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First dose of new Alzheimer's drug administered by Michigan Institute for Neurological Disorders
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Packard Health $8 million expansion plan receives boost
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COVID treatment: Henry Ford Health works to increase access to monoclonal antibody therapy
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Michigan Medicine to resume construction on new 12-story hospital in Ann Arbor
Architectural rendering of the new inpatient hospital on Michigan Medicine's Ann Arbor campus. ANN ARBOR – Michigan Medicine announced it will soon resume construction on a new 12-story hospital that was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Michigan Medicine)With current facilities operating at more than 90% capacity, the new 690,000 gross square foot building will provide adult patients at Michigan Medicine more access. "As a result, all Michigan Medicine inpatient beds will be single private rooms. According to Michigan Medicine, the new facility will include:Family spaces throughout and space for loved ones to visit in each patient room.
Donors endow Michigan Medicine's hospital dog program
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Metro Detroit family grateful for donations that kept young daughter alive during cancer treatments
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Michigan Medicine, JDRF commit to raise $14M for new diabetes center
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Michigan rejects Macomb County sewage treatment lagoon plan
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UM study: Immunosuppressive drug associated with lower risk of death in COVID-19 patients
For the study, U-M researchers used data from 154 critically ill Michigan Medicine patients from early March to late April to formulate their conclusions. At the end of 28 days after patients were put on a ventilator, 36% of patients of non-tocilizumab and 18% of tocilizumab patients died. For patients still at the hospital at the end of the study, 82% of tocilizumab patients and 53% of non-tocilizumab patients stopped using a ventilator. However, just over half of the tocilizumab patients developed an additional infection but only 26% of non-tocilizumab patients did. It was only given to 25% of tocilizumab patients and 20% of non-tocilizumab patients.
First drug proves able to improve survival from COVID-19
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University of Michigan regent, wife donate $30M for new diabetes institute
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Detroit's Henry Ford Health to lead first large-scale US study on drug's effectiveness to prevent COVID-19
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New treatment for gunshot wounds
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What's the best treatment for unexplained infertility?
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FDA approves non-surgical treatment to melt double chin fat
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Medical attention slow to arrive in Nepal
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1993: The most promising treatment?
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The Stephen Lendman Blog
US/North Korea Summit Confirmed
US/North Korea Summit 2.0 Confirmed
by Stephen Lendman (stephenlendman.org – Home – Stephen Lendman)
In his Tuesday State of the Union Address, Trump said "Chairman Kim and I will meet again on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam. Much work remains to be done, but my relationship with Kim Jong-un is a good one."
Danang is the likely location. The NYT said "Trump disclosed the location in an interview last week with" with the broadsheet. "(A)ides asked that it not be immediately reported (for alleged) security reasons."
In November 2017, Trump attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Danang, the location known months in advance.
DLT's "bold new diplomacy (for a) historic push for peace on the Korean peninsula" accomplished virtually nothing toward it since the June 12, 2018 summit.
Trump regime hardliners remain adversarial toward the DPRK, obstructing efforts to end decades of uneasy armistice since 1953.
They want a denuclearlized North Korean vassal state bordering China, offering nothing in return but empty promises, Pyongyang betrayed before, what's playing out again now.
Nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities are the country's key deterrents against feared US aggression.
It's unwilling to abandon them without iron-clad guarantees for the nation's security, durable peace and stability on the peninsula, unacceptable sanctions lifted, a formal end to the 1950s war agreed to by South Korea and America, as well as normalized relations with the US, the West, and regional nations for the first time in its history.
On Wednesday, US special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived in Pyongyang to prepare for end of February summit talks.
Trump regime demands are firm, "complete denuclearization, transforming US-DPRK relations (into a master/servant arrangement), and (the illusion of) building a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula" between Pyongyang and the US – a nation permanently at war on humanity, wanting all sovereign independent states transformed into colonies it controls.
A statement on behalf of South Korean President Moon Jae-in struck a positive tone, saying "(t)he US and North Korea have already taken their first steps towards ending 70 years of hostility in Singapore last year. (Seoul) hopes the two sides will make concrete and practical progress in Vietnam."
A statement by Vietnam's Foreign Ministry welcomed upcoming summit talks, supporting dialogue to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula.
In his New Year's address, Kim Jong-un expressed willingness to denuclearize in return for Washington fulfilling a pledge to reciprocate in good faith, knowing it's highly unlikely, given Trump regime hardliners in charge of bilateral negotiations.
Kim warned that "we could be left with no choice but to seek a new way if the US does not make good on its promises, misjudges our patience, while seeking to force things unilaterally and clinging to sanctions and pressure."
Bilateral relations achieved no meaningful progress since last June's summit. Nothing suggests a softening of US policy ahead, turning a page for peace and stability on the peninsula, betrayal highly likely the way things turned out earlier.
Under Republicans and undemocratic Dems, Washington doesn't negotiate in good faith, failing to deal with other countries fairly, seeking global dominance over all other nations, not mutually cooperative relations.
The US never extended outreach to North Korea in good faith throughout its entire history. It's inconceivable that the most extremist regime in US history will seek what its predecessors spurned.
Pompeo and Bolton demand full DPRK compliance with their demands before agreeing to anything, treating North Korea disdainfully, the way they abuse all sovereign independent states.
Prospects for durable peace and stability on the peninsula, along with normalization of US/DPRK relations are virtually nil.
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This criteria is met if applicant has been in major media publications for their achievements. This law has (3) parts.
When deciding whether an applicant meets this criteria, it's important to consider the following information for instances in which they were in major media publications for their achievements.
*The title of the article is used to get the full-text of the article. Law This category proves match-up (1) and (3), applicant has been in major media publications for their achievements.
For category (1), "by or about the individual". This means that if you are a part of a team, and that team gets into the news, that's not good enough. It needs to be about the actual applicant. USCIS is looking for your actual, printed name in the article.
For category (3), what USCIS is looking for is that the article is relevant to your talent.
It's great that you were on the Olympic team, but that profile in The New York Times counts for very little if the USCIS Officer can't highlight your name in the article.
If you are a Pole Vaulter, an article about you chipping your tooth at a restaurant will not be considered relevant to your talent.
This category proves match-up (2), applicant has been in major media publications for their achievements.
For printed media, they want high circulation numbers. Circulation is the amount of people that pay for a subscription of the media. The idea is, the higher the subscription number, the more 'prestigious' the paper. There is no set benchmark number. They also like to see that the paper has international distribution. Citation information can be looked up in a citation catalog (our office uses Ulrich). If it's not in Ulrich, then it's not major media. If it is in Ulrich, then just include as much information as is available.
For online media, USCIS doesn't know what it wants. You can give Alexa rank, age, site visits, etc… but USCIS officers and blogs are not friends. They say they get it, but they don't get it. Just do your best. Our office uses Alexa and Whois. The higher the Alexa rank and the older the registration date, the better.
A blog being registered to a corporation for 20 + years is better than being registered to Grandma's basement for 6 weeks.
Unofficially, printed media is more highly scored than websites. Websites still do count and can be the sole basis of a finding of matching criteria, but it's not ideal. If there are no printed sources, I will be concerned the criteria may not be met.
This category goes to the overall criteria of "being at the top of your field".
In terms of "being at the top of your field", USCIS officers are looking for people who have a long but steady incline of success, and are applying while at the very top. Ideally, you would have several news articles, steadily from more and more "major" of media, with the most recent being in the past six months. In reality, that's quite rare, and USCIS will usually take what they can get.
If your media source is in another language you need to pay for an official translation, which can be $ 20-60 per page. You cannot translate the article yourself, nor can you have your friend do it. If the article is untranslated, or not done officially, you might as well crumple it up and throw it in the garbage. USCIS will not consider it.
This criteria is a level 3 difficulty. Only about half of applicants meet this criteria. Almost all applicants have some news articles about them, but only about half of applicants are deemed to have "major media" mentions and meet this criteria.
This criteria is the same for both O-1A and O-1B.


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Buy Back Norms and Fund Raising Process Eased Out By SEBI
The SEBI has decided to ease norms governing buy-back. At present, these regulations restrict companies from raising further capital for a period of one year from the expiry of buy-back period, except in discharge of their subsisting obligations.
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In order to relax the conditions for raising funds from the securities market due to the financial disturbance caused due to the Covid-19 pandemic, regulator SEBI has decided to ease buy-back regulations.
In financial parlance, a buy-back refers to repurchase of the company's stocks from the existing shareholders. This process is either undertaken through the open market or the tender offer route.
The SEBI has decided to ease norms governing buy-back. At present, these regulations restrict companies from raising further capital for a period of one year from the expiry of buy-back period, except in the discharge of their subsisting obligations.
"It has been represented that the said period of one year may be reduced to six months, which would be in line with section 68(8) of the Companies Act, 2013," the regulator said in a circular.
"To enable relatively quicker access to capital, it has been decided to temporarily relax the period of restriction… of the buy-back regulations. This relaxation will be applicable till December 31, 2020."
The relaxation comes into force with immediate effect, it said.
A buy-back generally improves return on equity and earnings per share by reducing the equity base.
Furthermore, it gives an option to the shareholders to get cash in lieu of equity shares or to increase their percentage shareholding in the company following the offer, without additional investment.
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Lahaul & Spiti – full of natural scenery exhorting the tourists
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Lahaul & Spiti - Quick Facts
Area: 13,833 sq. Km.
Altitude: 10050 cm above sea level
Clothing: Summer- Light cotton, Winter- Heavy woollen
Rainfall: 380 cm average
Lahaul & Spiti is a big district having international boundary with Tibet. It attained the status of a district in the year 1960. Till then it was merely a tehsil of Kullu Sub-division. The valleys. Mountains, glaciers, rivers, forests, pastures, gompas (monastries) and ancient buildings of the former ruling dynasty are the principal objects of study. The rugged awe-inspiring snow clad mountains are standing invitation to the hikers, mountaineers and adventurers. The entire district is full of natural scenery exorting the tourists and visitors to explore and imbibe its hidden grandeur. The customs, myths, beliefs and conventions of the simple unsophisticated people are the unique features of this border highland. Every village or a hamlet has a prayer flag fluttering over the Buddhist monastery. These shrines are the centers of the cultural life of the people that have influenced their religious beliefs for centuries and round which their social life revolves.
Origin of the Name of the District
Lahaul & Spiti, which now form, a district of Himachal Pradesh, bordering Tibet, were at one time separate Himalayan waziries or cantons of the Kullu sub-divisions, and Kullu itself formed a part of Kangra district of Punjab.As is clear from the name 'Lahaul & Spiti', the district comprises two different mountains tracts, one known as Lahaul and the other as Spiti. Hence the name of the district came into being with the formation of these two parts into a revenue district. The names, Lahaul & Spiti, have different origins.
Hiuen Tsiang stated Lahaul to be 1800 or 1900 li (575 or 610 Km) distant by road from the middle of Kiu-lu-to (Kulu). It is a gross overestimate as the first village in Lahaul is only about 70 kms from Sultanpur. Despite this error, whatever its source may be, Lahaul is clearly the country referred to here. But the Tibetan Li-yul has also ben identified by Rockhill with Khotan. If this is correct Hiuen Tsiang's placing Lo-u-lo at 1800 or 1900 li north of Kulu might be intelligible though an under-estimate. Probably Hiuen Tsiang confused the two countries as Li-yul (Khotan) and Lo-u-lo (Lahaul) in his estimate of distances, admittedly derived from hearsay.
Delhi is the most convenient city to access the Indian Himalayas, and there are flights to Shimla, Kullu, Leh and Chandigarh. Bhuntar airport in Kullu is the nearest airport for Lahaul & Spiti.
Jogindernagar is the nearest narrow gauge railhead to Lahaul & Spiti. Apart from it Shimla & Chandigarh are two broad gauge railheads for Lahaul & Spiti. Private taxi and bus services are available from the station to Lahaul & Spiti.There are rail connections from Delhi to Shimla, Haridwar (near Rishikesh), Kathgodam (35 km from Naini Tal) and Ramnagar.
Lahul & Spiti can be accessed via two different locations: Sumdo in Kinnaur district for entry into Spiti valley and Manali in Kullu district for entry into Lahaul valley. Tourists can take the following routes to reach Lahaul & Spiti.
Shimla to Kaza covers distance of 412 km on a stretch drive of 20 hours that falls under Spiti region. This route is accessible throughout the year. Shimla to Keylong is another route covering distance of 375 km on a stretch drive of 18 hours that falls under Lahaul region. This route gets closed during the winter season and opens only for six months.
Keylong to Kaza is another route covering the distance of 185 km on a stretch drive of 6 hours. This route remains closed for more than 9 months in a year due to heavy snowfall.
In olden times Udaipur (2743 m) was known as Markul and so the name of local goddess is Markula Devi. The temple here is unique and famous for its wooden carving on its roof and ceiling. Its name was changed by Raja Udai Singh of Chamba. This place is situated near the confluence of Chenab and Mayar Nallah. This place is therefore a starting point for Mayar valley and further on to Zanskar and other peaks. This is a green area rather the whole Chenab valley is greener than the Lahaul valley. It has a rest house and some hotels and is a good resting place.
Some years back the road was only upto this point and from here the trekking expeditions to different areas used to start. Now the road is under construction beyond this place and the bus is goes upto Tindi. This road has now been connected up to Killar, which is the meeting point of another roads; one from Kishtwar (J&K) and from Chamba over the Sach pass.
Trilokinath Temple (4 kms)
Trilokinath means the Shiva. A temple is situated in the village which is about 4 km short of Udaipur on the left bank of Chenab River. Devotees from far off places come to pay their respects at this unique temple. This Shiva temple was given a look of Budhist shrine by Guru Padmasambhava by installing the 6 armed image of Avalokiteshvar. It is now sacred both to Hindus and Buddhists alike and attracts many pilgrims from both these communities. In August, a big festival named Pauri is held for three days when people including the sadhus and followers of various religious sects gather to receive the blessings of Lord Trilokinath.
Shansha (27 kms)
This is on the left bank of river Chandra-Bhaga (Chenab) at a distance of 27kms from Keylong on Udaipur road. The Geypan, a powerful deity of Lahaul is believed to be born here. A shrine dedicated to the deity has also been built in this village.
Sarchoo (116 kms)
It is the last border point between Himachal and Ladakh, where HPTDC put up a tented colony for the convenience of the touristsduring summer season. It is situated at a distance of 116 kms from Keylong.
Baralacha La (73 kms)
It is about 73 km from Keylong on Manali Leh road. The name means pass with cross roads on summit (roads from Ladakh, Spiti and Lahaul join at the top). It is situated at 4883 m above sea level. There is no road yet from Spiti. Only a path exists. This is also the point of origin of Chandra, Bhaga and, Yunam rivers. They flow to three different directions through the Chandra, Bhaga and Lingti valleys.
Darcha (24 kms)
It is 24 km from Keylong on Leh road where a camping ground is available. From Darcha (3360 m) trekkers start their trek to Padem, via Shingola as well as Baralacha/Phirtsela. There is a police check-post for assistance. Beyond this point there are hardly any trees. Yotche and Zanskar Nallahs meet Bhaga River here from different directions.
Gemur (18 kms)
It is 18 kms from Keylong in Bhaga valley where devil dance is held during July in the Local Gompa. The place is situated on Manali-Leh highway.
Jispa (20 kms)
It is 20 km from Keylong on the bank of Bhaga river having a rest house and mountaineer hut. There is a big camping ground. Sufficient trout fish is available in the river.
Kokasar (21kms)
It is 21 km beyond Rohtang pass in Lahaul and is the coldest place in Lahaul. HRTC workshop, Rest House, police assistance and eating places are available during the season.
Sissu (30 kms)
It is on Keylong-Koksar road over 30 kms from Keylong. There is a big waterfall here. This is the seat of God Geypan, who is worshipped in the entire valley.
Tayul Gompa (6 kms)
Tayul Gompa is 6 kms. from Keylong and is one of the oldest monasteries of the valley having a big statue of Guru Padmasamhava about 5 m high and houses library of Kangyur having 101 volumes. In Tibetan language Ta-Yul means the chosen place. There is an interesting story behind this.
Shahshur Monastery (3 kms)
Situated on a hill about 3 kms, Far from Keylong towards north on the same slope During June/July this monastery attracts lot of visitors when Lamas perform devil dance. It was founded in the 17th century a.d. It belongs to red hat sect and is located among the blue pines. The paintings are represent the history of 84 Buddha's.
Kardang Monastery
It is about 5kms, from Keylong across Bhaga River. It is believed to be built in 12th century. The Monastery has a large library of Kangyur and Tangyur volumes of Budhist scriptures in Bhoti. Kardang village was once the capital of Lahaul.
Keylong (3340 m) is the district Headquarters of Lahaul Spiti on the main road to Leh over Rohtang. It is an oasis of green fields and willow trees, water streams surrounded with brown hills and snow capped peaks. There are hotels, tourist bungalows and rest houses to stay.
Guru Ghantal Monastery (4 kms)
This is on the left bank of Chandra river about 4 km. above Tandi and is believed to be the oldest Gompa of Lahaul having wooden structure with pyramidal roofs, wood carving and preserving the idols of Padmasambhava & Brajeshwari Devi. On the full moon night in mid-June a festival called "GHANTAL" is celebrated by Lamas & Thakurs together.
Tandi (8 kms)
Tandi is 8 kms short of Keylong and is situated at the confluence of Chandra & Bhaga Rivers. A legend says that there were two lovers, Chandra being the daughter of the Moon and Bhaga the son of the Sun god. To perform there eternal marriage, they decided to climb to the Baralacha La & from there they ran in opposite directions. Chandra being active and smart easily found her way &reached Tandi after covering the distance of 115 kms Soon Bhaga was found coming with great struggle through the narrow gorges to Tandi where consequently both met and the celestial marriage was performed. Bhaga covered about 60 kms, Distance which was very difficult.
Gondla (18 kms)
It is 18 kms from Keylong on the left bank of Chandra River. The location of royal houses of the village is interesting. In the month of July a fair is held when Lamas dance & enjoy. The Gompa of this village has historical significance and the fair attracts a large number of visitors. The residence of the Thakur of Gondla is an eight storey building of its own kind in the entire Lahaul valley. It is worth a visit. This is called Gondla castle or fort and was built in 1700 A.D.
Fairs and festivals symbolizes the whole meaning of life, even in the toughest condition of existence people forget all their worries and tensions to make most of the festivity. Especially in the mountainous region festival adds extra charm and beauty to nature. A large number of fairs and festivals are organized in Lahaul & Spiti. Apart from the regular Indian festivals the people of this place celebrates some of the famous festival based on their local gods and goddesses. To name a few Halda, Phagli, Gotshi are some of the important festivals of lahaul & Spiti celebrated during the month of January and February.
While travelling in Lahaul & Spiti, tourists must not forget to visit the Keylong market, which is famous for carpets, Kullu shawls and caps. For best products and affordable rates visitors can shop from state government owned shop besides local shops. Himachal Emporium, Local Self Help Group and Bhuttico are some of the government recognized shops located in the market.


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Puspawarna (ꦥꦸꦱ꧀ꦥꦮꦂꦤ; Javanese for "kinds of flowers") is a gamelan composition famous in Central Java. It is a ketawang in slendro pathet manyura. Thus the full title of the piece often given as Ketawang Puspawarna Laras Slendro Pathet Manyura. Manyura, the final pathet in a wayang performance, is said to evoke a mood of ripeness or fulfillment.

Both text and melody are attributed to Prince Mangkunegara IV of Surakarta (reigned 1853-1881). The nine stanzas commemorate his favorite wives and concubines, who are likened to different kinds of flowers, each symbolizing a different rasa: kencur, blimbing, duren, aren, gedhang, jati, jambé, kapas, and pandan. The piece is performed for the entrance of the prince both at the Mangkunegaran and at central Java's other junior court, the Paku Alaman.

A recording of Puspawarna by the court gamelan of Paku Alaman, Yogyakarta, directed by K.R.T. Wasitodipuro (later known as K.P.H. Natoprojo) and recorded by Robert E. Brown was included on the Voyager Golden Record, which was sent on the Voyager 1 spacecraft as a greeting to whatever extraterrestrials may find it. The recording is also available on the album Java: Court Gamelan (originally released in 1971). According to the note by Brown in the reissued version of that CD, "Puspawarna" was one of Carl Sagan's favorites on the record.

References

Further reading
Brown, Robert E. Notes to Java: Court Gamelan. Reissued edition. New York: Nonesuch 79719-2, 2003.

External links
 Kepatihan notation for the balungan of Puspawarna
 Recording of Puspawarna by Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, University of North Carolina
 program notes and a translation

Compositions for gamelan
Contents of the Voyager Golden Record

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Garber és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Iowa. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 103 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Garber tenia 103 habitants, 54 habitatges, i 21 famílies. La densitat de població era de 165,7 habitants/km².

Dels 54 habitatges en un 20,4% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 33,3% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 5,6% dones solteres, i en un 59,3% no eren unitats familiars. En el 50% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 25,9% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era d'1,91 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 2,77.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 22,3% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 7,8% entre 18 i 24, un 31,1% entre 25 i 44, un 16,5% de 45 a 60 i un 22,3% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 37 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 63,3 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 22.708 $ i la renda mediana per família de 28.125 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 27.500 $ mentre que les dones 20.417 $. La renda per capita de la població era d'11.618 $. Entorn del 12% de les famílies i el 16% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Entitats de població del comtat de Clayton


MillionaireMatch releases an online fun dating game – Gift Lucky Draw for members to play with.
LOS ANGELES, CA, September 03, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — If dating can feel like a lottery sometimes, MillionaireMatch has decided to add a real lottery into the mix. Users of MillionaireMatch, the popular online dating site for millionaire clientele, will be treated to a new feature, according to the company. A "Lucky Draw" has been added to the site, as a way of adding a bit of fun and play back into the world of online dating, as well as giving members a chance to try MillionaireMatch's membership services.
Every day, members will be invited to try a "Lucky Dip". When they are successful, they will have the chance to win a 3-day, 7-day, or 1-month gold membership gift. Once they click, the gift will be added to their account automatically. When members are failing in "Gift Lucky Draw", they will be told to try again tomorrow.
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The 'Gift Lucky Draw' feature will add to MillionaireMatch at this time. Members are encouraged to play every day and earn a chance to win the gift package. When members win the gift, they take more than 20 perks that aren't available to standard members to make their online dating success. Members can experience the special and unique features of MillionaireMatch, including options for a more advanced search, enhanced security settings, highlighted listings, a chance to chat in real time, getting access to verified millionaires.
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Huu! is a magazine and blog inspired by the mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade. Their aim is introduce to the fans some news and texts related to she and her projects.
Expressiveness and the different musical nuances of Natalia, were the base of inspiration to create a joyful and effusive brand. The naming was inspired in one of her songs and was chosen to generate a word with many meanings.
The brand transmit a joyful and expressive value through the colors.The three colors symbolize to Natalia Lafourcade, her fans and the magazine team. Huu! is the result of an emotional mixture with a current and alternative character.
Dima Bertoluchi shared a really cool brand identity for the Port Restaurant. The new logotype has become significantly more stable, has gained an additional pleasant weight.


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As in previous years, the Admin Office will receive a beautiful assortment of Eid and baby cards shortly. Once received this week, the handmade cards will be on display for sale as a fundraiser.
All of the "Eid Mubarak" and baby arrival cards are handmade and are of unique designs that you will not find anywhere else outside the school. Prices will range from $5 to $8 per card, with all proceeds from the sale going towards the "From Barn to Mosque" fundraiser.
Please support our ongoing mosque fundraiser by purchasing a beautiful hand crafted Eid card for your family, friends and loved ones from the School Office.


The California Nurses Association, currently in heated negotiations with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California, sponsored a two-day strike (November 11 and 12, 2014) to "stop eroding patient care conditions & provide better Ebola safeguards" (per CNA's Facebook page).
While we cannot know with certainty whether the strike is truly about Ebola preparedness as CNA claims or if it is a negotiating ploy by CNA as Kaiser claims, the strike continues and will undoubtedly affect patient care at Kaiser facilities.
Steve L. Hernández is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Barnes & Thornburg. A member of the firm's Labor and Employment Law Department, Mr. Hernández focuses his practice on traditional labor and employment law. Mr. Hernández has extensive experience litigating class action matters.


Blake and Mark breakdown the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Class of 2018 and the annual award winners. It's a great show to just hear Mark go through wrestling history for you. Enjoy!
Blake sits down with Conrad Thompson to discuss the history of Starrcast, its connection to All In and how you can tune in at home.
What happens when Mandy joins the show for the first time in a long time? Blake loses control of the show. After Sal pulls a Brock Lesnar, they all have a heated debate about Ronda Rousey and why certain wrestlers don't have to goto NXT while most do and go through the news. Then they break down the weird card for WWE Extreme Rules.
In a show with a very old school feel, Blake, Sal and Mark bring Rich Fann from the PW Torch Deep Dive to discuss the wrestling news and then previewing NJPW G1 Special in San Fran. Then in the second half, Shadowman Mike comes out the show and after being attacked by his cat, have an in depth conversation about the state of the NBA before catching up on all things NHL, including the Stanley Cup Finals, the NHL Draft, free agent signings, trades, the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018 and more.


A Lagos Uber driver attacked by a three-man robbery gang who posed as passengers is counting his losses after his car was snatched at gunpoint in the Obalende area of Lagos State.
The passengers had pretended to pay him his transport fare around an Automated Teller Machine point.
The robbers were, however, caught on tape by the Close Circuit Television camera around the ATM gallery, where they subdued the driver.
Seun, who spoke to Puch newspaper on Thursday, said as the men were about to reach where he parked, he noticed one of them was with a gun, but it was too late for him to zoom off.
"I picked them from a clubhouse in Agidingbi, Ikeja on Wednesday, September 5, around 3am. They asked me to take them to Obalende. When we got there, they said they had to use an ATM to pay me. They told me to proceed to the Sanglose area, but I declined. They later used one ATM at Obalende. They were to pay me N2,500.
"They dropped me off around Adekunle and asked for the security code of the car. I told them I did not know it. They said they only wanted to use the car for something. They seized my two phones and about N16,000 on me.
They asked me to call my line the following day to know where they would drop the car. One of them suggested that I should be thrown into the water, but others rejected the idea. The whole thing happened between 3am and 4am," he added.
"They called somebody to send them a control unit number but the person sent them a wrong number. I was there for about 10 minutes before we went together in their patrol vehicle to meet another patrol team at Olopomeji. They copied the control unit number from the patrol van at the Olopomeji and radioed the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer says the incident was being investigated.


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Q: Is there any way to draw graph using zend framework can we draw graph with zend framework. I so, how to do data thing ? Is there some online resource to get familiar with it.
Thanks

A: I'm not sure about Zend Framework, but I seriously recommend Google Chart Tools API. It's easy to use and customize and is pretty powerful!
Edit: When I last used it, I generated the data using plain old PHP by looking at a javascript example and spotting the pattern, then just having php echo's everywhere I need them.

A: For creating graphs use http://thejit.org/

A: It will take some brain power, but I would recommend looking into Dojo simply because Zend has some built view helpers for dojo. At the end of the day, your going to have to integrate what ever solution your pick yourself.

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Q: Connection refused on socket.connect (Django app deployed on uWSGI + Nginx) I have a Django application deployed on a VM using uWSGI & Nginx setup.
I would like to print some data, by passing the required information to a printer that is configured on the same network using a socket:
    printer_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    printer_socket.connect(('10.125.125.2', 9001))
    printer_socket.send(bytes(source='data', encoding='utf-8'))

Note: the IP address and the port are here for illustration purposes.
Problem: I get a Err 111 Connection refused error, however. The error is triggered at the printer_socket.connect step.
Additional information: The python code that initializes the socket, connects to the required IP address/Port and sends the data works fine when it's run from the python interactive shell.
Question: What do I need to configure in order to allow opening sockets from a django web application, deployed using uWSGI and Nginx?
Please keep in mind that the configuration of the project is out of the scope of this question. I don't have troubles configuring the app. The app works fine. I am specifically interested in how to allow opening sockets from a web app, served using uWSGI + Nginx setup
UPDATE
Here's the .ini configuration file for the uWSGI.
    [uwsgi]
    project = App
    uid = user
    base = /home/%(uid)

    chdir = %(base)/%(project)
    home = %(base)/Venv/%(project)
    module = %(project).wsgi:application
    # daemonize = %{base}/uwsgi/%{project}.log
    logto = /home/user/logs/uwsgi/%{project}.log

    master = true
    processes = 5

    socket = /run/uwsgi/%(project).sock
    chown-socket = %(uid):www-data
    chmod-socket = 777
    vacuum = true
    buffer-size=32768

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Q: How to convert some multibyte characters into its numeric html entity using PHP? Test string:
$s = "convert this: ";
$s .= "–, —, †, ‡, •, ≤, ≥, μ, ₪, ©, ® y ™, ⅓, ⅔, ⅛, ⅜, ⅝, ⅞, ™, Ω, ℮, ∑, ⌂, ♀, ♂ ";
$s .= "but, not convert ordinary characters to entities";

A: $encoded = mb_convert_encoding($s, 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8');

asssuming your input string is UTF-8, this should encode most everything into numeric entities.

A: Well htmlentities doesn't work correctly. Fortunately someone has posted code on the php website that seems to do the translation of multibyte characters properly

A: I did work on decoding ascii into html coded text (&#xxxx). https://github.com/hellonearthis/ascii2web


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Collected Essays
Radu A. Davidescu
Cronenberg's Canada
While writing the script for Rabid (1977) at producer John Dunning's country house outside Montreal, having a brief loss of confidence in the film's merit, writer/director David Cronenberg admits referring to the film as a story about 'this woman [that] grows a cock thing in her armpit and sucks people's blood through it.'[1] While this might not be the most flattering view of the movie, it is not entirely inaccurate. In response to this, Dunning reassured him that despite this, 'there's something about it' adding, 'it's compelling and weird'[2]. And indeed, while the film can be seen as a dumb horror movie about a woman growing an organ from her armpit, it is at the same time something unusual and certainly with at least some filmic merit. No less weird and certainly no less compelling is Cronenberg's twisted-metal sex-romp completed almost 20 years later - Crash (1996). While he did not need reassurance by now, it must have been nonetheless encouraging for the Canadian director to win a special jury prize at Cannes for his work. While this relative international acclaim might have shined a certain light on Canada, it might be useful to observe how these two works fit within the Canadian context and more importantly within the notion of national identity.
Another Canadian artist, acclaimed experimental filmmaker and feminist Joyce Wieland says that she thinks of Canada as female[3] but does this woman Canada, through Cronenberg's eyes, grow a metaphoric cock thing in her armpit and sucks people's blood through it? Or is it more compelling and weird? In essence, it can be both. Through a formal and thematic analysis of both Rabid and Crash, I intend to examine Canada as presented through the landscapes (Toronto and Montreal) and characters in these films. Through this examination I intend to show that Cronenberg's Canada is deeply influenced by marginalization from society, sexual exploration (both literally and figuratively) and blurred gender roles.
To achieve this, I will first consider the geographical element in both films and how it works toward presenting this view of Canada. How do Montreal and Toronto as well as their less urban outskirts serve to establish the unique Canada presented by Cronenberg? Following I will consider the characters in the two films. Specifically, Marilyn Chambers' character in Rabid and James Spader's in Crash - how do they function in each film and to what purpose? Finally, I will look at the characters' relationship to each other and to the space that they inhabit. How is each affected by the other and what does this say about the Canadian nation?
To begin, let's consider the landscape in both films. While both happen in two of the biggest urban centers of Canada, Rabid starts in a rural setting, on a desolate roadway among decaying shacks and leafless trees. There is still snow on the ground and the dry vegetation and cloudy sky set a tone of gloom and imminent dread. It is not a happy landscape, nor a welcoming one, it is a landscape of abandon, one of solitude and isolation and it is this landscape that sets the mood for the rest of the film. To most Canadians and specifically Montrealers this would be a familiar sight and immediately identifiable with Canada, but it is not enough to set the film as specifically happening in Canada. Using unmistakeably Montreal locations like the Cremazie subway station[4] or Cavendish Mall[5] (sporting a big 'Canadian Tire' sign in the opening shot of the scene) serve to further nail down the fact that this is happening in Canada if one wasn't already convinced.
While Crash starts off right away in a more urban and modern setting, it is again not one that is immediately indicative of Canada. The first shot of landscape that we are presented with is one of a city skyline as seen from the Ballards' apartment[6]. While this is less rural than the one in Rabid, it is nonetheless just as welcoming (that is to say, not very welcoming at all). We see some apartment buildings in the distance, but they are separated by numerous multi-lane highways with buzzing cars. It gives the impression of small pockets of humanity, stacked in concrete prisons and separated by humming death-traps of asphalt and rubber. Later on, like in Rabid, we see more unmistakeably Canadian locations, like the train-bridge overlooking the scrap yard marked in big letters as 'Canadian National Railways'.[7] In fact, Crash makes extensive use of Toronto locations that it becomes a strategic element for asserting (and selling) national specificity[8].
But to what end this preoccupation with the landscape? An insight into this might be what Cronenberg chooses to do to the respective environments in each film. In Rabid he is 'showing an entire city in thrall to rabid maniacs: army trucks, martial law in Montreal and so on.'[9] In essence, he has taken the familiar and everyday and shaped it into something out of the ordinary. He has disrupted the normal environment which his characters inhabit into something hostile, something unknown, something that they are thrust into without a choice. Seeing familiar Montreal locations manned by armed guards, people lining up for controls, army trucks with masked biological response personnel fighting maniacs on the streets - this is not the Montreal that we are familiar with. This is a more hostile and unwelcoming city. This is a city that tells us to stay indoors and lock our door.
Similarly, Crash presents an equally hostile environment. Here, again, Cronenberg is taking the everyday and changes, disrupts it to its liking. The fact that Cronenberg was allowed to 'close sections of major Toronto freeways in order to film car crashes and actors making explicit, moaning love amidst the wreckage'[10] was nothing less than disruptive, one would imagine. It is a striking reminder that we are never safe. The highways that we drive to work on every day are presented as dark and dangerous death traps. They are inhabited by maniacs like Vaughan and his gang which turn them into their own personal playground. But despite this, we still inhabit this place.
This representation of the geography makes the works distinctly Canadian. Not only because the 'representation of landscape has a long and venerable history within Canadian culture'[11] but also because in these two films, the landscape is modified by technology. Be it the martial law in Montreal, with the army trucks and disinfectation crews or the highways and emergency-response crews in Toronto, there is a clear conflict here between technology and nature. This conflict, argues Longfellow, lies at the heart of Canadian philosophical tradition.[12]
This opposition, however, is not only apparent in the presence of landscapes in the film. We also observe it in the characters that inhabit it. In Rabid, Chambers' character undergoes experimental plastic surgery. This immediately places her as the central point of conflict - she is transformed, mutated, with the help of technology into something different, something 'other'. She becomes marginalized, having to hide her new state from society while at once needing to reveal it in order to survive. She infects others - they become brainless maniacs. Another conflict is created - brainless maniacs vs. normal population. Martial law sets in and people are given identity cards - Chambers doesn't have one, so she is again an outsider, an outcast in the face of the normal.
This same marginalization appears in Crash. First in the police raid on Vaughan's crash re-enactment; we are reminded that what they are doing is something illegal. But it goes much deeper than that. Vaughn quickly 'corrects a view we might first have had that this incursion of the police is a demonstration of the marginality of crash culture' stating 'it's not the police. It's the department of transport' - they are merely a nuisance, an irrelevance'.[13] And indeed, we do not easily dismiss this marginalization as simply being something defined by its illegality. We have to be introduced to the whole 'family' to grasp the full extent of the phenomenon.
The characters in Crash are obsessed with the pleasure and pain drawn from the crashes of American public icons. [14] This obsession and deep familiarity with intricate details about the lives (and deaths) of public icons, even if not illegal, can be seen as a marginalizing element that defines a society outside of the norm. Further, their performances are grotesquely exaggerated versions of what similar versions might be within the Hollywood star-system which causes the system to collapse[15] and we are left with something distinctly unique that, again, strays from the norm (of Hollywood film and as consequence of normal everyday life). In this sense, the community formed by the characters in crash can be distinguished by the style in which it is imagined (that is, one of marginalization, obsession and sexual exploration) which is precisely why it forms a community[16]. This imagined community then, becomes the basis for the nation of which it is part of, since the nation is an imagined community in itself - both as inherently limited and sovereign.[17] It is exactly this notion of an imagined community that Cronenberg uses to express 'Canada'. 'He articulates Canada not as an authentic national essence to be uncovered or realized, but as a constructed process of narration.'[18] And indeed, this nation is 'imagined not as an invulnerable national body, but as an entangled network of contested relations traversing "America" and "Canada."'[19]
But what of this network of contested relations? Cronenberg casts primarily American actors in the lead roles of both movies. He puts them through accidents and subsequent surgeries, and presents them as emerging marginalized individuals. As in most Cronenberg movies, we have characters in the midst of a transformation caused by something tangible and hostile from the outside, but inevitably born from within - either mentally or physically.[20] In Rabid it is something physical that was caused from outside (surgery) but born from within (phallic organ that emerges to suck blood). In Crash it is a mental transformation (interest in car-crash sex) caused from the outside (Vaughan's influence) but again born from within (the Ballard's already dysfunctional sex habits). Finally, they all emerge to be characters that Cronenberg is well versed in, that is, uptight and emotionally repressed people altered by acts of their own imagination, or else symbolically altered by grotesque creatures of Cronenberg's own imagination. [21]
But what does this say about the nature of Canadians? Are we all just Americans that underwent some horrific transformational or surgical process which turned us into depressed sociopathic perverts? Maybe not literally, but figuratively - yes. Let us see how this works in Rabid for example. We start off with an American porn star - Marilyn Chambers - blonde, blue eyes and all too eager to please (both man and woman) in bed. Enter Canada and the Keloid Clinic (thank you free healthcare) and we end up with blood-sucking armpit-penis monster. Again, looking at it all figuratively, what does this tell us? The image of the submissive American girl is transformed to one that (to our apparent horror) is all too eager to release her female 'activeness' - an apparently horrific and disgusting process[22] (in the face of American standards at least). Of course the flipside negative argument to this is that Cronenberg is portraying female sexuality as predatory[23] which did not seem to bother him seeing how he saw it as a no-win situation and that even if he did every character in the movie by the feminist 'book' - depending of course by which feminist book - he still could not satisfy everybody[24].
How does this same principle work in Crash then? Here, like in many other Cronenberg works, there is the 'pervasive fascination with forms of perverse sexuality'[25]. Which parts are perverse in Crash? That would depend on how open-minded the society within which it functions is. I would assume that penetrating an open wound in a public parking lot can safely be considered perverse in most situations. But what does it say about us as Canadians vis-à-vis our southern neighbours? Other than the fact that we produced a director brave enough to churn out this kind of film and get awarded a prize at Cannes for it, we also let him do it right in our back yard. Production details aside, however, there are more elements in Crash that not only distinguish it from Hollywood but also render it a distinctly Canadian work. Here again Cronenberg shows us 'people digging away at their insides, desperate to get something out of them - desperate to express themselves in some way… or other.'[26] And indeed much like the characters in Crash Canada is in a way desperate to express itself, desperate to find a way to convey some national identity not in the face of American culture but rather as an individual, stand-alone entity. And much like the characters in Crash we are finding it difficult (though not impossible) to accomplish.
This difficulty is accepted however. One of many explanations for this is provided by Cronenberg himself, describing his introduction to the 'fierce nationalism' of Quebec and 'how well it worked in terms of a very enclosed culture that could excite itself' and that it is 'very hard for English-Canadian culture to excite English Canadians' because 'they are excited by Americana.'[27] But it is precisely the expression of this difficulty that gives Cronenberg's work its strength. His work is a peculiarly Canadian work exactly because it 'crystallizes a particular national angst'[28]
In conclusion, we have seen various elements that shape Cronenberg's Canada through Rabid and Crash. We looked at the landscape in the films and its significance to the Canadian nation-building process. We have seen that landscape allows the director to work on several themes that identify his work as Canadian, in particular the theme of conflict among technology and nature. Second, we have observed the characters in both films and their marginalization and sexual exploration/deviance. We have seen how they form the basis for the constructed Canadian imagined community as portrayed by Cronenberg. Further, I examined the characters' relationship to themselves, their habitat and their surroundings. We have seen their American roots, their transformation and their eternal search for identity. Together, these elements are in a way paradigmatic for the Canadian nation and its imagined national identity. This identity is not as 'clear-cut' as one would expect it to be, but rather it is formed from the relationship Canadians have vis-à-vis their southern neighbours. This particular situation, which doesn't allow the members of the community the privilege to have an easily identifiable identity and as consequence an easy way to associate with this identity, renders them in a permanent state of flux. It creates this national angst that is apparent within Cronenberg's work and which is one of the elements that forms what has come to be reluctantly identified as our national identity. And while most would be content with seeing this fact as something compelling and weird, it is not entirely unfathomable for a good part of us to see it as a major blood sucking cock thing in our collective armpit.
[1] Cronenberg, 1993, p53
[3] Longfellow, 1999, p167
[4] Cronenberg, 1977, [1'00"14]
[7] Cronenberg 1996, [1'22"39]
[8] Lowenstein, 2005, p170
[10] Lowenstein, 2005, p164,
[11] Longfellow, 1999, p180
[13] Boyne, 1999, p48
[14] Lowenstein, 2005, p171
[16] Anderson, 1991, p6
[20] Monk, 2001, p234
[22] Wood, 1983, p130
[23] Cronenberg, 1993, p56
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BrainChip Holdings Ltd, a developer of software and hardware accelerated solutions for advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning, has announced the release of its hardware acceleration board, BrainChip Accelerator.
BrainChip Studio helps law enforcement and intelligence organisations to rapidly identify objects in large amounts of archived or live streaming video. By processing multiple video streams simultaneously, the BrainChip Accelerator add-in card enables these organisations to search increasing amounts of video faster, with a higher probability of object recognition and lower total cost of ownership. The system learns from a single low-resolution image, which can be as small as 20 x 20 pixels, and excels in recognition in low light, low-resolution, noisy environments.
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As the first commercial implementation of a hardware-accelerated spiking neural network system, BrainChip Accelerator is a significant milestone in the development of neuromorphic computing, a branch of artificial intelligence that simulates neuron functions. The processing is done by six BrainChip Accelerator cores in a Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale field-programmable gate array (FPGA). Each core performs fast, user-defined image scaling, spike generation, and spiking neural network comparison to recognize objects. Scaling images up and down increases the probability of finding objects, and due to the low-power characteristics of spiking neural networks, each core consumes approximately one watt while processing up to 100 frames per second. In comparison to GPU-accelerated deep learning classification neural networks like GoogleNet and AlexNet, this is a seven-fold improvement of frames/second/watt.
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The Victorian Government has updated it's Sporting Code of Conduct with a new Fair Play Code that will come into effect as of July 1, 2018.
The Fair Play Code sends a loud and clear message – bad behaviour, violence, cheating and intimidation has no place in sport and recreation. Victoria's sporting clubs and associations are encouraged to adhere to and enforce the new Fair Play Code. To receive funding from Sport and Recreation Victoria the new Fair Play Code is now a minimum requirement in any funding application submitted.
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Reconnect with nature on a 14-day tour that brings you through the best national parks in America's Northwest.
There's an incredible diversity in wildlife and scenery here and you'll get to witness how landscapes change from rocky canyons to colourful geysers in Yellowstone (the world's first national park), and icy formations in Glacier National Park. With your accommodations, transportation, and park fees covered, you can simply focus on soaking in the scenery around you and snapping envy-inducing photos along the way.
Day 1 Las Vegas
Day 2 Las Vegas/Zion National Park
Travel past towering cliffs and massive canyon walls in Zion National Park, and hike diverse and exciting trails.
Day 3 Bryce Canyon NP/Moab
Explore Bryce Canyon and see its famous hoodoos. Drive along isolated Scenic Byway 12 to Moab.
Day 4 Moab
Hike through the surreal rock formations of Arches National Park, before free time for optional activities. Opt to go rafting, mountain biking or on a Hummer tour. Catch a gorgeous sunset at Dead Horse Point State Park.
Day 5 Moab/Glenwood Springs
Travel to Glenwood Springs in Colorado and opt to go for a hike at nearby Hanging Lake, rent a bike in Glenwood Canyon, or go for a swim in the world's largest hot springs pool.
Day 6 Glenwood Springs/Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Travel to Wyoming and take in a spectacular sunset at Flaming Gorge Reservoir.
Day 7 Flaming Gorge Reservoir/Jackson
Travel to Jackson Hole, and choose to go whitewater rafting or horseback riding during a free afternoon. Tonight, opt to visit a cowboy bar for Western line dancing and live music.
Day 8 Jackson/Yellowstone National Park
Cross the Continental Divide en route to Yellowstone National Park, stopping to visit Grand Teton National Park en route. Enjoy the view of more than 12 peaks that make up this beautiful drive.
Day 9 Yellowstone National Park
Spend the day exploring Yellowstone, the world's first national park, and be in awe of the colourful geysers, powerful waterfalls, exciting wildlife, and contrasting scenic beauty around every corner. Discover the highlights of the Southern Loop.
Day 10 Yellowstone National Park/Bozeman
Spend the day exploring the highlights of the Northern Loop. Continue on to the university town of Bozeman, Montana. Enjoy free time to explore this evening.
Day 11 Bozeman/Glacier National Park
Travel through the stunning Montana scenery to Glacier National Park. With over 20 glaciers and 200 lakes and streams, Glacier National Park is a must see. Choose from 730 miles of hiking trails to really enjoy this majestic park.
Day 12 Glacier National Park
Explore Glacier NP with its many glaciers, lakes and streams. Opt to drive Going-to-the-Sun Road and reach the Continental Divide.
Day 13 Glacier National Park/Coeur d'Alene
Continue west to beautiful Coeur D'Alene. Surrounded by over 50 lakes, this town is an outdoor haven. Opt to walk the floating boardwalk, go mountain biking, or take part in watersports on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Day 14 Coeur d'Alene/Seattle
Travel through the state of Washington to Seattle. Trip ends on arrival to Seattle.
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Value of 2006 Costa Rican Colones today
₡100 in 2006
₡190.03 in 2019
The inflation rate in Costa Rica between 2006 and today has been 90.03%, which translates into a total increase of ₡90.03. This means that 100 colones in 2006 are equivalent to 190.03 colones in 2019. In other words, the purchasing power of ₡100 in 2006 equals ₡190.03 today. The average annual inflation rate has been 4.69%.
Amount (₡)
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Inflation timeline in Costa Rica (2006-2019)
The following chart depicts the equivalence of ₡100 throughout the years due to inflation and CPI changes. All values are equivalent in terms of purchasing power, which means that for each year the same goods or services could be bought with the indicated amount of money.
All calculations are performed in the local currency (CRC) and using 6 decimal digits. Results show only up to 2 decimal digits to favour readability. Inflation data is provided by governments and international institutions on a monthly basis. Today's values were obtained by estimating figures from recent trends.
Total Inflation (2006-2019) 89.86%
Total Inflation* 90.03%
₡1 in 2006 ₡1.9 in 2019
In this case, the future value represents the final amount obtained after applying the inflation rate to our initial value. In other words, it indicates how much are ₡100 worth today. There are 13 years between 2006 and 2019 and the average inflation rate has been 4.6925%. Therefore, we can resolve the formula like this:
FV = PV (1 + i)n = ₡100 * (1 + 0.05)13 = ₡189.86
= ₡100 *
= ₡189.86
Costa Rica inflation - Conversion table
₡1 colon in 2006 ₡1.9 colones today
₡5 colones in 2006 ₡9.5 colones today
₡10 colones in 2006 ₡19 colones today
₡50 colones in 2006 ₡95.01 colones today
₡100 colones in 2006 ₡190.03 colones today
₡1,000 colones in 2006 ₡1,900.29 colones today
₡10,000 colones in 2006 ₡19,002.93 colones today
₡100,000 colones in 2006 ₡190,029.28 colones today
₡1,000,000 colones in 2006 ₡1,900,292.84 colones today
Value of Colon in time (by year)
All available years - costa rican colones:
1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018


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Lodeva (Lodeva en occità; Lodève en francès) és una ciutat occitana del Llenguadoc situada al nord del departament de l'Erau, a la regió d'Occitània, a l'estat francès. L'any 2004 tenia 7.400 habitants.

En època romana s'anomenava Luteva, ciutat pertanyent a la Gàl·lia Narbonense situada entre Agatha (Agde) i Segodunum (Rodès. Fou seu del bisbat de Lodeva, el comtat de Lodeva i el vescomtat de Lodeva.

L'edifici religiós més gran de la ciutat és la catedral de Sant Fulcrà.

Fills il·lustres
D'aquesta vila, n'eren fills el tenor-baríton Eugene Massol (1802-1887) i el músic Georges Auric.

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Vegeu també
 Lutevans.

Municipis del Llenguadoc