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Epic Antarctica: From New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands to the Ross Sea to the Peninsula
126 Passengers
Thrill along the ice's edge of remote Antarctic shores—including the Antarctic Peninsula, rarely visited Western Antarctica, the impressive Ross Sea ice shelf, Australia's Macquarie Island, and the sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand. National Geographic Endurance roams free at the bottom of the world on the most untrammeled, adventurous route on this epic voyage. Extraordinary adventure is a guarantee on all of our Antarctica expeditions. Flexibility is a hallmark of our explorations, and often the shipboard day-by-day itinerary will change—so we may take full advantage of rare wildlife sightings, watching whales feed off the bow, or perfect conditions for a late day kayaking excursion.
• Discover four stunningly beautiful wilderness regions aboard the ultimate polar ship, National Geographic Endurance, providing unprecedented access, opening up unexplored opportunities in polar environments, and making polar travel safe, smooth, thrilling, and luxurious.
• In the company of a top expedition team, encounter the big tabular icebergs of the Antarctic Peninsula and remote West Antarctica, and sail along the spectacular Ross Ice Shelf, a wall of ice towering over the water by as much as 200 feet.
• Explore the seldom-visited sub-Antarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia, UNESCO sites that are havens for wildlife.
• Follow the routes of Scott, Ross, Amundsen and Shackleton.
• Be active daily. Paddle a kayak in pristine bays, hike the landscape, and Zodiac cruise amid the bergs. Capture your best images with a National Geographic photographer by your side.
• Observe unique and abundant wildlife: endemic royal penguins, gentoo and southern rockhopper penguins—and the largest of the species, the emperor penguin. Visit the world's largest colony of Adélie penguins, and see 100,000 pairs of king penguins on a single beach!
Please note that although international airline tickets are not included in the trip cost the dates of this trip include your travel dates (based on USA/USA travel).
Brief Itinerary
Days 1 to 3 Home/Auckland, New Zealand
Days 4 to 7 Fly to Bluff, N.Z./Embark Ship/Explore New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands
Day 8 At Sea
Days 9 & 10 Macquarie Island, Australia
Days 11 & 12 At Sea
Days 13 to 20 Exploring the Ross Sea
Days 21 to 27 Exploring West Antarctica
Days 28 to 32 Exploring the Antarctic Peninsula
Day 33 At Sea/Drake Passage
Day 34 Ushuaia, Argentina/Disembark/Fly to Buenos Aires
Day 35 Buenos Aires/Home
Jan 26 - Mar 01, 2022 (35 days)View Pricing Chart
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Days 1 & 2 — Home/Auckland, New Zealand
Depart on an overnight flight, crossing the International Dateline, and arriving in Auckland (international flight not included), where we check in to our hotel.
Days 4 to 7 — Fly to Bluff, N.Z./Embark Ship/Explore New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands
Today we fly to the town of Bluff, one of the oldest European settlements in New Zealand, where we embark our ship. Settle in to life aboard National Geographic Endurance and spend three incredible days discovering New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands. Located south of the New Zealand mainland in the remote Southern Ocean, these wild and beautiful islands are home to abundant and unique wildlife, with many species of birds, plants and invertebrates found nowhere else in the world. The entire marine landscape here is designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. We have special permission to explore these strictly regulated islands, which are protected at the highest level of conservation status by the New Zealand government, and considered a "bird central" among top ornithologists around the world.
Keeping a flexible weather-dependent schedule, we plan to explore several intriguing islands. Two small rocky islands, North East and Broughton, comprise The Snares, the closest subantarctic islands to New Zealand. The islands are covered with heavy tussock grass and wind-beaten forests of tree daisies. The Snares are home to huge numbers of breeding birds: the 99 recorded species include albatross, Antarctic terns and Snares crested penguins. The Auckland Islands are the largest of New Zealand's subantarctic islands, with the richest flora, prolific birdlife, and an interesting human history. Conditions permitting, we cruise in Zodiacs to Enderby Island to view a large New Zealand sea lion colony with pups all jostling for position. If we are fortunate, we may see rare yellow-eyed penguins as they move to and from their nests in the forests beyond the beach.
Day 8 — At Sea
Days 9 & 10 — Macquarie Island, Australia
On these days we plan to visit Macquarie Island, the exposed crest of an undersea ridge where the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates converge. This UNESCO World Heritage site is home to a large variety of wildlife, including thousands of seals and millions of penguins. Four species of penguin breed here. The endemic royal penguin has a population estimated at 850,000. Gentoo and southern rockhopper penguins also breed there. And imagine landing on a single beach thronged with 150,000 pairs of king penguins—one of the world's largest colonies!
Days 11 & 12 — At Sea
Days 13 to 20 — Exploring the Ross Sea
Navigate some of the most remote regions of the planet, as you explore the Ross Sea, just like Scott, Shackleton, and Ross (the 19th-century explorer for whom this sea is named). Here, we will see the impressive Ross Ice Shelf, the world's largest, and the Transantarctic Mountain Chain. Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf is enormous, covering 182,000 square miles–the size of France—and the edge of the ice shelf towers as high as 200 feet above the water's surface, with the majority of the ice below the waterline. The Ross Ice Shelf plays an important role in stabilizing the Antarctic ice sheet, buttressing the ice that is constantly moving over the land surface.
Your journey to this unique part of the Antarctic waters will likely include stops at several small islands at the bottom of the world for opportunities to hike and explore via Zodiac and kayak. Our expert staff will craft an expedition where you will learn, see, and experience more. We'll spot colonies of Adelie penguins, lazy seals, and majestic whales. We plan to visit Coulman Island, where we can see and photograph Emperor penguins, the largest of all penguins—an average bird stands some 45 inches tall and was the subject of the beloved film, March of the Penguins.
Days 21 to 27 — Exploring West Antarctica
This part of the planet is big, bold and full of adventure and magnificent scenery. The new National Geographic Endurance will be in full expedition mode, granting thrilling opportunities to crunch through thick ice and explore places few have seen. Rely on the planet's best ice team as you probe the ice's edge for wildlife, from seabirds to whales. Activities throughout our journey are always weather and ice dependent. Your captain will look for spots to "park" the ship in the pack ice, allowing guests the unique thrill of disembarking onto a frozen sea—for ice walks, cross-country skiing forays, and show-shoe hikes. Our undersea specialist captures images from the deep, revealing the hardy marine life beneath the ice. Always interesting, it can also be pioneering in this distant part of the world. There will be time, too, to relax in the library, head up to the Bridge to scan for marine life, unwind in the sauna or Yoga Room, and of course, hear presentations from our staff.
Days 28 to 32 — Exploring the Antarctic Peninsula
With 24 hours of daylight, we have ample opportunity to explore the Antarctic Peninsula and the surrounding islands. In keeping with the nature of an expedition, the schedule throughout is flexible so that we can take advantage of the unexpected—watching whales at play off the bow, taking an after-dinner Zodiac cruise, or heading out on an unplanned excursion.
We anticipate offering opportunities each day to hike, kayak among the ice floes, and experience close encounters with wildlife. You may have the thrill of watching our powerful ship crunch through the pack ice, or step ashore to thousands of Adélie and gentoo penguins. You'll learn how climate change affects the penguin populations, and how best to capture images of penguins from a National Geographic photographer. Back aboard, our undersea specialist may present video from that day's dive or show rare images taken up to 1,000 feet below the surface using our ROV.
Day 33 — At Sea/Drake Passage
On our final day aboard, enjoy one last chance to view the marine life of these southern waters. While crossing the legendary Drake Passage, spot albatross and other seabirds that glide alongside the ship. Gather to toast our epic voyage at a festive farewell dinner.
Day 34 — Ushuaia, Argentina/Disembark/Fly to Buenos Aires
After breakfast, we disembark in Ushuaia and have an overview of the southernmost city in the world. Later, we head to the airport for our private charter flight to Buenos Aires, where we check in to the hotel.
Day 35 — Buenos Aires/Home
This morning we have an overview of the city's Beaux-Art palaces and the famous balcony forever associated with Eva Peron. Later, we transfer to the airport for overnight flights home (international flight not included).
* Itinerary may be subject to change
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Atlantic Isles Discovery: From the Falklands to Madeira
Mar 12 - Apr 14, 2021 (34 days)
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All trips subject to possible fuel surcharge.
Wild Coasts of Argentina, South Georgia and the Falklands
Oct 18 - Nov 10, 2021 (24 days)
Free International Air Miami/Buenos Aires/Miami
Expires Mar 31st 2021
Journey to Antarctica: The White Continent
Nov 07 - Nov 20, 2021 (14 days)
Total Solar Eclipse — Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklands
Nov 17 - Dec 10, 2021 (24 days)
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$28,750Full $29,590Full $34,450Full $38,560Full $44,320Full $50,920Full $56,520Full $42,990Full $48,200Full
Dec 07 - Dec 20, 2021 (14 days)
Epic Antarctica: From the Peninsula to the Ross Sea to New Zealand's Sub-Antarctic Islands
Dec 27 - Jan 30, 2022 (35 days)
Jan 26 - Mar 01, 2022 (35 days)
Southern Patagonia: Glaciers, Fjords & Wildlife
Feb 25 - Mar 15, 2022 (19 days)
Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falklands
South Georgia and the Falklands
Mar 13 - Mar 31, 2023 (19 days)
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Fore Deck (deck 4) with two large windows, Alcove seating, Relax chair. 183 square ft.
Main Deck (deck 5)—Suite with balcony and sofa. 205 square ft.
Lounge Deck (deck 6)—Suite with balcony and sofa. 205 square ft.
Bridge Deck (deck 7)—Suite with balcony and sofa. 205 square ft.
Bridge Deck (deck 7)—Junior Balcony Suite with large balcony, sofa bed. 344 square ft.
Bridge Deck (deck 7)—Large Balcony Suite with large balcony, sofa bed, bathtub, walk-in closet. 430 square ft.
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Category B Solo
Back in London after an amazing 3 weeks in Antarctica, South Georgia (THE BEST!!!!) and the Falklands.
There is nothing negative to tell you, the crew, service staff and the exploration team were outstanding. I am so happy that we were able to take the kayaking option as that truly was the icing of the cake. Memories never to be forgotten, like a huge leopard seal chewing the team leader's kayak only meters from me.....or humpback whale gliding next to us.
The weather was mostly on our side and we managed many landings. The sometimes very rough sea is almost already forgotten :)
It still feels unreal that we were there.
Thank you so much and I am sure we'll contact you again when next Polar adventure will happen, but it is Switzerland next...for 3 weeks of skiing.
Warmest wishes,


Flabebe Red in game: 567 Who?
Important notice! Pokemon Flabebe Red is a fictional character of humans.
Flabébé (Japanese: ???? Flabebe) is a Fairy-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.
It evolves into Floette starting at level 19, which evolves into Florges when exposed to a Shiny Stone.
Flabébé is a small white Pokémon with green on its bottom half. It has white arms and long, notched ears, and a green tail. It has a rounded yellow "crown" on its head. It has beady eyes and blush marks, and a small nose. It is seen holding the pistil of a flower, which has petals that come in five colors: red, yellow, orange, blue, or white. These flowers are called "Fairy Flowers" in the anime. When Flabébé is born, it finds a flower and lives in and cares for it during Flabébé's lifespan. It can draw out the power of the flower it holds. It is a female-only species with no male counterpart. According to the Professor Oak's Holo Coaster from The Green, Green Grass Types of Home!, White Flower Flabébé are rare and difficult to find.
Mairin captured a Yellow Flower Flabébé, which she nicknamed Bébé, in Mega Evolution Special I.
A Red Flower Flabébé appeared in To Find a Fairy Flower!, under the ownership of Grey.
An Orange Flower Flabébé under the ownership of Shauna made a cameo appearance in Summer of Discovery!. She made another appearance in A Showcase Debut!, where she was used to help Shauna win the Coumarine City Rookie Class Pokémon Showcase along with Bulbasaur in the second round.
Red Flower and Orange Flower Flabébé made their debut appearance in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.
Multiple Red Flower, Orange Flower, Yellow Flower and Blue Flower Flabébé appeared in Facing the Grand Design!.
Multiple Orange Flower, Yellow Flower and Blue Flower Flabébé appeared in the opening sequence of Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.
A Red Flower Flabébé appeared in SM006, during a fantasy.
Flabébé is tied with Joltik, Cutiefly, Comfey and Cosmoem as the smallest Pokémon.
Because only Blue Flower, Red Flower, and Yellow Flower Floette can be found in the Friend Safari, only these forms of Flabébé can have their Hidden Ability Symbiosis.
Flabébé may be a combination of ???— flower and bébé (French for baby).


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Rise of the Demon God
Chapter 1090 - 1090: Getting Thoughts Through
Orion started to wake up slowly. As he opened his eyes, wondering where he was, he saw the body of Emperor Lu lying in the distance.
He seemed confused. What had happened after he lost consciousness? Did the guy die on his own? Or did someone help him?
As Orion thought about help, he realized that there was only one person who could have helped him.
Long Chen and the blue-eyed man continued his battle throughout the Royal City, leaving destruction behind them.
Throughout the battle, something strange was happening. Long Chen's body was being wounded by each attack that was landing on him, but a strange dark energy was also healing him faster than usual.
As for the blue-eyed man, his body was even more resilient. There was a strange Protection around him that was decreasing the impact of all the attacks that were made by Long Chen, protecting him from being seriously wounded.
The dark aura around Long Chen was slowly decreasing as if it was being used in healing him so much and that it wasn't going to last for long.
The time was running out. It was just as the man had said; the Dark Sacrifice couldn't last for a long time. It was going to run out.
As for his Destiny Protection, it didn't have any such problem.
In that regard, Long Chen was at a disadvantage. That was precisely the reason why the blue-eyed man hadn't attacked Long Chen previously since he knew that without his Destiny Protection, he was going to be at a big disadvantage.
On the other hand, at the moment, he was in a better position because he had waited and didn't lose his protection. If he had, he might be in the same position as Wu Lia.
For now, he only needed to make Long Chen's energy run out faster by wounding him as much as he could.
As long as he did what he planned, the battle was going to be over.
Unlike the scheming enemy, Long Chen was completely without a plan since his clever self didn't have the control of his body.
Even though Long Chen couldn't control his body, he could still see everything this time, unlike the first time he had used the Dark Sacrifice. Seemingly, his body was better adjusted at the moment for Dark Sacrifice.
Long Chen's real consciousness was floating in a dark place where he could see nothing but darkness.
Inside the darkness, there was a strange mirror floating before him from which he could see everything that was happening outside.
"He is clearly stalling! That bastard! Fighting him straight is a waste of time! Come on, use the Illusion or the Space!"
Long Chen was constantly cursing as he watched the mirror which was floating before him.
As he watched everything, he realized the plan of his enemy. Even he knew that he needed to kill the enemy before he ran out of time.
The problem was that this information was useless for him. Even when he knew about it, this didn't matter since he didn't have control of his body.
He knew what he had to do, but how could he since he couldn't leave this place before Dark Sacrifice ran out.
And even in the case Dark Sacrifice ran out, this wasn't going to help since Long Chen was going to be temporarily paralyzed if things happened like last time.
That was why Dark Sacrifice was the last skill he wanted to use. Since this also came with more disadvantages like fighting like a being that did have immense strength but no battle experience.
And if he couldn't kill his enemies before the Dark Sacrifice ran out, he was dead.
"Xun! Can you hear me?"
Long Chen screamed in the dark space, wondering if Xun was able to hear him. If she did, he wanted to make her think of a way to help him or at least tell his body what to do.
He kept screaming as he called out for Xun again and again, but no one responded.
Frustrated, Long Chen packed his fist and threw it towards the mirror which was floating before him. His fist passed through the mirror as if it didn't exist at all.
The mirror seemed like an illusion that wasn't affected by the punch of Long Chen.
Long Chen was about to pull back his fist when he stopped.
There was a voice in his head that was repeating, "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
He was confused about what this voice was. It seemed like his own voice, but at the same time, it also seemed different.
He pulled back his fist and realized that the voice had stopped. It only lasted for as long as his hand was touching that illusory mirror.
He couldn't help but rub his chin as he gazed at the mirror, trying to make sense of this whole thing.
Normally he would have thought that the mirror was trying to make him go mad or influence him with that voice, but there seemed to be no such effect. The voice was like a normal voice which had no impact on his head.
He thought for a few seconds before he once again touched the illusory mirror. His hand once again passed through the mirror.
As the illusory mirror remained around his hand, he realized that the voice had returned.
He could once again hear the voice, which was only repeating one word. "Kill."
"This mirror shows me what my body is seeing. Could it be that the voice is the thoughts of my body that I can hear through the mirror? That would make sense since I'm sure at the moment, my body is only thinking about killing that person," he thought as he again pulled back his hand.
This was a new discovery, but he also found it to be useless. It didn't matter if he could hear the thoughts of his body.
"If only this mirror worked the other way around, this would be so much more useful. If he could hear my thoughts instead of me hearing his."
Long Chen couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
"Wait a minute, what if that's also possible through it?" He suddenly exclaimed as he realized that he had an opportunity here.
"I must try! If I don't, this guy will ruin everything!"
With great determination, Long Chen placed his hand inside the mirror again.
"Listen to me! Stop attacking blindly! Stop attacking blindly! Listen to me!"
Long Chen also started repeating his thoughts to make his body follow through if it could hear him.
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Applicants must have passed Acharya / MA Sanskrit / equivalent.
Age limit is 20 years as on October 1, 2019.
General Knowledge and Mental Ability.
CSSET Admit Cards available from official website of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha in 20 days before the examination. Candidate can Download the Admit Card before the exam and carry to the examination hall and other important documents. Without Admit Card you are not allow to write the exam.
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What if you could never be offended by anything. I mean, anything anyone would ever say or could ever do to you. Would you wait in line for this remedy like someone waiting in line for the next iPhone release? Well, being a person who is never offended is realistically in your reach. The Psalmist says it this way in Psalm 119:165: Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them.
What are you reaching for other than the Word of God?
You will inevitably find yourself offended.
But if you reach for the Word of God, He will give you His peace which will help you not to become so easily offended. BTW, nothing shall offend them who love His law. So, grow to absolutely love the Word of God more than anyone or anything then you'll find yourself less offended by anyone or anything.
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Time to take a quick look back at what the wonderful world of rugby has churned up this weekend during the second round of 2019 Guinness Six Nations.
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And they all fell down -- well, the majority of them anyway during the men's singles portion of the Winter Olympics team figure skating competition.
But all those tumbles didn't keep NBC's three-and-a-half-hour Winter Games coverage from soaring above all competing programming Thursday night. Otherwise the Olympics ostensibly get underway Friday with the torch-lighting Opening Ceremonies from Pyeongchang.
Running from 7 to 10:32 p.m., the Olympics averaged 405,960 D-FW viewers with a peak crowd of 512,791 between 8 and 8:15 p.m. Among advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds, the Games drew an average of 127,945 viewers and hit a high of 180,995 between 8:30 to 8:45 p.m.
BB had 142,442 total viewers and 56,171 in the 18-to-49 age range. ABC's Grey's Anatomy took the runner-up spot from 7 to 8 p.m. with 213,663 total viewers and 81,136 in the 18-to-49 realm.
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ADIs: Changes in the Related Parties' Framework
by Kwame Slusher
Weak governance when it comes to 'related-party dealings' can lead to financial reputational damage.
This is the position of the Australian Prudential and Regulation Authority (APRA) and the reason behind their released Discussion Paper: Revisions to the related entities framework for ADIs, which details proposed updates to the related parties' frameworks for authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs).
In an official statement, the prudential regulator said some of the proposals to 'modernise' the framework include:
broadening the definition of related entities to include substantial shareholders, individual board directors and other related individuals;
explicitly addressing 'step-in risk' by incorporating guidance from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision;
tightening certain limits on exposure to related entities in line with limits on exposures to unrelated entities in the revised APS 221 (which deals with exposures to unrelated parties);
removing the ability for certain overseas subsidiaries to be consolidated with the standalone ADI for prudential purposes; and
updating existing reporting requirements to align with the changes to the framework.
The paper suggests that the definition of any related entity should be in line with the Basel Committee's Core Principles for effective Banking supervision.
A related entity of an ADI includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
an associate of the ADI (within the meaning given in section 50 AAA of the Corporations Act 2001);
an entity which is directly or indirectly controlled by the ADI, and any of the entity's associates;
an entity which directly or indirectly controls the ADI, and any of the entity's associates;
a substantial shareholder of the ADI and the substantial shareholder's associates;
a related individual of the ADI and the related individual's relatives, and their associates; and
an entity that exposes the ADI to step-in risk to an extent that the ADI's capital or liquidity positions would be materially impacted if the ADI were to step in to support the entity.
The proposed definition recognises the cash flow between multiple channels and this further than current definition under the current APS 222 which defines it as:
an ADI (other than subsidiaries that form part of the ELE); or
the ultimate domestic parent of an ADI (including the parent entity itself).
The paper noted that the global financial crisis highlighted some weaknesses when it comes to prudential control, and that weaknesses can expose ADIs to 'substantial contagion' risks:
Financial contagion: an ADI may have a concentration of exposures to its related entities. This has the potential to cause significant losses to the ADI, particularly if one or more of its related entities that share common sources of risk were to face significant difficulties. This risk is exacerbated by the potential for conflicts of interest to arise during the origination or ongoing management of an exposure to a related entity.
Reputational contagion: where an ADI's group members face operational or financial difficulties, investors may perceive that the group member is the ADI or the ADI may step in to support its group members beyond formal legal arrangements. This is exacerbated where group members share a common brand name with the ADI and may also occur where an ADI has a material business association with another entity.
Other avenues of contagion: conflicts of interest that may lead to relaxing of risk controls and oversight for transactions with related entities; complex group structures that negatively impact the ability of an ADI's subsidiaries to be resolved in a sound and timely manner; operational risks arising from the sharing of management and other service arrangements; the purchase or sale of assets in relation to related entities; and the transfer of risk through credit risk mitigation.
According to the discussion paper:
APRA is cognisant of the impact these reforms may have on ADIs and is particularly interested in receiving feedback on whether the proposed reforms best meet APRA's mandate to improve financial safety and financial system stability without material adverse impacts on efficiency or competition. ADIs are encouraged to provide alternative proposals where it is considered that an alternative will better meet the prudential objectives.
The consultation period for this paper is open until 28 September. The final frameworks are expected to be in place on 1 January, 2020.
Click here to read discussion paper.


I am looking for an angel investor or crowd funding company who would do a half hour Skype interview with me.
I run courses for new natural skincare business entrepreneurs and they have some basic questions around getting investor ready.
Firstly be clear with what you are pitching exactly? If it service/ product , ask yourself why I need this service/ product? What is the pain area this service/prodcut can solved? Who are my competitors? How I am different from them? And last but not least how I can make money out of it?
Answering these on a presentation will be your next pitch deck.
About finding angel investors i would recommend www.angel.co where you can create your profile and search angels related to your industry.
Also you can pitch directly to some investors by mails.
I can teach how to get investors email id using various free tools.
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Kickstrter, indiegogo are best in crowdfunding.
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Dogs Remember Even the Stupid Things We Do
Take care what you do around a dog, because they see and remember more than you might think.
By Jen Viegas
Dogs pay more attention to us than previously thought, with new research showing that they remember our actions and other events even when the occurrences didn't hold any particular importance at the time they happened.
The discovery, reported in Current Biology, adds dogs to the short list of other animals - including rats, pigeons and primates - that are known to have what's called "episodic memory." This is opposed to "semantic memory," which is a recollection of facts and rules that an individual knows without the need of remembering a specific event.
"So the difference between episodic and semantic memory can be thought of as the difference between remembering and knowing," lead author Claudia Fugazza of MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Budapest, Hungary, told Seeker.
People use episodic memory all of the time, she said. For example, if someone asks you, "What did you do first when you woke up this morning?" you could think back to that time, like rewinding video, and play the moment back in your head.
Now it's known that dogs can do something very similar.
The skill is usually tied to self-awareness, so the findings intriguingly hint that dogs could possess that form of cognition too, although Fugazza says it's "extremely challenging to design a study to test for it in dogs."
RELATED: Your Grouchy Dog May Actually Have Autism
As it stands, she and her colleagues Ákos Pogány and Ádám Miklósi had to overcome difficulties in testing canine memory skills. They took advantage of a dog trick called "Do as I Do." Dogs trained to "Do as I Do" can watch a person perform an action and then do the action themselves. For example, if their owner jumps in the air and then gives the "Do it!" command, the dog would jump in the air too.
Successfully performing the trick is not enough to prove that a dog has episodic memory, though. That's because they had to demonstrate that dogs remember what they just saw a person do even when they weren't expecting to be asked or rewarded.
To get around this problem, the researchers first trained 17 dogs to imitate human actions with the "Do as I Do" training method. Next, they did another round of training in which dogs were trained to lie down after watching the human action, no matter what it was. Examples included silly things like grabbing a purse covered with dog photos, or touching an umbrella.
Photo: A dog owner demonstrates an action: touching an umbrella with her hand. Credit: Mirko Lui
After the dogs had learned to lie down reliably, the researchers surprised them by saying "Do It!" and the dogs did what they saw the person do earlier. In other words, the dogs recalled what they'd seen the person do beforehand, even though they had no particular reason to think they'd need to remember.
RELATED: Would Your Dog Choose Praise Over Food?
In addition to showing that dogs have episodic memory, the study is the first "to assess memory of actions performed by others, not by the subjects themselves," Fugazza said, adding that it also suggests dogs remember much of what we do all of the time, "although it may seem irrelevant for them."
"This is a skill," she continued, "that might be useful for a species living in a rich and complex environment where there is so much to discover, and their human companions can be considered as knowledgeable partners to learn from."
Next, she and her team plan to investigate whether dogs understand the goals of others, or if they are just imitating the observed movements, regardless of the goal. They are curious about such matters, Fugazza said, because dogs may prove to be a great model for studying the complexity of episodic memory "especially because of their evolutionary and developmental advantage to live in human social groups."
WATCH: When Did Dogs Become Man's Best Friend?


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Q: Intellij intention 'Creates missing switch branches' not working Intellij's 'Creates missing switch branches' intention seems not to be working for me. I have enabled/disabled/enabled it with restarts of intellij, but I never get the alt-enter possibility to create a completed switch statement.
Am I missing something? I'm working with the latest version of intellij ultimate.

A: Here's an example that works :
class SwitchBranches {
    public static final int ONE = 1;
    public static final int TWO = 2;
    public static final int THREE = 3;
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If you need this functionality to create a switch statement for enum values, use the Enum 'switch' statement that misses case inspection. It is enabled by default at the "No highlighting, only fix" level. Example:
enum EnumExample {
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Hanno Koffler (West-Berlijn, 25 maart 1980) is een Duitse acteur en muzikant. Hij is als acteur bekend van de tweedelige miniserie De Dassler broers: Adidas versus Puma, de televisieserie Der Pass en de films Sommersturm en Wach. Hij speelde ook in de Oscar-genomineerde film Werk ohne Autor (2018), geregisseerd door Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

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Koffler werd geboren in West-Berlijn. In 1994 richtte hij samen met zijn broer Max Koffler de band Kerosin op, waarin hij drumde. Hij kreeg zijn eerste filmrol in de korte film Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein (2001). Daarna speelde hij samen met Lisa Maria Potthoff in REC - Kassettenjungs/Kassettenmädchen van Marco Kreuzpaintner. Hij begon te studeren aan het Max Reinhardt Seminar in Wenen, dat hij in 2007 afrondde.

Terwijl hij acteren studeerde, nam hij rollen op zich in Shakespeare's Hamlet, geregisseerd door Klaus Maria Brandauer in het Weense Burgtheater, in Ein Sommernachtstraum, ook geregisseerd door Brandauer in Altaussee, in Martin Walser's Überlebensgroß Herr Krott in München en in Elfriede Jelinek's Bambiland, dat in 2007 verscheen, werd bekroond met de Vontobel-prijs voor de beste ensemble-uitvoering op de 18e Nationale Competitie van Duitstalige acteerscholen in Salzburg en de 2e prijs op het 4e Internationale Theaterscholenfestival in Warschau.

In 2015 werd hij genomineerd voor de Deutscher Filmpreis voor beste acteur met de biografische dramafilm Härte, van regisseur Rosa von Praunheim. De film werd vertoond in de Panorama-sectie van het 65ste internationaal filmfestival van Berlijn, waar het de derde plaats won bij de Panorama Publieksprijs.

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It's no secret that I love travelling and dream of travelling the world on a caravan or a school bus converted to a van. It's what I was excited for when my wedding got finalized, that now I'll be able to travel with him whenever I want, wherever I want. Like I always say, I want to travel not like a tourist but like a traveller, and the best way to do that is by going to road trips. You don't have to hurry up for the scheduled flight or train; you can just drive and halt wherever, whenever you want and how long you want. You want to watch the sunset right on the roadside? Spend all the time you want, you have your ride, right by your side, no rush to catch a bus, train or flight.
But since we are not much accustomed to road trips and the only road trips we went were either with our families, or with friends who took care of everything. We just started travelling all by ourselves, so before we jump into the idea of getting a caravan, I guess first we'll have to become seasoned road trippers. We can't just start a life on the wheels without first getting accustomed to the roads.
So right now, we are on the research phase to choose the right road trip vehicle for us and I'm taking the help of cars.com in this regard. We have so much to keep in mind. Even though right now we are a family of two, but the possibility of being accompanied by our respective families and friends are high, which makes it even more exciting. A car that has the space to hold around 6 people and a good trunk space is what we are planning to opt for. Durability is also something to keep in mind especially since we are talking about road trips here. We are going to invest some quality time to research and use auto loan calculator to figure out what's the best car for road trip that we can afford.


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Q: ASP.NET MVC 3 - How to Reuse Solution? What's the best way to structure the base functionality of an ASP.NET MVC 3 solution so it can be reused in subsequent solutions? For example, I'm going to develop a basic skeleton MVC app with user registration using email verification, enhanced users/right/roles, blogging with comments, and a forum. I understand maintaining the business logic in class libraries but how about the controllers and views? Do I basically have to just copy and paste my base solution to create each of my new solutions?

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Here are just a few of my mixed media art handbags. Each handbag starts out as a plain wooden cigar box, then is transformed into something fun and functional. Each handbag is a one of a kind concept with a name. Also included are accessories that either complement the handbag's concept, or the idea of being on the go. I have created over a hundred of these in just the last few years. Many of my clients not only carry their handbags, they display them as they would any other work of art.


Here are some experimental poems of mine that I like.
What must I do to provoke your love?
profanities, intermingled with sobs for mercy.
and frantic fumbling for oxygen masks.
What would you think about if you knew you were consigned to die in a couple minutes? Here are my thoughts, April 25, 1999.
that God has once more raised his finger.
Ever felt like this ant? May 4, 1999.
Have you ever had parched lips? If so you might empathize with this Haiku, April 28, 1999.
One evening dining under roses?
And we would talk together for hours.
On a trip to the Congo awaken love.
And pin on your breast a ribbon in a bow.
As I seek to arouse your love.
And I would catch you in my hand.
And listening to the sea for hours.
And bring you to my arms?
Touching those lips of crimson roses?
Our hands and arms together like the petals of a rose?
Okay--not all my poems are about death and despair. This is a sestina (you can tell by the set order for repeating the final words on each line). March 10, 1999.


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The Best of What I Missed in 2015
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Look, I'll get around to my usual Top Five Games list probably next week since I'm now finally making headway in my backlog, and I might have enough material to do a Top Five Anime list, but for now I'm focusing on the best media I missed the first time around in 2015, because FUCK 2016.
Fuck this goddammed year. Fuck the past 52 weeks of never-ending misery, hatred, depression, and the erosion of the human spirit and all that feels good and worth living for in the world. In spite of what I know, I pray for 2017 to be just the little bit better, even though the mistakes we all made in the past 12 months are probably going to start biting us where it hurts starting next month. I won't give this hateful year the satisfaction knowing I found a few good things in it, which is partly why I'm holding off on my lists until later, and why I'm looking back at last year: the outstanding year that was 2015.
Looking back on it, 2015 was an amazing year, and not just by comparison. Games, movies, anime; hell, even pop music was better. There was so much good shit, that I of course missed out on a few gems here and there, so I figured it'd be a good a time as any to list the best of what I missed. And with that said:
Best Missed Music: DEATH MAGIC by HEALTH
If you want the pop music I missed the first time around, go watch Todd in the Shadow's best of 2015 list, since nearly all of it had music I ended up loving, after missing it for a year (with my personal standouts being The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face", Major Lazer & DJ Snake's "Lean On", and Big Sean's "I Don't Fuck With You"). As for music I found on my own, "Stressed Out" was a certain contender (yup, that came out back in 2015), as did "King Kunta" (yes, I'm slightly ashamed it took me this long to get into Kendrick Lamar. Only slightly, though; some things need time to age to perfection), but the one album I really got into was HEALTH's third album, DEATH MAGIC.
The last time I heard these guys was the Max Payne 3 soundtrack, one of the few truly good things of a heavily flawed game. They did a rather good job, giving the game an rather fitting sound that I'd best describe as heavy-techno, as opposed/compared to DOOM's tech-death metal, if that makes sense. DEATH MAGIC is unsettling good for the usually difficult third album, and the two standouts in it are "MEN TODAY", and "STONEFIST", the latter of which is probably what it sounds like when The Thing gets into a barroom brawl with The Hulk.
(Even by musical standards) it's loud, sounds violent, and has a fair share of somewhat disturbing music videos to go along with it, but HEALTH has found their way into my playlists just through sheer raw oomph and power. Almost makes me wish for a Max Payne 4, just for another soundtrack with them at the helm.
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Best Missed Show: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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I'm not the biggest fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I love the original Iron Man, and I have soft spots for Captain America: The First Avenger and even The Incredible Hulk, but aside from its earliest entries, the MCU right now is kind of disappointing. It now produces films that are alright, but unsurprising, which is actually worse than bad in my opinion. Some have good soundtracks (Guardians of the Galaxy), fun 3D (Doctor Strange), but nothing groundbreaking, not like Donner's Superman, The Dark Knight, Raimi's Spiderman series, or even Fox's X-men series (for the most part). Even Suicide Squad is more interesting: it's not a good movie by any stretch, but its sheer, unabashed attempt to be a superhero exploitation flick at least makes it memorable, so much so that even DVD sales of it have been better than expected.
Even Captain America: Civil War didn't do much for me, aside from give me hope that Black Panther might break the MCU's meh streak (and annoy the racists that've taken so much from us. Actually, that should be everyone's goal for the next four years: ridicule and annoy the worst of humanity, and sweet jesus start voting again, from midterm elections to friggin council seats). But while the movies are uninteresting, the MCU does have one ace up its sleeve: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Netflix finally got the first two seasons last year, and I've stuck with it ever since. My heart is still firmly with the CWDCU (Legends of Tomorrow is worth watching, guys! And even Arrow is good again!), but SHIELD has managed to make itself a worth opponent, by covering material the films won't touch. HYDRA, InHumans, Cthulhu, Ghost Rider... my one main complaint is that they didn't get Nicolas Cage back for a flame headed cameo, but hey, here's to hoping 2017 will fix that. Amongst many other things...
Best Missed Film: Creed
Have you ever had that one film that you missed in the theater, but was so good on your living room television that it doesn't matter where you saw it, as long as you sat down to witness it?
That was Creed for me. Easily the best Rocky movie (not a high bar to beat, I'll admit), and quite possibly one of the best boxing movies ever made. The interesting thing about Creed though is that while it hits many of the same story beats we've seen in other sports movies, it achieves greatness not by reinventing the wheel, but by sheer presentation. The atmosphere, direction, and overall execution is what makes Creed one of 2015's best movies.
A wonderfully diverse cast, a side of Philadelphia we rarely see in media nowadays, a kick-ass soundtrack (in spite of Meek Mill being on it) and Stallone giving a performance we all thought was beyond him; Creed is a movie I needed in the month after the election. It is the movie that can get you up when you think you're down for the count, and with its director going onto directing Black Panther, it actually makes me excited for the MCU again.
Best Missed Anime: Death Parade
2016 was not a great year for anime. If I'm going to make a top five list for it, it's not going to be one I'm proud of. If you want proof of that, go back and watch Death Parade. I finally got into it this year, finished it last night, and god DAMN, it felt like a show I needed to watch. Despite being about death (shocking, I know), it has a life to it that not only makes it better than just about everything that came out in 2016, but also one of the best anime made this decade.
So why did I hold off on watching it, even with Anime News Network singing its praises to the high heavens? Its one, single flaw: a lackluster first episode. Which is almost insulting, given how the series goes from okay to great so fast it makes your head spin. There are many other pieces that've already detailed what makes Death Parade great, so I won't (and honestly can't) go too far into what's already been said. Great character design and development, a world that feels truly unique, a wonderful soundtrack, and themes and a storyline that's simultaneously depressing, and somehow inspiring. It might not beat SNAFU for my favorite anime of 2015, but I wish I'd gotten to it sooner, since it would've easily cracked my top five list for that year (sorry Noragami).
Best Missed Game: Assassin's Creed Syndicate
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This game is not perfect. It loses too much steam in its third act, the story as a whole could be done better, the villains (while fun from a design standpoint) still leave much to be desired, and the modern day stuff needs to be figured out at this point. It's probably for the best that Ubisoft is taking a year off to get this series back on track, but for a comeback effort, Syndicate, much like most of this article's entries, deserves praise it missed out on. After the calamity that was AC: Unity, Syndicate not only felt like a game the series needed, but one the industry as a whole needs to look at and pay attention to.
Syndicate is wonderfully, beautifully diverse, and it's one of the few truly feminist games out there: two protagonists, male and female, equal to one another. Jacob and Evie Frye are some of the series's best characters, and while they aren't perfect, much like the game they star in, they were a welcome breath of fresh air. And the game itself is another improvement in the series, with the best stealth, combat, movement, and environment detail ever in an AC game. Syndicate is the sole reason I'm still looking forward to what the franchise has coming next: it might be tired, but as Syndicate showed, it still has plenty of ground to cover.
And with that, so long to 2016. Dont' let the door hit you on the way out.
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The unique Luke Watson
The Southern Kings' skipper Luke Watson © Getty Images
Players/Officials: Luke Watson
Tournaments/Tours: Super Rugby
Teams: South Africa | Southern Kings
"It is the first time ever that people will wear the Southern Kings jersey, and that has been attractive to a lot of players - to be part of a vision and part of a goal that is bigger than rugby. They will create their own part of history."
There will never be another rugby player quite like Luke Watson. Labelled "cancerous" by World Cup-winning skipper John Smit, Watson has never been far from controversy, whether through fault of his own or not.
He was famously picked by South African Rugby Union chief executive Oregon Hoskins for the pre-2007 World Cup squad and not by coach Jake White, with cynics deeming this to be due to his father's influence in South African rugby and politics - a year later Watson was quoted as saying that he wanted to vomit on the Springboks' jersey.
Staunchly anti-apartheid, even at a time when racial segregation was still very much part of life in South Africa, Watson has always been outspoken - he follows in the footsteps of his father David 'Cheeky' Watson who turned down the chance to play for the Boks during the 1970s in favour of competing in mixed-race competitions.
That only scratches the surface of Watson's mixed past and to explain it fully, by his own admission, would take numerous interviews and reams of paper. But while all that is in the past, come February 23, Watson will be carving out a new unique niche in South Africa's rugby history.
Watson is the figurehead for the Southern Kings, South Africa's newest Super Rugby franchise. Due to circumstance, it has been hurriedly assembled as they only got the nod to take part in the southern hemisphere's premier competition just over a year ago. But it is a team based and fully immersed in the country's Eastern Cape with the bulk of the players coming from within the region. Watson is proud of its significance, its ethos and his passion for the Kings and what they represent is clear.
"We are a young side, a young team," Watson told ESPN. "Our vision from a couple of years back was to bring top flight rugby to this area and our vision for that was to build a team truly representative of the demographics of this country.
"We are not going to say that we can immediately do that in the first season but our long-term goal is to be a team, a union and a hub where young black talent has the opportunity to further their career and make the most of their potential."
There are enough examples from the past of new franchises struggling in their first year to act as cautionary tales for Watson and his team-mates. He is fully aware that they will have to perform to avoid going the way in which many critics deem them destined.
"We need to be competitive and to not only represent ourselves as a region but also South Africa with pride. We need to take it game by game and see where that leads us. In the past some franchises have struggled a bit in their first opening seasons so we are not going to become presumptuous and start waving the victory banner and dream of lifting the trophy, but at the same time we do not want to sell ourselves short. We are not fully aware of what to expect of ourselves but neither will the other teams be."
And the Watson leading his team out as captain against the Western Force will be different from the one to which the South African public are accustomed. He recently apologised for his comments regarding the Springbok jersey made back in 2008 - a decision he puts down to "a lot of introspection and retrospection and maturity as a young man" - and while he is fully aware that he may not be greeted too warmly by opposition fans, he is hopeful that the Port Elizabeth support will be fully behind their ambitious ideology.
His original decision to come back to South African rugby was a risky one. The move was confirmed during the 2010-11 season when he was turning out for Premiership side Bath and at the time, the Kings did not have a guaranteed Super Rugby place.
And in many ways the two years in Bath breathed new life into his career. Previously to that he was turning out for the Stormers in Super Rugby and he arrived at The Rec under the cloud of ill-feeling from within South African rugby - even one of his Stormers team-mates, Andries Bekker, when asked whether Watson's exit would benefit the side reportedly answered: "Definitely, no question".
But Bath at the time seemed the perfect marriage. They were trying to cope with the huge fallout from the well-publicised drug scandal involving some of their top players but Watson found solace in the wounded side. The change acted as a tonic for both the player and the team.
"Having that warm reception was a breath of fresh air for me. I could be myself and could play the game without any pre-conceived ideas and without the media breathing down my neck - it made it all easier."
But the lure of the Kings and their project proved to be too much. "I don't think I could have left any other time," Watson explains. "Had I stayed there (in Bath), I would have stayed there for a long time. At the time I was looking at a three-year extension to my contract but the opportunity came along to represent the Southern Kings - it was a team in my home city and was close to my heart.
"It was a choice between two very different lifestyles and I knew there would be more and different challenges coming back to South Africa than staying at Bath - so it was the vision and goal of coming back to South Africa that clinched it. I have no regrets coming back to Port Elizabeth but it was not a decision that I took lightly."
Watson on Bath duty © Getty Images
The Kings, barring some unforeseen circumstance, will be his last club and when he finally calls time on professional rugby, he will not have a moment to put his feet up and reflect on an eventful career. Outside of the game his time is taken up by the charity he helped found - Love Story. It is focused around the parable of the Good Samaritan and, similar to his passion for the Kings, Watson's enthusiasm for his charity is infectious.
"The charity is centred around loving your neighbour. You must go beyond courtesy and call of duty and almost have to make sacrifices. In Luke 10:37 - Jesus ends with the parable where he says go and do the same as the Good Samaritan. We don't want to be the people who come and save the day; our goal is just to reflect hope.
"We have established three soup kitchens in local townships and have also built three crèches - slowly but surely we are taking step by step to contributing towards a good cause. We make hospital visits and hand out second-hand clothes to young kids, new born babies and their mothers, for example. We don't stick to one thing and whatever comes across our path we try and make the most of it."
Watson is the antithesis to the lives of some rugby players that seem, in his words, "insular and self-centred". You cannot help but admire the passion and drive of the man when talking to him.
And he is now focused on trying to pass on his experience to the rest of his Kings team. If they do fail in their opening season, then it will not be due to lack of effort on his part. Beyond this season he is unsure what the future holds, but in his own words "the story is not finished yet".
"Life has thrown quite a few curve balls at me and I am incredibly content with the direction that life has taken me but that has taught me to not look too far into the future. I might play a couple more rugby seasons and help establish the Kings into the franchise and Union. And beyond that, I'd like to continue in a similar regard to the Love Story.
"For me life is very, very short and my legacy does not lie in my accomplishments and instead in the lives I have touched and blessed along the way.
"And it is important for me that my kids grow up learning that. We can achieve many great things in life but if you haven't had the simple achievement of helping or touching someone else's life then the trophies in the cabinet aren't worth much."
Tom Hamilton is the Assistant Editor of ESPNscrum.
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Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) — South Africa plans to complete a study into the viability of a 5,000 megawatt solar energy park, which will be the world's largest if built, by the end of this month.
Initial estimates indicate that the plant, which may be built in Upington in the Northern Cape, could cost as much as 150 billion rand ($21.1 billion), government spokesman Themba Maseko told reporters in Cape Town today. The study is being conducted by South Africa's Department of Energy with the Clinton Climate Initiative.
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