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Texas Hill Country Road Trip
Length: About 310 miles, plus Star Route side trips.
When to go: Popular year-round.
Not to be missed: Fiesta San Antonio (10 days in April with nonstop music, food, and parades), San Antonio. Rodeos (held every Tuesday and Saturday in summer only), Bandera. Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair (Memorial Day weekend), Kerrville.
Nearby attractions: McNay Art Museum and nearby Botanical Gardens, San Antonio. Brackenridge Park (including the San Antonio Zoo and Japanese Tea Garden), San Antonio. The Admiral Nimitz Museum and Park, Fredericksburg. Historic town of Comfort, near Kerrville. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin.
Further information: Texas Tourism, P.O. Box 141009, Austin, TX 78714; tel. 800-888-8839, www.traveltex.com.
Star Route
Highland Lakes Tour
This lake-hopping excursion follows the chain of man-made gems that stairstep along the Colorado River northwest of Austin. Setting out from Cedar Park on Rte. FM1431, you'll first see serpentine Lake Travis to the south, followed by Lake Marble Falls and Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, the latter ringed by steep hills and domes. Farther along, the drive skirts the south end of giant Lake Buchanan and loops around tiny Inks Lake on Park Road 4 before terminating at Rte. 281.
Geologists call the uplands west of Austin an eroded plateau. To Texans they're known simply as the Hill Country, and they've been a favorite retreat since pioneer days. Here tree-shaded rivers wind beneath limestone bluffs, their waters pooling at picture-perfect swimming holes. Woodland wildlife ranges from white-tailed deer and wild turkeys to armadillos and endangered songbirds. German and Mexican influences blend with the Texas ranching tradition to form an invigorating potpourri that typifies the Southwest region. And all this rich variety is neatly bookended by two of the state's most beautiful and historic cities.
1. San Antonio
If this is your first visit to San Antonio, begin your stay at Hemis Fair Park's 750-foot-high Tower of the Americas—a soaring spire set in a landscaped oasis on the edge of the downtown area. A glass-walled elevator zooms to an observation deck where you can make out the rolling green Hill Country to the northwest. Nearer at hand, as you look down, you will see that the city straddles a fault zone: a long slope dividing the Hill Country from the Gulf Coastal Plain to the southeast.
Back on the ground, you'll soon discover that San Antonio bridges history as well as geography. The Alamo—the little Spanish mission where Texas, in a symbolic sense, was born—is just steps away from the elegant hotels and restaurants that line the River Walk (or Paseo del Río), an immensely popular series of flagstone and cobblestone paths beside the San Antonio River.
In the midst of this thoroughly modern metropolis, reminders of a proud and diverse heritage endure: the Victorian mansions of the King William District; the arts community at La Villita, where adobe and limestone buildings recall one of the city's original settlements; and the venerable churches of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, including Mission Concepción, Mission San José, and several others.
2. Bandera
Pushing northwest on Rte. 16, the drive glides through San Antonio's suburbs and enters the Hill Country, where the terrain ranges from gently rolling to rugged but is always a delight for the eye. This distinctive landscape was formed in stages: first, a thick layer of limestone (originally sediment deposited on an ancient seabed) was lifted high above the Coastal Plain, creating what geologists call the Edwards Plateau. Rivers and streams then etched deep valleys into the rocky upland, leaving the erosion-resistant hills we see today.
The little town of Bandera, once a center for cattle drives, now celebrates its past by claiming to be the Cowboy Capital of the World. Each year the numerous dude ranches in Bandera and its environs are visited by thousands of city slickers, who, after a few days on horseback, leave saddle-sore but mellow, having sampled fresh air, hearty campfire cooking, and the robust flavor of the cowboy life.
3. Utopia
The drive continues west on Rte. FM470, winding among grassy hillsides dotted with junipers and live oaks. White-tailed deer graze near the highway, and in spring and summer, wildflowers decorate the hills and meadows along the way.
Set in the picturesque Sabinal River valley, Utopia is a historic ranching and farming community dating from 1852. In a grove of pecan trees behind the Methodist Church, the town has held outdoor dinners, church revivals, games, and camp meetings since the 1890s —all with a style that can fairly be called utopian.
4. Garner State Park
Imagine yourself in a swimsuit on a hot, lazy afternoon, easing into an oversize inner tube and drifting down a cool, crystal-clear river. Tubing, in fact, is one of the Hill Country's most popular summertime pursuits, and an invigorating place to try it is the Frio ("Cold") River at Garner State Park.
Stately bald cypresses (a species of tree usually more associated with swamps) tower over the Frio, creating shade for the floaters and illustrating a lesson in natural history. The river valleys of the Edwards Plateau are like fingers of America's humid East reaching into territory where the uplands are most definitely part of the drier West. Species from both regions coexist here: pecan and mesquite trees, for example, are neighbors in the Hill Country; and the Carolina wren, an eastern species, sings its tremulous song within earshot of the canyon wren, a western bird. Few places in the country boast such an intriguing diversity of flora and fauna.
5. Lost Maples State Natural Area
The scenery along Rte. FM337 east of Leakey is among the Hill Country's finest. The drive twists through valleys below oak-covered ridges and climbs to panoramic-view-offering heights of the eroded plateau and its many hills.
Where the highway descends toward the Sabinal River, turn north on Rte. FM187 to Lost Maples State Natural Area, by any standard one of the loveliest places in Texas. The "lost" bigtooth maples here are actually relics of a prehistoric age when the climate was wetter and cooler. Surviving in a deep canyon carved by the Sabinal, the maples (along with oaks, walnuts, and other trees) are protected from the hot summer temperatures and drying winds found throughout the entire Hill country region.
Guadalupe bass, found only in central Texas streams, glide along the rocky Sabinal, while tiny green kingfishers not much bigger than sparrows patrol the river for prey. Rare golden-cheeked warblers and black-capped vireos nest on hillsides above the river. Endangered, these birds symbolize the area's unique natural heritage.
6. Kerrville
Before turning northeast on State Rte. 16 at Kerrville, stop at the Cowboy Artists of America Museum for a look at historic and recent artwork that captures the romance and vitality of the largely bygone era of open range ranching. Nearby Kerrville-Schreiner State Park, along the Guadalupe River, is a fine spot for a short hike, a picnic, or a refreshing swim.
7. Fredericksburg
Shortly after German immigrants settled here in 1846, the town's leaders offered a peace treaty to their fierce and feared Comanche neighbors. While talks were under way, one family's children became frightened by Indian signal fires on nearby hills. Their mother calmed them by saying that the Easter Rabbit had started the fires to boil eggs for the holiday. To this day, Fredericksburg celebrates a yearly Easter Fires Pageant in memory of that story—and of the fact that the treaty became the only one in Texas history never to be broken by either side.
Fredericksburg still echoes its strong German influences, from the cuisine in local restaurants to the town's Old World fachwerk (timber and stone) architecture. Distinctive "Sunday houses" were built around the turn of the century by farm families who came to town on weekends to shop and to attend church; many of these simple dwellings have been renovated for modern use, including service as bed-and-breakfast inns.
8. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
Indians, who heard strange noises and saw eerie lights emanating at night from this colossal mound of pink granite, believed it was possessed by supernatural powers. Today we know that the sounds are caused by expansion and contraction of the rock, and the illumination results from reflected moonlight—yet Enchanted Rock retains its magical appeal. Geologists call it a batholith and claim it is more than a billion years old. Visitors, with or without scientific interest, are awestruck by its sheer enormity. Encompassing 70 acres and rising to 400 feet in the air, Enchanted Rock is included among the largest monolithic masses of exposed granite in the United States, nearly comparable to Stone Mountain in Georgia. The view from the summit rewards those who hike the trail to its top.
Bluebonnet Fields Forever
One of Texas's most enjoyable spectacles is the kaleidoscope of wildflowers that carpet its roadsides—the result of decades of planning. Beginning in the 1930's, the state harvested tons of seeds from donors and planted them along the highways (thus eliminating mowing expenses). In 1982 one of the program's most ardent champions, Lady Bird Johnson, founded the National Wildflower Research Center in Austin, where visitors can enjoy the sight of such native wildflower species as the Texas bluebonnet, the official state flower (shown here in the scattered company of red Indian paintbrushes). 9. Ranch Road 1
President Lyndon B. Johnson, like his fellow Texans, pronounced the Pedernales River as PURd-'n-allis. As you drive along Ranch Road 1, which branches north off Rte. 290 and parallels the river into the heart of LBJ country, you'll quickly understand why this land was so beloved by the late president. The meandering Pedernales, flanked by rolling pastures and scattered groves of live oaks, seems to be the very embodiment of true pastoral serenity.
10. Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park
Cattle that escaped from Spanish ranchers in 18th-century Texas had to be tough to survive. And so they were—a hardy breed with extralong horns to combat predators, and an ability to thrive on the sparse vegetation. Texas longhorns were popular in pioneer times, but as modern breeds were introduced, their count declined. Mindful of its heritage, Texas now maintains a herd of longhorns that thrive at Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park.
Another of the park's attractions is the Sauer-Beckmann Farm. Here folks in period costumes demonstrate the daily chores—canning, milking, churning, plowing—of a Texas-German farm family at the turn of the century. Buses leave from the state park for tours of the LBJ Ranch—the Texas White House—where Johnson conducted official business on his visits home. The route passes the reconstructed house where he was born, a one-room school he attended, and the cemetery where he is buried under a large oak tree.
11. Johnson City
For five years after the Civil War, Sam Ealy Johnson (LBJ's grandfather) drove Texas longhorns up the Chisholm Trail to markets in Kansas, running the business from his ranch near the Pedernales River. When the price of beef dropped so low that cattle drives could no longer turn a profit, he returned for good to his home turf.
Here, at a unit of the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, visitors can browse every part of Sam Johnson's original farmstead. In town, at the visitor center, they can view a film and displays relating to the life and times of LBJ and tour the white Victorian house where the longtime politician spent his formative years. Authentic family furnishings—even toys—create the illusion that the Johnsons have just stepped out, perhaps for a walk down one of the town's quiet, tree-shaded streets.
12. Pedernales Falls State Park
Hill Country geology is plainly written in the landscape at this attractive park on the north side of Rte. FM2766. At the falls the Pedernales cascades down broad slabs of limestone tilted like tables with broken legs—evidence of the Llano Uplift, which long ago raised the Edwards Plateau. Deer and wild turkeys roam the hillsides, and farther downstream there is a fine spot for a refreshing swim. The short, easy Hill Country Nature Trail, which begins in the park campground and winds down to Twin Falls Overlook, provides a close look at native plants. Mesquite, shin oak, Ashe juniper, Texas persimmon, and sycamore are among the trees you'll see along the way. In spring and summer also take time to listen for the short, buzzing notes that flow from the golden-cheeked warbler's throat.
13. Austin
Almost fifteen feet higher than the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the Texas-size state capitol in Austin is the largest in the entire country. Its construction in the 1880s called for some 15,000 railroad carloads of pink Hill Country granite. The immense building is just as imposing indoors, with details in its oak, walnut, cherry, cedar, ash, pine, and mahogany woodwork. The capitol is open for tours daily; a gallery and balcony on the fourth floor offers visitors impressive views of the finely worked terrazzo tile floor below and the sweeping arch of the rotunda above.
The city of Austin is studded with parks, among them the famed swimming hole at Hamilton Pool; Zilker Park with its formal gardens; Wild Basin Preserve; and nearby McKinney Falls State Park.
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin engages visitors with the compelling story of Texas, using interactive exhibits and an IMAX motion picture as large as the state itself. From its signature Lone Star sculpture out front to a campfire scene with enduring appeal to the westerner in all of us found inside its lobby, the museum brings Texas to life.
For nature lovers an especially intriguing spot is the Congress Avenue Bridge across the Colorado River, south of the city center. Over a million Mexican free-tailed bats live here during the summer months—the largest urban bat colony in the country. Emerging each evening to feed on nocturnal insects, the swirling swarms of tiny mammals create one of the Lone Star State's most wondrous wildlife spectacles.
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ArtCurious – The associate curator of contemporary art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Jennifer Dasal's, podcast on art-history – not the boring stuff but, but the juicy stuff. She raises questions like: "Did Van Gogh actually commit suicide? Was a British painter actually Jack the Ripper? And how did the CIA covertly support modern art?". Do I dare to say more?
Artist Soapbox – A weekly podcast featuring artists in the Triangle area of North Carolina. Durham-based theatre-maker, Tamara Kissane, chats with artists about their creative work, artistic process and their hopes for the future.
Convincing Creatives – Filmmaker Evan Kidd and his guests dialogue on what truly empowers creatives, how today's creators are convincing in their process, if they need convincing, and much much more.
Creative Talk Podcast – Soprano, speaker and writer Dr. Karla Scott sits down with leading Industry Creatives- musicians, authors, singers, dancers, teachers and more to discuss success, longevity and faith in the arts. Each episode offers a behind the scenes look at each artist's journey, creative process and lessons learned.
DeeMcNairOnTheAir – Dee McNair is a local speaker, mentor, TV Host and all around cheerleader for artists and other amazing local people, runs this YouTube channel where she interviews local artists and highlights local arts events.
Don't You Lie To Me – Explores the visual arts scene in North Carolina by bringing you enjoyable conversations with artists and arts professionals across the state. They also highlight shows and events that they think are worth checking out. Each episode also contains fake ads and a "previously on" mashup segment.
durhambeat – Covers local arts and culture in Durham and across NC. At durhambeat they provide a platform where anyone is welcome and embrace the diversity of our local culture. "Our audience is us".
North Carolina Arts Council Podcast – Keep up with host Sandra Davidson as she talks with artists and arts leaders about the public value of the arts across North Carolina, and explores how the N.C. Arts Council is building on 50 years of leadership to create a better tomorrow for all.
RDU on stage – Where the hosts chat with the theater people on stage and behind-the-scenes in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill and bringing you full coverage of theater in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.


The City of Barrie has started crafting a document that could guide the city's development for the next two decades.
These are the early stages of the Official Plan for the City of Barrie, an overarching plan for the city that is said to set the community vision and establish the guiding principles for the future of the City.
Barrie residents are encouraged to get involved in the planning process through the Building Barrie website.
Any Official Plan has to start somewhere, and this one starts with five main priorities: the City says the Official plan will focus on the economy, safety and health, strong neighbourhoods, easy-to-use services for residents, and improving getting from point A to B in town with an emphasis on active transportation.
A draft of the Official Plan is expected for review by October of this year, while a ratification of it would come in early 2020.


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Carlos Ghosn received £6.9m in 'improper' payments, says Nissan | Business
Nissan and Mitsubishi have accused their former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, of receiving €7.8m (£6.9m) in "improper payments" from a joint venture between the Japanese carmakers without consulting other board members.
The companies said they would try to recover the money from Ghosn, alleging the payments amounted to "misconduct".
The new allegations add to the legal difficulties faced by Ghosn. He was formerly the chairman of the two companies, but was quickly ousted from both following his arrest by Japanese authorities in November on two charges of underreporting his income to regulators.
He remains in detention in Tokyo, with a third charge alleging he transferred personal investment losses to Nissan and used company funds to make payments to a Saudi business associate.
Nissan and Mitsubishi said in a joint statement that their investigations into Ghosn's conduct found he "received improper payments from Nissan-Mitsubishi B.V. (NMBV)".
Ghosn was a director of the Netherlands-based joint venture, established in June 2017 to find ways of cutting costs and sharing operations. The carmakers said Ghosn "entered into a personal employment contract" with the company "without any discussion with the other board members, Nissan chief executive, Hiroto Saikawa, and Mitsubishi Motors chief executive ,Osamu Masuko, to improperly receive the payments".
Saikawa and Masuko did not receive any compensation or other payments from NMBV, the carmakers said.
They also allege that Ghosn and another Nissan executive who was arrested in Japan, Greg Kelly, explored "paying undisclosed compensation" to the former shortly after he spearheaded the addition of struggling Mitsubishi to the three-way carmaking alliance between Nissan, Mitsubishi and France's Renault.
The latest allegations will heighten pressure on Renault to remove Ghosn as its chief executive. Renault has repeatedly said it has found no evidence of wrongdoing, although its investigations are ongoing and it has reportedly come under pressure from the French government, a major shareholder, to replace him.
While Renault has so far remained committed to the alliance, it has now been without its chief executive for almost two months. Thierry Bolloré has been running the carmaker in Ghosn's absence.
The arrest has also shone a spotlight on Japan's unorthodox prosecution processes, in which new charges can be added, extending the detention of suspects.
Ghosn has denied all financial misconduct.
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Live from the Investor Forum in Toronto, MortgageBrokerNews.ca's Justin da Rosa speaks to a number of brokers about the news making headlines this week.
Video transcript below:
Justin Da Rosa, Mortgage Broker News
Justin Da Rosa: Hi, I'm Justin Da Rosa at Mortgage Broker News, here live at the 4th Annual Investor Forum in Toronto. Welcome to the Big Story.
This is the biggest investor forum todate and we've actually three big stories. To kick it off, many were surprised when Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty stepped down and brokers were no exception. Here is one broker's reaction.
Claire Draige, Mortgage Alliance Company of Canada
Claire Draige: It is a really difficult question, now that Jim Flaherty has stepped down as our Finance Minister. Sometimes it's about the devil you know and the devil you don't know.
So I think at this point it really is too early to tell, who his successor will be, but also more importantly what change are they going to make. Jim Flaherty made some changes that annoyed or frustrated mortgage brokers because the tightening in seemed to be just way too tight compared to the market absolutely, but I hate to say it, but only time will tell.
Justin Da Rosa: Rate sites are nothing new and neither are cancellation fees. But one broker is suggesting bringing to the two together to make up the losses incurred by flighty rate shoppers.
Michelle Watson, TMG The Mortgage Group
Michelle Watson: I think when it comes to charging cancellation fees, specially when you got a rate shopper who has found you on a rate site, I think it is important to be able to set that, buy that level of professionalism that we are not just here for free advice, we are not just here to help make the banks profitable but we are also here to provide education and advice as well as to make money for ourselves. And I think when it comes to charging those cancellation fees, it's very important to show consumers that as a professional we need to and have and do incur ongoing costs and so if that cancellation fee is set at a reasonable amount where it shows our level of professionalism, but it's not gouging the consumer I do think it's a good thing. However if that cancellation fee helps maintain the client on the books for that mortgage broker I do think that perhaps they should turn around and use that as a way to perhaps compensate or entice the customer to provide even more referrals to them. So perhaps take that cancellation fee and turn it into something where it could be a positive in the end.
Justin Da Rosa: The Canadian dollar recently closed at 89 cents, which suggests that Canadians who invested in American real estate may soon cash out and reinvest in Canada. We are here with Developer, Brad Lamb. Brad, what do you think of this?
Brad Lamb, Lamb Development Corp.
Brad Lamb: I think that the US market, in lot of the places that Canadians have invested have been hot spots. Place like you know Las Vegas and Arizona and Florida, in some cases New York city and these places have done very well. So you know a lot of easy money has been made, so you may find Canadians cash out because of the weak dollar. If they are long term investors prepared to put up with the ebbs and flows of the dollar, but if they are there to make a fast dollar you will find a cash out. I myself bought a bunch of units in the States, I am going to be selling some of the ones I bought not because I want to cash out back to Canada but because I want to buy something different down there. So perhaps I think you can see that happen for you, but overall the United States is still one of the best countries in the world for investment.
Justin Da Rosa: Thanks Brad and thank for tuning into the Big Story or should I say three Big stories, here live in Toronto at the 4th Annual Investor Forum. I am Justin Da Rosa, take care.
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Adrian Leonard, PhD Candidate, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
MA, MPhil (University of Cambridge)
Adrian Leonard is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of History studying under Professor Martin Daunton, supported by the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies and the Centre for Financial History at Newnham College.
Adrian's project for the Centre for Risk Studies will investigate and analyse the development of risk modelling, the systems used to calculate future financial liabilities arising from or affected by uncertain events. His main area of interest is marine insurance in Britain and the British Empire from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. He is currently exploring the efficacy of marine war insurance premiums and their contribution to reducing transactional frictions in British trade.
On the side, Adrian is President (Emeritus) of the Cambridge University History Society (Clio), and Graduate Representative on the History Faculty Board. He completed his MPhil at Trinity Hall, immediately after completing his undergraduate degree in History at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He is the recipient of a studentship from the Ellen Macarthur Fund for Economic History, and was awarded the Hughes Hall Scholarship in 2010. Before returning to higher education, he spent twenty years as a writer and editor in the financial services and insurance sectors.
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My heart beats for weddings like this – just my cameras and a seat on a plane to Morocco. Touchdown. Marrakech throws everything at you, the streets are bustling, everything looks crazy at first and no one is willing to be photographed or filmed. Instead they throw newspapers at you unless I leave a token of appreciation.
The wedding venue is up next and we drop our jaws at how glamorous this place is. Boutique Souk, who are the go-to wedding planners around wider Marrakech, made the already stunning hotel look like a fairytale. Loubna & Javier, they are class and they know how to get married out there. Halfway between the empty desert and bustling Marrakech, this thing happened. In fact, so much happened on their wedding day and it seemed impossible to boil it down into a one wedding film. I hope this short preview is enough to thank you for letting me be part of your adventure.
On this amazing day we celebrated with Sabrina & Franco at Castello di Vicarello in Tuscany, Italy.
We were honoured when we were asked to fly over to USA to capture the day of Kristen & Kevin at the Goodstone Inn in the Virginia countryside.


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The University of Plymouth's research centre in cultural heritage – how we live with, use and understand the past through things, spaces, traditions and memory.
Our researchers exchange ideas and form new partnerships across the fields of heritage studies, art history, history, architecture, business, tourism, geography, 3D and graphic design, and digital technologies.
We work in co-productions with our partner organisations – museums, galleries, historic sites and landscapes – to develop new projects, test ideas and prototypes and produce new research.
We host a range of activities that include network events, visiting speakers, research showcases and an annual postgraduate symposium hosted by the National Trust at Saltram House.
Cornerstone Heritage is also home to Plymouth Heritage Praxis our heritage research-practice unit.
Creative Recovery
Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants who fled conflict and other adversities in their homelands are facing challenging times here in the UK as they are trying to integrate and build a new life. Being uprooted from your home and community is not easy especially when you are faced with new struggles in life around navigating the UK Migration System, searching for adequate housing and most importantly, defining who you are again in this world.
Creative Recovery shows the narrative that the media misses from war-torn countries and others suffering from conflict. A narrative that visually represents cultures and people from across the world and how they feel it is appropriate to represent their homes and homelands as heritage. Through maps, photographs and 3D models, the project aimed to answer important and challenging questions like: Where is home? And, What is home to you? These questions were amplified for all those who have crossed the borders into Europe from the Middle East and Africa in recent years. While such questions have dominated anthropological and sociological research, it has rarely been answered visually and spatially.
Funded by the European Cultural Foundation and in partnership with the British Red Cross, Associate Professor Dr Sana Murrani worked alongside Photojournalist Carey Marks with 12 refugees and asylum seekers in the Southwest of England on a participatory action research project that visualises the meaning of 'home' for the 12 protagonists. Through a series of nine workshops over nine months, the team mapped familiar journeys participants took as part of their everyday life in their homelands. These journeys were overlayed with old photographs and personal items while Carey was photographing the participants to show that they are more than just 'refugees'. The work was exhibited as part of Refugee Week 2019 and appeared on BBC Spotlight Southwest as well as on local radio channels.
For further information please contact Dr Sana Murrani.
Heritage Blogs
Across the University researchers have been engaging with the public through new heritage blogs covering everything from historical documentaries to travel writing.
Here is a sample of the best:
Kina Myhill
Postgraduate travel writer.
Megan Fellows
PhD researcher in social media sub-cultures.
Hannah Stone
Developed a twitter campaign on the seventeenth century 'Kardashian', Hortense Mancini, to promote women's history.
Ralph Whitehead
'How I Heard The Springhead Harvest Camp' an original podcast that puts new narration and field recordings to archive material of the Folk Revival Springhead Ring summer camp held in Devon in the 1920s.
Nick Giles
Filmed on Guernsey, a feature length documentary on the history of Georgian Royal Navy admiral, Lord James Saumarez.
Methodology Walkthroughs with Cornerstone Heritage Researchers
Join Cornerstone members for talks by researchers who have operationalised their study and are at the analysis phase with their data. It is an opportunity to hear the first-hand experiences of applying methodologies, the pleasures and the problems.
The next Methodology walkthrough is at 11:00 Wednesday 2 September 2020 - to join please ensure that you have Microsoft Teams installed on your computer or mobile phone, and join the the MS Team Meeting. Each walkthrough is a talk of about 45 minutes with question-time.
Archives of the Methodology walkthroughs are stored on Microsoft Stream, and are available to everyone with a University of Plymouth login.
If you have a methodology that you would like to share, please contact Dr Charlie Mansfield, Co-Director of Cornerstone Heritage Research Centre.
The Lost Index: NATMUS
The Lost Index: NATMUS is the latest in a series of locative iPhone apps produced by James Brocklehurst and Emma Whittaker. Sited within museums, the apps incorporate iBeacon technology, binaural sound recordings and perceptual illusions, in conjunction with real-world artefacts from the museum's collections, to create imaginary playable experiences. Forming part of research that investigates situated narrative experiences, the apps offer new narrative frameworks and an innovative approach to archive and heritage interpretation.
Read more about The Lost Index: NATMUS
The Wallflower Project
In 2020, a series of cultural projects will help Plymouth celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower. One of them will see a group of artists creating pieces of public art which explore aspects of the city's history and bring them to a new audience. It will see a series of murals created across the city between now and 2020, in conjunction with heritage and community groups and furthering Plymouth's burgeoning identity as a city of culture.
Read more about The Wallflower Project
CobBauge Project
Led by Professor Steve Goodhew, a traditional building method is being repurposed through an international research project with a view to constructing a new generation of energy efficient homes.
Read more about the CobBauge Project
The Plymouth LGBT Archive
The Plymouth LGBT Archive project is an award winning community archive created to capture and explore rich life and histories from the Plymouth LGBT communities past and present.
Read more about the Plymouth LGBT Archive project
Song Collectors Pathway project
Oral traditions, from bothy ballads to football chants, surround us at home and abroad. Yet such practices are often most overlooked and undervalued in the digital age. The Song Collectors Pathway project will help bolster the song collecting movement by training participants in tasks including researching, recording, indexing, editing, archiving and publishing. The Song Collectors Collective (SCC) is a broad association of individuals brought together by a common desire to celebrate, document and support singing and oral tradition. The SCC offering includes an online archive of recordings, a support network for song collectors, and a number of annual events. The collective is at the forefront of efforts to document singing practices in the UK and Ireland.
Read more about Song Collectors Pathway project
Culture and Heritage Exchange (CHEx)
Culture and Heritage Exchange (CHEx), formally #CHITCHAT?, is a sandpit for research collaboration and forum for the development of tools that encourage public engagement with our research findings and other heritage materials.
At its core, this initiative will engage academic researchers, industry professionals, heritage stakeholders, and the general public in transdisciplinary conversations around Crime, History and Public Institutions through transmedia methods, sources, and platforms.
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Anywhere - a mythogeography of South Devon
Drawing on almost twenty years of exploratory walking in South Devon, performance maker and ambulatory researcher Phil Smith is at present (late 2016) using the device of the semi-fictional journey of a female researcher who becomes detached from a conference to create a portrait of part of South Devon through its 'anomalies' - including, leading nineteenth century technological innovation, modelling modernist suburbia and a modern village, a narrative of extreme ideological racism in its literary tradition, the centralisation of its heritage and the decay and neglect of its heritage margins. With a provisional publication date of 2017.
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Tests on KDF/GAC cartridge have shown 99+% chlorine removal past 20,000 gallons of water. In comparison, carbon cartridges of comparable volumes drop below 90% effectiveness after only 4,000 gallons.
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In short, the KDF redox process works by exchanging electrons with contaminants. This "give and take" of electrons converts many contaminants into harmless components. During this reaction, electrons are transferred between molecules, and new elements are created. Some harmful contaminants are changed into harmless components. Others are electrochemically bound to the KDF media.
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Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is a highly absorbent material used to remove contamination from water. Activated carbon has been known as a miracle filter media by many researchers because of its unique ability to remove offensive tastes, odors, color, chlorine and volatile organic chemicals, pesticides and trihalomethanes (a group of suspected carcinogens).
Briefly, activated carbon acts like a sponge, with a large surface area to absorb contaminants in the water. The surface area of one pound of activated carbon is equal to 125 acres. Many scientists believe this is a result of an affinity that these chemicals have for carbon because of Van Der Waal forces. Activated carbon is the preferred treatment and method recommended by the EPA to remove a host of potentially hazardous and possibly carcinogenic chemicals in drinking water.
Carbon is extremely porous and provides a large surface area for contaminants to collect. Carbon-only filters must also use their capacity for chlorine removal, resulting in a shortened life. They also may use a bituminous coal carbon, which is good at removing chlorine, but not as effective at removing chemicals. We use a high-grade coconut shell carbon that is most effective at removing chemicals. Coconut shell carbon provides a significantly higher volume of micro-pores than either coal-, wood or lignite-based carbon.
As a result, it is more effective than other carbon types in removing trihalomethanes (THM's) and other chemicals from municipally supplied water. Since our Refrigerator Water Filter REDOX media removes the chlorine before it reaches the carbon, the carbon capacity is not wasted on chlorine and is free to concentrate more effectively on organic contaminants.
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Lamberts worked in conjunction with owners Cal and Michael Malouf and architects Richards and Spence to create this very unique space. Lamberts fabricated all exhaust canopies, stainless steel items, brass joinery, timber joinery and coordinated and supervised all trades to complete the project.
Since 1981, Lamberts has earnt a reputation for creating complete fitouts and commercial that live up to the stringent demands made of them.


seen here at the opening ceremony and when she rode her TravelScoot to receive the medals.
Mr. Tan over. What a surprise gift it was for Laurentia. All in time for her to use at the para-Olympics.
Who Can Benefit from a Mobility Scooter?
If you struggle to walk or get tired after walking a short distance you could benefit from using a mobility scooter. Using an electric mobility scooter is not an admission of defeat and can make a great deal of difference to your quality of life, and can even provide a new lease of life and a new found independence.


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Movie Review - Censored Voices - What Does That Soldier At The Front Really Feel?
Steppenwolf for Young Adults has mounted an extraordinary stage adaptation of Markus Zusak's novel The Book Thief, which was adapted for this world premiere by Heidi Stillman.
The Capitol Hill Arts Ball 2005 was a successful event for all--patrons danced the night away as money raised from the auctions will benefit Arts Workshop classes and students.


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The Social Value of the Doctrine of Res Judicata: An Economic Analysis
62 Pages Posted: 18 Nov 2018
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Bruno Bodart
University of Sao Paulo - Faculdade de Direito; Harvard University, Law School, Students ; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Res judicata, one of the most traditional features of civil procedure in Western society, stands for the general rule, usually subject to exceptions, preventing the parties from litigating the same case before a Court more than one time. The mainstream explanations for this doctrine are usually taken for granted: res judicata would save the parties' and the courts' resources, prevent inconsistent judicial decisions, and strengthen the credibility of the Justice. On the other hand, Professors Richard Posner and Bruce Hay question the importance of these justifications. This work analyzes the social desirability of res judicata from an economic standpoint. It is argued that multiple litigation of a case on the same controversy may be a socially efficient alternative in some contexts. Since these contexts are exceptional, a rule that limits the number of rounds of litigation tends to curb wasteful investments in legal disputes efficiently. To reach this conclusion, it is necessary to examine whether the parties would engage in successive litigations in the absence of preclusion. The paper offers an extensive game with perfect information and finite horizon to demonstrate that, for each set of parameter values, different equilibria arise: the plaintiff does not litigate in the first period; the plaintiff always litigates and the defendant never litigates; the plaintiff litigates a single round and the defendant never litigates; and both parties litigate in all possible rounds. As a result, it is impossible to draw general conclusions about the parties' behavior, should res judicata be abolished. The paper concludes in support of the view that the rule of res judicata enhances deterrence and works as an efficient cost-savings device in the justice system.
Keywords: Economic Analysis of Law, Civil Procedure, Res Judicata, Law and Economics, Game Theory
Bodart, Bruno and Bodart, Bruno, The Social Value of the Doctrine of Res Judicata: An Economic Analysis (May 01, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3271743 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3271743
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The AV-OL-75 is a lightweight solar powered ICAO Type A Low Intensity Obstruction Light. The light produces in excess of 10cd and is suitable to mark aerial obstructions up to 45mtrs in height.
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On the day of your wedding we will come to where you are getting ready so you feel pampered and relaxed on the morning of your special day. At the trial we will discuss the timings of the day so our Hair and Make-up specialists can be with you within plenty of time and stay with you until your dressed and ready to leave, so they can top-up your lipstick or re-spray your hair so you look perfect, ready to walk down the aisle. We can cater for any size Bridal party from the Bride alone to Bridesmaids, Mothers and special guests.
Our Make-up Artist, Shannen-Rae specialises in Pro Make-up, face and body painting, and special effects. We use an array of Make-up products including Pierre Rene Professional Make-up to ensure your make-up looks flawless and long lasting from morning through to night.
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The landscape forms part of Australian season – a series of exhibitions and events at the British Museum focusing on Australia from April to October 2011.
Australia Landscape on the West Lawn of the British Museum Forecourt takes the visitor on a journey across the whole Australian continent by featuring unique and rare plants from its differing climates, and showcasing its rich biodiversity. This is the fourth landscape in a five-year partnership programme involving the British Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which celebrates the shared vision of both institutions to strengthen cultural understanding and support biodiversity conservation across the world.
Following on from South Africa Landscape last year, Australia Landscape transits from the vegetation of Eastern Australia"s coastal habitat, through the red centre (the arid desert covering the southern third of the Northern Territory and the North East corner of South Australia) and culminates at a Western Australian granite outcrop. The landscape will showcase unique and highly threatened flora and will highlight how these fragile habitats and systems are under threat from land usage and climate change. This is of particular concern as Australia has one of the world"s greatest concentrations of geographically restricted species, otherwise known as endemics. Some 90% of Australian plants are only found in Australia.
Many of the plants on view in the landscape are especially evolved to survive extreme dry spells such as the Anigozanthos flavidus (Evergreen Kangeroo paw) and the Brachychiton populneus (Kurrajong tree) both of which have developed unusual ways of storing water over long periods of time. Some have even evolved to survive and utilise bush fires, such as the Acacia dealbata (Wattle) which requires exposure to fire and smoke to prepare its seeds for germination. There are plants from western Australia which have developed unusual features in order to take advantage of the way granite rocks weather and age. Some have adapted to survive in the cracks of rocks for example, while others are able to live in seasonal rock pools.
A key figure relating to the landscape is Sir Joseph Banks, Kew"s first unofficial Director who was also a Trustee of the British Museum. He accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific (1768-71), landing in 1770 at what Cook named Botany Bay (Sydney)after the botanists on the expedition led by Banks. The plant specimens that Banks brought back in person and continued to acquire through intermediaries revolutionised European botanical knowledge. One of the plants discovered by him is on display in the landscape and takes his name; the Banksia integrifolia. Its bright yellow flower is now highly valued by beekeepers because it produces large amounts of pollen and nectar during autumn and winter which helps support hives at a time when little else is flowering.
There is a focus on how these plants have been used by indigenous peoples over many centuries in their everyday lives. Casuarina Equisetifolia (Beach she-oak) was used in traditional medicine to treat digestive problems for example, while the bark of Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian blue gum) is used for basket making. In central Australia, Melaleuca glomerata (Tea tree) grows around salt lakes and claypans. It is possible to peel off very large sheets of the soft bark which can then used for many things including the wrapping of sacred objects and the making of babies" blankets, while Tea tree essential oil is produced on a commercial scale and has anti-fungal and antibiotic properties. Everlasting daisies can grow in a variety of conditions including the desert zone of central Australia known as the Red Centre. Indigenous Australians use large quantities of dry daisies to complete sand paintings, and also as body decoration for ritual participants. Swathes of bright Brachyscome iberidifolia (Swan river daisies) and Rhodanthe (Everlastings) add bursts of colour throughout the landscape.
April – October 2011 – The British Museum and Rio Tinto present Australian season, a season dedicated to Australian culture featuring a broad programme of exhibitions, installations, performances, lectures and film screenings. The season is supported by Rio Tinto and includes Baskets and belonging: Indigenous Australian histories along with Out of Australia: prints and drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas, a prints and drawings exhibition featuring works by Australian artists from the 1940s to the present, Australia Landscape, a specially commissioned space presenting Australian biodiversity in the Museum's forecourt (in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), and a rich and varied public programme.
Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa. Rio Tinto acknowledges that the conservation and responsible management of the environment and natural resources – such as land, water, biodiversity and air – are important business and societal issues. The Group"s biodiversity strategy commits Rio Tinto to achieving the goal of a "net positive impact" on biodiversity – ensuring that biodiversity ultimately benefits as a result of company"s activities in a region. Rio Tinto is the largest private sector employer of Indigenous Australians, currently representing  per cent of the Group"s Australian workforce.
There will be a British Museum/Kew debate: Landscape: longing and livelihoods, Tuesday 6 September, 18.30, £5, Members and concessions £3. A high-profile panel discussion will investigate the tensions between exploitation and preservation of Australian landscapes and the economic, spiritual and cultural value of both the landscape and its biodiversity.


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29th Division 'Gallipoli' Information Board Unveiling
The new 29th Division 'Gallipoli' Memorial Information Plaque unveiling with the Year 6 Knightlow Primary School pupils that contributed with such a beautiful poem.
The poem was one of a number written by pupils after a workshop with Ian Binnie, Gallipoli Association Education Co-ordinator, in which they learnt about the 29th Division and their time billeted to the local area and fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula. All those pupils who wrote poems received prizes at a special school assembly.
The interpretation board is part of a wider project that will see resurfacing around the 29th Division Monument and restoration work to the Lime Memorial Avenue as part of the Dunsmore Living Landscape Scheme.
Ian Binnie said "The poems were of a really high standard and it was very difficult to choose just one of them. The poem chosen, by Jessica Scuffle and Sophie Gambling, was entitled Krithia, one of the major battles of the campaign."
Lucy Hawker, Dunsmore Living Landscape Scheme Manager, said "This has been a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn more about why the monument, the only one in the UK for the entire 29th Division, was built in this location and to pay tribute to the soldiers' bravery."
All of the pupils' poems can be read online at www.exploredunsmore.org/projects/pupils-poetry-for-the-29th-division.
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Find all 30 of your favorite MLB team official websites and social media accounts.
Why would I need to find my team on your list when I can just google it?
Well, you can google your team and a bunch of links will show up, but it won't be categorized for simple viewing and every team page will include all official social media links as well. Why make it harder on yourself? I gathered every official team websites and links available and put all in one page.
All links included are of NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams. All official team websites, as well all official team social media links: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit and Youtube.
What can I expect from the team social media accounts?
There's a lot to see! Team social media accounts usually offer behind the scenes look that wouldn't usually be available on tv or anywhere else. For instance, NFL team Twitter accounts, are full of off the field videos and photos of workout sessions, or team events. You can also view off season training videos and photos from other leagues that are usually off access to tv production crews, so it's a great personal look at how teams operate on a daily basis.
Other content that you will see are game highlights and interviews. This is what connects the fans, the games, and social media all together. The ability to gain access to game highlights, photos, interviews, stats, etc. makes it a great experience for all fans.
What does Official Team Website even mean?
It means the website is owned and operated by the actual sports team. Content such as photos and videos, seen on team official websites are owned and published by the actual team itself.
Mr. Sportsgeek, anything else I should know?
I almost forgot to mention, you can also buy team official sports gear from any team official team websites. For instance, if you would like to buy a brand new Cody Bellinger jersey, you can do so by going to www.mlbshop.com/los-angeles-dodgers.
You can also buy game tickets from all team official websites. So if you want to catch a game at Dodgers stadium, you can do so by going to www.mlb.com/dodgers/tickets
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2. Atlanta Braves
3. Baltimore Orioles
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6. Chicago White Sox
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9. Colorado Rockies
10. Detroit Tigers
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14. Los Angeles Dodgers
Rich in history and tradition, the Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most premiere baseball franchises in Major League Baseball. Established in 1883 as the Brooklyn Dodgers,...
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Home Lithium Batteries Prove Their Usefulness in Extreme Conditions
472 Published by BSLBATT May 05,2022
More than 8 million people in the United States are in severe weather threat areas due to stormy weather and tornadoes. In the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather phenomena, energy security has become an issue that is not only discussed at scientific conferences. Even in the event of a severe outage, there are solutions to protect your home – home lithium batteries can provide energy security at the home scale by increasing independence from the grid. Bella Chen, product manager, and energy storage expert at BSLBATT talks about their role during power outages.
How is climate change threatening energy security?
Not only in the United States, but also in Europe, and regions such as Southeast Asia and China are beginning to be hit by previously rare, much more powerful atmospheric phenomena. Scientists agree that this trend will continue. According to the latest sixth IPCC report, the rise in the Earth's average temperature will exacerbate extreme weather conditions in every country in the world. These new challenges include windstorms and heavy rains.
Large storms can cause medium- and low-voltage power lines to break, leaving up to a million people without power and making it difficult to restore power to the grid quickly while extreme weather conditions persist. This can't happen again, so improving the security of the grid is a huge challenge. The distributed grid of the future will allow limiting the impact of such failures.
Are solutions to help solve these problems already being implemented?
For example, this technology is already finding practical use in the homes of PV system owners. home lithium battery is becoming more and more popular and proving their usefulness in difficult conditions. Let me give you an example of a BSLBATT customer who lives in Florida, an area of the United States that is frequently affected by hurricanes, and even living in the most developed countries, there is no way to avoid the risks associated with natural disasters.
What allows you to keep the power on during a power outage for your customers?
An emergency power supply for homes and a well-designed photovoltaic solar power system. The former trips in less than 20 milliseconds and starts supplying power to so-called dedicated critical loads. These are the critical appliances in the home that receive power. They are chosen by the consumer himself. In the installation in question, the investor points out, among other things, the router, the lighting of part of the property or the entrance door.
The continuous operation of the latter proved to be particularly helpful, as it allowed the freedom to leave the house during a failure. The fireplace with a water jacket located on the property was also protected. Lack of electrical supply can lead to an increase in water pressure in the installation, which in severe cases leads to damage, which threatens the health and lives of the people in the house.
On the other hand, the gentle extinguishing of the energy-consuming heat pump was foreseen during the design phase. This was done by configuring the Victron Venus GX controller, which has a potential-free contact.
Was the lithium home battery up to the challenge and provided the PV system owner with power throughout the outage?
Yes, despite the fact that it lasted almost 24 hours. Energy stored in batteries covered the demand of all loads. I will even say more, if the energy supply had not been restored, the investor would not have had to worry about it even for another several hour, because his lithium battery banks were still charged to 50%.
In addition, the separated part of 9kW from 14kW photovoltaic generator during the day directly supplied the loads and supplemented the energy in partially discharged lithium solar battery storage.
Is it profitable to increase PV self-consumption with home lithium batteries?
Purchasing home storage not only increases energy security for the professional consumer, but it is also a proven way to improve self-consumption in a new billing system that guarantees increased profitability of the PV installation investment.
Therefore, homeowners with their own home lithium batteries can not only prevent sudden power outages but also increase the profitability of their investment in PV installations. at bslbatt, we are ready to meet the growing interest in these devices and to produce design and manufacture more new home energy storage products.


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Massachusetts is one of the great states that make up the United States of America. We have gathered large amounts of information about Massachusetts into one place from various sources such as the state Governor's office, the US Geological Survey (USGS), the US Census, the US Postal Service and many other authorities. So whether you are looking for Massachusetts history, the state bird of Massachusetts, or the best places to visit in Massachusetts, the answers are just a click away.


We are very excited to announce The Garage Sale is popping up once again this Christmas, at the ICA.
The Garage Sale is not your usual sample sale or Christmas market, in fact it's neither of those, but a carefully curated shop full of products made by many talented designers from all over of UK. This store offers you a selection of creations from past seasons, returns or unique work in progress samples at a lower price.
It is an amazing opportunity to get your hands on goods from some of your favourite designers and artists all under one roof! This time around we will be setting up shop in the ICA Theatre space, selling products from 60+ designers ranging from £1 up to £100. There will be loads to choose from for the shopping hungry, prints by Scout Editions, necklaces by One We Made Earlier, posters by APFEL, clocks ByShop and much more.
Cards are accepted in the shop but cash is quicker!


Supply cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, including Russian Federation, have been supporting prices.
"The weekly report from the EIA on USA oil stocks was bullish for outright prices, plain and simple. Moreover, lower oil prices - prices were between 14 percent and 18 percent lower in January than their 2018 average - are likely to stimulate economic activity and oil demand, particularly in emerging markets", said Jean-Pierre Durante, Head of Applied Research at Pictet Wealth Management.
A report published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) last week showed that the country's oil production averaged a record 11.9 million barrels a day in November, up 345,000 from October and up almost 1.8 million compared with November 2017's average figures.
International Brent crude oil futures were down by 26 cents, or 0.4 per cent, at $62.43 per barrel.
About a dozen tankers carrying over 7 million barrels of Venezuelan crude and products were anchored this week at the U.S Gulf Coast waiting for directions on how to pay for the cargoes following the sanctions, according to Refinitiv Eikon data.
Crude shipments to the USA from OPEC and its partners fell to 1.41 MMbpd in January, the lowest in five years, according to data from cargo-tracking and intelligence company Kpler.
Short-term, the market is getting a boost from USA sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports.
While OPEC and allied producers are slashing their output in an attempt to boost crude prices, which saw a rapid fall past year, the United States has been opposing the measure and vowed to continue expanding its supply.
Grande also likely wants to use the platform to promote her new album " Thank U, Next ", featuring that track. Variety alleges that "such stipulations were not imposed on other performers at the show".
Investors are certainly being cautious-EA's share price is down more than 13 percent this morning. Q3 was a hard quarter for Electronic Arts and we did not perform to our expectations.
Mario World is targeting an early summer 2019 global release, including in Japan and the United States". Nintendo has confirmed that the launch of Mario Kart Tour has been pushed back to this summer.
Trump apparently was referring to the Al-Asad air base in western Iraq, where he paid a brief visit to USA forces in December. Trump last month claimed the ISIS had been defeated in Syria and said all U.S. troops were "coming back now".
Tim Southee , Lockie Ferguson , Mitchell Santener and Ish Sodhi all claimed two wickets apiece. The second T20 in the three-match series is in Auckland on Friday.
According to the BBC , Cardiff have withheld the first scheduled payment until they are satisfied with the documentations. The families of Sala, Cardiff City's record signing at £15 million, and Ibbotson have been informed of the discovery.
The unexpected deal came just hours after the Sixers suffered a tough loss at home to the Toronto Raptors. While you were sleeping, the Sixers on Wednesday morning made a blockbuster deal before sunrise.
The Oscar victor and gallerist were introduced by friend Laura Simpson , and have been dating since May or June. A rep for Lawrence would not confirm if she's engaged . "It was a giant rock", a source told Page Six .


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Faith Front Page U.S. WorldWND Exclusive
'Blood Moons' movie now available on iTunes
First of WND Films to be released for download purchase, rental
By WND Staff
Published June 3, 2014 at 7:23pm
WASHINGTON – The smash hit movie version of Mark Biltz's sensational "Blood Moons" story about a pattern of lunar and solar eclipses taking place on biblical high-holy days is now available for purchase or rental as an iTunes download.
It's the first WND Films release to be available for digital download, with others currently being processed for availability not only on iTunes, but through Amazon and other major providers of downloadable movies.
Biltz, a Tacoma, Washington, pastor, discovered what is being called "the blood moons phenomenon" several years ago. But the pattern he found in studying the Bible and astronomical charts at NASA began on Passover 2014. The eclipses, which give the moon an eerie blood color, will be repeated on the Feast of Tabernacles this fall, again on Passover in 2015 and finally on Tabernacles in 2015. He found a pattern of blood moons tetrads associated with important historical events concerning the nation of Israel.
The teaching caused the Passover blood moon to become a worldwide sensation, with millions around the world watching the moon turn colors.
Joseph Farah, founder and chief executive officer of WND, said the decision to launch the "Blood Moons" movie as WND Films first digital release was an easy one.
"Mark Biltz's book and the movie we made as a companion release have been tremendously successful in the marketplace as traditional books, e-books and DVDs," he said. "The book and movie are still red hot. That's why we chose to make the 'Blood Moons' movie the very first digital release on iTunes. Other download options will be available very soon, too. But then we will begin making all our other movies available the same way. It just takes time."
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In promotion of his book and movie, Biltz has appeared on scores of national and international radio programs and has also appeared on the "Today" show and the Fox News Channel, among other top media.
He told WND one of his primary messages on radio and TV programs was telling hosts and audience to read Joel 2:31 in Christian Bibles (Joel 3:4,5 in Jewish Bibles): "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call."
April 15 marked the start of an extraordinary chain of events in the heavens, which happened to fall on Passover.
What began on Passover is called a "blood moon tetrad," an astronomical series of lunar eclipses that has occurred before in history. But there's something very different about this series, because the eclipses occur on the biblical holidays of Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot, in 2014, and 2015.
Prior tetrads have occurred in 1967, when the Six-Day War occurred, in the late 1940s, when Israel was reborn as a nation, and several centuries earlier, when Jews were being expelled from Spain.
Biltz' book "Blood Moons: Decoding the Imminent Heavenly Signs," details the science of astronomy in light of Bible prophecy. He began to teach and explain his discovery of a series of lunar and solar eclipses that happened at the same time important dates (Passover, Feast of Tabernacles) on the Hebrew calendar.
"Blood Moons" was released nationwide March 18, and has consistently being one of the top books sold on Amazon. A full-length documentary produced by WND Films and featuring Biltz was also released the same day. It has been one of the top sellers in faith and spirituality on Amazon since its release.
Biltz said that to understand the meanings of signs, it's important to know the seasons, feasts and calendar of the Lord. Biltz, founder of El Shaddai Ministries, is a well-known commentator on the feasts of the Lord who has spoken in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.
The Jim Bakker Show host Jim Bakker called Pastor Biltz work, "the most important book of the times."
There are other books about the blood moon phenomenon in the marketplace, but they are all derivative of the work and research done by Mark Biltz since 2007.
Media wishing to interview Mark Biltz about "Blood Moons," please contact us here.
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29 | London, UK
Eugenio Re Rebaudengo is a young collector who is keen to shape contemporary taste rather than be led by it. He is the founder of ARTUNER, a business that mounts curated displays online as well as pop-up exhibitions in cities including London, New York and Turin – with the focus on emerging artists or those, such as the post-war Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra, whose reputations are ripe for reconsideration. Re Rebaudengo is the son of the renowned Italian collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, and sits on the board of her contemporary art foundation in Turin.
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Environmental planning and sustainable transport: Does cycling matter?
Jay, M. & Morad, M. (1997). Environmental planning and sustainable transport: Does cycling matter? Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development, 4(2), 29-37.
This paper examines some of the problems involved in developing local policies for sustainable transport. Municipal district planning in the Asia-Pacific region nowadays emphasizes the concept of sustainable development. As an environmentally benign form of transportation, cycling promises a change in this direction; but can this be achieved and what role could strategic community planning have to play in the process? Drawing on a New Zealand case study, this paper argues that strategic district plans are necessary to achieve a long-term transformation towards more sustainable transportation. The measures necessary to achieve this aim involve projected changes in land-use patterns and provision for alternatives to the private car. To be effective, a strategic plan must identify these shifts as performance objectives.
This article has been published in the journal: Asia Pacific Journal on Environment and Development. Used with permission.


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These are fun gift ideas for Father's Day, or snag a few for the family especially if you like to float on lakes, rivers or in pools over the hot summer months! Here in Boise we love to float the river so this tube would be perfect for a trip down the river!
This tube measures 53″ diameter plus, it comes with a backrest!
These guns are fun to cool off with as you float down the river!
They may be small in size but they are big in power and easy to store!


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If you're wondering if you're too old or have been set in your ways too long to make a change, Healthy Mummy Kerrie O'Brien is here to tell you it's never too late!
The Healthy Mummy Community is full of inspiring mums who have taken the leap to make a change and get healthy. Kerrie is just one of these mums and we love that she not only changed her lifestyle with our 28 Day Weight Loss Challenge but she is also more confident and happier. Read some of her inspiring story below.
Kerrie shows how life can really begin at 40!
Kerrie says, "Life begins at 40 they say, but when I turned 40 I felt life as I knew it in my 30's was slipping away. Within a year of my 40th birthday my mother died suddenly, my father was diagnosed with cancer passing away 3 months later, we moved interstate to escape a narcissistic ex after 9 years of making our family's life hell, we had no money and I would stay up until 3am every night working to help feed our family.
My health was poor and I was hospitalised 3 times with heart problems and suffered from crippling rheumatoid arthritis. As an only child and as an older mum to a baby and toddler with no family support and minimal friends being interstate, losing both parents hit me hard. With everything combined, I was at an all-time low. Food was a comfort.
Weighing in at my heaviest ever, nearly 50% over what I weighed before children, it was a struggle to get through each day. I had gone from a size 10 before kids to a size 18 and felt like I didn't recognise myself or my body and felt like I had lost the old me. At 41, I made a decision that I would do my best to try to look after myself, so I started on my own trying different things to lose weight.
Years later although I lost a few kgs here and there, nothing I found was sustainable. I was still overweight and suffering from periodic ill health at 77kgs, when I found The Healthy Mummy at age 47.
Now 23 months later I am happy to say that I have found myself. Thanks to just under 20kgs gone with Healthy Mummy I have found my best self with my old health problems now gone.
I have found a support network I have never had before with this amazing group of women. I have found a new zest for life and the energy to look after my family. I have found a better me than the one I had lost in so many ways.
Thanks to The Healthy Mummy at age 49 now I feel like I have been reborn. I'm now 58kgs, a size 6/8, lighter than pre-kids but best of all I am the fittest & healthiest that I have ever been. The moral of my story? It doesn't matter how many times you have tried, you can still start over again and Healthy Mummy gives you the tools to do just that. As one of my favourite quotes says, fall 7 times stand up 8.
Proving it's never too late, Kerrie is kicking her goals and loving life!
"Same colour dress…. same person… but not the same.
I remember buying the dress on the left as it was my 47th birthday and I was so excited to wear it. Even though I had to wrap myself in layers of spandex control underwear to fit into it… but I thought I looked pretty good. Until I saw the photos afterwards. I was horrified.
Did I really look like that? What should have been a happy event turned into self-loathing.
That was my moment that I knew I couldn't keep going on as I had been for years. 6 weeks later I signed up with The Healthy Mummy… I didn't know if it would work … was it too late and was I too old?? I felt this was my last chance.
18 months on and I haven't looked back.
I struggled with my weight for nearly 10 years after having had children at age 37 and 39. I was still carrying an extra 26kgs post pregnancy and it took its toll on my body, my health and my confidence for the years after in my 40's.
I did my best to try to lose it but until The Healthy Mummy, I just didn't know the ideal way to go about it.
It may have taken me a while to finally get here but I'm so glad I found Healthy Mummy last year. 17kgs gone and a whole lot of confidence, health fitness and happiness gained!
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A beautiful smoky quartz ring , all natural, and rich in color.
To clean: To clean, soak, the pendant, in a bowl of water w/ bar keepers friend [from Target] for 20 mins or more. Shake the bowl to periodically to mix up the solution.. Rinse thuroughly.
premier grounding and anchoring stones. These stones are strongly protective and are excellent stones for all of us to keep within our aura at all times.
it is a helpful stone for those undergoing radiation treatment to keep close to them.
It has the ability to amplify the healing outcomes for those who are receiving these treatments. It offers protection from many types of negativity in the environment.


E3 is on the horizon, being scheduled from June 12 to the 14 this year. Presentations from the video game industry's most popular developers and publishers — like Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, and Activision — highlight the show, garnering major attention. Last year, almost 70,000 people were in attendance for the show! Considering it's across the country from us, Rachel and I catch the show online. Rather, Rachel will. I'll see highlights later since I'll be at work during the show.
I don't understand why the show in smack in the middle of the week, but I'm not here to complain about that. I'm sad I can't watch it live with Kris, but I'm excited I'll have a chance to watch it live for once. Of course, if I'm to be honest, I mostly care about what Nintendo and Microsoft have to say. Still, I'm always interested to see what the other companies are working on and for which platforms and such.
Nintendo is mainly what I pay attention to, but we are starting to play more Xbox games as well. Seeing the technology and gameplay brought on by other companies is always amazing to see, of course. What I'm looking forward to most from Nintendo is possibly some more new regarding the Pokemon games that are coming out, the Let's Go! titles and the core game that's slated for 2019. A hint or teaser would be nice for those!
Honestly, while I certainly want to know more about the core game, I doubt we'll find anything else out about it until E3 2019. Maybe they could give us the title or something, but I feel like they'll hold onto their secrets. I'm sure they'll talk about the Let's Go! games some more though! What I really want to see from Nintendo is an original, new core Animal Crossing game for the Nintendo Switch. New Leaf came out for the 3DS in 2012. We're due for something new.
I'm sure many people are hoping for Animal Crossing. I'm wondering how much info for the Switch Super Smash Bros. we'll get. Perhaps more of an idea if it is an original addition to the franchise or a port of the Wii U and 3DS version? A trailer for Fire Emblem Switch would be fun to see too!
Yes, Smash will definitely be a thing. A Fire Emblem game would look great on the Switch. I still want them to announce a Luigi's Mansion 3, even though they're remaking the original to the Nintendo 3DS. So, I doubt that will happen. I'm also certain we'll most like see more of the new Yoshi game. Or, I hope we do anyway.
Perhaps Nintendo will also announce a N64 Classic console. Rumors are flying for it and the other two Classic consoles did so well that they're being re-released, so E3 may be a good opportunity for them to let us know about the N64 Classic's existence. I'm also hoping for, perhaps, a little more on the online paid service. That is supposed to start this September, I believe, so a few finalizing comments on it would be nice.
Oh, right. I'm sure they'll talk about the paid service some more too. And yeah, I'd love to see a Nintendo64 Classic. There's so much I want to see from Nintendo as a whole. I'm excited to see what they come up with.
What do you hope to see at E3 from Nintendo or otherwise? Let us know in the comments below!
I think it'd be a great experience to go to the show at least once — by the sounds of it, you enjoyed it, which is great! I'm going to be playing catch up with the presentations, since most are happening while I'm at my day job.
Yes, we got the email! Rather, Rachel did — for some reason, it went to her email rather than DJ's joint account, lol, which prompted us to fix it. We'll get that to you as soon as possible!


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When and why did you start training for fighting? I started karate lessons at nine years old. Years of martial arts training aided my athletic pursuits at Del Norte High School as a wrestler and on the high school gridiron as a linebacker. In my senior year in 2000, I won the state championship in the 152 lb weight class and etched my name amongst the best ever grapplers in school history.
What ranks and titles have you held? I am a black belt in Gaidojutsu and the former KOTC Welterweight Champion. I have also won multiple grappling championships. Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The Ultimate Fighter season one winner.
Do you have any heroes? Rickson Gracie.
What is your favorite technique? Rear naked choke.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It's just another step up in my career.
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked at UPS.
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TRAINING: My typical training day is a full day at Jackson's gym, training with heavyweights and lightweights to get strength and speed, and a ton of BJJ in the gi at Gracie Barra NM.
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Why are successful online businesses launching print titles?
While this may not signal a revival of the golden years of print publications, it is worth taking a closer look at those players that have turned the digital revolution upside down. Piet van Niekerk takes a closer look.
In the UK, premier online luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter, which launched in 2001, launched its bi-monthly glossy Porter magazine in February 2014. Sold for the equivalent of £5 in 60 countries and 220 cities across the world, the arrival of the new fashion print baby is said to have caused quite a stir in the corridors of Vogue. Not only has the Net-a-Porter brand extended its reach with an additional platform; the magazine has further established the Net-a-Porter brand as a leader in the world of fashion.
Facilitating the launch of its print title is the fact that Net-a-Porter has been collecting data about its costumers for more than a decade. By understanding the person who pays for goods online, it is better equipped to decide which stories to tell and should be able to cash in on magazine sales. While the trendy crowd at Net-a-Porter are tight-lipped about their debut circulation figures (due out in early February) or even how they will measure their success, one thing is certain, they chose print to build and extend their brand because, as editor-in-chief Lucy Yeomans puts it: "Women love print…and there's something incredibly luxurious about it".
In the same vein, the editor of the technology news website PandoDaily's Pando Quarterly, Paul Carr, describes print as the ideal format for readers to take in long form articles, while "improving data retention and adding more credibility and clout to serious reporting". The publisher of Airbnb's Pineapple magazine, Christopher Lukezic shares a similar philosophy: "Print is still the best medium for telling stories in words and photographs."
Pineapple launched as recently as November 2014, so it's still early days when it comes to measuring the magazine's success. In this case, like with many other brand extensions, monetary value is not always the motivator for merging into print.
The rationale for Airbnb's print product was to inspire existing customers to travel and explore more, while also bulking-up the Airbnb brand. Published in-house and – at least for now – free of advertising, Pineapple is described by Lukezic as a magazine "about the connections that our community make in the environments where they live or travel." He adds: "For us, print was the perfect medium to tell these stories…we hope that people look to Pineapple as an inspiring source of travel content and find it useful when planning their trips."
It's important that whichever channel is used – digital, print or social – the values and ethos of the publication remains intact and clearly communicated. Washington-based website Politico, which launched in 2006 with an innovative style of delivering nonpartisan political news fast and fairer than competitors, did not deviate from their online philosophy when they launched the Politico magazine towards the end of 2013. Like branching out into video, audio and social media feeds and even moving "back" to printing, their "fundamentals have not changed", says Jim VandeHei, co-founder and executive editor.
Dr. Samir Husni of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi says he is not at all surprised by the web-to-print trend. In fact, he predicts this trend to only escalate. "The reader is platform agnostic. To reach the entire market, online brands will have to include print." Apart from Net-a-Porter, he also lists Allrecipes.com who has started a print magazine and now have annual sales of almost 900,000. "It's happening across the world, not only in the UK or America, but also in China."
Dr. Husni feels strongly that the move to print is not all about nostalgia – as some commentators may allude to – but also makes good business sense in most cases. He references sneakernews.com and theatlasmagazine.com who have also branched into print in recent months. "These entities did not see the money (from advertisers) before they went into print."
In what he calls the "welfare info society", people expect to read online content for free but are prepared to pay for print. On top of this the reader does not experience print advertising as intrusive (which is more often than not the case with online) but rather as part of the experience. "In print, ads are not ignored. Online, it interrupts your experience. Advertising in print is like living in a house and you move from room to room at your own will. Online advertising is like being kicked off your own couch."
But he also underlines the universal theme in all of these online to print mergers. The quality of content and editorial integrity stand central. Whether it's a "focus on the elite and not on the masses" as in the case of Politico magazine, the 20 million strong Airbnb community or the brand-aware Net-a-Porter following, readers gravitate to sources of meaning and understanding. Print provides a framework for this, constructed from visual elements and the written word.
While online products – similar to radio – are immediate, print provides a dais for meaning and understanding that remains superior to the web.
We recently launched the new FIPP.com (in beta, while doing live testing and refinements). The relaunch is not only about look and feel, but even more so about us providing a platform to further enable the sharing of ideas, insights and opinions within our global network. If you have a story to tell, or are interested in contributing to FIPP.com on a regular basis, get in touch with our communications manager, Amy Duffin.


Add some team spirit to your kitchen with the Missouri Glass Cutting Board! This durable carbon fiber cutting board features the Missouri logo and colors and is safe on knives. It can also double as a stylish serving plate perfect for game day!