rest.'...In tests on several hundred blood samples, some taken from women with ovarian cancer and others from healthy women, the test proved 'an astonishing' 100% accurate in detecting cancer, even at the earliest stages. Artificial nose: Scientists have endowed computers with eyes to see, thanks to digital cameras, and ears to hear, via microphones and sophisticated recognition software. Now they're taking computers further into the realm of the senses with the development of an artificial nose.
Who uses Artificial Intelligence?
E-NOSE TO SNIFF OUT HOSPITAL SUPERBUGS: "E-nose analyses gas samples by passing the gas over an array of electrodes coated with different conducting polymers. Each electrode reacts to particular substance by changing its electrical resistance in a characteristic way. Combining the signals from all the electrodes gives a 'smell-print' of the chemicals in the mixture that neural network software built into the e-nose can learn to recognize. As a result, it can be detected from the smell alone that what the bacterial infections are.
Game AI: ONLY A PAWN IN IT'S GAME: Hydra is the latest chess supercomputer to lay down the gauntlet to the world's top players. Its architects say it is the greatest ever built, but don't expect it to rejoice in victory or get the post-match drinks in. It is a behemoth of a machine that pits 32linked processor against its flesh-and-blood opponents. Hydra's backers claim it can analyze 200 million chess moves in a second and project the game up to 40 moves ahead. Natural Language processing: The goal of the Natural Language Processing (NLP) group is to design and build software that will analyze, understand, and generate languages that humans use naturally, so that eventually you will be able to address your computer as though you were addressing another person. This goal is not easy to reach. "Understanding" language means, among other things, knowing what concepts a word or phrase stands for and knowing how to link those concepts together in a meaningful way. It's ironic that natural language, the symbol system that is easiest for humans to learn and use, is hardest for a computer to master. Long after machines have proven capable of inverting large matrices with speed and grace, they still fail to master the basics of our spoken and written languages. Expert Systems: The primary goal of expert systems research is to make expertise available to decision makers and technicians who need answers quickly. There is never enough expertise to
Military: A NEW MODEL OF ARMY SOLDIER ROLLS CLOSER TO THE BATTLEFIELD: The American military is working on a new generation of soldier, far different from the army it has. 'They don't feel hungry,' said Gordon Johnson of the Joint Forces Command at the Pentagon. 'They are not afraid. They don't forget their orders. They don't care if the guy next to them has just been shot. Will they do a better job than humans? Yes.' The robot soldier is coming. The Pentagon predicts that robots will be a major fighting force in American military in less than a decade, hunting and killing enemies in combat. Robots are a crucial part of the Army's effort to rebuild itself as a 21st-century fighting force, and a $127 billion project called Future Combat Systems is the biggest military contract in American history.
go around--certainly it is not always available at the right place and the right time. Portable with computers loaded with in-depth knowledge of specific subjects can bring decades worth of knowledge to a problem.
EXPERT SYSTEMS - MAKE A DIAGNOSIS: Intution may seem like a human trick, but machines can be pretty good at it too. Underlying a hunch are dozens of tiny, subconscious rules-truths we that have learned from experience. Add them up and you get instinct: a doctor's sense that a patient's stomach-ache might really be appendicitis, for example. Program those rules into a computer and you get an expert system- one of many that can screen lab tests, diagnose blood infections, and identify tumors on a mammogram.
about the future is how the world is shrinking every day. Distance used to be a barrier in travel and the invention of the airplane changed all that. Time used to be a factor in communication since the mail system took months to deliver a letter across the United States, but the telephone dissolved such a hurdle. The combinations of travel and communications has brought whole nations together except now the last barrier in international relationship is language. This is where telephone translators will change all that. Essentially, a person from the United States says some things in English into his telephone. Almost instantaneously, a computer intercepts the voice, translates what was said, and synthetically generate the appropriate Japanese words to the person on the other line. Of Course, the translator would need advanced voice recognition, natural language processing and inferencing to extract what was meant by the Englishspeaker, and then synthesize a humansounding Japanese person's voice in conversational Japanese. A Greater Use of Expert Systems: With such success as a diagnostic in medic and mechanics presently, expert systems will be more prevalent in other applications that require an expert with whom people can consult with. Need to identify the perfect pet for a friend? A pet expert system could ask some questions related to the person's personality so that it can conclude the types of animals that would be suited for them. What kinds of dishes can one make tonight with the food in the refrigerator? Input the foods into a cook expert system and find
Future of AI Technology: Artificial Intelligence and robotics are likely to creep into our lives without us really noticing. However, AI has spawned some useful applications like expert systems and game AI, but the truly pervasive use of AI is still to come as more research and improved technology surfaces in the future. Here are a few applied innovations that AI promises in the future and the technologies behind them. Telephone Translators: One of the common cliches when one talks
out. The possibilities for expert systems are almost endless. If expert systems are designed and built correctly, users should be able to easily program their own expert and should make better decisions in their lives. Passing the Turing Test: The idea behind the test is that if a machine could make a person think he/she was interacting with an intelligent person, why not consider the machine intelligent in its own right? The controversy over the Turing Test will probably continue into the future, but once a computer convincingly passes the test and becomes more and more integrated with society, this test would be at least the best approximation of intelligence possible. Research Assistants: The world is moving from the Industrial Age to the Information Age where the phrase "knowledge is power" is becoming a reality. With so much information out there, it has become harder and harder to find what is really relevant. This is where a research assistant powered by AI can help. Not only can the assistant understand what one is looking for, which requires natural language processing, it is smart enough to know where to look and compare what it finds to what it is looking for to see how relevant the information is, so the person doesn't have to do the 'dirty work.' Research assistants will be an important tool in the future by keeping the world of information from exploding into an infinite chaos of unorganized facts and figures.


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3 Most Delusional College Football Fan Bases In The ACC
By Mike Spencer October 2, 2015
We're all guilty of being homers for our favorite teams, but these fan bases are the cream of the proverbial crop when it comes to putting blinders on and swimming around in an ocean of delusion. Having faith is one thing, but blind faith can turn sports fandom into an unhealthy obsession of monster-sized proportions. With that in mind, here are the 3 Most Delusional College Football Fan Bases In The ACC.
3. Louisville Cardinals
Cardinals fans love to worship at the altar of head coach Bobby Petrino even though he's one of the worst game managers going in college football today. The Cardinals have been a upper-tier ACC threat for most of their stay in the conference. That wouldn't be so insufferable if Louisville fans didn't parade around like they root for some modern dynasty. Petrino isn't Nick Saban. He's isn't even Dabo Swinney. Get over it.
2. Miami Hurricanes
You know what's a good way to kill your credibility as a fan base? How about whining over the shortcomings of your head coach regardless of the fact that you haven't showed up at a game since the turn of the millennium. Canes fans love to yell and scream about The U's recent fall from grace, but they tend to overlook their own lack of loyalty while doing so.
Start filling the stands, even if it's just to hurt curse words at Al Golden. Then we'll start listening to you.
1. Florida State Seminoles
#FSUTwitter attempted to take a stand during the Jameis Winston last season, but that's not even the tip of the delusional iceberg for Florida State in USA Today's eyes:
"I'm not going to even touch on your former quarterback whose name rhymed with "shame us." Instead we'll focus on the appalling, annoying and out-of-date Tomahawk Chop, which is probably the worst thing in all of sports. Why do people care about the Washington Redskins' name but not the Tomahawk Chop? Probably because they know FSU will be back to being mediocre in a few years and it's not worth the trouble."
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Jan Constantine is a British designer, businesswoman and author. She is the head designer and managing director of Jan Constantine Ltd.  She is widely recognised for her hand-embroidered cushions, accessories and patriotic interiors, and she has written two books.

Early life
Jan Constantine was born into a large Catholic family in Bury, Greater Manchester.  Her mother was a tailoress and her grandmother was a milliner and dressmaker, and as a result, Constantine was exposed to sewing from an early age.  She attended St Gabriel's RC High School, Bury, before going on to study fashion at Bolton College of Art. The fashion photographer and filmmaker Elaine Constantine is her sister.

Career
Jan Constantine has worked in fashion and design since leaving college.  In the early stages of her career, Constantine was a fashion designer; later, she established an interior design business, and worked as a stylist for magazines and advertisers in London before eventually founding the company that shares her name.  She has stated in interviews that she believes craft in the digital age to be very important, and this belief has become a driving force in her work in textiles and design, and particularly in her championing of traditional embroidery.

After graduating, Constantine worked as a junior designer and then as design director for three fashion labels within the prestigious company Shubette of London. In her work for Shubette, Constantine worked on her own designer label, Soufflé.  After ten years living and working in London, she moved to the Staffordshire/Cheshire countryside to pursue a future career in interior design.

Jan Constantine Ltd.
Jan Constantine Ltd. is an internationally recognised brand of hand-embroidered textiles and accessories.  The company's tagline states that the products are destined to be "hand-embroidered heirlooms of the future".

In 2002, Jan Constantine founded a company under her own name: Jan Constantine Ltd. In various interviews, she has stated that the company began as a small enterprise, sewing lavender bags around her kitchen table with friends.

The company has produced numerous themed Collections of hand-embroidered goods.  The first Collections produced by Jan Constantine Ltd. were the Bees and Bugs and Seaside Collections, both of which were launched at The Spirit of Christmas retail fair in 2002.  The company attended its first trade fair, Top Drawer, in January 2004, and it was here that Fortnum & Mason became the first major store to place an order.

In 2005, Constantine introduced coloured felt wool to her designs (which had previously been created predominantly in cream and white linen), and released the Union Jack and heart design for which she has since become renowned. Constantine is widely credited as the starting point of a Union Jack renaissance in the UK, and is instantly recognisable in interior design for her patriotic themes.

In 2007, Jan Constantine was a finalist in the Country Living Enterprising Rural Women Awards for Best Growing Business.

In 2010, Constantine was approached by Brand Culture to help promote the 2011 film The King's Speech, as promoters recognised a synergy between Constantine's work and their own.  Constantine took part in various campaigns to help raise awareness of the film, and attended the premiere in January 2011; to mark the film's release, she created limited edition products including the 'Bertie' cushion and a selection of goods bearing a 'God Save the King' design.

In February 2012, Jan Constantine Ltd. celebrated its tenth birthday.  The company also produced widely distributed Collections to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the 2012 Summer Olympics (for which Constantine won a license to produce goods in 2009).

In 2013, Jan Constantine made the move into the Japanese market, having already sold products in various areas of the US and Europe.  Also in 2013, she collaborated with brands such as Pimm's, Liz Earle and Fortnum & Mason.

Publications

Jan Constantine's first embroidery book, Heirloom Embroidery, was published by Jacqui Small in September 2009.
A further book, Love Stitching, was published in 2011.  The books have been published in the US as well as the UK, and in various other countries and languages.

Media
In July and August 2011, Constantine took part in ITV1's television show Auction Party.  She played the role of an  industry expert on several episodes to lead her team to victory and raise money for selected charities.  She appeared on German television in 2012, discussing her Olympic and British collections in Fortnum & Mason.

Constantine and her homes have appeared in various magazines including Country Homes & Interiors, RSVP Japan, Cheshire Life, Cottage Style, The English Home and Country Living.

Personal life
Jan Constantine resides with her husband, David, in a Georgian house in the Staffordshire countryside near Nantwich in Cheshire.

References

External links
 Jan Constantine Ltd.

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Helicoconis (Helicoconis) similis is een insect uit de familie van de dwerggaasvliegen (Coniopterygidae), die tot de orde netvleugeligen (Neuroptera) behoort.

Helicoconis (Helicoconis) similis is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Meinander in 1972.

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My book, "FUELING AMERICA, An Insider's Journey" is not available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
My book is an insider's perspective of the real oil industry – the high stakes gambles to find new reserves, corruption, oil price volatility, fraud, technical blunders, spectacular successes and gut wrenching failures. I share my first hand experiences with scientists, wildcatters, bureaucrats, ministers, sheiks, tycoons and potentates in his travels around the world.
My book also explains major developments in America's energy industry, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear energy, hydropower, wind and solar. Fueling America concludes by presenting compelling evidence why America should aggressively move from fossil fuels to renewable energy.


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Ardchonnell is a settlement on the east shore of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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"Sparks": Kylie Dives Even Deeper "Into The Blue"
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Today is March 9, which means it's time for that #IntoTheBluePromo to kick into full gear: Queen Kylie Minogue's Kiss Me Once lead single, "Into The Blue," is officially out in the UK.
And that's not all! Along with the long awaited release of the single, there's a new aural morsel for all of us to enjoy: "Sparks," the song's gorgeous B-side.
The song was produced by Matt Schwartz and penned by Karen Poole, the same team behind "Timebomb." The two sound nothing alike, though: The tribal-meets-celestial production sees Mighty Aphrodite diving even deeper into the blue across rich textures, including a disarmingly sunny tropical beat (sort of like Björk's "Earth Intruders") and a searing electronic stomp (not unlike "Into The Blue"), as well as an infectious "La, la, la!" melody that'll have you feeling a touch of that "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" rush.
"Oh, feels like you light me up when the sparks run out!" Kylie euphorically coos. (Also, I'm probably biased, but it sort of sounds like she's singing "Feels like an alien!" Can we get a mash-up with Britney's "Alien" up in here? It could definitely work.)
"Sparks" is an empowering and somewhat spiritual throbber, which just happens to fit in nicely with the underlying theme of "Into The Blue" and Kiss Me Once which is, basically, "you're going to be fine." (It's not a surprise either, considering Karen Poole also penned the über-motivational "Fine" on the album.)
You know that you are a fighter
But you feel yourself fall apart
Now you're just panicking because you're left defeated
And you see nothing but dark
But when my soul is in pieces
No one but me understands
Arms reach out from a distance
Palm to palm, touch your hands
Self-Affirmation Kylie works really well, considering her heavenly voice is the perfect medicine to soothe the soul.
Now, start diving into the blue…your disco needs you.
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LIQAA is twenty kilometers north of Beirut, close to Antelias city in Metn district. It covers around eight thousand square metres. It is a part of the patriarchal complex in Rabweh that contains the Patriarchal school (CPR) and our Lady of Annunciation church. The complex is located on a green hill covering thirty five thousand square meter of land with a spectacular view on the Mediterranean.
LIQAA Hotel is designed and built with no compromise on quality. The 33 uniquely designed four stars rooms & junior suites are light and airy, and superbly decorated and furnished to exceptionally high standards.


The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) on Monday denounced President Trump's Twitter attempt to ridicule Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a "Pocahontas" slur that also ridiculed the Wounded Knee Massacre and the Battle of Little Bighorn.
The NCAI was formed in 1944 to represent Native interests in Washington D.C. Its hundreds of members include American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments, tribal citizens, individuals, and Native and non-Native organizations, its website states.
It's a tweet that crossed a line.
The NCAI also pointed out its work to make "both sides of the political aisle" aware of tribal nations' legal status as sovereign entities, and to educate the public about the treaties that underlie the relationship between the U.S. and tribal governments.
The organization also called on Trump and other elected officials to stop "disparaging Native peoples, their cultural identities, and their histories for partisan gain," noting the harm they cause.
Later on Monday Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) noted that the Wounded Knee massacre had happened in his home state and invited Trump to visit and meet some of the 80,000 enrolled tribal members who reside there.
The Wounded Knee Massacre was one of the darkest moments in our history. It should never be used as a punchline.
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said it had reported the tweet to Twitter brass and urged everyone else to do the same.


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U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.
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Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Full Time Employees: 2,812
Mr. Bryan A. Shinn CEO & Director 1.65M N/A 1962
Mr. Bradford B. Casper Pres 875.29k N/A 1975
Mr. Donald A. Merril Exec. VP & CFO 809.18k N/A 1964
Mr. Michael L. Winkler Exec. VP & COO 819.52k N/A 1965
Mr. Michael K. Lawson VP of Investor Relations and Corp. Communications N/A N/A 1956
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Oil & Gas Proppants and Industrial & Specialty Products. It offers whole grain commercial silica products to be used as fracturing sand in connection with oil and natural gas recovery, as well as sells its whole grain silica products in various size distributions, grain shapes, and chemical purity levels for manufacturing glass products. The company also provides ground commercial silica products for use in plastics, rubber, polishes, cleansers, paints, glazes, textile fiberglass, and precision castings; fine ground silica for use in premium paints, specialty coatings, sealants, silicone rubber, and epoxies; and engineered performance materials made from diatomaceous earth (DE), clay, and perlite. In addition, it offers other industrial mineral products, such as aplite, a mineral used to produce container glass and insulation fiberglass; magnesium silicate, a adsorbent made from a mixture of silica and magnesium for preparative and analytical chromatography applications; and DE and clay aggregates used as an absorbent for automotive, industrial, and sports turf applications. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. serves oilfield services companies, and exploration and production companies that are engaged in hydraulic fracturing; and industrial and specialty products end markets. The company was formerly known as GGC USS Holdings, Inc. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Katy, Texas.
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.'s ISS Governance QualityScore as of October 4, 2019 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 2; Shareholder Rights: 4; Compensation: 1.


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Artist Profile: Miles Fowler
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Drama, fiddler on the roof, menlo school, musical theater, student, tevye, theater
By Samantha Frenkel-Popell
Miles Fowler's acting career began over a pair of shoes. Growing up, Fowler had always been captivated by sports. So when his mother brought up the idea of trying out for a Menlo play, he remembered that "there was this pair of basketball shoes – Nike shoes – that I really wanted, and my mom said, 'OK, if you try out for the play I'll get you the shoes.'" Fowler joined the cast of Arsenic and Lace in 6th grade as the tax collector. But it wasn't until his junior year of high school that his love for theater began to take off. Fowler was cast in Our Town, as the irresponsible, kind teenager George Gibbs, his first show with Menlo's new director Steven Minning. Fowler "saw how much time and effort it takes [to do] theater," and began to realize that theater was something he wanted to pursue. He loves that theater has the ability to "create emotion that seems to be lost in everyday life."
Fowler cites his grandmother as one of his main inspirations. "The joy I get from her telling me about different characters that she remembers me playing, or different memories I can create from her – that's what inspires me to act." But Fowler is also inspired by the audience's appreciation of the time and effort put into a production.
Now, he's taking the Menlo stage for the ultimate show of his high school career, as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. Fowler considers himself a serious actor, and is trying to work on the comedy behind the character of Tevye. He finds the "cultural richness" behind Fiddler a tremendous learning opportunity for himself and the audience. Though Fiddler marks the end of Fowler's Menlo acting career, he plans to double major in Political Science and Acting at the university he attends next year.
"Without tradition, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on a roof!" Fowler's Tevye proclaims. And as one of Fowler's personal traditions comes to an end, he will always remember all his shows and "opening nights where you're really nervous." With every bittersweet ending, there is always something to be "joyful about" – and that is watching Fowler grace the stage one last time.
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// <copyright file="ViewModelLocator.cs" company="GalaSoft Laurent Bugnion">
// Copyright © GalaSoft Laurent Bugnion 2009
// </copyright>
// ****************************************************************************
// <author>Laurent Bugnion</author>
// <email>laurent@galasoft.ch</email>
// <date>26.9.2009</date>
// <project>GalaSoft.Samples.RaiseCanExecuteChanged</project>
// <web>http://www.galasoft.ch</web>
// <license>
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using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;

namespace GalaSoft.Samples.RaiseCanExecuteChanged.ViewModel
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Locator service for the ViewModels in this application.
    /// </summary>
    public class ViewModelLocator
    {
        private static MainViewModel _main;

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Main property.
        /// </summary>
        public static MainViewModel MainStatic
        {
            get
            {
                if (_main == null)
                {
                    CreateMain();
                }

                return _main;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Main property.
        /// </summary>
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            "CA1822:MarkMembersAsStatic",
            Justification = "This non-static member is needed for data binding purposes.")]
        public MainViewModel Main
        {
            get
            {
                return MainStatic;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides a deterministic way to delete the Main property.
        /// </summary>
        public static void ClearMain()
        {
            _main = null;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides a deterministic way to create the Main property.
        /// </summary>
        public static void CreateMain()
        {
            if (_main == null)
            {
                _main = new MainViewModel();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Cleans up all the resources.
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        {
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19-year-old driver arrested after fleeing police on Belle Isle, crashing
North Carolina governor vetoes 'born alive' abortion bill
'Needless legislation would criminalize doctors'
By Jason Hanna, CNN
Posted: 1:07 PM, April 18, 2019 Updated: 1:07 PM, April 18, 2019
Credit: Photo Illustration/Gwendolyn Sung/CNN
(CNN) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to try to preserve the life of any infant born alive during an attempted abortion.
The state's Republican-controlled Legislature had passed the bill, called the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act," this week.
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In a letter announcing his veto, Cooper, a Democrat, wrote that laws "already protect newborn babies, and this bill is an unnecessary interference between doctors and their parents."
"This needless legislation would criminalize doctors and other healthcare providers for a practice that simply does not exist," Cooper wrote.
Under the proposed law, if an infant were born alive during an abortion attempt against it, any health care practitioner there would be required to "exercise the same degree of professional skill, care and diligence to preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonable diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age."
A health care practitioner who does not do that would be guilty of a class D felony. Additionally, anyone who intentionally "performs an overt act" that kills the child would be guilty of murder, the proposal says.
Most of the bill's supporters in the legislature were Republicans, though it attracted affirmative votes from a few Democrat lawmakers.
Two of the bill's primary sponsors, Sen. Joyce Kawiec and Rep. Pat McElraft, said in a joint statement Thursday that "caring for a living, breathing newborn infant is too restrictive for Gov. Cooper's radical abortion agenda," according to CNN affiliate WRAL.
"We thought Democrats would agree that children born alive should be separate from the abortion debate, but it's clear that they want the 'right to choose' to even extend past birth," the two Republican lawmakers said. "This is a sad day for North Carolina."
The state Senate passed the bill Monday with a 28-19 vote, with three senators absent. Two Democrat senators voted for it.
The House passed it Tuesday with a vote of 65-46, with nine lawmakers absent or not voting. Four Democrat representatives voted yes.
To override Cooper's veto, legislators would need the approval of three-fifths of each chamber.


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Strange Blue Fireball Visible In The Night Skies Over Sweden
A strange blue fireball was visible in night skies over Eastern Sweden on Monday this week.
A bright flash was followed by a loud bang and many alarmed people called the newspapers to find out what was happening. The fireball was spotted over several cities, including Uppsala, Stockholm and Örebro on March 20, 2017.
"We thought it was an earthquake. People say they have seen a very bright light in the sky.
We wondered if there was an explosion because the whole house was shaking," Christoffer Brasch, who lives in Vaxholm says.
According to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University people witnessed a bolide, a very bright meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.
In most cases, bolides burn up at an altitude of 30-50 kilometres, but this one may have made it as far as 25 kilometres from the Earth's surface.
Eric Stempels who is in charge of the Swedish Allsky Meteor Network project explained that similar events happen a few times a year, but they mostly go unnoticed.
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"Because it can happen during the day, when it is cloudy or far from populated areas, these events usually don't get much attention," he said, adding that this one fell in the north-eastern Uppland region," Stempels said.
It is estimated the bolid was between the size of "a fist and a football".
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14 double rooms, cosy and comfortable.
Room with twin beds of 90x200 cm.
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Q: How do you add vertical lines to a table? I am making a table and I am not able to make vertical lines to appear. I followed a few examples and they are still not appearing.
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Kidnapped Businessman Resurfaces After 5 Months
By Mumbi Mutuko on 27 November 2021 - 3:32 pm
Businessman Taimur Kariuki Hussein was Arrested on June 11.
A Lamu businessman who went missing on June 28, 2021, has resurfaced, according to his family.
On Saturday, November 27, Taimur Kariuki Hussein resurfaced from his captors and returned back home to Watamu, Kwale County.
His sister confirmed the reports via her social media account noting that Hussein called their mother on Saturday morning to inform her that he had been released.
The sister announced that although Hussein had been released he was very traumatized from the experience but the family was glad to have their son back.
Kenya's Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) officers
Fauziya Hussein stated that her 39-year-old brother had arrived home safely and was resting. She added that when Hussein wakes up, the family will follow up with him to know where he was all this time since they had initially believed that he was taken in for questioning by the ATPU.
"Taimur is back! At around 6am this morning, my brother called my mum and told her he was on his way back to Watamu," Fauziya stated.
"My brother is home. Traumatized but safe. He is resting. Now we debrief. Thank you to everyone who's been through this with us. God is so so good."
Hussein, the second-born in a family of three, was allegedly picked up by ATPU officers in Lamu on June 11, 2021, and his family was told by security agents that he had been on police radar.
He appeared at the Kahawa Law Courts on that fateful day before he was released in the absence of his family. The family claimed that he was assaulted by the ATPU officers who picked him for questioning.
The family told journalists that Taimur had a broken finger and stitches on his head, his hand was in a sling and he was limping when he was brought to court.
At the Lamu Law Courts, Taimur was charged but the charges were dropped on June 18, but the ATPU officers requested that Taimur be transferred to Nairobi for further investigations.
The last time he was seen was after being released by Kahawa Law Courts on June 28 before disappearing again.
A file image of Lamu Police Station


iPorto is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, with a population of 257,000. It is know for its bridges and wine production.
Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers, and its historical core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean.
One of Portugal's internationally famous exports, port wine, is named after Porto. Porto is on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
When we first arrived in Porto, we saw this piece of artwork that turns with the wind.
The tram system in Porto dates back to 1872 when mules pulled the tram cars. In 1895 electric traction was introduced and the last mule drive tram was retired in 1904. There is only one line left in town and it's operated as a heritage line.
These are cork trees that are native to Portugal. These trees are usually harvested for the first time when they are 25 years old and then re-harvested every 9-12 years afterwards. A cork oak tree can live for around 200 years as each tree's harvest can produce as many as 4,000 wine bottle corks.
Porto is know for its Port Wine and for its many bridges.
It was a good day to climb to the top of the tower to look out and see the city.
The beautiful painted tiles on the Central Station walls.
The houses and stores are covered with hand painted blue and white tiles.
My rainy day "painting" of Porto.
Some yummy looking meringue treats in a bakery window.
This is the cruise ship terminal. It is covered with white tiles that are turned out at angles to resemble fish scales.


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