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Capture Caroline: Great Outdoors Photo Contest
By Christina LippincottMay 31, 2020June 15th, 2020No Comments
Enter the Capture Caroline: Great Outdoors Photo Contest through June 30th, 2020!
Do you have amazing photos or videos of Caroline County? Enter them in the Caroline Office of Tourism's Capture Caroline: Great Outdoors photo and video contest! Participants are invited to enter up to five photos or videos in the contest. The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to the Caroline County business of their choice. From hiking and biking to paddling and birdwatching, show us your favorite way to get outside in Caroline County!
Photos and videos may be entered by posting them to the Caroline County, MD Facebook page with the hashtag #CaptureCaroline or by emailing them to info@visitcaroline.org. Entries are due by 12pm noon on June 30th, 2020.
All eligible entries will be posted in an album on the Caroline County, MD Facebook page on July 1st, where the public will be invited to vote on them by liking the photo of their choice during a two-week open voting session. The winner will announced on the Facebook page on July 15th, 2020.
Videos should be no longer than three minutes in length and showcase the best of the outdoors in Caroline County. When submitting an entry, please provide a title for the photo or video and share details such as the location, the date taken and/or event name. Please make sure that your submitted photo or video is high resolution. Contest winners will be asked to submit a high-resolution file. Photos with watermarks are not eligible. If the photograph or video includes a recognizable person, a model release must also be completed and submitted. Model releases can be downloaded here.
Note: By entering your photograph(s) or video(s) in the Caroline County Capture Caroline Contest, you acknowledge and grant permission for it to be used by the Caroline Office of Tourism in a variety of promotional materials, including newsletters, advertisements, brochures, media kits, websites, social media sites and other print and digital communications.
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Living The High Life: The Climbing of Hua Shan (part 2)
Monday, August 26th, 2013 at 4:34 am
So, where were we?
Oh, that's right. We'd arrived at the top. Except, it wasn't the top. It was the beginning of an immense, circuitous route which visited each of the five peaks of the sacred mountain; from the North Peak, where we were now, over the much-higher Central Peak, to the West Peak, where our hostel was, and to the notorious East Peak, where we wanted to go tomorrow. I forget what the other peak was called.
Now, where exactly was that hostel again?
Owing to the slight delay in our starting time, it was 7pm, and the light was already beginning to fail. It made for some gorgeous pictures of the valley below, and the lights of nearby Xi'an City were very nearly visible through the smog. But not quite. We gazed up at the ridiculous ribbon of the Dragonback Ridge payed out above us, and resigned ourselves to another epic stair-climbing session – but not before a brief comedy interlude:
Oh, yes! The bloke behind the desk clearly didn't appreciate the irony, and I wasn't about to tell him as he was armed to the teeth. Like all good Tourist Information officers.
And so to the stairs! Forgotten those, hadn't you? Or blocked them out… Sadly, we didn't have that luxury. Dragonback ridge followed the barest knife-edge of the rock, a path at times less than a meter wide, with sheer cliffs plunging down on either side. Not a great place to be drunk, I thought, or to meet anyone coming the other way… At first I thought we were lucky with this, our lateness meaning most visitors had already left the area; but later on we discovered it's a strictly enforced one-way system, as it is simply too dangerous to allow people to try to pass each other on the ridge.
Looking back down the Ridge was even more dramatic!
Beyond the ridge we came to an unexpected guesthouse, that wasn't listed on any of our maps (Ha! Maps? We had a 2-inch line drawing on the back of our ticket. Labelled in Chinese.) The manager offered us a discount, but Roo and I had been in China long enough by this point to expect a scam of some kind. We pressed on, hauling ourselves up the ragged stone steps, until a gap in the foliage allowed us a glimpse of our destination.
"Bugger that," I said to Roo. She agreed. The West Peak shone in the distance, the last rays of sun picking out a tiny building clinging to the slope facing us. It was bloody miles away.
So, steps retraced, we booked into the cheapest dorm, and spent the night with eighteen other people, packed in so tight I could feel tremors in my bunk whenever the guy at the far side of the room scratched his arse. We'd scored some free hot water from the manager to make our noodles; in China boiling water is always freely available, in hotels, on trains, in libraries… cold water, though, was an issue. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't convince the manager that it was safe to give me any. I had a bag full of water purification pills and a state-of-the-art UV steriliser in my bag, but still I spent two hours decanting boiling water from cup to cup until it was cool enough to pour into our plastic drink bottles!
Gateway to the central peak… where a dorm-bed for $20 is a 'discount'!
Then we settled in for some sleep. We didn't get any of course, but what were we expecting, really?
It's one of the eternal mysteries of the universe: how do people who snore like a drunken sumo-wrestler, always get to sleep before everyone else? Within minutes of the lights going out, a fat bloke two beds over started moaning like a water-buffalo with its balls caught in a barbwire fence. His vocal range was impressive; from squeaks to ecstatic sighs, he covered every noise the human body is capable of making – all with the volume knob set to 11. None of it sounded healthy. Every so often, he would lapse into silence for up to a minute, and I would have the happy thought, "At last! He's died!"
But no. After an hour, I got up and shook him awake. He jabbered at me in Chinese, and I gave him my best pissed-off look, and went back to bed. He sat up, hacked and coughed for a few seconds, then spat a massive gob-full of phlegm onto the floor. And went back to sleep.
Close Quarters; the 20 bed dorm maximizes the breathing-space-to-profit ratio…
I don't think anyone else in that dorm slept. Three other people got up and woke him throughout the night, and each time he was snoring again before they climbed back into their bunks. One girl on the opposite side kept throwing her pillow at him. I spent at least an hour contemplating tipping him out of bed, and making some kind of scene so that the whole dorm could tell him what he was doing to them – but then, the faintest stirrings of light in the room made me realise than dawn was on the way. My alarm was set for 5:00am anyway, so it hardly seemed worth bothering.
At 4:00am the room came alive. All these people were eager to see the dawn, but they still had an hour and a half for that. I think they all just wanted to get the hell out of there, and a few stern words were directed at the snorer as the room emptied. This ended rather abruptly, when he stood up and pulled on a police uniform! It made me quite glad I hadn't physically assaulted him in the night.
So, dawn it was – we ate our last instant noodles on the darkened deck, and slowly, feeling every step in leg muscles still burning from the previous day's climb – we headed upwards.
As we went, we passed hundreds of people waiting to see the dawn; they thronged the path, making it more of a shoving match than a hike. There was no sign of dawn, as we moved up past them; nor would there be, as a dense curtain of vegetation shadowed most of the route. But hell, they were the ones who'd invested all this effort in seeing the sunrise. Let them stand wherever the hell they wanted! I was far more concerned with something else just up ahead…
Dawn is a rare sight in China!
As it happened, we did see the dawn. By not waiting for it, we'd already climbed higher than most by the time it arrived, and emerged onto the crest of a bare ridge. It wasn't as impressive as the crowds suggested; even this high up a sacred mountain, we were still only an hour from the city. As a result, it was more of a smog-rise than anything else.
The sun rises above the… well, let's call them clouds, shall we?
But there were other benefits to being up early. After following a series of very helpful signs (WARNING: sarcasm), we managed to find our way to the East Peak… and THIS:
The plank-walk, notorious around the internet as 'The Most Dangerous Hike In The World' ™ – is not actually part of the trail. It's an optional extra that, sadly, now requires the wearing of a harness. I know! How rude. But Roo was having a few last-minute nerves, especially after seeing the metal rungs we had to climb down just to get there…
So, maybe the harness was for the best! It certainly gave us the freedom to have a little fun (more of which later…) And because we were the first there, we had the entire Plank Walk to ourselves! We spent about 20 minutes traversing slowly around the cliff face, alone with the spectacular view, and each other. We took so long that other people started to arrive; on the way back we had to pass several tourists, a particularly scary experience involving one party unclipping their safety straps while the other squeezes around them…
Ever felt like you were flying?
And then, the excitement was done. There were of course a vast number of stairs still to climb, as we hiked the circuit between the peaks – another 8km in total, that took us over four hours. Some of it was crazy-steep, some utterly-ridiculously steep. And then there were some…
Unsurprisingly, I climbed this last one a few times too! I just can't help myself. There's a video of it HERE, if you're interested (it's the one that's been floating around on Facebook). It wasn't too difficult; a tiny old Chinese woman did it just after I'd finished. But, um, let's pretend I didn't say that. Yes, hero-type-stuff, this climb was… :0)
We were on the way down now, and I couldn't help noticing the ongoing Disneyfication of the place that had bothered me on the way up. We watched a gang of workmen with hammers chipping the ancient stone steps into gravel – while another gang set the formwork to pour concrete replacements! I think the plan is, by 2015, to turn the entire mountain into a multi-storey car park…
"Hey, if we smash these crappy old steps into gravel, we can use it in the concrete for the new ones!"
Far more interesting – and amazing – was the labour they were using to facilitate their 'repairs'. We passed porters on the way up – carrying everything from huge granite blocks, to vast lengths of metal reinforcing bars – on their shoulders! Having climbed the Soldiers Path yesterday, I could hardly believe these guys were doing it for a living – presumably several times a day – with at least thirty kilos of stone on their backs! Incredible.
Finally… at long, long last… we were done. Utterly spent! We'd never planned to hike all the way back down, as it would only be torturing ourselves to cover the same ground; instead we shelled out $15 each, to enjoy the view from the cable cars.
As we follow the other cars down, you can just see some of the Soldier's Path below us!
And of course, the bus ride back to Xi'an was fraught with the usual problems. Such as when the driver kicked us out at a random bus stop on the edge of the city, leaving us lost yet again…
But I won't bore you with details. Instead, here it is – the video from the dreaded Plank Walk… with a twist! Enjoy!
(And please, let me know what you think in the comments!)

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Theblogy.com » Why Did Winston Churchill Opposed The Pact
Why Did Winston Churchill Opposed The Pact
1 Why did the Big Three disagree?
2 Who opposed Churchill?
3 Was appeasement successful in ww2?
4 Why was the USSR not invited to the Munich Conference?
5 How did the Munich Pact contribute to the outbreak of ww2?
6 Why was Winston Churchill a good leader in ww2?
7 What action by Winston Churchill influenced Hitler's strategy?
8 Did AJP support appeasement?
9 Winston Churchill announcing Germany's unconditional surrender
10 Why did Winston Churchill resign?
11 Why was the Munich Agreement a failure?
12 How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions in the Czech region of the Sudetenland Brainly?
13 Which of Britain's major allies did Churchill not trust?
14 What did Winston Churchill say about the decision made at the Munich conference?
15 Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill. Epic Rap Battles of History
16 Did the Queen get on with Churchill?
17 What was one argument against appeasement?
18 Why did Mussolini failed to maintain power in Italy?
19 Who declared war first in ww2?
20 Did Winston Churchill disagree with appeasement?
21 Churchill: The Man Who Saved the Free World
22 Who was the Munich agreement signed by?
23 Was the Munich Agreement good or bad?
24 Why were Churchill's speeches so powerful?
25 Sir Winston Churchill Resigns (1955) | British Pathé
26 How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions?
27 Why was the Munich Pact important?
28 Why Did Winston Churchill Opposed The Pact?
29 What were the opposing views of Churchill and Chamberlain on the Munich Conference?
30 What did Winston Churchill fear the impact of the Munich Agreement?
31 Why did Britain and France become allies?
32 What caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
33 When did Churchill refuse to surrender?
34 How Winston Churchill changed the world?
35 Why is D-Day called D-Day?
36 Why was appeasement a mistake?
37 Why didnt Britain ally with Germany?
38 Why British politician Winston Churchill strongly disapproved of the Munich Agreement?
Why did the Big Three disagree?
Wanted a harsh treaty as WWI was fought on French soil and there were many casualties. Moreover there was an impression that the Germans were aggressive (Franco Prussian War). Therefore he wanted Germany to be weak by harsh reparations and to divide it into independent states.
Who opposed Churchill?
Edward Wood 1st Earl of Halifax
The Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE TD PC
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Was appeasement successful in ww2?
Appeasement was not without its critics. … In March 1939 when Germany seized the remainder of Czechoslovakia it was clear that appeasement had failed. Chamberlain now promised British support to Poland in the case of German aggression.
Why was the USSR not invited to the Munich Conference?
Britain and France were appalled that Stalin had done a deal with a leader like Hitler who clearly could not be trusted. In response Soviet politicians argued that the USSR had been sold out by Britain and France at Munich: Stalin was not consulted about the Munich Agreement. He was not even invited to the conference.
How did the Munich Pact contribute to the outbreak of ww2?
(MC)How did the Munich Pact contribute to the outbreak of World War II? It encouraged German territorial expansion. … Those opposed to U.S. intervention in the war were angered because it bypassed the country's policy of neutrality.
Why was Winston Churchill a good leader in ww2?
While Churchill's power to inspire his strategic foresight his driving passion and his unstoppable personality were the core qualities that made him an effective leader and statesman the realization that he too was a "worm" tempered his character and kept him focused.
What action by Winston Churchill influenced Hitler's strategy?
At the beginning of WWII what action by Winston Churchill influenced Hitler's strategy? Churchill refused to negotiate. Which country was the last to join the Allied Powers? a massive bombing attack.
Did AJP support appeasement?
However after 1936 he resigned from the Manchester Peace Council urged British rearmament in the face of what Taylor considered to be the Nazi menace and advocated an Anglo-Soviet alliance to contain Germany. After 1936 he also fervently criticised appeasement a stance that he would disavow in 1961.
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Why did Winston Churchill resign?
Winston Churchill's Conservative Party lost the July 1945 general election forcing him to step down as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. … He continued to lead Britain but was to suffer increasingly from health problems. Aware that he was slowing down both physically and mentally he resigned in April 1955.
Why was the Munich Agreement a failure?
It was France's and Britain's attempt to appease Hitler and prevent war. But war happened anyway and the Munich Agreement became a symbol of failed diplomacy. It left Czechoslovakia unable to defend itself gave Hitler's expansionism an air of legitimacy and convinced the dictator that Paris and London were weak.
How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions in the Czech region of the Sudetenland Brainly?
Munich Agreement affected Germany's actions in the Czech region of the Sudetenland. The correct answer is B. It led Germany to invade and occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia. The Munich Agreement was supported and signed by top leaders of France Italy Germany and Great Britain.
Which of Britain's major allies did Churchill not trust?
The Grand Alliance: a three-way shotgun marriage None of the three great powers could defeat Hitler on their own but together they plotted to divide and weaken the seemingly unstoppable German forces. Churchill deeply distrusted Stalin and Stalin famously paranoid didn't trust anyone.
What did Winston Churchill say about the decision made at the Munich conference?
I believe it is peace for our time." His words were immediately challenged by his greatest critic Winston Churchill who declared "You were given the choice between war and dishonour.
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Queen Elizabeth II. The pair who ruled during World War II enjoyed a deep and enduring friendship despite their differences. As we know Queen Elizabeth meets with the prime minister for weekly catch-ups of which no record is kept. …
What was one argument against appeasement?
The biggest argument against appeasement is it did not stop war coming in 1939.
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Mussolini failed to maintain power because Allies invaded Italy and people turned against him. … Allies were able to achieve success because of their presistance.
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Outbreak of World War II (1939) On September 1 1939 Hitler invaded Poland from the west two days later France and Britain declared war on Germany beginning World War II.
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Who was the Munich agreement signed by?
September 29–30 1938: Germany Italy Great Britain and France sign the Munich agreement by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses (the so-called Sudeten region) to Nazi Germany. German troops occupy these regions between October 1 and 10 1938.
Was the Munich Agreement good or bad?
Today the Munich Agreement is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement and the term has become "a byword for the futility of appeasing expansionist totalitarian states".
Why were Churchill's speeches so powerful?
Churchill used emotive language metaphor and powerful imagery delivering his speeches with such authority that they strengthened the nation's resolve during the darkest of days. He understood how to use words to let the listener's imagination take over transporting them to the scene of the battle.
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How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions?
How did the Munich Agreement affect Germany's actions in the Czech region of the Sudetenland? It led Germany to declare war on France and Britain. … It led Germany to uphold the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles. It led Germany to invade and occupy the rest of Czechoslovakia.
Why was the Munich Pact important?
British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. War seemed imminent and France began a partial mobilization on September 24. …
Why Did Winston Churchill Opposed The Pact?
When Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement essentially giving Czechoslovakia to the Germans in an attempt to prevent a war Churchill opposed the pact both because it was dishonorable—he said it brought "shame" to England—and because he believed it was only forestalling not preventing the war he recognized was …
What were the opposing views of Churchill and Chamberlain on the Munich Conference?
What did Winston Churchill fear the impact of the Munich Agreement?
What did Winston Churchill fear the impact of the Munich Agreement would be? He thinks that Czechoslovak State cannot be maintained as an independent entity. Chamberlain is a servant to Hitler and is feeding Hitler the Munich agreement and added consentions to keep Europe out of war.
Why did Britain and France become allies?
A motivating factor behind the agreement was undoubtedly France's desire to protect itself against possible aggression from its old rival Germany who had steadily been growing stronger in the years since its victory in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and now possessed the most powerful land army in the world.
What caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
On September 3 1939 in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland Britain and France both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
When did Churchill refuse to surrender?
Fighting the Nazis He became British prime minister in 1940 after then-leader Neville Chamberlain resigned. Churchill's refusal to surrender to Nazi Germany inspired the country. Churchill lost power after World War Two ended in 1945. But he became prime minister again in 1951 before resigning four years later.Feb 14 2019See also who studies processes that change and shape the earth
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Why was appeasement a mistake?
Appeasement was a mistake because it did not prevent war. Instead it only postponed the war which was actually a bad thing. Postponing the war was a bad thing because all it did was to give Hitler time to increase his power. When Hitler started violating the Treaty of Versailles Germany was still rather weak.
Why didnt Britain ally with Germany?
Great Britain was the aggressor in the Germany-Great Britain relationship. GB was bound by treaties to support Poland and other countries which were attacked by Germany and Germany knew this so there was aggression from the German side it just happened in other countries than Great Britain.
Why British politician Winston Churchill strongly disapproved of the Munich Agreement?
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Wyden, Merkley Call on Congress to Pass Fire Funding
Washington, D.C. – Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today called on Congress to pass a proposal from the White House to provide additional fire funding to treat the catastrophic wildfires already raging in states across the western United States.
President Obama today asked Congress to include an additional $615 million dedicated to wildfire suppression costs as part of an emergency spending request. The request also includes language to allow some fire suppression funding to be funded out of a disaster account, based on a bill Wyden and Merkley introduced last year, along with 13 bipartisan cosponsors.
"I'm very pleased that the President has asked for emergency funds to cover the true costs of fighting fires this year and has joined us in calling on Congress to fund the actual cost of fighting wildfires," Wyden said. "Sen. Merkley and I will be working with our colleagues to make sure that this additional fire money goes exactly where it's needed: to stop these conflagrations from devouring the landscape across the West."
"We need to break this vicious cycle of robbing fire prevention funds to fight fires that are already burning," Merkley said. "I'm glad the President recognizes the urgency of changing the way we fund firefighting as we face another dangerous fire season. Now Congress needs to act to ensure our communities will have the resources they need to get through this fire season without making them even more vulnerable in the future. We can and must combat wildfires in a smarter way."
Meanwhile, pursuing every possible avenue, Wyden and Merkley continue to press for a vote on their bill, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (S. 1875), which creates a long-term solution for wildfire budgets. The bill would treat the largest fires as natural disasters and fund the costs from the same kind of disaster account that already funds hurricanes and other natural disasters. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that these fires – about 1 percent of fires annually – consume 30 percent of firefighting budgets, and thus should be treated as true natural disasters.
In doing so, the bill would also end the practice of "fire borrowing," which occurs when the Forest Service and Interior Department are forced to steal money from other important programs to make up for a lack of funding in fire suppression accounts. Currently agencies base wildland fire suppression budgets on the average costs of the past 10 years, which has underestimated the actual costs 8 of the past 10 years.
Figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior show that this year's fire season is already projected to exceed the current budget by $615 million. Federal agencies are expected to spend $1.61 billion fighting fires this year, but have only $995 million available for firefighting.
The administration included the Wyden-Merkley proposal in the President's budget request to Congress earlier this year.


Seoul (South Korea): Underlining that radicalisation and terrorism are the biggest threats to global peace and security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that time has come for all right-thinking nations to join hands to eradicate terror networks.
Modi, who was conferred the Seoul Peace Price by the South Korean government, in recognition of his service to international cooperation, global growth and human development, said at the ceremony, "This award does not belong to me personally but to the people of India, the success India has achieved in the last five years, powered by the skill of 1.3 billion people."
The Prime Minister is the 14th recipient to be conferred with the award. Other past winners include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former UN Secretary-Generals Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, and renowned Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus.
"I am honoured that this award is being conferred on me in the year that we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," Modi said.
The Seoul Peace Prize was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games. The award came into existence to reflect the wishes of the Korean people yearning for long-lasting peace and stability in the Korean peninsula.
The Prime Minister said that like South Korea, India has also suffered the pain of division and cross-border terrorism.
"Our endeavour towards peaceful development has only too often been derailed by cross-border terrorism. The time has come for all right-thinking nations to join hands to completely eradicate terrorist networks. Only by doing so can we replace hate with harmony," Modi remarked.
He underscored that eradicating the global menace will replace hate with harmony, destruction with development and hence, the landscape of violence and vendetta will be transformed into a postcard for peace.
Modi said that around Rs 1 crore 30 lakh will be contributed to the 'Namami Gange' project, in an effort to clean the river which is not only considered sacred by the people of India, but as an economic lifeline.
Elaborating on the historical significance of the Seoul Peace Prize, the Prime Minister said, "The Seoul Peace Prize was established to commemorate the success of the 24th Summer Olympics held in Seoul in 1988. The games ended on Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. The games showcased the best of Korean culture, warmth of Korean hospitality and success of the Korean economy."
He said that a few weeks before the Olympic Games, the first public warnings of climate change was sounded, which is now recognised as a big threat to humankind.
"A few weeks before the Seoul Olympics, an organisation called Al-Qaeda was formed. Today, radicalisation and terrorism have become globalised and are the biggest threats to global peace and security, Modi added.
The Prime Minister said that India, as a responsible member of the international community, has been in the forefront of its collective fight against climate change. "Despite having a historically low carbon footprint, India has been playing an active role in the global fight against climate change," he added.
Reiterating that India was now the fastest growing economy in the world, the Prime Minister said, "The foundation of laying a strong economic fundamental was made possible because of major economic changes introduced like -- Make in India, Skill India, Digital India and Clean India which contributed to visible socio-economic growth. We also focused on financial inclusion, access to credit and digital transactions and support to small and medium businesses so as to spread development across the country."
"India's growth story is not only good for the people of India but also for the entire world. We live in an increasingly interconnected world. Our growth and prosperity will inevitably contribute to global growth and development," he added.Talking about the significance of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), Modi said that India partnered with like-minded countries under this sphere in an effort to harness clean and unlimited solar energy as an alternative to fossil fuels.
The Prime Minister is currently on a two-day visit to South Korea for receiving the Seoul Peace Prize as well as attending bilateral engagements. He is slated to depart for India later in the day.


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India Adds More Cancer, HIV/AIDS Drugs To Essential Medicines List
Dec 26, 2015 10:26 AM By Reuters
Man with AIDS being cared for in hospital. John Isaac / World Bank, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has revised its list of essential medicines to add drugs for diseases ranging from cancer and HIV/AIDS to hepatitis C, in a move aimed at making them more affordable.
The update to the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) is just the third since it was compiled in 1996.
It increased the list to 376 medicines from 348 and includes drugs ranging from analgesics and antivirals to contraceptives, cardiovascular and anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Reuters reported in April that more HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis medicines were likely to be added to list, which is posted on the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation's website. (http://bit.ly/1mBwpwD).
"The NLEM 2015 has been prepared adhering to the basic principles of efficacy, safety, cost-effectiveness; consideration of diseases as public health problems in India," a notice on the website said.
India had been criticized because the former list left out some life-saving drugs.
The new list takes cues from the World Health Organisation's 2015 list of essential drugs, which the United Nations agency defines as those that satisfy the priority healthcare needs of people and ensure affordability.
The revision comes after months of deliberations by a committee of experts formed by the central government last May. Views of the pharmaceutical industry and NGOs were also considered, the CDSCO said.
The committee recommended that the list, which is effective immediately, be revised every three years.
In initial thoughts, industry executives said they were yet to study the list's impact.
"We will be seeking clarification and a better understanding of its implications," said Ranjana Smetacek, director general of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) which represents large foreign drugmakers.
The Indian Pharmaceuticals Alliance, which represents large local drugmakers, did not respond to requests for immediate comment.
It is likely that medicines in the new list will be brought under price control, as was done with the previous list, some in the industry said.
Drug pricing is a contentious issue in India, where about 70 percent of people live on less than $2 a day and health insurance is inadequate.
India contributes roughly 1 percent of its total gross domestic product to healthcare, among the lowest levels of funding in the world.
Industry executives say drug prices in India are also among the lowest in the world.
India's drug pricing regulator has struggled in the past year to implement price caps and expand them to cover more drugs.
When it fixed prices of about 100 medicines citing public interest last year, the industry fired back with lawsuits.
The government soon curbed the NPPA's powers, restricting it from fixing the price of medicines not on the essential medicines list. (http://reut.rs/1Ocfo6n)
Price caps cover roughly 30 percent of the drugs sold in India.
(Reporting by Zeba Siddiqui in Mumbai; editing by Jason Neely)


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Q: pandas.DataFrame.describe() gives no output in .py script I am following Google's Machine Learning Crash Course, so that I can move on to TensorFlow. However, when I try to execute the code in First Steps With TensorFlow, I get no output from the following line:
california_housing_dataframe.describe()

Here is my full code in case it helps:
import math

from IPython import display
from matplotlib import cm
from matplotlib import gridspec
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
from sklearn import metrics
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.python.data import Dataset

tf.logging.set_verbosity(tf.logging.ERROR)
pd.options.display.max_rows = 10
pd.options.display.float_format = '{:.1f}'.format

california_housing_dataframe = pd.read_csv("https://storage.googleapis.com/mledu-datasets/california_housing_train.csv", sep=",")
california_housing_dataframe = california_housing_dataframe.reindex(np.random.permutation(california_housing_dataframe.index))
california_housing_dataframe["median_house_value"] /= 1000.0
california_housing_dataframe.describe()

So far, I have tried the following:

*

*Execute the .py file with the python command.

*Execute the .py file with the ipython command. I also tried to use arguments -i -c (i.e. ipython -i -c "%run filename.py").

*Open ipython.exe and use the run command to execute my script.

*Open ipython.exe and copy the code line by line.
Out of the above, only copying every line individually into IPython gave proper output. Is there a way to execute my script without having to copy every line in IPython?

A: Within a program only the function creating the summary in describe() is executed; in a console environment silently the result is automatically printed as well, as this is what you typically want to see there.
In your program you would have to call
print(california_housing_dataframe.describe())

explicitly.

A: The interactive python console, jupyter console etc are geared up to allow you to type a variable name, or it's attribute to display it.  This is not the case when running a script non-interactively.  Instead you must use the print() function.
print(varaible_name.attribute)

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The Bali Myna is a Critically Endangered species. It has restricted range, its habitat is destroyed, woodlands are converted to exotic plantations, but the major threat is the illegal pet-trade for cagebirds, and this threat still remains today.
Several releases of captive-bred birds involve the establishment of new populations, and these birds breed in wild, but the illegal pet-trade still continues. There are about two or three tens of birds in Bali.
Fr: Etourneau de Rothschild
All : Balistar
Esp : Estornino de Bali
Ital : Maina di Rothschild
Nd : Bali-spreeuw
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Passeriforme Order – Sturnidae Family
This Critically Endangered species is the national symbol of the Island of Bali. This beautiful bird has been discovered in 1912. Its scientific name comes from the British ornithologist Lord Rothschild.
The Bali Myna is almost all white, except for black tips on primary feathers and black terminal band on tail.
The head shows elongated white feathers on crown and nape, forming a crest. The bare facial skin extends from the lores and around the eyes, to a point behind the eye. This skin is bright cobalt-blue.
Eyes can be grey, whitish or brown. The bill is grey or brown with yellow tip. Legs and feet are bluish-grey.
Both sexes are similar, but female has shorter crest than male and she is slightly smaller.
The juvenile may have smoky wash on the back, and some cinnamon on the wings. Its crest is shorter than in adults, and sometimes absent.
The Bali Myna's alarm call is a loud "tschick tschick tschick". When it takes off, it gives a "creer" and a loud "kwik-kwi".
The song includes loud chattering notes, whistles and high-pitched notes. Displays by both sexes are accompanied by songs, especially a quiet chattering during the bowing display. The song is uttered whereas the bird bows while raising the crest feathers.
The Bali Myna frequents open woodland with grassy understorey, from tall grass with scattered trees, to woodland with spaced trees.
This species seems to avoid the closed forest.
The Bali Myna has restricted range. The species occurs on the Island of Bali in Indonesia, and especially in NW Bali.
It is resident in its range.
The Bali Myna feeds mainly on insects caught on the ground, but it also takes small reptiles and fruits. It is usually mainly arboreal when foraging, but it also can be seen on the ground when it hunts for feeding the young. It may sometimes forage for insects close to mammals.
Outside the breeding season, the Bali Myna is gregarious, living in flocks of up to 30-60 birds. They roost communally at night, arriving in small groups of 3-6 birds. These roosts are in tall trees such as dense Coconuts, or in shrubby undergrowth at 2-4 metres above the ground. Within the roost, the pairs sleep together.
During daytime, they may rest with other Sturnidae species.
But when the breeding season starts, the Bali Myna becomes territorial and aggressive, and probably roosts within its territory. They are aggressive and defend strongly the area.
The Bali Myna performs courtship displays. Allopreening is common between mates, often directed to the bare blue facial skin, and to the whole head. Both partners also perform bobbing displays during which the bird bobs head and breast up and down while perched on a branch. But when it is very excited, it bobs the entire body while shaking strongly the perch.
During the displays, the crest is raised and the bird moves the throat feathers which are fluffed.
These displays are usually accompanied by low chattering or low growl.
Other displays such as bowing followed by preening occur. Both mates are close to each other and the male exposes its long crest by bowing or by turning the head to present the nape and the raised crest to the female. When she is ready to mate, she performs sideways vibrations of the tail.
The Bali Myna appears stocky when in flight. Wings are rounded and the tail is short. The black tip of the primary flight feathers and tail are conspicuous.
The Bali Myna breeds during the rainy season, between January and April. The species is monogamous and has long-term pair-bonds.
The nest is placed in tree hole, and an abandoned woodpecker's hole is often used. Both mates line the nest with dry twigs and grass. It is placed at 4-10 metres above the ground. This species may nest in nest-boxes in captivity.
Female lays 2-3 pale blue eggs with some pale brown spots. Incubation is by female, and lasts 12-15 days. The chicks hatch naked and with closed eyes. They are brooded by female, but both parents feed them. The nestling period lasts between 22 and 24 days, but the young still depend on parents for food for up to 7 weeks after fledging. But they start to feed themselves at 4-5 weeks of age. Usually, only one chick survives to the fledging stage.
The Bali Myna is omnivorous, feeding on fruits and seeds, insects, worms and small reptiles.
It takes berries of all sizes, and also large fruits of Ficus and Morus species, and seeds of deciduous Sterculia foetida.
It consumes insects, caterpillars, ants, termites, dragonflies and grasshoppers, mainly during the rains and the nesting period.
The Bali Myna is mainly arboreal, but it may forage on the ground.


The actual greenhouse construction has been going on for some time now (myself again more in the assistant roles). I must admit that there are times when I am getting tired of the entire project, even if I am not even carrying the main burden. There are several issues in the Juliana greenhouse kit that make things more complex, confusing and difficult than they need to be. The instructions leaflet is one thing: it might be that all the aluminum parts are indeed painted black, but it is not optimal to print everything as black in the instructions with small details and bars with complex profiles. There is too much guesswork in the construction now. There are mysterious gaps in the instructions, where you just need to make a guess how to get from phase A to C, and trial and error is not good in system that is put together with soft, aluminium nuts and bolts – fastening and loosening them just a couple of times can lead to threads of nuts breaking and bolts getting stuck. Also, if there is a gap between parts in one part of the aluminium framework, it is often very hard to figure out where the source of problem is, when there are dozens of parts that connect to each other like a giant 'himmeli'. – But, we are making slow progress, pictures below.
Next Next post: Building a greenhouse, pt. 6. Ready?


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In 1942, over 50,000 Jews were deported from Slovakia to Nazi concentration camps. This collection contains the names from two of the transports. One occurred on May 18, 1942 and was from Vranov nad Topľou, Slovakia. The other was in May of 1942 and was from Poprad. There are about 1000 names in this collection. Other information includes their birth date and city, date and place where they were deported from, and any more comments.


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Shnat Netzer is a unique 8 month gap year program for young adults in Israel.
Shnat Netzer facilitates personal development, offers opportunities to study Jewish and Zionist ideals and provides a structured environment for learning about and experiencing Netzer's principles.
Shnat Netzer is an exciting, challenging and stimulating way to spend a year in Israel and to be part of a communal way of life. Shnat Netzer will broaden your horizons; offering opportunities to discover yourself and what it means to be Jewish and live in Israel from a progressive perspective.
On Shnat Netzer you will be able to form life- long friendships both with your peers from RSY-Netzer and with other Jews from around the world whom you will meet throughout the year. If you have been involved with a Netzer branch or if you have grown up in a Reform/ Progressive Jewish community and you are wondering where to go from here, this is the natural way to continue that involvement. It's a chance to acquire a whole new range of skills and abilities and many wonderful memories.
The year is spent with participants from all over the world, including South Africa, Australia, Argentina, North America, the Former Soviet Union and Europe. Together you will be able to develop skills and share experiences to help you become knowledgeable youth leaders.
Shnat Netzer is a unique 8-month leadership training programme in Israel for recent school graduates, under the direction of RSY-Netzer and Netzer Olami, The International Reform Zionist Youth Movement. The Shnat Netzer year develops the skills and knowledge necessary to become leaders in the Reform Movement, your community or at university campus. The programme facilitates personal development, study of Jewish and Zionist ideals, as well as the Reform Movement's principles and ideology, both in and out of the classroom.
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Mike Mayock 2018 Mock Draft: Steelers Select Georgia RB Sony Michel
By Dave Bryan
NFL Network draft analysts Mike Mayock released his annual mock draft Wednesday night on television and he has the Pittsburgh Steelers selecting Georgia running back Sony Michel with the 28th overall selection in the first-round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
"Perfect compliment for LeVeon Bell," Mayock said of Michel.
I'll update Mayock's full quotes on the selection of Michel after I transcribe them, but you might be interested to know that he chose the running back over Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch. Mayock later stated that he left Vander Esch out of his mock because of medical concerns about the linebacker's neck. Additionally, Mayock had mocked Alabama linebacker Rashaan Evans to the Tennessee Titans with the 25th overall selection.
"Leighton Vander Esch, one of my favorite players in this draft, has a cervical issue," Mayock said. "I know a lot of teams have him off the board. Some have discounted him, and some say he's ok. I hope he goes in the first-round because I think he's a heck of a football player. More importantly, I hope he stays healthy."
Michel, who measured in at this year's scouting combine at 5105, 214-pounds, ran his 40-yard-dash in 4.54-seconds. In his four seasons at Georgia, Michel rushed for 3,638 yards and 33 touchdowns on 591 total carries. He also caught 64 passes for 621 yards and 6 touchdowns in the 47 games that he played in.
For what it's worth, Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert did attend the Georgia pro day in March. The Steelers, however, really didn't seem to show too much interest in running backs during the pre-draft process outside of Derrius Guice and Kalen Ballage. Mayock, by the way, has Guice going to the Philadelphia Eagles with the last pick of the first-round.
The last time the Steelers drafted a running back in the first-round was in 2008 when Rashard Mendenhall was selected 23rd overall out of Illinois.
Also of note in Mayock's annual mock draft, he has the Baltimore Ravens selecting Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson 16th overall.
His full mock draft can be viewed here.
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Elton John live: A unique perspective from behind the stage
The first time I saw Elton John perform live was in 1976 at the Chicago Amphitheater. It was my first concert.
We had secured tickets from a young fellow named George Jasinski, a Chicago native and a student at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, who was the teaching assistant for the first journalism class I took in high school. He would become a big influence on me becoming a journalist, despite the fact that he abandoned journalism altogether and decided to go to law school to become a lawyer, which he is to this day.
We called him "Mr. J." and he was Chicago cool. One day after class he taught Mikki Milam and I how to do "The Hustle" dance. Her father, Jerry Milam, owned Golden Voice Recording Co. in South Pekin, Illinois, where the Head East album "Flat as a Pancake" was recorded in 1975. The making of … Read more
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When I moved into the dorms my first year at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, the guys who lived next door were enlightened and entertaining characters. Al Steinbach, a New Yorker with a dry wit, was studying engineering there in the middle of the Heartland. I'm not sure why he went all that way to do that. His roommate, Duane Morrison, was a rural gent from Grinnell, Iowa, who was studying farm management. That made more sense to me, since the university is surrounded by roughly a bazillion cornfields and two bazillion cows.
What made these guys cool to a youngster experiencing being away from home for the first time was that they had a turntable, a vinyl collection and an open-door policy. Anyone could drop in and listen to records at almost any time.
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"It's been forty this one hundred songs to me that is so heart wrenching because clearly he's talking to a long lost law and wants to reconnect. He's married she's married. It's so bitter bittersweet his across office. And so the first time i ever heard the song was actually on a meatloaf owl meatloaf covered this on. Welcome to the neighborhood. And i listened to it so long because i really liked it. But then like johnson. You realize that meatloaf or even jim steinman did write it. It was tom waits. And then you hear the original and you're like oh my god. This is so so beautiful. So."
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It's been forty this one hundred songs to me that is so heart wrenching because clearly he's talking to a long lost law and wants to reconnect. He's married she's married. It's so bitter bittersweet his across office. And so the first time i ever heard the song was actually on a meatloaf owl meatloaf covered this on. Welcome to the neighborhood. And i listened to it so long because i really liked it. But then like johnson. You realize that meatloaf or even jim steinman did write it. It was tom waits. And then you hear the original and you're like oh my god. This is so so beautiful. So.


Sophie and Florian came from France to do their post wedding photos in Wanaka. We had planned to heli up to Coromandel Peak early in the morning but the low fog we got delayed so we went on an awesome adventure to my special waterfall spot!It was magical at the waterfall we even had a rainbow appear magically in it! In the afternoon we managed to get our heli flight up to Coromandel Peak and it was well worth the wait!


He's got a new fund, and he wants you to invest.
That's Charlie Munger's opinion of academic Jeremy Siegel. But we'll soon get to see just how demented the Wizard of Wharton actually is.
Siegel has signed on as a consultant and board member at WisdomTree, a new money management company with 20 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that combine two of Siegel's favorite investment strategies: indexing and dividends. Siegel demonstrated in his recent book The Future for Investors that the 100 highest-yielding stocks of the S&P 500 outperformed the broader index by more than three percentage points annually from 1957 to 2003.
Now, with WisdomTree's offerings, we'll find out whether this strategy can work going forward.
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In other words, in an index like this, you take the good with the bad.
Nevertheless, dividend investing can be a bona fide way to beat the market with less volatility and muted risk of total capital loss. Therefore, I recommend that Fools not only take a look at the WisdomTree offerings, but also at the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index, as well as our own Motley Fool Income Investor service.
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This article was originally published on July 12, 2006. It has been updated.
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Home Depot Could Profit From Chinese Flooring Sold at Lowe's, Lumber Liquidators
Home Depot Inc., which is already the largest flooring retailer in the U.S., stands to benefit from the formaldehyde controversy surrounding two of its main competitors, Lowe's and Lumber Liquidators.
What's the Problem?
May 6, 2015 – Home Depot's reputation has remained unscathed amid accusations that Lumber Liquidators and Lowe's sold Chinese-made laminate flooring that contained toxic levels of formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing substance). As a result, Home Depot may be positioned to attract customers as its rivals scramble to recover from the controversy.
Home Depot's stock has climbed 2.9% this year, while Lowe's has gained 2.4%. Shares of Lumber Liquidators, on the other hand, have plunged nearly 60% since a "60 Minutes" report aired on March 1 that alleged the company had been selling Chinese laminate flooring that contained illegal levels of formaldehyde.
Laminate flooring, which offers a cheap, easy-to-install alternative to tile or hardwood floors, has grown in popularity in recent years. However, concerns about the manufacturing process — especially for products made in China — have dogged the industry. Formaldehyde, a chemical that has been linked to sinus infections, respiratory illness and cancer, is contained in the glue used to bind the flooring together.
"60 Minutes" Report
The "60 Minutes" investigation was the result of a June 2013 Seeking Alpha article written by hedge fund analyst Xuhua Zhou. Last week, Zhou wrote another article accusing Lowe's of selling laminate flooring that had levels of formaldehyde similar to Lumber Liquidators products.
Both companies maintain their flooring is safe; however, Lowe's has pulled the suspect products off the market until it can conduct its own investigation and testing. The flooring, sold under the Tecsun brand, was available by special order and on Lowe's website, but not in stores.
Zhou, who is short-selling Lowe's (meaning he's betting the company's stock will fall), has praised Home Depot, claiming that it maintains higher standards. He also owns shares in Home Depot.
Home Depot to Remove Phthalate Flooring
Home Depot further improved its image when it agreed last month to phase out phthalate-containing vinyl flooring by the end of the year. Phthalates, chemicals used to soften and increase the flexibility of plastic products, have been linked to adverse health complications ranging from asthma to brain damage.
Lumber Liquidators announced last week that it has stopped sourcing laminate wood from China for the time being, though it may return to the policy should customer demand warrant it. Home Depot, on the other hand, still sells Chinese flooring.
Steve Holmes, a spokesman for Home Depot, said the company requires all suppliers to comply with health standards and laws. Most of its wood products are sourced from locations in the U.S., Europe and Canada. He declined to give the percentage derived from China.
Home Depot hasn't yet decided whether it will continue selling Chinese-made laminate, according to Holmes. "The bottom line is we're confident that our laminate flooring is safe," he said.
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It's about time we updated Leroo's blog!
Leroo has become a long haired kitty. She always had a long raccoon tail, but this winter is only the second where she has grown a long winter coat. She gets a long spiky winter collar. She has been shedding a lot lately for spring and now is left with a long spiky spring fringe. Leroo is a unique little kitty. Check out her gallery.
we've had construction going on next door lately…and its pretty noisy. today leroo got in the bedroom window and started meowing at the contractors…perhaps she was telling them to quiet down.
leroo is working on spelling her name in shells…one letter at a time. she is up to R now. its been a while since her E.
leroo sat next to me lastnight..and obviously could smell something she was curious about. she sniffed around to locate where it was coming from. she sniffed my leg, the floor…looked around…sniffed the air…unsatisfied she lifted a front paw and smelled the bottom of her foot…which is why im writing this post. it was a very human thought process…peculiar smell..maybe its my feet. hehee.


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About the Chef
Everything begins with a dream.
It started with an interest that quickly exploded into a passion for creating beautiful bakes that made people happy. It was the most unadulterated kind of joy that I have experienced and I decided I wanted to equip myself with the right knowledge, technical skills and ability to create my own recipes. So I dropped everything and went to school. Le Cordon Bleu opened my eyes and heart to the world of pastries and I know it's only the beginning. 20 years in the world of entertainment and making the transition into the world of F&B has its moments and it's been quite the journey getting here, and in such unprecedented times. Well, I dreamed a little dream, took baby steps to build it, and now I step into my new role as chef.
I'm very much a storyteller, from dancing, to acting, illustrating, scriptwriting, and then directing. There was always a story I wanted to express, in all these different forms. Even as a patissiere, every creation brings forth a story. Once Upon a Time, that's how most stories start. This time it will be different because you will be part of the story and you will write the chapters together with me.
Here at Once Upon a Time, we do not work with a fixed menu. When a new creation is made, we will change the bakes. This also means every bake is offered for a limited period of time until it retires. Change is the only constant and we want to continually create exciting new things for you.
What The Fudge Brownies
Every bake has a story and What The Fudge Brownies are special because this is the story for Once Upon a Time. A friend decided she had enough of just looking at photos of my bakes and placed an order. She liked it so much, she then ordered it for friends. After her friends tried it, they placed more orders for their friends and before I knew it, WTFudge started to have a life of its own and grew. It got to a point that I had enough of my home looking like a warehouse. That's when I decided it was time for a proper place where I could indulge in baking. WTFudge is not on the menu for now, but you never know.. it could make a return some day.
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