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The London Agreement has now been accepted in Norway, and The Norwegian Patent Act has been amended accordingly. The changes are assumed to come into effect as of January 1, 2015. This regards European patent applications for which notice of grant has been published in the European Patent Bulletin after January 1, 2015. For a granted European patent to be validated in Norway after this date, just the patent claims have to be translated to the Norwegian language. The description must be translated to English or Norwegian if it is in French or German.
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Posted by The Ethogram on November 18, 2020 December 30, 2020
Amelia Lewis, zoologist, and member of The Royal Society of Biology and the International Society of Biosemiotic Studies, recently published a paper in the journal Biosemiotics, which builds on the concept of the 'Total Umwelt' to discuss shared meaning and social signalling in animal social groups.
The word 'umwelt', plural 'umwelten' is a German word which translated, means 'environment', but in ethology and biosemiotics, it has a more specific meaning; 'Umwelt' refers to an animal's own personal 'world'. Made up of those signs and signals an animal is physically able to sense, and those which it encounters in its habitat niche, the Umwelt of each species, and of each individual, is different. For example, fish live in aquatic environments where light, acoustic, and chemical signals travel differently than in the atmosphere. Thus, the Umwelt of a fish is very different from that of terrestrial organisms. Further, the Umwelt of a marine fish is different from that of a freshwater river fish.
Umwelt theory is the concept of early 19th century biologist and semiotician, Jakob von Uexküll, and is now key in the field of biosemiotics. In his 2003 paper, Professor Morten Tønnessen of The University of Stavanger, Norway, proposed the 'Total Umwelt' [1]. Describing the collective Umwelten of all animals in a social group, population, or community, the Total Umwelt provides the basis for the recent paper "Total Umwelten Create Shared Meaning the Emergent Properties of Animal Groups as a Result of Social Signalling". In this article, the author discusses the emergent properties that appear when the individual Umwelten in a group of animals, or 'Total Umwelten', merge via social signalling [2].
Biosemiotics investigates signs and signals which have meaning to living things, and Umwelten are formed via these sign processes. An animal perceives a sign in the environment or its body, which represents a semiotic 'object', such as hearing the acoustic vibrations of birdsong, seeing photons of light from the colours of feather plumage, or feeling hungry in response to low blood sugar levels. When a sign is interpreted, it has meaning [3]; for example, it might represent danger, food/hunger, shelter, or a suitable mate. An animal can then transmit the information as a signal, and one good example of this is a mobbing call. Many bird species make specialized calls when they detect an approaching predator, the purpose being to alert others in the social group to the risk and to deter the predator as part of a coordinated counter-attack. Indeed, some mobbing calls (e.g., those of the Siberian jay, Perisoreus infaustus) have even been found to identify the specific type of predator [4]. Almost all animals produce social signals; for example, ants achieve significant feats when working together by using olfactory signs or 'pheromone trails'. In doing so, colonies forage collectively and build large, structurally complex nests many thousands of times the size an individual alone could manage [5]. In fact, many non-group living species also show aggregative behaviour for protection and warmth, such as these peacock butterfly caterpillars on a nettle plant.
An aggregation of peacock butterfly caterpillars allows for protection from predation and the elements.
Moreover, social signalling is not limited to deliberate communication; facial expressions, body language, odours, and vocalizations all signal to other animals about an individual's emotional and physiological state. This gives rise to empathy, resulting in positive social interactions [6], like the ones between the two horses in the first photograph, and the 'allogrooming' behaviour of the socially bonded rabbits in the second.
Social behaviour in horses. These mares are part of the same social group and communicate via a mixture of signals including olfactory, vocal and tactile.
Allogrooming', or 'mutual grooming' in socially bonded domestic rabbits.
However, these incredible signalling abilities are not limited to within-species signalling. Mixed groups occur, where different species come together to form a flock, herd, hybrid swarm, or shoal. Perhaps one of the most remarkable examples is the domestication of companion animals, where we as humans have managed to successfully integrate a top predator, the wolf (Canis lupus), into our homes and family groups, in the form of the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris.
Domestic dogs have lived alongside humans for thousands of years, and social signals such as human pointing gestures, and vocalizations in both species, take on a shared meaning.
The author concludes that given the extensive reliance on social signalling in the animal kingdom, the 'Total Umwelt' is not only a number of individual 'worlds' occurring together in space and time. It is the collective shared meaning of many thousands of patterned signs and signals. When Umwelten merge, the signals give rise to emergent group properties, analogous to the functioning of a neural network made up of thousands of neurons. This exciting new development in biosemiotics and ethology provides a framework in which to study animal social group behaviour and communication, and potentially to discover novel ethological phenomena.
Lewis, A. (2020). Total Umwelten Create Shared Meaning the Emergent Properties of Animal Groups as a Result of Social Signalling. Biosemiotics, 1-11.
[1] Tønnessen, M. (2003). Umwelt ethics. Sign Systems Studies, 31(1), 281-299.
[2] Lewis, A. (2020). Total Umwelten Create Shared Meaning the Emergent Properties of Animal Groups as a Result of Social Signalling. Biosemiotics, 1-11.
[3] Barbieri, M. (2008). What is biosemiotics? Biosemiotics, 1 (1-3).
[4] Griesser, M., (2009). Mobbing calls signal predator category in a kin group-living bird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276 (1669), 2887-2892.
[5] Jackson, D.E., & Ratnieks, F.L., (2006). Communication in ants. Current biology, 16(15), R570-R574.
[6] De Waal, F.B. (2008). Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy. Annu. Rev. Psychol., 59, 279-300.
[All images provided by Amelia Lewis; Edited by Lindsey Broadus]
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I wasn't sure I could pull it off, but luck was on my side. I was picking up one of our kids from summer camp in Long Beach, and decided to drive up the coast to Santa Barbara. I convinced a friend there to find a sitter for a day and accompany me to Happy Canyon Vineyard to attend the Santa Ynez Polo Classic (see previous post on Piocho Ranch and Happy Canyon Vineyard). It was all so seamless, I was waiting for the hitch that fortunately never came. We picked out some flowy sundresses, donned our chapeaux, and braved the heat of the valley (91…nothing for a desert rat like me) in order to sip on some Happy Canyon Vineyard Rosé and watch the fast-paced polo match.
He is just as gracious as he is handsome.
The Piocho polo team. To Nacho's left stands Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., owner of Piocho and Happy Canyon Vineyard.
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Without distractions, Halloween would just have been the first anniversary of my death, a time for some mopey haunting. But I was determined not to let it get to me. The guys had accepted my ongoing presence in the house – I even had my own room still – and that meant I got to attend the annual party.
The first problem came when I tried to put on my costume. I hadn't bothered changing clothes since I died – ghost shirts don't get sweaty or stained. I gathered all the ghostly substance I could and pulled on an old polar bear outfit I'd worn for a fun run.
Grinning, I looked at the foggy figure of myself in the mirror. But the instant I stopped focusing on holding it up, the costume fell through me, dropping in a disheartening heap on the floor.
I wasn't going to let this get me down. Tonight was my night. Walking through the door, I left my abandoned costume and headed down to join the party.
There was already a small crowd around my favourite party tradition, punch bowl apple bobbing. Friends greeted me enthusiastically, and Little Dave waved me forward.
To cheers and shouts of "Apple chug!" I leaned forward and plunged my open mouth at the nearest fruit.
The apple bobbed up through my ghostly head, to a mix of groans and laughter. Hiding my disappointment, I forced a grin and mugged for the crowd, then hurried away.
She leaned forward, trying to lean on me as she reached for my cheek, and fell through me to the floor.
This time even I laughed. What's not funny about drunks falling over? Give it a few hours and I could be one of them.
It was time to accept my place and roll with it.
Carefully focusing, I took the glass between my fingers, raised it to my lips and tipped it back.
For the briefest moment I tasted the gloriously fiery flavour of the drink. Then it fell through me, creating an embarrassing damp patch on the carpet.
"Next!" Rob, oblivious to what had happened, started pouring me another.
"No, thanks," I muttered, slumping as I walked away, feeling more excluded than ever.
The front door was open, but that didn't stop a group of trick-or-treaters ringing the bell. Out of years of habit, I reached for the candy bowl, only for my hand to pass through it and the table below.
I turned to see half-a-dozen ten-year-olds in costumes from cartoons, all staring slack-jawed at me.
"That was awesome," one of them whispered, wide-eyed.
"Arrrghhh!" screamed another, and the rest joined in.
As they ran off into the night, I finally managed a genuine smile. Easing myself back into the wall, I got ready to spring out on the next group of visitors. Maybe there was a place for me in Halloween after all.
I reached for a can of beer someone had left on the hall table. It slid through my hand.
It's Halloween weekend, the time of year when things get spoooooky…. Or just costumed and over-excited on sugar. Either way, time for a seasonal story.
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HAVING toppled the Berlin Wall, the forces of democracy are now targeting ... Wall Street? ``Even most of the Eastern Bloc countries now have elections that are more democratic than those of America's publicly owned corporations,'' writes Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman who mounted a dozen hostile corporate takeover bids in the 1980s.
``Our corporations run the only elections in America where the incumbents alone decide who will run for office, then send the ballot to the voters, who must sign the ballot and return it to the incumbents, who then count the returns and announce the results,'' he adds.
That's nothing. Panama, the middle of the Everglades, and the wilds of Wyoming are places corporations have held annual meetings to discourage shareholders from even attending. Other firms have scheduled meetings on the fourth of July or over the Christmas holiday, according to ``The Misfortune 500,'' an expos'e of corporate misbehaviour.
And when shareholders showed up anyway to raise unwelcome questions, executives have had gangs of employees shout them down, have cut off their microphones, even had guards throw them out.
Management highhandness may be going the way of the one-party state. At their annual meetings this spring, corporations around the United States can expect shareholders to clamor for rule changes that would give them a bigger say, especially on controversial anti-takeover measures (see sidebar).
Last week's proxy fight at Lockheed Corp. has been the season's biggest shareholder rights battle so far. Counting the votes will take some time, but even if dissidents led by Texas investor Harold Simmons are defeated, management has promised to make concessions.
Fifty other companies are the targets of ``pro-shareholder'' proxy proposals put forward by the United Shareholders Association (USA), a 62,000-member organization founded by Mr. Pickens. He has long crusaded against measures that companies take to prevent hostile takeovers, charging that executives use these tactics to entrench themselves at the top, regardless of how little company stock they own or how the company performs.
``If a football coach goes 0-11 two years in a row, he's history,'' says Ralph Whitworth, USA's director. ``Look at Roger Smith at [General Motors Corporation]. He's gone 0-11 for the last nine years in a row, and you can't get rid of him.'' He says that during the GM chairman's tenure the auto giant's share of the domestic market for cars and trucks has fallen from 43 percent to 35 percent, wiping out 180,000 jobs.
Pickens is a newcomer to shareholder activism compared to John and Lewis Gilbert. For half a century the persistent brothers, who own a handful of shares in hundreds of firms, have made the rounds of those annual meetings to push for shareholder rights - an uphill battle.
``Historically, management wins and shareholder proposals lose,'' says Peg O'Hara of the Investor Responsibility Research Center in Washington. The IRRC evaluates shareholder resolutions for stockholding institutions and pensions funds. Ms. O'Hara says institutional investors, which own more than 30 percent of all corporate stock, used to vote automatically with management, if they bothered to vote at all.
Institutions own 60 percent of Lockheed stock, and many sided with Mr. Simmons. ``The company was underperforming and had for quite a few years,'' says Maryellen Andersen at the State of Connecticut Retirement and Trust Funds, which voted against Lockheed management.
Big investors have awakened to the fact that anti-takeover measures can dampen a stock's price, hurting the performance of their portfolios. Management rebuffs to shareholder questions have spurred their concerns.
Also, the Department of Labor has been more active in recent years in prompting the funds to vote - and to know why they voted the way they did - as a matter of fiduciary responsibility. The department regulates corporate and labor pension funds and ``pretty much sets standards'' that other institutional stockholders follow, O'Hara says.
``Years ago,'' says Mr. Gilbert, ``we got only 3 percent'' of the votes for resolutions the brothers introduced. ``Now the institutions vote with us, not against us. We get terrific votes,'' topping 50 percent on a resolution at Outboard Marine Corporation's Jan. 18 meeting this year (but falling short of the ``supermajority'' of over 70 percent needed to win).
``We've had many battles with Mr. Pickens, incidentally,'' Gilbert adds. In 1985 Pickens converted his company, Mesa Petroleum, into a master limited partnership, which isn't required to elect a board of directors or hold an annual meeting. The Gilberts had to persuade Pickens to do both.
Then, ``two years ago, the way he conducted the annual meeting was disgraceful,'' Gilbert says. Pickens didn't want to allow discussion of management or shareholder proposals before voting. They objected; Pickens relented. (A Mesa spokesman says Gilbert made some valid points, but that calling the meeting disgraceful ``significantly overstates'' the case.) This year they want a post-meeting report.
``Since he tells everybody else what to do, he should set the example,'' Gilbert says.


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A man and a woman have been killed when their car collided with a Matale bound SLT bus at Molagoda this morning, the Police said.
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Introducing The Cubano Sandwich Pizza – The First Of Its Kind
By JJ Foster - January 15, 2019
In short, the Cubano sandwich needs meat and cheese. Whether it be ham or salami with Swiss or some other variety of cheese, these are the main components of the classic sandwich. Now though, a chef is transforming it into a pizza.
James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz is hell-bent on putting a pizza spin on the Cubano sandwich. Seeing that he is based in Miami, Florida, Schwartz knows all about the Cubano as Miami is basically the home of this iconic sandwich.
Probably what makes the Cubano such a popular sandwich is that there are so many versions of it in Miami alone. Everyone thinks they know where the best sandwich place is in this part of the world. Whether it has roasted pork or ham in it, their version is the best.
However, many Miami residents will agree that Little Havana's Versaille has a pretty good version of it. In fact, Versaille is believed to be one of the most iconic Cuban restaurants in the U.S. Michael Schwartz appreciates the level of tradition that goes into the sandwich preparation at this particular restaurant.
"I've been a fan of Versailles since moving to Miami in the early '90s and as a chef I have a keen appreciation for the Valls family's commitment to keeping it simple and doing things right," he said.
Essentially, this restaurant takes the bread, makes sure the center is generously doughy, and that it has all the classic components of a Cubano, such as ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and a crispy texture after being hot-pressed for the right amount of time. However, Schwartz is ready to put his own stamp on the classic.
"We love to get creative with toppings combinations on our pizzas, and taking this one for a spin is a long time coming," Schwartz said. "We're grateful to Versailles for trusting us with their ingredients, and for their genuine enthusiasm in having fun with the formula."
Now, the Cubano sandwich pizza, the very first of its kind is available at South Florida's Genuine Pizza. The pizza is beautifully presented with gruyere and fontina cheese, roasted pork, ham and mustard sauce.
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U.S. Pacific islands brace for long recovery after 'catastrophic' typhoon
(Reuters) – Authorities in the Northern Mariana Islands called for urgent supplies and equipment on Friday and were preparing for weeks without power after being hit by their most powerful typhoon in half a century, killing one woman and causing widespread destruction.
Super Typhoon Yutu, a category five storm, struck the U.S. Western Pacific territory overnight on Wednesday, pulling down hundreds of electricity poles, damaging homes and commercial properties and the international airport on Saipan, located about 6,000 km (3,700 miles) west of Hawaii.
A damaged structure is seen at Saipan International Airport after Super Typhoon Yutu hit the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S., October 25, 2018 in this image taken from social media. Brad Ruszala via REUTERS
On the island of Tinian, which took a direct hit from Yutu, the mayor asked for tools, machetes and chainsaws to help clear debris and urged residents to be patient and conserve fuel, food and water as emergency supplies had yet to arrive.
"Please be calm, help is on its way," mayor Joey Patrick San Nicolas said in a Facebook Live video.
"Our stores are not opening, restaurants have been destroyed and we are left with what we have in our refrigerators in our homes. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of emergency of military aircraft."
With winds of about 270 kph (168 mph), Yutu was the strongest typhoon seen in the archipelago of 52,000 people since 1968, according to governor Ralph Torres.
He said a long recovery period was ahead and he was pressing the central government for a major disaster to be declared and approved by U.S. President Donald Trump, so the Marianas could receive federal disaster assistance.
Torres said a 44-year-old woman in Saipan had been killed while sheltering in an abandoned building that collapsed.
"This is an unfortunate incident," he said, adding that authorities were focusing on saving and preserving lives.
"Our first responders remain vigilant and (are) working around the clock."
U.S. health secretary, Alex Azar, declared a public health emergency for the islands on Thursday to boost access to medical care after what he described as a "catastrophic" storm.
Water pipes were damaged and all flights to Saipan's airport halted. Images on social media showed some buildings near the airport leveled by the storm, beneath them crushed vehicles and debris scattered over large areas.
Some 200-300 power poles had been toppled, and 400-500 were leaning. Authorities requested at least 700 replacements and transformers and said restoring power to pump water was top priority.
Yutu was traveling at 20 kph on Friday, with winds of 180 kph and gusts 220 kph and headed toward the northern Philippines, where the state weather agency said it could make landfall early on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Martin Petty in Manila; Editing by Michael Perry)
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Return Engagement
A legendary singer is back in form.
By Michael McCall
DECEMBER 15, 1997: Ten years ago, while participating in a music-business convention in New York City, I stood on a street curb hailing a cab in the rain. A small, frail woman with deeply lined features and straggly salt-and-pepper hair politely asked where I was headed. It turned out we were going to the same convention gathering, so we decided to split the fare. When I asked if she was in the music business, she said she had been, but it had been awhile. Now she lived in Michigan and spent most of her time as a mother and housewife. When she found out I was a music critic, she popped question after question, inquiring about new bands and old favorites. All the while, her voice was gentle, her manner courteous yet strangely intense.
We kept talking as we got out of the cab and walked inside. Before we got very far, several people rushed to her. It was then that I heard a man, in a grandly pompous voice, introduce his friends to Patti Smith. She looked at me just as my mouth dropped and my face flushed, and she let out the kind of wickedly wry smile people flash when they're in on a joke.
I stood dumbfounded for several minutes. During the ride, I'd listed her among my rock 'n' roll heroes. She responded by asking if I'd ever seen a live performance by Iggy Pop, another name I'd referenced. Inside the hotel, standing there frozen in a mix of panic and embarrassment, I desperately wished I owned the ability to disappear at will. Unable to, I tried to back away slowly. But she motioned for me to wait.
After a while, she led me aside. We both laughed and apologized, and we found an out-of-the-way place to talk some more--about aging (she was 40, I was 30), about marriage and relationships, about growing up in an industrial Northern city, and about the period in life when rock 'n' roll goes beyond simply feeding hormonal urges.
At the time, it had been eight years since Smith had retreated from rock 'n' roll stardom, hiding out in the home state of her husband, Fred Smith, a former member of the Detroit-based MC5. It was hard for her fans to envision the onetime underground priestess living in a Detroit suburb. She personified punk rock before the term had been coined; how could she have ended up frying eggs and dusting furniture and birthing babies?
It wasn't so hard to imagine after meeting her. That day, she came across as reflective, considerate, and curious about literature, art, and existence. The woman who had opened her first album by seething "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine" now spoke of writing lullabies and singing her children to sleep.
That experience was a far cry from my previous encounter with her. In 1979, for a press conference in San Francisco, she changed arrangements at the last minute and sent word that she wasn't leaving her hotel room. If anyone wanted to talk to her, they had to come to her. Always wan, that day she appeared unbelievably thin and bedraggled, with enormous dark circles under her eyes and an equally dark air of hostility hovering around her.
Patti Smith's shows promise to recall confrontational live performances from years past
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"I'm not human," she once repeated in one of the most fiercely chilling lines ever delivered in a rock 'n' roll song. That day, the line sounded like prophecy. As a crowd of reporters filed into the room, she pointed at one and barked a question inquiring about her intentions. She then looked the crowd over, eyes raging, and said that she wanted each person to explain why they were there. If she didn't like the answer, she said, she would order them to leave. Fortunately, it never got that far; her mind skipped to another topic, and the press conference, as it was, had begun.
Less than three months later, on Sept. 10, 1979, Smith performed her final concert before going into seclusion. There was no fanfare, no farewell tour. No one knew she was going away until long after she was already gone. Suddenly, the message she presented on the cover of her fourth album, 1979's Wave, seemed ominous: There she stood, waving goodbye, white doves perched on her fingers. In the mid-'70s, Smith had often ended concerts by saying, "Next time we're in town, don't even come to see us. Be at another club playing yourself." Her departure cashed in on an old promise.
The week we met in New York, Smith had rejoined with Arista Records to announce her comeback. The following year, she released Dream of Life, a collaboration with her husband that featured the radio anthem "People Have the Power" and several of the lullabies she had been working on. Less unhinged and impassioned than her earlier work, the collection also showed a deeper sense of compassion and connection. But it was hardly a major coming out. She performed only twice, and she granted only one interview before rushing back into hiding.
Smith started work on another album prior to her husband's death in November of 1994. Her brother Todd Smith, to whom she had always been very close, died a month later. Robert Mapplethorpe, the controversial New York photographer who had been her roommate and best friend, had also just died after a long bout with AIDS. Smith reacted by pouring herself into music with a commitment she hadn't shown in more than 16 years. The life-changing events she'd experienced greatly affected the music she created; 1996's Gone Again turned out as a collective thread of moody, folk-like dirges pondering mortality, loss, and spiritual renewal. As mad as it is sad, the album has a beautiful defiance that suggests people sometimes grow both more vulnerable and more resilient as they age.
Smith's quick follow-up, the new Peace and Noise, is even stronger. Back in touch with her rage, the singer fills the album with an edgy, simmering power that rarely erupts in release. Instead, the record churns along at a moderate pace, filled with uneasy passages that are sometimes difficult to endure--though they're always worth the trouble. Overall, Smith takes greater chances here than on any album she's made since 1976's Radio Ethiopia.
Although she has been performing intermittently since last year, Smith recently embarked on her first full-fledged U.S. tour in more than 18 years. Word has it that the more she plays live, the more she transforms herself into an aggressively confrontational performer once again, leaving damaged roadies and bruised photographers in her wake. She's spitting, scowling, propelling herself wildly across stages, and spouting impromptu comments. (At one show, she introduced the song "Piss Factory" by saying, "Here's one my mother vacuums the floor to.") She's opening many of her concerts by reading from her volumes of poetry, then bringing out the band, which includes such longtime supporters as guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer J.D. Daugherty.
By the time she reaches 328 Performance Hall on Dec. 19, she will have traveled quite a distance since she first reappeared 10 years ago. Gone is the frail housewife from Michigan. Patti Smith is back.
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Q: Möbius band parameterizaton: Showing injective So, I'm trying to show that the parameteization function from $\mathbb R^2$ to $\mathbb R^3$ given in the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_band#Geometry_and_topology is injective on the interior of the domain.   (this is part of a larger exercise I'm doing in a general topology class showing it is homeomorphic to an identification space of the unit square).  Trying to do it by brute force gets me 3 equations with 4 unknowns.  Is there a multivariable analysis way to do this?  I know the implicit function theorem/inverse function theorem can give locally 1-1,  but I need 1-1 on the entire open unit square.

A: The question is about proving that the mapping $f:(u,v)\mapsto (x,y,z)$ where
$$
\begin{aligned}
x(u,v)&= \left(1+\frac{v}{2} \cos \frac{u}{2}\right)\cos u,\\
y(u,v)&= \left(1+\frac{v}{2} \cos\frac{u}{2}\right)\sin u,\\
z(u,v)&= \frac{v}{2}\sin \frac{u}{2}
\end{aligned}
$$
is injective on the rectangle $(u,v)\in(0,2\pi)\times[-1,1]$.
Assume that $f(u_1,v_1)=(x,y,z)=f(u_2,v_2)$.
Here always
$$
\sqrt{x^2+y^2}=\left(1+\frac{v}{2} \cos \frac{u}{2}\right)\in[\frac12,\frac32].
$$
So the assumption implies that
$$
\cos u_1=\frac{x}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}=\cos u_2
$$
and similarly that
$$
\sin u_1=\frac{y}{\sqrt{x^2+y^2}}=\sin u_2.
$$
But the point $(\cos u,\sin u)$ on the unit circle determines the angle $u$
up to an integer multiple of $2\pi$. Therefore we can conclude that $u_1=u_2=u$.
Furthermore, if $\cos(u/2)\neq0$ then from
$$
\left(1+\frac{v_1}{2} \cos \frac{u}{2}\right)=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}=\left(1+\frac{v_2}{2} \cos \frac{u}{2}\right)
$$
we get $v_1=v_2$ by cancelling the $1$s and dividing by $\cos(u/2)$. On the other hand, if $\cos(u/2)=0$ then $\sin(u/2)\neq0$, and we reach the same conclusion from
$$
\frac{v_1}{2}\sin \frac{u}{2}=z=\frac{v_2}{2}\sin \frac{u}{2}.
$$
The claimed injectivity follows from this.

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Cryptocurrency speculation scheme BANCOR looks engineered to be "a planned failure" – interview with Kevin Lawton (part 2)
Monday, July 31, 2017 by: Mike Adams
Tags: bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, ethereum, financial services, hard fork, Health Ranger, ico, interview, Kevin Lawton, micropayments
(Natural News) In case you missed part one of our Kevin Lawton interview on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, you may want to go back and watch it.
Today, we publish part two of the interview, covering all the following topics:
– How Ethereum works, using "Ether" fuel to pay for the running of small programs across the Ethereum network.
– The shocking truth: Nearly all programs (Smart Contracts) running on Ethereum are nothing more than code to create MORE cryptocurrency coins. There are virtually no real-world applications being deployed that might accomplish real tasks.
– "They are nothing more than a spreadsheet." Despite all the hype about blockchain tech, so far the applications are little more than spreadsheets in the cloud.
– Why Bancor's entire business model can't work, even though it raised $150 million in an ICO. "There's a failure built right into the mechanism." Lawton says, "I don't know a way this could actually be valid. It looks to me like this is essentially a planned failure."
– There's no upgrade path for smart contracts, so the code is highly vulnerable if code flaws are discovered.
– Why mining is obsolete, and cryptocurrencies that rely on mining cannot scale up and represent a wildly inefficient use of resources.
– Why Ethereum is plagued by bad coding practices and faulty "smart contracts."
– For cryptocurrencies to grow, the underlying infrastructure (mining, blockchain, etc.) must become far more efficient and "nearly free."
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Today, TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) welcomed the Government of Canada's new Policy Direction, which orders the CRTC to promote competition, affordability and consumers' interests in its oversight of Canada's telecommunications industry.
"Today the Government ordered the CRTC to put competition and consumers at the heart of its decision-making," said Marc Gaudrault, TekSavvy's CEO. "Now it is up to the CRTC to make decisions so that competition lowers prices and improves service offerings. TekSavvy is committed to growing in Canada, and we will continue to invest in infrastructure, innovations, and communities."
TekSavvy hopes the CRTC will quickly fix policies that deny consumer choice and keep prices high, such as by setting fair wholesale rates, removing Internet speed caps on competitors, and finally opening up the wireless sector for competition. In 2016, the CRTC rebuked the large carriers for breaking its wholesale rate-setting rules and called their behaviour "very disturbing". The large carriers overbilled more than $300 million that would have otherwise been passed on as savings to customers or invested in new infrastructure. The CRTC has not set final rates or refunded the overbilled amounts.
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DEL MAR, CA-Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals has purchased a half-acre piece of land for $4.4 million in Del Mar city.
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The barren plot situated in 2160 Balboa Avenue was sold by the city of Del Mar in an effort to clear its debt on a park land purchase made in 2006. Palmer bought the property in September at a public auction and was required to pay a 10% buyer's premium in addition to the sale price. For the full story, go to North County Times.


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Pierwomrówka łagodna (Formica fusca) – gatunek mrówki z podrodziny Formicinae o zasięgu palearktycznym, pospolicie występujący w Europie.

Występowanie
Zasięg występowania obejmuje obszar Palearktyki, od Portugalii na zachodzie, do Japonii na wschodzie i od Włoch na południu, do Półwyspu Fennoskandzkiego na północy. Pierwomrówka łagodna gniazduje z reguły w próchniejących pniach, pod kamieniami na obszarach zrębu, oraz wzdłuż granic lasów i żywopłotów.

Pierwomrówki łagodne żywią się małymi owadami, spadzią mszyc i nektarem roślin. Uskrzydlone formy wykluwają się na przełomie czerwca i lipca, a rójka odbywa się na przełomie lipca i sierpnia.

U robotnic odkryto bardzo wysoką odporność na niektóre patogeny i uważa się, że może to być spowodowane wykorzystywaniem antybakteryjnych własności kwasu mrówkowego F.fusca, oprócz używania przez nie gruczołu metapleuralnego.

W ostatnich badaniach zaobserwowano oznaki nepotyzmu u F. fusca co kontrastuje z wcześniejszymi badaniami z innymi gatunkami mrówek; ta konkluzja została jednakże podważona – zaobserwowana zależność mogła wynikać z różnic między żywotnością jaj.

Podgatunki
U Pierwomrówki łagodnej wyodrębniono 6 podgatunków:
 Formica fusca alpicola Gredler, 1858
 Formica fusca fusca Linnaeus, 1758
 Formica fusca fuscolemani Samsinak, 1951
 Formica fusca hyrcana Arnol'di, 1968
 Formica fusca maura Santschi, 1929
 Formica fusca tombeuri Bondroit, 1917

Zobacz też
 Błonkoskrzydłe Polski

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Collingwood C. A. (1979) The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol. 8, Scandinavian Science Press, Klampenborg, Denmark.

Mrówkowate
Błonkówki Europy
Błonkówki Azji
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1758 roku

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1. A micro-ring resonator (MRR)-based Generic Wavelength-routed Optical Router (GWOR) is proposed. A method for developing any sized GWOR is introduced. GWOR is a scalable non-blocking ONoC architecture with simple structure, low cost and high power efficiency compared to existing ONoC designs.
2. To expand the bandwidth and improve the fault tolerance of the GWOR, a redundant GWOR architecture is designed by cascading different type of GWORs into one network.
3. The redundant GWOR built with MRR-based comb switches is proposed. Comb switches can expand the bandwidth while keep the topology of GWOR unchanged by replacing the general MRRs with comb switches.
4. A butterfly fat tree (BFT)-based hybrid optoelectronic NoC (HONoC) architecture is developed in which GWORs are used for global communication and electronic routers are used for local communication. The proposed HONoC uses less numbers of electronic routers and links than its counterpart of electronic BFT-based NoC. It takes the advantages of GWOR in optical communication and BFT in non-uniform traffic communication and three-dimension (3D) implementation.
5. A cycle-accurate NoC simulator is developed to evaluate the performance of proposed HONoC architectures. It is a comprehensive platform that can simulate both electronic and optical NoCs. Different size HONoC architectures are evaluated in terms of throughput, latency and energy dissipation. Simulation results confirm that HONoC achieves good network performance with lower power consumption.
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Misumenops consuetus är en spindelart som först beskrevs av Banks 1898.  Misumenops consuetus ingår i släktet Misumenops och familjen krabbspindlar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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La villa Saint-Hubert ou Godillot (anciennement villa Michel) est située à Hyères dans le Var, au 68-70, avenue des Îles-d'Or.

Elle est classée AVAP remarquable.

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Historique
En 1882, l'industriel Alexis Godillot fait réaliser par Pierre Chapoulart sa propre maison. Cet immeuble est d'une particulière originalité sur la partie extérieure puisqu'en effet la façade principale représente un mélange cohérent de styles architecturaux.

Architecture
Cet ensemble hétéroclite vient en réalité d'un réaménagement de deux villas existantes que l'architecte a su transformer en un spacieux hôtel particulier composé de communs au rez-de-chaussée, puis d'un grand salon, jardin d'hiver, salle à manger, cuisine et chambres au premier étage ; enfin, un second étage comportant un appartement équipé d'une salle de billard et surtout, un atelier aménagé sous les combles.

L'époque est marquée par un style éclectique évoluant motu proprio ; en effet, les architectes portent, sur des bâtiments anciens ou reconstitués, des éléments empruntés à différentes périodes de l'histoire de l'architecture et de l'art. Certes, quelquefois, la tendance est marquée en privilégiant un style ou un autre, mais sur la façade de la villa Godillot l'architecte use équitablement de trois styles :
 normand pour les tourelles et le bois ;
 classique pour les pots à feu, les lucarnes et les tableaux ;
 mauresque pour les arcs outrepassés et les céramiques.

Le bâtiment est orné d'une grande véranda à vitraux polychrome et s'unit en angle avec une grande tourelle surmontée d'un clocheton.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Hyères
 Liste des monuments historiques d'Hyères

Monument historique à Hyères
Architecture civile du XIXe siècle en France


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Editor Column
Defence budget vote address is opportunity not to be squandered by the Minister
Written by Kim Helfrich -
When Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula stands up in the National Assembly on May 19 to speak in support of the defence budget vote she has the opportunity to make a real difference.
If she merely goes through the motions and thanks all and sundry for what has been allocated to defence she will miss the chance of showing the wider South African defence and military community she really does care about and for those in uniform and those who support them through the local defence industry.
With the Joint Standing Committee on Defence passing the all-important financial "buck" back to her Ministry and National Treasury as far as the Defence Review is concerned, Mapisa-Nqakula should be firm in her demands for more money.
This will not only see speedy implementation of the road to Defence Review milestone one but will let Parliament, and by implication all South Africans, know their national defence force has to be properly funded. Without money airmen, medics, sailors and soldiers cannot properly execute the tasks given them by their Commander-in-Chief who is also South Africa's first citizen and its president.
The military currently finds itself deployed internally in support of the police combatting xenophobia in addition to border protection, a major tasking which has the additional duty of stopping rhino poaching. Then there are the external continental deployments in support of AU and UN peace missions.
To make these work properly training is essential and training costs money, an item which is in increasingly short supply for the SA National Defence Force.
The Minister must take a stand in the National Assembly and tell the House in no uncertain terms the current funding level of the South African military is woefully short of what is needed if it is to be the pride of the nation SANDF Chief General Solly Shoke wants it to be.
Defence Ministry
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
SA National Defence Force
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Experience this exciting cliff side walking! Breathtaking scenery from the high walkway at the gorge.
"I enjoyed the tour and am glad i did it and saw the canyon and scenery. I was not anticipating the huge crowds giving the bad weather and prefer to see nature in..."
Meeting Point: Malaga: Plaza de la Marina.
Entrance ticket to Caminito del Rey.
Transportation. Pick up and drop off from Malaga.
Expert and fun Tour Guide.
If you would like a personalized tour with quality information from an expert guide, we offer you this guided tour through Caminito del Rey on a small group, just english speaking, with transportation included from Malaga.
The Gaitanes Gorge contains the unique "King's Walkway", located in El Chorro Natural Park which provides the perfect setting for a exciting walkable experience with unbelievable landscapes, encompassing a rocky plateau 1200 m above sea level.
The estimated time needed to go across the whole route is 3-4 hours.
The total length of the route is 7.7 km, divided into 4.8 km long access ways and 2.9 km the way called as the real King's Walkway. The most famous part of the trail, is the 2.9 km King's Walkway, from the entrance control to the exit control point, which comprises 1.5 km long boardwalks (located at the gorges), and 1.4 km long paths or forest walkways between the two gorges. Usually the group takes a tunnel at the entrance, saving 1 km walking through the forest, so the total lengh of this excursion is 6.7 km.
Caminito del Rey was re-opened to the public on the 28th of March 2015 and it is part of a spectacular natural beauty spot in Malaga countryside.
The boardwalks and a hanging footbridge that stands at 105 metres height, as well as steep walls, make many visitors feel inevitably dizzy, but in general people get used quickly and enjoy the feeling from the beginning.
There is not risk at all, but you must be aware of the strong impression this place might make on you. The path is hazardous because of the heights and its very narrow parts. This is why it is so attractive.
Discover this natural treasure with lots of histories told by the expert guide and have the chance to walk the walkway suspended 100 metres high!
It can be closed because of the weather (rain, strong wind).
Optional Lunch & Breakfast (32€), increases additional time of the tour in 3 hours.
Kids over 8 years of age are welcome, always accompanied by a responsible adult. Kids under 8 years old are not allowed to enter.
In a sunny day, don't forget comfortable clothes, sunglasses, sunscreen and water.
To come with shoes no appropriated to have a walk, specially flip-flops and heeled shoes.
To carry backpacks, bags or any other big object included sticks and crutches.
To take photos or videos with a tripod or to use cameras and equipment that can block other visitors' way.
Free cancellation until 7 day(s) before starting time.
"I enjoyed the tour and am glad i did it and saw the canyon and scenery. I was not anticipating the huge crowds giving the bad weather and prefer to see nature in uncrowded areas. The guide was good and provided lots of interesting information. The tour lacked something that I cannot put my finger on. I found the pace way too slow. 4hours to walk 7km is a snail pace. We would have had ample time for photos and could have had a lunch stop (if we had been told) if we had walked at a normal pace. Half of our group were stopped waiting for the rest of the group for much of the time and it was annoying as the guide had to stay back with them so in the meantime we missed out on whatever info he was conveying. I'd have preferred a faster pace much longer walk through the canyon but it is what it is and was worth doing nonetheless. "
"The tour was amazing. Jose was very informational and friendly, he made the trip so much fun! Me and my friend thoroughly enjoyed the whole experiece. "
"Pablo,our guide was wonderful,dealing equally as well with pensioners and students. His knowledge and humour made day. The walk experience is unique so check out the website before booking the trip"
"Jose Padilla was a fantastic guide, our thanks for a wonderful walk and comments trough this trip ! "
"If you love the outdoors don't miss this trip! Our guide Jose was fluent in many languages, as well as history, geology, flora and fauna. This was the highlight of our week in Spain! "
"Fantastic walk with Jose and two other guests! Highly recommended!"
"We appreciated the small group atmosphere. The guide was funny, helpful and informative. The information he provided was useful and surely matched the spectacular natural setting."
"Fabulous tour! Had an awesome day and met some lovely people. Our guide Pablo was extremely friendly, knowledgeable and passionate about the area. He also introduced me to other people who spoke English. Even on the bus on the way to and from the Caminto del Rey, Pablo shared history of the area and the people. Thank you so much! "
"Pablo was great! Very knowledgeable and fun."
"It was great! The guide José was very enthusiastic and friendly and taught us a lot about the Camino and the vegetation. It was really interesting and fun. I have no ideas for improving this tour.Sincerally, Rian."
"Glad that we chose the small private group option as we were only 8 and thanks to Jose Padilla we really had a great time. Enough time to enjoy the nature, views, taking pictures and all this topped up with alot of interesting information. would do it again and again..... "
"We really enjoyed a fantastic day with José who delivered a never ending stream of wisdom : )"
"Well organized trip, on time pick up and drop of from central Malaga. Excellent guide who shared interesting history during walk. "
"This was the best tour of my 4 weeks in Spain . Jose was a master of geology and history. It wasn't just a hike it was an education . If you go on this tour make sure to ask for Jose. The hike itself was really worth it . I like the Caminito del Rey more than the Grand Canyon because it's narrow and you can really get up close. Don't miss this tour. "
"Fantastic experience. Well and informatively arranged, and in a small group. Super nice local guide who knew a lot about Caminito del Ray. "
"Very pleased with the small group. Also very pleased with the guide. Spoke about the Camino bit also about fauna and flora.😉"
"That is how such kind of services should be provided! Trip guied by Jose was really amusing and organized really well. Thanks!"
"We har a fantastic trip with our excellent guide, Jose Padilla!"
"Jättebra resa och guide - Great trip and guide."
"We enjoyed our day tremendously! The Caminito was as spectacular as expected and our guide Pablo was excellent! He was friendly, informative and managed to create a relaxed athmosphere in the group, handling some awkward situations very smoothly. Three cheers for him! We had a really great day."
"Pablo was a great guide. Lots of info on the place. Great experience. Delay at pickup was a pity but rest of the day more than made up for it"
"Jose was an exceptional guide, passionate about his job, highly informative and a great sense of humour. He tailored the tour to the participants so that they get full enjoyment and value for money. The views are spectacular, it is not a strenuous hike, and a great tour guide makes it an overall fantastic experience. I really recommend this tour. "
"Very good tour with a very experienced guide. A lot of intesting explanations were given by him. He looked after the group very well. We appreciated to be in a small group. El Caminito del Rey is incredible. "
"We really enjoyd this trip! Excellent guide, and we loved that the group was small. "
"Great guide, great scenery, great food, great trip. When of the best experiences I have ever had travelling. Jose Padilla is the best!"
"A fantastic trip with a knowledgeable and friendly guide who took the time to ensure the whole group benefitted from his ability to explain and appreciate the Caminito and its surroundings."
"We had a great time. Jose has lots of information about the Canyon and geology."
"Best day tour we had in our 18 days in Spain and France. Thoughtful insights, great meals, personal attention, it was a fantastic tour from start to finish. I am very impressed with Jose and the company."
"Great day thanks to our outstanding guide Jose. Not only very knowldgeable but also really entertaining. Best guide ever!!! And the Cminito del Rei is definitely a must if you are vistiting the area around Malaga."
"If you consider doing the Caminito Del Rey Tour please book with Smart Holidays Andalusia! The tour was so amazing and our Tourguide Jorge did a great job guiding us through the canyons and showing us every detail and giving a lot of background history! I appreciated the fact that he wasn't in a rush at all and even decided himself to let other groups pass so we would have more time by ourselves to talk and for the presentation. He was very kind and took photos for all the group members whenever they wanted to take a nice picture. Our group consisted of around 8 people and I would definitely book again with his company! :) Thank you so much for an unforgettable day in the Caminito!"
"quick and surprisingly easy way to book excursions. Easy to understand website and things went very smoothly."
"My girlfriend and I had a fantastic day to caminito del Ray, with Malaga Trips our guide Jose Padilla, was super engaged and sweet. In a good and convenient way. When we walked the route it was okay. that we were once in a while walked in our own speed. We were part of a Nice small group and there was control of all things about transport, security and all. We were even called up at the collection site, announcing that there is a slight delay of 5-10 minutes. All in all, a fantastic nature experience and we were safe and professionally conducted throughout the day."
"What a great day we had! Our guide, Jose was engaging, interesting and very good at tailoring the tour to the audience. The pace was very gookd with time enough to enjoy the entire experience. I highly recommend this tour."
" What an amazing day! Definitely do the breakfast and lunch option. This is a trip I would definitely do again 😀"
"Jose gave us a fantastic guided tour of the Caminito. We learned a lot about this place, he history .. and lots of other issues besides. Thoroughly enjoyed this day. I recommend taking the breakfast option in particular."
"Our tour guide Jose was a super awesome guy! Really passionate and full of the knowledge of the region he was taking us through. Caminito del Rey was beautiful and a worthy destination to visit. So much history in one place. Amazing!"
"Phenomenal trip! Highly recommend it. Loved exploring such a beautiful and unique place with a small group of people and a very passionate expert. We did the breakfast and lunch package too, and the food was delicious. They were extremely flexible to accommodate food allergies too. Thank you, Jose and Javi, for a wonderful experience."
"Pablo Cobos is a great guide. All was well organized. I recommend this tour to anyone who is not afraid of high places. Caminito del Rey is impressive. "
"We boekten een dagtrip, we waren immers met vakantie.Het is januari en nog niet zo druk - onze gids hadden we voor ons alleen....geweldig! Geweldig mooie omgeving, leuke uitleg, prachtig weer.....nadien met de shuttle bus terug naar het beginpunt. Uitgebreide lunch op een prachtige plek....'s avond om 17:30 terug in het centrum. We hadden een fantastische dag - geweldige ervaring, prachtig natuurschoon! Zeker doen!!"
"Jose was brilliant- enthusiastic and informative. Journey was pleasant and easy- as it's not too exertional! Highly recommend!"
"It was great! I and my sister loved amazing views Caminito del ray. Minibus drive us safely there and back, thanks to driver. We like to walk our own way, but what we listening our guide short time, he is very nice and competent guide. Thank you for the trip!"
"Jose is a fantastic guide: Very engaged, intelligent and has a very broad range of interests. And a very enthusiastic storyteller. You should meet him!!"
"The tour was cancelled the day before but the service and co-operation has been excellent. Definitely use them in the future."
"Entire trip was excellent organised. The tour guide was fabulous. He was very helpful and provide a lot of interesting information. I strongly recommend Caminito del Rey Tour."
"We had a lovely day at the Caminito del Rey. Our guide Pablo was brilliant, he was friendly and informative with lots of little stories to keep things interesting. The group was a great size and we never felt hurried along. The walk is beautiful and really worth it if you want to see the country around Malaga."
"Fue un día extraño! Me gustaba mucho. Recomiendo esta excurción! "
"It was great! Awesome guide who showed and explained us a lot and who was motivated until the last minute of the trip. We enjoyed the tour very much and will definitely recommend to our friends. "
"Very good experience! Guide was excellent "
"The tour was great and I highly recommend it. The only area for improvement is that the pick-up location should be more clear (the email said it was at the tourist info centre but the actual location was on the side of the street about 250m away from the tourist information centre). There was a bit of confusion for our pick-up and I would recommend having a sign or having a vehicle with the company name/logo on it to help travellers identify the pick-up location. Still a great tour that I highly recommend. Jose is a very informative guide. Thank you!"
"The tour was amazing and so much more than I could have imagined. Our guide was very passionate and knowledgeable. Since he hiked the Caminito del Rey before the new platforms were installed he has some great stories about what the hike used to be like. I recommend doing the hike that includes breakfast and lunch, it's worth it! This small tour will be much more enjoyable than the large group tours that are run by the cruise ship companies! I have not included a photo because the truth is, no matter how amazing the photo, it will never do the Caminito del Rey justice, it's just to beautiful. You have to see it with your own eyes. While there is a path, hike is not a term that should be used lightly here. If you are not healthy enough for physical activity or are not bringing shoes with traction that lace up (hiking shoes or tennis shoes), you should not attempt this hike; other than that I recommend it to everyone. "
"We really enjoyed the trip to Caminito del Rey. Jose was a great guide and it was interesting to learn the history of the walkway."
"ignore all the other big tourism traps and book your trip with Malaga Trips today! Jose was a great guide - giving us his personal history which made the trip so special. "
"Jose was great guide through this tour. Caminito is absolutly amazing place to visit. "
"Jose was a fantastic guide, we loved our trip to Caminito del Rey. A wonderful experience. "
"We had a great time with Jose an a very memorable one as well taking photos for us couples at all his recommended sites. He was well prepared with his iPad and old photos of the kings visit to the site and I admire him. He also related sites to scenes of movies shot in the area with Frank Sinatra. Well done Jose. He even gave us a taste of the carob tree pods where they are used to make chocolate for warmer countries. Well done Jose, you added a highlight to the awesome caminito day trip for us not just the gorges but your lively character for us to take away for our life. "
"Very well organized and flexible to meet our needs"
"Jose was a prefect guide! He was really fun and the explanations were perfect, not too much but not even a few. He was really helpful with everyone, especially if someone was fatigued. I suggest this experience to everyone and I will remeber this walking FOREVER!!! "
"The trip was great. Our guide Pablo was very nice. The only thing that was not so nice was that the bus had a problem and we were standing somewhere on the motorway waiting for the bis driver to repair the bus."
"I would like to say that pablo was an very enthousiastic and a good guide. He gives good information about everything and i like to thank him in this way. Greetz Thom Schepers"
"Me and my son had a great trip to Caminito Del Rey Thursday the 3. of august. What a fantastic nature alle the way, and José is a very dedicated tour guide, with a fantastic knowledge about the area. We will definitely choose Malaga trips again when we come back to Malaga. Best regards Jesper and Milo Danstrom"
"We had a very great experience. It was the most beautiful trip! And we were very happy to have a guide with us that could tell us about the place and point out the things we needed to put attention to. It was really hot yesterday and he was kind to look after us to see if we had enough water. Another thing was that we were very happy to be picked up by the bus after the trip. At that point we were so tired so it would have been exhausting to wait for public transportation. Unfortunately the aircon was broken."
"We had Jose for the trip and he was absolutely excellent! Gave an incredible amount of knowledge on geology, history, Caminito del Rey in films and was really friendly and funny. He made sure we were looked after on what was a really hot day to do the walk (35 Celsius) and overall was a great trip. I highly recommend booking with Malaga Trips especially with Jose as your guide for Caminito Del Rey, it really made the walk more interesting with his knowledge. "
"the trip was awesome as the place is really stunning. But what is also woth mentioning is our fantastic guide, Jose, very friendly, trying to accomodate everyone's wishes and necessities and sharing his knowledge!!!"
"Beautiful place, remember to take water and snacks. Not physically demanding but five hours in the sun and hot conditions was a challenge. Great visit to Caminito del Rey with Jose. He is fabulous and ethusiastic guide which made our day to remember. Lots of information tailored to suit our interests. Highly recommended!"
"We had a lovely experience today in El Chorro. Our guide José Padilla shared his vast knowledge about the history, geology, and plantlife of the area which made the day one to remember for a long time. We where very satisfied and would recommend your trip (and José) to other people traveling to Malaga."
"Spectacular trip, super friendly and very informative guide and excellent organisation (transport, time etc.). I would recommend this to anyone visiting the Malaga region."
"Personalised guided tour with real and informative knowledge provided by Jose. He was personable, fun and genuine. This was a perfect ending to my Camino in Spain. Thank you so much. "
"Great trip!! Would do it again The pick up was easy and convenient. Having a driver made the expierence more relaxed and less stressful. Jose Padilla, our guide, was incredibly knowledgeable and enthusiastic. He provided historical information, fun factoids, media, photos, and personal stories which added a personal touch to the tour. Also, the group size was small (~8) which made it easy to maneuver around the trails. "
"Jose Padilla provided an excellent tour with information on History, geology and his own experiences growing up in the area. A day we will always remember. "
"We had a great day at the Caminito del Rey with an very enthousiastic guide. We learned a lot about the environment. "
"Oh my god it was amazing experience we met very nice people our guide was so so nice , must do , my son and I had the best time in Malaga thank you very much "
"Hose! Best guide we've ever seen. We could easily see that he loves his job. Also the small group allowed us to feel the place closer. We had a very special and magnificent experience walking the El Caminito del Rey!"
"The guide, José, gave us a perfect day at Camenito del Rey. No rush, a small group and very good at describing the geology and the history about Caminito del Rey.b"
"I had a very pleasant day out at Caminito del Rey. Jose is a very good guide sharing his broad knowledge about Antonio Banderas till more serious stuff like the water delivery system and the Caminito's history as well as about local fauna. I'm still impressed by the history of the carbot tree. Thank you for a pleasant day with good company and breakfast/lunch."
"Jose was AMAZING!!! Great guide who was very relaxed and knowledgable and really kept us interested with what he was saying. Loved every minute of it! "
"Fantastic day out with total attention from guide who was super attentive to the small group. The trip was phenomenal in it's beauty. 150% happy. "
"Jose was our tour guide and he was wonderful. He is passionate about his guiding. He is so knowledgable and so generous with his time. We couldn't have had a better guide and I would like him to know how much we appreciated him. "
"Jose was so cheerful and enthusiastic about the walkway, it's history and geography. We came away having had a thoroughly enjoyable day. I would highly recommend this trip "
"Jose was an excellent guide "
"Our guide Jose is a cool dude with a passion for his job and for the awesome Caminito Del Rey. He will ensure that you get great pictures, share stories with you and even share his almonds."
"One of the best guides I have ever experienced in all my years of travel."
"Jose was professional and friendly, and provided the group with a lot of knowledge, including the history and geology of the area. A most enjoyable day. "
"We had the best day at El Caminito, our tour guide was fantastic. I strongly recommend this tour! "
"It was a great experience! Our guide is very knowledgeable, funny and flexible. We had a very nice group and lunch was delicious. I super recommended this trip with them. :-)"
"The trip was one of the most memorable experience for me & my family. thank you very much."
"The guide was very good and he had a lot of knowledge not only about the canyon but lot of other things too"
"Jose is a great guide. The walk can be scary for vertigo sufferers,but is safe. More informative to be guided than alone. A good day was had by our group and us and our friends "
"We were picked up from the hotel in a comfortable vehicle. The guide was excellent, well-informed and amusing company. We contemplated making our way to the gorge ourselves,this would certainly have been cheaper but a lot more hassle and we would not have discovered as much."
"Fantastic views! Fascinating history! Lots of amazing facts unveiled by passionate guide who has personal bonding to this place. Thank you a lot, Jose! "
"From the moment we were picked up from our hotel to when we got back the level of attentiveness and information was amazing without being overpowering. It felt like you were part of a family outing in which you were made very welcome. This trip is definitely worth every cent as it takes away the stress of transport, meal stops and getting through the busy queues. Jose was always willing to impart his knowledge throughout the walk including the geology, vegetation and his own experiences of the walk before the safe path was built! But he was also keen to discuss his views on football, politics, SPANISH Olive Oil and fatherhood (he had just had his 2nd child). My teenage son even enjoyed it and that's saying something!!"
"The tour was great, and with the guide we had knowing so much about how and why the area looks today, it was just good. We also had the benefit beeing a small group, and with guide on allowed to was just this group. By this we had a lot of time just to enjoin the walk true the great Caminito del Rey."
"I had an excellent experience with Malaga Trips: they helped us book everything even if it was super-last minute (just before New Year's). Nicolas was very helpful and Cristina, our Caminito del Rey guide, was very very nice and super-knowledgeable. "
"Everything went as planned before. The visit to el Caminito was great and the views better that you expected beforehand. Our guide made the trip perfect. He used time to explain small details with wery interesting way. He took care from those who seemed to be a bit afraid. He had also knowledge from the old route/ own experience. I wish to see you soon again."
"Our guide Jose Padilla was really excellent and gave us much information about history and nature of Caminito. "


When I started this series, Playing With Purpose, my goal was to help parents, caregivers, educators, fellow SLPs, etc. make simple tweaks to their play interactions with children to expand speech and language skills. I have written about some of my favorite toys like Mr. Potato Head, and some familiar activities for families such as bath time. But what about all those other everyday items your child or clients like to play with that are not toys in the traditional sense?
I am going to guess this is a familiar scenario. Your child gets a gift sent to them, and it arrives in a large shipping box. So you both excited open the present from grandma, and your child proceeds to be more interested in playing with the giant Amazon box than the lovely train set they just received. Why? Because sometimes, the best toys are not toys at all!
These everyday items may be the things your child will play with for more prolonged periods of time. You may see them engage in more creative play with these non-toys and they cost you less money. Everyday items are the toys that allow your child to be curious and explore, which provides for many opportunities also to stimulate and boost their speech and language skills.
1. Paper Towel Tubes: These paper tubes, destined for your recycling bin, can become binoculars, a tunnel for small cars or calls, or a megaphone. Try playing an "I Spy" game using your tube like a scope. This is a fun game to play and will help your child build their vocabulary and use of descriptive terms (also known as adjectives). Start by demonstrating how the game works and describe something for your child, then see if they can find it. For example, say "I spy something yellow, that tastes tart, and is a fruit." Adapt your descriptions to your child's skill level. If your child is beginning to learn their shapes and colors, then use a lot of those in your clues.
2. Empty Containers or Boxes: Our little ones, aged one to two years, love any toy that they can pull, push, fill-up, and dump. Any empty box or container meets these criteria. Use your food storage containers, a large box from diapers, tissue boxes, a zip-topped bag, water bottles, or any old plastic bin. Whether your child is the object that gets moved around or another one of their toys, play a game to highlight prepositions or location words. Some of the words I like to highlight are in, out, on, up, off, and under which all happen to start with vowel sounds. Vowel sounds are some of the earliest sounds we hear our kids say. By making intentional choices for vocabulary, you are increasing the chances your child can and will imitate your words. Take your child's block and repeat the phrase "put in" as you repeatedly place blocks in an empty box. Then say the phrase "take out" as the blocks get removed.
3. Plastic Cups: Not only do children love to see themselves in a mirror, but they like to hear their voice. Talking into a plastic cup will provide an interesting echo and amplify your child's sounds. You could buy a microphone, but instead pull out one of the many, leftover cups from your child's birthday party or family BBQ. With this plastic cup game, you can encourage your child to imitate sounds/words and also practice turn-taking. Start by taking the cup and speaking something into it. Animal sounds like 'moo-moo' or 'baa-baa' are fun while playing with your farm toy or a puzzle to give them more context. You could also say silly sound combinations or nonsense words. The more silly you are, the more likely you are to engage your child. Then pass the cup over and wait for your child to imitate you. Also, highlight 'my turn' and 'your turn' for some social language building.
There is no one, set definition of a toy.
Imitating what your child does with the play object.
Providing a sound, a word, or a short phrase to add language to the interaction. Talk about what you see the child doing.
Pretending your object does not work like the child's object does and have them help you.