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Cut your Research Time in Half by Finding the Right Search Engines
Posted by	Association Admin on	 Tuesday, 28 March 2017 in Search Engines
Author: Naveed Manzoor [Toronto, Ontario]
The internet is humongous. Finding what you need means that you should select from amongst millions and sometimes trillions of search results. However, no one can claim for sure that you have found the right information. Is the information reliable and accurate? Or would you have to shop for another set of information that is even better? Or say, relevant to the query – While the Internet keeps growing every single minute, the clutter makes it even harder to catch up with, and perhaps, a more valuable information keeps getting buried underneath it. Unfortunately, the larger the internet grows, it gets harder to find what you need.
Think of search engines and its browsers to be a set of information search tools that will fetch what you need from the Internet. But, a tool is as good as the job it gets done. While, Google, Bing, Yahoo and the like are considered a more generic tool for Internet search, they perform a "fit all search types job". The search results throw tons of web pages at you and thus, much harder selections and surely less accuracy.
A simple solution to deal with too much information on the Internet is out there, but only if you care to pay attention – here is a List of Over 1500 Search Engines and Directories to cut your research time in half.
There exists a whole new world of Internet search tools that are job specific and finds that information you need through filtered and precision search. They subscribe to the same world wide web and look through the same web pages as the main search engines, but only better. These search tools are split up into Specialized Search Engines and Online Directories.
The Specialized Search Engines are built to drill down into a more accurate type of information. They can collect a filtered and less cluttered search results when compared to the leading search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo. What makes them unique is their built-in ability to use powerful customized filters, and sometimes it has its database to deliver the type of information you need in specific file formats.
We will classify Specialized Search Engines into Meta-crawlers (or Meta-SearchEngine) and the Specialized
Content SearchEngine
Unlike conventional search engines, the Meta-crawlers don't crawl the web themselves, and they do not build their own web page indexes; instead, they allow search snippets to be collected (aggregated) from several mainstream search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo and similar) all at once. They don't have their proprietary search technology or the large and expensive infrastructure as the main search engines do. The Meta-crawler aggregates the results and displays these on their proprietary search result pages. In short, they usually concentrate on front-end technologies such as user interface experience and novel ways of displaying the information. They generate revenues by displaying ads and provide the user option to search for images, audio, video, news and even more options, simulating a typical search browsing experience.
Some of the well-known Meta-Crawlers to explore.
Info.com - This search engine claims to provide results from 14 search engines and pay-per-click directories, including Google, Ask Jeeves, Yahoo, LookSmart, About, and Open Directory.
Excite.com - It can use a metasearch technology by aggregation from top search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart and similar.
Monster Crawler - This meta-search engine allows a simultaneous multi-thread search of Google, Yahoo! Search & Bing with just oneclick!
Ixquick - A meta-search engine with options for choosing what the results should be based on? - It respects the information privacy, and the results get opened in Ixquick proxywindow.
Carrot Search - A meta-search engine based on a variety of search engines. Has clickable topic links and diagrams to narrow down searchresults.
iBoogie - A meta-search engine with customizable search type tabs. Search rankings havean emphasis onclusters.
iSeek – The meta-search results are from a compilation of authoritative resources fromuniversity, government, and established noncommercialproviders.
PDF Search Engine – Searches for documents with the following extensions such as, .doc, .pdf, .chm, rtf, .txt.
The Specialized Content Search Engine focuses on a specific segment of online content; that is why they are also called a Topical (Subject Specific) Search Engines. The content area may is based on topicality, media and content type or genre of content – further to this, the source of material and the original function it performs in transforming it, is what definestheirspecialty.
We can go a bit further and split these into three groups.
Information Contribution – The information source can be data collected from a Public Contribution Resource Engines as social media contributions and from reference platform such as Wikis. Examples are YouTube, Vimeo, Linked-in, Facebook, Reddit. The other types are a Private Contribution Resource Engines of the searchable database. These are created internally by the efforts of the search engine vendors; examples are Netflix (movies), Reuters (news content), Tineye (image repository), LexisNexis (legal information).
Specialized Function - These are the search engines that are programmed to perform a type of service that are proprietary and unique. They execute tasks that involve collecting web content as information and work on it with algorithms of their own, adding value to the result it produces.
An example of such types of search engines are websites such as the Wayback Machine Organization that provides and maintain records of website pages that are no longer available online as a historicalrecord. Alexa Analytics that performs web analytics and measures traffic on websites and provide performance metrics and Alpha Wolfram who is more than a search engine. It gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range oftopics.
Information Category (Subject Specific material) - This is where the search is subject specific and based on the information it retrieves. It does this by a special arrangement with outside sources on a consistent basis. Some of their examples are found under the broader headings.
Yellow Pages and PhoneDirectories
Government Database andArchives
PublicLibraries
News Bureaus, Online Journals, andMagazines
InternationalOrganizations
A WebDirectory or Link Directory is a well-organized catalog on the World Wide Web. A collection of data organized into categories and subcategories. This directory specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. The web directory is not a search engine, and it does not show numerous web pages from the keyword search. Instead, it exhibits a list of website links according to category and subcategory. Most web directory entries are not commonly found by web crawlers. Instead, they are searched by humans. This categorization encompasses the whole website instead of a single page or a set of keywords; here the websites are often limited to inclusion in only a few categories. Web directories often allow site owners to submit their site for listing and have editors review submissions for its fitness.
The directories are distinguished into two broad categories.
Public Directories that do not require user registration or fee; and the Private Directories with an online registration that may or may not be subject to a fee for inclusions in its listings. Examples of Paid Commercial Versions.
The Public Directories is for General Topics, or it can be Subject Based or Domain-Specific Public Directories.
The General Topics Directory carry popular reference subjects, interests, content domains and their subcategories. Their examples are, DMOZ (The largest directory of the Web. The open content is mirrored at many sites, including the Google Directory (until July 20, 2011). The A1 Web Directory Organization (This is a general web directory that lists various quality sites under traditional categories and relevant subcategories). The PHPLink Directory ( A Free Directory Script phpLD is released to the public as a free directory script in 2006, and they continue to offer this as the free download).
The Subject Based or Domain-Specific Public Directories are subject and topic focused. A more famous of these are Hot Frog (a commercial web directory providing websites categorized topically and regionally). The Librarians Index to Internet (directory listing program from the Library ofCalifornia) and OpenDOAR (This is an authoritative directory of academic open accessrepositories).
The PrivateDirectories requires online registration and may be subject to a fee for inclusions in its listings.
Examples of Paid Commercial Versions.
Starting Point Directory - $99/Yr
Yelp Business Directory - $100/Yr
Manta.com - $299/Yr
The Directories that require registration as a member, employee, student or a subscriber. Examples of these types are found in.
Government Employees Websites (Government Secure Portals)
Library Networks (Private, Public and Local Libraries)
Bureaus, Public Records Access, Legal Documents, Courts Data, Medical Records
The Association of Internet Research Specialists (AIRS) have compiled a comprehensive list they call an "Internet Information Resources (IIR)." There you will find an extensive collection of Search Engines and interesting information resources for avid Internet research enthusiasts; especially, those that seek serious information without the hassle of sifting through the many pages of unfiltered Internet. Alternatively, one can search through Phil Bradley's website or The Search Engine's List that has some interesting links for the many alternative to typical search engines out there.
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~ Suggestions & Improvement ~
By Hawkey,
Rhialto
@Legate of Mineta: I hope that I would not be amiss in portraying Rixenda as a student whom other students speculate about as insane, given what players on this forum have said about her and how the Academagia regards her art.
Schwarzbart 989 posts
Rhialto 437 posts
Albert 523 posts
Hawkey
This topic will sum up suggestions and thougts about "How to improve the Game" [~ I wil update the first post frequently, so don't wonder about the amount] ___________________________________
I would just like to provide a quote from Iustus' Y1 student adventure:
@Rhialtohey thanks for mentioning katawa shoujo, i played years ago and i remembered Shizune being a bit like Cinzia but havent done her before so doing her route on Pc, also just downloaded on androi
I don't think that would be too troubling.
@Legate of Mineta: Since only one of my characters attending the Schohanwicht has performed the Special Summoning, I was wondering if I could write a little automatically triggered event for the last day of Y2's summer vacation in which a student at the Schohanwicht School who never participated in the Special Summoning reflects about why such a rite was not engaged in - with explanations ranging from the whimsically cute to the paranoid.
Sure! Definitely.
3 hours ago, Rhialto said:
For me the price, a increase in your Stress Minimum, of the Special Summoning is not worth the gain of a single Attribute point. At last the adventurer live of my characters give them more then enough attributes that for some they probably not even need a single increase in Y2. (Yes Legate you can report this to your team as well, maybe they change the price or reward of the Summoning in Y2 i.e. when the gate magic skill increase)
Well, I can certainly suggest it.
2 hours ago, Schwarzbart said:
For what it is worth, I always assumed that the rite would mark the PC in some way with potentially serious consequences in the future. I mean, such a rite might easily lead to serious traces of gates magic in a body...hypothetically.
17 minutes ago, Rhialto said:
Similar to many adventures we can't be sure what the long term consequences are for the character. The Special Summoning could i.e. have an interesting adventure as follow up in Y2 or gain some powerful ability from the creature you bound your self to and then suddenly it becomes interesting.
For me the biggest no go from character view is that you not knowing what creature you are binding your self to. I.e. you might end to be bound to an dragon this way that then suddenly appears in Mineta when enough people bound to it.
@Legate of Mineta: Are there any plans to add in a memory/flagging system (not sure what the correct term is) in order to establish that a PC is attracted to the same sex and/or not attracted to the opposite sex?
Rhi;
Out of curiosity, how is that flagging going to be handled?
M;
You can set it at character creation/transfer.
Is that something a player has to commit to at that point? Because that seems a bit...early.
Maybe could be changed in future years? But you can decide your own preference.
Mainly curious because what if the player doesn't know for sure, at that point? Just flip a coin, maybe roll a d20 and hope you don't regret it later? I feel like "uncertain" is a variable that the game should be able to keep track of, at least as early as Y2.
It's not binary, and you can choose not to make a choice as well. It seems pretty open, I think.
@Legate of Mineta: I ask because I have some content for Y2 that would best work with such flags. Would the Team insert such flags into my writing as part of their editing? And fear not - the choices with same-sex flagging would be obvious.
I assume so, but official content will still not really be romantic in Y2, so it would need to be pretty innocent.
6 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said:
Sensible, but aren't "needs to be pretty innocent" and "can set gender preference at character creation" kinda at opposition with each other? If the option is there one expects it to matter, after all.
10 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said:
Don't worry. I am not planning anything outrageous - just vague comments about how a PC has been attracted to certain students of the same sex. Given the Y1 content about Philippe and Joana, and the Y1 adventure for students with the Prodigy: On the Prowl trait (especially for students in Avila), I hope that such content would be acceptable.
I personally don't see them as being in opposition, at least for me. We'll see what the Team says, though.
@Legate of Mineta: Any feedback about my question/comment "Don't worry. I am not planning anything outrageous - just vague comments about how a PC has been attracted to certain students of the same sex. Given the Y1 content about Philippe and Joana, and the Y1 adventure for students with the Prodigy: On the Prowl trait (especially for students in Avila), I hope that such content would be acceptable."? Or would the Team need to consider that more?
I think it would be fine- basically, it's similar to the Y1 standard.
In celebration of my nearly complete recovery from my surgery, wherefore I have been able to complete a game of Academagia that I was unable to complete for almost a year, I submit the following proposal about an ethnic group of Satyrs. @Legate of Mineta, if you want, I can move this to my writing thread.
Background: I will be fully transparent about my sources for this ethnicity: Raðanite Jews, Lydians, and a general desire to create an ethnicity inspired by Jews without falling into the anti-Semitic stereotypes that have bedevilled, for example, J. K. Rowling's Goblins.
Caveats: I am not skilled in any language or creating titles to suggest a name for this ethnicity, but I think that it would be appropriate for others to call them the Hanse, because such a term is thematically appropriate (for reasons which I will explain), short and easy to remember, and to a certain degree accurate (because the Hanse are often operating as bands of merchants).
Whence are the Hanse?: The Hanse are satyrs - but they are satyrs whom even other satyrs, to say nothing of humans, often find strange. While most satyrs occupy their own tracts of woodlands and consider the woods where they live to be their homes, no true Hanse would dare to say that he or she has a home. The Hanse consider themselves to be wanderers, even when they establish permanent homes (as some do). Their real homeland, they know, is unreachable upon the surface of Cyve, marked with mounds within which the ashes and burned bones of their heroes and great people, having been consecrated, were buried. The Hanses' traditions assert that they had powerful magic within their homeland due to these and other rites, and they yearn to return to their homeland if they can. But they take pride in their traditions' claims that they used to be great heroes, who fought hard against the Dragons.
Where do the Hanse Live?: In northern and temperate forests, although with some ambitiously moving into more southern climes, the Hanse live. Sometimes, the Hanse send delegations to the fays' courts.
What do the Hanse Do?: Most humans encounter the Hanse in northern or temperate forests, where the Hanse serve as merchants, trading forest products and fay products from community to community. Hanse merchants trade within and outside the Empire of Man, and certain Hanse merchants are eager to trade in Mineta and Satyrius.
Why are the Hanse mistrusted by others?: The Hanse are mistrusted for several reasons in addition to why satyrs are not trusted. In no particular order, they are:
1. Their insistence that they are lacking a homeland leads people to doubt that they can be loyal to where they live - a sentiment aggravated by their networking amongst each other.
2. Their maintenance of a separate language and script (the Lydian alphabet is its real life equivalent) leads people to suspect that they may be spies, especially because they, in their pursuit of trading opportunities, are often crossing borders (and often through fay-based ways that are difficult to monitor).
3. Their occupation as traders leads them to be accused of being greedy, lazy, and exploitative.
4. Their habit of carrying their ancestors' bones with them in pouches, necklaces, etc., although meant to connect them to their ancestors as a substitute for the homeland which their ancestors lost, is often misunderstood, even by other satyrs, as evidence that they are cannibals. Lurid rumours surround what they do during their funeral ceremonies, of which human and satyr sacrifice are perhaps the safest to mention.
Why are the Hanse called the Hanse?: Because Hanse is an old Vilocian word referring to a travelling band, and Hanse are most famous within the Empire of Man as travelling bands within violocian forests, trading fay goods and goods from further away to certain humans and satyrs who are willing to trade with them.
General Remarks About Hanse Society: The Hanse are very decentralized, due to both their refusal to concentrate within a tract of land and call it their homeland and due to their constant trading voyages. In the immediate aftermath of their losing their homeland, some Hanse tried to serve as mercenaries among fay and satyr communities, but the previously mentioned reasons why they are mistrusted forced most Hanse to become traders instead. Hanse communities (each of which is called a bira, meaning house), whether nomadic, settled, or semi-nomadic, are led by a Diarchy. The junior Diarch has the title Tyrannus, and is responsible for ensuring that members of the community are peaceful and law-abiding - although despite what certain anti-Hanse rumours say, this almost always refers to following the laws of the land within with the Hanse community lives. The senior Diarch, called the Bone-Keeper, is essentially a priest/scholar, preserving the Hanse's traditions, geneologies, and ancestors' bones as best as can be done in the circumstances while guiding the community in preserving what remains of the power that they think derives from their lost homeland and their ancestors. To be entrusted with a bone from a Bone-Keeper is a great honour for an average Hanse person. Bone-Keepers and tyrannuses are not officially ranked in a hierarchy, although in practise Bone-Keepers and tyrannuses who have displayed great wisdom and/or are associated with large and wealthy communities will acquire fame and respect even in other Hanse communities. How Bone-Keepers and tyrannuses acquire their positions within their communities varies from region to region, and in certain circumstances may create tension between Hanse communities. Hanse in general anticipate their return to Cyve's surface (although they are not exactly sure when or how it will happen), at which point they will supposedly reoccupy their homeland (described in detail by their traditions), bury the bones of exalted ancestors within mounds, and properly serve their gods and their ancestors again. All gods receive from them the title "tzivs".
I hope that this ethnicity is capable of being incorporated within the setting. I deliberately kept them operating in the fringes of the setting (mostly deep forests north of Mineta and the fays' lands). Feedback would be much appreciated.
I'll pass this one!


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use
	mageekguy\atoum\asserters,
	mageekguy\atoum\exceptions
;

class dateTime extends asserters\object
{
	public function setWith($value, $checkType = true)
	{
		parent::setWith($value, false);

		if ($checkType === true)
		{
			if (self::isDateTime($this->value) === false)
			{
				$this->fail(sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('%s is not an instance of \\dateTime'), $this));
			}
			else
			{
				$this->pass();
			}
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasTimezone(\dateTimezone $timezone, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->getTimezone()->getName() == $timezone->getName())
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Timezone is %s instead of %s'), $this->value->getTimezone()->getName(), $timezone->getName()));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasYear($year, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('Y') === sprintf('%04d', $year))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Year is %04d instead of %s'), $year, $this->value->format('Y')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function isInYear()
	{
		die('The method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, please use ' . __CLASS__ . '::hasYear instead');
	}

	public function hasMonth($month, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('m') === sprintf('%02d', $month))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Month is %02d instead of %s'), $month, $this->value->format('m')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function isInMonth()
	{
		die('The method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, please use ' . __CLASS__ . '::hasMonth instead');
	}

	public function hasDay($day, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('d') === sprintf('%02d', $day))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Day is %02d instead of %s'), $day, $this->value->format('d')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function isInDay()
	{
		die('The method ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated, please use ' . __CLASS__ . '::hasDay instead');
	}

	public function hasDate($year, $month, $day, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('Y-m-d') === sprintf('%04d-%02d-%02d', $year, $month, $day))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Date is %s instead of %s'), sprintf('%04d-%02d-%02d', $year, $month, $day), $this->value->format('Y-m-d')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasHours($hours, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('H') === sprintf('%02d', $hours))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Hours are %02d instead of %s'), $hours, $this->value->format('H')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasMinutes($minutes, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('i') === sprintf('%02d', $minutes))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Minutes are %02d instead of %s'), $minutes, $this->value->format('i')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasSeconds($seconds, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('s') === sprintf('%02d', $seconds))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Seconds are %02d instead of %s'), $seconds, $this->value->format('s')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasTime($hours, $minutes, $seconds, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('H:i:s') === sprintf('%02d:%02d:%02d', $hours, $minutes, $seconds))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Time is %s instead of %s'), sprintf('%02d:%02d:%02d', $hours, $minutes, $seconds), $this->value->format('H:i:s')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	public function hasDateAndTime($year, $month, $day, $hours, $minutes, $seconds, $failMessage = null)
	{
		if ($this->valueIsSet()->value->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') === sprintf('%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d', $year, $month, $day, $hours, $minutes, $seconds))
		{
			$this->pass();
		}
		else
		{
			$this->fail($failMessage !== null ? $failMessage : sprintf($this->getLocale()->_('Datetime is %s instead of %s'), sprintf('%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d', $year, $month, $day, $hours, $minutes, $seconds), $this->value->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')));
		}

		return $this;
	}

	protected function valueIsSet($message = 'Instance of \dateTime is undefined')
	{
		if (self::isDateTime(parent::valueIsSet($message)->value) === false)
		{
			throw new exceptions\logic($message);
		}

		return $this;
	}

	protected static function check($value, $method)
	{
		if (self::isDateTime($value) === false)
		{
			throw new exceptions\logic('Argument of ' . $method . '() must be an instance of \\dateTime');
		}
	}

	protected static function isDateTime($value)
	{
		return ($value instanceof \dateTime);
	}
}

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1. Two men confer probably during the 18th Zionist Congress.
2. Interior view of the smoking room in the villa of a prosperous Jewish family in Prague.
3. Passport issued to Flora and Ladislaw Perl prior to their immigration to the United States.
4. Exterior view of a large building probably taken during the 18th Zionist Congress.
5. A Jewish family poses in a park in Prague.
6. Four friends build a snowman in the Czech mountains.
7. Postwar portrait of Aleksander Kulisiewicz, Polish composer and concentration camp survivor, standing in front of a barbed wire fence.
8. Ita Guttmann with her twin children, Rene and Renate.
9. Men and women walk down a commercial street probably during the 18th Zionist Congress.
10. Children sit in a classroom at a grammar school in Prague. Some of the girls are Jewish.
11. Portrait of Ita Guttman with her twin children: Rene (right) and Renate (left).
12. Zev Jabotinsky speaks to a group of men probably during the 18th Zionist Congress.
13. A group of young Jewish friends pose outside in Prague during the Nazi occupation.
14. Group portrait of teachers at the Jewish school in Prague.
15. Medical students examine a cadaver in a university lab in Prague.
16. Ella Wieder and Rabbi Samuel Freilich celebrate their wedding.
17. Close-up portrait of Zeev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky, leader of the Revisionist Zionists.
18. Czech Jews at forced labor clear ice in the center of Prague.
19. Group family portrait taken to celebrate the engagement of Vilma Eisenstein and Kurt Grunwald.
20. Page from a baby album belonging to Alena Pekova.


A Long Weekend In NYC On A Budget, Yes It's Possible!
When Gossip Girl started back in 2007, I instantly fell in love with New York City. Having dreamed of visiting the city every year since, when the opportunity arose to go for work I of course jumped at the chance. One thing I never thought I would do is visit somewhere like NYC on a budget. But having only been back from Thailand and Australia for 6 weeks, it was that or nothing!
Although I was there for nearly a week, I only really had a three or four days to explore the city, it was a work trip after all! So I thought I'd put together a short guide for you on all the things you can see and do over a long weekend in NYC on budget.
Like London, there's a lot of sightseeing to be done in New York. Luckily, most of it can be done for free! Yes, that even includes seeing the Statue of Liberty! On our first day the weather was pretty gorgeous so we hunted down the High Line. Having only been open for 8 years, the High Line is still quite unknown to tourists but it's a great way to see the cities neighborhoods for free and it's really pretty.
The following morning we woke up to snow. Yes, you read that right, snow! Considering the previous two days had been about 17 degrees, everyone was just as confused as each other. Good thing I packed four coats! I've always wanted to go to New York at Christmas for shopping and the chance to see the snow so you can imagine how happy I was it had snowed whilst we were there.
When you wake up in New York and there's snow on the ground there's only one place you head to first. Central Park! Walking through central park in the snow was like something from a movie. It was so beautiful, magical and breath taking we spent hours just wondering around.
As we came to the edge of the park we walked up Fifth Avenue a little to go and visit the Met. Now any Gossip Girl fan knows how important the steps of the Met are so it felt so surreal to be standing on them! On the plane over I watched a documentary called the First Monday in May which is all about the famous Met Gala and their costume exhibition, so it made the whole experience even more fascinating.
It's quite expensive to go inside the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and it's so big you could spend hours in there, so we gave it a miss. But even if you don't plan on going inside it's worth going into the lobby just to see how beautiful it is in there. Oh, and their gift shop is pretty awesome!
Every evening we found ourselves in Times Square. So touristy of us I know, but it has to be done. To be completely honest with you, it's very spectacular and extremely overwhelming but totally tacky at the same time! It's just like Piccadilly and Leicester Square in London.
Because it was so cold and windy, we ran to the top of the red stairs, had a photo taken and ran back down again before heading into the M&M and Hershey's stores.
On our last day we got up early and headed to the bottom of Manhattan to see the Statue of Liberty. On the way we stopped off at Grand Central Station. The station is just as amazing as it looks in the movies however what they don't show you is the abundance of homeless people walking around in there begging, so don't hang around there too long!
We got the Metro down the X quay where we got on the Staten Island Ferry. Here's a great New York budget tip for you: if you want to see the statue of liberty and are not fussed about going to the actual island or inside it, hop on the Staten Island Ferry for free. It goes straight past it!
Leaving every half an hour all day, every day, you don't have to worry about times or anything. It was so incredibly cold on the ferry however it was expected considering we'd spent the last 3 days ubering everywhere because it was too cold to walk just two blocks!
After we'd frozen our noses off on the ferry, we walked up through the business district to Ground Zero. The 9/11 memorial is probably one of the most eeriest, emotional but yet fascinating places I've ever been to. It's hard to put it into words as there's such a horrible vibe there but it's one of those places you can't go to New York without seeing and paying your respects.
There are two museums at the site of the memorial which we didn't go into due to time restraints but I've heard lots of good things about it. Just take a pack of tissues or two with you if you do decide to go.
If there's anywhere in the world that is famous for its shopping its New York. Fifth Avenue is the main shopping street in the city and is lined with hundreds of the best shops in the world.
Bergdorf and Goodman was my favourite shop of them all, even though I couldn't afford anything in there! If you're a huge fashion lover, it's worth just going in there to look around, I was walking around in complete awe.
Tiffany is one of the biggest jewellery shops I've ever been to in my life. Everything in there is so sparkly and gorgeous it gives you serious engagement ring goals!
To get to Bloomingdales you have to walk across a few avenues but you'll know exactly when you're there because the outside of it is so Art Deco and amazing.
Another of my favourite shops which we actually stumbled across after leaving Bloomingdales was Dylan's Candy Store. As someone who prefers sweets over chocolate this place was heaven. Who need's M&M world when you have Dylans?!
No trip to New York is complete without visiting the world biggest department store Macy's. To be honest, it was pretty disappointing. It's like an oversized fancy Debenhams! Some of the escalators in the store were the original wooden ones which are more daunting to ride than exciting, and don't even bother trying to take the elevator unless you want to waste half hour of your life waiting for them! But that aside, you still have to say you've been there and done it.
For the first part of our trip we were down in the Flatiron District as that's where my office is. This part of New York is so beautiful and a lot less busy than the touristy area of Times Square. Oh and the food is great there!
Num Pang and Tacombi were my two foodie highlights for the Flat Iron District. Num Pang is a fast food sandwich and salad joint, but it's so incredibly yummy and great if you're looking to be healthy. Tacombi on the other hand is one of the best Mexican restaurants I've been to. With it's amazing cocktails, yummy summer corn and super cool vibes it's so easy to spend hours in there ordering all sorts of tacos and guacamole!
As we moved over towards Times Square for the weekend we found ourselves eating in the Hell's Kitchen District. Very similar to London's Soho area, it's literally just off Times Square and where all the best restaurants are.
You can find food from all over the world in Hell's Kitchen but Andy was on a mission to go all out American on this trip so most days we ended up in burger joints! We actually went for breakfast in a traditional American Diner one morning where we had the biggest American breakfast, pancakes and crappy refilled coffee. Hardly fine dining but it was so funny to experience!
One of the evenings we went to a place called 5 Napkin Burger which we were actually recommended by Sophie. The burgers in this place are amazing! I had one with truffle and cheese on it, two of my favourite foods, so I was a pretty happy girl.
On our last night we stumbled across a little place called Island Burger & Shakes. Although its known for its build your own burgers, we ended up having the most amazing fajitas. Oh my gosh, if you love fajitas you need to go to this place it's so good.
A long weekend in NYC on a budget?
Yes, it is completely do-able! Everything listed in this post was done over four days and if you don't start buying things in the shops, it also doesn't cost a lot. There are still so many places in New York we're yet to see, but in such little time, I think we completely smashed the sightseeing out of the park.
What are your favourite places to visit in NYC on a budget?
so many feelings!!! I have visited NYC long ago and as you I was freaking out at every Gossip Girl scenery. The MET, Dan's apartment in Brooklyn, every corner shouted Gossip Girl out loud. Then the magic of New York is incredible. Soho was such a lovely neighborhood even Bleeker Street.
Beautiful pictures – I went back in time scrolling down them, thank you!


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René Cabrera ( 1925. október 21. – ?) bolíviai válogatott labdarúgó.

A bolíviai válogatott tagjaként részt vett az 1949-es és az 1953-as Dél-amerikai bajnokságon, illetve az 1950-es világbajnokságon.

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Рома́ново () — село, центр Романовського району Алтайського краю, Росія. Адміністративний центр та єдиний населений пункт Романовської сільської ради.

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Населення — 5624 особи (2010; 6104 у 2002).

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VOYAGES WITHIN & WITHOUT | STEP BEHIND MY SCREEN OF STORIES. The inner voice where gaps of expression are liberated.
I live in a temporary tide-pool, a lily floating against the current, weighted down by a suit of armor that shields me from the beauty, love and freedoms stirring in my bud.
The throw of the dice this week lands on a quote from the archives of my peculiarity-clipping folder. I don't know if this is branded in a writer's genes, or simply another trivial pursuit to aid us in remembering things, that at the time we feel we need to remember, but we are not sure why. Being a clipper means that nothing in print is safe in our presence. We cannot resist the impulse to possess particular images and words, and usually without any logical reason. Once we have retrieved the clipping, we file it in a folder or notebook. The clippings do not age well and after 10 years, they are yellowed with torn, frayed edges. They are rarely plucked from their binding burials and given present day meaning because they live in the bottom of trunks, or in storage units, and are difficult to get our hands on. Since I discovered a clipping several weeks ago I've been investigating the connection between clippings and destiny. I stopped being a savage clipper in 2002.
I opened up this one journal from 1988, and reading the pages, I came across the quote that propelled me into adventures in livingness. It came from Theater Critic, Kenneth Tynan, from a magazine article he wrote. It was a personal essay and the line that beamed through me like a telekinetic force was , "Adventure. Voyage, there is nothing else! " When I ripped it out I did not live, or ever imagined I'd live in Santa Fe. That was the first time I had come across that article. I remembered it, and swore an oath to adventure ever since. I memorialized the quote and have continued to look for new places to adventure and voyage. Since 1982, I have called home behind 31 different doors, in only six different cities.
I realize Kenneth's voyage metaphor was not about relocating, though moving has a definite adventure inside it, but more of an internal adventure, opening your own doors to unconventional, unacceptable, and unrealistic measures in the hopes that you discover real newness of vision.
One more great post from the author.To many sit by and watch, not living an adventure of life or thought. Very good. 5 Stars. Great photo also.


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Well it's that time of year again! Time to break out the seed catalogues and order next summer's bounty.
I thought I'd share about Seeds of Diversity's Canadian Seed Library.
Kale flowers, second year growth.
Kale seeds, saved summer 2012.
The Canadian Seed Library is currently storing 2475 seeds samples! Those include many rare and heirloom seed varieties from all over Canada that are not available from seed companies. You can request seeds samples of these varieties (provided enough quantities exist) for your own garden! If you are interested, you can even become an integral link in preserving varieties - by growing endangered plants and saving their seeds for conservation and propagation through the Seed Library!
The work of Seeds of Diversity is so important. Consider that a few generations ago, farmers and gardeners grew roughly 35,000 different plant varieties! Today, we have access to a lot less varieties, and many have been lost forever. 75% of food biodiversity has been permanently lost in the 20th century.
Take a few minutes to check out this great slideshow about these issues and the work of Seeds of Diversity. And of course, check out the list of amazing and intriguing plant varieties being conserved!
I should also mention that for $25 dollars you can become a member which gives you access to their Canada-wide seed exchange catalogue - home to over 3,489 seed varieties for veggies, fruits, flowers, grains and herbs! Membership also includes the two yearly editions of Seeds of Diversity's magazine.


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Effy Hematian One-of-a-Kind 18K Gold 26.26ctw Tanzanite & Diamond Ring, Size 7
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$ $70000.00 Retail Value: Price: + S&H: + FREE Standard S&H
Bring out your wild side with this glimmering Effy Hematian One-of-a-Kind ring. Grasping the center stone are unique double-claw prongs leaving you with a fiery aesthetic. The center stone is a rich blue tanzanite that has been elevated in design with the various white diamonds.
This Effy Hematian One-of-a-Kind jewelry piece keeps your collection unique to you
Unique design of double-claw prongs secure the striking tanzanite centerstone
Luxuriously finished with a polish to further elevate your glamour
Ornate undergallery and side shanks feature various sizes of round-shaped white diamonds
Material Content: 18K White Gold
Karatage: 18K
Plating Type: Rhodium
Primary Finish: Polished
Manufacturing Process: Cast
Stone Information:
Tanzanite: 23.84ct. /Heat
Diamond: 2.42ct. /None
Diamond Color Grade: G-H
Diamond Clarity Grade: SI1-SI2
Length: 0.92in.
Width: 0.96in.
Height: 0.47in.
Sizing Allowed: Not recommended
Vendor Warranty Terms: Lifetime Limited Warranty
Check out the Ring Sizing Guide to find your ring size.
18KGold Diamond WhiteGold Tanzanite
Gold Karat
Gold's softness and malleability make it a wonderful metal to work with when creating virtually any design in jewelry. But this softness can be a drawback as well. To make it stronger and more durable, gold is usually alloyed, or mixed, with other metals such as copper or silver. The higher a metal's percentage of gold content, the softer and more yellow the jewelry piece. The karat weight system used to measure gold in a piece is the same for all hues, including white and yellow gold.
The word "carat" is Arabic, meaning "bean seed." This is because historically seeds were used to measure weights of gold and precious stones. In the United States, "karat" with a "k" is used to measure gold's purity, while "carat" with a "c" is used in measuring a gemstone's size. The karat mark of gold represents the percentage of pure gold to alloy.
24K is pure gold or 100% gold
21K is 21/24ths gold content or 87.5% gold: In the United States, jewelry with this karatage or higher is rare. It is far more common in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
18K is 18/24ths gold content or 75% gold: This karatage is a popular high-end choice in the United States, Europe and other regions. Its popularity is spreading throughout North America.
14K is 14/24ths gold content or 58.5% gold: This is the most common gold karatage in the United States because of its fine balance between gold content, durability and affordability.
10K is 10/24ths gold content or 41.7% gold: This karatage is gaining popularity for its affordability and durability. Commonly used in everyday-wear jewelry such as rings, 10K gold beautifully withstands wear and tear. It is the lowest gold content that can be legally marked or sold as gold jewelry in the United States.
In order to determine the karat weight of a specific item, simply look for the quality mark. Jewelry items will bear the stamp of their karatage based upon the United States or European system of marking. The United States system designates pieces by their karats—24K, 18K, 14K, 10K, etc. The European system designates pieces by their percentage of gold content. For instance, 10K gold is marked "417," denoting 41.7% gold; 14K is marked "585," denoting 58.5% gold; and 18K is marked "750," denoting 75% gold; etc.
The value of a diamond is determined by the Four Cs: Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat weight.
The cut of a diamond (the depth, width and uniformity of the facets) determines the stone's brilliance and sparkle. Even if a diamond has perfect color and clarity, a poor cut can make it look dull. A diamond's proportions determine how well the light will reflect and refract within the stone, with symmetry of the cut being extremely important.
Acting as a prism, a diamond can divide light into a spectrum of colors, reflecting light as colorful flashes called fire. Color within a diamond diminishes the brilliance of the stone by diminishing the spectrum of colors that are emitted. A colorless diamond disperses light throughout the entire stone. Therefore, the less color that is in a diamond, the more colorful its fire, the better its color grade, and the greater its value (and priced accordingly). Diamond color is graded using an alphabetical range from D-Z (D being totally colorless). Diamonds graded better than J are colorless or near-colorless, with color that is typically undetectable to the unaided eye. Color K-Z is especially noticeable when set in platinum or white gold.
Most diamonds naturally have small internal flaws called inclusions, which interfere with the passage of light through the stone. The size, number, position and color of these imperfections determine a stone's clarity grade.
FL (Flawless): No internal or external flaws
VVS1-VVS2 (Very Very Slightly Included): Very difficult to see inclusions under 10X magnification
VS1-VS2 (Very Slightly Included): Inclusions are seen under 10X magnification, but not typically visible to the unaided eye
SI1-SI2 (Slightly Included): Inclusions are highly visible under 10X magnification and may be visible to the unaided eye
I1-I2-I3 (Imperfect): Inclusions visible to the unaided eye
Our diamonds have been evaluated and graded by GIA graduate gemologists using the standards established by GIA (The Gemological Institute of America). Through these guidelines, we no longer provide clarity grades for SINGLE cut diamonds.
Carat is the standard unit of measurement used to determine a diamond's weight. Although two diamonds may have the same carat weight, their color and clarity may be different, thus determining each individual stone's value. Additionally, since larger diamonds are more rare than smaller diamonds, diamond value tends to rise exponentially with carat weight.
More About Diamonds
The most precious of all gems, diamonds have an incredible rarity factor. It takes a minimum of one million diamonds to be mined in order to find a 1.00ct gem-quality diamond, so each 1.00ct quality diamond is literally one in a million. Making them even more incredible, the mining of diamonds requires moving and sifting 250 tons of the Earth's crust to find just one diamond. Mining companies literally move mountains to find diamonds.
Diamonds have the longest endurance of any substance known on Earth. Carbon dating has established that diamonds, on the average, are 3.4 billion years of age. They consist of pure carbon and there is no chemical difference between them and carbon powder (the lead pencil center). Obviously, however, the physical difference between carbon powder and a diamond is fascinating. Diamonds are created from a basketball-sized piece of pure carbon that becomes white-hot. It is squeezed to the size of a small pearl, turning from black to clear in the process and becoming the hardest material known to humans, ranking a 10.0 on the Mohs Scale . Because they are so hard, diamonds can only be ground and polished by using diamond dust that has been ground from other diamonds.
Diamonds are found in a rainbow of colors. The value of a fancy-colored stone depends largely on the rarity of its color, the saturation of the color, and the purity of the color. Probably the most famous colored diamond is the Hope, which features a deep-blue color and weighs an amazing 45.52ct. It can be seen at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
With diamonds found all over the world, America has a couple small producing diamonds mines, but it only produces industrial grades with non-gem grade material. These black and brown industrial-grade diamonds are widely used as cutting and grinding tools in various industries, such as oil drilling and stone carving.
Diamonds have come to symbolize the ultimate gift of love and romance and, in the United States, are traditionally used in engagement and wedding rings. The tradition of the diamond solitaire engagement ring may have started in 1477, when the Archduke of Austria gave a large solitaire diamond to Mary of Burgundy for her hand in marriage. Amidst this tradition of romance, the diamond is also the birthstone for April and given as 10th, 30th, 60th and 75th anniversary gifts.
Diamonds have been the pride of empires throughout time. Ancient Hindu followers believed diamonds were created by thunderbolts striking the ground. Ancient Greeks believed that diamonds were teardrops of the gods and splinters of stars that had fallen to Earth. The stones were believed to possess magical qualities and have powers far beyond the understanding of common man. Even the name stems from "adamas," the Greek word for "unconquerable" and "indestructible."
The diamond is considered the most magical of all gems. When worn, it is believed to promote spirituality, even ecstasy, and is often utilized in meditation. The diamond promotes self-confidence in relations with the opposite sex and is often worn to conquer infertility. The diamond is the stone of love and is worn to ensure fidelity. Owing to its sparkling and flashing nature, it has long been regarded as a stone of protection and peace. It can be worn today for courage and strength, and represents fearlessness and invincibility.
Since only diamonds can scratch other diamonds, it is important to wrap and store your diamond jewelry pieces separately so they do not touch one another. To clean jewelry at home, soak diamonds in warm, sudsy water made with any mild liquid detergent. Brush with a soft toothbrush and rinse and pat dry with a soft, lint-free cloth. Other effective cleaning methods include soaking diamonds in household ammonia, brand-name liquid jewelry cleaners, or even a glass of vodka.
Although gold is most often thought of as having a soft, yellow glow, the metal is available in an entire spectrum of different hues. The different colors of gold depend upon with which metals the gold is alloyed, or mixed.
Increasing in popularity in recent years, white gold has become fashionable as the preferred cool and contemporary look. White gold boasts the same properties as classic yellow gold, but achieves its white color by mixing with different alloys. In general, white gold is created when a nickel or palladium alloy (zinc and copper) is used. White gold may also be plated with an even whiter metal, such as rhodium, to enhance its cool appearance. As well, a white gold setting can enhance the rapture of white diamonds.
Tanzanite:
No other gemstone discovery has made a bigger impact on the jewelry market than the recent newcomer, tanzanite. Its luscious color, and the fact that the stone is found in only one location throughout the world, makes tanzanite an exceptionally rare, valuable and highly sought-after gem.
Tanzanite's mesmerizing saturation of color is what has made the stone so popular. It is the blue variety of the mineral zoisite and occurs in a beautiful range of colors. Rarely pure blue, the gem almost always displays signature overtones of purple. In smaller sizes, it tends toward light tones such as lavender, while in larger sizes, the gem typically displays deeper, richer blues and purples. The finest quality tanzanite is usually deep blue or violet, which is extremely spectacular in sizes above ten carats.
Tanzanite is pleochroic, meaning it shows the appearance of several colors in the same stone, depending on perspective. From different angles, the gem can appear blue, purple, yellow, grey or brown. Most rough crystals show a large proportion of brown shades, since tanzanite in its natural form is typically brown with red, orange, yellow or bronze hues.
Gem cutters may change this coloring by heating the stone to 500°C. This heat treatment releases the intense violet-blue colors for which the stone is famous. According to legend, the effect of heat on tanzanite was first discovered when brown zoisite crystals were caught on fire by a lightning strike. Local cattle herders noticed the beautiful blue crystals sparkling in the sun and picked them up, becoming the first tanzanite collectors.
The gem was first discovered near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro in the Merelani Hills of east-African Tanzania in 1967. This breathtaking location is the only known mining site on Earth for tanzanite. Right after its discovery, New York jeweler Louis Comfort Tiffany was presented with the first stones. Knowing it was going to be a sensation, he recommended finding a new name for the gem, since the gemological denomination "blue zoisite" reminded him of the word "suicide." Tiffany suggested the name tanzanite, derived from its place of occurrence, and the new name quickly became established on the market. Tiffany & Co introduced the stone to the public in a spectacular promotional campaign two years after it had been discovered. It was enthusiastically celebrated as the "Gemstone of the 20th Century."
A noted 122.70ct faceted tanzanite dubbed the "Midnight Blue" is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 1996, a 255.00ct tanzanite crystal was discovered near Arusha, but because of its many inclusions, it proved to be of little market value. Tanzanite ranks a hardness of 6.5-7.0 on the Mohs Scale and has become the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 24th anniversaries.
High-quality and larger-size tanzanites can be sold at extremely premium prices. Although demand for this beautiful gem continues to grow, supply shortages in recent years have hampered production and caused price fluctuations. In 1998, the weather phenomenon known as "El Nino" soaked Tanzania with heavy rains during what should have been the drought period. When the monsoons hit, the groundwater swells were high and caused devastating floods. Mines caved in and all hopes of finding additional tanzanite rough were swept away.
Because it is such a new gemstone, there is little folklore, superstitions or healing properties surrounding tanzanite. Some believe the stone helps people to be more practical, realistic and honest. It is thought to uplift and open the heart while helping one cope with change.
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EFFY began more than 30 years ago as a family business with the mission of creating exquisite jewelry with the utmost attention to detail. Today, this luxury brand is sought out by those with impeccable standards and taste.
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With over 27 years in the jewelry industry as a designer and stylist, Christopher Church brings his in-depth knowledge of manufacturing and visual arts to ShopHQ. His hands-on experience allows him to personally connect his jewelry to clients. As the ambassador to EFFY jewelry, he travels the country to various trunk shows, informing customers of quality, stone settings and jewelry craftsmanship. He and his wife have been married for 16 years, and have three children.


Optimizing revenue by increasing pricing for special exhibits or peak times (e.g. weekends) is widely adopted in the performing arts (e.g., matinee vs evening performances at the theater) but rarely used by museums. A few museums, however, are beginning to experiment with dynamic or demand-based pricing to maximize their revenues. For example, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art increased their price $2 for the last four weeks they were open before renovation began and received no complaints. In 2008, the EMP Museum dropped its admission fee from $30 to $15 and it did not affect visitation, so in 2011 they increased prices and in 2013 they moved to 2013 to dynamic pricing. During the last 3 weeks, they earned an additional $15,000.
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Humanitarian organisations can learn a lot from what happened during the Cyclone Idai aid response.
The cyclone and its impact made global headlines. The NGO community reacted fast. More than 400 organisations and 1,000 aid workers were rapidly deployed to the affected areas of Mozambique.
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Their stories, which form the basis of our recommendations, can help key actors improve their responses to other crises, including COVID-19.
João, Isabel and Maria
"When the cyclone started, we were inside the house. I am blind, and my wife cannot walk properly," said João from Beira, Sofala's capital. "We had to wait for my youngest son. He carried my wife on his back and went with her to our neighbours' house to seek shelter. The coconut trees were falling, the area was flooded with water up to the knee, and iron sheets were flying from the roof."
"We didn't know of anyone going to resettlement sites," João's wife, Isabel, added, "we didn't even hear of it until you asked us."
People who managed to get to an accommodation centre fared no better.
"In the school they cooked food, but it was difficult to get a plate for those who cannot see," Maria told us. "If there is a fight over food, those who are blind will lose over those who can see. I addressed this issue and said that we need to get priority, but they ignored me."
The right to protection
People with disabilities have a right to protection in humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.
But they had great trouble reaching the distribution sites for aid.
"Unfortunately, we didn't receive any food," Helena told us. "Most aid was provided to those people living in resettlement sites. So, people staying at home didn't receive anything."
Of those who did go to an accommodation centre, many quickly returned home because they felt discriminated against by staff and other people, they did not receive aid, or they felt ashamed or laughed at.
And those that stayed found using toilets and taps virtually impossible, with accommodation centres lacking basic adaptations – like grab bars in toilets – that makes these facilities accessible.
Response plans should take the needs of people with disabilities into account. This can only be done if humanitarian agencies actively engage with them.
"Disability inclusion often fails, because we fail to plan for it. Accessibility considerations and appropriate resource allocations should be done starting from the design phase of any programme, and continue through its implementation and monitoring", says Katarina Johannson, UNICEF.
Make sure information is accessible
Children and adults with disabilities felt they did not receive timely or accurate information. Some people with hearing impairments even reported they were given zero warning about the known, approaching cyclone due to inaccessible information.
As one representative of a DPO for people who are deaf and have hearing impairments told us: "I heard from one of our members that she noticed that her roof was gone when she woke up to visit the toilet."
In some cases, people only found out about aid distribution well after the event.
"The ones from the distribution called my name and because I have a hearing impairment, I couldn't hear it," said 53-year-old Antónia. "When I went there to explain that I didn't hear my name being called, they said that the food already ran out, and we don't have anything else to give to you." Antónia and her sick child were left with nothing. When we spoke to her, she hadn't eaten for two days.
To receive aid, you need to know when and where it will take place.
Include disabled people's organisations
Organisations responding to crises must make the inclusion of people with disabilities in emergency response deliberate and purposeful—through planning, human resource and budget allocation.
Their advice can help avoid many pitfalls including situations where people with disabilities miss out on food distribution or end up waiting in long lines, despite difficulties standing due to physical impairment.
A 38-year-old man with one leg told us. "If your name starts with the letter 'S', you would stand for a long time or even have to wait till the next day. They are calling people based on alphabetical order. […]. We couldn't do anything but wait and wait."
DPOs said they had largely been shut out of the distribution process. They were not asked to help identify people who needed to receive aid, nor were they asked to assist with distribution.
Yet they are the closest link to people with disabilities. They know where they live in the affected communities and understand their needs best.
Some good news
Although there were many shortcomings in the response to Cyclone Idai, some important progress towards supporting people with disabilities during disasters has been made.
This includes the creation of a Disability Working Group which now represents people with disabilities in the humanitarian cluster system in Mozambique – including during the COVID-19 response.
But much more needs to be done.
Practical lessons for the future
Humanitarian groups can learn a lot from the experiences of people with disabilities. Our report lists concrete actions based on those experiences.
Fundamental to any solution is gathering data. Women and men, girls and boys with disabilities need to be recognised and quantified – something which doesn't happen if aid providers don't know what disability is or how to measure it.
In some cases, DPOs developed and pushed their own lists of people requiring assistance, which then led to aid being received from either government or non-governmental actors. This shows how aid could work better in the future in many crisis settings!
Other practical lessons for aid providers include prioritising people based on their impairment or other vulnerability, rather than where their name sits in the alphabet.
Different methods for communication should be used, such as audio and printed material with easy-to-understand information. Ideally, this would be complemented by 'tent-to-tent warning' with a sign-language interpreter.
Providing capacity building on disability inclusion to staff members involved in humanitarian response can help with all of these measures.
Most of all though, it's vital that aid providers involve organisations that represent people with disabilities in any emergency response. They are the closest link to people with disabilities. They know where they live in the affected communities and understand their needs best.
COVID-19 and the way forward
To this day, an emergency situation continues to persist in Mozambique post-Cyclone Idai, and people with disabilities are still suffering.
To make matters worse, this population now also faces the health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
"We want to tackle barriers people with disabilities face in accessing relief, protection and recovery support in times of crisis," says Zicai Zacarias, National Director of Light for the World Mozambique.
The COVID-19 crisis is a test case for humanitarian actors. We urge the aid community to listen to the stories of people with disabilities who survived – and take swift action – to help save lives.
Read the full report here.
*Disclaimer: the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of UNICEF or the Government of Norway*
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§ 171-1 Unsanitary or combustible substances on vacant lots.
§ 171-2 Notice of removal; removal.
§ 171-3 Mosquito breeding places.
§ 171-5 Village to perform work in certain cases.
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, tenant or otherwise, to throw, cast or deposit or to cause or permit to run, drop or remain or to be thrown, cast or deposited any decomposable matter which might create a nuisance or act as a breeding place for flies or as food for rats, discarded things capable of holding water which might serve as breeding places for mosquitoes or combustible matter which might serve to increase the fire hazard of neighboring property in or upon any lot or land, body of water or place within the Village of Tivoli, except at such place or places designated or provided by the Board of Health, provided that garbage, manure, offal and other putrescible matter may be temporarily kept in suitable cans, vessels, tanks or containers which are watertight and provided with tightly fitting covers. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to prohibit the depositing of manure upon private property for the purpose of cultivating the same.
If the provisions of § 171-1 are not complied with, the Village Clerk shall serve written notice upon the owner, lessee or occupant, or any person having the care or control of any such lot or land, body of water or place, to comply with the provisions of this article. If the person upon whom the notice is served fails, neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of the notice within five days after receipt thereof, or if the owner of such property or his representatives cannot be found in the Village of Tivoli, the Village Clerk shall cause such substances or matter described in § 171-1 to be removed or such nuisances to be suppressed, and the actual cost of such work, plus 5% for inspection and other additional costs in connection therewith, shall be certified to the Assessor and shall thereafter become and be a lien upon the property on which such substances, nuisances or fire hazards existed and shall be added to and become and form a part of the taxes next to be assessed and levied upon such lot or land, and shall bear interest at the same rate as taxes and shall be collected and enforced by the same officer and in the same manner as taxes.
It shall be unlawful to permit or allow in or upon vacant lot or other premises any water to collect and lie stagnant in which mosquito larvae breed or are likely to breed. Whenever the Village Clerk shall determine that and accumulation of water, wherein mosquito larvae breed, constitutes a nuisance or danger or injury to life or health, said Village Clerk shall proceed to suppress such nuisance or remove such danger or injury in the manner prescribed in the public health law of the State of New York.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both. Each day of continuance of an offense shall be considered a separate offense.
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Fees for snow and/or ice removal, sidewalk clearing and/or repair, lawn mowing and any other work that is determined to be necessary by the Board shall be as set forth, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file in the Village offices.
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restaurant review Mar. 10, 2019
Rocco Returns
The TV "personality" is back in the kitchen at the Meatpacking District's Standard Grill.
Truffle risotto with red shrimp. Photo: Melissa Hom
Like most talented athletes or artists, great chefs tend to have careers with many stages, though the multiple chapters and side notes that make up the Rocco DiSpirito story have been more jumbled and dramatic than most. There were the long-ago prodigy years at forgotten '90s-era establishments like Annabelle, Dava, and, finally, the superb seafood restaurant Union Pacific, which vaulted the boyish wunderkind from Queens into the stratosphere of that chef-centric era. There was the dispiriting early celebrity phase of the Rocco story, in which our hero is lured away from the kitchen by crackpot reality-TV schemes (NBC's grimly watchable The Restaurant), the incessant siren song of a thousand dimwit money jobs (Bertolli frozen foods, anyone?), followed by the descent into a whirlpool of C-list projects (Dancing With the Stars, Rocco Gets Real, the QVC gig) that caused even his most fervent fans to write Rocco off for good.
I was one of these admiring fans who wrote Rocco off, I have to admit, and as a staunch non-watcher of QVC or Dancing With the Stars or much reality cooking TV in general, I even forgot he existed for a good 15 years or so. And why not? Many of his contemporaries have long since retired or been banished from the scene, and a few of them are dead. The lustrous, intricate style of cooking on which he made his reputation went out of fashion years ago, snowed under by an endless avalanche of leaner and more elemental forager, farm-to-table, and comfort-food fads. And so when I heard the news a couple of months back that Rocco was attempting to write a final comeback chapter to his star-crossed story by returning to the kitchen in, of all places, the Standard Grill in the Meatpacking District, I shrugged my shoulders like everyone else and prepared to avert my eyes from the inevitable train wreck.
But Rocco's latest gig turns out, somewhat astonishingly, to be the opposite of a train wreck. Ever since the hiring of another hypertalented chef, Angela Dimayuga, as creative director for food and culture, the Standard hotel empire has been updating its dining operations in all sorts of inventive ways. Lots of other top-line talent has been recruited in addition to Rocco (former Le Coucou maître d' Michael Cecchi-Azzolina now patrols the front of the house; the No. 2 man in the kitchen is Daniel Parilla, formerly of Union Pacific and the upper echelons of the Keith McNally universe), and those subtle keys one looks for in a tasteful, professional operation are evident as soon as you walk in the door. The lighting in the room is softer and more intimate than I remember, the tabletops have been re-covered with expensive leather instead of white linen, and the menus are printed daily on brightly colored gold-edged paper and folded atop each place setting when you sit down, like invitations to a private party.
The Standard Grill. Photo: Scott Heins
Clockwise from left: black sea bass, sliced short rib of beef, and bluefin tuna tartare. Photo: Melissa Hom.
The theme of this carefully orchestrated Rocco curtain call is nostalgia — for cream-drenched pastas, white-jacket service, and old-fashioned steaks and chops — although the classic grillroom experience has been updated in various subtle ways. There is a tableside binchotan service, featuring a rolling Japanese-style charcoal grill, from which baby "firefly" squid and plump chunks of Kobe beef and quail are served as appetizers on little skewers. The only holdover from the Union Pacific glory days is his famous raw-bar creation Peconic Bay Scallops & Uni, which tastes, with its splash of tomato water and wasabilike mustard oil, like it was invented yesterday. And the rosy wheel of off-the-menu steak tartare I ordered one evening was accompanied by a fan of healthful, speltlike "grain toast," which, according to our loquacious server, Rocco bakes in-house.
If there's a signature dish at Rocco's Standard Grill, it's the richly textured, ruby-red-shrimp-and-truffle risotto, which I'm still dreaming about days later and which (again, according to our loquacious server) the chef spends long hours stirring himself. I'm also still dreaming about the grilled baby chicken (plated over a mound of butter-puréed potatoes, with another sinfully rich Périgourdine sauce loaded with more truffles, and soft enough to eat with a spoon), the best of the pastas (get the twirling parsley-colored fregola with Manila clams instead of the heavy genovese ragù), and the sliced short rib that Rocco, who hails from a generation of unabashed sous-vide pioneers, softens in a plastic bag for 72 hours, cures in a cloud of "cold" applewood smoke, and serves in tender, fatty cubes touched with habanero-vinegar sauce and balanced on a curving short-rib bone.
There are four other cuts of beef on the menu (try the 60-day-aged New York strip), although if you want a taste of the kind of subtle seafood magic that made this chef's reputation, I recommend that locavore favorite black sea bass, which is served as a starter in crudo form (with goji-berry juice and lemon-herb oil) or as a delicately poached entrée (with green olives). Dessert, should you have room for it, is a predictable hodgepodge of premillennial classics (my favorite being a citrus baked Alaska lit aflame tableside). But the real attraction here is the one that's playing out in the kitchen, hidden from view, where, for once in the long, eventful Life of Rocco, there are no cameras, no microphones, no antic producers running to and fro. So catch the show while you can, because our restless hero never seems to stay in one place for long.
Whole poussin Périgourdine. Photo: Melissa Hom
Peconic Bay scallops and uni. Photo: Melissa Hom.
Chocolate bombe. Photo: Melissa Hom
The Standard Grill | 87 (out of 100)* | Very Good
848 Washington St., at 13th St.; 212-645-4100; thestandardgrill.com
Open: Dinner Tuesday to Saturday.
Prices: Appetizers, $16 to $95 (for an ounce of Osetra caviar); entrées, $29 to $49; large-format dishes for two or more, $62 to $139.
Ideal Meal: Scallops and uni and/or truffle risotto with red shrimp, whole truffled chicken and/or sliced short rib of beef, baked Alaska.
Note: Rocco is not a household name these days, which may be why there were plenty of tables available on my visits.
Scratchpad: The combination of occasion, technique, and general old-fashioned deliciousness adds up, for as long as Rocco's actually in the kitchen, to a very good 87.
*The rating scale of 0 to 100 reflects our editors' appraisals of all the tangible and intangible factors that make a restaurant or bar great — or terrible — regardless of price. See The Thousand Best for 999 more great places to eat and drink.
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The Return of Rocco DiSpirito
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Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition First Byte - First Look at the Game.
Earlier this January, Bandai Namco released Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition. As a HD remaster of the hit JRPG from 2008, the Definitive Edition includes all of the PS3 version content exclusive to Japan.
This iteration of the title features a high-definition upgrade to 1080p for all versions of the game. Read on as we cover the inclusion of the PS3 version content as well as what to expect for newcomers and veterans alike.
What is Tales of Vesperia?
Tales of Vesperia is a 2008 JRPG originally released for the Xbox 360. Exclusive to the system in America, it saw a re-release in Japan for PS3.
In Tales of Vesperia, you guide the protagonist, Yuri Lowell, to catch a thief who stole the Blastia core, a magic item that creates elements. In doing so, he meets a noble lady named Estelle, and the two embark on a journey to catch the thief and find their friend, Flynn Scifo.
The battle system features real-time action. Players will start with Yuri, who uses fast sword-strikes and combo attacks. The battle system includes elements from fighting games, giving the player a fast-paced battle experience.
With six characters, players can also choose between a healer, a mage, an archer, and more. With four player co-op, players can pick the character that suits them best and take on hordes of enemies in a group as the story progress!
Over 40 hours of gameplay await in this epic adventure. More hours count towards replays, New Game+, and the dozens of the side-quests you'll find in the game!
Features from the PS3 version.
Tales of Vesperia (PS3) features two new playable characters – Flynn Scifo and Patty Fleur. In addition, this version boasts more story content, dialogue, costumes, Mystic Artes, and even ties up several loose ends from the original version of the game.
The PS3 version features several additional boss battles and several changes in music. In short, any fan of the original 360 version will want to revisit this game. It's more than a simple HD remaster. Rather, it features a collection of content worth many more hours of play.
Tales of Vesperia runs at 1080p in 60 FPS, with 30 FPS in fields, on all systems. The Nintendo Switch version, when docked, runs at 720p. The PlayStation 4 version, however, runs at 1080p 60 FPS across the board.
Players can also download two free DLC packs for the game. The first includes costumes, some of which were unique to the PS3 version. The other features an item pack.
This item pack includes tons of healing items, level boosts, and even over 900,000 Gald. This is enough to buy high-level weapons early in the game. Fans looking for a challenge might want to wait before downloading this.
This version of the game also features some slight musical changes, such as the "Duke" theme no longer playing in Zaphias Castle. With more skits, the voice cast returned to record new lines, save for Troy Baker, who voiced Yuri in the original.
Finally, this game features a Japanese voice option. Players can toggle this whenever they start up the game.
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is more than your common HD remaster. The plethora of new content warrants a replay for veteran fans. Newcomers to Tales of Vesperia, will want to play one of the best JRPGs in history.
Featuring a well-written story, a memorable cast of characters, and a deviant protagonist who writes his own rules, it's unlike any JRPG's storyline. The smooth battling offers many options, including 6 characters, the ability to fight in 3D, and four-player co-op.
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition looks beautiful in this new version of the game. If you enjoy Action/RPGs with good writing and fast-paced battles, then be sure to check out this game!
Thank you for reading our Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition preview. Have you played this game before or will it be your first time? Let us know in the comments below!


On Friday, October 6th, Lutheran High School in Metairie, LA, hosted one of its most successful LHS Days in recent years. More than 150 students in grades 6-8 spent a portion of their school day at LHS, getting to know the faculty and students of Lutheran High School. Our guests rotated through nine classrooms and experienced a subject-themed activity in each!
Highlights included the theatre students performing in the theatre room, science experiments led by Mr. Scriber in the lab, and handprint artwork coordinated by Mr. Taylor and his art students. The final artwork will be shared with each school that attended.
The day concluded at First English Lutheran Church, where our guests enjoyed a cheerleading jump-off between LHS mascot Louie and cheerleaders: Loreal Nash, Mason O'Rourke, and Rael Shaw. Names were drawn for free t-shirts before our guests left! Those schools which participated were: Atonement (Metairie), Concordia (Marrero), Faith (Harahan), Grace (Westbank), and St. John (New Orleans).
A special thanks to the more than 70 LHS students who made the day possible! It was a great day to be a Gryphon!


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Country music group Confederate Railroad booted from state fair lineup — because of the name Confederate Railroad
'We believe this decision is in the best interest of serving all of the people in our state'
Photo by Mindy Small/FilmMagic
In recent years, we've seen Confederate flags taken down, then statues of figures connected to the Confederacy were defaced and toppled — and now it seems even the word "Confederate" could be destined for the historical delete button.
Case in point: Country music group Confederate Railroad.
The popular, longtime band was set to play the Du Quoin State Fair in Illinois next month — but not anymore, WSIL-TV reported.
Seems the band was dropped from the Aug. 27 show because of its name, the station said, citing the Du Quoin Weekly.
What's the background?
Rich Miller with the Capitol Fax political website in June asked if Confederate Railroad playing at a state-owned facility was appropriate, WSIL said.
With that, Fair Manager Josh Gross told the newspaper that the Illinois Department of Agriculture decided to apparently pull the plug on Confederate Railroad's scheduled performance, the station noted: "While every [artist] has a right to expression, we believe this decision is in the best interest of serving all of the people in our state."
Confederate Railroad was scheduled to perform with country artists Shenandoah and Restless Heart, WSIL reported, adding that the other two groups will still play.
The booking agent for Confederate Railroad on Friday didn't immediately respond to TheBlaze's request for comment on the report of the band's removal from the state fair lineup.
The band's tour schedule on Friday morning included the Du Quoin State Fair, but Confederate Railroad isn't named on the Fair's Facebook page alongside Shenandoah and Restless Heart.
Here is Danny Shirley of Confederate Railroad talking about the origin of the band's name:
Danny Shirley - Origins of the Name Confederate Railroad youtu.be