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The GreenBest Green Base range includes common product formulas for a range of applications and markets. They can be bought as standard products or they may serve as a base to be modified to customer requirements.
A high nitrogen, fast acting liquid fertiliser that encourages top growth, colour and durability, without causing excessive growth.
A high nitrogen and potassium fast acting liquid fertiliser for main season application. Encourages top growth and stress tolerance. Ideal for application to turf where nitrogen and potassium levels need topping up.
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High nitrogen and high calcium liquid fertilisers that provide good stimulation and calcium levels.
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Cost effective liquid iron designed for large areas of fairway or amenity turf. Made from iron sulphate. Provides excellent green up and hardening.
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A humic acid based biostimulant.
A high quality, easy to use all-in-one turf fertiliser for main season application. Revives stressed or badly worn areas. Ideal for use prior to a special event.
An all-in-one organic based high potash turf feed specially formulated to give maximum protection and maintain quality during the autumn and winter. Ideal for application as an early season treatment to encourage spring growth, enhance colour and stimulate soil bacteria.
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Total event contains nitrogen, potassium, iron, magnesium, seaweed, yucca natural wetting agent and indicator dye. It can be used as a high quality feed or for application before an event to revive stressed or depleted areas of turf.
Analysis: 14-0-6 + 0.5%Fe + 0.5%MgO + Trace Elements, with seaweed, fulvic acids, wetting agent and indicator dye.
First & Last is an all-in-one fertiliser designed for autumn and winter application that hardens turf, stimulates root development, encourages green up, increases tolerance to stress and disease and encourages soil microbiology.
First & Last can be used to provide maximum protection against stress and disease and for maintaining high-quality turf during the autumn and winter months. It contains nitrogen, potassium, iron, seaweed, trace elements and yucca natural wetting agent.
It contains nitrogen, potassium, iron, seaweed, trace elements and yucca natural wetting agent.
Analysis: 2.5-0-8 + 0.5%Fe + trace elements with seaweed, fulvic acids, wetting agent and indicator dye.
Liquid fertilisers usually provide a rapid but short lived effect, by using a controlled release nitrogen source the effect can be prolonged.
NMAXX liquid is a stabilised nitrogen fertiliser that contains urease inhibitors that help prevent the naturally occuring urease from breaking down nitrogen, and nitrification inhibitors that slow the conversion of ammonium to nitrate.
As a result nitrogen remains in the positively charged ammonium form longer, bonding with the soil, and readily available for plant uptake.
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NMAXX can provide up to 5 weeks of plant response.
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Our liquid organic based biostimulant fertiliser additives provide nutrients that can help promote growth and condition plants against stress. The organic nutrient sources provide a slow release and can also stimulate beneficial microbial activity in the soil.
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Q: $p:(E,e_0) \to (B,b_0)$ be a covering map ; is the induced homomorphism between the first singular homology groups injective? Let $p:(E,e_0) \to (B,b_0)$ be a covering map ; then I know that the induced homomorphism  between first fundamental groups $\pi_1(p) :\pi_1(E,e_0) \to \pi_1(B,b_0)$ is a monomorphism . My question is , is the induced homomorphism between first singular homology groups $H_1(f) : H_1(E) \to H_1(B)$ a monomorphism i.e. injective ?

A: We can set up any group monomorphism $H\to G$ as this map of fundamental
groups. So all we need is that the Abelianisation $H^{ab}$ of $H$
doesn't embed in $G^{ab}$. But that is easy to arrange. Take $G^{ab}$
as a non-Abelian simple group, $A_5$, say, and $H$ any nontrivial
cyclic subgroup.
ADDED IN EDIT
In retrospect that example looks rather extravagant. One could use
$G=S_3$ and $H=Z_3$. If one has a space $X$ with fundamental group
$S_3$ and nice enough to have a universal covering space, then it has
a double cover $Y$. The fundamental group of $Y$ is $Z_3$ embedding
in $S_3$, the fundamental group of $X$. But the first homology groups
of $X$ and $Y$ are $Z_2$ and $Z_3$ respectively.

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This year's Rose Bowl features two of the biggest names in college football today. Between the clout that comes with Florida State's 29-game winning streak and the way the Ducks can put points on the board, it is a fitting match up for the biggest stage outside the National Championship.
While Oregon fans feel confident the Ducks can keep their momentum going, FSU has a fire lit and a statement to make. So, what must Oregon do in order to put an end to Florida State's winning ways? Dale Newton of The Duck Stops Here claims the running game will be the key.
The Ducks have managed just over 237 rushing yards per game compared to Florida State's 134, and should Royce Freeman continue to produce, it will take pressure off Marcus Mariota allowing the dual threat to wreak havoc. Freeman averages 99.92 rushing yards per game, eclipsing the 100-yard mark in six of Oregon's last eight games.
On paper, Freeman shouldn't have a problem against an FSU defense that allowed more than 160 rushing yards per game. The Seminoles will bring a physical defense that consists of defenders such as Mario Edwards, Eddie Goldman and Derrick Mitchell, all of whom are over 6'3, 300 lbs. However, Washington was touted as a physical defensive unit and the 6'1, 229 lb freshman ran all over the Huskies with 169 yards and four touchdowns.
Marcus Mariota presents a threat that FSU hasn't seen.
If Freeman can help the Ducks move the chains early, it will open up the passing game for the most decorated Duck this season. Mariota will look to extend his streak of games with a touchdown pass to 40 on New Year's Day. Though FSU has the edge on Oregon as far as passing yards allowed (218 per game) it shouldn't be a problem for Mariota, who is averaging 291 yards a game. The Seminoles bring a strong defense and determination to win but they have not faced an attack similar to Freeman and Mariota.


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Google Chrome Scales Adblocking Impact to Publishers
Don | January 14, 2021 | adblock recovery articles
Back in May, on the Chromium Blog, Google announced plans that the company was planning to make important changes in the way its Chrome adblocker functioned. Now we are starting to see the results of Google's offensive against what the company terms "heavy ads", meaning any ads that eat up a significant amount of a visitor's computing resources. Such ads will simply no longer appear to the visitor of a website at all. Instead, visitors will see a gray box with the message "This ad used too many resources for your device, so Chrome removed it."
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To determine whether a particular ad is heavy or not, Chrome uses three different key metrics. These parameters are any ad that takes up:
4MB or more of network data, or
15 seconds of the browser's computer's CPU usage over any 30-second period, or
60 seconds of total CPU usage.
According to the Chromium Blog, less than half of a percent of all ads meet the definition of being heavy ads; however, "they account for 27% of network data used by ads and 28% of all ad CPU usage." While Google claims to be taking these steps to end what the company calls "abusive experiences" for website visitors, this move can have long-reaching effects for both businesses that place these ads as well as online publishers who depend on the revenue from selling ad space.
One of the more questionable issues surrounding Chrome's heavy ad intervention is how Google determines how Chrome blocks ads. Since Google partially bases its definition of a heavy ad on the amount of computing power an ad requires from an individual computer or device, there are no clear guidelines on what is or isn't a heavy ad. After all, a visitor's computing power is entirely out of the advertiser and the publisher's hands.
The Chrome adblocker algorithm will likely prevent the exact same ad from showing up on an older system but allow it to appear on a newer one. By choosing to go this route, Chrome is by default forcing advertisers to streamline their online ad designs to utilize the least amount of computer resources in order for the most people to be able to view it. This approach may be good for the visitor's experience. Still, it can ruin an advertiser's ad campaign, even scaring them away from investing in more creative (and higher CPM) digital ads entirely if they believe fewer people will see them.
Some have concerns about whether Google should have such power when it comes to which ads a website publisher can decide to show to it's own readers. Especially since Google already dominates the display ad market. Online publishers already have to deal with dozens of ad blocker extensions adopted by over 1 billion internet users worldwide, now Google is installing itself as the gatekeeper of which ads will or won't be allowed on the world's most popular browser.
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Q: Efficient way to multiply string http://ideone.com/g7rGS7
As you can see it exceeds the time limit.
Somebody gave me the idea of having 10 or so static variables of empty spaces and concatenating them to form bigger spaces, and so I wanted to try to do it by doing powers of 2. The code works, but it's obviously very slow. What's a faster way of doing this?
std::string operator*(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    std::string r;
    r.reserve(n * s.size());
    for (size_t i=0; i<n; i++)
        r += s;
    return r;
}

std::string operator^(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    std::string r = s;
    for (size_t i = 1; i < n; i++)
    {
        r = s * r.size();
    }
    if (n == 0) return std::string(" ");
    return r;
}

int main()
{
    string blank = " ";
    string blank2 = blank * 2;
    string blank4 = blank2 ^ 2;
    string blank8 = blank2 ^ 3;
    string blank16 = blank2 ^ 4;

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
        assert((blank2 ^ i).size() == pow(2, i));

    return 0;
}

A: Your operator^ does a lot of string allocation.  The operator* pre-allocates the string, which is good, but your operator^ creates an intermediate string every time it calls operator*.  Instead, pre-calculate the length of r, and the number of copies required.  Then you can pre-allocate r and perform the concatenations without creating a bunch of unneeded strings.

A: As mentioned in this comment, you can do something like this:
std::string str_double (std::string const & s)
{
    return s + s;
}

std::string operator*(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    return str_double(s * (n / 2)) + ((n % 2) ? s : std::string());
}

I believe it's quite efficient if your compiler and standard library support rvalue references and moving.
However, I don't think anything will be much faster than the straightforward version, like so:
std::string operator*(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    std::string r;
    r.resize (n * s.size()); // note resizing, not reserving
    for (size_t i = 0, j = 0; i < n; ++i, j += s.size())
        memcpy (&(r[j]), &(s[0]), s.size());
    return r;
}

A: If you are looking to fill it with 1 character (the space in your example), the way to make them faster is to eliminate the for-loops altogether:
int main()
{
    string blank2(2, ' ');
    string blank4(4, ' ');
    string blank8(8, ' ');
    string blank16(16, ' ');

    // etc

    return 0;
}

To make it generic (so you can do this with more than just 1 character), you'll still want to limit your loops:
std::string operator*(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    std::string r(n * s.size(), ' '); // initialize the string with the needed size
    for (size_t i=0; i<n; i++) // O(n)
        r += s;
    return r;
}

std::string operator^(std::string const &s, size_t n)
{
    size_t sn = std::pow(s.size(), n);
    std::string r(sn, ' ');
    for (size_t i = 1; i < sn; i++) // since this doesn't have an inner loop in the * operator, it is O(n) instead of O(n^2)
    {
        r += s;
    }
    return r;
}

int main()
{
    string blank = " ";
    string blank2 = blank * 2;
    string blank4 = blank2 ^ 2;
    string blank8 = blank2 ^ 3;
    string blank16 = blank2 ^ 4;

    for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
        assert((blank2 ^ i).size() == pow(2, i));

    return 0;
}


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The Language of Self-Care
There are a lot of buzzwords around this concept. Here's a breakdown of what they all mean.
Jennifer Tzeses
Amid the lexicon of the wellness world, the word "self-care" gets thrown around a lot. And it can mean different things to different people—a bubble bath and glass of wine for some, a mental health break for others. And wrapped up in that cozy blanket term of self-care are a lot of other concepts. At the heart of it all is, well, the self, and doing everything we can to nourish our sense of it. To help you understand more about what really goes into self-care, we've created a glossary of related buzzwords for your reading pleasure. Go forth and educate.
At its core, self-care is the practice of protecting your own well-being and happiness, particularly during times of stress. It's about taking action to balance physical and emotional health by knowing your limits and not going over them. It's also about identifying the things that bring you joy and help you to decompress. And the benefits of self-care range from improving well-being and decreasing morbidity and mortality to reducing healthcare costs. Acts of self-care include basic necessities such as eating well, exercising, getting enough sleep, and relaxation. But really, self-care can be anything that feeds your soul and takes the weight of the world off your shoulders—even for a little while.
Self-compassion is about treating yourself with kindness, care, support, and empathy in the same way you would treat a good friend who needs you. It's more of an emotional attitude toward yourself and not a judgement of worth. So even when you aren't feeling so great about yourself, you're accepting and kind rather than critical. There's a connectedness in self-compassion, as well as an understanding that life can be difficult. The long-term effects of self-compassion on daily life include a decrease in depression, increased happiness, increased life satisfaction, and better physical health.
Self-soothing
Just like a baby sucks his thumb for comfort, self-soothing is a type of behavior that is used as a coping mechanism to help you deal with stress. It's like a simple act of self-comfort that you can do to help calm your mind and body. Self-soothing strategies will differ from person to person, and they are often based on the senses. Maybe it's a song that makes you happy, a soft blanket that provides comfort to touch, or even a cup of soothing tea.
Self-indulgence is defined as excessive self-gratification. It's about being overly indulgent or permissive with ourselves, and seeking immediate gratification at whatever cost. The danger is, it can combine a false sense of entitlement and a whole lot of hedonism. While every now and then it's okay to self-indulge (eat that extra dessert, buy the expensive purse, etc.) if self-indulgence is left unchecked, it can lead to negative consequences (over-eating, debt, and even addiction.).
Self-love means valuing yourself as a human being, accepting yourself without conditions, and having a high regard for your own well-being by nurturing it physically, psychologically, and spiritually. Self-love isn't about instant gratification or narcissism. It's about respecting yourself and knowing you're worthy of love. Unlike self-compassion, which is something you practice in a given moment, self-love is a life-long state of being. It's an authentic and honest appreciation for yourself.
Self-awareness is comprised of two components, an internal self-awareness and an external self-awareness. Internal self-awareness is a monitoring of our internal world—how we see our emotions, strengths, weaknesses, and behaviors. External self-awareness is knowing how other people see us according to those same factors. It's essentially a measure by which we evaluate and judge ourselves and our actions and act in accordance with our values and standards. Self-awareness can have many benefits such as better decision-making, higher success, and enhanced self-confidence.
Self-preservation
At its core, self-preservation is a protective instinct to act in our own best interest to ensure survival—it's why fight or flight mode kicks in when the threat of pain or fear strikes. But more often, it manifests as a kind of internal coping mechanism that protects us from unpleasant emotional distress that can occur (in varying degrees) in relationships and in everyday life. It's about putting yourself first and setting healthy boundaries that create emotional space for the sake of your mental, physical, and spiritual health needs.
While the word "self-care" may seem like some new concept, it's been around for decades and used to refer to how patients could help treat or manage their illness (especially mental illness or age-related health declines) through diet, exercise, and healthy lifestyle habits. These days the idea is more broad and includes a lot of other self-oriented acts and thoughts.
Self-care benefits: BMC Medical Education. (2018). "U.S. Medical Students Who Engage In Self-Care Report Less Stress And Higher Quality Of Life."
Impulse control & self-awareness: Annual Review of Psychology (2011). "Neuroscience Of Self And Self-Regulation."
Self-compassion & resiliency. Clinical Psychology Review (2012). "Exploring Compassion: A Meta-Analysis Of The Association Between Self-Compassion And Psychopathology"
How Working Out Helps Me: 5 Exercisers Share the Mental Health Benefits of Moving
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
4 Expert Stress Relievers for College Students
Art Therapy and Trauma
College Admission Anxiety: How to Navigate It in the Wake of the Scandal
Mental Health Tattoos: Body Art that Tells a Story in Permanent Ink
Self Care 101
3-Minute Guided Meditation: 5 Ways Meditation Can Change Your Brain
Why Self-Compassion is More Important than Self-Esteem
Why Being 'Happy' Isn't The Most Important Thing
Why Pursuing Happiness Makes Us Miserable
5 Things You Need to Stop Telling Yourself
25 of the Best Mental Health Apps
What You Need to Know About Mental Health Support Groups
How to Be Resilient When Facing Change
How Music Therapy Improves Mental Health
5 Ways to Be a Better Communicator
25 Meditation Resources
Meditation Overview
How Mindfulness Meditation Helped Me Find Happiness in Myself, For Myself
The Ultimate Valentine's Day Self-Care Routine
Intrinsic Motivation: 4 Steps to Healthier Behavior
How Having Empathy Can Lead to More Happiness
Organize Your Space, Declutter Your Mind and Tidy Up
Finding Your Authentic Self
The Power of Poetry: How Reading Poems Can Help You Feel Better


The charts are graphical representation of your data. It represent mostly the relationship between two variables x and y where variable x is independent variable and variable y is dependent. In the Microsoft Excel such charts are called - Scatter plot.
There are 3 things related with chart format I will be looking for and ... you should keep in mind.
Chart title. It explains the process or the relationship between variables.
Bad example - "Concentration and absorbance"
Better example - "Concentration versus absorbance"
"The relationship between concentration (independent value) and absorbance (dependent value)"
"The dependence of traffic ticket cost and car speed"
Axis titles. Each axis have its own variable.
Legend. Chart can have more than one data-set. How to distinguish data between each other?
Series 1, Series 2 ..
Is everything`s fine in this chart?
How to study? How to search info?
Short answer - google for it. And the word "google" here is meant to be a verb.
It is usually defined as not very good resource of any kind of info. It is often called a pile of .. let`s say polite - "excrete". But some valuable pearls can be found inside of it. You just have to learn to see and fine them.
Search engines. I suggest Google. Define the keyword you are looking for. Try to figure out at least few keywords from the topic you`ve been given. Think about synonyms, maybe there are some other ways how to define chosen keywords.
Add the word "explained" together with the topic. For example - "luminescence explained" could give you more sophisticated and better results than "luminescence" alone.
File-types. There is more about Google. You can specify the file-type. There are a lot of presentations accessible online and presentations usually contain nice schematics, images and most important text related with the topic. How to search for specific file-types? Add filetype: and the 3-letter file abbreviation. For example - electrocardiography. How about specific scientific paper you should pay $$$? Maybe full version is already uploaded somewhere online? Let`s try - Efficacy and safety of tap water iontophoresis for palmoplantar hyperhidrosis. Or maybe some free mp3`s?
Sometimes the info can be misinterpreted by the author or just incorrect. Especially, the non-english wikipedia.
There is one good thing about Wikipedia - it can give you following suggestions what to look for; remember - when you are reading wiki-articles; keep this thought in your mind - "What keywords are hidden here I could look up?"
More resources? In the slideshare.net you can find plenty of lectures. You only need... keyword!
Even more resources? coursera.org is... awesome! It has free high quality online courses available (about almost everything). The only issue is - you have to wait for course to start and all materials will be released gradually during the overall length of chosen course.
Short summary here - books and scientific journals and teacher`s materials. It turned out that plenty of books you can find through... internet. Legally.
e-studies. Check it out! Start with course topics and description. University must have defined the main literature. If you cannot find it, ask your teacher for it.
University electronic library. Universities often have access to online libraries.
IMO The Google and Youtube are the best teachers in the world. You just have to learn ask them proper questions and filter their answers.
There is no excuse of not having materials in my classes. It is called laziness and unwilling to google.. err.. I mean - to study.
My criteria for accepting Your laboratory work.
Ideally, Your lab work should consist of three main parts.
You can always convert those measurements back to basic units using the power of the MS Excel (or other modern spreadsheet software).
Finally, apply necessary physics formulas.
Most common basic units are meter, kilogram, second, Newton, Joule.
If you measure distance with micrometer, write down numbers what you see on the device as they are. Do not recalculate them to meters in your mind; in such case you allow yourself to have higher probability having gross errors - mistakes. Let`s say, you have measurement - 5 microns. What is the formula to recalculate value in basic units? You multiply it with 10 in power of what micron is for the meter. Micron is 0.000001 of meter or 10 in power of -6 meter. Final formula is - 5*10^(-6). Avoiding do such recalculations allows you to escape having mistakes where you forget to write (or add one extra) zero. Use the force of the excel instead of your pocket calculators; even more, instead of rewriting that measured value 5 microns in the formula use (point it to) the cell address.
And in the last step where you have to apply necessary formula - use same excel power.
Report is most representative part of your laboratory work. Everything here must be properly formatted and represented. That mean, it must be written in the text-field. I prefer students having all data and lab work report in one spread-sheet file; that mean report must be written in the textbox. In MS Excel you can find textbox under "Insert->Insert textbox".
Language as one of important aspects as well. You have to use proper grammar, logical and fully written sentences.
You have to define the aim of the laboratory work. Ask yourself - what you are trying to achieve? What is the goal of it? What are the practical results you want to find? What is the meaning of it?
Then you have to give short insight about applied methods and explain performed tasks. What kind of methods can be used and why? What is this physical basis behind those methods? What are steps to achieve the result, to perform the measurement?
Laboratory work conclusions also can be divided. In three distinct subparts.
The very first and only one sentence of the lab-work should explain what was the aim of the work. Following sentence (or second part of the first sentence) should give the result itself. It can be numerical result represented by one number or composition of statistical values; it can also be logical result in the form of "accepted/rejected", "yes/no", "proved/busted", etc. representation with following explanation - how and why there is such an assumption.
In most cases this explanation can be based on regression analysis and R-squared value.
You are studying relationship between dependent and independent variables.
Both cases allow (but not always) to find a mathematics behind the plotted data. In our physics lab-works the mathematics usually are linear or exponential or logarithmic. Remember, when you have a chart - think about are you able to find the mathematics behind of it (regression analysis). This allow you to prove different laws (Newtons law of cooling, Beer-Lambert`s law) in the logical sense.
If you have chart with regression line, don`t forget to describe both the type of the regression line (is it linear or some other type line) and the goodness of fit (R-squared value).
If you have some theoretical values given - you can always calculate absolute, relative errors and relative errors in percents (do not mix these with statistical parameters, e.g. standard error).
Is relative error higher than 10%?
Is the theoretical value within the confidence level or outside of it?
Is regression type according to the theory or physical laws?
How to deal with "E", for example, "E-09"? What is that? Well, the answer is - it is E-notation. It is the same as scientific notation. For example - An electron's mass is about 0.00000000000000000000000000000091093822 kg. In scientific notation, this is written 9.1093822×10^(−31) kg.
Here in this division you have to explain two types of problems which are related with your lab work. Here is a nice list with different kind of errors. Systematic and random errors.
Small note about "there is no such things as human related errors". Well, remember, what gross errors (mistakes) were and sometimes you have to evaluate the results based on your senses. Altogether I suggest to split this division on two separate subdivisions explaining 1) physical system related errors (objective errors) and 2) human factor (subjective errors).
Define practical problems and think - is it involved to create a systematic or random error.
Make sure that here some additional questions might be asked.
Charts are as much important information source as lab work report itself. See here what criteria I am asking about chart formatting from my students.


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SI NFL Preview - Jason Campbell Cover
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Already Feeling The Heat
by PETER KING
From coast to coast, NFL training camps are in full swing, with coaches scheming for the season and players battling for respect, redemption or a place on the roster. SI visits five hot spots where the pressure will be intense
For an hour after Washington's first training-camp practice of the season, Jason Campbell was the mayor of Redskins Park. Last Thursday in suburban Ashburn, Va., he signed autographs, gave optimistic interviews and flashed a prom-night smile for photos with corporate sponsors. When he saw a lone remaining teenage girl politely pleading for him to sign a shirt, Campbell walked back to her and obliged. "Part of the job," he said with a smile. ¶ There's a game after the game in the NFL—former quarterback Bernie Kosar used to call it the fifth quarter—in which the starting QB is supposed to send an upbeat signal to the press and the public. Watching Campbell work the crowd at Redskins Park, you'd think he'd majored in Fifth Quarter at Auburn.
Despite appearances, though, Campbell might be under the harshest spotlight of any NFL player as training camps open across the country. In the off-season the Skins pursued Jay Cutler and showed interest in Mark Sanchez, and as the fifth-year quarterback walked onto the practice field the name of yet another available quarterback popped up. At least two fans were wearing Falcons number 7 jerseys, and behind a fence near the practice field a DC WANTS VICK sign waved in the crowd.
"It's, well, tough sometimes," Campbell said on the sideline after practice. "I am fine now, but there were a couple of times in the off-season I felt like a piece of tissue they were flushing down the toilet."
While Michael Vick's pursuit of redemption and Brett Favre's retirement angst have dominated the headlines, other developing stories will shape the coming season—from Terrell Owens's arrival in Buffalo to Seattle's quest to rebuild its wideout corps and rediscover its playoff form. Thirty-two teams, each with numerous story lines in a league in which hope springs eternal in August.
Every day as they pass through the lobby of the team's training complex, Redskins players see the team's three Lombardi trophies and know they haven't come close to a fourth. Since the Skins won their last Super Bowl, 18 years ago, they are 29 games below .500 and have cycled through seven coaches and seemingly 700 quarterbacks. Owner Dan Snyder has seen his team win all of two wild-card games in 10 free-spending years running the show.
Even after Snyder broke the bank last February with a $100 million contract for free-agent defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, the focus in D.C. is squarely on Campbell, 27, who's in his second full season as the starter and the last year of his five-year rookie deal. In 2008 he led Washington to a 6--2 start, but as defenses turned up the pressure on the injury-ravaged Skins in the second half of the season, Washington went 2--6, scoring a measly 100 points. The impatient Snyder went hard after Cutler and would have had him had the Broncos preferred Campbell to Bears quarterback Kyle Orton. Then shortly before the draft Snyder and Redskins vice president Vinny Cerrato wined and dined USC's Sanchez for three hours. Although they decided not to swing a megatrade to draft Sanchez, the message was clear: Washington was in the market for a new quarterback ...
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The Burgundy Ghost
The Starter
The Shadows of the Unknown
Great looking cover........
I hate to bring it up, but isn't there a jinx associated with this "honor"?
Sarge said:
I believe the jinx only applies to the cover that comes out the week before the season starts. Jamal Lewis appeared on the cover of this issue in 2007, and was the 6th leading rusher in the NFL, playing for the BROWNS. So you know, there's that.
Peter King said:
The images showed the rookie Flacco with at least three yards of space in all directions as he released; Campbell looked as if he was trying to throw in a phone booth.
The line of the piece, right there. Ozzy Newsome is one of the very best out there at restocking the L-line so as to make sure the cupboard is never bare. Joe Flacco is now the beneficiary of that attention.
The real jinx is being on the Madden cover. Jason (and us fans) don't have to worry about that one.
Walking Deadman said:
Indeed. Fine new Tier 2 avatar addition as well, if I do say so myself.
Have to admit to some surprise over the cover choice. I know King was high as a kite on JC last training camp, but to what extent that influences their cover choice I have no idea. Either way, nice to see the burgundy and gold represent on a national mag cover again ... been a long time since we were relevant to anyone other than ourselves.
Chris said:
I'd be much more worried if Campbell was on the Madden cover.
Looking at the Campbell jersey, I wonder if the Skins have ever thought about a alt. jersey like this......although they'd probably look horrible if the whole team wore them.


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MiningNewsBreaks – Energy Fuels Inc.'s (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) White Mesa Mill 'Meets Definition of Domestic Clean-Energy Infrastructure'
August 17, 2022 at 14:22 PM EDT
Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) is a leading U.S.-based producer of uranium and vanadium and an emerging producer of rare earth elements ("REE") products. "After concerns surfaced about the impact a Utah uranium mill [Energy Fuel's White Mesa Mill] might have on the surrounding water sources, an op-ed piece in the Denver Post reported that there is 'no evidence that implies the tailings cells are leaking or contaminating groundwater.' That assessment aligns with what Energy Fuels has said all along; safety and environmental protection are top priorities for the company," a recent article reads. The piece contains excerpts from the op-ed authored by metallurgical and materials engineer Corby G. Anderson. "The Mill meets the definition of domestic clean-energy infrastructure," Anderson concludes. "It responsibly produces uranium, vanadium and rare earth materials more advanced than any other company in the U.S., containing elements needed for EVs, wind energy and carbon-free energy… With a comprehensive environmental program overseen by meticulous state and federal regulators, including more than 80 air and groundwater monitoring locations, I see no indication or evidence that the Mill is adversely impacting groundwater or drinking water. There is zero evidence of excess radon or other air emissions."
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About Energy Fuels Inc.
Energy Fuels is a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities. The company also produces vanadium from certain of its projects, as market conditions warrant, and is ramping up to full commercial-scale production of RE Carbonate. Its corporate offices are in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver, and all its assets and employees are in the United States. Energy Fuels holds three of America's key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch ISR Project in Wyoming, and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year, and has the ability to produce vanadium when market conditions warrant, as well as RE Carbonate from various uranium-bearing ores. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project is currently on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The Alta Mesa ISR Project is also currently on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest S-K 1300 and NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development. The primary trading market for Energy Fuels' common shares is the NYSE American under the trading symbol UUUU, and the company's common shares are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol EFR. For more information, visit the company's website at www.EnergyFuels.com.
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Tag: Succession Plan
Ajit Jain and Greg Abel Named as Vice-Chairmen
(May 7, 2018) Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Bill Gates discuss the decision to name Ajit Jain and Greg Abel as co-vice chairmen of Berkshire Hathaway, making clearer the line of succession to eventually be the company's next CEO.
Successor Must Has Money Mind
(May 6, 2017) Warren Buffett explains why his successor needs to have, above all else, solid capital allocation skills.
Prediction on Berkshire Hathaway
(May 6, 2017) Most investors believe Berkshire Hathaway's stock will fall when Warren Buffett is out of the picture, but he has a different prediction.
Observation is Training Itself
(May 6, 2006) Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway explains why his successor, who will come from within Berkshire, won't need any formal training.
On Successors
(May 4, 1998) Warren Buffett explains why he's confident his successors will run Berkshire capably after he and Charlie Munger are gone.
Not a One Man Show
(May 6, 1996) Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Vice-Chairman Charlie Munger explain why they're confident Berkshire will be successful long after they are gone.


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This is an excellent opportunity for anyone with experience of electronics design to develop your career.


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It's here where AVI-8 left no stone unturned when designing these intricate timepieces. At first glance, the awe-inspiring dynamic of exposed gears and wheels bring the dial to life while a sturdy 44mm case and carved caseback allude to both durability and precision. Each Matador Edition chronograph also hosts the likes of a disc display capable of 1/20th of a second split time measurement, a beveled chamfered edge bezel, piston-like pushers, a hardened mineral convex lens, luminous hands for dimly-lit environments, and a comfortable leather strap for years of continuous wear among many other handy features. Available now for preorder.
Purchase: $340+


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To recognise the work of geoscientists in the early stages of their careers, the Geological Society runs the Early Career Geologist award. This competition is open to all Fellows with less than 10 years post graduate experience, who are working towards Chartership.
This years Early Career Geologist Award Finals will start at 13:00 on Friday 22 February 2019 at the Geological Society, Burlington House. There will be talks from each of the finalists as well as a guest lecture from Dr Bethan Davies, University of Nottingham, on Antarctic glaciers.
The launch of the newly formed Early Career Network will take place after the Early Career Geologist Award at 6:00pm.
Members of the public are welcome to come and watch the Early Career award which will be held in our lecture theatre.
Please email Education to reserve your place.
The identification and remediation of solution features in the Quarella Sandstone beneath a medium sized residential development.


After ten years running a leading contemporary art gallery in Moscow, working with artists including Vadim Zaharov, Yoko Ono, Alicia Framus, Gary Hill and Bjorn Melhus, Marina moved to the UK where her passion for video art extended into making her own films.
Her first film PRIVATE WALTZ won Best Music Video at the Los Angeles Independent Film Awards, Best Filmmaker at the Barcelona Planet Festival and Best Short Film at the NYC Indie Film Awards. Her second film SUICIDE NOTE won the Alfred Hitchcock Award for Best Horror Film at the Chicago Arthouse Festival and was nominated for Best Short Film at the Madrid International Film Festival and Best Music Video at the Paris Art Film Awards and at the New Orleans Film Festival.
Marina has just finished her third short QUERCUS, a psychological thriller which looks at the intersection of class, sexuality and our relationship to the environment. It had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival (Short Film Corner) and it has subsequently won Best Short Film at the LA Film Festival, the Barcelona Planet Festival, Barcelona AR Film Festival, The European Independent Film Awards and NY Independent Film Awards.
Marina is particularly drawn to making work that playfully explores the myths we live by and how these shape our relationship to the perceived 'outsider'.


Anticancer potential of aloes: antioxidant, antiproliferative, and immunostimulatory attributes.
Aloe is a genus of medicinal plants with a notable history of medical use. Basic research over the past couple of decades has begun to reveal the extent of Aloe's pharmaceutical potential, particularly against neoplastic disease. This review looks at Aloe, both the genus and the folk medicine, often being called informally"aloes", and delineates their chemistry and anticancer pharmacognosy. Structures of key compounds are provided, and their pharmacological activities reviewed. Particular attention is given to their free radical scavenging, antiproliferative, and immunostimulatory properties. This review highlights major research directions on aloes, reflecting the enormous potential of natural sources, and of the genus Aloe in particular, in preventing and treating cancer.


Our favorite walking tours in some of the biggest cities around the world.
There's no better way to explore a new city than on foot, where you can take in the sights, sounds, scents, and scenery first-hand. As avid pedestrians, we've collected our favorite walking tours in some of the most-visited cities around the globe. Whether you want the focus to be on history, art, food, or culture, we've got the tour for you.
Read on for our picks, or skip ahead to your city of interest: Amsterdam; Cape Town; Maui; Melbourne; Paris; Philadelphia; Portland, OR; San Francisco; Washington, D.C.
Amsterdam's flat, compact, and lively streets make the city an ideal place to explore on foot. In fact, walking may be the best way to appreciate gorgeous 17th-century canals, leafy parks, and former industrial docklands. While you could download the Amsterdam Map and Walks app (free), why go it alone when you can get behind the scenes with a walking tour led by a local expert?
Hungry Birds curates tours that allow you to sample the city's best street food in one afternoon—think Vlaamse frites (Belgian fries), spicy spring rolls, Dutch cheese, raw herring, home-baked cakes, and local beers. The tour can be tailored for vegetarians, and the price is all-inclusive ($78 per person).
Give the selfie stick a rest and take some proper pictures with photographer Tim Collins on his photographic tour of the city. Tim knows Amsterdam's best and most original locations, from picture-perfect canal views to off-the-tourist-track, gritty urban landscapes. Chose from daytime or nighttime tours, and both novices and experienced photographers are welcome (from $23 per person).
AllTourNative Tours takes you to the relatively tourist-free zones that feature Amsterdam's most amazing graffiti and street art—not to mention funky independent galleries and shops (from $16 per person).
Learn about the traumatic period in Amsterdam's history with World War II experts Peter Schaapman and Ben de Jong. On the tour, you'll visit all the key locations, including a day trip to the site of the Battle of Arnhem ($28 per person).
You've seen the The Night Watch in the Rijksmuseum—now explore the fascinating story behind Amsterdam's most famous artwork. Jacques Hendrikx, who has written a novel about the painting, takes you to the location where Rembrandt's masterpiece was painted, and recounts its journey over the years, as well as the life stories of the people featured in the painting ($28 per person).
6. Amsterdam Design Tour—What Makes it Dutch?
Over the course of the 20th century, Dutch design has become a world-coveted phenomenon. Find out more about the thinking behind it, and the people and places that have helped to make Amsterdam's reputation as a design capital—all while taking in the city's best design shops and sights ($170 per person).
Cape Town's beautiful city center—an easy-to-navigate grid brimming with historical monuments and quaint Victorian architecture—is in the throes of a revival. The streets have been cleaned up, hip new restaurants and boutiques keep opening, and a monthly art exhibition and cultural program is one of the city's star attractions. For those who want a closer look at all the vibrant city has to offer, read on for some of its best walking tours.
A collection of brightly painted homes at the foot of Signal Hill marks the start of the Bo-Kaap neighborhood, long home to South Africa's Cape Malay Muslim community. It's also where you'll find a distinctive culinary tradition that exists only here at the tip of South Africa: Cape Malay cuisine is a unique hybrid of Dutch, Asian, Indian, and African flavors. Sign up for a cooking tour with Cape Fusion Tours, where you'll walk through the neighborhood and learn about its history, followed by a cooking demo in a local home (you'll learn how to make bobotie or a traditional Cape Malay curry; inquire about price).
An initiative by the Cape Town Partnership, this monthly free city tour combines exploring with storytelling. Starting at the Company's Garden in the CBD—a historic plot set up in the 1600s by Cape Town's first Dutch settlers—the walk takes you along the pedestrian St. George's Mall, up to St. Andrew's Square, and beyond, taking in the best of Cape Town's art, history, music, and more. If you're in the city on the third Saturday of the month, don't miss it (free).
Interested in immersing yourself in Cape Town's creative scene? Book a niche tour from Culture Connect—themes include the city's Art Deco architecture, a behind-the-scenes look at the Irma Stern Museum, and a gallery tour of Woodstock (inquire about price).
No visit to Cape Town is complete without a jaunt to the nearby Winelands. Hanli Fourie founded Bites & Sites to show visitors that there's much more to the oak-lined burg of Stellenbosch than world-class wines: join one of her cultural culinary tours through the 300-year-old town's historic center, or to the nearby Kayamandi township for a Xhosa lunch (inquire about price).
Not so keen on being herded around in a group, and prefer to explore the Mother City at your own pace? This GPS-driven app offers engaging audio tours all over the globe, but here's a fun fact: it's actually a homegrown business started last year in Cape Town. You can download VoiceMap before heading to Paris, Buenos Aires, Toronto, Hong Kong, and even far-flung destinations like Tunis or Ashtarak, Armenia, its offerings are strongest on its home turf. Choose from a maritime-themed walk along the Seapoint Promenade, a street-art tour of Woodstock, an offbeat route through the bohemian seaside suburb of Muizenberg, and more. Each of the intimate, local-guided narratives is prompted by your location, so you can walk as quickly or slowly as you'd like, with your guide in your ear (free).
Maui is full of such discoveries and little-known trivia, all of which you can learn when you take a walking tour on the island. Whether trailing through the bush to a hidden waterfall, eating your way through its top culinary spots, or tracing the path along Front Street in Lahaina, if you're looking to dig deeper on your vacation, these walking tours in Maui are the best ways to explore the island on foot.
There was once a time when the town of Lahaina was the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and an inshore island called Moku'ula was the exclusive dominion of royalty. On a walking tour with Maui Nei, join a kumu, or local guide, on a two-hour tour of Lahaina, where he or she will regale you with the history of fascinating historical sights. Learn about Lahaina's numerous eras, from whaling, to missionaries, to plantations, and get updates on archeological digs taking place at Moku'ula. Later this year, the group will add a second tour, "Discover Old Hawai'i," which will involve everything from medicinal plants to learning how to pound poi, and will even give guests the chance to carve an authentic bamboo nose flute (from $22).
While Maui hiking tours come and go as suddenly as a flash flood, the team at Hike Maui has remained synonymous with educational, outdoor adventure. Operating for more than 30 years, Hike Maui brings you to cascading falls located deep in the East Maui jungle, or helps you crunch across cinder-lined trails in Haleakala Crater. The guides are phenomenal sources of knowledge on history, mythology, and ecology—not to mention the local intel you can glean while exploring the forest (from $85 per person).
If there's one thing Maui locals do well, it's know how to hunt down good food, and these tours are designed to introduce you to dishes you might never taste otherwise. These two-hour walking and tasting tours explain how Maui's eclectic cuisine is steeped in its plantation past, and go into the history, legends, and lore of the island's buildings and towns. Tours begin at 9:30 a.m—so don't fill up on breakfast—and are offered in Makawao, Paia, Kihei, as well as downtown Lahaina. (Bonus: Portions of proceeds are directly donated to animal welfare on Maui; $45 per person).
If you'd rather enjoy a tasting tour that includes wine, the "Lahaina Lights Dinner Tour" from Hawaii Tasting Tours is an evening that focuses on history, culture, and cuisine with wine accompanying each stop. Sit on the rooftop of Fleetwood's On Front Street—a restaurant by rocker Mick Fleetwood—and feast on food that's paired with wine from Mick's personal collection. Travel by foot to three other stops on a short walk along Front Street, and gain local insight into life in Lahaina before settling in for the next course ($179 per person).
Finally, while all other Maui walking tours have scheduled itineraries and stops, Pono Friedman of Open Eye Tours can craft a private, custom tour on any subject you wish. In the past he's led groups that learn about everything from hula to sacred sites—with a special focus on Hawaiian culture, music, photography, and art (from $725 for two people, for six hours).
In Melbourne, the best walking tours bypass the city's best-known sights in favor of lesser-known, hidden, and secretive discoveries, from out-of-the-way boutiques to shadowy historical facts.
Even locals gush about all you can learn on the Hidden Secrets Lanes and Arcades Tour, possibly the most well established of the city's walking tours. Visitors see all the nooks and crannies and history that the Central Business District has to offer, making stops at cafes and cool stores along the way ($70 per person).
Run by the city's street artists, Melbourne Street Art Tours take you down laneways and alleys to show you the best graffiti, paste-ups and other types of street art in the city. Tours will go into galleries, too ($51 per person).
Starting with a traditional smoking ceremony, guests wander through the Royal Botanic Gardens to explore the ancestral lands of the Koolin nation, and dive into their rich and thriving culture on this walk. Along the way you'll learn traditional uses of plants for food, tools, and medicine ($22 per person).
Knowledgeable local guides lead guests on a tour of Melbourne's sights, with plenty of facts and interesting stories along the way. The I'm Free Walking Tours meet at the statue of Sir Redmond Barry in front of the State Library of Victoria (free).
Melbourne was named the second UNESCO City of Literature in 2008. A writer leads each MEL tour around the CBD, visiting some of the city's 70 bookstores and learning about the city's literary history ($37 per person).
True Secrets is an app with a self-guided tour of seven of Melbourne's best secrets re-enacted by professional actors, including an attempted assassination on the Beatles during a visit here decades ago ($9 per person).
Paris is the gastronomic capital of Europe, so it's no surprise that there's a cross-section of excellent walking tours focused on the city's culinary delights. These tours offer hungry travelers the perfect expedition while they're there.
Burgeoning Francophiles will love the attractive carbs, alluring pork products, and full-bodied cheeses samples on this two-and-a-half-hour tour. The walk focuses on small, family-run shops on the Left Bank. The docents—sommeliers, food writers, and chefs—give great context to France's artisanal food chain, and how its carefully guarded production impacts the country's culinary heritage ($100 per person; book reservations here).
Anyone interested in gaining an appreciation of French gastronomy will love the tours from Paris By Mouth, a top website devoted to chronicling the local food and wine scene. It organizes small group culinary tours in several food-focused neighborhoods; their Marais tour visits small artisanal shops on Rue Charlot, and the food9 stalls of the historic Le Marche des Enfants Rouge, Paris's oldest covered market ($106 per person; book reservations here).
You'll visit Paris's top chocolate shops with Chloe Doutre-Roussel, a world-renowned expert who will transform your palate and appreciation for all things cacao, tasting insane bars, truffles, and specialty sweets from Patrick Roger, Pierre Hermé, Jean-Paul Hévin, and Pierre Marcolini ($112 per person for groups of four to eight; book reservations here).
Consistently ranked as one of the country's most walkable cities, Philadelphia is ripe with colorful neighborhoods, great buildings, and cultural sites to explore. We've picked five of our favorites tours that give you the best Philadelphia has to offer.
First-time visitors to Philadelphia should beeline for the city's array of historic sites. On a 1.25-mile stroll, the Constitutional Walking Tour (from $19 per person) manages to capture more than 20 of the most important ones in American history. Major stops include Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the Constitution Center, while lesser-known buildings, homes, and parks pad the educational experience. Carpenters' Hall, for example, is where the First Continental Congress met in 1774. Also on the itinerary: the cemetery where Ben Franklin is buried, the Betsy Ross House, and the first and second Banks of the United States.
It's adults only on the Grim Philly Twilight Tours (from $20 per person), where brave souls hear tales from Philly's dark past. Developed by a university professor, guides tell well-researched stories of serial killers, vampires, aphrodisiacs, ghost hunting, grave robbing, gangsters, and pirates. Each of their nine itineraries focuses on specific subjects and drinking tours are on offer. Walking is minimal on all, and includes opportunities for sitting.
Seemingly a world away from Philadelphia's colonial sites, the South Philly section has a rich history of its own. The Italian Market Immersion ($25 per person) explores this neighborhood through its food. Cheese, chocolate, spice, and olive oil stands abound at the famous outdoor market, which is open daily and is America's largest. Along the way, you'll hear stories from owners and employees at the shops and stalls. The tour ends at the intersection of Philly's two most famous cheesesteak shops, Pat's and Geno's.
Philadelphia is home to a rich variety of architectural styles, including French Second Empire, Italian Renaissance, Art Deco, Late Victorian, Beaux Arts, Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival. Three days a week, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia offers a robust line-up of walking tours—65 in total—of Philadelphia and its suburbs. These experiences are an ideal way to explore the many neighborhoods in and around Center City ($15 per person).
Locals and insiders contributed to creating the itinerary on the Real Philadelphia Tour. In less than four-and-a-half hours, you'll walk a 5K with stops at City Hall, some of Philly's many murals, LOVE Park, the Avenue of the Arts, Chinatown, funky South Street, the Italian Market for lunch, the Reading Terminal Market, and Magic Gardens—a world of mosaic tile and recycled items occupying half a city block. The tour is pay-what-you-wish and reservations are required.
In just one mile of trekking, the Portland Walking Tours underground tour (from $17 per person) promises to cover "all the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things from Portland's past," and it delivers. You'll spend 75 percent of the tour above ground in the Old Town/Chinatown areas, learning about the history of the city's booze-smuggling, gambling, and "Shanghai-ing," where drunks were supposedly smuggled out of the city through underground tunnels to be sold into work on ships. The coolest park of the tour, though, is when you're handed a flashlight and get to walk under the historic Merchant Hotel in an area that once led to the legendary "Shanghai Tunnels."
Division Street is best eating street in all of Portland, so start your walk hungry (note: this tour is free and self-guided). It's stretch in the hip Southeast area is densely packed with food stops from 26th to 39th, including everything from casual, cheap eats (one of the city's best food truck pods) to finer dining (Ava Gene's, arguably one of the best meals in town). Some snack stops that are not to be missed: the Kati roll from Bollywood Theater is wrapped for an easy walk n' chew, Salt & Straw for a scoop of non-traditionally flavored ice cream, the Smaaken food truck for a waffle sandwich, or Roman Candle Baking Co. for a $5 slice of thick, square-cut pizza Bianca. Plus, you can stray to any of the cross streets to check out beautiful, 1900s-era Craftsman homes.
This restored historic area is now dotted with hip shops, galleries, and restaurants (note: this tour is free and self-guided). Pop into Land Gallery to see their current exhibit (previous ones include valentines inspired by the Talking Heads), then flip through cards and art prints in their shop. Check out Black Wagon, the coolest kids' store, for artsy books, slingshots, and tiny Vans. Stop for a craft cocktail at Interurban, a cool two-story bar with a great back patio, then finish with lunch or dinner of tacos and agua fresca at Por Que No Taqueria—there's always a line, but it moves quickly.
San Francisco's best walking tours don't go to predictable landmarks like Coit Tower or the Golden Gate Bridge—instead they take you to the neighborhoods, parks, and alleys where the city's most fascinating stories take place. Similarly, many of the city's best guides aren't recognizable in uniformed red windbreakers and nametags: they're locals with a yarn to spin. After all, to understand a city as unconventional as San Francisco, you must walk the paths of its nonconformist residents.
San Francisco City Guides has been divulging San Francisco's secrets since 1978. Their tours are rooted in history for a beneath-the-surface foray into the city, led by more than 200 donation-based guides. Walk the destructive path of the 1906 earthquake, see the city through the eyes of Alfred Hitchcock, or learn about downtown's architecture inspired by the Jazz Age of the 1930s (free).
Wild SF (pictured) leads city seekers away from the tourist traps and into the cultural folds of the city. Artist, musician, and activist guides tell stories with an eye toward San Francisco's historic movements, independent business owners, and legendary rabble-rousers (from $18 per person).
Stray from the concrete sidewalks for a walking tour that traverses dirt paths on Forage SF's naturalist-led ("Feral Kevin") foraging tour. Learn about San Francisco's edible wild foods, some of which appear on restaurant menus, like miner's lettuce, as well in medicinal plants along urban trails ($40 per person).
Longtime neighborhood local Deleano Seymour offers an informative peek into San Francisco's underbelly with donation-based tours of the Tenderloin district. Seymour has a reputation for enlightening people about the complicated history and subtle nuances of this often misunderstood neighborhood during his Tenderloin Walking Tours (inquire about price).
As the country's tech capital, it's of little surprise that one of San Francisco's best walking tours is an app. Created by a Groupon founder earlier this year, Detour is an audio app that tells compelling stories about the city based on your GPS location (free).
One of the best features of Washington, D.C., is its walkability. Not only are many of its major sites and attractions grouped together on the National Mall, but the city is a series of true neighborhoods knitted together, easily traversed by foot. Whether they skew historic or cultural, food- or monument-centric, here's a look at some of the best walking tours the city has to offer.
There's a walking tour for nearly every subject at D.C. By Foot. Better yet, they're all free, or pay-what-you-can. The group works with independent, licensed guides who offer walking tours across the city featuring themes from major tourist attractions, like the National Mall and Tidal Basin, Arlington Cemetery, and Capitol Hill, or dig a little deeper into the city's history and culture, with tours that track the Lincoln assassination, the ghosts of Georgetown, the secrets and scandals of the nation's capital, and the U Street neighborhood's heydey as the "Black Broadway." They've also got food-centric—mostly specifically focused on dessert—walking tours based in Georgetown and Capitol Hill.
If you're more of a self-starter when it comes to touring a new city, consider Cultural Tourism D.C.'s neighborhood heritage trails (free). Since 2001, the organization has been establishing walking trails throughout the city's many neighborhoods, allowing residents and visitors alike a self-guided, deeper look into the heart of the city, as opposed to the monuments and government buildings downtown. Follow the signs around each neighborhood to learn more about what it was once like to live there and how it has come to be what it is now. Hear about the immigrant experience in Adams Morgan, explore D.C.'s Civil War history at Fort Stevens in Brightwood, or follow the city's transition from civil war to civil rights on a tour of downtown.
Before you go on any tours, though, check the Cultural Tourism D.C. website for intel on where to pick up tour pamphlets—there's even a mobile app for the downtown and greater U Street heritage trails.
You can hardly find a more knowledgeable tour guide than a National Park Service ranger. Stationed at all the major monuments and memorials downtown, park rangers are available not only to give talks at each of the individual sites, but they also conduct free guided walking tours of the National Mall and Memorial Parks—both during the day and in the evenings.
Rangers customize their own tours, but plan on seeing most of the major memorials. During cherry blossom season, there are extra tours available of the memorials and the Tidal Basin. Check the National Park Service website for dates and times, as they can vary seasonally.
For those who prefer the classic technique of learning about a city's culture by eating all of its food, D.C. Metro Food Tours (from $52 per person) is a solid place to start for a guided tour of Washington's restaurant scene. These tours are on foot, too, to help you work off the calories you'll be consuming at the four or five restaurants you'll be stopping at for small bites along the way.
Itineraries are primarily divided by neighborhood, including Georgetown, Capitol Hill, U Street, Dupont Circle, and Adams Morgan. There's also a tour that focuses on all the excellent Ethiopian food that Washington boasts, as well as a tour of the culinary offerings at Eastern Market. Restaurants included in each can vary (and be hit or miss) but do give a unique perspective on the city's heritage through its culinary traditions.
You don't need any reservations to get on a tour with Washington Walks ($20 per person). This company has been leading tours of the city since 1999, exploring the architecture and high society of Embassy Row, the fashion and Kennedy-related history of Georgetown, and the haunted history of Lafayette Park, just across from the White House.
Washington Walks also offers special tours during cherry blossom season, a selection of routes to tour the memorials by moonlight, and weekend morning tours through a rotation of neighborhoods including Bloomingdale, Foggy Bottom, and Woodley Park and the National Cathedral. All tours last about two hours; check the website for details about where to meet your tour or to sign up in advance if you prefer.


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8751 Nigricollis este un asteroid din centura principală de asteroizi. A fost descoperit pe  la Observatorul Palomar de Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld și Tom Gehrels. Asteroidul prezintă o orbită caracterizată de o semiaxă mare de 2,90 ua, o excentricitate de 0,05 și o înclinație de 2,5° în raport cu ecliptica.

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