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\section{Supplementary Material: Singularity of the London penetration depth at quantum critical points
    in superconductors}
In the following sections, we provide additional details about our model and the associated computations. In the next section\ref{sdw}, we discuss our model for the Fermions coupled to a SDW/nematic order at greater length and then provide the necessary details of the diagramatic analysis for the superfluid density. In the last section, we introduce the Kondo-Heisenberg model followed by the low-energy theory and provide a derivation of the important results that were discussed in the main text.
\section{SDW and Nematic QCP: Case (A) and (B)}
\label{sdw}
As introduced in the main text, we start with a band-structure for the Fermions with two orbitals, $c_{i,a\alpha}$. It is convenient to re-write the bands as $c_{{\mathbf{k}},1}\rightarrow\psi_{{\mathbf{k}},1}$ and $c_{{\mathbf{k}},2}\rightarrow\psi_{{\mathbf{k}}+{\mathbf{K}},2}$ \cite{EBMMSS12}. We have therefore shifted the $\psi_2$ fermions by ${\mathbf{K}}$, the ordering wave-vector; expressing the Yukawa term in terms of $\psi_{1,2}$ is more convenient. The action on a lattice with sites $i,j$ for the SDW problem ($N=3$ component order parameter, $\vec\varphi$) is then given by, ${\cal{S}}=\int_0^\beta d\tau({\cal{L}}_F+{\cal{L}}_{\vec\varphi}+{\cal{L}}_{F\vec\varphi})$, where
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal{L}}_F&=&\sum_{\substack{i,j\\\alpha, a}}\psi_{i,a\alpha }^\dagger\bigg[(\partial_\tau-\mu)\delta_{ij}-t_{a,ij}e^{ie{\bf A}_{ij}.({\bf r}_i-{\bf r}_j)}\bigg]\psi_{j,a\alpha},\\
{\cal{L}}_\varphi&=&\frac{1}{2}\sum_i\frac{1}{c^2}\bigg(\frac{d\vec\varphi_i}{d\tau}\bigg)^2+\frac{1}{2}\sum_{\langle i,j\rangle}(\vec{\varphi}_i-\vec{\varphi}_j)^2+\sum_{i}\bigg(\frac{g-g_c^0}{2}\vec\varphi_i^2+\frac{u_0}{4}\vec{\varphi}_i^4 \bigg),\\
{\cal{L}}_{F\vec\varphi}&=&w\sum_i\psi_{i,1\alpha}^\dagger(\vec{\sigma}_{\alpha\beta}.\vec{\varphi}_i)\psi_{i,2\beta} + {\textnormal{h.c.}}
\label{lagf}
\label{lagp}
\end{eqnarray}
In the above action, $\mu$ is the chemical potential, $t_{a,ij}$ represent the hopping parameters, $w$ is an ${\it O}(1)$ Yukawa coupling, $\vec{\sigma}$ are the Pauli matrices acting in spin-space and $(g-g_c^0), u_0$ are the bare mass and non-linear self-coupling of the $\vec\varphi$ field, respectively. As before, $a(=1,2)$ represents the orbital label and $\alpha, \beta$ represent the spin labels.  We have introduced an external gauge field, ${\bf A}_{ij}=\sum_{{\mathbf{q}}}{\bf A}_{{\mathbf{q}}}~e^{i{\mathbf{q}}.({\mathbf{r}}_i+{\mathbf{r}}_j)/2}$, defined at the center of each bond $i,j$. We only need terms up to ${\it O}({\bf A}^2)$ in order to compute $\rho_S$.

Upon expanding ${\cal{L}}_F$ (in the normal state) in powers of ${\bf A}_{ij}$ till second order, we obtain,
\begin{eqnarray}
&&{\cal{L}}_F=\sum_{{\bf k},a,\alpha}[i\omega-\xi_a({\bf k})]\psi_{{\bf k},a\alpha}^\dagger\psi_{{\bf k},a\alpha}
+\sum_{\substack{{\bf k},{\bf q}\{\mathbf{a}},\alpha}}{\bf v}_a({\bf k},{\bf q}).{{\bf A}}_{{\bf q}}~\psi^\dagger_{{\bf k}+{\bf q},a\alpha}\psi_{{\bf k},a\alpha }+\sum_{\substack{{\bf q},{\bf q'},{\bf k}\\ a,\alpha, i}}K^i_a({\bf q},{\bf q}',{\bf k})A^i_{{\bf q}}A^i_{{\bf q}'}\psi^\dagger_{{\bf q}+{\bf q}'+{\bf k},a\alpha }\psi_{{\bf k},\alpha  a}+\textnormal{h.c.},
\end{eqnarray}
where $\xi_a({\bf k})=\varepsilon_a({\bf k})-\mu$ and $\varepsilon_a({\bf k})=-\sum_{i,j}t_{a,ij}e^{i{\bf k}.({\bf r}_i-{\bf r}_j)}$ are the dispersions of the orbitals. The paramagnetic current density is given by ${\bf v}_a({\bf k},{\bf q})=e\nabla_k\xi_a({\bf k}+{\bf q}/2)$ and $K^i_a({\bf q},{\bf q}',{\bf k})=e^2\partial_{k_i}^2\xi_a({\bf k}+{\bf q}/2+{\bf q}'/2) / 2$ is the kinetic-energy density along direction $i$.

As described at the outset in the main text, we shall work in the superconducting state,  with gaps $\Delta_{a}$ on the different orbitals.  Note that the specific material in question has accidental line-nodes on the electron-like sheets, but the nodal excitations don't quantitatively affect our conclusions provided they don't coincide with the hot-spots and couple to the low energy order parameter modes.  We introduce the Nambu spinors, $\Psi^\dagger_{{\bf k},a\alpha}=(\psi^\dagger_{{\bf k},a\alpha}~i\sigma^y_{\alpha\beta}\psi_{-{\bf k},a\beta})$, where $i\sigma^y_{\alpha\beta}=\varepsilon_{\alpha\beta}$. Then,
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal{H}}_\Delta=\sum_{{\mathbf{k}},a\alpha}\Psi^\dagger_{{\bf k},a\alpha}[\xi_a({\mathbf{k}})\tau^z+\Delta_a\tau^x]\Psi_{{\bf k},a\alpha},
\end{eqnarray}
is the modified Hamiltonian for the Fermions in the presence of pairing.  The coupling of the fermions to the SDW ($N=3$, $\vec\varphi$), nematic ($N=1, \varphi$) and gauge fields (${\mathbf{A}}$) can be written as,
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal{L}}_{F\vec\varphi}&=&w\vec{\varphi}.[\Psi^\dagger_{a\alpha}\vec{\sigma}_{\alpha\beta}\hat{\tau}_0\Psi_{b\beta}]\\
{\cal{L}}_{F\varphi}&=&w \varphi\Psi^\dagger_{a\alpha}\hat{\tau}_x\Psi_{a\alpha},\\
{\cal{L}}_{FA}&=&{\bf J}.{\bf A}_{\bf q}+K^i{\bf A}^i_{\bf q}{\bf A}^i_{\bf q'}, ~\textnormal{with}\\
{\bf J}=\sum_{{\mathbf{k}}, a\alpha}{\bf v}_a({\mathbf{k}},{\mathbf{q}})\Psi^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}+{\mathbf{q}},a\alpha}\hat\tau_0\Psi_{{\mathbf{k}},a\alpha} ~& ,&~
K^i=\sum_{\alpha,{\mathbf{k}}}K_a^i({\mathbf{q}},{\mathbf{q}}',{\mathbf{k}})\Psi^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}+{\mathbf{q}}+{\mathbf{q}}',a\alpha}\hat\tau_z\Psi_{{\mathbf{k}},a\alpha}.
\end{eqnarray}
 In the above, $\hat\tau_i$ denote Pauli-matrices acting in Nambu space and $\hat\tau_0=\mathbb{I}_{2\times2}$.
In order to carry out a diagramatic analysis, we work with the Nambu (i.e. normal and anomalous) Green's functions corresponding to the action in ${\cal{L}}_\Delta$. Then the Nambu Green's functions can be written in the following $2\times2$ matrix notation,
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},i\omega_n)&=& \left(\begin{array}{cc}
{\cal{G}}_a^0({\mathbf{p}},i\omega_n)&-{\cal{F}}_a^0({\mathbf{p}},i\omega_n) \\
-{\cal{F}}_a^0({\mathbf{p}},i\omega_n)  & -{\cal{G}}_a^0(-{\mathbf{p}},-i\omega_n)\end{array} \right), \textnormal{where}\nonumber\\
{\cal{G}}^0_a({\bf p},i\omega_n)&=&-\frac{i\omega_n+\xi_a({\bf p})}{\omega_n^2+E^2_a({\bf p})} ,~\textnormal{and},~{\cal{F}}^0_a({\bf p},i\omega_n)=-\frac{\Delta_a}{\omega_n^2+E^2_a({\bf p})}.
\end{eqnarray}
In the above, $E_a({\mathbf{p}})=\sqrt{\xi_a^2({\mathbf{p}})+\Delta_a^2}$, $\Delta_1=\Delta,~ \Delta_2=-\Delta$ (for the $s_\pm$ state) and ${\cal{G}}^0, {\cal{F}}^0$ are the normal and anomalous Green's functions.

For the one-band problem with a cuprate-like Fermi surface that we also consider, everything that we have introduced for the two-orbital model goes through with the modification, $f_2({\mathbf{k}})=f_1({\mathbf{k}}+{\mathbf{Q}})$ (with ${\mathbf{Q}}=(\pi,\pi)$),where $f_a(...)$ denotes the momentum dependent functions such as the dispersions, velocities, gaps etc. of the orbitals.  Moreover, $\Delta({\mathbf{k}})$ is momentum dependent and has $d-$wave character.

The superfluid density, $\rho_s$, can be inferred from the current-current correlation function by taking the limits of the external frequency and momentum to zero in the correct order \cite{sachdevbook,doug}. When we take ${\bf A}=(A^x,0)$, then the superfluid density is given by,
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{\rho_s}{\pi e^2}&=&{\cal{K}}_{xx}(q_x=0,q_y\rightarrow0,i\omega_n=0),\\
{\cal{K}}_{xx}({\bf q},0)&=&\frac{\delta^2\ln{\cal{Z}}}{\delta A^x_{\bf q}\delta A^x_{-{\bf q}}}\bigg|_{{\bf A}=0},
\end{eqnarray}
where ${\cal{Z}}=\int{\cal{D}}\vec{\varphi}~e^{-{\cal{S}}_{\textnormal{eff}}}$ is the partition function of the theory corresponding to ${\cal{L}}_{\textnormal{eff}}({\bf A},\vec{\varphi})$ in Eqn.\ref{laga}.
Let us analyze case (A) first, since case (B) proceeds in an almost identical fashion. Upon integrating out the fermions and retaining terms up to second order in {\bf A}, one generates couplings between the vector potential and the SDW field. The resulting action is
\begin{eqnarray}
{\cal{L}}_{\textnormal{eff}}({\bf A},\vec{\varphi})=C_1{\bf A}^2+ C_2\vec{\varphi}^2{\bf A}^2+C_3{\bf A}_\perp\vec{\varphi}^2,
\label{laga}
\end{eqnarray}
where the computation of the expansion coefficients, $C_{1,2,3}$ will be highlighted shortly.

The bare BCS contribution, $\rho_{\textnormal{BCS}}$ is given by $C_1$ and can be computed in a standard fashion. The leading singular contribution to the superfluid density at the QCP comes from the other terms above (as shown in Fig. 2 of the main paper). The term corresponding to $C_3{\bf A}_\perp\vec{\varphi}^2$ consists of a ``triangle" graph, but with the paramagnetic current vertex. The dependence on the distance from the critical point, $g-g_c$, will arise once we integrate over $\vec\varphi$, which amounts to closing the dashed lines for the diagrams in $C_2$, while the square of the diagram in $C_3$ would contribute. When the external momentum of the gauge field is zero, these diagrams only depend on the momentum of the SDW fluctuation. However, the fermions are all gapped with a typical energy scale $\Delta$ that is much larger than the SDW energy scale in the vicinity of the QCP.  When the SDW mode goes soft at the critical point, it can't exchange energy/momentum with the massive fermions, which leads the two degrees of freedom to decouple. The couplings then reduce to
 contact interaction, independent of the momentum (and is only determined by the details of the band-structure, gap magnitudes etc.) Therefore, the two sets of diagrams reduce to three- and four-point momentum independent couplings between ${\bf A}$ and $\vec{\varphi}$.

Let us now look at the diagrams in Fig.2---these diagrams effectively give rise to a 4-point coupling between the gauge field and the SDW order parameter. At zero external momentum and frequency, $C_2$ is given by
\begin{eqnarray}
C_2&=&w^2[I_V+I_\Sigma+I_T], ~~\textnormal{where}\\
I_V&=&\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a\neq b}v_a^x({\mathbf{p}})v_b^x({\mathbf{p}})\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_b({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_b({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)],\\
I_\Sigma&=&2\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a\neq b}[v_a^x({\mathbf{p}})]^2\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_b({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)],\\
I_T&=&2\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a\neq b}K_a^x({\mathbf{p}})\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_b({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat\tau_z].
\label{c2ex}
\end{eqnarray}
``Tr" stands for trace over the Nambu indices. Upon integrating out the fermions, we also generate a three-point coupling between ${\bf A}$ and $\vec\varphi$. Two of these diagrams combine to give an ${\it O}({\bf A}^2)$ term and is referred to as the {\it Aslamazov-Larkin} diagram. The expression for $C_3$ is given by,
\begin{eqnarray}
C_3=w^2\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a\neq b}v_a^x({\mathbf{p}})\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_b({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat\tau_z].
\label{c3ex}
\end{eqnarray}
Interestingly, it turns out that $C_3$ is identically zero when evaluated at zero external momentum as it is an odd function of $p_x$ and so we can ignore the three-point coupling between the gauge-fields and $\varphi$. We can compute the traces and carry out the Matsubara sums analytically, leading to expressions that are a function of the lattice momenta. Finally we choose a specific band-structure and evaluate the momentum integrals on a lattice, which gives us a numerical value for $C_2$.

While computing $\lambda$ numerically, we compute $\langle\vec\varphi^2\rangle$ at the Gaussian level, also on the lattice. The bare propagator for the SDW field is given by,
\begin{eqnarray}
D^0({\bf k},i\omega_n)=\frac{1}{\omega_n^2/c^2+[4-2\cos(k_x)-2\cos(k_y)]+g-g_c^0},
\end{eqnarray}
where we have set the lattice spacing to be unity. The bare propagator gets renormalized to $D({\mathbf{k}},i\omega_m)=1/([D^0({\mathbf{k}},i\omega_m]^{-1}-\Pi({\mathbf{k}},i\omega_m))$, where $\Pi({\mathbf{k}},i\omega_m)$ is the polarization bubble due to the superconducting fermions. However the main effect of the gapped fermions is to shift the critical point, $g_c^0$, to a new location, $g_c=g_c^0-\Pi(0,0)$, with some possible renormalization of the spin-wave velocity. Therefore, the functional form of the propagator of the SDW field remains identical to the bare propagator and we shall study the behavior of $\lambda_L$ as a function of the distance away from the renormalized QCP, $g_c$.

The problem is thus reduced to evaluating a one loop effect in the SDW theory with a coupling to external fields obtained from the fermion loops.  Hence the fermions play a crucial but restricted role by determining the sign and size of the coupling.  In particular, the sign of the correction is solely determined by the value of $C_2$ while the shape of the critical bump is determined solely by the SDW theory. The final results are plotted in Figs. 3 \& 4 of the manuscript.

Now the generality of framework can be employed.  When evaluating $\rho_S$ for the nematic problem, we can compute $C_2$, the $4-$point coupling between ${\bf A}$ and $\varphi$, from the same diagrams as in Fig.2, with a few additional differences; one of these includes the fact that the internal $b$ fermion lines are the same as $a$ (there's an overall sum over the different orbitals). The explicit expressions are given by,
\begin{eqnarray}
C_2&=&w^2[I_V+I_\Sigma+I_T], ~~\textnormal{where}\\
I_V&=&\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a}[v_a^x({\mathbf{p}})]^2\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x],\\
I_\Sigma&=&2\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a}[v_a^x({\mathbf{p}})]^2\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)],\\
I_T&=&2\sum_{{\bf p},ip_n,a}K_a^x({\mathbf{p}})\textnormal{Tr}[\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat{\tau}_x\hat{G}_a({\mathbf{p}},ip_n)\hat\tau_z].
\label{c2ex}
\end{eqnarray}
$C_3$ for this problem is still zero as long as the external momentum/frequency is zero.

\section{SC-$\mathbb{Z}_2$ SC* transition: Case C}
\label{sc*}
Let us start by considering a Kondo-lattice model of conduction electrons ($c$) interacting with localized spins ($f$), described by the following Hamiltonian,
\begin{eqnarray}
H&=&H_c+H_K+H_H, ~\textnormal{where}\\
H_c&=&\sum_{\substack{\langle ij\rangle\\\alpha}}(-t_{ij}e^{ie{\bf A}_{ij}.({\bf r}_i-{\bf r}_j)}-\mu)c_{i\alpha}^\dagger c_{j\alpha}+\sum_{{\mathbf{k}}}(\Delta^c_{\mathbf{k}} c^\dagger_{{\mathbf{k}}\uparrow} c^\dagger_{-{\mathbf{k}}\downarrow} +\textnormal{h.c.})\nonumber\\
H_K&=&\frac{J_K}{2}\sum_{i}\vec{S}_i.c_{i\alpha}^\dagger\vec{\sigma}^{i}_{\alpha\beta}c_{i\beta}~,~~H_H=J_H\sum_{\langle ij\rangle}\vec{S}_i.\vec{S}_j.
\label{model}
\end{eqnarray}
$H_c$ represents the Hamiltonian of the dispersing conduction electrons that exhibit a superconducting instability with pairing amplitude $\Delta^c$ at low temperatures. $H_K$ represents the Kondo coupling between the conduction electrons and the localized spins. We have included an explicit interaction between the localized spins, $H_H$, which includes effects due to Heisenberg super-exchange and RKKY interactions. ${\bf A}_{ij}$ represents the physical external gauge field.

We shall use the fermionic spinon representation of the localized spins, $\vec{S}_i=f_{i\alpha}^\dagger\vec{\sigma}_{\alpha\beta}f_{i\beta}/2$. Let us now reformulate the above Hamiltonian in terms of a functional integral for the $c$ and $f$ fermions and a slave boson $\Phi\sim\langle c^\dagger f\rangle$. By decoupling $H_K$ and $H_H$ above in terms of Hubbard-Stratanovich fields, we get
\begin{eqnarray}
H'_K&=&\sum_{i}(\Phi^*_{i}c_{i\alpha}^\dagger f_{i\alpha}+\Phi_if_{i\alpha}^\dagger c_{i\alpha})+|\Phi_i|^2/J_K,\\
H'_H&=&\sum_{\langle ij\rangle}(|\chi_{ij}|e^{i{\bf a}_{ij}.({\mathbf{r}}_i-{\mathbf{r}}_j)}f_{i\alpha}^\dagger f_{j\alpha}+\textnormal{h.c.})+|\chi_{ij}|^2/J_H+\sum_{{\mathbf{k}}}(\Delta^f_{\mathbf{k}} f_{{\mathbf{k}}\uparrow}^\dagger f_{-{\mathbf{k}}\downarrow}^\dagger+\textnormal{h.c.})+|\Delta^f_{\mathbf{k}}|^2/J_H,
\label{HS}
\end{eqnarray}
where ${\bf a}_{ij}$ is an emergent gauge-field, $|\chi_{ij}|$ is the hopping amplitude for the spinons and we also consider the spinons to be paired with amplitude $\Delta^f$. The complete Hamiltonian of the system is now given by, $H=H_c+H'_K+H'_H+\sum_j\lambda_j(f_{j\alpha}^\dagger f_{j\alpha}-1)$, where $\lambda_j$ is a Lagrange multiplier that restricts the number density of the localized electrons to $n_f=1$ on average. $\Phi_i$ is a complex field, which carries gauge charge $(-1_{\mathbf{A}}, 1_{\mathbf{a}})$ and whose condensation leads to confinement.
We can now write the following low-energy theory in terms of the gauge-fields $A_\perp, a_\perp$ (transverse components of ${\mathbf{A}}, {\mathbf{a}}$) and the scalar field $\Phi$ after having integrated out the fermions (both species of fermions remain gapped on either side of the transition),
\begin{eqnarray}
S_{\eff} &=& S_0[{\mathbf{A}},{\mathbf{a}}]+S[\Phi,\tilde{{\mathbf{A}}}],\\
S_0[{\mathbf{A}}_\perp,{\mathbf{a}}_\perp] &=& \int d^2x d\tau \left( \frac{{\mathbf{A}}_\perp\Pi^c {\mathbf{A}}_\perp}{2} + \frac{{\mathbf{a}}_\perp\Pi^f {\mathbf{a}}_\perp}{2} \right)\\
S[\Phi,\tilde{{\mathbf{A}}}] &=& \int d^2x d\tau \left(\frac{1}{2} \bigg|\left(\partial - i \tilde{{\mathbf{A}}}\right)\Phi\bigg|^2 +\frac{U_{\eff}}{2} \right),\\
U_{\eff} &=& b_1 \Phi^2 + b_1^* (\Phi^\dagger)^2 + b_2 \Phi^\dagger \Phi +c_1\Phi^4+c_1^*(\Phi^\dagger)^4+c_2(\Phi^\dagger \Phi)^2+\Phi^\dagger \Phi[c_3\Phi^2+c_3^*(\Phi^\dagger)^2],
\end{eqnarray}
where $\Pi^{c,f}$ denote the bare BCS contribution to the mass for ${\mathbf{A}},{\mathbf{a}}$ due to the $c,f$ Fermions and $\tilde{{\mathbf{A}}}={\mathbf{A}}_\perp-{\mathbf{a}}_\perp$. By making a particular choice of gauge, we can set $b_1$ to be real ($b_2$ and $c_2$ are also real). Expressing $\Phi$ as $\varphi_0+i\varphi$, with $\varphi_0, \varphi$ as real fields, the most general form of $S[\varphi_0,\varphi,\tilde{{\mathbf{A}}}]$ is given by,
\begin{eqnarray}
S[\varphi_0,\varphi,\tilde{A}]&=&\int d^2x d\tau \bigg(\frac{1}{2}\bigg[(\partial \varphi)^2 + (\partial \varphi_0)^2\bigg] + U_{\eff}+ \tilde{A}(\varphi\partial \varphi_0 - \varphi_0\partial \varphi) + \frac{1}{2}\tilde{A}^2(\varphi_0^2+\varphi^2) \bigg) ,\nonumber\\
U_{\eff} &=& \frac{r_1}{2} \varphi^2 + \frac{r_2}{2} \varphi_0^2 + \frac{g_1}{4}\varphi_0^4 + \frac{g_2}{4}\varphi^4 + \frac{g_3}{2}\varphi_0^2\varphi^2+g_4\varphi_0^3\varphi+g_5\varphi_0\varphi^3,
\end{eqnarray}
where $r_1=2(b_2-2b_1)$, $r_2=2(b_2+2b_1)$ and all the $g_i$'s are real. We can access the QCP by tuning $r_1$ to zero, where the $\varphi$ mode goes gapless while the $\varphi_0$ mode remains gapped. We can therefore safely integrate $\varphi_0$ out, which leads to a critical theory that is governed by ${\cal{S}}_\varphi$ with $N = 1$, albeit with renormalized coupling constants. The coupling between $\varphi$ and the gauge-fields is given by,
\begin{equation}
{\cal{S}}[\varphi,{\mathbf{A}},{\mathbf{a}}] = {\cal{S}}_\varphi + \int d^2x d\tau\frac{1}{2}({\mathbf{A}}_\perp-{\mathbf{a}}_\perp)^2\varphi^2.
\end{equation}

As we tune across the QCP, there will be a smooth background superfluid density governed by the variation of $\Pi^{c,f}$. However, in this study, we are interested in the singular corrections that arise from the critical fluctuations of $\varphi$ and are dictated by the form of $\langle \varphi^2\rangle$. This is analyzed in the main text in Eqn. (9).

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From karting to F1
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Every driver on the F1 grid has one thing in common: they all came from karting. Here we feature the drivers from Marussia, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull. Get well soon, Jules.
MAX CHILTON
Max got the taste for motorsport after watching his elder brother Tom racing in national karting and decided he was next. So in 2001, ten-year-old Max began competing in the Super One National Cadet Championship with varied success. It was at Buckmore Park that Max really learnt how to hone his racecraft in the Club championships, and he raced in the Super One Cadets category for just a solitary season before stepping up to Junior TKM. For 2004 he raced again in Junior TKM and simultaneously raced in the National JICA Championship, but then the tide turned as Max decided to turn his attention to car racing at the age of just 14. At the Champions Cup in Rome, he grabbed a win in the first final and second in the next, demonstrating to the European karting scene his true potential.
Dovetailing his 2005 karting campaign which would ultimately be his last with a season in the shortlived T-Cars series, he switched to cars fulltime in 2006 as the T-Cars vice champion. He became the youngest driver ever to compete in British F3 in 2007, graduated to GP2 in 2010 and after 2 wins in 2012 was signed by Marussia for F1 in 2013.
JULES BIANCHI
After getting the taste for motorsport watching Michael Schumacher in Formula One, Jules made his competitive debut in the French ICA Junior category in France as recently as 2003. In his first full season a year later he was French Junior champion and vice champion in the European ICA Junior series. He then followed that up with the Asia Pacific Formula A title and the ICA Copa Campeones Trophy in 2005 and the WSK ICC crown in 2006. He is another of the new generation of racers who has not spent a huge quantity of time in the karting scene but his immediate success has been a true indication of his genius behind the wheel.
He finished off his karting career as French champion and runner-up in the Formula A World Cup and the South Garda Winter Series in 2006 and went on to pursue his car racing career. However he does regularly compete in high profile charity karting events including the International Challenge of the Stars race held annually in Brazil, winning the race in 2012. He became French Formula Renault champion at his first attempt, before Formula 3 and GP2 title assaults before Marussia gave him the Formula One call-up in 2013.
KEVIN MAGNUSSEN
As the son of Jan Magnussen, it was almost a given that Kevin would get the racing bug and in his native Denmark he began the journey to Formula One in ICA Junior in 2005. He was 4th overall in his first season in the Danish national championship and grabbed a brilliant 4th overall in his first trip to the Monaco Cup a year later before repeating the feat in the same season at the Goteborgs Stora Pris. Championships and race wins followed in 2006 as he claimed the Peugeot Super Kart and NEZ Championship trophies, before finally switching to KF3 in 2007. He spent a year in the category clinching 4th overall in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy, as well as some strong performances across Denmark, Italy and the European scene.
With such a wealth of experience and exceptional talent, surely Europe beckoned for Denmark's brightest new talent in European motorsport. Interestingly he completed and won a season of Formula Ford in his homeland before moving on to Formula Renault in the Eurocup and NEC series and Formula 3 in the British and European championships before winning last year's Formula Renault 3.5 championship and taking a seat at McLaren for 2014.
In 1991, a youngster from Frome burst onto the scene to win all 34 races in the Super 1 National Cadet Championship and of course the title, two seasons after winning the British Super Prix at just 9 years old. He went onto add the 1992 Junior TKM Championship crown and three British O Plate crowns to his CV and from there, Jenson's rise through karting across Europe is now the stuff of legend. Success in Italy followed in 100 Junior and ICA, before he became vice champion in the Formula A World Championship at 15. In the World Cup in 1996 he finished 3rd before moving on to Super A in 1997 with Italian, European and World campaigns. In that final season of karting, he won the Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup at Suzuka and also won the European Super A Championship, the youngest racer ever to win the title. With numerous titles and race wins under his belt, he moved on to cars as one of the greatest British kart racers of all time. Winning the Formula Ford Festival and British Championship in 1998 sent him to British Formula 3, where a single season netted him third overall and an amazing ticket to a Williams F1 drive in 2000.
After starting his career at Rye House, he went from club Cadets champion to Super 1 National champion in 1995. He signed to race for the Zip Young Guns squad and from there he progressed to win the Kartmasters British Grand Prix trophy for Cadets in 1996 before the Super 1 Formula Yamaha crown followed in 1997. After finishing runner-up to Fraser Sheader in JICA a year later, he became a McLaren Young Driver and a star in Europe beginning as runner-up in Intercontinental A in 1999. He romped to the World Cup title and the Formula A championship in 2000 scoring maximum points in the series.
Here and in Super A in 2001, he raced as team-mate to Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button won all 34 races in the Super 1 National Cadets in '91 Lewis Hamilton started at Rye House even raced against world champion Michael Schumacher in the World Championship event at Kerpen where he finished just 4 places behind him. As one of the most prolific karters in British history, he made the transition to cars in British Formula Renault in late 2001.
He became the British Formula Renault champion in 2003 before moving to Formula 3 where he won the Masters and European titles in 2005, before being crowned GP2 champion in 2006 and signing for McLaren to race in Formula 1 in 2007.
Before he was even four years old, Sebastian Vettel started racing in club events and by 8 he was ready to take on German championships. He was a winning machine in Bambini and Cadet classes in German national karting and won three Bambini B titles at 10 years old and a year later he won two Bambini A titles. He went on to win the German Junior Kart Championship in 2000 and 2001, having switched to ICA Junior to win the European Championship and the 2001 Monaco Kart Cup along the way.
His final season of karts saw him as the latest member of the Red Bull Junior outfit at just 14 years of age and he would spend a dual campaign in his native German Kart Championship alongside the European Intercontinental A series, before Red Bull decided he was ready to move away from karts and in to single-seaters. Two seasons in German Formula BMW resulted in the 2004 title, before heading to Formula 3. He was runner-up in the Euro Series in 2006 and was on the verge of winning the Renault World Series before he was handed his F1 debut with BMW Sauber and then a full-time drive for Toro Rosso in 2007.
From 9 years old, Daniel was a proud member of the Tiger Kart Club and immediately stood out as one of Western Australia's brightest hopes for the future. Having been a fan of Formula 1 and NASCAR as a child and after an initial passion for motorcycles being replaced for karts, he then found success of his own in the Wanneroo TKC midget division in 2000 which kickstarted his road to glory. By 2002 he had moved up to national level and became the youngest racer to compete in the CIK Stars of Karting Series, Australia's top national karting championships. His talent was evident right from the start and after four tough seasons where Daniel showed his country what he could do he took the Intercontinental A championship title in 2005.
A season in Australian Formula Ford followed his karting career before his family decided that Europe should be his new focus. Formula BMW in Asia and the UK was the next step for Ricciardo, continuing on in Formula Renault. By 2008 he was a Red Bull Junior and won the British F3 crown in 2009, eventually making his F1 debut with Hispania in 2010 during what would have been his World Series by Renault title-winning campaign.
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Љубиша Р. Ђенић био је српски хроничар и историчар.

Рођен је 3. маја 1914. године у Чајетини на Златибору. 1946. године почео је да ради као књижар и наредних двадесет година био је једини стално запослени радник библиотеке у Чајетини. Као библиотекар, промовисао је књиге златиборском становништву. У библиотеци у Чајетини држао је читалачке часове, припремао зидне новине, организовао продајне изложбе књига, књижевне вечери. Отварао је подружнице библиотеке по златиборским селима, у којима је и организовао изложбе књига о пољопривреди и домаћинству. 1954. године радио је на сређивању књижног фонда библиотеке у Чајетини по међународној децималној класификацији, чиме је обухваћено и једанаест сеоских библиотека-подружница. Тако је чајетинска библиотека постала једна од првих савремених библиотека у ужичком крају.

Током свог рада, Љубиша Р. Ђенић придавао је велики значај и прикупљању и презентовању завичајне грађе, па је 1960-их година формиран и завичајни фонд књига у чајетинској библиотеци. Сакупљао је и старе и ретке књиге.

Захваљујући Љубиши Р. Ђенићу, чајетинска библиотека постала је својеврсни стожер златиборске културе. Под њеним покровитељством одржаване су разне изложбе, књижевне вечери, шаховски турнири...

За свој изузетан допринос култури и просвети у златиборском крају, Љубиша Р. Ђенић добио је 1964. године Вукову награду.

Објавио је 765 различитих радова: 235 новинских чланака, 160 цртежа, 139 прича и ерских пошалица, 43 прилога из етнографије, 30 легенди, 27 разних приказа, 15 биографија и др. Приредио је 31 публикацију, и илустровао је 10 књига и монографија. И о њему самом писали су многи. Међу најзначајније његове радове убрајају се књиге Ерске мудролије и Златиборски летопис. Као сарадник Етнолошког друштва учествовао је и у изради Етнолошког атласа Југославије, описом шеснаест златиборских села.

Поред Вукове награде, Љубиша Р. Ђенић добио је и многа друга признања, међу којима су Златни знак Културно-просветне заједнице Србије, почасна карта Народне библиотеке Србије, дипломе Народног музеја из Ужица и Етнографског музеја из Београда и др.

Љубиша Р. Ђенић умро је у Чајетини. Библиотека у Чајетини, која је до скора носила име Димитрија Туцовића, данас се зове по Љубиши Р. Ђенићу.

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Види још
 Златиборска историја
 Милисав Р. Ђенић

Рођени 1914.
Умрли 1977.
Чајетинци
Српски историчари
Добитници Вукове награде

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KMC Forums > Comic Book Forums > Spider-Man > What do you think of spider-man video games for the most part?
Is Spider-man 3 easily the best one they've made so far or is it web of shadows?
I disagree. Web of Shadows is a damn good game. I shows, just as the comics do, that spidey had friends outside of his own comic.
Maximum Carnage on the MegaDrive/Genesis.
The master system games were good too. You had to take photos of your fights and sell the after each level. It felt really good to get the good shots.
How come Peter never takes photos in the games these days?
In SM2 on ps2 you could work for DB and take different pics. SM2 by the way is the best Spider-man game ever created. IMO ofcourse. It had spider sense that actually worked, spider reflexes button, dodge button and sprint button. You could basically beat the game without getting killed or even shot once. Which is awesome. And lots of classic villains. And a great arena where you could fight all of the supervillains at the same time. Sinister Six kinda thing.
Too bad the PC version was crap... Yeah, it was Left click for every move.
Web of Shadows its the best i've played, boy watching the volture, electro and even WOLVERINE get symbiotized.. that was just badass.. and the mega venom at the end.. superb.
I'm still annoyed that they never made a sequel to SM2 Enter Electro.
they took out the sprinting,reflex mode Yeah. I also forgot you could blind people with webbing, disarm them, web them up to lamp posts and use as punching bags. The game was made of WIN.
Most Spider-man video games are good.
It think it is great.
I've only played really bad ones but I suppose there should be some good ones out there.
I highly recommend checking out spider-man shattered dimensions and squeal spider-man edge of time their both for PlayStation 3 .
So they posted a gameplay video for amazing spider-man 2. Looks promising, they fixed the web-swinging, there's a functional spider sense, web rush now works like spider reflexes. They say there's going to be 15 different costumes and each has its own features that you can upgrade. You get to play as Peter Parker and you get to play in the city after you beat the game like in SM2. Think I'm going to buy this one.


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Trekkers departs on Wednesday January 18th, 2017 for Costa Rica. We invite you to follow our photo blog as we explore this beautiful part of Central America. Check back starting January 19th as we start sharing our journey.
Have a wonderful trip everyone. Can't wait to see the pictures from this trip!
Have a great trip. Looking forward to the the photos.
Enjoy your trip! Looking forward to seeing the pics!
Wish I was along for the ride. Have wonderful time and don't get sick!
Look like a great time! Lovely photography..beautiful birds!


You're beginning to slowly go insane. You begin to slowly lose your grip on reality.
Things are coming along nicely with production, save for one little detail. We've run into a little hitch with Unity and using the original level that we had in mind, but it's nothing that we can't fix/replace. It's a little hiccup, but it isn't stopping anything. I know, I know... waiting for this must be annoying, but understand the work that has to go into making a project like this and how I'm trying to make this whole thing happen by myself. I know that probably isn't so comforting, but it will all be worth it and the longest part of the waiting game is over.
Alright, enough of the bad news. I'm pleased to announce that I've gotten in touch with a very talented artist and he's collaborating with us to make the soundtrack for the videogame. If you've liked any of the music that has been on the website in the past, then you're going to love this.
I also wanted to thank you again for all of your support, understanding, and your donations. They have been absolutely paramount in this story's success and keeping us motivated. Making the final phase of this story has been the most intensive project I've ever taken on and it's all starting to come to fruition in these next few weeks. The next update will be featuring some screenshots of the game and introducing the build-up event and this will probably be the last "out of character" update you guys get.
Again, I couldn't have done all this without you and your support. You guys are awesome.
PS The guest book is back up. Play nice.


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"A foe's words though seeming friendly Can be read at once." – Tamil Kural of Tiruvalluvar (trans. PS Sundaram) In the hands of the Hindu Right, "decolonize" has become a contronym. In many academic and social justice contexts, the term retains its older meaning of undoing colonizing practices and deconstructing imperial structures and analytics. In this sense, …
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Dunham Cellars: Complex Wines Often Have Complex Stories
Dorothy J. Gaiter
Tags: rick small of woodward canyon and gary figgins of leonetti cellar , pursued by bear cabernet sauvignon , michael dunham
Toward the end of a perfect day just recently, John excused himself and disappeared in the direction of our wine cellar, saying, "I'm going to get something special."
He emerged with a half bottle of a dessert wine. It was Dunham Cellars 2009 Late Harvest Riesling, Lewis Estate Vineyard. Dunham is a pioneering winery in Walla Walla, Washington, that's celebrating its 20th year in business.
Now, don't stop reading because I've written the words "dessert wine." This isn't a column about that amazing bottle of heavenly, apricot-like nectar, at least not about it in the usual sense.
It's that while sipping that dessert wine, it occurred to me that over 42 years of drinking wine together, John and I had purchased more wines from Dunham Cellars than from any other winery in the world. There's magic in some bottles, even love and prescience. Ever since last year, when Eric Dunham, the man who made most of those wines, took his own life at 44, I've known that I'd have to write about him and the winery some day and it might be hard. Still, I wouldn't have guessed that what would prompt me to write would be their dessert wine. It was Dunham's Syrah that we feel so hard for years ago.
In fact, in our very last Tastings column in The Wall Street Journal, one of the three best wines of 2009, earning our highest accolade, Delicious!, which means they were both exciting and tasty, was Dunham Cellars Syrah 2004, Columbia Valley. We had written of it, "Big yet lean, perfectly balanced, with rich fruit, lemony acidity and tightly controlled, edgy tastes, with a great finish of minerals. Intellectual yet brawny, walking every line without a misstep." In 2004 and 2006, for two broad blind tastings of American Syrah, our favorites were the 2001 and 2002 from Dunham.
Since we became wine writers in 1998, Eric is the only winemaker we've expressly sought out to shake his hand. He was at a public tasting of wines from Washington State, an open and sweet smiling face above a plaid shirt. He was shy, giving all of the credit to his fruit.
When the New York Institute of Technology honored us at an awards dinner and wine auction, we purchased a case of the 2004 Syrah to be auctioned. Over almost a dozen years of writing our WSJ column and tasting about 12,000 wines, only 13 wines had rated Delicious! Eric sold us a case and signed each bottle and we added our signatures and included signed copies of two of our books. We'd never donated a case of wine before then or since.
I won't pretend to have known Eric, but I've always thought that you can taste some important aspects of the winemaker in the fine wines they make. His were confident, true and generous, the fruit speaking from gentle handling. He was also a talented painter and chef. In fact, the dessert wine's label is one of his paintings.
Which brings me to the mystery that sometimes surrounds wine. Eric and his sister had been raised by their single father, Michael, who was from Walla Walla. In 1982, Michael married Joanne Buckley. They were friends with some of the area's pioneering winemakers like Rick Small of Woodward Canyon and Gary Figgins of Leonetti Cellar. So as the obituary from Herring Groseclose Funeral Home recounted, "there were no ordinary wines helping Eric develop his young palate."
According to family lore, it was impossible for Michael to keep Eric's hands off his wine. "When Mike figured out that Eric was sneaking into his cellar, he put a lock on the door. When he found the door was locked, Eric removed the hinges from the outside of the door," the obituary continued. "There was no stopping Eric's interest in wine, and in the early stages of the Washington State wine industry, his father eagerly promoted his passion and suggested an internship was a good start."
Internships followed, but it was after Eric was hired as assistant winemaker at L'Ecole Nº 41 in Walla Walla Valley that he made his first Dunham Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon, in 1995. Wine Enthusiast Magazine called the 1995 one of the finest wines made in Washington. It and the next vintage were so successful that the Dunhams opened their own winery in a hangar near the Walla Walla airport in time to release the 1997 Cabernet. The wines are made with fruit from vineyards in the Walla Walla, Yakima and Columbia valleys.
In 2004, they took on investors who enabled the business to expand and afford more modern and efficient equipment. In December 2007, it was decided that Eric could use some help, and the family advertised for a winemaker. Daniel Wampfler, a young science-minded assistant winemaker at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, had recently been blown away by Eric's 2004 Cabernet and saw the ad.
"Mike answered the phone and I asked him if Eric was OK. I wondered why they were advertising for a winemaker. Mike said Eric was fine, they were just expanding and needed some help," Wampfler told me on a trip to New York a few months ago.
"So I was trying to put the phone down and Mike was asking me questions like who are you? I was happy where I was but Mike kept at me, asking me to send my resume. I told him that I'd get it to him, but hoped he'd forget about it. But he didn't. He told me he had to have it in two days because he was going on a trip."
The rest, as they say, is history.
"I don't know if it's possible to adopt one's self into a family, but if it were, Eric was a new brother and Mike a natural second father. Eric and I hit it off instantly," Wampfler told me. Eric handed him the keys the following month on his first day in January 2008. From then on, the wines were made by Wampfler who also, he said, "finished" – "blended, selected the barrels, filtered and bottled -- the longer barrel-aged 2006 and '07's." From then, Eric focused on carrying the Dunham flag around the country, although his name remained on labels with Wampfler's, which was added to some 2009s, like the dessert wine we had.
On May 18, 2013, Mike died of cancer. On Oct. 23, 2014, authorities found Eric's body in a hotel in Cannon Beach, Oregon. He left a wife and a son, who was then only 2.
"The largest challenge is to take it to the next level and be respectful of the style that Dunham created for itself," Wampfler told me as we tasted wines made by him and those made by Eric. He wanted to know if I could taste the continuity in them and of course I could. The common heritage is unmistakable, focused wines of uncommon clarity and elegance. We enjoyed the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon on Open That Bottle Night. Dunham Cellars also makes Trutina, a Bordeaux-style blend, Three Legged Red, a table wine named after an injured dog Eric rescued years ago, and the "Shirley Mays" Chardonnay, named after Eric's grandmother. A portion of the sales from that goes to fight breast cancer. In 2005 Eric and actor and Yakima resident Kyle MacLachlan began making Pursued by Bear Cabernet Sauvignon and in 2008, to mark MacLachlan's son's birth, they began making Baby Bear Syrah.
To prepare to write this column, John and I opened the 2004 Syrah that we loved so much. How was it faring? Oh my. It was still Delicious! and still young. So we opened the 2006 Syrah that we had also put down. Both wines are bursting with ripe fruit and elegance, which is a rare combination. The 2006, especially, had an underlay of minerals that gave it a very special sense of place and made it great with food.
"It won't be until some of the 2013s we are bottling this summer that the back label changes to reflect only my name. A little beguiling, I suppose, but I was humbled to have my name on the label alongside Eric in the first place," Wampfler told me.
I wonder what Michael Dunham heard in Wampfler's voice over the phone.
Dorothy J. Gaiter conceived and wrote The Wall Street Journal's wine column, "Tastings," from 1998 to 2010 with her husband, John Brecher. She has been tasting and studying wine since 1973. She has had a distinguished career in journalism as a reporter, editor, columnist and editorial writer at The Miami Herald and The New York Times as well as at The Journal.
As of publication Dunham Cellars is available at 67 Wines in Manhattan.
Dorothy J. Gaiter conceived and wrote The Wall Street Journal's wine column, "Tastings," from 1998 to 2010 with her husband, John Brecher. She has been tasting and studying wine since 1973. She has had a distinguished career in journalism as a reporter, editor, columnist and editorial writer...
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Cors Ddyga
Tai'r Gors, Pentre Berw, Gaerwen LL60 6LB
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The lakes, ponds and ditches that make up Cors Ddyga are some of the most important in the UK and host more than 30 scarce wetland plants. Bitterns, marsh harriers, wetland warblers and wildfowl live in the reedbeds, while the grassland supports one of the largest colonies of lapwing in Wales.
Car park and trails open.
Entrance charges
Free entrance to RSPB members
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The nearest station is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, which is four miles from the reserve. Bangor station is nine miles away. There are various buses that get to Pentre Berw, which is 600m from the reserve visitor trail entrance.
Nearest bus stops are on the A5 in Pentre Berw. From the stop, walk down the hill and turn into Lon Coliar, after 100m turn right and continue for 500m to the start of the RSPB visitor trail.
The Lôn Las Cefni and a side-route from Gaerwen pass through the reserve.
From the A5 heading west: Travel through the villages of Gaerwen and Pentre Berw and continue to the other side. The reserve entrance is located on the left hand side directly before the national speed limit signs.
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What will you see?
Our star species
Also known as the peewit after its call, look for these wading bids displaying over the grassland in spring.
Shoveler
Keep an eye on the pools for this dabbling duck with a huge spatula-like bill.
The grassland echoes to the skylark's sweet song during spring.
Look for these cryptically-plumaged herons in winter.
See the UK's largest harrier floating over through the sky with its wings in a distinctive V-shape.
Nature spectacles
In spring, there are breeding lapwings, bubbling curlews and singing skylarks in the grassland. On the marshes look for wetland flowers, singing reed buntings and breeding wildfowl. In summer, check the skies for patrolling marsh harriers and buzzards. The first autumn migrant waders, such as black-tailed godwits, should appear and dragonflies and other insects hum in flower-rich grassland.
In autumn, have a look for roosting starlings, plus swallows and martins. Flocks of winter wildfowl start to build up. Check for signs of otters by spotting their spraint. In winter, birds of prey abound - look for marsh and hen harriers, plus merlins, and peregrines. There are big winter wildfowl flocks.
Breeding lapwings, bubbling curlews and singing skylarks in the grassland. On the marshes look for singing reed buntings and breeding wildfowl.
Check the skies for marsh harriers and buzzards. The first autumn migrant waders should appear and dragonflies and other insects hum in the grassland.
Have a look for roosting starlings, plus swallows and martins. Flocks of winter wildfowl start to build up. Check for signs of otters by spotting their spraint.
Birds of prey can be seen easily, look for marsh and hen harriers, plus merlins, and peregrines. There are also big winter wildfowl flocks.
About Cors Ddyga
RSPB Cors Ddyga lies within one of the largest lowland wetlands in Wales. The lakes, ponds and ditches are some of the most important in the UK and host more than 30 scarce wetland plants.
The grassland also supports one of Wales' few lapwing colonies and resounds to the song of skylarks.
The Cors Ddyga Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is one of just three in Wales designated for the richness of its aquatic invertebrates, such as dragonflies and water beetles. The reedbeds are home to otters, water voles and wetland birds - it is one of the few places in Wales to see marsh harriers. In spring they echo to the buzz of warblers newly arrived from Africa alongside spectacular displays of wetland flowers.
Wetlands were once dynamic places, with wildlife adapting to the blocking and flooding of wild rivers. Wildlife and plants became pioneers, colonising and then moving on as the landscape changed. Today, floodplains are needed for farmland, much of the wildness has been tamed. We use machinery to scrape new bare mud, clean ditches and lakes, and make room for reedbeds, in a way which once happened naturally.
Cors Ddyga is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK, and is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Activities for children and families
The visitor trail is a great place for families to explore, especially in the spring and summer.
For more information on events and to book tickets, please visit events.rspb.org.uk/corsddyga
To celebrate the reserve's rich wildlife, local sculptor, Duncan Kitson, has carved a wooden bittern sculpture on the reserve, which includes the words of the well-known Welsh folk song Deryn y Bwn o'r Banna.
This, along with new interpretation boards and a 1.25-mile walk which has been built through the wetlands, provides a perfect retreat and a good reason to stop and have a breather – especially if you've arrived at the reserve after cycling along the Lôn Las Cefni cycle route. Cors Ddyga is also home to the Victorian Berw Colliery, the most visible remains of coal mining on Anglesey and now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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Become an RSPB member by signing up here.
Skydancer was an exciting four-year project aimed at raising awareness and promoting the conservation of hen harriers.
South Stack Cliffs
A wonderful reserve made up of heathland and farmland that is set on a stretch of dramatic sea cliffs.


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Support Georgia Senate Bill 129 (RFRA)
and House Bills 837 and 218 (RFRA)
Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Both SB 129 and HB 837 (Georgia's RFRA) are modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act language that was passed by Congress in 1993. The text of the Georgia legislation varies only slightly from the federal version to take into account state specific differences.
LGBT Legislation
In the battle for religious liberty, it has become apparent that the key need to protect people of faith has arisen in America due to hostile actions from homosexual activists. As government policies and court decisions embrace the demands of the LGBT community, people of faith are victimized for holding firm to their religious beliefs. Thus it is imperative to oppose all legislation and government polices that give any special preference or privileges to those engaging in the homosexual lifestyle.
House Bill 323, by Representatives Karla Drenner, Wendell Willard (House Judiciary Chairman), Mike Jacobs (now appointed as a judge), Stacey Abrams (House Democratic Caucus Chairman), Rusty Kidd, and Simone Bell.
This legislation, if passed, would amend the definitions of Georgia's Fair Employment Practices Act of 1978 to include sexual orientation as a protected class with special privileges in employment law, including policies that would advance affirmative action for members of the LGBT community.
In the proposed legislation, "sexual orientation: is defined as a person's actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, or gender related identity or expression.
To read the entire bill, click HERE.
To help defeat this bill, call Judiciary Chairman Wendell Willard at 404-656-5125.
S. 1858 and H.R. 3185 would enact into federal law special status to those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered by giving these individuals additional privileges with regard to employment, public facilities, public accommodations, public educational institutions, housing, credit, and jury selection. It could force faith-based hospitals to even provide sex-change operations. In addition, the legislation would limit religious objections and not allow people who believe in natural marriage to seek relief from the tyrannical provisions of this legislation.
To read a summary of S. 1858 click HERE. To read the bill in its entirety, click HERE. To read the summary of H.R. 3185, click HERE. To read the bill in its entirety, click HERE. The bills mirror each other.
Oppose the Federal Equality Act
S.1858 and H.R.3185
Oppose Georgia House Bill 323
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RFRAs Can Help Protect . . .
Churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship when local government actions deny permits to use or build facilities on unequal terms with secular structures.
Home-based churches and Bible study groups that face eviction on unequal terms with large gatherings (like parties) who meet in homes for secular purposes.
Church ministries that have faced bans by local governments on ministries that help ex-prisoners or feed the homeless.
Pharmacists who wish not to be forced to fill prescriptions for drugs that cause abortion and other medical professionals who wish not to participate in surgical abortions.
Public school students who face discipline for refusing school assignments that they consider blasphemous.
Public school students who face discipline for wearing religious symbols or other religious garb to school.
University students who want to exercise their freedom of association in religious clubs on campus.
University students who want to complete their courses of study without fear that their religious viewpoints will interfere with their grades or with their chosen degree programs.
Home school parents who have religious objections to onerous state regulations.
Religious adoption services which adhere to religious guidelines for choosing families to adopt children.
What is the purpose of RFRA when we have the First Amendment?
RFRA was originally passed by the U.S. Congress in 1993 in response to the very bad U.S. Supreme Court decision in Employment Division, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources v. Smith of 1990 which lowered the bar for protecting First Amendment religious liberty claims. RFRA restored the highest standard of judicial review, known as strict scrutiny. RFRA's restoration of strict scrutiny ensures that government cannot substantially burden the free exercise of religion without a compelling justification of the highest order. RFRA puts the burden on government to prove it has a compelling governmental interest. If it cannot prove its case, then the religious liberty interest overrides the government's interest. On the other hand, if government does prove it has a compelling governmental interest, such as public safety as an example, then RFRA requires that government must use the least restrictive means of accomplishing its ends so that religious liberty is as little infringed as possible. RFRA passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously by voice vote and passed the Senate 97 to 3. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
If Congress passed it, why does Georgia need a state RFRA?
The federal RFRA only applies to federal laws that create burdens on religious liberty. Though the federal government cannot make laws that directly affect religion, laws still can create negative repercussions on religious liberty, such as what has happened under the Affordable Care Act. The federal RFRA does not apply to state laws and state policies. Therefore, 20 states have passed state versions of RFRA, and judges in 13 additional states have affirmed RFRA-based protections to their states' citizens. All the states that border Georgia have state RFRAs.
When did the effort for Georgia's RFRA begin?
During the 2014 Georgia General Assembly, Senator Josh McKoon authored SB 377, a state RFRA which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill was slated to come out of the Rules Committee onto the Senate floor for a vote, but lobbyists representing several large corporations that are headquartered in Georgia (such as Delta and Home Depot) asked the leadership to hold the bill, thus the process had to begin anew in 2015 because 2014 was the end of the two-year session. In addition, Rep. Sam Teasley authored a similar bill in the House, HB 1023. However, a hearing room filled with a standing-room crowd of Georgia Equality activists, a LGBT lobbyist organization, ended the bill's chances.
What is the status of the Georgia RFRA now?
In January 2015, Sen. Josh McKoon sponsored SB 129, which passed the Senate and awaits action in the House. The bill currently sits in the House Judiciary Committee. It was tabled due to an unfriendly amendment added to the bill. Rep. Sam Teasley also authored a House version of the bill, HB 218, but it has not received a hearing.
Who supports RFRA?
RFRA is supported by the leaders of the nation's largest faith communities: Catholic, Baptist, Evangelical, Mormon, and Orthodox Jewish. RFRA ensures that all religious faiths are treated equally under the law.
Who opposes RFRA?
Though even the ACLU strongly supported the federal RFRA in 1993, the political left has generally turned against RFRA due to their fears that it could conflict with their other political priorities. For example, LGBT rights groups are now generally opposed to RFRA because they want sexual freedom to trump religious freedom. Most abortion rights activists are also generally opposed to RFRA since the Hobby Lobby ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Health and Human Services abortion drug and contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act. In addition, multi-national corporations have actively opposed efforts to pass RFRA, not only in Georgia but in several other states due to their strong ties with the LBGT community.
Who uses RFRA in the courts?
Most recently, the Green family won its Hobby Lobby case on the basis of RFRA. They sought relief from the Affordable Care Act's mandate that the company's insurance plan include abortion-inducing birth control drugs. Strongly pro-life due to their religious beliefs, the Green family could not, in good conscience, bow to that mandate. Though that is the most recent high profile case, RFRA is regularly utilized to protect religious freedom in courts by the nation's leading religious freedom litigation organizations, including: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, The Alliance Defending Freedom, The Liberty Institute, and the American Center for Law and Justice. Religious freedom litigators explain that RFRAs greatest practical value is actually in litigation avoidance: it gives religious people and institutions much greater bargaining power in dealing with government bureaucrats and the attorneys who advise them. In the absence of RFRA, bureaucracies almost always have the advantage. RFRA instead puts the burden on government to justify actions that infringe on religious liberty and to use the least restrictive means available. However, RFRA is not a guarantee that those making a religious claim will win their case. RFRA merely provides firm statutory language upon which a robust defense against government action can be mounted.
Support Georgia Senate Bill 284 (FADA)
Now Incorporated into House Bill 757
Georgia First Amendment Defense Act
Sponsored by Sen Greg Kirk, the Georgia FADA, as originally introduced, was patterned after the federal FADA which was authored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) (S 1598) and Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) (HR 2802). The federal legislation is co-sponsored by Georgia U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue. It is also co-sponsored by every member of the Republican Congressional Delegation.
The amended version of FADA, which was added to HB 757, the Pastors Protection Act, has been modified to become viewpoint neutral so that any sincerely held religious belief and any speech or action arising from those religious beliefs, regarding lawful marriage, are not subject to adverse government action at the state and local levels.
Why is FADA needed?
Because the Supreme Court redefined marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, protection is needed for Georgians who hold the traditional religious view of marriage and sexual conduct. Even before the passage of Obergefell, there was growing intolerance toward religiously-minded individuals and organizations who want to live by their conviction that marriage is the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage. Since the ruling, there are increasing reports of individuals and organizations holding these traditional beliefs being targeted for discrimination by state governments. This bill would prevent Georgia from engaging in similar discrimination.
Tax treatment, including tax exempt status and charitable contribution deductions;
Government grants, contracts and subcontracts, cooperative agreements, guarantees, loans, scholarships, licenses, certifications, accreditations, and employment;
Government benefits and entitlements;
Access to government facilities, educational institutions, and charitable fundraising campaigns;
Accreditation, licensing, and certification.
the recent Obergefell Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, the opinion reassured that the religious liberty rights of all Americans, including those who advocate a traditional view of marriage, must be protected. FADA is particularly needed as gay marriage advocates file lawsuits to force organizations and businesses to do their bidding regarding wedding planning, adoption of children, marriage counseling, and any number of services that could be found easily at other locations.
Whom would the Act protect?
The Georgia FADA would protect a wide array of persons, including individuals and organizations, both for-profits and non-profits, regardless of whether or not they are religiously affiliated. Thus, business owners as well as faith communities that speak and act upon their religious or moral beliefs regarding marriage as solely between one man and one woman would be protected against government retalliation.
What states have attempted the type of discrimination this bill is designed to protect against?
There are many examples. Recently, in Idaho, two ministers, a husband and wife, were threatened with criminal prosecution for not officiating at same-sex "weddings." In California, a bill was introduced in the California legislature to strip the Boy Scouts of their state tax exemption based on the Scouts' decision not to have adults who publically identify as homosexual serve as Scout leaders. The bill would also have revoked the tax-exempt status of other youth organizations that hold to an authentic sexual morality, including organizations affiliated with Catholic schools. In New Mexico, the State Supreme Court ruled that a husband and wife who own and operate a photography studio must act against their religious beliefs and take photographs of a same-sex commitment ceremony, if they want to do business in the state. One of the judges wrote that violating one's religious beliefs was "the price of citizenship." There are many other examples around the nation.
What does FADA do?
A Georgia FADA would protect Georgians, who speak or act upon their religious or moral convictions that marriage is the union of one man and one woman or that sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage, from state or local government actions that would retaliate against them in the areas of:
More State Religious Liberty Bills to Watch and Amend
A number of religious liberty bills have recently been introduced including House Bill 756, which shields some businesses from providing goods and services for marriage ceremonies that violate their religious beliefs.
House Bill 757 deals with protecting clergy in order to shield them from being required to perform marriage ceremonies that violate their religious beliefs. This bill needs to be amended with better language.
HB 870 and SB 309 are good bills that protect the religious expression of student athletes. HB 816, the Georgia Student Religious Liberties Act is an excellent bill that ensures the religious expression of all public school students.
Rep. Doug Collins (District 9)
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Website: dougcollins.house.gov
Rep. Jody Hice (District 10)
Website: hice.house.gov
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (District 11)
238 Cannon House Office Building
Website: loudermilk.house.gov
Rep. Rick Allen (District 12)
Website: allen.house.gov
Rep. Tom Graves (District 14)
2443 Rayburn HOB
Website: tomgraves.house.gov
Rep. Buddy Carter (District 1)
Website: buddycarter.house.gov
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (District 3)
Website: westmoreland.house.gov
Rep. Tom Price (District 6)
Website: tomprice.house.gov
Rep. Bob Woodall (District 7)
Website: woodall.house.gov
Rep. Austin Scott (District 8)
Website: austinscott.house.gov
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Republican U.S. Senators
Republican U.S. Representatives
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Rep. Sanford Bishop (District 2)
Website: bishop.house.gov
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Website: hankjohnson.house.gov
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Website: johnlewis.house.gov
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Website: davidscott.house.gov
In addition to the Georgia State FADA, Congress has also introduced a Federal FADA. Call Congress! Urge Passage of
S. 1598 & H.R. 2802
The Georgia Senate passed FADA 38-14 on February 19, 2016. In early March, Governor Deal sided with corporate global elites against religious liberty. Governor Deal has made the wrong choice.
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Proposal One passed making Michigan the first midwestern state to legalize recreational marijuana.
Ryan Post, Staff Writer
Michigan has become the first midwestern state to legalize recreational marijuana. On December 6, the law officially took effect. The law allows everyone 21 and older to consume and purchase marijuana. Though, for those under 21, it is still illegal to consume or have marijuana. It has previously been legal for medical purpose but Proposal 1 passed allowing both medical and recreational use. Medical marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2008. So far, Michigan is the 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Many other states are also getting involved as Utah and Missouri have just voted on the legalization as well, while North Dakota voted the opposite way. Although, marijuana is still illegal on a federal level.
New regulations have been implemented surrounding marijuana. Individuals are now allowed to grow 12 marijuana plants and have up to 10 ounces in their homes but they may not sell the plant. It is also legal to carry up to 2.5 ounces in public. Users, however, may not consume marijuana in public or drive under the influence. A zero-tolerance rule is set for drivers and devices are being created, similar to breathalyzers for police officers to test for marijuana. It is still illegal to have marijuana on school grounds or government-owned areas. Safety is one of the most important aspects to the legalization as the marijuana will be grown safely and be regulated to prevent the potential danger of laced marijuana or anything that could cause harm. Legalizing the drug will also help end the dangers of drug deals for people trying to illegally purchase it.
Regulations on the sale of marijuana are still being placed and it could take up to two years for licenses to sell will be given. Communities will have the chance to not allow the sales in certain cities. There is still a long process to go through as Grand Rapids has recently started allowing the sale of medical marijuana so it may be a long time before stores are able to sell recreational marijuana. The first sales aren't expected to happen until 2020 as stores may apply for a license in December of 2019. The 10 percent sales tax placed on marijuana is generating revenue for local governments and education. The state of Michigan is hoping that these laws will benefit the state economically while making it safer and that is something that will be proven, in one way or another, in future years.
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More COVID cases more deaths in latest dashboard
(Dashboard Update for September 24, 2021)
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) revealed eighty-seven (87) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Tuesday 21st September 2021 at 6pm.
One hundred and fifteen (115) samples were processed at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre and one hundred and eighty-two (182) were processed by CARPHA.
One hundred and seventeen (117) recovered cases were recorded increasing the total to one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four (1854).
One (1) Covid-19 related death was recorded increasing the total to sixty-four (64).
Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is two thousand nine hundred and two (2902); which is inclusive of nine hundred and eighty-four (984) active cases. There are fifty-six (56) hospitalized cases; thirty-eight (38) mild, three (3) moderate and fifteen (15) severe.
Meanwhile, Antigua and Barbuda has fully vaccinated forty thousand six hundred and seventy-two (40,672) individuals while seven thousand nine hundred and eight (7,908) have only received their first dose.
Barbara September 26, 2021 At 5:10 am
When will Antigua be getting the Cuban covid vaccines?


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Home » Latest News in Nigeria » Nigeria's election still far from international best practice — Cleen foundation
Nigeria's election still far from international best practice — Cleen foundation
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The Cleen Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) says Nigeria's elections are still far from international best practice going by happenings at just concluded general poll.
Dr Benson Olugbuo, Executive Director of the foundation disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He said it was disturbing that the elections were characterised by widespread violence and called for a concerted effort to stop the trend.
It was gathered that the foundation is one of accredited observes for the 2019 general elections.
Olugbuo, however, said that the elections, in spite of the violence, could be regarded as another important step in Nigeria's experience with democracy.
"We must strive to get things right in subsequent elections because for our democracy to continue to grow and flourish we must conduct elections devoid of violence.
"We commend the majority of Nigerians that have demonstrated a commitment to the electoral process, by going out to vote and largely conducted themselves in a peaceful manner,'' he said.
Olugbuo called on the federal and state governments, as well as security agencies, civil society organisations (CSO) and well-meaning Nigerians to think of measures that would ensure free, fair and violence-free elections in the country.
He said democratic elections would only thrive when the security of lives and properties as well as the safety of electorate, electoral officials, materials and national critical infrastructure are guaranteed.
He said Nigeria cannot afford to continue having violence featuring in its elections at all levels.
He said it was quite unfortunate that Rivers State, for example, has continued to experience violence in almost all elections in the country.
"Rivers State is only a sad example of what happens in other places during elections. The country as a whole needs to take a serious view of election violence with a view to bringing it to an end.
"We call upon the traditional and religious leaders, political leaders, business owners and professionals, civil society leaders and government to come together and find lasting solutions to violence that mar elections in that state,'' he said.
Olugbuo posited that if politicians do not become desperate in their quest for power, the level of violence would be minimised greatly, adding that some politicians have turned a civil way of acquiring power into war.
"If politicians abide by the rules and respected the wish of the people to freely and peacefully choose their representatives, the level of violence in the elections will be curtailed.
"It is time that political parties and politicians commit themselves to peaceful participation in elections beyond the ceremony of key contestants signing peace accords,'' he said.
He expressed sadness that the unhealthy culture of electoral violence could hinder speedy development, adding that widespread insecurity in the country negatively affects general elections.


TWO legal organisations in the country have pointed out that there is no effective enforcement of the Sorcery Act 1991, resulting in a good number of people brutally murdered in sorcery-related cases, The National reports.
The Constitutional Law Reform Commission (CLRC) and the Public Prosecutor's office made this known following the brutal killing of a 40-year-old man in Eastern Highlands province for alleged sorcery practices.
CLRC chairman Joe Mek Teine and acting Public Prosecutor Jack Pambel separately said there was a need to immediately review and amend the Act.
"Sorcery accusations and killings is a very serious issue facing our society, where innocent lives have been lost.
"Reviewing the Sorcery Act is on the agenda of my commission," Mr Mek Teine, who is also Kundiawa-Gembogl MP, said.
He said sorcery-related killings were not serious in the colonial days, however, sorcery accusations and killings had become worse today.
"The situation warrants us to immediately make amendments to the Sorcery Act and implement it," Mr Mek Teine said.
Mr Pambel said there was no effective implementation of the Sorcery Act.
"Whether the Act is being implemented or not is a question that has to be looked at," he said.
Revisiting the Sorcery Act was a major topic at a workshop Mr Pambel conducted in Goroka last Friday.
It is understood that the ministerial committee on law and order, chaired by Attorney-General Dr Allan Marat, has sorcery-related killings as one of the eight major issues to be looked at.
Meanwhile, Eastern Highlands provincial police commander Supt Teddy Tei yesterday said police would investigate the killing of the 40-year-old man at Lampo village in Unggai-Bena district last week.
The man was allegedly chopped to death after a kangaroo court found him guilty of sorcery.


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We head south through Germany and into Austria to reach the 4-star Nature Hotel Steinschaler Hof near the Lower Austrian resort of Rabenstein in the Pielach Valley – your home for the following six nights.
Join our first train ride this morning. The Salamander Train carries us from Puchberg to Hochschneeberg and is one of only three rack railways still in operation in Austria. The Schneebergbahn takes us on a journey through the high lying meadows of the Schneeberg, passing beautiful scenery. In the afternoon, we take the train ride back to Puchberg and then return to the hotel, where the owner, Mr. Johann Weiss, introduces the 'Mariazellerbahn' – the train which we take on the next day – and its history. After the storytelling, we enjoy dinner at our hotel.
Our 'Train Ride to Heaven', to Mariazell, is the highlight today. The train leaves directly from our hotel. Mariazell is situated on a hill where you have an impressive view of the Alps and the River Salza. Since 1330, Mariazell and its basilica have been an important place of pilgrimage. After exploring this unique town we enjoy lunch in the hotel Drei Hasen in Mariazell. In the afternoon, we include a guided tour through the Lebkuchen Museum Pirker where one of the most famous Lebkuchen (ginger bread) in Austria is produced. Discover the range of products, made from Lebkuchen and honey. The tour will last just over an hour and includes Lebkuchen heart decoration and beeswax candle rolling. Afterwards, enjoy a guided tour in the famous and impressive basilica of Mariazell before driving back towards our hotel, via a short stop in Rabenstein, where the evening ends with dinner and traditional music from the region.
Join today's included Danube Valley Tour. We include a guided tour of Melk Abbey and then head to Emmersdorf from where we take the Wachaubahn train to Krems. In Krems, we visit the winery Sandgrube13 where you can enjoy a tour through the vineyards. Tonight, we enjoy a tasting of the local Most (cider) after dinner.
Join our full-day included excursion to the Imperial City of Vienna which is, without question, one of Europe's great cities. As the home of the former Habsburg monarchy and the present day capital of Austria, it has much to charm the visitor. Join our guided sightseeing tour, where we will head by coach along the Imperial Boulevard known as the Ringstrasse. Here you will see the Hofburg Palace, the Parliament building, the Opera House, National Theatre and City Hall. During our tour we will also see the majestic Danube River, and later, as we pass by the Prater amusement park a chance to view the famous Giant Wheel, built over 100 years ago and today one of the most well-known landmarks of the city. Following the tour you will have time at leisure to visit many of the city's famous landmarks, or you may decide to sit back and relax with a traditional Viennese coffee and a slice of the local Sachertorte chocolate cake in one of the city's tempting street cafés – the choice is yours! Tonight, we enjoy dinner at a traditional 'Heurigen' restaurant in Vienna, before heading back to our hotel.
We head back to Vienna to join the 'Twin City Liner' river cruise ship from Vienna to Bratislava. See majestic churches, charming burgher houses, elegant palaces, tiny squares and romantic little streets, and towering over all this, the stately castle – this is Bratislava! Enjoy our included guided tour before we return to our hotel for our final night in Austria.
We leave Austria with a farewell gift and head to Belgium for an overnight stay.
Travel Insurance from £35.00 (9 days) (includes insurance premium tax, prices per person). Single Room Supplement from £149.00 (9 days).
You will stay for six nights at the 4-star Nature Hotel Steinschaler Hof.
The 4-star Nature Hotel Steinschaler Hof is situated near Rabenstein in the Pielach Valley of Lower Austria's Mostviertel region.


Had I been with another person during this afternoon walk, I would have never found out what I found out today. I would have been too busy listening to the other person's chatter - woes and wishes...and the obvious would have eluded me.
Truth always lies in the obvious, in the simple facts...I know it's too complicated to understand sometimes, but the problem lies not with simplicity but with your heads.
I noticed that oneof the owners of one of the houses I usually walk past, has planted a couple of palm trees right outside his house gate.
I saw the gardener climbing down one of the palm trees. We call him Assaf al Nakhal.
He ties a huge jute belt, bag, around his waist and climbs up to either cut away the dead leaves or pick the fruits...When I see a Assaf, I know he must be an Iraqi or an Egyptian who learned the art from an Iraqi, because nowadays most use electric ladders to get to the head of the palm tree.
- Can I take a few of those branches you just cut ?
- No, no, I just want a couple of those, is that okay ?
- How long have you been doing this, climbing up palm trees ? I see you are very proficient at it.
- I grew up surrounded by palm trees, but excuse me are you an Iraqi ?
- What do you mean ? how can that be ?
- So a palm tree's survival is all in its head not its trunk, nor its roots ?
- Yes that's right, the head goes, the whole palm tree dies.
Need I say more ? It's too obvious. It's all in the head, isn't it ? The head goes, the whole edifice crumbles and the palm tree dies. It's that simple.
Painting :Iraqi artist, Ahmad Al-Karkhi.


Convene a planning group made up of individuals from the community affected by the problem or issue and others who are in a position to address it. Identify additional partners and invite them into your strategic planning process.
Describe the vision for the community or initiative (their dreams for how things should be).
Review the multiple vision statements.
List all vision statements proposed.
Choose one or several vision statements with particular power to communicate, and consider whether they are: 1) concise, 2) positive, 3) acceptable, 4) a clear expression of why the group has come together.
Top three statements, and why.
Select one statement that concisely expresses why the group has come to together and is acceptable to all group members.
What is your group's vision?
State the mission (the what and why).
What is your drafted mission statement?
What is your final mission statement?
State the objectives (how much of what the group hopes to accomplish by when).
Benchmarks that would help us assess where we are now (baseline or pre-intervention) and where we would be if the initiative were successful (objectives).
What baseline markers could we access and how would we hope they would change if success were attained?
Be flexible with deadlines in creating objectives. Defining objectives is time consuming and may require second and third considerations for completeness.
Identify the strategies (how things will be accomplished).
What different levels of your problem or goal will you target?
What personal factors related to your vision and mission are common among those affected by the problem and those maintaining it?
What environmental factors related to your vision and mission are common within your targeted community?
Targets of change: those who may at particular risk for the issue or whose actions are critical for success. For you, who would this include?
Agents of change: those who may be in a position to contribute to the initiative, including targets of change. Who would this include?
For each strategy, identify specific community and system changes (i.e., new or modified programs, policies, and practices) to be sought.
What specific change (e.g., in program or policy) or aspect of the intervention that will occur?
When the intervention will be completed or for how long it will be maintained?
Resources (money and staff) needed/available?
Completeness - Are all the intended activities or community/system changes included in your plan? Are a wide variety of strategies and sectors utilized?
Clarity - Is it apparent what will be done and who will do what by when, to bring about change?
Sufficiency - If all that is proposed were accomplished, would it meet the group's mission and objectives? If not, what additional changes need to be planned and implemented?
Currency - Does the action plan reflect the current work and situation?
Flexibility - As the plan unfolds, is it flexible enough to respond to new opportunities, barriers, and changes in the community? Can it be modified as objectives are accomplished or goals adjusted?
Modify your proposed community and system changes and action plans based on your answers (if necessary).
Communicate the initiative's purpose to others.
Indicate who should know about the group's vision, mission, objectives, strategic and action plans.
Describe how the initiative will communicate this new framing of what it does and why.
Check the organization's core functions.
Indicate who should know about the group's vision, mission, objectives, and the core functions of the organization represented (e.g., advocacy, training).
What adjustments might be appropriate to the vision, mission, and action plan?
Find common ground and anticipate potential conflict.
Identify potential disagreements about ends and means that the group is facing.
Indicate how you might use this new framing of the problem or goal to build consensus.
In light of the vision, mission, and action plan, pinpoint new or emerging opportunities for the community initiative or organization.
What steps will you take to better detect or discern new or emerging opportunities?
Indicate who is out there who can help the group achieve its vision and mission. List organizations that share this common work.
In light of the vision, mission, and action plan, identify some potential partners that the community initiative or organization should collaborate with.
Who or what organizations in your community would be good partners, based on your vision and mission?
Which changes need to be completed before others can? Some changes may require other changes and relationships to be established.
Which changes are easier or quicker to bring about? Could completing them give the organization's membership a sense of success and provide the organization with much needed media exposure?
Which changes are the most important or key to the initiative's objectives?
Which changes would inspire and encourage participants and build credibility within the community?
Review the action plan at regular intervals. As your coalition grows and the objectives are accomplished or conditions change, members may revise the plan.