A Sotheby's official speaks about an untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat during a media preview May 5 at Sotheby's in New York City.
Yusaku Maezawa, a 41-year-old billionaire and former rock musician from Japan, paid $110.5 million for Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1982 painting "Untitled," at the Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction on May 18 in New York City. The purchase shattered his own record for most paid for a Basquiat painting, which he'd previously set in May 2016 when he paid $57 million for another untitled Basquiat.
According to Sotheby's, the $110.5 million sale price was the highest paid at auction for both any artwork created after 1980 and for any piece created by an American artist. For some perspective, five Basquiat works were up for auction last night and the four others sold for less than a combined $20 million. Meanwhile the 48 works in the auction that sold went for $319.2 million in total, meaning that Maezawa's purchase accounted for more than one third of the night's sum.
"I am happy to announce that I just won this masterpiece," he wrote in his Instagram post. "When I first encountered this painting, I was struck with so much excitement and gratitude for my love of art. I want to share that experience with as many people as possible."
And many people may have the opportunity to see it again in the future--Maezawa plans to open an art museum in Chiba, Japan, a city east of Tokyo, to showcase his personal collection. In an email interview in April Maezawa told FORBES that he began collecting art about 10 years ago, and that in addition to the Basquiat, he also owns works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, and Jeff Koons, among others. He bought both Picasso's Buste de Femme for $22.3 million in November 2016.
Maezawa may have made one of the biggest purchases in recent auction history, but he isn't the only billionaire who's spent big bucks on an art collection. Other recent buys include hedge fund titan Ken Griffin's reported purchase of both Willem de Kooning's "Interchange" for $300 million and Jackson Pollock's "Number 17A" for $200 million in February 2016.
According to the FORBES Real-Time Billionaire Rankings Maezawa is the 11th richest person in Japan, though he didn't really intend to ever become a businessman at all. A fan of punk rock growing up in Japan, after Maezawa graduated high school he moved to California to play drums. His rockstar ambitions didn't work out, but while he was in the U.S. he came up with the idea of bringing music merchandising--selling band T-shirts, books, programs and CDs outside concert venues and music festivals--back home to Japan. Once had moved back in the mid-1990's, he decided to create a catalog to sell band T-shirts and CDs via mail order. From crafting the catalog's inventory to shipping orders, he ran everything from his kitchen table.
"All of that was okay because I didn't really think I was in the retail trade," he told FORBES in 2011. "I was in the music business, and I was happy with it."
Soon after, he taught himself how to code, set up a website, hired a few employees and inspired by his colleagues' fashion sense, decided to pivot the business to focus more on apparel. Out of that grew Zozotown, an e-commerce site that took small Japanese fashion brands, once limited by shelf-space in brick-and-mortar department stores, and broadened their customer base vastly, selling their wares to anyone on the web.
Today, as a director and president of Zozotown's parent firm, Start Today , Maezawa now owns 39% of the company, which is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and has a market cap of $8.2 billion.


Seaward (stand Q2002) will be using Safety & Health Expo 2014 (17-18 June, Excel, London) to showcase how its latest electrical safety testers can be integrated as part of a broader, risk-based workplace health and safety management approach.
To achieve this, Seaward's latest generation Apollo portable appliance testers combine electrical safety testing with a comprehensive data logging capability for all workplace health and safety equipment, systems and conditions.
This means that, alongside the risk assessment, inspection and testing of portable appliances and electrical equipment, the Apollo 500 and Apollo 600 testers can create special user defined documentation to record and store all the vital information associated with work place preventative maintenance tasks, tests and inspections.
For example, user generated forms can be created for the workplace inspections and testing associated with legionnaires disease, fire alarm systems, the condition of fire extinguishers emergency lighting, ladders and access systems and all other critical safety matters.
In addition, for complete record keeping and traceability purposes, the Apollo 600 tester also incorporates a built-in digital camera to enable high quality images to be tagged against sites, locations and asset IDs as part of comprehensive workplace documentation systems.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has highlighted the risks associated with electrical safety in a case where a North London labourer received life-threatening burn injuries in an explosion when he severed a 415-volt electrical cable, unaware it was still live, a court has heard.
The worker was removing electrical equipment from a basement wall believing it all to be safely disconnected, when the explosion happened. He suffered severe and extensive burns to his limbs, body and face, was in an induced coma in intensive care for two weeks, and in hospital for several more. He still has long-term psychological problems and persistent pain.
Following an investigation, the HSE prosecuted his employer for safety failings at Westminster Magistrates' Court. The company was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £9,882 in costs after admitting a breach of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
The national media has again highlighted the electrical safety and fire dangers associated with the online purchase of cheap phone chargers.
The Daily Mail recently reported that hundreds of thousands of such devices 'are currently plugged into sockets in offices, children's bedrooms, living rooms and kitchens around the country, powering up mobile phones'.
The story then went on to describe an incident in Sheffield where it has emerged that a fire which claimed victims from three generations of one family last month, including a nine-week-old baby, was probably caused by a faulty charger.
As part of its research, the Mail found multiple reports from around the country of house fires being attributed to an issue with a mobile phone battery or charging device in the past month alone.
While the chargers which are supplied with branded electronic goods are made to the highest standard and are no cause for concern, the newspaper reported that cheap, unauthorised, 'unbranded' chargers — the type usually bought on the internet, from market stalls or abroad, rather than from reputable shops and suppliers —can be hazardous.
It claims that 1.8 million mobile phone chargers are bought online in the UK each year, with unsafe devices often being made in China for as little as 3p each. Many of these cheap devices fail to meet requirements of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations Act 1994.
Electrical Safety First's reports improved safety in Scotland's Private Rented Sector (PRS) has taken another step closer.
The new Housing Bill recently underwent its second stage review by the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee, when proposed amendments to the Bill were considered.
Bob Doris MSP tabled an amendment that would ensure mandatory, five-yearly electrical checks, by a registered electrician, of all PRS homes – and any electrical appliance supplied with them.
Margaret Burgess, the Minister for Housing and Welfare gave her support and approval to the amendment and urged the Committee to vote to include it in the Bill. The Committee's decision to do so was unanimous.
After the vote, Bob Doris commented: "I have no doubt this amendment will help prevent fires and could save lives. Over 3,400 fires in Scottish homes arise from an electrical fault – almost 70% of all accidental fires. The provisions in this Bill are an important safeguard for the 80,000 families who live in Scotland's PRS – a quarter of whom live with children.
The Scottish Housing Bill will now undergo its third and final stage, when it will be debated by the entire Chamber. It is expected that the Bill will become law before the summer recess at the end of June, and come into effect later this year.
As part of its continuing campaign the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has produced a new poster to highlight the issue of sub-standard cable to the cable supply industry and wider public.
The poster can be downloaded from the ACI website and is intended to highlight a key concern within the cable supply chain that sub-standard cable isn't always obvious, even to the trained eye. The ACI believes many cables go unchecked unless they are subjected to routine tests as part of an installation process.


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Experience the Cycling Tours in Sri Lanka to explore the Sri Lanka Excursions. Sri Lanka bicycle tours is one of the best sri lanka tours and been an important factor to get sri lanka tourism promoted.
Use cycling as the mode of transport and explore the natural beauty of Sri Lanka. There are major cycle trails along the country that will cover most of the beautiful and interesting places of Sri Lanka.
We make sure that your holiday in sri lanka is memorable and to make it a life lone experience.
Best of Sri Lanka – Cycling!
4 nights in a fabulous beach resort – Negombo..Galle…Bentota………
2 nights in the cultural triangle – exploring the 2500 years old ancient civilization and ruin cities.
2 night in a small nature & adventure resort in the mountains, exploring the real culture & nature that Sri Lanka can offer…
Visiting baby Elephant Transit home [orphanage!] and Udawalawe National Park where you could see the world's largest Asian wild elephant herds throughout the year!
Visit the national park at the highest altitude – Horton Plains and World's End !
2 night in the Cool Hills Nuwaraeliya – Little England
2 night in the Hill Capital – Kandy
Cycling………….Cycling……………Cycling………!
Spices …… coconut …rubber … tea…. plantations!
Plenty of opportunities to mingle with locales and be locale!
Day 01 - Arrival – Negombo/Waikkal (HB)
Arrival… meet, greet and transfer to Negombo.
Check in at the hotel.
Lunch at the hotel
After a long journey leisure and relax
Dinner & overnight stay at:
Value – Hotel Sunset Beach or similar
Standard - Goldi Sands Hotel or similar.
Luxury – The Beach Hotel or similar.
NEGOMBO town is a historically interesting place strongly influenced by the Catholic Church. The narrow strip of land between the lagoon & the sea and the many canals make for a good exploring.
The Dutch captured the town from the Portuguese in 1640, lost it again in the same year, and then captured it again in 1644. The British then took it from them in 1796 without a struggle. Negombo was one of the most important sources of cinnamon during the Dutch era, and there are still reminders of the European days.
Day 02 - Negombo (HB)
After breakfast, riding a short circuit in Negombo to get familiarize with climate / humidity etc.
Visit the Fish Market and experiencing a traditional Sail catamaran.
Lunch at a Local Restaurant.
Value - Hotel Sigiriya or similar.
Standard - Sigiriya Village Hotel or similar.
Luxury - Habarana Lodge or similar.
Total cycling distance 25km. (Approx. 3 Hours - Soft)
You can take a short cycle ride to get familiarize with climate, humidity etc. This tour will set amongst coconut palms and fishing boats in Negombo area.
You can see how Sri Lankan fishing style. The fishermen of Negombo rely on traditional knowledge of the seasons for their livelihood, using outrigger canoes carved out of tree trunks and nylon nets to bring in modest catches from September through till April.
For generations the lagoon has provided the fishermen with a plentiful supply of crabs, shrimp and many of the native species of fish, but with the onset of global warming these sources of food have dwindled.
Day 03 - Negombo - Sigiriya (HB)
Arrival Drive or Cycle to Sigiriya via Kurunegala.
Visit Dambulla Rock Temple.
Lunch at a suitable place.
Check in at a hotel in Sigiriya.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Total cycling distance approximately 35km. (Approx. 5 Hours - Soft & Moderate)
We cycle to Kurunegala this morning, from where we transfer to Giritale by vehicle.
DAMBULLA CAVE TEMPLE was built by King Walagambahu in the 1st century B.C. and it is a World Heritage Site. It is the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples. The complex of 5 caves with over 2000 square metres of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world. The history of the 5 caves, containing over 150 images of Buddha, goes back to 1st century BC when king Valagambahu took refuge here. The second cave, the most elaborate and most spectacular of the five, is the largest which is 170ft long, 75ft broad and 21ft high. There is a large reclining Buddha statue and statues of two kings namely, Valagambahu who took first took refuge there and did most of the construction and Nissankamalla who later did more work. In the center of this cave is a large container to collect the water that drips from the rock ceiling even during the dry season. This place is worth visiting not only for the cave temple, but also for the beautiful view over the countryside we get from near the caves situated at around 150mt above the road.
Day 04 - Sigiriya - Polonnaruwa (HB)
After breakfast, climb the Sigiriya Rock Fortress
Cycling to Polonnaruwa Ancient city.
Check in a hotel in Polonnaruwa.
Dinner & overnight stay at the hotel:
Value/Standard - Hotel Sudu Araliya or similar
Deluxe - Heritance Kandalama Hotel or similar
The ancient city of SIGIRIYA was designated a cultural World Heritage Site in 1982. It is also proposed that the site should be named the eighth wonder of the world, indicating it is in the same league as other international wonders such as the Grand Canyon and Ancient Pyramids. Translated as 'Lion Rock' into English, the name of the monument indicates the entrance through which visitors begin their final ascent to the top – through the open jaws and throat ('giriya') of a lion ('sinha'). Unfortunately, the only remains of this lion figure are the gigantic paws, sculpted into the side of the rock. The topography of the area is flat except for the massive rock outcrop of the fortress itself. This amazing rock rises incredibly over 600ft up from the scrub jungle and what is more amazing is that its flat top has an area of over 3-1/2 acres. The amazement is not over; not wanting to be second to the Nature's creation, the King has used this space in its entirety to create his palace and fortress complexes including a swimming pool on the summit of this rock.
POLONNARUWA
Total cycling distance approximately 40km. (Approx. 4 hours - Soft) - You have the option of extending cycling sections.
Continue to Polonnaruwa & visit ruins.
Polonnaruwa is one of Sri Lanka 's ancient capital cities (and part of the famous 'Cultural Triangle'). Although King Vijayabahu 1 was the first to claim the city as his capital, it was King Parakramabahu who made it what it is today, with its massive buildings, ornate parks and the 'pièce de resistance' - a 2500 hectare tank called 'Parakrama Samudra' (' Sea of Parakrama ').
The city itself is divided into new and old town with the impressively preserved ruins split into five main areas, including 'The Quadrangle' (a.k.a. 'Terrace of the Tooth Relic'), the Northern City group and the Rest House group (with the royal palace ruins of 'Nissanka Malla').
Due to its reasonably compact layout, the ruins can be easily explored on foot, and with the surrounding area's flat well maintained roads, you can leave the car behind and jump on a bicycle to get around.
Day 05 - Polonnaruwa - Kandy (HB)
After breakfast, drive or cycle to Kandy.
Check in at hotel in Kandy.
Visit Temple of the Tooth Relic.
Dinner and overnight stay at:
Value – Hotel Suisse or similar.
Standard – Thilanka Hotel or similar.
Luxury – Mahaweli Reach Hotel or similar
Total cycling distance approximately 55km. (Approx. 5 hours - Moderate). You have the option of extending cycling sections.
Using a combination of pedal power and Vehicle we travel to Kandy, passing villages, rivers and mountain summits en route.
KANDY was the last stronghold of the Buddhist political power against colonial powers. It is also the home of the Temple of the Tooth relic. It's Sri Lanka's second largest city and home to a Sinhalese cultural tradition of which Sri Lankans are justifiably proud.
DALADA MALIGAWA - The Temple of the Tooth or Dalada Malgawa dates from the 16 th century, though most of the present buildings were built in the 19 th century. Entering the shrine over a moonstone step, you pass a stone depicting the Indian goddess Lakshmi and a wall with frescoes illustrating the Buddhist conception of hell. The upper stories house the relic of the tooth, caged behind the gilded iron bars. Behind the tooth relic sanctuary is a hall with a number of golden Buddha statues and modern paintings, showing Buddha's life and the arrival of Buddhism in the land. We end our tour just before the evening drumming begins, which precedes the ceremonious opening of the window for the public viewing of the casket with the tooth.
Experience a Cultural performance
You can see the compelling traditional Kandyan dancing at one of the city's cultural performance centers. The team of drummers and dancers will show you the traditional Kandyan dancing where it will be one of your lifelong memories of the tour!
Day 06 - Kandy (FB)
After breakfast, Cycle across the hill capital.
Return to the hotel and relax after an exciting day of riding.
Luxury – Mahaweli Reach Hotel or similar.
Cycling Route - Kandy - Hantane - Tea estates - Kandy
After breakfast we transfer to the top of the Hantane Hills, with its magnificent view of Kandy and the daunting Knuckles Mountains. The ride follows a trail leading to the estates, where scores of brightly dressed tea pickers pluck the top leaves of the green bush.
An optional 9km-road ascent takes us to the Pitawella rock pools and waterfall, the perfect place for a natural shower and picnic lunch.
Riding after lunch we continue along the tea trails, where once again the group can be divided as there are both off-road and road options. Both routes end at the estate's tea factory where we can stop and sample the refreshing local brew and tour the factory.
Total cycling distance 26km. (3 ½ Hours- Moderate to Hard Cycling Route).
Day 07 - Kandy - Nuwara Eliya (HB)
Early morning proceed to Nuwara Eliya.
En route Visit the temple at Hanguranketa.
Check in Windsor hotel or similar in Nuwara Eliya.
Value – Windsor Hotel or similar.
Standard – Grand Hotel or similar.
Luxury – Tea Factory Hotel or similar
Total cycling distance 89km. (Approx. 7 Hours- Hard Cycling Route)
For Those who feel like a big challenge, we ride along the old B39 road, breaking our journey at Hanguranketa. This small village has an ancient temple with magni ficent murals, which dates from the Kandyan period. The Hanguranketa valley is also one of the few places where you see terraced paddy fields. Beyond the paddy field is tea and the area is reputed to produce the finest teas on the island.
Nuwara Eliya, the highest town in Sri Lanka has a cool sparkling climate with the temperature changing around 13degC. This is an exquisite and healthy city famous for its wide range in flowers. With buildings of English architecture everywhere in the city, it is affectionately called "Little England". The Victoria Park in the center of Nuwara Eliya, is a beautiful place to visit.
Day 08 - Yala - Nuwara Eliya (HB)
Full day at leisure in the hotel.
Day 09 - Nuwara Eliya –Horton Plains -Belihuloya (HB)
After breakfast proceed to Horton Plains.
Proceed to Belihuloya.
Dinner & overnight stay at,
Value/Standard/Luxury - River Garden Resort/Camp.
Nature walk in HORTON PLAINS NATURE RESERVE, which is approximateli 10,000 Hectares in extent, is haunted by Elk, Deer, Giant Squirrel, Wild Boar, Wild Hare , Porcupine, and a variety of Migratory birds, unique to this region. According to a recent count there are 16 Leopards in Horton Plains. If you are very lucky you may get a glimpse of a Leopard during your sojourn in the Horton Plains.
SATAN'S STEPS Trail starting from the Horton Plains entrance.
Finishing the walking trail (unfortunately cycling is not allowed inside the park) you would start today's cycling section. Colonial planters has named a section of this trail as Satan's Steps due to some serious hairpin bends. First we c ycle across the plains and then start our amazing descend though a very remote tea estate. Our packed lunch will be taken at the Bambarakanda fall, Sri Lanka 's highest waterfall. From here it is still about 7 km of exciting downhill till we reach the main road.
From here we have the option of cycling up to the River Garden Adevnture Center - Belihuloya or get in to the vehicle. (14 km)
BAMBARAKANDA FALLS
Within a majestic basin-shaped valley bordered by huge steep rocks and dark green forests of pines and tropic trees the highest waterfall of Sri Lanka [ 240.8m] plunges with two silver ropes over a vertical dark grey wall from the green saddle between Mt.Welihena and Mt. Bambaragala into a deep pool only 500m walking distance from the trail.
BELIHUL OYA
This is a climatically transitional area, which links the dry and wet zones at an altitude of less than 1500m. As a result, the vegetation it consists is moist semi-evergreen forests, tropical savanna forests, dry patana grasslands and montane temperate forests. The vegetation in this environment has made this location an exciting one for the serious as well as the casual nature lover. The average temperature in the area is about 28.3 degrees Celsius and the mean annual rainfall is between 1,875 and 2,500mm.
The River Garden
Day 10 - Belihul oya - Udawalawe (HB)
After breakfast,Cycle trail from Belihuloya to Kalthota.
After breakfast, travel 5km to Kinchigune village which borders the Samanalawewa reservoir. From Kinchigune, travel passing the Samanalawewa reservoir dam, to Pambahinna where you turn off and proceed to Kalthota (9km). From Kalthota, travel 26km on a hilly road uphill to Balangoda where you will meet the main road leading to Belihuloya.
Total cycling distance approximately 40km from Belihuloya to Kalthota and from there upto Balangoda (4 ½ Hours - Hard to Moderate Cycling Route)
You have the option of traveling the remaining 16km from Balangoda to Belihuloya by cycle or by your vehicle.
Day 11 Belihuloya – Udawalawe (HB)
After breakfast, proceed to Udawalawe
Visit Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe.
Check in at Border Camp in Udawalawe.
BBQ Dinner & overnight stay at,
Value/Standard/Luxury - Border Camp.
Total cycling distance approximately 45km. (4 hours - Soft and Moderate)
UDAWALAWE ELEPHANT TRANSIT HOME
Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home is a place where closer to 35 baby elephants are being taken care of with minimum human interaction as they are separated from their mothers. Mothers of these babies are either killed or lost due to non ending Elephant –human conflict in Sri Lanka.
The transit home provides food, medical care, everything a baby elephant needs. When the elephants are big and strong enough, they are released into wilderness and start living "normal" elephant life.
A few times a day, visitors can enjoy the feeding hour, when the small elephants rush to drink milk and play with their mates. As any other babies, elephants like showing off, especially when spectators are around, which is also a great source of entertainment.
Optional – Safari at Udawalawe National park.
UDAWALAWE NATIONAL PARK
See: http://www.maplandia.com/sri-lanka/sabaragamuwa/udawalawa/
Udawalawe National Park is located approximately 200 km south-east of Colombo city. The 30,821 hectare dry zone game park has an annual rainfall of 1,524 mm and an average temperature of 29.40C. It is most famous for the many elephants that live there (about 400 in total). During a visit, it is not unusual to see whole herds – adults and young, feeding and bathing or playing in the water!
Udawalwe national park is considered as the best the place in the whole world to see large number of Asian Elephant Herds in any month of the year.
In addition to this main attraction, the park is home to many water buffalo, water monitor lizards, sambar deer, monkeys and the occasional leopard, as well as being an exciting location for bird enthusiasts.
According to folklore, Elephants are afraid of mice, because mice can run-up inside their trunks. This is not true! Elephants usually ignore the mice, or else step on them. However, some studies show that Elephants are nervous around rabbits and small dogs.
A 4WD open-top safari is the only way to see all the wonders this protected reserve has to offer, and our experienced and knowledgeable nature guides will make this an unforgettable experience.
ECO TEAM BORDER CAMP© – UDAWALWE
The ECO TEAM Border Camp is located bordering the Eastern boundy of the Udawalawe National Park, just 25 minutes drive from the National Park Main Entrance.
(08 minutes / 5km drive from the Udawalawe / Thanamalwila main road)
This isolated wilderness campsite which borders the national park to the west and a small viallge tank to the south is being blessed with some fascinating large rocks and enough peacocks!!
Campfire BBQ on the rocks is one of the highlights of the camp which kids & adults love most !!
Though it's not guranteed, having a nosy elephant who wants to know "what's going on in the camp" walking across he camp is not rare too. Our expert trekkers could even take you on a little bush walk through the scrub observing these faciniating mammoth mammals and other animals / birds who are active in the night.
Day 12 Udawalawe – Galle (HB)
After breakfast proceed to Galle
Lunch on the way.
Check in at Lady Hill Hotel or similar in Galle.
Evening at leisure on the beach.
Value/Standard – Closenburg Hotel or similar.
Luxury – Light House Hotel or similar
Total cycling distance approximately 60km. (6 Hours- Hard).
After another game drive this morning we drive OR cycle to Galle. Situated to the south of the capital Colombo, Galle is the most important town in the south.Once a n important trading centre and reputedly to be the Biblical city of Tarshish, it is close to our destination for this evening. Galle is the ideal place to finish our tour, with time to relax on the beach, or snorkel in the clear waters. For those seeking pure relaxation, local Ayurvedic massages with natural, aromatic herbal oils are highly recommended.
Day 13 Galle - Bentota (HB)
After breakfast proceed to Bentota.
Check in at Serandib Hotel or similar in Bentota.
Lunch at hotel/Local resturent
Rest of the day leisure on the beach.
Value/Standard - Serendib Hotel or similar. Luxury – Bentota Beach Hotel or similar
Total cycling distance approximately 30km. (3 Hours - Hard).
A Sri Lankan coastal city famous for golden beaches, Bentota is situated on the southern coastal tip of the Galle District of the Southern Province. The town is a popular tourist attraction and also a favourite destination for water sports. It is especially famous among the foreign tourists. Bentota is also famous for its production in Toddy. An alcoholic beverage made out of coconut nectar. The city's population is estimated to be between 25,000-50,000. Bentota was heavily damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami which killed many which devastated the Sri Lankan coastal belt on the morning of the December 26th.
Day 14 - Bentota - Airport
Proceed to airport to connect the departure flights.
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OUR RATES INCLUDE
Accommodation as specified in the programme.[Sharing DBL room]
Meals plan to be on Full Board Basis for the entire tour.
Transportation throughout the tour, in an Air conditioned Micro Car/Van/Mini bus/Bus with English speaking chauffer Guide Please note the total mileage calculated for this tour is for 1400 km. If exceeded the above quoted mileage a supplement of US$ 00.40/00.40/00.55/1.20 Per km will be charged.
Well experienced cycling guides, their fees, meals and accommodation.
Entrance to Cultural sites. Sigiriya, Dambulla & Polonnaruwa.
Entrance fees to Dalada Maligawa & Cultural Show.
Entrance to Horton Plains.
Fee for Udawalawe Elephant Transit Home.
All government taxes & all service charges
OUR RATES DO NOT INCLUDE
Any extra beverages or food.
Snacks & Water
Optional activities/Location visit
Seasonal supplementary.
Any Tips to the staff.
Any personal effects not mentioned here.
IMPORTANT FACTORS
Personal effects for windy/rainy/warm weather conditions should be carried by the clients.
Insect repellents, sun burn lotions etc, are recommended.
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Less than 7 days no refund.
*Days will be counted from the 6.00am on the tour starting day.
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Do you read stories to kids? Ensure moral lessons have greater impact with these types of books
OISE study shows kids learn more effectively from stories with humans than with human-like animals
By Lindsey Craig
Are you a mom or dad who reads to kids? Or a teacher or caregiver who does?
If so, to ensure the moral of the story has the greatest impact, you'll want to read this.
A study from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto shows kids aged 4-6 learn social lessons, like sharing or telling the truth, most effectively from a certain type of book.
The results may surprise you.
According to the study, published in Developmental Science, moral lessons in storybooks resonate with kids most when the characters are human – not human-like animals (or anthropomorphic).
It means that social lessons told through human-like animals – such as a conniving fox, a puppet who lies and gets in all kinds of trouble, or a turtle who perseveres – can often miss their mark.
"That's because many kids don't see these characters as similar to themselves. They're less likely to translate social lessons from these stories into their everyday lives," says lead researcher of the study, Dr. Patricia Ganea, Associate Professor of early cognitive development at OISE, University of Toronto.
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It's important, she says, since so much of children's media— books, movies, video games, etc.— use human-like animal characters.
"Many people believe children find stories with human-like animals captivating and relatable, but what we're finding is that this is not the case," she said. "Overall, children were more likely to act on the moral of the story when it featured a human character."
Study: Human versus human-like animal characters
In the study, children listened to a story with either human or human-like animal characters who spoke and wore clothes. Each book taught children about sharing with others. Children's altruistic giving was assessed before and after the reading.
Overall, preschoolers shared more after listening to the book with humans. Children who were read the book with animal characters shared less after the reading.
Researchers assessed whether children viewed anthropmorphic animal characters as human or not. Most children said these animals lacked human characteristics. Of the children who read the animal book, those who attributed human characteristics to anthropomorphic animals shared more after reading. Researchers say one of the reasons some children did not act generously may have been because they did not interpret the anthropomorphic animals as similar to themselves.
Books with realistic characters lead to better learning
Dr. Ganea says the results highlight that storybooks can have an immediate impact on children's social behaviour.
"Books that children can easily relate to increase their ability to apply the story's lesson to their daily lives," she said. "It is important for educators and parents to choose carefully when the goal is to teach real-world knowledge and social behaviours through storybooks."
Nicole Larsen, who worked with Dr. Ganea on the study as part of her master's degree, agreed, noting, "Parents can play an important role in children's learning by asking them to explain parts of the story and helping them see the similarity between the story and their own lives."
Children's sharing tested
In the study, children first had a chance to share some of their 10 stickers with another child. They were then read one of three books: a book about sharing with human characters; the same book with anthropomorphic animal characters; or a book about seeds. This book was used to check how sharing changed when the story did not involve sharing. After the reading, children had another chance to give away new stickers. The number of stickers shared provided a measure of children's altruistic giving.
Children were also asked to categorize different pictures of human, anthropomorphic, and realistic animals with either human traits or animal traits.
To see if a story with animal characters is more appealing to young children, the researchers asked the children who read the seeds book to choose between the human and animal books.
Overall, the researchers found:
Children shared more after reading the human book, and less after reading the animal book or the unrelated book about seeds.
The more a child attributed human characteristics to the anthropomorphic animals, the more they shared after reading the animal book.
Children did not prefer one type of book over the other.
View the study, "Do storybooks with anthropomorphized animal characters promote prosocial behaviors in young children?" in the August issue of Developmental Science.


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New ID cards for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield members - Indiana
Telephonic-only care allowance extended through April 11, 2023 - Indiana
January 2023 Anthem Provider News - Indiana
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Important notice regarding Anthem fee schedule changes - Indiana
Transition to NYC Medicare Advantage Plus Delayed - Indiana
Implementation update for the NYC Medicare Advantage Plus plan, an alliance between Empire BlueCross BlueShield and EmblemHealth
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You may lose a portion of your Social Security benefits to taxes depending on where you live and how much income you have in retirement. Here's how it all works.
Social Security helps millions of older Americans keep up with their expenses, and while it was never designed to serve as a sole source of income for retirees, the reality is that many seniors rely on it far more heavily than they should. While some Social Security recipients don't pay taxes on their benefits, there are certain scenarios in which Social Security income in indeed taxable. Depending on where you live and the amount of additional retirement income you have coming in, your benefits could be subject to taxation. Knowing what to expect as far as Social Security taxes go can help you prepare accordingly.
If Social Security is your sole or predominant source of income in retirement, there's a good chance you won't pay taxes on it. But if you have other sources of income, you might pay federal taxes on your benefits. To see if you'll be required to pay taxes on Social Security, you'll need to calculate your provisional income. To do so, take your non-Social Security income, coupled with whatever tax-free interest payments you receive for the year (such as interest from municipal bonds), and add in 50% of your Social Security benefit amount.
If your total falls between $25,000 and $34,000 and you're a single tax filer, or between $32,000 and $44,000 as a joint filer, then you could be taxed on up to 50% of your benefits. If your provisional income exceeds $34,000 as a single filer or $44,000 as a couple filing jointly, then you could be taxed on up to 85% of your benefits.
Of the states on this list, Minnesota, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia are the only ones that don't offer some form of exemption. Retiring in a state that doesn't tax Social Security could help you stretch your budget as a senior, but be aware that the overall cost of living might still be higher in states that don't tax benefits.
While you may not manage to avoid paying taxes on your Social Security benefits, there are other things you can do to keep your taxes to a minimum. A Roth IRA, for instance, can help you avoid taxes, because while your initial contributions are made with after-tax dollars, the withdrawals you take in retirement are completely tax-free.
Another good way to lower your taxes in retirement is to take advantage of deductions. Healthcare, for example, is a huge expense for most seniors, but if your out-of-pocket costs for the year exceed 10% of your adjusted gross income, you can take a medical expense deduction on your taxes.
If you still own a home in retirement, then you may have a deduction coming your way even if you've paid off your mortgage. Though most homeowners get the largest tax break by claiming a mortgage interest deduction, you can still write off whatever you pay in property taxes for the year.
Finally, don't forget about charitable contributions. Even if you don't have a lot of money to give away, you can still donate unwanted goods to a registered charity and write off their fair market value.
When you're living on a fixed income, losing a portion of your Social Security payments to taxes can increase your financial strain. The more you prepare for this reality, the better equipped you'll be if the IRS does wind up getting its share of your benefits.


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Home Daily News Parents, sitter charged after 11-month-old Mercedes Lain found dead in Indiana woods
Parents, sitter charged after 11-month-old Mercedes Lain found dead in Indiana woods
Jesse ONeill
The parents and babysitter of an 11-month-old girl in Indiana have been charged after the baby was found dead in a wooded area.
Police discovered the baby's body on Aug. 18, 2021.
FBI Indianapolis
Mercedes Lain was reported missing after being last seen Saturday in Mishawaka with Justin Lee Miller, according to a Silver Alert issued by police.
On Wednesday, police made the grim discovery, and announced the arrest of Miller, and parents Kenneth Lain and Tiffany Coburn, at a Thursday press conference published by The Goshen News.
Lain, 41, and Coburn, 32, were charged with neglect of a dependent on Monday after refusing to cooperate in the search for the baby, while Miller, 37, was charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death, police said.
Miller is a family friend who was watching the baby for several days.
"The search for Mercedes Lain, 11-months-old, ended at approximately 9:30 p.m. in a remote, obscure, densely forested area," Marshall County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Nelson Chipman said.
"After several times being interviewed, Justin Miller led investigators to this location in Stark County," Chipman said.
It's unclear how young Mercedes died.
The parents and babysitter of Mercedes Lain were charged.
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"Over the years, a growing number of biological machines have been investigated in great detail. We know that these machines are often coupled to one another in time and space, giving rise to new functions and new forms of regulation. Yet, little attention so far has been paid to the molecular mechanism of this interplay," Liu says.
Liu, currently a postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, will join Rockefeller on January 1, 2016, and will establish the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry. Liu's research will chiefly use single-molecule techniques to study the interactions among molecular motors involved in gene expression both in simpler bacterial systems and in more complex eukaryotic cells, like those of humans. Ultimately, he intends to explore how motor-driven processes involved in gene expression are integrated into a coherent network within the cell, and how their interplay evolves in response to environmental changes during both normal physiology and disease.
Liu did his Ph.D. research in Xiaowei Zhuang's lab at Harvard, and postdoc work with Carlos Bustamante at UC Berkeley. During his training, he established an expertise in the two primary classes of methods for detecting and manipulating single molecules: fluorescence spectroscopy, in which molecules of interest are tagged with light-emitting fluorophores and their movement tracked, and force spectroscopy, which probes the mechanical characteristics of molecular motors by applying force or torque to these nanometer-scale engines. Unlike most traditional methods that report the average property of many molecules, single-molecule approaches monitor the action of biological complexes one at a time, thus revealing their individual characteristics and behavior. Moreover, these approaches can provide real-time, dynamic information about biological reactions, information that was otherwise difficult to obtain.
While at Harvard, Liu's projects included examining the movement of HIV reverse transcriptase, the target of many anti-AIDS therapies, as it makes a DNA copy of viral RNA. During his postdoc, Liu studied how certain viruses, such as those that cause herpes, use a common type of ring-shaped molecular motor to pack their genetic material in a protective protein shell during viral assembly. He found that this motor coordinates the activities of its subunits in a highly controlled, yet adaptable manner. This discovery represented a new paradigm for understanding the operation of ring motors.
At Rockefeller, his research will investigate the fundamental gene expression process, during which a series of molecular machines act in concert to transcribe DNA code into RNA, and then translate RNA into protein. He is interested in interactions among the molecular machines responsible for the synthesis, translation, and degradation of messenger RNA in bacterial cells. Liu also plans to study how the DNA transcribing enzyme known as RNA polymerase reads through nucleosomes, the DNA-organizing units found in eukaryotic cells, and how this process is regulated by additional factors and epigenetic modifications. In addition to single-molecule biophysical tools, Liu will also leverage the power of modern biochemical and genomic approaches to elucidate the molecular mechanism of these complex processes.


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Q: How to name axis with Chart.js Hello everybody,
I'm doing some bar charts with chartjs...everything goes well but i can't find how to name my axes the clean way, i mean without using css trick like position absolute etc..
for example, this is one of my chart :
function buildResultChart(suffix, vous, moyenne) {
var pixelRatio = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
var $chart = $('#result-chart-' + suffix);
var width = $chart.parents('.inner').width() / pixelRatio;

var containerWidth = $('.container').width();
if (containerWidth < 320) {
    containerWidth = 320;
}
if (containerWidth > 600) {
    containerWidth = 600;
}
var width = containerWidth - 40;
$chart.attr('width', width);

var goodColor = 'rgba(200,245,0,1)';
var badColor = 'rgba(255,254,134,1)';
var color = goodColor;
if (moyenne < vous) {
    color = badColor;
}

var ctx = document.getElementById("result-chart-" + suffix).getContext("2d");
    var data = {
    labels: ['Votre salon'],
    datasets: [
        {
            fillColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            fillColorAlt: color,
            strokeColor: "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
            data: [vous]
        },
    ]
    };

var max = Math.round(Math.max(vous, moyenne));

//highest 100 next
var len = max.toString().length;
var first = max.toString().substring(0, 1);
if (first === '9') {
    len++;
    first = '1';
}
else {
    first = parseInt(first) + 1;
}
while (--len) {
    first += '0';
}
var max = first;
var steps = 10;
var stepWidth = Math.round(max / steps);

var c = new Chart(ctx).Bar(data, {
    align: 'h',
    scaleShowLabels:true,
    scaleFontColor: '#fff',
    scaleLineColor: '#fff',
    scaleShowGridLines: false,
    barShowStroke: false,
    animationSteps: 80,
    scaleOverride: true,
    scaleStartValue: 0,
    scaleSteps: steps,
    scaleStepWidth: stepWidth
});
}

Maybe someone could help me?
Thanks a lot!

A: Hello,
For the ones who have the same problem, a new version of chartJS is in dev mode, you can see it there newChartJS.
This version seems to let you name your axis but doesn't work 100% the same way than the older so, be careful :)

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Windsor Terrace Health Care is a medium-sized nursing home facility in Van Nuys, California (Los Angeles county). The Nursing Home Site profile for Windsor Terrace Health Care includes: Visiting / Business Hours, Resident Health and Wellness, Ratings, Activities, Comparisons, Directions, Surveys, and CMS Reviews.
They have 133 beds and 134 residents. Windsor Terrace Health Care participates in Medicare and Medicaid and are classified as a For profit - Corporation ownership. They offer residential councils. They are not located inside a hospital. They do not belong to a continuing care community.
Windsor Terrace Health Care received an overall rating from CMS of 2 stars compared to the CA average of 3.6 and a National average of 3.31. Ratings from residents, family members, and visitors to our site are available below. We encourage you to leave one of your own if you are familiar with their services. We also recommend giving them a call to address any additional senior and nursing care questions you may have after reviewing their Nursing Home Site profile.
They are located at the following address: 7447 Sepulveda Blvd in Van Nuys California 91405.
They can be reached by phone at (818) 787-3400.
The average length of stay at Windsor Terrace Health Care is approximately 30.0 days. (this may include both short and long-term care (LTC) visits).
The average age at Windsor Terrace Health Care is approximately 78 years old.
The last time this data was collected they cared for at least 188 men and 242 women in a one year period that received Medicare benefits. This number fluctuates with each new resident.
Medicare and Medicaid participation for Windsor Terrace Health Care began on Jul 08, 1999.
Additional Staffing can be viewed below. Each number represents a Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee of the type listed above it at Windsor Terrace Health Care. Read how FTE is defined.
Windsor Terrace Health Care in VAN NUYS, California has 133 beds compared to the California average of 98.61 and a National average of 106.16.
This results in a 100.75% occupancy rate compared to the California average of 81.04% and a national average of 81.38%.
Averaging the available ratings gives an aggregate star rating of 2.2 for Windsor Terrace Health Care versus the CA average of 3.30 and a national average of 3.20.
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SNMG introduces Everything Nevada
Duane Johnson
djohnson@nnbw.biz
Looking for the best place to stay in Douglas County or the coziest restaurant in Carson City? Searching for family weekend activities in Reno?
Sierra Nevada Media Group, parent company of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly, has launched http://www.everythingne vada.com, an online directory for locals and tourists to answer those kinds of questions for the northern Nevada region.
Kevin Idoni, general sales manager for Everything Nevada, said the timing was right for this type of venture.
"One of the reasons we launched this was because of Nevada's booming economy with all the new companies coming into the area," Idoni said. "Northern Nevada, especially Reno has such a growing, high-quality restaurant establishment and the entertainment choices are becoming better and better every year, so we really just felt that people need a robust guide in these categories."
Sierra Nevada Media Group, parent company of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly, has launched http://www.everythingnevada.com, an online directory for locals and tourists to answer questions about the northern Nevada region.
The concept was first introduced in March with Everything Carson City and soon thereafter Everything Minden/Gardnerville. Everything Reno recently launched.
Along with Idoni, Erin Pearson serves as content manager, while Raul Tibaduiza is marketing strategist helping businesses onboard to the website.
If the venture takes off as hoped, the staff intends on adding other northern Nevada hotspots.
The site also offers links for local business to promote happenings such as dinner specials at an eatery, or discounted room rates at a hotel. Users can also add special events to the online calendar.
Everything Nevada features relocation guides for newcomers to the region with information on local schools, government services and more. Users can also find a guide to other services, such as attorney offices, financial advisers or auto mechanics.
"It's built to promote local businesses," Tibaduiza said. "We feel it's an effective, inexpensive form of marketing for these people."
Tibaduiza indicated Everything Nevada's website, http://www.everythingnevada.com, is a gateway for local businesses and event organizers to distinguish themselves.
"The marketing interfaces or profiles we build for our clients are quite robust in terms of the technology it provides," Idoni said. "For one, they are very Google friendly so our clients see a big uptick in organic search rank growth. They also completely sync with their Facebook page and Mailchimp account, so content sharing, like a restaurant's daily specials for example become a one click post across all their key social platforms."
Another feature is a regular blog on current events. For instance, in May, Idoni said, they featured a blog on Mother's Day gift ideas and the best places to eat. Other features include a link for users to submit their special event information.
Everything Nevada has also established content sharing partnerships across multiple SNMG media sites, including the NNBW. The NNBW event page and local dining specials are shared from the every thingreno.com website.
"The event, dining and shopping content shared across our network is what truly stands our directory apart from the others, this sharing helps our clients blast their content across established news outlets and it in turn gets them in front of multiple demographics and areas across northern Nevada," Idoni said.
Everything Nevada has established a social media presence on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. The site is compatible with just about every mobile device for easy access.
For more information on Everything Nevada, contact Idoni at kidoni@every thingnevada.com, Pearson at epearson@ev erythingnevada.com or Tibaduiza at raul@everythingnevada.com.
Visit everythingcarson.com, everythingminden.com or everythingreno.com for more information.


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Forgetting Chatwin
Day five of the Wales Writers Chain tour of Argentina and Chile. We began in Buenos Aires on Monday, at the Spanish Cultural Centre, where Mererid Hopwood and I gave lectures on, respectively, the Welsh and English literary traditions of Wales. On the Tuesday, Tiffany Atkinson and myself launched new collections in Spanish, published by the innovative and excellent imprint Gog y Magog – at what might well be my favourite bookshop in the world, Eterna Cadencia. We flew south on Wednesday, to Puerto Madryn, where the first Welsh settlers arrived on the Mimosa in July 1865, and were ourselves received by a small delegation of the Argentine Welsh community, where we were served soft white bread sandwiches, Malbec wine, teisen and tarts in a little hall used for Welsh and cookery classes. Incredibly hospitable and welcoming people.
Puerto Madryn reception
The tour was organised by the Argentine poet, critic and translator, Jorge Fondebrider along with Sioned Puw Rowlands, and sponsored by various city councils in Patagonia, the ministry of culture of the city of Buenos Aires, Wales Arts International and Wales Literature Exchange. Jorge has christened the tour 'Forgetting Chatwin' in refutation of the English author's semi-fictitious account of Patagonia.
In spite of a heavy schedule of readings, lectures, translation workshops, informal talks, school visits etc, we were able yesterday to have an excursion. Puerto Madryn happens to be very close to the natural reserve of the Valdes Peninsula, so yesterday we travelled along the isthmus to Puerto Pirámide – a charming and dilapidated frontier settlement on the beach – and took a boat trip to see the whales (all of them are the Southern Right Whale, called 'right' because of the ease of hunting them in the days of harpoon whaling). The trip to the peninsula allowed us to take a look at the blasted landscape of the interior, the endless bare scrub falling away into the distance under an enormous sky. We passed llama and guanaco – a smaller version of the llama – one of whose characteristic features is the particularly touching way in which the males decide who is to become the paterfamilias. According to our guide, Cesar, the males run at each other and bite their competitor's testicles, thereby rendering him incapable of reproduction (as well, one imagines, of immediately converting him from tenor to soprano). How terrifying is nature in its simplicity.
Guanaco family
And then the whales, which leave me speechless. I heard one sing, truly.
Three ballena franca (southern right whales) close to.
A whale tail, courtesy of Nia Davies.
The crew of the Mimosa, from left: Nia Davies, Karen 'Chuckie' Owen, Tiffany Atkinson, Jorge Fondebrider and Mererid Hopwood.
Today, more lectures and poetry readings in Trelew, where Mererid Hopwood and Karen Owen will visit a Welsh school, followed by a reading at the University of Patagonia with myself, Tiffany, Karen, Mererid, alongside Jorge Fondebrider, Marina Kohon, Jorge Aulicino (Argentina) and Veronica Zondek (Chile).
A Patagonian dog, chilling out in Puerto Pirámide.
Buenos Aires, History, Literature, Natural History, Patagonia, Whales
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Chile, Jorge Fondebrider, Karen Owen, Mererid Hopwood, Patagonia, Puerto Madryn, Tiffany Atkinson, Valdes Peninsula


A small group of protesters, most of them women, on Tuesday trashed an Iranian police post protecting the French embassy in Tehran and threw stones at visitors to the mission before being arrested, a diplomat inside told AFP.
The unannounced, violent demonstration lasted 90 minutes and involved around 15 people, the French diplomat said.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday urged a Syrian opposition delegation in Baghdad to learn from the experiences of Iraq, where a new political system was established during years of violence.
Maliki met with "a delegation of representatives of a number of Syrian opposition factions, headed by Dr. Mahmud Daham al-Muslat, the head of the Syrian National Council foreign relations office in the U.S. and Canada," a statement on the Iraqi premier's website said.
Up to 500 people protested in Tehran on Thursday over an anti-Islam film made in the United States, chanting "Death to America!" and death to the movie's director, an AFP photographer at the scene said.
The rally took place near the Swiss embassy, which handles U.S. interests in the absence of U.S.-Iran diplomatic ties.
President Michel Suleiman met with Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi and Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran last week, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.
The daily said that the Syrian officials gave explanations to Suleiman on the case of former Minister Michel Samaha who was arrested last month on charges of plotting to carry out bombings in Lebanon with Syrian help.
President Michel Suleiman described his talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as "very useful", adding that they had agreed on the "majority of issues", reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told Iran's supreme leader and president on Wednesday that "concrete" progress is needed to end the showdown over their country's nuclear drive, a U.N. spokesman said.
Ban also had a tough message for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on human rights, their caustic comments on Israel and Iran's involvement in the Syrian civil war, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told U.N. correspondents from Tehran.
U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon will stress to Iranian leaders this week that they must take "urgent" action on the country's nuclear drive and human rights, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
The warning was given as Ban headed for Tehran to take part in the Non-Aligned Movement summit starting Wednesday. The United States and Israel said that Ban should not go to Iran.
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour is scheduled to travel to Iran on Sunday to attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
President Michel Suleiman is set to travel to Tehran to attend the summit later next week.
President Michel Suleiman will head to Iran on August 29 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, As Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The daily reported that Suleiman is expected to hold talks with several counterparts including Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Atomic energy agency officials will meet with Iran on Friday in Vienna to discuss remaining "outstanding issues" surrounding Tehran's contested nuclear drive, the agency announced Tuesday.
The meeting on August 24, will allow "further discussions on a structured approach to resolve outstanding issues relating to Iran's nuclear program," the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement.


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Police step up manhunt for Barcelona van driver
Police searching for the driver of the van used in the Barcelona attack are reportedly focusing their efforts on a Moroccan man.
By Wil Longbottom and Damien Pearse, News Reporters
Saturday 19 August 2017 12:12, UK
Image: Younes Abouyaaqoub is the only suspect who has not been killed or detained
A manhunt is under way to find the main suspect in the terror attack on Las Ramblas in the heart of Barcelona.
Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, is believed to be the driver of the white van involved in the attack on Thursday afternoon, but was not among those shot dead by security forces later that night.
Image: Abouyaaqoub is thought to have been the driver of the white van
According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, police in Catalonia said they were searching for Abouyaaqoub, a Moroccan national living in the Spanish town of Ripoll, who is understood to be a key member of a jihadist cell.
The report comes as new CCTV video shows the speeding van hurtling along Las Ramblas.
In the video a man can be seen desperately pushing a baby buggy out of the way of the vehicle's path.
Of the 12 people police say they are investigating, Abouyaaqoub is the only one who has not been killed or detained.
Speeding Barcelona terror van caught on camera
Police previously believed another suspect, Moussa Oukabir, was the van driver.
It emerged on Friday that Oukabir was among five men shot dead as they launched a second attack in the coastal town of Cambrils.
Image: Moussa Oukabir is confirmed as one of those who was shot
The 17-year-old is suspected of using his older brother's documents to hire the vehicle that ploughed through pedestrians in Las Ramblas.
He reportedly died along with Said Aallaa, 19, and Mohamed Hychami, 24, who were part of a group that mounted a similar attack in Cambrils that left one woman dead and six people injured.
The identities of the other two shot by police are yet to be confirmed by police.
Four men, aged 21, 27, 28 and 34, who were arrested in connection with the attack remain in custody.
Three are Moroccan and one Spanish, and police said none of them was previously known to the security services for terror-related reasons.
Amateur video shows Cambrils suspect shot dead
Moussa Oukabir's older brother, Driss Oukabir, is reported to be one of those detained.
:: Who are the victims of Spain terror attack?
In a news conference this morning, Spain's interior minister Juan Ignacio Zoida said authorities had received 250 calls from the public relating to terrorism, since the attacks.
While a manhunt continues for Abouyaaqoub, Mr Zoida said the terror cell to which he belonged had been successfully "dismantled".
Islamic State said those who carried out the attacks had responded to its call to target countries involved in a US-led coalition targeting the group.
Image: Police raided the house where one of the suspect Moussa Oukabir lived
Image: A Moroccan passport seen in the house where Moussa Oukabir lived
The investigation is also centred on a house in Alcanar, southwest of Barcelona, which was destroyed by an explosion on Wednesday night.
Police believe the house was being used to plan one or several large-scale attacks in Barcelona, possibly using a large number of butane gas canisters stored there.
Image: Dozens of gas canisters were found at the terror cell's 'base' in Alcanar
The apparently accidental explosion at the house forced the suspects to scale down their plans and carry out more "rudimentary" attacks.
Catalan regional police official Josep Lluis Trapero told reporters on Friday: "We think they were preparing at least one or more attacks in Barcelona.
"The explosion in Alcanar at least avoided some of the material they were counting on to carry out even bigger attacks than the ones that happened.
"Because of that the attack in Barcelona and the one in Cambrils were carried out in a bit more rudimentary way than the one they had initially planned."
Who were the victims of the Barcelona attack?
Timeline of Spain terror attacks
The attacks left 13 people dead in Barcelona and one woman dead in Cambrils.
Some 126 people were injured, with 12 in a critical condition. Twenty four others have "major injuries". The dead and injured came from 34 countries.


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The Pavilion Project is a community group and registered charity working with local architects, AR Design Studio, to replace the dilapidated cricket pavilion and scoring huts at North Walls Recreation Ground in Winchester.
The new pavilion will be used by a variety of sports clubs, community groups and local schools, too. It will also promote cricket by encouraging players, both male and female, of all abilities and ages. The building will be sustainable, accessible and available for all-year-round use.
Planning consent for the proposed pavilion was granted in January 2018. We hope that the build will commence in 2019.
"The Winchester Town Forum welcome the prospect of working in partnership on this and wish the team every success with their fundraising."
Cricket at all levels of the game, and by all ages, is played at North Walls Recreation Ground; many teams from across the district regard it as their "home" ground.
The Hampshire Cricket Board hosts disability and All Stars (junior) cricket at North Walls and also the women's Softball Cricket Festival, although the very poor existing location facilities threaten the continuation of these activities at this location.
Winchester Rugby Club use the pavilion during the winter months; both for the popular minis and juniors training sessions and tournaments and by the adult teams playing on the nearby Devil's Island pitch.
"It is a truly local project for local people and will become an asset for everyone, but we must secure enough additional funding to make the project happen. If the existing buildings are not replaced, use of the two pitches for sport will inevitably decline."
The communal hub in the new pavilion will be made available to the community all year round. During public consultations a range of uses have been suggested; from kids' parties to drama classes - as a "pop up" coffee-stop, too! The communal hub will also be ideal as a meeting space, with parking nearby at River Park Leisure Centre. Bespoke Biking CIC is keen to use the new pavilion, as are an array of local sports and fitness groups. St Bede's primary school, a short walk away from the pavilion, relies on the recreation ground for its outdoor sporting activities and is in dire need of decent, segregated, changing facilities.


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Enviroscan 04/2022
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Some links to National and International News Items Related to Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Closeness, Conflict, and Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy: Finnish Pre- and In-service Early Education Teachers' Perceptions 25 March 2022
For those interested in a more in-depth study about ECD and diversity – this Finnish study explores the validity of a scale developed for assessing teachers' selfefficacy beliefs in engaging with diversity in early childhood education settings.
It concludes that the qualified ECD teachers felt more confident and competent in engaging with diversity in mainstream classrooms than the first-year ECD student teachers. Put differently – qualified teachers reported higher confidence in handling diversity in early childhood classrooms than student teachers.
The implications of the study are discussed from the perspective of teacher training and professional development in the early childhood education context.
Further Reading: Frontiers in Psychology
Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda8 25 March 2022
This study provides information on what countries facing similar challenges as Rwanda can do to achieve progress in reducing undernutrition and provides understanding of the role of mid-level actors in translating and implementing nutrition policies and the challenges they face.
Political commitment to nutrition and the establishment of platforms to promote cross-sector collaboration for the implementation of multisectoral nutrition strategies were important drivers and sustainers of changes in child nutrition in Rwanda.
These efforts were developed and promoted both at national and decentralized levels and focused on getting mid-level actors and frontline workers engaged in nutrition. Rwanda used its existing political and administrative structures to prioritize local response and involvement in nutrition.
Further Reading: Reducing Undernutrition
Build Leaders of Tomorrow One ECD at a Time by Collaborating with a Local NPO 28 March 2022
Currently, an estimated 1.24 million children between the ages of three and five are not attending an early learning programme in South Africa, and over 75% of these kids are underprivileged. So, those who are most in need are being neglected.
ENVIROSCAN 04/2022 Some links to National and International News Items Related to Early Childhood Development (ECD)
While Government is working to rectify this, there are exciting opportunities available for the private sector to bolster these efforts.
This article looks at some examples of how some organisations are practically going about doing this in the field. Point is that government by itself does not have all the resources and the know-how. We need a vibrant ECD PPP (Private-Public Partnership) sector.
Further Reading: ECD Collaboration
The Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development: A framework for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential 2018
And speaking of ECD PPP's – Early childhood development is key to human development, and human development is in the interests of everyone in society. Since it has such broad effects, it makes sense that no sector can be solely responsible for it.
Investing in early childhood development is good for everyone – governments, businesses, communities, parents, and caregivers, and most of all, babies, and young children. It is also the right thing to do, helping every child realize the right to survive and thrive
The Nurturing Care Framework draws on state-of-the-art evidence on how early
childhood development unfolds to set out the most effective policies and services that will help parents and caregivers provide nurturing care for babies.
It is designed to serve as a roadmap for action, helping mobilise a coalition of parents and caregivers, national governments, civil society groups, academics, the United Nations, the private sector, educational institutions, and service providers to ensure that every baby gets the best start in life.
Further Reading: Nurturing Care
Vodacom backs food gardens at 8 ECD centres 29 March 2022
And still in the vein of ECD PPP cooperation – Vodacom has announced that it will support 8 ECD centres to establish food gardens to support local communities.
The eight centres will benefit from a sixstep sustainability journey where viable food gardens are being planted. This supplements feeding schemes while promoting sustainable practices. The programme will also run educational workshops and training for parents and educators on sustainable farming practices.
Further Reading: ECD Food Gardens
Listening, playing, holding: Positive parenting in Tunisia 23 March 2022
Positive parenting aims to avoid things like violence between parents and children, reduce stress, to encourage play with kids, parents' engagement in their children's education, healthy communication, and more shared time between parents and children.
Quality time together is critical to the development of healthy and happy kids— and as these kids grow up, a productive and more cohesive society.
This is an attempt by parents and educators to challenge negative parenting habits in their communities and spread what they've learned while they are literally on the job.
Further Reading: Positive Parenting
5 Things Parents Look for in Your Daycare Centre 02 February 2022
For most parents, leaving their child's side is one of the most difficult things they'll ever have to do, especially if they're young and heading out into the world for the first time. That is why choosing a daycare centre is one of the most important decisions they will make. A decision that'll echo throughout their adulthood.
However, there are many, many child care centres out there, and a few key factors come into play when selecting one. Being parents and educators ourselves, we
thought it's best to let you in on how parents think when approaching a daycare centre. Although they're opinions at the end of the day, they've done wonders for many centres throughout the world.
These are the most common things parents look for when making up their mind on a good place to keep their child several hours a day, most days of the week.
Further Reading: What Parents Want
Panyaza Lesufi | A new era in early childhood development: Let's invest in our collective future 28 March 2022
From April 1, 2022, the ECD sector will no longer be run by the Department of Social Development (DSD), but by the Department of Basic Education (DBE).
This will mean that the DBE will become responsible for everything that the DSD was responsible for in delivering, funding, registering, monitoring, and supporting the ECD sector.
From April 1, the DBE will lead the implementation of the National Curriculum Framework, National Early Learning and Development Standards, the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy and The Policy on Minimum Requirements for Programmes Leading to Qualifications in Higher Education for Early Childhood Development Educators (parenthesis added).
The DBE has developed a 10-year sector plan to ensure that all ECD programmes providing early learning and development opportunities are registered and funded by the DBE by 2030.
The DBE will become responsible for ensuring universal availability, adequate quality, and equitable access to inclusive learning opportunities for children aged
birth until the year before they enter formal school.
Further Reading: The Move To DBE
UPDATE: Western Cape Government moves forward with ECD Migration 22 March 2002
And in line with the overall move of ECD to the DBE – the Western Cale Government has put the following in place since the provincial proclamation was signed and gazetted on August 25, 2021.
• Transferring of the contacts and Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) from DSD to the Western Cape DBE. • Close collaboration between DSD and WCED on all matters, to ensure the efficient transfer of resources, budget and assets. • DSD has provided all business architecture (Standard Operating Procedures etc), databases and required documentation to WCED. • Staff have been identified, consulted and received transfer letters. Affected staff who are transferring from DSD to DBE, have institutional knowledge and experience and are currently performing these functions, thus minimising programme implementation risk.
(We assume similar actions are also being undertaken in the other provinces).
Further Reading: WC ECD Migration
Please note that these Enviroscans are exactly that – a short scan of the latest ECD developments. No attempt is made at interpretation and the reader should click on the relevant link provided at the end of every article summary to access the full article
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Fernandez, S. 22 March 2022. UPDATE: Western Cape Government moves forward with ECD Migration. Western Cape Government. https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/updatewestern-cape-government-moves-forward-ecd-migration
Iruhiruye, E. et al. 25 March 2022. Translation of policy for reducing undernutrition from national to sub-national levels in Rwanda. Springer Nature. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12571-022-01271-2
Ikram. 02 February 2022. 5 Things Parents Look for in Your Daycare Center. Parent. https://parent.cloud/blog/things-daycare-center-must-have/
Kimball, S. and Gonzalez, P. 23 March 2022. Listening, playing, holding: Positive parenting in Tunisia. UNICEF. https://www.unicef.org/mena/stories/listening-playing-holding
Lesufi, P. 28 March 2022. Panyaza Lesufi | A new era in early childhood development: Let's invest in our collective future. News24. https://www.news24.com/parent/learn/primaryschool/panyaza-lesufi-a-new-era-in-early-childhood-development-lets-invest-in-ourcollective-future-20220328
Price, I. 20 March 2022. Vodacom backs food gardens at 8 ECD centres. Foodformzansi.co.za. https://www.foodformzansi.co.za/farmer-101-use-these-tips-to-findfinance-investment/
SA Good News. 28 March 2022. Build Leaders of Tomorrow One ECD at a Time by Collaborating with a Local NPO. https://www.sagoodnews.co.za/build-leaders-oftomorrow-one-ecd-at-a-time-by-collaborating-with-a-local-npo/
Spiske, M. 2021. Unsplash Image. https://unsplash.com/photos/5sCMm4wi0Sg
Spiske, M. 2021. Unsplash Image. https://unsplash.com/photos/H20fwlGnKqU
Spiske, M. 2017. Unsplash Image. https://unsplash.com/photos/ipYwpFUwC-I
Yannis, H. 2018. Unsplash Image. https://unsplash.com/photos/uogQRVkd6Rs
Yang, W., Laakkonen, E., and Silven, M. 25 March 2022. Closeness, Conflict, and Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy: Finnish Pre- and In-service Early Education Teachers' Perceptions. Frontiers in Psychology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.834631/full
World Health Organization, et al. 2018. The Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development: A framework for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential. https://nurturing-care.org/ncf-for-ecd
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Monday voted to set new dates for elections that will decide the country's last unsettled congressional race from 2018.
The period for candidates to file to run in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District would begin March 11 and end March 15. The primary would be held May 14, and the general election would be on Sept. 10, a date that coincides with Charlotte's municipal primaries.
If no candidate wins more than 30 percent of the vote in the 9th district primary, a runoff election will be held Sept. 10, followed by a general election Nov. 5.
The 9th District runs from Charlotte to rural Bladen County. Unofficial results showed the Republican candidate, Mark Harris, leading the Democratic candidate, Dan McCready by 905 votes after the election. But the state elections board twice refused to make the results official due to concerns about tampering with mail-in ballots.
Since then, Harris has bowed out of the race, citing health problems. Leslie McCrae Dowless, the Bladen County political operative accused of running a ballot-harvesting operation to benefit Harris, has been indicted on charges related to illegally collecting ballots during the 2016 general election and 2018 primary. Four others were also indicted, and additional charges are likely.
Meanwhile, the field of Republican candidates in the 9th District special election is shaping up. The winner likely will face McCready, who has already resumed fundraising, in a race expected to attract national attention as one of the only special elections in a potential swing state before the 2020 national contest.
"I look forward to a fair election to restore representation for the people of the 9th District," he said.
Harris has endorsed Union County commissioner Stony Rushing, who owns a gun range and attracted national media coverage for dressing as Boss Hogg (the villain from the "The Dukes of Hazzard") and using the photos in some campaign ads, complete with white cowboy hat, suit and cigar. Rushing has said he got the suit for a Halloween costume.
Two potential Republican candidates took themselves out of the running this weekend. Dan Barry, chairman of the Union County GOP, and Kenny Smith, a former Charlotte City Council member and mayoral candidate, both announced Sunday that they have decided not to run. They cited personal and business reasons for the decision, and said they will support the eventual nominee.
"Running for office is dictated by when opportunity and timing intersect. Unfortunately, the 2019 special election isn't the right time for me due to family and work commitments," Smith wrote in a Facebook post.
They join former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory, a former Charlotte mayor who announced his decision not to run last week.
Other possible Republican candidates are expected to decide soon. Matthew Ridenhour, a former Mecklenburg County commissioner, said he plans to decide this week, while former state Sen. Tommy Tucker of Waxhaw is expected to run and is forming a staff.
State Sen. Dan Bishop, another candidate who is widely expected to run, could not be reached by phone Monday. Raleigh Republican David Blackwelder has declared his candidacy, as has Libertarian candidate Jeff Scott.
The potentially crowded field and short timeline could make for a runoff, as candidates must win more than 30 percent of the vote to win the primary.
The off-year special primary election will likely see low turnout, Barry said. He predicted 25,000 or fewer voters will cast ballots, compared with more than 35,000 in the 2018 Republican primary. That means the eventual Republican nominee could win a spot on general election ballot with fewer than 10,000 votes, and a candidate who racks up just a few thousand votes could potentially force a runoff if the field is splintered.
With Union County making up the biggest chunk of the 9th District, followed by southeast Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Barry said the winner will have to perform well in those areas.
The 9th District race was not the only undecided contest to be affected by decisions made by the state elections board Monday.
New elections for the Bladen County commissioner representing District 3 and that county's soil and water conservation district supervisor were set for May 14.
The state elections board also voted on how to resolve a Robeson County judicial race. Democrat Vanessa Burton led Republican Jack Moody by 67 votes in the unofficial tally.
The board decided to canvass the election and authorize the certification, which would make the results official. The vote split the Democratic-controlled board 3-2 along party lines.
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Terrebonne (désigné Effingham jusqu'en 1829) est un district électoral de la Chambre d'assemblée du Bas-Canada ayant existé de 1792 à 1838.

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Son territoire regroupe l'Île Jésus, Blainville et Terrebonne. Terrebonne est l'un des 27 districts électoraux instaurés lors de la création du Bas-Canada par l'Acte constitutionnel de 1791. Il s'agit d'un district représenté conjointement par deux députés, parfois d'allégeance différente. En 1829, le district d'Effingham est francisé Terrebonne. Il est suspendu de 1838 à 1841 en raison de la Rébellion des Patriotes. À partir de 1841, le district est conservé au sein du Parlement de la province du Canada.

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Here's another idea if you want to get your pants scared off this Halloween season. Immaculate Conception Parish in De Pere is host to The Morgue Haunted House. You can find it at N5589 County Road E.
The Morgue is open every Friday and Saturday night in October, starting on October 4.
The Morgue claims to have the best waiting area in the region – you don't have to stand in line, you can just hang out by the bonfire until your group number is called.
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If you enjoy Haunted Houses and the Halloween season, please check out MadeYaScream, a Green Bay-based Facebook page and website that covers the haunted attraction industry not only in Wisconsin but other states as well.
These are just some of the events going on. Be sure to check out the Fall Fun section on our home page for some ongoing activities like haunted houses and pumpkin patches, too.
LedgeFest is set for Saturday, September 28 from 11am – 3pm. It will take place at Olde School Square in De Pere.
There will be fun for the entire family including bounce houses, kids games, and the Fat Brass Band. Food & beverages will be available from S.A.L.T., Sweet Frog, Graystone Ale House, and more.
Admission to LedgeFest is free!
The 5th annual SNC Day will take place at St. Norbert College in De Pere this Saturday, September 21, from 10am – 5pm. The day is an "open house" for the community, alumni, students, and their families. Activities include arts and crafts, campus tours, a children's tent, educational lectures, food, live music, a 5K run, and lots more. It's a great time to experience all that St. Norbert has to offer!
For more information on SNC Day, click here.