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Home News Interview: RIZE CEO says XRIZE full-colour 3D printer will be "a game changer"
Interview: RIZE CEO says XRIZE full-colour 3D printer will be "a game changer"
by Laura Griffiths
XRIZE will enable functional polymer and composite parts in full CMYK colour at the voxel level.
At Formnext in Frankfurt last week, Boston-area 3D printing company, RIZE debuted its latest machine, materials and software updates.
The new kit, the XRIZE, is the next generation of its RIZE ONE system, now with full colour capabilities (which we saw hints of when TCT visited RIZE HQ last year) and has been developed to enable engineers to produce functional polymer and composite parts featuring images, text and texture maps. Alongside that, new RIZIUM CARBON and ENDURA materials are bringing high-impact strength to the platform while updated software is enabling users to build security into their parts with digital part identification and other forms of part augmentation.
In a savvy move, the company decided to beat the inevitable crowd of launches by introducing the technology days before the show, which meant TCT was able to grab a few moments with RIZE President and CEO, Andy Kalambi for a quick chat before the doors opened.
Hi Andy, you've just introduced the XRIZE, can you tell us about the demand for this full-colour capability?
We're in the market now with RIZE ONE. That has been, in some ways, a game changer because it presented people with a desktop industrial 3D printer which produced fully functional parts and what we call, digital augmented parts. That was, in some ways, a colour machine but only one colour, monochrome, so we got a little bit of a taste of what the market would like from a colour perspective. The original idea for this machine was to create a full colour platform and we designed it as such, so we left enough expansion within the printer to be able to expand it to a full colour capability. Colour is very challenging when you take it from 2D to 3D because you need to move the colour across all the three dimensions, you need to put the colour uniformly, you need to put it in places where the supports are. That is not easy. It took us almost two and half to three years to do that. We also had to retain all of our original value propositions to ensure that it would be fully functional, that it would be something which would have minimal post processing, that we would not use any chemicals to infiltrate or to stabilise the colours.
RIZE CEO, Andy Kalambi, puts a full colour product to the test.
The RIZE ONE was aimed at primarily industrial users and applications, what kinds of users do you see leveraging this new colour technology?
We see two segments of markets. One segment is a market that has been using colour for some time now but with very high end or very hard to use 3D printers. As you know, full colour has been there with other machines and other companies. We believe that this machine will target that segment but ensure that it will augment the capacity that they currently have on those machines. Those machines take a lot of time. Even though the printing process may only be a few hours, the end to end process can take as many as one to two days. In our case it will be the same as, you print a part and then you take it out of the printer, take off the supports and it's useable. Those customers are essentially customers in the consumer products industry, packaging design, those kinds of areas. That's one segment of customers which we believe which has used colour, they know colour printing but they have not experienced a fully functional part coming out of a printer and being used very easily.
The other set of customers are those who have never seen colour on a 3D printed part before but are now seeing applications and users for that. One example is, the design and engineering community is looking at how to create a FEA map on a part so that you can see all of the stresses on a part. The other is they want to see is how do you use it for tolerancing? We also see the ability for us to take this to consumer products because our products are functional and you can create end-use parts. We see people using it at the consumer level to just embellish what they have, making things that are more customised and unique for an end consumer.
The process is identical to what you've seen before on our other printers, we are printing with two sets of things, one is the release ink, in this case we are using a CMYK set of inks, so instead of only the marking ink which was a blue ink but now we are using four inks and we are creating a pallet of 810,000 colours. The printing is at a voxel level, we can print even inside the part and we can print even under surface. So you can print at any level of granularity because it is voxel level printing. You export the model to slicing software where you can apply colour, text images, import colour file, logo, picture and it wraps itself around the part. The machine is similar in nature so all you do is put in the build plate, it locks itself, checks for all the inks and all you do is press print and it starts the print process.
It's designed with the same simplicity, so the only thing you are changing is you are adding three more cartridges, you just stick in the cartridges the way you would a 2D printer and the rest of the process is the same.
Full colour map 3D printed on the XRIZE.
Have any potential end-users been beta testing the machine with you?
We have been working with a couple of customers, of course we are under NDAs with these so we can't share. One of them is a very prominent consumer products company so we are working hand in hand with customers, we always do.
What about the new materials and software capabilities? Will these be available for both machines?
It is the fact that we have taken our current printer RIZE ONE and expanded it significantly in terms of materials. CARBON and then ENDURA next year, these new materials will significantly expand the way RIZE ONE can be used. As we know, carbon composite is very popular right now, our value proposition remains the same in that we want the whole simplicity and usage and at the same time get the carbon strength and this will expand the usage of RIZE ONE into tooling jigs and fixtures, where we are already being used but i think it will increase the value proposition further.
XRIZE will be like an all in one printer with all of these so it will be full colour, it will use RIZIUM ONE, CARBON, ENDURA, all of these materials so it's pretty much like the way you buy a printer today. You buy a colour 2D printer not necessarily to produce colour but because colour is an option. We believe that over time, people will get used to colour and they will see that colour is really the default option.
Part printed in CARBON RIZIUM with identification tag embedded.
So, does that mean this will eventually replace the RIZE ONE?
We will retain the two machines however just to get people kind of on the colour bandwagon, we have announced a special until December, for anyone who books an XRIZE machine, which will be shipping in the first half of 2019, we will give a RIZE ONE included in that price. Available only until December 14th. We will ship them a RIZE ONE so that they can start using something right away.
With RIZE CONNECT you're giving users the ability to monitor their machines, multiple in some cases, remotely. Are you finding that customers are buying more than one machine?
We are seeing that increasing trend, so one of our customers has six machines now and are building up a print farm kind of facility. Our machine was always capturing a lot of data, now what we are doing with RIZE CONNECT is we are creating a cloud-based capability where we can take that data and help customers get better at using the RIZE ONE and eventually the XRIZE system. They will be able to use it for ensuring that there will be no unplanned downtime. They can connect with us for any remote support. As they do more jobs, they will be able to learn from those jobs.
You've addressed the big three areas in one go here (hardware, software and materials) – was that a conscious decision to boost all three together?
We are doing significant enhancements on all three areas and we are doing it as very good value to our customers. We are not a very big team but we are showing that small teams can make a big difference to industry. No one has done colour the way we will deliver colours and it's going to be a game changer. We want to show significant update on all of these three elements.
We want 3D printing to be like 2D printing, we want it to be close to end users we want it to be close to places where 3D printing was always required but never could be because of complexity, because of the fact that it required a lot of overheads, we want the cost to come down of 3D printing, its very high right now, people's utilisation capacity of some of the machines is very poor. We really want usage to expand and even if we do it with just these two machines that's good enough as long as we keep expanding materials and everything else.
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Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions
A A Meharg, K Killham
Perennial ryegrass was subjected to a range of anaerobic treatments. The distribution of C within the plant was determined by pulse labelling the shoots with 14C-CO2. A 5 h anaerobic period before pulse labelling reduced by 2.5–10 times the 14C remaining in the plants and released into the soil. The distribution of the 14C within the plant was also affected by anaerobiosis. Short periods of anaerobiosis (5 or 10 h) led to increased root-soil 14C respiration (monitored for 7 days). A longer period of anaerobiosis (48 h) initially inhibited root-soil 14C respiration, but when aerobiosis was restored. 57% of the total 14C fixed by the plant was respired by the roots-soil during the following 7 days compared to 19% for the aerobic control. There was a two-thirds reduction in the percentage C retained by the plants stressed for the 48 h compared to the aerobic control. At harvest, all anaerobic treatments were associated with more 14C remaining in the soil as a proportion of the total 14C fixed by the plant compared to the aerobic control.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(90)90010-W
Meharg, A. A., & Killham, K. (1990). Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 22(5), 643-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(90)90010-W
Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions. / Meharg, A A ; Killham, K .
In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 22, No. 5, 1990, p. 643-647.
Meharg, AA & Killham, K 1990, 'Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 643-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(90)90010-W
Meharg AA, Killham K. Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 1990;22(5):643-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(90)90010-W
Meharg, A A ; Killham, K . / Carbon distribution within the plant and rhizosphere for Lolium perenne subjected to anaerobic soil conditions. In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 1990 ; Vol. 22, No. 5. pp. 643-647.
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9-Day Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon West, Lake Powell, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City Bus Tour from Los Angeles with Airport Transfer
As low as $630
Tour Code : LAX90338A
Departure City : Los Angeles
Duration : 9 day(s) 8 night(s)
Availability : Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
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Highlight :
Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Bryce Canyon National Park; Grand Canyon West*, Skywalk*; Lake Powell*; Salt Lake City, Mormon Temple, State Capital; Las Vegas; Hoover Dam; Chocolate Factory, Barstow Outlets, Disneyland, Unversal Studios, Sea World, Palm Springs Outlets
This tour picks up and drops off at Los Angeles airport (LAX).
Day 1 : Hometown - Los Angeles
Welcome to Los Angeles. Enjoy time at leisure to relax or to do some independent exploring. For domestic arrival, our tour guide will wait for you at the Baggage Claim Area. For international arrival, our tour guide will wait for you near the exit of Terminal B (international terminal). Transfer to the hotel for check-in.
We offer complimentary pick-up services from LAX airport, available between 8:30 am and 10:00 pm (U.S. domestic flight) or 8:30 am and 9:30 pm (international flight). Please see the Departure and Return info for details.
Standard Hotel (2 star to 3 star): Howard Johnson Fullerton or similar
Day 2 : Los Angeles - Las Vegas - St. George
Departure from Los Angeles in the morning, along with San Bernardino Mountains and enter Mojave Desert, the largest continental desert in North America. The boundless land is decorated by bizarre-shaped Joshua trees and yucca plants. The group will make a stop at Barstow outlet to do some shopping and have lunch, and then head to Las Vegas. You may have a brief stop at Strip to enjoy all the spectacles and fantasies on the strip! Afterwards, continue to Utah. Stay overnight in St. George.
Standard Hotel (2 star to 3 star): American Best Value Inn St. George or similar
Day 3 : St. George - Lake Powell - Bryce Canyon National Park - Salt Lake City
Scenic morning drive on the Colorado Plateau and arrive at Lake Powell National Recreation Area. Upstream to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell is surrounded by 96 side canyons of Glen Canyon. Cruise on this 1,969-mile shoreline lake, you may feel that you're in the Grand Canyon of a water world! Next, travel through Red Rock Canyon and arrive at Bryce Canyon National Park, an amphitheatre of hoodoos. Pinnacles, spires, bridges, mesas…preserved in the beautiful reddish-orange colored sandstones, which located over 8,000 feet above sea level! Then, drive to Salt Lake City, dine and stay overnight there.
Standard Hotel (2 star to 3 star): Comfort Inn Salt Lake City Airport or similar
Day 4 : Salt Lake City - Grand Teton National Park - Yellowstone National Park
This morning, enjoy a lovely ride to 'Cowboy State', Wyoming. Vast prairies are bounded by snow covered Rockies, herds of cows and sheep feed in the soft morning air! After lunch in the famous western town of Jackson, enter Grand Teton National Park. Polished by glaciers, Teton Range rises thousands of feet above the Snake River Valley, surrounded by lakes and forests. Enjoy this fairytale view! In the afternoon, get to Yellowstone National Park. First of its kind, Yellowstone is the home to world's largest super volcano and over 10,000 natural landscapes. Here you will find everything you expect to see in a national park: snow covered mountains, waterfalls, lakes, meadows, herds of buffalos, elks…and on top of that, the geysers, hot springs, fumaroles and mud pots. Try to spot a bear or a bald eagle from your luxury coach in this largest Sanctuary of Wildlife in the country! Stay overnight at Yellowstone.
Standard Hotel (2 star to 3 star): Yellowstone Canyon Lodge, White Buffalo Hotel or similar
Day 5 : Yellowstone National Park - Salt Lake City
After breakfast, continue to visit the Yellowstone National Park. Feel the impression of eruption - the symbol of Yellowstone, Old Faithful; the crown jewel of the park, Yellowstone Lake; upper and lower falls and the famous Artist Point of Grand Canyon of Yellowstone; natural terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs… Afterwards, enjoy a picturesque drive through Yellowstone Park. Stay overnight at Salt Lake City.
Standard Hotel (2 star to 3 star): Ramada Limted Salt Lake City or similar
Day 6 : Salt Lake City - Las Vegas
This morning, visit the newly renovated State House of Utah, and the virtue kingdom of Mormons, Mormon Temple. After a friendly tour given by missionary sisters, proceed to Great Salt Lake Marina. After lunch, head to Las Vegas ----- "the entertainment capital of the world". Arrive in Las Vegas in the evening. You may take an optional night tour to explore the prosperity of night life in Las Vegas, enjoy all the spectacles and fantasies on the strip! The tour guide will lead you to explore the World's largest hotel Palazzo Venetian Mega Centre, neon-light show on Fremont Street, Music Fountain at Bellagio and the volcano show at Mirage. Stay overnight at the hotel located on the strip.
Standard Hotel (3 star): Circus Circus Casino Hotel or similar
Day 7 : Las Vegas - Hoover Dam - Grand Canyon West (Skywalk) - Las Vegas
Drive to Hoover Dam in the morning, a photo stop at the largest and tallest concrete structure of it's time. Overlook the dam and North America's largest artificial lake ----- Lake Mead. Then, travel to one of the most famous 7 natural wonders in the world - the Grand Canyon! Over eons, the Colorado River and erosion have sculpted this amazing landscape. Grand Canyon west rim belongs to Hualapai Indian Tribe. The group will take the designated park shuttle to enter the canyon. Upon arriving in the terminal, you may take the helicopter ride and sightseeing boat tour at additional cost to feel the canyon and Colorado River from different perspectives and explore the true beauty of the Grand Canyon. Afterwards, you may take the park shuttle to the next sightseeing spots, Eagle Point and Guano Point. At Eagle Point, you may take an optional visit to the Skywalk, which is the new gigantic construction built on the very edge of the Grand Canyon West Rim. On Skywalk, you can enjoy the magnificent view from 4000 feet above, standing upon a horseshoe-shaped steel frame with a glass bottom. Rocks that date back 1.8 billion years line the bottom of the canyon. Approximately 3 hours of driving each way between Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon West Rim. We will stay at the site for about 3-4 hours, and return Las Vegas at around 6-7 pm.
If traveler decide NOT to participate in the Grand Canyon tour (west or south), a $30 per person penalty will be collected on bus.
Day 8 : Las Vegas - Chocolate Factory - Los Angeles
In the morning, visit Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Botanical Cactus Gardens outside of The Strip. You can see chocolates being made, sample gourmet treats and meander through the maze of paths at the Botanical Cactus Gardens at no charge. Be sure to sample a piece of fresh made chocolate! After having lunch in Las Vegas, the group heads back to Los Angeles. Stop by Barstow Outlet for short rest before continuing to Los Angeles. Arrive to Los Angeles in the evening.
Day 9 : LA City Tour/ Disneyland/ Universal Studios/ San Diego Sea World/ Palm Springs Shopping Outlet/ San Diego City Tour
Depending on your interest and schedule you can choose one of these attractions to visit: (click on the options for detail)
(A) Los Angeles City Tour
(B) Disneyland
(C) Universal Studios
(D) San Diego Sea World
(E) Palm Springs Shopping Outlet
(F) San Diego City Tour
Due to nearly 20% increases in Disneyland and Sea World admission tickets, any booking made after April 1, 2016 with selection of Option B or C from the list will be subjected to a $15 per person surcharge to the total tour fare paid.
Please schedule your flight to depart from Los Angeles airport (LAX) after 9:30 pm (U.S. domestic flight) or 10:30 pm (international flight).
Departure and Return info.:
We offer complimentary pick-up services from LAX airport, available between 8:30 am and 10:00 pm (U.S. domestic flight) or 8:30 am and 9:30 pm (international flight). If you take domestic flight, our tour guide will wait for you at the Baggage Claim Area. If you take international flight, our tour guide will wait for you near the exit of Terminal B (international terminal) at the 7-Eleven Store on the left.
Passengers will be grouped together and transfer to hotel every hour from 8:30 am to 10:30 pm. If your scheduled flight arrival time or your flight delay time is between 10:30 pm and mid-night, pick-up service would incur a fee of $50 for first person and $10 for each additional person. Any other arrival time, please proceed to the hotel at your own expense.
On your last day, please arrange your flight to depart from LAX after 9:30 pm (U.S. domestic) or 10:30 pm (international).
Single Double (per person) Third Person Fourth Person
Adult Kid* Adult Kid*
$1,298 $898 $125 $125 $598 $598
*Kid ages 2-9 yr old, infant less than 2 yr old join the tour for FREE if NOT occupied a bus seat.
Price for Single Occupancy applies when one person stays in one standard hotel room.
Price for Double/Triple/Quadruple Occupancy applies when two/three/four people stay in one standard hotel room respectively. Thus, result in a lower per person price.
Maximum 4 guests in each hotel room (incl. kid and infant). Each standard hotel room comes with TWO full sizes or ONE queen size bed. Triple/Quadruple price does not guarantee a third/fourth bed in the room since each room is equipped with 2 beds. Roll-a-ways beds are regulations of each hotel; you are responsible for paying the additional cost for roll-a-way bed. Please check the availability at the time of check-in.
BUY 2 GET 1 FREE Promotion Rules:
The third guest joins the tour for FREE on share room basis with a $115 processing fee. (Except applicable admission fee, service charge and fuel surcharge)
Tour fares may be increased during public holidays and long weekends.
Late Cancellation or NO show of the Free-Fare passenger will result in $150 penalty fee for the reserved bus seat. The other participating passenger in the reservation is responsible for paying the penalty fee to the tour escort prior departure.
All other reschedule, change, and cancellation please refer to the Standard Cancellation and Refund Policy.
Ground transportation via deluxe Air-Conditioned and Lavatory Equipped motorcoach with complimentary pick-up and drop-off at chosen location. To insure fewer passengers operation, 15 seats minibus may be substituted.
Passenger insurance while on board motorcoach. Due to motorcoach insurance policy, passengers over 2 years of age must purchase ticket in order to occupy seats.
Each room receives a $100 Super Value Gift Package includes: Two Premium Rides at World's Largest Indoor Adventuredome Theme Park ($25 value); World-Class Circus Show at the Hotel ($10 value); Coupons for Restaurants and Shops in the Hotel ($30 value); and Outlet shopping VIP coupon book ($35 value). This special offer is subject to change without prior notice.
8 night(s) hotel accommodation.
Professional tour escort.
Price Excludes:
All meals or drinks during the trip, but our tour escort will arrange for these.
Personal room expenses such as hotel room services and meal, telephone calls, laundry services, on demand TV shows etc.
Any private expenses such as airfare or any related transportation to the pick-up location, visa fee, travel document etc.
Service fee for tour escort and driver: Minimum $10 per passenger per day.
A mandatory entrance ticket package for all National Park Admissions, Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell and Bear World must be paid on tour.
Optional admission fees to all attractions are listed below. Prices are subject to change without prior notices.
Optional Activities:
Kid (age)
Entrance Ticket Package (Mandatory)	 $120	 $120
Grand Canyon West Helicopter and Colorado River Cruise Combo	 $233	 $233
Grand Canyon West Rim Skywalk	 $25	 $25
Grand Canyon West Rim with Lunch (Mandatory)	 $108	 $108
Las Vegas Night Tour	 $35	 $35
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Hollywood	 $27	 $20 (4-12)
San Diego Bay Cruise	 $27	 $27 (4-12)
Shows in Las Vegas	 $65 - 240	 $65 - 240
Prior to booking your tour, it is your responsibility to read and all information related to your tour products listed under these Itinerary, Pricing, Special Notes and FAQ tabs. Terms and Conditions, Cancellation and Refund Policy can be found on the bottom of every webpage.
Trip Reservation Process:
All tours are open for early booking. It is recommended that customers should book tour at least two weeks before departure date. Bus seats will be pre-assigned after payment is made based on a first come first served basis. The following flowchart summarized the booking process.
After you submitting your reservation online, you will receive a Pre-Order email within a couple of hours.
Within 2 business days, we will send you a confirmation email to confirm your reservation of the trip. In this email, you could find the detailed boarding time and location of the trip, contact information of local service provider. Please print out this email with E-TICKET number as the boarding pass for the trip. Also, you can login to our website http://www.tripedition.com/index.php?route=account/login to check the status of your order.
At the departure date, simply print out the E-TICKET if you have not already done so, and present it with your valid photo ID. Please note that this E-TICKET is the only proof of your purchase of the tour.
Please make sure you have received our Final Confirmation Letter email with your E-ticket number before booking air tickets, extended hotel stays and etc., if applicable.
Your reservation is always subject to confirmation by email normally within two business days. Promotional offers such as BUY 2 GET 1 FREE and BUY 2 GET 2 FREE are provided and confirmed only on an availability basis. In the rare events (such as booking ONE day prior to the departure day), your reservation can not be confirmed by the service provider, a full refund will be credited back to your account.
The order of day-to-day itinerary is adjustable depending on tour start date of the week. For the detailed arrangement, please email or call the local service provider prior to departure date to re-confirm. Their contact info will be listed in your final confirmation email.
We reserve the right to change the hotel to another of equal or better standard than the hotel mentioned in the itineraries.
Depending on the number of passengers booked for a particular departure, tours may be combined to ensure fewer passengers operation.
We do not recommend infants younger than 2 years of age to join the tours, since our tour guides are not specially trained to provide service to these types of passengers and cannot be responsible for their well being.
Boarding Tips and Travel Documents:
If your flight is delayed or cancelled, please call the tour guide or our customer service at 1-888-503-6377 ASAP to reschedule the pickup. Please note, if your arrives after the free pickup time due to delayed flight, there will be a fee charged for the picking up.
All passengers must show E-TICKET (the boarding pass) for boarding.
Passengers are held solely responsible for their own valid travel documents.
We are not responsible for any occur on or during the tour. It is optional that passengers to purchase travel insurance. By accepting our policy, passenger should agree that we shall hold no responsibilities includes but not limited to the following unforeseeable events such as weather, accident, bus break down, sickness, theft, itinerary changes, delays or cancellation. We are strongly advising you to purchase travel insurance before departure to insure compensations for the unexpected causes above. Such travel insurance can be purchased through third party insurance suppliers.
All tours are escorted by professional bi- or multi-lingual tour guides and/or drivers guide. For driver guide tour, the language will be limited to English/Chinese.
Will the bus wait for me if I'm late?
Sorry. Tour buses will depart on time. Please be understandable this is a group tour, we have to satisfy the entire group for a smooth operation of the tour. We recommend you arrive at the departure location 15-30 minutes prior the depart time.
Is the drop-off location the same as boarding location for all Tripedition tours?
The tours usually pick-up and drop-off at the same locations unless otherwise stated in the tour Departure and Return Info page.
What happens if I forgot to bring proper travel documents on the boarding day (Passport, Green card, Visa, etc.)?
You can NOT board the bus. The tour guide shall check anyone's proper travel documents prior boarding. Bear in mind, when you can NOT board for this reason, this also triggers the reschedule fee or cancellation penalty. Please refer to the Special Notes section of your booked tour for proper travel documents.
How many pieces of baggage am I allowed to bring?
We recommend two pieces of standard sized baggage per passenger due to the load limitation of the motorcoach. If the tour is operated by 14 seats minibus, only ONE piece per passenger is allowed.
Yes, only for motorcoach buses. However, we recommend the use of lavatory when there is a personal emergency. All our local service providers, try to maintain a clean environment on the bus, therefore, the bus will make rest stops along the way (every 2-3 hours) at highway service area. If you need to use the lavatory on the way, you may ask the tour guide to open it for your use.
What can we do if we choose not to go on the optional activities?
Optional activities are booked through the tour guide while you are on the tour. If you do not wish to participate in certain tour activities, you can hang around the tourist attraction as you like to. The tour guide will inform guests on the return time to the tour bus before he/she dismisses the group.
We are vegetarians, should I join the tour?
Definitely Yes. Meal breaks will be arranged at hotels, various ethnic restaurants, food courts, and fast food restaurants. There should be vegetarian food for you to choose from the menus.
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Your New Exercise Buddy = Your Pet!
I must admit, I think overweight dogs and cats are much cuter than their skinny counterparts. There's just more of them to snuggle with! And recent statistics from the American Veterinary Medical Association show that 35 percent of our pet population is overweight or obese. But, sadly enough, I just found out how bad the extra pounds are for these little creatures: One extra pound on a Chihuahua is equal to 38 pounds on an average woman, and just four extra pounds on a Siamese cat is equal to 45 pounds on an average woman. Yowza!
Because of these shocking statistics, one celebrity trainer (and owner of four dogs) has taken on a new mission to help owners and pets shape up together! Gunnar Peterson, who has trained stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey and Cameron Diaz, recently created a series of free downloadable workout videos called "People and Pet Fitness." The videos are specifically designed to help people and their pets get in shape at the same time and are only available at petfit.com.
Before watching the videos, I was pretty skeptical to say the least. But after viewing each one (there are multiple ones for both dog and cat owners), I had a different opinion. Gunnar provides some creative ideas for new ways to workout with your pet such as a "Dogstacle Course" and "Curious Cat Curls." No matter what, changing up your exercise routine is a great way to stay on track and not get bored, so, why not slim down Fido while you're at it?!


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EA boss on upcoming monster hunter game, Wild Hearts: "What we see the team doing is all of the things the community is asking for in the genre"
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Nier: Automata, the 2017 action RPG developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix recently hit a new milestone — the game has now sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
We never quite realized… how beautiful this world is.#NieR:Automata has shipped and digitally sold over five million copies worldwide.
Thank you, everyone. pic.twitter.com/AzICS3LYis
— NieR Series (@NieRGame) December 24, 2020
The news that Nier: Automata has passed the 5 million copies sold mark shouldn't come as the biggest surprise to fans of the post-apocalyptic series, which focuses around alien-created machines and human-created androids embroiled in all-out war, as the game topped the charts during its first week of release in Japan (February 24, 2017) with 198,542 copies sold. By May 2019, the game had reached worldwide shipments of 4 million copies, greatly exceeding Square Enix's sales expectations, well enough to have Square Enix consider making Nier into a franchise. The milestone also makes Nier: Automata the highest-selling PlatinumGames title ever.
Nier: Automata has been nominated for and won several gaming awards, winning the Best Score/Game Music category at The Game Awards 2017; Games of the Year Division – Award for Excellence at the 2017 Japan Game Awards; Role Playing Game of the Year at the 2018 D.I.C.E. Awards and Excellence in Technical Achievement and Excellence in Musical Score, respectively, at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards.
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The fact that Nier: Automata has passed the 5 million copies sold mark is an accolade that should bring about a sense of extra accomplishment to the game's director and writer, Yoko Tara, who began working on the games through their precursor, the Drakengard series starting in 2003. Drakengard was followed by a sequel, a prequel, and the spin-off games Nier and Nier: Automata, which are set in an alternate reality of the future resulting from one of the endings of the Drakengard games.
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The next big release in the Nier: Automata series is NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139. (have fun getting your parents to remember that one next Christmas, kids), which will be released for the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC platforms on April 23rd, 2021.
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AB Teachers' Union Labels Concerned Citizens as 'Fearmongers'
Posted by Parents for Choice in Education on December 08, 2016
The Alberta Teachers' Association has described Alberta citizens as 'fearmongers' in a recent ATA News cartoon.
On November 7, 2016 Donna Trimble, Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) Executive Director, penned an article on the parentchoice.ca website expressing deep concern and opposition to the Polarizing ATA Prism Toolkit released in October 2016 by the ATA.
This article also described the ATA's unprofessional cyber bullying of citizens who publicly voiced concerns about the document. Theresa Ng, author of Informed Albertans, detailed the issues that arise in the toolkit itself in: You think you know what Alberta students learn in school?
PCE opposition to the Prism Toolkit, Secondary Edition was summarized by stating:
Statements made in this document discriminate against many Alberta teachers, students and families by describing the binary belief in male and female perspectives on gender as "overly simplistic and often wrong", "misleading" and "exclusionary and harmful" (page 21), while imposing only one perspective on gender as fluid and subjective, as represented by the Gender Unicorn. The wide-spread media focus on the controversial ATA Toolkit tended towards a few details in particular, including the lesson plan titled 'Drag 101' in drama and cosmetology.
This toolkit however, also offers suggested lessons in a variety of subject areas from math to science and language arts to religious studies. A key concern for parents is that such embedding of gender fluid concepts, which may be in contradiction with their own family perspectives, makes it all but impossible for parents to be aware that such lessons are being taught.
The toolkit also suggests that teachers display a variety of pronouns and ask children to integrate them into writing assignments in the class. Another deep concern is the suggestion that educators move away from using binary pronouns such as girls and boys and move to a list of alternative options such as 'comrades'. This pronoun option garnered a talking point in every media story. Interestingly, after the public outcry against this PRISM Toolkit, the most egregious and polarizing statements remain in place, yet the ATA has removed the word 'comrades' from the online version of the document. (page 22)
It is quite apparent that the ATA cared more about stopping the media firestorm over one word -comrades- than they did about addressing the actual fundamental premise underlying the concerns of thousands of Alberta citizens, parents and educators alike, regarding the ramifications of this discriminatory document.
The ATA claims that the lessons prescribed in the PRISM toolkit are necessary in order to prevent a prejudice born of heteronormative privilege in society. This introduces a false dichotomy that the only way to provide support to gender and sexual minority children is for classrooms to teach 'gender studies', with an emphasis that gender is fluid and subjective. The ATA uses this argument to strong-arm teachers, claiming that not teaching this perspective could be considered 'malpractice'. (page 10)
Yet, what the ATA fails to understand, is that classrooms can be inclusive without a direct focus on 'gender studies'. PCE is as concerned about the health and safety of gender and sexual minority children in the classroom and would suggest that teachers can model respect and inclusion without insisting on adherence to a singular world view on gender or the introduction of gender studies in the classroom.
What makes this series of events even more shocking is the ATA has reintroduced the word 'comrades' to their ATA News publication in a deeply offensive cartoon that describes Alberta parents and educators as 'fearmongers' for having voiced their concerns about the toolkit. It is increasingly concerning to PCE that those in charge of the teachers' unions in Alberta demonstrate such an intense disrespect of a large swath of the educators they are supposed to represent, and worse, the parents that turn to public schools for their children's' education. This lack of civility has become the norm, not the exception, for the ATA.
Why is the ATA partnered with Alberta Education in the 6-year curriculum rewrite? How can parents feel their children are safe in schools when this teachers' union supporting body seems to feel entitled to act like one of the largest 'bullies' in the education landscape today? Who is the ATA accountable to for their actions, that undermine public confidence in our education system?
As written in the original article in opposition to the Polarizing ATA Prism Toolkit:
We all work and engage with fellow citizens in Alberta that have very different world views. In our everyday lives, we do not insist that all our acquaintances, coworkers, friends or even family members agree with our world view in its entirety. We are able to show respect, build friendships and engage with others regardless of what may sometimes seem to be insurmountable differences.
It is essential that our students learn the art of agreeing to disagree, understanding that when someone has differing opinions than them on issues dear to their hearts, that this does not mean that there cannot be a deep sense of concern and respect for one another.
It is essential that we, the adults in Alberta, set an example by insisting that our classrooms have as much respect for our pluralistic, multicultural society as our work spaces and our communities are expected to.
This ATA PRISM Toolkit (secondary edition) fails to meet this measurement. If we do not teach and model for our children how to move past differences and still be respectful and inclusive to all, we risk the very stability of our multicultural and pluralistic province, and nation. If the Alberta Government remains heavily influenced by the ATA, without a course correction, Parents for Choice in Education believes it will be to the detriment of students and teachers across the public school system. Is Education Minister Eggen going to continue to remain silent as the ATA engages in name calling and disrespect towards Alberta citizens, compromising the integrity of our education system?
We call on the Alberta Government to distance itself from the Alberta Teachers' Association, until they can correct their communications, as they have proven themselves at this time incapable of balance and respect in their interactions with Alberta teachers, students and parents.
As for the leaders of the ATA, we call on them to do some much needed soul-searching so they can put their ideological filters aside and start working for ALL students and ALL teachers, searching for balance and open and respectful dialogue with students, educators and parents in the province of Alberta.


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import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.lpii.evma.EvmaApp;
import com.lpii.evma.MainEv;
import com.lpii.evma.R;

public class NoEventsError  extends Fragment {

	Button btnRetry;

	@Override
	public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
            Bundle savedInstanceState) {
 		View rootView;
		LayoutInflater mInflater;
		ViewGroup mContainer;
		mInflater = inflater;
		mContainer = container;
		rootView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.no_events_error_ac, container, false);

		btnRetry = (Button) rootView.findViewById(R.id.btnRetry);
		btnRetry.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

			@Override
			public void onClick(View arg0) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				EvmaApp.forceGetEvent = true;
				startActivity(new Intent(getActivity(),MainEv.class));
			}
		});

		return rootView;

	}

}

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According to research data from Counterpoint's Market Monitor, Q1 2014 was the biggest quarter for smartphones in the US market reaching 33 million units (shipped, not sold) which represent a staggering 87% of the total handset shipments during that period.
Apple iPhone remains the top smartphone in the US, while Samsung takes the lead if you count both feature phones and smartphones.
Apple and Samsung together account for over two-thirds of the smartphone market. If you look at the graph above, you'll notice Samsung is trailing not too far behind Apple, even though the latter only ships 2-3 phone models at any given time.
Android smartphones account for 59% of the smartphones shipped during Q1/2014.
Windows Phone's share grew quarter on quarter but still represents less than 4% of the smartphones shipped in the US.
Over 75% of the smartphones shipped were LTE-capable, of which a majority (over 70%) came from Apple or Samsung.
Apple's iPhone captured more than half of Verizon's and AT&T smartphone shipments.
Samsung was the top selling brand at T-Mobile.
Counterpoint's research also indicates that T-Mobile has overtaken Sprint to become the third largest smartphone carrier, trailing closely AT&T, and showing success of the company's Uncarrier strategy.


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THE PILOT
Matthias Dolderer
Red Bull Air Race World Champion 2016.
Matthias Dolderer writes new motorsport history as the German won the Red Bull Air Race debut at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway and clinched his first World Championship – and the first for Germany – in the process. Additionally he is the first pilot ever to claim the World Championship before the season finale.
Matthias Dolderer and his team fulfilled their dream. The way MD21 secured the World Champion title in Indianapolis was truly masterful: in the technical track of Indy infront of 62,000 knowledgeable motorsport fans the German showed nerves of steel, when securing his third race win and clinching the World Championship.
Matthias Dolderer is one of the most promising newcomers to the Red Bull Air Race since his debut in Abu Dhabi in 2009. The German ace surprised the field of experienced race pilots and made the podium in his first season, taking third place in the season finale in Barcelona.
Dolderer has become a well-known athlete in the German-speaking world thanks to his unbridled enthusiasm for the sport, his network of media and business contacts, and his ability to convey what is so special about the Red Bull Air Race to a wider audience of the uninitiated. Highly focused, Dolderer is always looking for ways to improve his performance and he was one of the first pilots to invest heavily in the newest high-speed version of the Zivko Edge 540 V3.
Dolderer, who once brilliantly compared the precision flying of the Red Bull Air Race to trying to park a car in a garage while traveling at nearly 400 km/h, took his first flight with his father at the age of three. He grew up at his parent's flight school and at the age of five got hooked. He took his first solo flight at 14 and his life has revolved around aviation ever since.
The lifetime aviator gained his glider and microlight licence at the age of 17. Just a few days later, he finished 3rd in the German Championships. At 21 he became the youngest flight teacher in Germany. Together with his sister Verena, Dolderer took over Tannheim Airfield to continue their family's vision: "To establish a meeting place for aviators, enthusiasts, amateurs as well as professionals." The legendary Tannkosh event, Europe's biggest Fly-In, became reality in 1993.
Flying has been my passion from the very first moment and my inspiration. I've spent my whole life in hangars, on airfields and in the cockpit..
In 2006, Matthias Dolderer intensified his aerobatic activities to become a Red Bull Air Race pilot in the near future. Outstanding achievements in international aerobatic competitions opened him the way for an invitation to attend the Red Bull Air Race qualification camp in Casarrubios, Spain, at the end of September 2008. Of the six candidates, five qualified for the "super license" required to compete in the world championship. Dolderer is the only German to compete against the world's best pilots in the Red Bull Air Race.
2009 Dolderer had a sensational run in the second half debut year, scoring more points in the final 3 races (22) than anyone - except world champion Paul Bonhomme and runner-up Hannes Arch - to thoroughly shake up the race hierarchy. He finished his first season in style with a third place on the podium in Barcelona. In the first half of 2010, Dolderer's plane wasn't competitive enough to keep up. After changing to a new race plane, a Zivko Edge 540 V3, Dolderer could fight back up the field and finished on an excellent 8th place overall.
2016 Dolderer storms to the title. Matthias Dolderer came into the 2016 season declaring that he intended to win the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, and he was as good as his word. Spielberg, the first snowy Race Day in the World Championship era. Accustomed to mountain flying, Dolderer was right at home among the snowflakes and found the race win that had eluded him in four previous seasons, logging a first for Germany as well. In Budapest family, friends and many, many fans were cheering Dolderer to his second win of the season. 62,000 knowledgeable motorsport fans flocked to the USA's legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Red Bull Air Race debut at the legendary racetrack. Dolderer made global headlines when he won the race and clinched the World Championship. It was the first time that a pilot had secured the title before the season finale.
"The most fascinating thing about the Red Bull Air Race is the low level flying, the precision and the speed. It's a race against the clock and it's a competition with the best pilots in the world. With all the fans, the sponsors and the media attention, we've got the chance to show what aviation is all about to a wide audience. We can talk with them, communicate with them and show them the unbelievable things that we're able to do with our aircraft."
Off the track, he easily reverts back to his fun-loving character. The pilot from the south of Germany brought a myriad of innovations to the race, including a charter flight filled with fans to the Budapest round and invited them to his hangar.
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Red Bull Air Race World Champion 2016
5th place overall Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2015
3rd place RBAR Chiba and Las Vegas 2015
Involvement and synchronisation of the voice of "Jet Echo" in Disney's high-flying animated movie "Planes" 2013
Author of the book "Kunstflugzeuge" (aerobatic Aircrafts) published in 2013
3rd place Red Bull Air Race Spain 2009
1st place German Aerobatic Championship 2008
2nd place World Aerobatics Cup 2008
Member National UNL Aerobatic Team 2007/08
Initiator of Tannkosh since 1993 – nowadays Europe's biggest Fly-In Event
1st place German Championship Microlight 1991
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Best of South Korean Short Films to Stream on Web, Flights
10:03 AM PST 11/7/2013 by Lee Hyo-won
A selection of works from a film festival supported by Asiana Airlines will make its way online and to in-flight entertainment channels.
SEOUL -- The 11th Asiana International Short Film Festival takes place Nov. 7-12 in Seoul, but the annual event supported by South Korea's Asiana Airlines will also screen works online and on flights.
For the first time, 10 films featured in the Korean Competition section will be shown online through Naver TV Store, a channel on Korea's largest portal site. Winning works are also available for view through Asiana Airline's in-flight entertainment system.
"We've discussed ways to distribute short films by grouping them together [to meet the feature film running time], but this has not been pursued yet," said veteran actor Ahn Sung-ki, who serves as the festival's director. "Currently it is difficult to distribute short films in a consistent, long-term fashion, but we are devising ways to do so."
The films to be shown through the Web this year are D-24, Family, I Go Through the Summer, When the Moon Is on the Wane, Love Potion, Two Boys and a Sheep, The Wish, Home, and Grecoroman.
"While school bullying and violence, irregular [contracted] workers, and dysfunctional families are the dominant themes of many of the submitted Korean shorts, films displaying critical awareness on social issues and unique perspectives have been selected for this section," said organizers.
This year a record 846 works were submitted for the Korean Competition, of which 12 were selected through preliminary judgments. Cash prizes include a 5-million-won ($4,717) grand prize.
The International Competition also attracted a large number of candidates. A total of 46 titles from 29 countries, stretching from the Netherlands and Australia to Cyprus and Brazil, were selected from among 4,000 submissions from 104 countries. These films will vie for cash prizes including the 15-million-won ($14,152) grand prize.
Last year, Busan International Film Festival founder/honorary director Kim Dong-ho created his directorial debut piece Jury for the festival's 10th anniversary. The film has since toured the festival circuit from Berlin to Sao Paulo and is showing at the London Korean Film Festival, which continues through the end of November.
Lee Hyo-won
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A major rail link to one of Britain's busiest airports will be shut over Christmas, with disruption expected for thousands of passengers.
There will be no express trains between London Victoria and Gatwick airport in Sussex from Boxing Day until January 2.
The rail operator claimed that essential improvement work was needed on the route.
Travellers heading on skiing holidays or to visit relatives will see journey times triple to 95 minutes during the closure.
The announcement came as Network Rail also confirmed rail links to another airport would be disrupted.
Several First TransPennine Express journeys between Manchester airport and Piccadilly station will not run from December 23 to December 27.
Passengers will be offered replacement buses on Christmas Eve, a traditionally busy time for rail customers.
As full details of planned engineering work at Christmas are yet to be released, more disruption could be on the way.
But it was not all bad news for inconvenienced train users.
Yesterday, Chiltern Railways announced it would open one of its routes on Boxing Day for the first time – helping shoppers to get to the sales.
Its route between Bicester North and London Marylebone will offer a regular service, with trains calling at stations such as High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and Wembley Stadium.
The operator will also offer free parking for one day only.
Commercial director Thomas Ableman said: 'We know many people are itching to get out and about on Boxing Day, which is why we're trialling a train service on part of our route this year.


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More than 100 cannabinoids have been identified within the cannabis plant, that is, chemical compounds found naturally in the plant. One of the most abundant is cannabidiol (CBD), which can represent up to 45% of the plant extract. Many of the Cannabis Sativa strains give rise to CBD or cannabidiol but do so in small amounts. In fact, only certain branches of the plant contain sufficient concentration of CBD to extract it in a useful way.
The first time that CBD was isolated from the cannabis plant was between 1930 and 1940 by researchers at the University of Illinois (USA). However, it was not until the 1960s when Professor Rafael Mechoulam managed to describe its structure and chemical composition. Since 2013, PubMed, an American medical research database, has indexed more than 1,500 studies on cannabidiol. Because of this, many scientists consider CBD to be one of the most important cannabinoids discovered to date.
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Compared to other cannabinoids, cannabidiol has gained much importance in the therapeutic field because it lacks the typical psychoactive properties of THC (not acting through the brain's CB1 receptors responsible for psychoactivity), which are reduced when using CBD and THC together.
This means similar amounts of CBD and THC (ratio of 1:1 or even higher THC) can be administered without strong adverse side effects due to high amounts of THC (such as the psychoactive effect, tachycardia, anxiety attacks, among others) (Zuardi and al., 1982) [1].
Although much remains to be investigated on the properties of cannabidiol, there are several existing studies that have demonstrated their benefits from a clinical point of view.
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Although all the benefits of cannabidiol are not fully known, there are studies that have proven its benefits from a clinical point of view. For example, researchers have shown its relationship with the immune system. Thus, it has been verified that, in some cellular lines of the immune system, CBD has the capacity to inhibit the production of some cytokines (IL-8, IL-10, TNF-D, IFNJ).
These studies directly relate CBD to beneficial effects on inflammatory/autoimmune diseases. Thus, CBD has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anxiolytic and antipsychotic properties. There are also studies that have related cannabidiol to chronic pain relief or to treat epilepsy, amongst other illnesses.
Other research has focused on the effects of cannabidiol on arthritis. One trial with mice showed that a treatment with CBD (both oral and intraperitoneal) managed to block the disease, thus paralyzing its progression. These effects are linked to the immunosuppressive activity and the anti-inflammatory properties of this cannabinoid (Malfait et al., 2000).
In a disease such as cancer, cannabis oil in cancer causes a sedative effect in most cases and inhibits the transmission of nerve signals associated with pain. It has also been witnessed that CBD reduces the growth of human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo in mice, and reduces their invasiveness.
Source: Universidad de Sevilla
The majority of scientific studies about medical cannabis focus on finding out the effects of the different types of cannabinoids, especially, THC and CBD. The cannabis plant has many more components than their cannabinoids, they have a number other factors like terpenes, that also produce their own effects, or secondary effects. Limiting research to a single cannabinoid reduces the effectiveness of the plant, because what really stands out from the plant are the effects from the combined elements. However, the results of this combination are different for each person. This interaction between the different compounds of cannabis is known as an entourage effect.
The entourage effect is the interaction between phytocannabinoids such as CBD and the other elements present in the plant. In the case of Cannabis Sativa L, interactions between terpenes, flavonoids and at the time of ingestion, with endocannabinoids such as anandamide, are being studied.
There is limited information about the entourage effect, however, Dr. Ethan Russo from the University of Massachusetts published a study on the synergy of phytocannabinoids and terpenes back in 2011.
Sometimes there are pathologies that cannot be treated with just one cannabinoid. The synergy between different cannabinoids also produce the entourage effect, which is very useful for treating diseases in which a single component is not enough. Several research studies explain the main medicinal benefits of cannabis, such as its analgesic effects. However, there are other studies that support CBD and other components of cannabis combined, which can, increase its benefits, reduce adverse effects, and produce less toxicity than with THC alone.
The range of effects of phytocannabinoids is very wide which is why it is necessary to continue investigating their therapeutic potentials
That is why several therapeutic references focus on oils with a full spectrum, to promote the entourage effect. It is being found in therapeutic practice that the difference between the use of isolated CBD, requires people to apply a dose 3 times higher than when a full spectrum is administered.
On the other hand, when terpenes or flavonoids are subsequently added to CBD, the entourage effect is greatly diminished.
It is currently known that cannabinoids are useful for treating depression, anxiety, insomnia, dementia and addiction, among others. Russo also addressed these pathologies in his studies and concluded that limonene and linalool could contribute by enhancing the effects of CBD.
There are different products on the market that contain CBD taken from certified hemp. CBD Oil is one of the best-known products. The oil can be ingested or used as a compound in creams and ointments, sprays and teas.
The effect of the cannabidiol seems to take between 15 and 30 minutes. There are also CBD capsules or infusions.
In the case of the sprays, its operation is very simple. It is a question of placing the nozzle below the tongue (sublingual) and taking the dose prescribed by the specialist. In the case of infusions, it is a matter of preparing a conventional infusion and adding some type of milk or cream to help the cannabinoids dissolve correctly.
Although CBD is still being researched in countries around the world, in Spain products composed of CBD and THC (the latter at a level below 0.2%) can be consumed legally and without a doctor's prescription in order to buy it.
In Spain there is only one drug composed of cannabidiol called Sativex, this is a pharmacological solution developed by GW Pharmaceutical composed of CBD and THC (ratio 1:1), created for the treatment of pain and spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis. [3]
The effect of Cannabidiol takes 15 to 30 minutes to appear. Depending on the route of administration.
When using cannabidiol, one of the main points is knowing how to quantify the milligrams of cannabidiol that the patient should ingest. Depending on the concentration of cannabidiol in the CBD oil, the dose to be administered can be determined.
In order to help the patient to have a first orientation of these doses, there are web pages that offer a CBD oil calculator , based on the analyses that they have made to their products, which allows to quantify the CBD in each drop.
Obviously, from Kalapa Clinic we recommend the help of a health professional in the administration and dosage of any substance that a patient wants to take.
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For a little over a year now, community members have been working together to organize monthly or bi-monthly events called Pull Over Prevention & Mutual Aid Fairs (POP). At the heart of these events is a DIY volunteer-run auto repair service that provides free repairs of broken brake lights, headlights, license plate lights and other minor automotive issues. POP also provides on-site consultation for other maintenance and repair concerns.
POP events take place in a variety of locations around Ypsilanti, and have also been organized in Jackson and Adrian. As the name suggests, the goal of these events is to prevent community members from being pulled over, a dangerous experience that could lead to deportation and death. These events are about protecting each other from the threat of police and immigration authorities and envisioning a better world.
And that's where the mutual aid fair comes in. From the start, POP events have aimed to provide a one-stop location where community members can help each other connect to and access a variety of resources. Visitors have access to free donated COVID-19 safety supplies, educational materials about people's rights when stopped by the police or immigration authorities and other resources like calendars of local food pantries, safe sex supplies, household cleaning kits, free pet supplies from Pet Pals Mutual Aid, as well as snacks from Peace House, Ypsi, and other supporters. Whenever possible, POP also tries to have food pantry boxes available on site, and as of August 2021, the events also include delicious free meals courtesy of the FedUp Ministries food truck. Other groups involved in organizing the events include the Huron Valley Democratic Socialists of America and the Mutual Aid Network of Ypsilanti. Recent events have been hosted alongside free COVID vaccine clinics with the Washtenaw County Health Department. Winter POPs collect and distribute free coats, boots and other cold wear gear. In the joyful spirit of community care, the events have also included a live DJ and the upcoming October POP will feature a line-up of local area musicians.
Additionally, POP provides free on-site child watch to ensure that caregiving responsibilities do not prevent anyone from participating in the event. The POP kid area has featured enrichment activities developed and donated by amazing local organizations such as the Kekere Freedom School and Black Men Read. Here, too, the events are aimed not just at bandaging over the harms of our current society, but co-creating a different social order — in this case, one where all children have access to resources that support their development.
"These cars represent not just individuals and cars, but families in our community that no longer have to worry about the frightening consequences that can occur because of a blown light bulb," said community organizer Daniel Ignacio.
POP organizers believe that justice and antiracism must be practices that we enact in our everyday lives. The events seek to build strong, self-sufficient communities that provide each other with the material support often missing in a society that eagerly finances corporations but abandons its citizens. They see POP as part of a broader movement to combat intolerance and the nefarious impacts of racial capitalism in Washtenaw County and beyond. Because they believe in strong communities built on foundations of mutual solidarity, the community bonds that have developed at POP — including the eager commitment of volunteers, visitors (some of whom later volunteer), and supporters — are some of the most fulfilling outcomes of these events. If you're interested in volunteering, POP always has a need for more mechanics and the mutual aid fair booths have a place for you no matter how much (or little) you know about cars. Volunteers can sign up at https://www.hvdsa.org/POP-SignUp.
POP invites all community members to come out to one of our upcoming events and to follow http://www.facebook.com/PullOverPrevention for information about future clinics. Interested individuals and organizations can also reach out to them about organizing a POP Clinic in their community. POP can be reached on Facebook or by e-mail at pop@ypsimutualaid.org, and donations can be made at https://tinyurl.com/DonatePOP.
Upcoming events will be held on the second Saturday of each month (locations vary, please see the event listing on Facebook or contact us).
October 9, Whitehead Memorial Church, 2069 Tyler Rd, Ypsilanti
In case of rain or bad weather, events will be moved to the following Saturday.
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Donations Page:
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Maitreya is the symbol of the future Buddha. It is said that he will return to teach when the world needs a fresh injection of dharma. Here at Clear Sky we're committed to awakening in this lifetime, helping others awaken in this lifetime, and bringing dharma into the future.
We are planning to build a statue of Maitreya on a ridgeline called "Dragon's Back" at Clear Sky and are seeking donations to help support the effort.
This project helps our sangha connect our lineage across time. Mahasi Sayadaw commissioned the project. Namgyal Rinpoche's ashes will be held in an urn within the statue. And Clear Sky's founding teachers Doug "Qapel" Duncan and Catherine "Sensei" Pawasarat are overseeing the design and construction of the statue. At the base of the statue will be a small room for individuals to meditate in.
The statue is being built by Vietnamese sculptor Thaibao (pictured right), a Theravada practitioner with exquisite knowledge of Buddhist iconography.
Please see below for ways to donate and to learn more about the story and craftsmanship behind this statue.
Maitreya Statue Donations
In Yangon in 2002, Qapel, Sensei, and the sangha went to visit Mahasi Sayadaw (Namgyal Rinpoche's teacher) at his monastery. At this point, we hadn't built Clear Sky and the sangha was located in Japan.
Sayadaw said to Qapel, "Take a message to Namgyal, please. Tell Namgyal that he needs to build a statue of Maitreya at the center, before either he or I dies."
When Qapel next saw Namgyal he passed on the message, but Namgyal wasn't optimistic: "Yes, but Thai-Burmese sculptures don't do very well in Canada. They kind of fall apart."
Indeed, statues react very differently in climates like Canada's than they do in Myanmar. With temperatures that range from +30 degrees to -30 degrees Celsius every year, statues need to be made of particularly durable and flexible materials to last.
With this conversation, the idea was tabled for the right time.
Now, twenty years later, it's the right time. After more than 16 years of hard work, the Clear Sky Meditation and Study Center in BC, Canada is now running solidly. We have a strong residential team who take care of the property and support each other to do retreats. Founding teacher Cata Sensei is currently doing her first three-month retreat in one of our cabins. And, as you may know, we're also excited about our plans to build a temple. We've got the temple design and the stages of construction all planned, and are fundraising for that effort. You can read more about that here.
But before we continue building the temple, the statue is calling to be built.
Maitreya symbolizes the future buddha, the buddha that will bring the dharma forward. As Clear Sky looks towards the future, we are considering all of the ways that we can share our practice to make a better world. We strive to awaken and help other beings awaken. With the temple as our next big project, what better way to break ground than to see Mahasi Sayadaw's instruction through, and deepen our own pledge to the teachings of the past, present, and future.
The Discovery Phase
Once we decided to build the statue we started making inquiries. How much does a big bronze Buddha statue cost? Who can build it? If the sculptor is far away, what does it take to ship such a large object?
The sculptors we knew of were living in a neighbourhood in Mandalay, Myanmar, which specializes in making bronze Buddhist statues. There, at Sayadaw's monastery in Yen Gong, lives a young monk who is originally from Edmonton. When we found out that our sangha member, Richard Clark, knew him, we reached out to Richard to make inquiries. He replied, "Well, why don't you talk to Thaibao, in Calgary, instead?"
Calgary! At only a four-hour drive from Clear Sky, the whole project suddenly felt much closer to home. This opened up new possibilities and increased our excitement.
Thaibao is a Vietnamese sculptor who makes Buddha sculptures for North American environments. He trained and first worked as a sculptor in Vietnam. Now, he makes them in Calgary and ships them all over Canada and the US.
Standing at only five feet tall, Thaibao does all of his sculpting part-time in his garage. He is assisted by his wife, Tulan, who is also Vietnamese. Thaibao and Tulan were part of the wave of refugees who fled Vietnam following the end of the Vietnam War. Tulan escaped by boat, but Thaibao was driven away from the boats by gunfire. By good fortune he managed to fly to Canada the following year.
Thaibao and Tulan are devout Buddhists, and in Canada managed to find a new community centered around a Buddhist temple. A testimony to refuge and the power of practice, this new sangha helped them with the transition from Vietnam, and to recover from those extremely difficult experiences.
Thaibao brings to his sculpting intricate detail, a deep knowledge of Buddhist iconography, and a flexibility that is spiritual in nature. When Thaibao receives a commission, he often looks to his dreams to decide whether or not to accept a project. If he doesn't feel like a project is right, he won't make it, or rather, he can't make it. He says if the project is not right, his imagination is confused and details often go wrong. Things break, and timelines slip. Over the years, he's figured out that if the vibe's not right, he simply can't do it.
Thaibao (left) and Tulan (center) pictured with Clear Sky's founding teachers Qapel and Sensei.
The Statue
Qapel and Sensei first met with Thaibao in Calgary in 2021, along with local sangha members. The project seemed to fit, and later that year Thaibao visited Clear Sky accompanied by his wife and a friend. On the trip the teachers discussed details of the statue with Thaibao. What did we want the Buddha Rupa to look like? What should it be made out of it? What style should it be in?
Thaibao asked questions that conveyed his rich knowledge of Buddhist art history: "Do you want the statue in the Thai style, the Chinese style, or a different Buddhist style?" "If you're going to aim for this historical period, you've got to use certain ornaments. Do you want those?"
His experience as a very strong practitioner showed through too when he asked questions like "Is your Maitreya a Buddha or a Bodhisattva? If you make Maitreya a Buddha the statue becomes a great work to aspire to. And if you depict him as more of a Bodhisattva, it means he's more accessible for human beings, practicing in this lifetime."
Maitreya comes in a number of forms, and Qapel and Sensei decided on a statue that depicts Maitreya relaxed, sitting in a chair, with one knee up. They also wanted to build a statue that didn't have a strictly male appearance.
Going back-and-forth on the details, the final inspiration struck while close to home.
Catherine Sensei is from Kansas City. There, she happened to visit the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. And in the museum, she saw an exquisite statue of Kwan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion. Some of you may recognize it from the cover of the Shambhala book, "The Way of the Bodhisattva," by Shantideva. Kwan Yin is called Avalokiteshvara in India, Chenrezig in Tibet, and Kannon in Japan.
Thaibao was open to adapting the sculpture to include some of the details from the statue of Kwan Yin.
The Maitreya statue will be built on a ridgeline called "Dragon's Back" at Clear Sky, a spot on the property far from any buildings or roads.
While most monasteries or temples put their statues right at the front door so that everybody gets to see the Buddha Rupa, the inspiration for Dragon's back is that the statue will be remote. Founding teacher Qapel explains, "I want it where nobody can just see it. So they have to go looking for it to find it."
Thaibao agrees: "It's important for people to work to find the Buddha!"
One of the important aspects of the statue is that it will provide an appropriate resting place for Namgyal Rinpoche's ashes, which until now have been kept safely in Qapel and Sensei's apartment. With this gesture, we hope to build a physical as well as metaphorical connection between generations of teachers in our lineage, from Mahasi Sayadaw's original request to the completion of the statue.
Thaibao is not sure what the project will cost yet, and we are still in discussion on the different ways to cast the statue, either in laminated epoxy or in GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete). Thaibao is sketching the design, and from there we will figure out which material would be the best fit, and finalize the other details.
Kwan Yin statue at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and reference image for the Maitreya statue.
Any donation amount will be helpful as we build the funds to support this.
May your generosity open your heart in ways you have never experienced before.
When we think about building this statue, we believe deeply in putting the symbol of Maitreya into practice in our lives. How can we bring the dharma into the world to secure a better future? How can our awakening connect with the awakening of all beings?
Your contribution is intimately connected with the Bodhisattva vow we treasure:
However innumerable beings are, we vow to meet them with kindness and interest.
However inexhaustible and states of suffering are, we vow to touch them with patience and love.
However immeasurable the dharmas are, we vow to explore them deeply.
However incomparable the mystery of being is, we vow to experience it fully.
From this moment forth, with wisdom and compassion as our lamp and staff,
We dedicate all of our life's energy to the welfare of all beings.
In loving kindness,
Karen McAllister,
Director of Fund Development
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Roca inspires with new Escuadra brassware range
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Roca has added to its brassware offering with its latest collection, Escuadra. With its contemporary single lever design, Escuadra creates a stylish impression in any bathroom space…
A versatile choice, Escuadra is available in a range of brassware options, including basin, bidet, bath and shower mixer styles. "When it comes to brassware, there is now more choice than ever before. Many homeowners are moving away from the traditional mixer in favour of something more contemporary", comments Claire Gay, Marketing Manager at Roca.
"Escuadra meets that demand, its sleek and minimalist design complements a range of basin shapes, making it a functional yet sophisticated choice for homeowners, installers, specifiers and retailers."
Escuadra features many of Roca's latest innovations, including the exclusive Roca EverShine® finish. The hardwearing coating ensures the tap retains its shine, along with discouraging limescale build up and preventing stains. Additionally, the ceramic disc cartridge has been thoroughly tested with over one million movements to assure customers that their brassware will continue to function for many years to come.
The basin and bidet mixers are equipped with Roca's Cold Start technology; this prevents unnecessary energy consumption by only activating the boiler when the handle is turned to hot, this conserves energy and provides a cost-effective solution for homeowners.
To further enhance the sustainability of the range, Roca has utilised many water-saving functions. Soft Turn technology provides the highest levels of precision and puts the homeowner in complete control, with the ability to set the desired water flow and temperature. Furthermore, the integration of flow limiters restricts the water flow, which prevents wastage.
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(1821-1872) Robert Duncanson was a major figure in the mid-19th century group of Ohio River Valley painters, and during his lifetime earned a reputation as the best landscape painter in the western United States. The son of a free African-American mother and a Scottish-Canadian father, Duncanson was apprenticed in his youth to his family's housepainting and carpentry business in Canada. He was self-taught as an artist and began his career first by copying popular prints and later portraits and historical subjects. He worked as an itinerant painter between Detroit and Cincinnati, where he advertised himself as a "daguerreotype artist." He made frequent sketching trips to the mid-West, New England, and Canada, but always returned to Cincinnati, the city with which he is most closely associated. In the early 1850s he received a commission from Nicholas Longworth, a wealthy Cincinnati arts patron and abolitionist, to execute a series of murals for his home, Belmont. This commission was the largest single project of Duncanson's career and enabled him to undertake his first grand tour of Europe. He traveled to England and Europe several times, first in the company of painters William Sonntag and John Robinson Tait. His work was well received in England, where he was welcomed by aristocratic anti-abolitionists. Duncanson traveled through Scotland, exhibiting and making sketches that would culminate in a series of successful landscape paintings. His travels in Italy introduced elements of fantasy and exoticism to the work of his mid-career, just as the extreme wilderness of Canada influenced his later painting, which inclined toward greater detail and observation of nature. He exhibited in Detroit, Cincinnati, Chicago and Montreal. Duncanson married twice, and had two children from each marriage. While always excitable and garrulous, Duncanson suffered increasingly from delusions, hallucinations, and anxiety as the years went on. He was hospitalized at the Michigan State Retreat, a sanitarium, and died just before Christmas in 1872. Today his works are found in major museums collections throughout the United States and at Balmoral Castle, Scotland.
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US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Robert Blake
14 September 2012. Sri Lanka should cut corruption and create transparent processes for investors and also avoid unpredictable actions such as expropriating property, a senior US State Department official said. "In general we want to see the government do as much as they can to reduce some of the impediments – bureaucratic impediments – to investments here," US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told reporters in Colombo. "To reduce corruption, to do everything they can to provide a transparent open environment in which American and other investments are encouraged." US is Sri Lanka's top buyer of exports, and has also invested in several sectors, mostly before the end of a 30-year war involving Tamil Tiger separatists. Blake was in Colombo to push for faster implementation of recommendations from a committee appointed by the Sri Lankan state to go into the island's most recent civil war and recommend measures to reconcile ethnic differences and improve rule of law and justice. Sri Lankan citizens have taken up arms against the state three times since independence from British rule, the Sinhalese majority twice and the Tamil minority once. The US is also pushing for improved human rights for Sri Lankan citizens and accountability for alleged abuses in the last stages of the war, and progress on missing persons, Blake said. Blake was US ambassador to Colombo during the last stages of the war.
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