Blue Chip Realty (BCR) can come to your office anywhere in the SF Bay Area (at no charge) to introduce the concept of rolling-over an IRA or 401K to invest in California real estate. It's not a sales pitch (and doesn't need to be at lunchtime). You can even see some sample slides in this video.
Afterwards, you can discuss the merits of this idea with co-workers, and maybe even find partners that want to go in on an investment together.
In a casual and compelling manner, broker Randy Haldeman will cover three key concepts in 30 minutes, then open for Q&A. This mini-education session will enlighten employees with information how they can reduce stock market risk in their 401K's (or IRA's) while ensuring a more secure retirement.
Workers in the Bay Area at Google, Facebook, Salesforce, and small and medium-sized start-ups have taken advantage of this option.
Ahh, why didn't hr tell me about this option?
1) How does it work & what are the rules?
Most people in the country do not know that the IRS allows workers to roll-over a portion of their retirement assets to buy rental property, and that its fairly easy to do. In fact, many "slap their forehead" when they first learn of this idea. Ingenious! Why have I never heard about this? Does my company know this is an option? Once co-workers hear about this, they feel excited about building a bigger nest egg and want to know how it works and what are the rules.
We can help. During a "Lunch & Learn" at your facility (or online), BCR can present the steps an individual can take to diversify their 401K or IRA while following the IRS rules and we'll review the two simple bank guidelines on purchasing a property. Simple, easy, enlightening.
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a rental will double your retirement funds in 15 years and will increase your monthly income by 5x. its simple math.
The multiple benefits of diversifying some retirement funds into real estate will be made apparent and include reduced stock market risk and greater income in retirement.
A side-by-side comparison will be walked-thru to show the difference between keeping 100% of retirement funds in stocks and bonds, or rolling-over a portion (20-40%) into an investment property. The bottom line usually shocks participants when it finally hits them that a real estate investment will likely double that portion of their "nest egg" and 5x their income in retirement (dividends vs. rent payments). There is no magic in the equations, the simple math is that the renters pay off the home (in under 15 years) and you get to keep most of the rent after that.
On the path to retirement, it's best to plan ahead, and enjoy the journey with others.
3) How do I start?
If you are interested in scheduling a "Lunch & Learn" at your company or even with a small group of co-workers in a conference room, its best to start off by having a conversation with Blue Chip Realty. Simply fill out the form below and we'll get back to you within a few hours.
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Recent reports have often maintained that the iPhone 7 will ditch the 3.5 mm headphone jack in favor of the lightning port which will output Hi-res audio to your favorite pair of headphones. However, new parts leaked on Weibo along with some new reports, it looks like the iPhone 7 may keep the 3.5 mm headphone jack after all.
Recently, LeEco, in order to beat Apple, launched two smartphones with the audio via USB Type-C ditching the 3.5mm headphone jack.
Leaked iPhone components show that the phone will keep the headphone jack. The parts also show the rumored dual camera setup of the iPhone 7 Pro and some SanDisk memory chips of up to a size of 256GB.
Interestingly, this leak also shows some dual-sim capabilities on the Apple iPhone 7. If true this would be the first iPhone to support dual sim capabilities.
With so many supposed leaks happening, it is quite unclear on what the specifications of the final iPhone 7 will be. Earlier reports suggested that the dual camera setup had been scrapped, However, it seems to have returned. Apparently, Samsung, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are also exploring dual-lens cameras for their upcoming smartphones.
Dual Camera, Dual Sim card, improved battery, 256GB memory. All in one. Awesome.
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What day is it? 1st April?
What the price which may be expected….


Social Security is a social insurance program that is funded through payroll taxes. The funds go to various welfare programs and are paid out depending on how long an individual has contributed to Social Security.
The program's identification number is called a Social Security number, or SSN. Over time, the SSN has become the national identification number in the United States. Government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service as well as private agencies such as hospitals, employers, banks, and educational institutions use the SSN as a personal identifier.
One of the first things you'll want to do after you enter the U.S. is apply for a Social Security number. In general, only aliens who have permission to work from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can apply for an SSN.
The Social Security office will mail your card after verifying your documents with DHS. You can check on the status of your application by following up with your Social Security office either by phone or in person.
If your employer requests verification of your SSN application, you may ask your Social Security office to send a letter (SSA-7028 Notice to Third Party of Social Security Number Assignments) to your employer.
With a Social Security number, you can participate in the nation's retirement benefit program.
Do you want the Social Security Administration to assign you an SSN (and issue a card) or issue you a new card (if you have an SSN)? You must answer "Yes" to this question and to the "Consent To Disclosure" in order to receive an SSN and/or card.
Please note that this program applies only to immigrant visa holders. If you are a nonimmigrant visa holder and checked this box, an SSN will not be generated for you. You will need to apply for an SSN at your local Social Security office.
If you have ever had an SSN, that is your number for life. You will need to visit your Social Security office to get new card with the same number.
Do not wait until you only have a few weeks left until your I-94 expires to apply for an SSN. Many Social Security offices will not allow you to file for an SSN if your I-94 is about to expire (generally 14 days prior to the expiration on your I-94).
If your I-94 does not have the DHS employment authorization stamp, you are generally not authorized to work. However, some alien classifications are authorized to work in the U.S. without specific authorization from the Department of Homeland Security. (Note: Employers may still ask for an EAD before you can start working.) Smaller Social Security offices may not encounter this exception very often, so it pays to have a copy of this policy with you to minimize any delays. Print out a copy of the RM 00203.500: Employment Authorization for Nonimmigrants (highlight section C) and take it with you when you apply.


It is known by all that; Rituraj Mohanty is the legendary Indian Singer who is the winner of a singing competition- TV show India's Raw Star in 2011. After a tough competition Rituraj won the title. He is well known as Rituraj.
He was born at Belapada (Khatuapada), Nimapada, Puri district of Odisha. He is the elder son of Mr. Chakradhar Mohanty and Smt. Pravati Mohanty. He got inspired from his father who is a professional Tabla musician and as well a singer.
Rituraj studied Odissi classical music in Bhubaneshwar. Bollywood singer Himesh Reshmiya is his inspiration. In his college time he faced a seviour road accident and doctor said to stay away from singing as his collarbone has broken. But after six months of bed rest, he started singing.


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Art OnCuba Art OnCuba 12 Sandra Ramos
Sandra Ramos is, together with Belkis Ayón, Abel Barroso and Ibrahim Miranda, among others, protagonist of the turn engraving experienced in the decade of the 1990s. It is a phenomenon known as "vindication of Cuban engraving". But Sandra did not work in this expression only: she also produces installations, videos, paintings, collages, and so on.
In all these incursions she is possessed by a concern residing in the migrations (physical and mental) and their link with memory, loss and banishment. Undoubtedly, if writing on the topic of exodus her name must appear; and if talking on identity or on our "damned circumstance of water everywhere" associated to death and to deep existential problems (as absence, isolation and levity), her name must be the first to be mentioned. It is thus that her work may be catalogued as a sort of insular Apocalypse that —this is difficult to achieve—is not localistic. Poetry occupies a preferential place in her entire work and that data helps to shape her universal nature.
Sandra is the author of engravings turned into classics since a long time ago: La maldita circunstancia… (The Damned Circumstance), La balsa (The Raft) and, in my opinion, another classic of video-creation: Malecón. From 2015 to today she has focused in producing books-objects that, I suspect will also have their Parthenon. Being like that, it is not strange that North American professor Linda S. Howe, who has plaid a fundamental role in the promotion of books by Ediciones Vigía (Matanzas, Cuba) and of culture in general, has invited Sandra to design a book based on poems by Gastón Baquero, chosen and translated into English by Dr. Howe. The work team of Vigía would be in charge of the production and of adding some elements enriching the original proposal making the book warm, and making it an object. The title suggested by Linda was A orillas del río invisible (In the Margins of the Invisible River), a paraphrase based on some lines that gather together, with accurate aim, the spirit of one of the specific poems—El río (The River)—and of all in general: "(…) Because silence is the language of our tribe/and we were not about to lose the invisible river Banks/where we were rulers of the world and masters of mystery."
Those of us who attend the presentation at Seis-Seis Estudio de Arte Contemporáneo may testify it. I may seem emphatic, but there could not be more coherence. It is not preposterous to ask Sandra to design a book-object and much less a book based on poems by a poet as Gastón Baquero. She, who in 2009 made an installation entitled Poemas invisibles (Invisible Poems), precisely based on poems of that classic of Cuban letters born in faraway Banes (Holguín, Cuba). If that book-object is a multiple original with a limited edition, the assignment is even more organic, since the logic of this type of printings is something she perfectly dominates. Agustina Ponce, director of the editorial house that has more years in the world making this type of books, asserts that it is the first time that Vigía produces an "artist book" with all the weight of the expression, because the usual has been that the editors from Matanzas suggest texts and invite an artist to illustrate them without any other responsibility in the architecture of the book. If we did not know it (and it is sure we didn't), we were attending something like a historical moment in the lives of all those implied in that editorial process, very close to art and its autonomy. (…)
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Por Llilian Llanes
Sandra Ramos: Revisions that become déjà vu
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December-November 2019
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After Lola talked to her parents, she knew the best way to handle the situation was to make new friends. That's just what she did.
Even though Lola is still just friends with Maggie and Quinn, she learned that other people are super friendly and that next time, she will branch out.


BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Dec. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — With only 50 days until Team USA competes at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Kellogg's® announced today that Team Kellogg's™, a group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes and hopefuls, will be featured on specially-marked products, starting in late December. Following the success of the highly popular athlete boxes from the 2012 Olympic Games, Kellogg's is bringing them back for the Sochi Games with more featured products than ever before. Before they compete for the opportunity to inspire millions, the Team Kellogg's athletes will be the faces of a variety of Kellogg's brands on limited-edition boxes this winter.
In addition to the front-of-pack images, all of the Team Kellogg's athletes will also be featured on the back of specially-themed packages for a wide variety of Kellogg's brands.


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Most of the noise regarding Longmont's Vance Brand Airport isn't coming from the airport itself, but from neighbors who aren't Longmont residents or taxpayers. No airport complaint-fest would be complete without mentioning it's #1 detractor farmer, that would be the Zweck property. They are correct on one point: their family was here before the airport, even before airplanes existed. The Zweck name predates Longmont itself, and the history of the family is not in question and not being disparaged. What is inexcusable is the ongoing questionable activity of Tom Zweck, who apparently thinks it's acceptable behavior to threaten to shoot pilots, including myself, and skydivers. No one has that birthright, I don't care who you are.


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She hired San Luis Obispo firm Stalwork Inc. to handle both design and construction for the project that took place earlier this year.
The focal point of the remodel was the cramped, galley-style kitchen. According to Olin, it had the home's original "beat-up cabinets." The narrow space led to a dead end, which inhibited traffic flow when she entertained.
The new kitchen is larger, borrowing space from a closet. It is also more open, with an L-shaped island that divides the area from the sunken den. This provides significantly more counter space, plus bar seating for four.
The island is topped with Caesarstone in "pebble," a gray that mimics the look of concrete, but with "all the long-term durability that an engineered quartz surface provides," said Bryan Ridley, the Stalwork architect who designed the project. The island has waterfall edges at both ends, meaning the material continues down the side, all the way to the floor. This technique, popular in recent years, creates "visual continuity," said Ridley, "making the island appear as a single object rather than a countertop simply sitting atop cabinets."
The Stalwork team removed most of the overhead cabinets to amplify light and space in the kitchen. The new cabinets are maple, a light-hued wood chosen for its clean and consistent grain. Etched glass inserts on the cabinets that flank the kitchen sink add to the light and spacious feel of the kitchen.
Olin initially worried about cabinet space. However, her new, oversized pantry more than makes up for the eliminated upper cabinets. "I have had no problem with current storage space — even have a few unfilled drawers," she said.
New appliances are wellsuited to Olin's busy lifestyle. The rear of the kitchen is now a laundry area, with washer and dryer and concealed behind cabinetry — much more accessible than their previous spot in the mudroom.
The oven and microwave are mounted inconspicuously beneath the counter, keeping sightlines and countertops clear. Olin's big splurge was a built-in Thermador refrigerator that cost $8,000. It has special hinges that allow its panel-covered doors to sit flush with surrounding cabinetry.
Main living areas in the house were rejuvenated with new surfaces. The crew installed new drywall, replacing walls that were damaged when Olin removed wood paneling years ago. She chose to keep walls white. "As much as I love color, white is clean, simple and doesn't distract from the cool features in the home," she said.
When Amy first moved into the house, she ripped out old, stained carpeting and did a DIY job installing inexpensive bamboo flooring she purchased from Costco. Ridley recommended an upgrade to custom solid walnut flooring. The floors were hand-milled "like they were one-hundred years ago or more, and have an unparalleled depth and richness to them," he said. They kept the floors unstained to showcase that richness.
The wood ceilings were sanded and given a natural stain. The ceiling beams, previously the same wood tone, now stand out with a new coating of Wild Truffle by Kelly-Moore, which Ridley calls a "rich, dark, slightly French gray."
The skylights and large expanses of glass in the home bring in ample sunlight but also make the home hot in the summer. Olin had air conditioning installed so that she would slumber more comfortably on afternoons when she works night shifts at French Hospital Medical Center and Arroyo Grande Community Hospital.
She kept decorating to a minimum, adding a few pieces of contemporary furniture, some area rugs for comfort, and new art for the new walls. She favors "clean lines, simplicity, solid colors and mid-century modern looks," she said. She prefers a few meaningful items to lots of furniture and knick knacks. Her favorite piece is her elm dining room table that was handmade by a friend.
According to Olin, she now has a space that is "much more open and airy," and a kitchen where cooking dinner is a pleasurable task — even when it happens to be 8 in the morning.
The exterior of Olin's 1973-built home. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
One of Olin's luxuries is her oversized, rock-accented shower. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
The master bath is spa-like and restful. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
A rich red accent wall adds drama to the master bedroom. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
The new bar seats four. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
Eliminating most upper cabinets gave the kitchen a greater feeling of openness; note the 'waterfall' countertop on the right. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
One of Amy Olin's favorite pieces is her dining table which was made by a friend. jjohnston@thetribunenews.com
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Vigor Utah is excited to announce the 2019 Vigor Trail Half Marathon and 7th Annual Vigor Solitude Mountain Resort Trail Series. There are three dates in this series and each date will have four different distances to choose from (half marathon, 8, 5, & 3 mile). Run all three of the dates (any distance) to collect points to win a prize!


Join Chorus Voices Podcast hosts Louise Forster and Dan Minchin as they explore how gardening has taken root in the Chorus community.
If you'd like to join our garden volunteers, check out gardening program details here. Volunteers operate from five depots – Carlisle, North Perth, Wanneroo, Safety Bay and Midland – so you're never far from an opportunity to dig in!
Gardening isn't just a service Chorus provides. Chorus has entered the Perth Garden Festival for the past two years, even winning best in show last year! Dan and Louise are chuffed.
Last year's award-winning Chorus garden.
The name of the this year's Chorus garden is Kaleidoscope, based on the name of a group of butterflies. The theme will revolve around the seven dimensions of well-being, dementia – and butterflies!
People with dementia have far greater quality of life when all of their senses are engaged. The design of the garden will represent those senses, and draw the connection back to people living with dementia.
The Perth Garden Festival will showcase Chorus to the local community, sending a powerful series of messages about Chorus values, and the work they're doing.
We hear from Andy, a lead gardener at Chorus about his feelings and opinions on the project.
Andy comments about the dementia theme. There are many people out there living with dementia. The stories of people living with dementia and their families should be shared, and those touched by dementia must know they're not alone, and are welcome to share their experience. The garden project will help achieve this.
What's more, this garden can raise awareness for those who may experience dementia in the future. Not all who see the garden may have experienced dementia, but they'll be better prepared to gracefully handle the challenges should they arise.
Garden plans are underway! Andy holds one of the decorations as he and Tina plot how to make the project both beautiful and meaningful.
Gardening has spread its roots wider within the Chorus organisation as well. Andy suggested that another group, the Ability Arts team, be invited to help out with gardening. Louise jumped at the idea – and so did the Ability Arts team.
We hear now from Elli from Ability Arts.
Elli comments on what a positive experience gardening can be for Ability Arts.
Hosts Louise and Dan have always looked at gardening as rather a chore. We're sure they're not alone.
And it's true – gardening is hard work! But a lot of joy comes from it as well. Rewards come from the gardening itself, and the lives of the people who get to work on and interact with the garden.
A volunteer named Andy (not the Andy we spoke with earlier) has been gardening with Chorus for some years. He's living with dementia. Through the support of the Chorus team, he's been able to contribute to gardening work, which has been deeply meaningful for both Andy and his wife Jackie.
Dan spoke to Andy and Jackie recently. Andy reminisced about the long period when he didn't know he had dementia. He couldn't work out what was going on for some time, and was having trouble getting regular work. So he fronted up to Chorus (Volunteer Task Force at the time) and asked if he could join as a volunteer. He was welcomed with open arms, and gardening has been a bright part of his life ever since.
Come Check out Our Garden at the Festival!
Come see The Chorus Kaleidoscope garden from 12 – 15 April at the Perth Garden Festival. We'd love to show you the work we've done on our garden and the work we do with communities. It goes without saying that the experience will carry special significance for those whose lives have been touched by dementia.
Make sure to stay tuned for the upcoming episodes of the Chorus Voices Podcast! We haven't even scratched the surface when it comes to the vital themes and ideas that matter in work, in life, and in the communities that contain them both.


AUSTIN, Texas >> Texas' highest criminal court tossed the second and final felony charge against former Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday, likely ending a case the Republican says helped sink his short-lived 2016 presidential bid.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed the abuse-of-power charge, which was filed after Perry threatened — and then carried out — a veto of state funding for a group of public corruption prosecutors after the Democratic head of the unit refused to resign.
In its 6-2 ruling, the court said veto power can't be restricted by the courts and the prosecution of a veto "violates separations of powers." A lower appeals court had dismissed the other charge, coercion by a public servant, in July.
"It was a bunch of foolishness from the beginning. I feel bad for him because he was put through this for no reason," Buzbee said.
The former governor made just one court appearance in the case, which stems from 2013, when he publicly threatened to veto the $7.5 million in state funding for Public Integrity Unit prosecutors. Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg, who headed the investigative group, had rebuffed Perry's calls to resign after she was convicted and jailed for drunken driving.
Perry dismissed the case as a "political witch hunt," while legal scholars from across the political spectrum raised objections about it. Still, the Republican judge overseeing the case repeatedly refused to throw it out on constitutional grounds, prompting Perry's appeals.
One of the judges who dissented in Wednesday's ruling, Republican Cheryl Johnson, said the decision could leave the public with an uneasy perception that the system went out of its way to clear one of the most powerful governors in Texas history.
"The constant references to 'Governor Perry' could well be seen by the public as an inference that appellant's position in life entitles him to special privileges and special treatment by this court that others might be denied," wrote Johnson, referring to how judges addressed Perry during deliberations.
Michael McCrum, the San Antonio-based special prosecutor who secured Perry's indictment, long maintained that the matter was built on evidence — not politics — and deserved to go to trial. He can appeal, but that would be a lengthy process. Combined, the original charges carried a potential maximum penalty of 109 years in prison.


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Spider Man: No Way Home, Money Heist, Aarya, and More: December Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Prime Video
Spider-Man: No Way Home, Money Heist, Aarya, and More: December Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Prime Video
Alongside Bob Biswas, Atrangi Re, Inside Edge, Minnal Murali, The Witcher, and Cobra Kai.
By Akhil Arora | Updated: 29 November 2021 18:20 IST
Photo Credit: Sony Pictures
Tom Holland as Spider-Man, Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home poster
Spider-Man: No Way Home release date in India is December 16
Money Heist season 5 'Volume 2' release date is December 3
Abhishek Bachchan-led Bob Biswas out December 3 on Zee5
December 2021 is packed with movies and TV series to watch. Spider-Man: No Way Home is riding on mighty anticipation, as it promises three eras of the Spider-Man universe coming together. The new Spider-Man movie is due in cinemas December 16 in India. Meanwhile, on December 3, the Madrid heist comes to an end on Netflix with the final five episodes that make up Money Heist season 5 "Volume 2". Cobra Kai and Henry Cavill-led The Witcher will also deliver new seasons on Netflix. Cobra Kai season 4 is slated for New Year's Eve, while The Witcher season 2 is due December 17. Franchises are expanding elsewhere. The Matrix Resurrections takes us back into the Matrix on December 22, and The Book of Boba Fett takes us back to Star Wars' famed Tatooine, beginning December 29 on Disney+ Hotstar.
From India, December 2021 brings the Dhanush, Sara Ali Khan, and Akshay Kumar-led romantic drama Atrangi Re, premiering Christmas Eve on Disney+ Hotstar. Also on Christmas Eve over on Netflix, Tovino Thomas becomes a superhero in the Malayalam-language Minnal Murali. Disney+ Hotstar has the second season of Sushmita Sen-led crime thriller Aarya on December 10. Also on December 10, Raveena Tandon struggles to solve the case of her life in Aranyak, over on Netflix. Amazon Prime Video gives us the third season of soapy cricket drama Inside Edge on December 3. Also on December 3, Abhishek Bachchan is Bob Biswas in the Kahaani spin-off on Zee5. December 3 also has Netflix's LGBTQ drama Cobalt Blue. Madhavan-led Decoupled storms in December 17 on Netflix.
If it's more stars you are after then December 2021 has Benedict Cumberbatch in the Western drama The Power of the Dog, releasing start of the month on Netflix. Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are part of a very large ensemble in Don't Look Up — Christmas Eve on Netflix — in which everyone ignores a very large comet headed for Earth. You can discover more about all these titles below, but there's a lot more coming in December that we haven't detailed below. That includes Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos (December 21 on Prime Video), Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris and Awkwafina in Swan Song (December 17 on Apple TV+), and Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson in The Lost Daughter (December 31 on Netflix).
There's even more TV in December 2021. Amazon's sci-fi drama The Expanse and Netflix's sci-fi drama Lost in Space will both deliver their final seasons. The Expanse season 6 begins December 10 on Prime Video, while Lost in Space season 3 drops December 1 on Netflix. Lily Collins will take you back to the French capital as Emily in Paris season 2 arrives December 22 on Netflix.
Also keep an eye out for the critically-acclaimed Argentinian drama Azor (coming December 3 to Mubi), and The Hand of God (out December 15 on Netflix) from Italy's award-winning Paolo Sorrentino.
With that, here's our December 2021 guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, HBO Max, and the cinemas.
When: December 1
Where: Netflix
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a domineering rancher in the 1920 American West who psychologically tortures his fellow rancher brother (Jesse Plemons) and his wife (Kirsten Dunst). The Piano director Jane Campion adapts Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of the same name, in what is her first feature-length movie in 12 years.
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy, Peter Carroll, and Adam Beach also star. The Power of the Dog has gotten tremendous reviews since its world premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival — and is currently regarded as one of the best films to release in 2021.
Where: Zee5
In this sequel spin-off to writer-director Sujoy Ghosh's National Award-winning thriller Kahaani, Abhishek Bachchan steps into the titular middle-aged hitman role that was originally intended for him, as Ghosh has claimed. Having woken from a years-long coma, Bob Biswas (Bachchan) discovers he has forgotten much of his past: his profession and his family, wife (Chitrangada Singh) and two kids. When he's driven into the old job, Biswas finds himself at a moral crossroads.
Ghosh's daughter Diya Annapurna Ghosh takes over director on Bob Biswas, with Ghosh still supplying the script. Bachchan takes over from Saswata Chatterjee who played Biswas in Kahaani.
Release Date 3 December 2021
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Duration 2h 11min
Abhishek Bachchan, Chitrangda Singh, Paran Bandopadhyay, Samara Tijori, Purab Kohli, Tina Desai
Director Diya Annapurna Ghosh
Music Score: Clinton Cerejo, Bianca Gomes. Songs: Anupam Roy, Vishal–Shekhar
Producer Gauri Khan, Sujoy Ghosh, Gaurav Verma
Production Red Chillies Entertainment, Bound Script Production
Certificate U/A
Over three years after it was first announced, Sachin Kundalkar's adaptation of his own best-selling LGTBQ novel finally comes to life. Set in the early 1990s, a brother (Neelay Mehendale) and sister (Anjali Sivaraman) fall in love with the same man (Prateik Babbar) who is staying with their traditional Marathi family — which naturally blows everything apart. As Netflix said then, Cobalt Blue is about the "pain and the beauty of forbidden love."
Anant V. Joshi, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Shishir Sharma, and Neil Bhoopalam also star.
Prateik Babbar, Neelay Mehendale, Anjali Sivaraman
Director Sachin Kundalkar
Production Open Air Films
Where: Amazon Prime Video
The third season of Amazon's soapy cricket drama shits focus from the IPL (I mean, Power Play League) to international rivalry. As an India vs Pakistan Test series gets underway — a real one hasn't happened since 2007–08 due to poor relations between the respective governments — the murky politics threatens to get in the way.
All eyes are trained on cricket board president and PPL founder Yashvardhan "Bhaisahab" Patil (Aamir Bashir). The sports management firm owner Vikrant Dhawan (Vivek Oberoi) is gunning for revenge, and Mumbai Mavericks co-owner Zarina Malik (Richa Chadha) is gunning for Bhaisahab's chair.
Meanwhile, the hothead Vayu (Tanuj Virwani) eggs his girlfriend and Patil's daughter Mantra (Sapna Pabbi) to legalise betting in India, the Indian cricket team's captain (Akshay Oberoi, new to season 3) tries to hide his homosexuality from public, and Vayu's sister Rohini (Sayani Gupta) begins digging into their family history.
Kanishk Varma (Sanak) takes over as director, with Karan Anshuman remaining as creator. All Inside Edge season 3 epsiodes will be available at once.
Inside Edge Season 3
Genre Drama, Sport
Vivek Oberoi, Aamir B, Richa Chadda, Sapna Pabbi, Tanuj Virwani, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Angad Bedi, Sayani Gupta
Director Karan Anshuman, Aakash Bhatia, Gurmmeet Singh, Kanishk Varma
Music John Stewart Eduri, Kabeer Kathpalia, Pancham Singhania
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar
Production Excel Entertainment
Certificate A
The end is nigh. The final five episodes of the hit Spanish series — known as La Casa de Papel to Spanish speakers — that make up Money Heist season 5 "Volume 2" are set to be unfurled in one go. And they are promising to be dramatic if nothing else. Spoilers ahead for "Volume 1". Following Tokyo's (Úrsula Corberó) death, The Professor (Álvaro Morte) is haunted by how his actions have led to the death of many of his comrades. And he's now insistent that no one else should die for him.
That's a smart way to wrap up the show, as the heist's mastermind begins to question the worth and meaning of what he's put into motion. But the authorities are hanging around for The Professor's internal questioning — as they prepare to barge in and put an end to the heist once and for all. For Money Heist fans, Friday also brings the second episode of the making-of docuseries Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin.
Watch the Trailer for Money Heist Season 5 'Volume 2'
Release Date 3 September 2021
Genre Action, Crime, Drama
Duration 9h 4min
Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Paco Tous, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Esther Acebo, Enrique Arce, María Pedraza, Darko Perić, Darko Perić, Kiti Mánver, Hovik Keuchkerian, Luka Peroš, Belén Cuesta, Fernando Cayo, Rodrigo de la Serna, Najwa Nimri
Director Jesus Colmenar, Kolda Serra, Álex Rodrigo
Music Manel Santisteban, Iván Martínez Lacámara
Producer Álex Pina, Sonia Martínez, Jesús Colmenar, Esther Martínez Lobato, Nacho Manubens
Production Atresmedia, Vancouver Media
When: December 10
Where: Disney+ Hotstar
Sushmita Sen's mafia queen Aarya Sareen is back for more in the second season of Ram Madhvani's (Neerja) crime thriller — and she has no shortage of problems. She needs to deliver Rs. 300 crore in five days to a foreign gangster. Her brother Sangram (Ankur Bhatia) is possibly gunning for her. And Akash Khurana's new main character — he is billed second after Sen — wants to avenge his son's death and vows that Aarya will pay with her life.
Jayant Kripalani, Sikandar Kher, Vikas Kumar, Sugandha Garg, Dilnaz Irani, Maya Sarao, Sohaila Kapur, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Charu Shankar, Tariq Vasudeva, Virti Vaghani, Shataf Figar, Viren Vazirani, Shweta Pasricha, and Pratyaksh Panwar also star. Madhvani is one of three directors on Aarya season 2 alongside Vinod Rawat and Kapil Sharma. Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh and Anu Singh Choudhary form the writing team.
All Aarya season 2 episodes will be available on release date, December 10.
Release Date 10 December 2021
Genre Action, Drama
Sushmita Sen, Chandrachur Singh, Sikandar Kher, Ankur Bhatia, Alexx ONell, Namit D, Manish Choudhary, Viren Vazirani, Virti Vaghani, Pratyaksh Panwar, Sugandha Garg, Priy, Sohaila Kapur, Jayant Kripalani, Maya Sarao, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Vik, Nishank Verma, Jagdish Purohit, Flora Saini, Joy Sengupta, Gargi Sawant, Richard Bhakti Klein
Director Ram Madhvani, Sandeep Modi, Vinod Rawat
Music Vishal Khurana
Producer Vinod Iyer, Sia Bhuyan, Rhea Prabhu, Nikhil Madhok, Ranjana Mitra, Karn Gupta, Ram Madhvani, Amita Madhvani, Endemol Shine Group, Endemol Shine India
Production Ram Madhvani, Ram Madhavani Films, Endemol Shine Group
Aranyak
Raveena Tandon plays Kasturi Dogra, the station chief of a misty fictional Himalayan town called Sironah in this crime thriller who has sacrificed her entire life for that "one big case". But after that case — the daughter of a foreign tourist has gone missing — turns up just as she's about to retire, Kasturi must reluctantly work with her city-bred replacement Angad Malik (Parambrata Chatterjee).
If that sounds like India's Mare of Easttown to you, you're not far off. There's a bunch of personal agendas involved here, in addition to politicians who are getting in the way of the police investigation. Aranyak also hints at supernatural happenings, with the synopsis talking about a "bloodthirsty, serial killing entity in the forest." Will this be literal or metaphorical? We'll see.
All Aranyak episodes will premiere at once, as is Netflix custom.
Genre Crime, Thriller
Raveena Tandon, Parambrata Chatterjee, Ashutosh Rana, Zakir Hussain, Megna Malik
Director Vinay Waikul
Producer Siddarth Roy Kapur
Production Roy Kapur Films, Ramesh Sippy Entertainment
Where: Cinemas
This year's most-awaited superhero movie is set to wrap up the year in mind-boggling, multiverse fashion. With Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) identity revealed to the public in the Spider-Man: Far From Home post-credits scene, everyone gets too friendly with our friendly neighbourhood superhero. Peter believes the only solution is to make everyone forget it ever happened — and so he does the only logical thing he can think of: ask Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell.
And Strange agrees, as the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailers have shown. Wait, what now? I'm having a hard time believing that Doctor Strange, a Master of the Mystic Arts endowed with massive responsibility as the carrier of the Time Stone, would agree to such a proposal. (Maybe this is Strange from another universe?) Just ask the kid to get on with his life, he's not the first superhero whose identity is public. Anyway, this stupid plan turns out to be very stupid.
How stupid, you ask? Well, it somehow opens a portal that leads to the Marvel Cinematic Universe getting visitors from other dimensions — in the form of Spidey villains we have seen in Spider-Man movies with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. I'm talking all of them, from Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe), Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), The Sandman, The Lizard, and Electro (Jamie Foxx). Most of them died so it's curious how they are back.
There's even talk of Maguire and Garfield returning as respective Peter Parkers in the third act of Spider-Man: No Way Home to help out Holland, but everyone involved has repeatedly and vehemently denied such a thing. Guess we will just have to wait to catch the Spider-Man movie for ourselves to discuss the truth once and for all.
Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J.B. Smoove, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Angourie Rice, Hannibal Buress, and J.K. Simmons also star. Jon Watts — of Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Far From Home — is back as director, working off a screenplay by returning co-writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Available in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in India.
Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Is Not Quite What You Were Waiting For
Release Date in US 17 December 2021
Release Date in India 16 December 2021
Language English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Superhero
Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire
Director Jon Watts
Music Michael Giacchino
Producer Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal
Production Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures
R. Madhavan and Sacred Games' Surveen Chawla play a separated couple — one's a misanthropic writer and the other's a start-up founder — who have decided to stay together for the sake of their tween daughter in this comedy-drama that comes from A Serious Men author Manu Joseph. They are seeing other people on the side, though not all is lost between them as the Decoupled trailer suggests.
After all, they know what makes each other tick, and there's a long past here. It's just that they are divided on how long those good times lasted. Awkward.
National Award-winning Hardik Mehta (Kaamyaab) directs. Vikramaditya Motwane is among the executive producers alongside Joseph and Mehta. All Decoupled episodes will be available together.
Genre Comedy
R. Madhavan, Surveen Chawla
Director Hardik Mehta
Production Bombay Fables, Andolan Films
Toss a coin, The Witcher is back. In the second season of the Henry Cavill-led fantasy series, the mayhem has increased. The Continent's North and South are at war. Monsters are at full force, out attacking when they should be hibernating. And everyone's favourite bard (Joey Batey) has made some mouse friends. Okay, one of those is not like the others.
Believing the sorceress Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) to be dead, the monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia (Cavill) brings Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) to his childhood home Kaer Morhen, the safest place he knows. Ciri takes up training in The Witcher season 2, noting that's it her home and her fight. Yennefer is still alive, advising the Nilfgaardian sorceress pawn Fringilla (Mimi Ndiweni).
All episodes of The Witcher season 2 will release at once on release date. The Witcher has already been renewed for season 3.
Where: Cinemas + HBO Max
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are back as Neo and Trinity, though their characters don't seem to recognise each other in this fourth Matrix movie — the first since the original trilogy wrapped 18 years ago. Though The Matrix Resurrections trailer shows them surviving together. In another behind-the-scenes first, Lana Wachowski, one half of The Wachowskis, is going solo as director.
We don't know much about The Matrix Resurrections, save for the fact that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is playing a younger Morpheus somehow, taking over from Laurence Fishburne. Jonathan Groff, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Eréndira Ibarra, and Christina Ricci are new to the Matrix. Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, and Daniel Bernhardt are among the returnees.
Available in Indian cinemas in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Also streaming for the first month on HBO Max in the US.
The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Takes Us Back to Where It All Started
Genre Action, Sci-Fi
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson, Daniel Bernhardt, Eréndira Ibarra, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Ricci, Telma Hopkins, Max Riemelt, Toby Onwumere, Brian J. Smith, Andrew Caldwell, Ellen Hollman
Director Lana Wachowski
Music Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Producer Grant Hill, James McTeigue, Lana Wachowski
Production Village Roadshow Pictures, Venus Castina Productions
Forced into a marriage with a guy she doesn't know (Dhanush), a feisty woman named Rinku Suryavanshi (Sara Ali Khan) seemingly asks him to help reunite with her boyfriend she's tried eloping with nearly two dozen times. But naturally, in what's a typical Bollywood template, the two actually fall in love along the way. Akshay Kumar and Yash play Rinku's previous love interests, going by the Atrangi Re trailer.
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Dimple Hayathi also star. Aanand L. Rai (Tanu Weds Manu) directs off a screenplay by Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu).
Netflix forked over $55 million (about Rs. 412 crore) to pair up Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in the lead for this satirical black comedy about two minor astronomers (DiCaprio and Lawrence) who discover that a "very large" comet is headed towards Earth. But turns out no one is really bothered — including Meryl Streep's US President and her annoying chief of staff son (Jonah Hill) — not unless they can make trillions of dollars off of it.
Rob Morgan plays a scientist aide to DiCaprio and Lawrence's characters, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry play TV anchors, and Ariana Grande is basically herself but dumber. Don't Look Up also has roles for Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, Ron Perlman, Kid Cudi, Himesh Patel, Matthew Perry, and Chris Evans. Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice) directs and writes.
After he's struck by lightning, an ordinary man (Tovino Thomas) from the 1990s is bestowed with superpowers not death. That includes super-strength, super-speed, and even expert trick-shot calculations, as the Minnal Murali trailer shows. He becomes the vigilante/ superhero Minnal Murali. Naturally, this doesn't sit well with the local police who plead with the public to help them catch him.
Guru Somasundaram, Harisree Ashokan, and Aju Varghese also star. Basil Joseph (Godha) directs off a screenplay written by Arun Anirudhan (Padayottam) and newcomer Justin Mathew. Sameer Thahir is the director of photography, Livingston Mathew the editor, with Shaan Rahman and Sushin Shyam providing the background score.
Waiting for The Mandalorian to return? Here's something to tide you by. Boba Fett (Temeura Morrison) and his mercenary in-service Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), who partnered up in The Mandalorian season 2 before going their own way, lead this new live-action Star Wars series that's been internally referred to as The Mandalorian season 2.5.
The Book of Boba Fett finds them managing the Tatooine underworld — it will also explore Fett's life between Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back and The Mandalorian season 2. Robert Rodriguez, who directed The Mandalorian episode that brought Morrison back, is directing multiple The Book of Boba Fett episodes.
The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau, Star Wars veteran Dave Filoni, and The Mandalorian director Bryce Dallas Howard are also involved behind the scenes on The Book of Boba Fett. New episodes will air weekly on Wednesdays.
The Book of Boba Fett Trailer Immerses Us in the Star Wars Underworld
Dubbed In Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen
Director Robert Rodriguez, Steph Green, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard
Music Ludwig Göransson
Producer Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Robert Rodriguez, Kathleen Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy
Production Lucasfilm
Going by that old proverb, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) team up in the fourth season of this over-the-top dojo drama to take down Cobra Kai, now in the hands of John Kreese (Martin Kove). And by take down, I mean compete at the under-18 karate tournament. Though as Cobra Kai has shown previously, it's willing to get a little too crazy at times. Like calm down, it's just kids learning karate.
Also, if Cobra Kai does come down at the end of season four, is Cobra Kai still Cobra Kai? insert thinking emoji For what it's worth, Netflix has already renewed the series for a fifth season — filming on which is nearly complete.
All Cobra Kai season 4 episodes will be available on release date.
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May-Square Mothers' flag (Argentina)
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Argentine political flags
Known as «Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo», who during and after the military regime were daily demonstrating there about the fate of their missing children and relatives. Certainly during the military regime they were a very courageous group, inspiring similar movements elsewhere in the world.
Jarig Bakker, 22 Dec 2001
The Madres de la Plaza de Mayo movement is a women's Argentine movement that aims at finding our what happened to the people that disappeared during the years of military dictatorship in the country and at sending the people responsible for the disappearings to the justice.
Jorge Candeias, 5 Feb 2005
The headkerchief is the symbol of the group because the mothers have worn it during their meetings in the Plaza de Mayo. It was first used in a meeting in Luján in 1977 as a way to recognize themselves in the crowd. Then it became their symbol.
Carlos Sánchez, 23 Oct 2007
The flag is marine blue with a [drawing of a] white cloth folded and tied in order to cover the head. There is a white border all around the flag. There are words in white characters too over the marine blue background. [See a photo].
Santiago Tazón, 22 Dec 2001
The white words in the flag are the name of the group above the headkerchief: Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo that means Association of May-Square Mothers, and the expression and motto of the group that is "¡Ni un paso atrás!" that means "Not even a step backwards!" below.
Photo of a May Square Mothers flag (at the website www.artesanosdelomas.com.ar)
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Il territorio dell'Armenia è piena dei reperti archeologici e monumenti storici - architettonici. Avrete l'opportunità della conoscenza e padronanza delle nuove tecnologie, dai sistemi di rilevamento e dalle metodologie di analisi ambientale, nonchè vi daremo l'opportunità unica di partecipare al recupero e lo studio dei reperti, ricostituire una cultura organica dell'antico attraverso i corsi di storia, storia dell'arte antica, archeologia e le escursioni organizzati.
A trip to Ararat valley with a visit to Khor Virap Monastery.
The complex of monastery-castle is located in the place of the citadel of historical capital Artashat, to left of the river Arax, on the homonymic hills. Once there was Artashat citadel here, which included the royal prison-casemate. That's why it was called «Virap Artashatu» - the pit of Artashat. According to the legend told by Vth century A.D. historian Agatangeghos it is connected with the name of Grigor Lusavorich (Gregory the Illuminator), who bore his tortures here. The monastery complex includes 2 churches. The first is St. Grigor church, built by Nerses III the Builder in 642. Here is a pit 4,4 and 6 metres deep with dome-shaped covering. The ladder of 25 stairs leads people to this depth. The church was first renovated in 1661, then in 1879 after the earthquake. The other is St. Astvatsatsin church founded at the end of the 17th century. The church is a domed construction with an adjacent belfry. The monastery is surrounded with a wall, with chambers, storehouses, inns, cattle sheds and other buildings attached. Khor Virap has been a scholastic centre – a place of pilgrimage. The 13 th century famous historiographer Vardan Areveltsi founded a school with 40 students studying here. In the 18 th century the monastery became deserted for a long period, and only in 1765 Catholikos Simeon of Yerevan managed to bring it to life. We have received more than ten manuscripts as a heritage from this scholastic centre. Nowadays the monastic complex is entirely renovated.
Proceeding to Areni village. Lunch.
Areni village in Vayots Dzor province is one of the oldest and outstanding settlements in Vayots Dzor province of Syunik Marz in historical Great Armenia. It is located on the right bank of the river Arpa, on the rim of its gorge, crossing which the river flows through a narrow canyon out in Sharur valley. In other words the settlement has been a road junction and military point protecting the canyon between Sharur valley and Vayots Dzor.
Continuing to Noravank Monastery which is one of the well-known monasteries in Syunik Province, located on a height, on the right bank of the river Amaghu - the left tributary of the river Arpa. The exact foundation date of the monastery is not known. There are a number of records about it already in the 12th century. The monastery has possessed abundant estates. It was an episcopal residence – its bishops and other clergymen periodically struggled against Tatev monastery to maintain independence.The architectural complex of the monastery was established in the 13 -14th centuries. In the 13th century it was already the holy centre of Syunik – the family burial vault of Orbelyan princes. Here are buried many of Orbelyan princes, as well as bishops. Among them we can also mention the great historiographer Stepanos Orbelyan.
Noravank is a complicated and highly artistic architectural complex.
The monastic complex includes 11-12th c. St. Karapet and St. Pokas churches –not preserved, St. Karapet principal church, its affiliated "gavit" (churchvestibule ), sepulcher of prince Smbat, Burtelashen church, two chapels and different types of edifices, rampart, beyond which there is a spring. St. Karapet church was built in 1213 -1223 by the request of Liparit Orbelyan prince. It's a domed construction with a cruciform interior. The gavit is adjoined to the west, built immediately after the church – several times undergoing some restorations. In 1261 it was renovated by the architect Siranes on Smbat Orbelyan's errand.
The next restoration was probably completed by the architect Momik in the first half of the 14th century. Among the edifices of the monastic complex with its significance a particular interest arouses the sepulcher-church of prince Burtel, also called Burtelashen or St. Astvatsatsin erected by Momik. It's one of the jewels of the 14th c. Armenian architecture. The church is two-storey building covered with highly artistic reliefs. The church bas-reliefs show the Holy Virgin with the Child, sitting on a throne, Burtel prince holding a model of the temple, etc. The half-ruined wall – the remains of the inner and outer edifices were constructed in 17-18th centuries. In the 13th century a guest-house was built in the monastic complex. There are various khachkars (cross-stones) in the area of the complex, among which arrest attention those created by Momik. The various records preserved on the walls of the monastic edifices provide with interesting information not only about spiritual but also about temporal life. Noravank has been a grand cultural centre. The architect Siranes and the remarkable miniature painter and sculptor Momik –the famous graduate of Gladzor University, worked here in the latter part of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century.
The outstanding representative of the Orbelyan Princes dynasty, historiographer Stepanos Orbelyan also worked in this monastery. He completed here his famous work «History of Sisakan Province». It gives valuable facts about political, particularly social-economic life of Syunik and of the neighboring countries of all Armenia. Nowadays the complex is entirely renovated.
Continuing the trip to Yeghegis village.
Yeghegis village in Vayots Dzor Marz is also one of the oldest settlements in Vayots Dzor region of the Syunik province. In different periods it has been a settlement of different types: a village, a burg, a country town, a fortress town, even a capital as it was called during the period of its being prince residence in 10 -13th centuries. The foundation period isn't known, yet judging by the antiquities of the territory, Yeghegis might have been an ordinary country-town before the 9th century, i.e. before becoming the Syunik princes' residence instead of Shaghat country-town, then it gradually changed, renovated, got larger – became country-town or town. Probably it was the time (9th c.) of its citadel establishment, as the local residents call it - Smbataberd, by which the country-town along with its citadel were mainly meant. Yet they were separate units disjoined at a distance of 1-2km, like Kapan town and its citadel-Baghaberd. The main settlement of Yeghegis lies in the valley of the right tributary of the river Arpa –Yeghegis, in the area of the present-day village, as well as in the area of Hostun ruined settlement. The country town, consequently, spread in a narrow strip of 4- 4,5km length across the right-bank valley of the river Yeghegis. The citadel or Smbataberd was situated to the north-west from the main settlement, on the high mountain between two deep canyons. Yeghegis along with its citadel became the residence of Syunik rulers. After the decay of Bagratunyats Kingdom (1045) the princes of Vayots Dzor lost their political importance. Gradually the Orbelyans took over gaining large estates, establishing own power. They made Yeghegis their residence after renovating, making it more fascinating and fortifying its fortress. In the reign of both the Syunik Princes and their successors –Orbelyans, there were founded in Yeghegis citadel magnificent edifices, the ruins of the most of which have survived up to now. The ruins of Smbataberd are grandiose, particularly well-preserved walls.
The main fortress on the peak of the hill was all around surrounded with those strong walls of 2,2-4,3- meter thickness. The fortress had 10-11 m high 11 towers. The walls are constructed with polished, unwrought stones, by mortar. It was considered one of the impregnable strongholds in Syunik. During its existence the fortress was besieged a number of times but it always remained impregnable. It had 3 entrances the main of which was to the north – from where one could enter the fortress. The inner edifices of the fortress are not well-preserved. Those edifices were used as palace rooms, barracks, arsenals, other defensive constructions. The fortress also possessed its own water supply system. Among the important monuments survived in the village area (in the main country town) are Zorats church (14th c.), St. Astvatsatsin basilica (survived after the restoration of 1703), St. Karapet domed church (13th c.), various khachkars of 10-14th centuries, the family burial vault of Orbelyan princes (13 th c.).
Proceeding to Lake Sevan across the Selim pass. Dinner at Lake Sevan in Harsnakar restaurant.
Back to Yerevan. Overnight in hotel.
The town stretches out on the wide plain of either banks of the river Kasakh. The name is connected with an Armenian word «ashtarak» (tower), while according to some notions it comes from the name of the Babylonian -Assyrian Goddess - Ishtar. In the Armenian sources it has been mentioned since 9th century as one of the settlements of Aragatsotn district of Ayrarat province in Great Armenia.
Moreover, the existing large quantity of Bronze- Iron Age monuments (castle-settlements, tomb fields, etc) indicates that Ashtarak is one of the oldest settlements in Armenia. Generally, Ashtarak is endowed with archaeological, historical-architectural monuments, which form an impressive complete complex together with the picturesque landscape of the gorge of the river Kasakh, flowing across the city. Thus, lying next to the new bridge passing around the town, to the right of Yerevan – Gyumri highway, on the left bank of the river Kasakh, there are the remains of a settlement survived from the Bronz Age up to the Middle Ages (the locals call the place –Darabavor). The famous caves of Darabavor are located in the canyon, just next to the settlement. These caves have been in use since ancient times. One of the best examples of the early Christian - period Armenian architecture is three-nave basilica –Tsiranavor built in the 5th century.
In the 18th century its outer double walls were constructed in order to fortify the church.
The natives call «Berdatagh» the area around Tsiranavaor. The most popular construction of the town is Karmravor church of St. Astvatsatsin – one of the gems of the 7th century Armenian architecture. It's a centre-domical old building, as well as the earliest tile-roofed building survived in Armenia. The church of St. Marine or St. Mariane (1281) is nestled in the city centre - a domed-hall shaped edifice, which was surrounded with high stone walls in the past. Spitakavor church (13 – 14th) is quadrangle in plan, with vaulted covering, located on the peak of the cliff in «Berdatagh». Among the remarkable edifices the three-arched, stone bridge of Kasakh has its significant position. It was established by an opulent from Kanaker- Mahtes Khoja Grigor in 1664 in the place of an older bridge (12-13th cc.). The bridge is 76 m. long, and about 6 m. wide, built of a polished apricot tuff, with a builder's inscription in the front. The new church of St. Sargis founded in the place of ancient basis, is situated on the left bank of the canyon, above the bridge. Among the various expressive monuments existing in the town there are as well the irrigation ditch called Akanatesi aru ( Witness' stream) having functioned from the Urartian period up to the Middle Ages, the well-preserved examples of the ethnographic houses built in the late 19th – 20th c., the water-mill built in the adjoining territory of the bridge in the 19th century, still in use, the separately grouped khachkars (the most part is in the civil cemetery), the largest and the most popular of which is the cross of St. Nshan or Hole cross, located on a pedestal by Tovmas priest in 1268, etc.
Archaeological trip to the ancient settlement of Agarak.
Lying in the southern foothills of Mt. Aragats , on the western bank of the Amberd River the site of Agarak covers an area of 200 hectares, a portion of which (118 hectares) has now been declared a historical and cultural preserve by the government of Armenia.
Proceeding to Aghtsk village. Lunch .
The tourists will find the sepulcher of the Armenian Arshakuni Kings located in Aghtsk village of Aragatsotn province, on the high terrace of the gorge of the river Amberd. A tetragonal, three- nave hall church is added to the North of the royal sepulcher. The church constructed of polished black, yellowish tuff by means of mortar, has been considerably demolished. Only the basis of the walls have survived, separate fragments decorated with bas-reliefs and inscriptions, as well as the debris of later established khachkars and relics have survived. On the southern and northern sides of the horseshoe-shaped altar there are the side-chapels. The church structure, types of the column feet, ornamentations are archaic, typical of the oldest Christian churches, like Tsitsernavank, Tsiranavor in Ashtarak, Yereruik, etc, which gives ground to date Aghtsk to the 4th c.
The works of historians Movses Khorenatsi and Pavstos Buzand contain authentic information about the construction of Aghtsk royal sepulcher, according to which the sepulcher was founded in the period of the Armenian-Persian war, immediately after the raid undertaken by the Persian king Shapuh the II in 359. According to Buzand the king Shapuh has invaded in Armenia by a sudden attack, and going deep into the country has conquered Ani castle in Daranagh province, where the royal sepulchers were settled. The Persians open the royal sepulchers gathering the kings' bones, take them, thinking that in this way they take away the power and the strength of the country. Learning about this Armenian commander - in –chief Vasak Mamikonyan organizes a sudden attack, retakes the hostages and the kings' bones, finally buries them in Aghtsk village, which was in one of the inaccessible and narrowest cavities of Mount Aragats.
The subterranean part of the Arshakuni Kings' sepulcher has a rectangular structure from outside, and a cruciform structure from inside (2,60x 3,80 m). It's constructed of black-red tuff polished stones by means of mortar. It has an orientation to the West-East. The abside is in the East, while in the central point of southern-northern longitudinal walls there are rectangular niches covered with horseshoe –shaped vaults, where the Arshakuni Kings' bones are buried. The niche orifices are closed by red-black tuff thin plates fixed in a special groove, the façades of which are decorated with both mythological and Biblical old bas-reliefs. The schemed bas-reliefs are deprived of any thorough elaboration, yet they have expressiveness typical of early medieval sculptures. There is a vaulted threshold to the West, which embrasure is bordered from above with tympanum stones, with a semicircular stone ornamented stone on, fringed with unloading arch with bas-reliefs of diverse chases. The columns on either sides of the entrance are also decorated with bas-reliefs of in lined crosses and chases. The sepulcher block is covered with mortar, which once bore the weight of the second floor-the prayer hall. The Aghtsk royal sepulcher, despite its characteristics, has a great similarity in structure with both the Roman-era monuments of Assyria and the simultaneous monuments of Armenia (Early Medieval sepulchers of Ani, Kamaris).
Continuing to Amberd fortress which is one of the most famous castles and fortress-towns in Aragatsotn region of Great Armenia's Ayrarat province , located 5-7 km south-west from Byurakan village in Aragatsotn Province, on the north-east slopes of Mount Aragats. It's nestled on a plane surface of the high triangular promontory (2300 above sea level) formed by the rivers Amberd and Arkashen. According to the traditional etymology Amberd means «adjacent fortress», «without a fortress» or «fortress of cloud height». There have survived ruins of Cyclopean constructions in the territory of Amberd, as well as dragon stones in the surrounding area. The construction of the fortress was set off in the 7th century by the efforts of Kamsarakan princes. Later, it became the property of Bagratunis , then of Pahlavuni dynasty. In the 11th century the Seljuk Turks conquered Amberd. Zakarian brothers liberated it in 1196, handing it over to Vachutyans, who made it their residence. In 1236 Amberd was conquered and demolished by the Mongols and became definitely deserted during Tamerlane's invasion.
At the end of the 14th century the ruins of e ramparts, royal two-storey palace, the church and the bath-house have still survived, the part of which are presently reconstructed. The natural position of the castle was well- fortified by walls and pyramids. The castle and the palace had their separate ramparts with two-storey towers. Besides the main doorway, the castle owned two secret ways leading to the Amberd canyon. The palace with its predominant position over the castle had an area of 700 sq. m. The surrounding gulfs, the ramparts (15 m. high, 2 m. wide) made it inaccessible, the north-west windows of which faced the magnificent landscape of Ararat valley. The palace was a two-storey construction with high walls. The first floor included subsidiary rooms, while on the second floor there were dwelling rooms. One could go upstairs by wide and solemn stairs. On the first floor, to the right of the staircase there was a special pool to supply the palace with water. The principal church was established by the order of Vahram Pahlavuni Prince in 1026, similar to Marmashen church in its design.
The church is rectangular from the outside, while from the inside it's a cruciform, domed-hall construction. The drum of the cupola is polygonal with double pillars in corners and is crowned with umbrella type steeple. The arched entrance is decorated with colonnades. On the inside wall there is a record on its construction. There is a well-preserved bath-house (10-11th cc.) next to the princely palace with adjacent equipment, reservoirs, and boiler –rooms. The bath had a rectangular plan, composed of successively adjacent cloak-rooms, bath-room, heating- room, roofed (the first two) with garret-window. The bath heating was realized from the bottom and by means of vertical tubes installed inside the walls, which got the heated air and steam from the hearth. The water reached Amberd by clay tubes from 5km distance. The water supply line first entered the palace, then flew into the inner part of the castle, where there was a capacious pond constructed not far from the palace. It was from here that the bath-house and the whole castle got the water supply. The tubes inside the bath-house were of metal. The first excavations of Amberd were completed by H. Orbeli in 1936, later in 1936 the excursion group of the RA Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography went on with the started excavation.
Setting off to the territory of the ancient settlement of Agarak.
Participation in excavation of Agarak.
The site consists of horizontal flows of solidified tuff, which extend southward and have flat surfaces. They border on the East with the river, while in the West they turn into a hilly ridge. Taking into account the special characteristics of the local relief, formed by tuff flows, the inhabitants transformed the landscape, turning natural masses of tuff into a gigantic system consisting of collections of stone structures. Downstream along the course of the Amberd river for dozens of kilometers extend without a break tuff cliffs, passages, rocky hills, and natural plateaus, as well as freestanding blocks of stone. On their surfaces and sides, these formations bear the traces of intensive stone working. The sides of the cliffs and plateaus have also been carved. There are niches carved into the cliffs, as well as stair-like platforms leading to them, in addition to the structures of other types.
All of these structures, including an unbroken series of round, horseshoe-shaped structures and channels linking them, plus trapezoidal "sacrificial altars," transform the natural landscape into a gigantic monument. This ensemble of cultic structures is complemented by artificial constructions located around the plateaus and in the spaces between them. Stratigraphical observations indicate that this ensemble of cultic structures and courtyards was created in the Early Bronze Age. The results of field investigations in 2001-2002 show that Agarak was settled starting in the early Bronze Age. The street discovered at the northeast edge of the first plateau, and the presence along both sides of the street of dwellings with rounded plans and square annexes, indicate that, in the early Bronze Age here existed a town with a regular street plan. Most likely, the basic compositional elements of the town plan in the early Bronze Age are the rocky platforms carved on top of the cliff, around which extended living quarters. During the process of the excavations, the discovered enormous quantity of ceramic fragments, terra cotta statues, round and horseshoe-shaped portable hearths, and hearth stands, permit us to date this section of Agarak to the middle cycle of the so-called Shengavit or Kura-Araxes archaeological culture, which is nowadays dated to the 29th through 27th centuries BC.
The layers overlaying the strata of the Early Bronze Age are disturbed. They contain material remains confirming that the site was subsequently inhabited in various archaeological periods, from the middle Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, inclusive. A "karas" (pythos) burial with an Urartian seal and the presence of many Urartian ceramic fragments permit us to speak as well of Agarak being inhabited from the 8 th to the 6 th century B.C. In 2004 there was discovered a unique model of Urartian sepulchral architecture on the southern cliff plateau. It's a columbarium carved into the tuff cliff.
The north (towards M. Ararat) facing entrance has been covered by a huge tuff slab. The sepulchral hall of 9qm size includes cliff carved chambers in both sides- in the façade, as well as chambers for a corpse receptacle and a sarcophagi basin.
Within the limits of the Armenian Plateau and the territories bordering on it, this find is unique among the structures of the same kind, having parallels with the famous examples of Van. The columbarium has been robbed by the Hellenistic period population, who has had funerals in the same area, yet the exploration of the territory permits to suppose the further discovery of similar structures here.
After the fall of the Van Kingdom, Agarak experienced yet another period of intensive development, becoming a large settlement of the urban type. The large quantity of wine presses and wine storage vats discovered in the excavated sectors indicates the predominant role of viticulture and winemaking in the economic life of the inhabitants of Agarak. As one of the most important points along the trade route leading from Airarat to Shirak and capital city of Ani, Agarak developed a flourishing economy and commercial sector, especially in the 3 rd and 4 th centuries BC and in the 2 nd through 4 th centuries AD. Evidence of this development is provided by the discovery of painted urban pottery, drachma of Alexander the Great, a silver denarius of Octavian Augustus, and several signet rings found in sarcophagi burials belonging to the Late Antique period of the site.
The discovery of modest amounts of glazed and cooking pottery in the alluvium layer covering the plateau's Antique strata indicates that life continued at Agarak in the high middle Ages (12 th to 14 th centuries). The final phase of the history of Agarak's inhabitation is represented by typical materials of the 17th and 18th centuries (ceramics, hearth bases, coins issued by the Khanate of Yerevan, etc.). The present utilization of the site can be understood only in the light of its entire historical development.
Generally speaking, the ancient settlement of Agarak is one of the best archaeological monuments in Armenia, represented in open-air templar complexes («Ritual landscape»), which, practically, reveal all the stages of material culture development dating from the early Bronze Age to the late Middle Ages.
Lunch. Going on with the excavation.
Breakfast. A trip to Agarak settlement. Continuing with the excavation work.
Archaeological trip to Aghavnatun village to see the tomb field, which is situated to the north-west of Aghavnatun village in Armavir region, in the southern foothills of Mount Aragats, approximately, in the joining point between Mount Aragats and Ararat valley. It's one of the largest tomb fields in Armenia, where besides burial structures of different periods, there are also preserved inhabitations, edifices of ritual significance, remains of towers, petroglyphs. The excavations of the tomb field started in 2002 by the efforts of the expedition of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. About 100 constructions have been explored so far. Those date to the 23-22th through 11-9th centuries BC or from just so called initial stages of the Middle Broze Age to initial stages of the Early Iron Age.
These burial constructions are distinguished from each other both in their structure, size, constructive characteristics, and in the variety of the burial accompanying goods: the details of the burial ritual. They are represented both by the burials done on natural cliffs and by cell slab-shaped large and small sepulchers framed in a stone circle. There are also surface burials. The burials of the tomb field belong both to common people and to the individuals with high social status, as well as to the cult animals – representing the details of the sacrifice. Among the various excavated artifacts there are simple remains of material culture for daily use, such as pottery, bronze and iron jewels (earrings, bracelets, rings, buttons), as well as objects of luxury used by the creams of society, like armaments, decorations, jewels, string of beads made of various colorful stones, wonderful examples of pottery of ritual significance, made with the help of different technological methods. The part of these objects delight with the skills and taste of the masters making them.
The major part of the burials is of 3-5 meters in diameter, but there are also monumental constructions among them of 10-18m. in diameter, that reveal the attitude and respect of the ancient societies in satisfying the sepulchral requirements of high standing individuals. The rest of the sepulchers has traces of plunder and re–burials. There still exist hundreds of unexplored burials in the tomb field, which are waiting for their turn, the moment when the specialist's pick will clean out the individuals' history and destine of travelling to the next world, held in dust and soil.
Lunch at noon. Going on with excavation.
Leaving for Aghavnatun village to continue with the started excavation of the graveyard.
Back to Yerevan in the evening. Overnight in hotel.
Breakfast. Trip to Areni village to participate in the excavation of Areni 1 –cave.
Areni village in Vayots Dzor province is one of the oldest and outstanding settlements in Vayots Dzor province of Syunik Marz in historical Great Armenia. It is located on the right bank of the river Arpa, on the rim of its gorge, crossing which the river flows through a narrow canyon out in Sharur valley. In other words the settlement has been a road junction and military point protecting the canyon between Sharur valley and Vayots Dzor. That's why in the ridge around the village (in the gorge of Amaghu) there was once a fort – castle, which ruins still survive. The village has been mentioned by Vth c. A.D. historian Yeghishe as Arpunjal, Arpanjal (Arbanjal –of Arpa). In the past Areni was situated on the left bank of the river Arpa, on a high hill, where the ruins have been preserved (now it's the village cemetery). In 13th c. principal Tarsayich Orbelian constructed a palace and made Areni a 'nstoz' (residential) fort, moving here the Syunik resident centre from Yeghegis.
By his order the head of Noravank – Bishop Sarghis (1265 – 1287) built a three-arched wide - spanned bridge, only the baseof which has survived. In the southern side of the old village, near the ruins is also located St. Astvatsatsin church of Areni which was built in 1321 by request of Bishop Hovhannes. The architecture as well as the carvings are the results of the work of famous architect Momik. There is a bas –relief of the Holy Virgin with the child on the south entrance tympanum of the church. The village area – environment is rich with various archeological monuments: cave - dwellings, castles, remains of medieval villages-settlements, separate khachkars, cemeteries, chapel- sanctuaries, e t. c. Among these Areni-1 cave is of great significance.
The monument is to the west of the village, on the left bank of the Arpa, on the high rocky formations to the right of Noravank leading road. It's a karst three-hall cave, which was formed in the rocky limestone formations spread in the Arpa gorge. Due to excavations carried out here in 2007-2008 it became quite possible to discover remains of material culture belonging to The Copper and Stone Age. Particular interest arouses the complex preserved in the first hall of the cave. It is of industrial-economic significance, composed of affiliated mud structures. This complex includes various jars, small and large troughs, barrels and other substructures for food production and storing. The wine-press is of great interest, from the adjacent plots of which there were found grape vine and pit remains. On the whole, the analysis of the excavated pottery and its sherds, the metal and stone artifacts and cloths, plant seeds and other objects of organic origin permit to date them from the end of V millennium B.C. to the first half of the IV millennium. Here there are also under age women's ritual burials, which possibly reflect the ancient ideas connected with fertility cult.
Taking into account the fact that this area (the vale of the river Arpa) owns a traditional wine-making, coming from centuries profundity, a conclusion might be made that in case of Areni-1 cave, we deal with the origin source of Armenian wine-making culture with more than 6000-year history.
Lunch at noon. Going on with the excavation.
Back to Yerevan in the evening. Supper. Overnight in hotel.
Proceeding the route of the previous day to Areni village.
Going on with the started excavation.
Back to Yerevan. Supper. Overnight in hotel.


I'm on the fence, same weekend as the Illinois rally.
Ken , is the brewery still in operation ? Look out , Guzzistajohn's fave beer is PBR .
Sent from a submarine in Oklahoma .
Hey Joe, I was thinking the exact same thing. I'd like to make Illinois, but if I don't, this looks like fun.
The brewery has been gone for a number of years, but someone is under contract to brew it from the original recipe, if I'm not mistaken.


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REVIEW: Aero Gatineau-Ottawa 2022
WORDS AND PHOTOS: CLAUDE LAFRENIERE
After two difficult years, Aero Gatineau-Ottawa managed to return to normal for its fifth edition, held from September 16-18 2022. With a total of more than 60 aircraft present, the show was bigger than ever – spurred on by the need to compensate for the missing Canadian Forces Snowbirds, who were still on a safety stand down.
After taking over in 2017 from "Wings over Gatineau", the organizers have managed to make this air show one of the most important aeronautical events in Eastern Canada. The impressive flying display programme includes a strong mix of vintage, military and civilian aircraft, accompanied by a static exhibition that featured such types as the Boeing 737, Canadair CL-415, and explore the hangars of the Vintage Wings of Canada collection, even getting up close to several aircraft that are still in the process of being restored.
At Aero Gatineau-Ottawa, aircraft participating in the flying display are parked just a few metres from the crowd, while the linear layout of the site, perpendicular to the runway, offers an excellent unobstructed field of view. Photographers could also invest in a photo pit ticket for $100 per day, or $250 for both show days and Friday's training day; the photo pit offers perfect unobstructed views towards the main taxiway just 15 metres away. Also offering good views towards the runway was the exclusive "Front Row Club", featuring private seating and catering. This costs $150 per day, making it very reasonable value compared to other Canadian events.
Causing some frustration this year was the organisation's decision to stop selling tickets on the gate, moving to online-only ticket sales. This caught out some regular visitors who arrived without a ticket and had to turn back or buy one on their smartphone. Nonetheless, enthusiasts responded in large numbers to the show; last year's drive-in event was limited to 5,000 spectators over the weekend, while this year attracted 12,000 visitors, most of whom attended on Saturday due to bad weather on Sunday. Sadly, a large part of Sunday's show was ultimately cancelled due to low cloud cover.
The flying display included a total of 30 performers, beginning at 10:30 rather than the usual time of 11:30 to accommodate the extended line up. The show started with the PZL-104 Wilga, a strange Polish aircraft with long landing gear legs and a cockpit allowing excellent visibility. Pilot Patrick Cloutier showed off the STOL capabilities of the aircraft.
As is the tradition in Gatineau, the four emblematic training aircraft of the RCAF pilot training program of the 1940s paraded through the sky of Gatineau; the Fleet Finch II, Fairchild Cornell, de Havilland Chipmunk and North American Harvard Mk.IV. Another jewel of the collection Vintage Wings of Canada, a special "Fox Moth" owned by Edward VII, Prince of Wales, also took to the air.
Vintage Wings of Canada aircraft in the flying display included the Westland Lysander, Spitfire Mk.IX and Hurricane Mk.XII. The Spitfire and Hurricane joined up for passes in close formation, in addition to their solo displays.
For the first time at Gatineau, three P-51D Mustangs came together to perform in the flying display. P-51D Mustang "Double Trouble II" was piloted by Mackenzie Cline joined Louis Horschel's TF-51D Mustang "Mad Max" and TF-51D Mustang "Little Witch", owned and piloted by Ariel Frank Luedi. Each of the three Mustangs gave a solo performance to demonstrate the impressive qualities of one of America's finest WWII fighters, while two (Mad Max and Little Witch) performed duo aerobatics. Later, "Mad Max" returned alone for a heritage flight with an RCAF CF-18. A fourth Mustang appeared on static display in the hangars of the Vintage Wings of Canada.
One of the most beautiful aircraft to fly in the skies of Gatineau for a long time was this magnificent CT-133 Silver Star piloted by Bill Calberson. It was restored in 2008 and painted to proudly display its Canadian heritage in the colours of the 414th "Black Knights" Combat Support Squadron, winning the "Best Jet Restoration" award at EAA Air Venture in Oshkosh in 2019.
Civilian performers included former Snowbirds pilot Mario Hamel in his Salto glider, Kyle Fowler in the Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ, Trevor Rafferty in the Pitts Model 12, Rick Volker in the Su-26M, and Canada's youngest aerobatic team, the Northern Stars, flying three Pitts S-2Bs. Starting with precise close formation aerobatics, the routine quickly transitions to more dynamic solo manoeuvres before re-assembling in formation. Team leader Brent Handy also performed a solo demonstration, which differed from the team display with its higher-energy, low-altitude manoeuvres.
The Canadian Armed Forces contributed several performances in the absence of the Snowbirds, starting with the Skyhawks parachute display team. The team jumped in two waves: first, a flag jump with three large flags representing Canada, the United States and Quebec, and secondly, "parabatics", demonstrating their famous figures such as the "biplane" (double canopy stack), "Tri-by-side", "Three Stack Drag" and their famous "Canadian T".
Two CT-155 Hawk jet trainers from 4 Wing at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, flew over the airport in formation for some non-aerobatic passes. One of the two Hawks was painted to commemorate the squadron's 75th anniversary (2016), its colours representing the unit's history as part of RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.
Always a favorite of the Gatineau crowd, this year's CF-18 Demonstration Team is piloted by Captain Jesse Haggart-Smith from 410 Squadron in Cold Lake, Alberta. This year's paint scheme theme is "Fighter Operations at Home and Abroad," rendered in the color operational gray with a geometric pattern that references the wings of the CF-18's namesake, the Hornet.
One of the most keenly-awaited appearances of the weekend was that of a CL-415 Super Scooper water bomber from the Quebec Government Air Service (SAG). Spectators were able to visit it on Saturday for their greatest pleasure among the static display. It was scheduled to take part in the flying display, including with a drop of 6140 liters of water from its tanks, on Sunday, but this was unfortunately cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Finally, the most anticipated moment of the day was the presentation of the USAF A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team, flown by Major Haden Fullam of the 354th Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB. Major Fullam gave a very convincing demonstration of the manoeuvrability and close air support capabilities of his jet with simulated attack passes accentuated by audio recordings of the sound of his seven-barrelled 30mm GAU-8/A Gatling gun.
Aero Gatineau-Ottawa pulled out all the stops for its return to normal, presenting us with a full and entertaining show coordinated on the fly thanks to its very efficient operational and logistical management team. We are already looking forward to the 6th edition next year.


From the beginning of March to the middle of July, 1933, wholesale commodity prices, in terms of United States dollars, advanced from an index number of 59.6 to an index number of 68.9, a rise of 15.6 per cent. The New York Times index of business activity rose from 60.0 per cent of normal in the middle of March to 86.4 per cent of normal for the week ended July 15, 1933. The combined advance of prices and of business activity shown by these indexes was the swiftest of any four-month period in the history of the United States. It was followed by a sharp reaction of prices during the third week of July in speculative markets, but business activity continued to improve, and during the fourth week in July prices appeared again to be on the upgrade.
Not to increase the prices of any merchandise sold after the date hereof over the price on July 1, 1933, by more than is made necessary by actual increases in production, replacement, or invoice costs of merchandise since July 1, 1933, or by taxes or other costs resulting from action taken pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act, and in setting such price increases, to give full weight to probable increases in sales volume and to refrain from taking profiteering advantage of the consuming public.
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