Prerequisite Certifications: ASA-101 is required for ASA-103 and ASA-104 certification. It is not required to participate in and complete the course, however.
Earn your Basic Cruising (ASA 103) and Bareboat Chartering (ASA 104) while enjoying a beautiful vacation in the British Virgin Islands! Our live-aboard yacht is a 45' sloop with 4 cabins and 2 heads. We will set sail each morning, and anchor off a different island each afternoon. During the day, we will learn navigation, boat systems, diesel engine checks, crew overboard techniques, emergency procedures, reefing, anchoring, sail trim, cooking underway, live-aboard skills and a half day of docking practice. Upon successful completion of on-water skills and written exams, students will earn ASA 103 and ASA 104 certifications, certifying you to skipper your own charter yacht. You could even charter your own yacht in the BVIs the very next day after completing this course! Snorkeling, swimming, and hiking time are included. All are welcome to participate and learn on this cruise, though ASA-101 is the prerequisite for ASA-103/ASA-104 certifications.
ITINERARY: Board March 16 at 6PM - Set sail the next morning after orientation. Live aboard while learning each day. We will explore many different islands after we perfect our sailing skills each day. Return March 23 and disembark at 12PM.
Prequisite Certifications: ASA-104 is required to earn your ASA-114 Certifications, but not required to enjoy the course!
Earn your Cruising Catamaran (ASA 114) certification while enjoying the luxury of a roomy catamaran. This course is for those who have completed Bareboat Chartering (ASA 104). Learn how to maneuver a twin-engine catamaran under power and under sail, and complete skills listed in paragraph above. Snorkeling, swimming, hiking time included. Those not seeking certification are invited to join this course and participate as much as desired.
ITINERARY: Board the day prior to departure - Sleep aboard, then set sail after orientation in the morning. Live aboard while learning each day. We will explore many different islands and anchor off a different island each night. Return final date and disembark by 12PM.
Basic and Bareboat Chartering course: $1795/$3390 for 2. Included: Textbooks, Coastal Cruising Made Easy & Bareboat Cruising Made Easy, ASA certifications, free WiFi onboard, 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches, tropical drink nightly, snorkel, mask, fins. Shared double berth, bed linens, towels. Optional shore school in Minneapolis on February 2nd. Packing list and textbooks will be sent upon registration. (ASA 101 is prerequisite for this course if you wish to be ASA Certified at the end, but not required to participate.) Non-students get a $60 discount, but may participate in sailing fully, if they wish.
Not included: Airfare to BVI (airport code: EIS) or St. Thomas (airport code: STT), ferry from STT (about $45), taxi from EIS airport (about $20), BVI departure tax ($20), dinners ashore, taxi to The Baths (optional), personal beverages.
*Contact Capt. Joan about hotel and flight suggestions.
There is no smoking while onboard our vessels. All public areas in the BVI are non-smoking.
Have your bags packed!? Register now!


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Система APG III — сучасна таксономічна система класифікації квіткових рослин, розроблена «Групою філогенії квіткових» (, APG) і опублікована в жовтні 2009 року у Ботанічному журналі Лондонського Ліннеївського товариства в статті «An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III». Система APG III була заміщена 2016 р. шляхом подальшого перегляду, системою APG IV.

Основні розробники Системи — учасники «Групи філогенії квіткових» Биргітта Бремер (, The Bergius Foundation, Шведська королівська академія наук), Коре Бремер (, проректор Стокгольмського університету, Швеція), Марк Вейн Чейз (Mark W. Chase, Jodrell Laboratory, Королівські ботанічні сади в К'ю, Велика Британія), Michael F. Fay (Jodrell Laboratory, Королівські ботанічні сади в К'ю, Велика Британія), Джеймс Рівіл (, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Факультет біології рослин Корнелльського університету, США), Douglas E. Soltis (Біологічний факультет університету Флориди, США), Pamela S. Soltis (Музей природознавства університету Флориди, США) і Peter F. Stevens (Біологічний факультет Університету Міссурі — St. Louis, Міссурійський ботанічний сад, США). Певний вклад в розробку Системи внесли також Arne A. Anderberg, Michael J. Moore, Richard G. Olmstead, Paula J. Rudall, Kenneth J. Sytsma, David C. Tank, Kenneth Wurdack, Jenny Q.-Y. Xiang й Sue Zmarzty.

Загальна інформація
Система класифікації APG III є спадкоємицею системи класифікації APG II (2003), яка, у свою чергу, була спадкоємицею системи класифікації APG (1998). Кожна з цих систем відбиває (на певний момент часу) консенсус думок широкого кола учених-ботаніків, об'єднаних в «Групу філогенії квіткових» (APG) і працюючих у ряді інститутів різних країн.

Пропонована класифікація в порівнянні з попередньою виправлена і доповнена. Число рядів в новій системі збільшилося до 59 проти 45 в системі APG II: додалися порядки Amborellales, Berberidopsidales, Bruniales, Buxales, Chloranthales, Escalloniales, Huerteales, Nymphaeales, Paracryphiales, Petrosaviales, Picramniales, Trochodendrales, Vitales і Zygophyllales. Багато родин, які в системі класифікації APG II (2003) не були включені в будь-які ряди, в новій системі включені в ті, що існували або в нові ряди: Huaceae — до Oxalidales, Aphloiaceae, Geissolomataceae і Strasburgeriaceae — до Crossosomatales, Picramniaceae — до Picramniales. Більшість родин і родин, в APG II що входили в додатковий список, також знайшли своє місце в новій Системі: до Malpighiales додалися Centroplacaceae та Rafflesiaceae, до Malvales — Cytinaceae, до Santalales — Balanophoraceae, до Ericales — Mitrastemonaceae; у новий ряд Huerteales включено родину Dipentodontaceae

Дослідження, що проводилися останніми роками, підтвердили необхідність включення родин Rafflesiaceae до ряду Malpighiales). Таким чином, рослини з роду Rafflesia з квітками, розмір яких може перевищувати один метр, опинилися в спорідненості з рослинами з роду Euphorbia, квітки яких вимірюються зазвичай декількома міліметрами.

Істотно змінило своє місце розташування ще одна родина, Hydatellaceae, що довгі роки вважалося однією з найбільш еволюційно просунутих груп однодольних рослин. У 2006 році за результатами молекулярних досліджень родину було віднесене до ряду Nymphaeales, тобто виведено з групи monocots. Зовні представники родини не схожі на інших представників порядку Nymphaeales, проте листя Hydatellaceae нагадує перший лист проростка Nymphaeales. Крім того, дуже істотно, що усі представники ряду мають схожу будову зародкового мішка і насінної шкірки (спермодерми), для насіння характерний добре розвинений периспермій.

Ще одно нововведення Системи APG III в порівнянні з APG II і APG I — відмова від використання так званих «брекетованих» родин (тих родин, назви яких мали вигляд [+ …], що означало, що вони можуть розглядатися як самостійно, так і у складі тієї родини, до якої «прикріплені»).

У додатковий список таксонів, які не віднесені ні до яких формальних або неформальних груп, входять в новій Системі лише дві невеликі родини і три роди.

Кладограма
Нижче представлена кладограма пропонованої системи (усередині груп назви таксонів розташовані за абеткою):

Склад груп
Нижче для груп системи APG III приведені ряди, що входять до їх складу, і родини (у декількох випадках — окремі роди).

Позначення
 новий ряд — ряд, новий в порівнянні з системою класифікації APG II (2003);
 нова родина — родина, нове в порівнянні з системою класифікації APG II (2003);
 * — родина, яка в Системі APG III входить в інший в порівнянні з Системою APG II ряд (або входить в ряд, якого в Системі APG II не було

Angiosperms
 Amborellalesновий ряд
 Amborellaceae*
 Nymphaealesновий ряд
 Cabombaceae*
 Hydatellaceae*
 Nymphaeaceae*
 Austrobaileyales
 Austrobaileyaceae
 Schisandraceae
 Trimeniaceae
 Chloranthalesновий ряд
 Chloranthaceae*

Magnoliids
 Canellales
 Canellaceae
 Winteraceae
 Piperales
 Aristolochiaceae
 Hydnoraceae
 Lactoridaceae
 Piperaceae
 Saururaceae
 Laurales
 Atherospermataceae
 Calycanthaceae
 Gomortegaceae
 Hernandiaceae
 Lauraceae
 Monimiaceae
 Siparunaceae
 Magnoliales
 Annonaceae
 Degeneriaceae
 Eupomatiaceae
 Himantandraceae
 Magnoliaceae
 Myristicaceae

Монокоти
 Acorales
 Acoraceae
 Alismatales
 Alismataceae (включаючи Limnocharitaceae)
 Aponogetonaceae
 Araceae
 Butomaceae
 Cymodoceaceae
 Hydrocharitaceae
 Juncaginaceae
 Posidoniaceae
 Potamogetonaceae
 Ruppiaceae
 Scheuchzeriaceae
 Tofieldiaceae
 Zosteraceae
 Petrosavialesновий ряд
 Petrosaviaceae*
 Dioscoreales
 Burmanniaceae
 Dioscoreaceae
 Nartheciaceae
 Pandanales
 Cyclanthaceae
 Pandanaceae
 Stemonaceae
 Triuridaceae
 Velloziaceae
 Liliales
 Alstroemeriaceae (включаючи Luzuriagaceae)
 Campynemataceae
 Colchicaceae
 Corsiaceae
 Liliaceae
 Melanthiaceae
 Petermanniaceae
 Philesiaceae
 Rhipogonaceae
 Smilacaceae
 Asparagales
 Amaryllidaceae (включаючи Agapanthaceae, Alliaceae)
 Asparagaceae (включаючи Agavaceae, Aphyllanthaceae, Hesperocallidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Laxmanniaceae, Ruscaceae, Themidaceae)
 Asteliaceae
 Blandfordiaceae
 Boryaceae
 Doryanthaceae
 Hypoxidaceae
 Iridaceae
 Ixioliriaceae
 Lanariaceae
 Orchidaceae
 Tecophilaeaceae
 Xanthorrhoeaceae (включаючи Asphodelaceae, Hemerocallidaceae)
 Xeronemataceae

Commelinids
 Dasypogonaceae — родина не включена до будь-якого ряду
 Arecales
 Arecaceae
 Commelinales
 Commelinaceae
 Haemodoraceae
 Hanguanaceae
 Philydraceae
 Pontederiaceae
 Poales
 Anarthriaceae
 Bromeliaceae
 Centrolepidaceae
 Cyperaceae
 Ecdeiocoleaceae
 Eriocaulaceae
 Flagellariaceae
 Joinvilleaceae
 Juncaceae
 Mayacaceae
 Poaceae
 Rapateaceae
 Restionaceae
 Thurniaceae
 Typhaceae (включаючи Sparganiaceae)
 Xyridaceae
 Zingiberales
 Cannaceae
 Costaceae
 Heliconiaceae
 Lowiaceae
 Marantaceae
 Musaceae
 Strelitziaceae
 Zingiberaceae

можливо, сестринська група по відношенню до евдикотів
 Ceratophyllales
 Ceratophyllaceae

Евдикоти
 Ranunculales
 Berberidaceae
 Circaeasteraceae (включаючи Kingdoniaceae)
 Eupteleaceae
 Lardizabalaceae
 Menispermaceae
 Papaveraceae (включаючи Fumariaceae, Pteridophyllaceae)
 Ranunculaceae
 Sabiaceae — родина не включено в будь-які ряди
 Proteales
 Nelumbonaceae
 Platanaceae
 Proteaceae
 Trochodendralesновий ряд
 Trochodendraceae*
 Buxalesновий ряд
 Buxaceae*
 Haptanthaceaeновий ряд

core Евдикоти
 Gunnerales
 Gunneraceae
 Myrothamnaceae
 Dilleniaceae — родина не включена до будь-якого ряду
 Saxifragales
 Altingiaceae
 Aphanopetalaceae
 Cercidiphyllaceae
 Crassulaceae
 Daphniphyllaceae
 Grossulariaceae
 Haloragaceae
 Hamamelidaceae
 Iteaceae
 Pterostemonaceae
 Paeoniaceae
 Penthoraceae
 Peridiscaceae (включаючи Medusandraceae, Soyauxia)*
 Saxifragaceae
 Tetracarpaeaceae

Rosids
 Vitalesновий ряд
 Vitaceae

Eurosids I (Fabids)
 Zygophyllalesновий ряд
 Krameriaceae*
 Zygophyllaceae*
 Celastrales
 Celastraceae (включаючи Lepuropetalaceae, Parnassiaceae, Pottingeriaceae)
 Lepidobotryaceae
 Oxalidales
 Brunelliaceae
 Cephalotaceae
 Connaraceae
 Cunoniaceae
 Elaeocarpaceae
 Huaceae*
 Oxalidaceae
 Malpighiales
 Achariaceae
 Balanopaceae
 Bonnetiaceae
 Calophyllaceaeнова родина
 Caryocaraceae
 Centroplacaceae
 Chrysobalanaceae
 Clusiaceae
 Ctenolophonaceae
 Dichapetalaceae
 Elatinaceae
 Erythroxylaceae
 Euphorbiaceae
 Euphroniaceae
 Goupiaceae
 Humiriaceae
 Hypericaceae
 Irvingiaceae
 Ixonanthaceae
 Lacistemataceae
 Linaceae
 Lophopyxidaceae
 Malpighiaceae
 Ochnaceae (включаючи Medusagynaceae, Quiinaceae)
 Pandaceae
 Passifloraceae (включаючи Malesherbiaceae, Turneraceae)
 Phyllanthaceae
 Picrodendraceae
 Podostemaceae
 Putranjivaceae
 Rafflesiaceae*
 Rhizophoraceae
 Salicaceae
 Trigoniaceae
 Violaceae
 Cucurbitales
 Anisophylleaceae
 Begoniaceae
 Coriariaceae
 Corynocarpaceae
 Cucurbitaceae
 Datiscaceae
 Tetramelaceae
 Fabales
 Fabaceae
 Polygalaceae
 Quillajaceae
 Surianaceae
 Fagales
 Betulaceae
 Casuarinaceae
 Fagaceae
 Juglandaceae (включаючи Rhoipteleaceae)
 Myricaceae
 Nothofagaceae
 Ticodendraceae
 Rosales
 Barbeyaceae
 Cannabaceae
 Dirachmaceae
 Elaeagnaceae
 Moraceae
 Rhamnaceae
 Rosaceae
 Ulmaceae
 Urticaceae

Eurosids II (malvids)
 Geraniales
 Geraniaceae (включаючи Hypseocharitaceae)
 Melianthaceae (включаючи Francoaceae)
 Vivianiaceae (включаючи Ledocarpaceae)
 Myrtales
 Alzateaceae
 Combretaceae
 Crypteroniaceae
 Lythraceae
 Melastomataceae (включаючи Memecylaceae)
 Myrtaceae (включаючи Heteropyxidaceae, Psiloxylaceae)
 Onagraceae
 Penaeaceae (включаючи Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae
 Vochysiaceae
 Crossosomatales
 Aphloiaceae*
 Crossosomataceae
 Geissolomataceae*
 Guamatelaceaeнова родина
 Stachyuraceae
 Staphyleaceae
 Strasburgeriaceae (включаючи Ixerbaceae)*
 Picramnialesновий ряд
 Picramniaceae*
 Huertealesновий ряд
 Dipentodontaceaeнова родина
 Gerrardinaceaeнова родина
 Tapisciaceae*
 Brassicales
 Akaniaceae
 Bataceae
 Brassicaceae
 Capparaceaeнова родина
 Caricaceae
 Cleomaceaeнова родина
 Emblingiaceae
 Gyrostemonaceae
 Koeberliniaceae
 Limnanthaceae
 Moringaceae
 Pentadiplandraceae
 Resedaceae
 Salvadoraceae
 Setchellanthaceae
 Tovariaceae
 Tropaeolaceae
 Malvales
 Bixaceae (включаючи Cochlospermaceae, Diegodendraceae)
 Cistaceae
 Cytinaceaeнова родина
 Dipterocarpaceae
 Malvaceae
 Muntingiaceae
 Neuradaceae
 Sarcolaenaceae
 Sphaerosepalaceae
 Thymelaeaceae
 Sapindales
 Anacardiaceae
 Biebersteiniaceae
 Burseraceae
 Kirkiaceae
 Meliaceae
 Nitrariaceae (включаючи Peganaceae, Tetradiclidaceae)
 Rutaceae
 Sapindaceae
 Simaroubaceae
 Berberidopsidalesновий ряд
 Aextoxicaceae*
 Berberidopsidaceae*
 Santalales
 Balanophoraceae*
 Loranthaceae
 Misodendraceae
 Santalaceae
 Olacaceae
 Opiliaceae
 Schoepfiaceaeнова родина
 Caryophyllales
 Achatocarpaceae
 Aizoaceae
 Amaranthaceae
 Anacampserotaceaeнова родина
 Ancistrocladaceae
 Asteropeiaceae
 Barbeuiaceae
 Basellaceae
 Cactaceae
 Caryophyllaceae
 Didiereaceae
 Dioncophyllaceae
 Droseraceae
 Drosophyllaceae
 Frankeniaceae
 Gisekiaceae
 Halophytaceae
 Limeaceaeнова родина
 Lophiocarpaceaeнова родина
 Molluginaceae
 Montiaceae
 Nepenthaceae
 Nyctaginaceae
 Physenaceae
 Phytolaccaceae
 Plumbaginaceae
 Polygonaceae
 Portulacaceae
 Rhabdodendraceae
 Sarcobataceae
 Simmondsiaceae
 Stegnospermataceae
 Talinaceaeнова родина
 Tamaricaceae

Asterids
 Cornales
 Cornaceae (включаючи Nyssaceae)
 Curtisiaceae
 Grubbiaceae
 Hydrangeaceae
 Hydrostachyaceae
 Loasaceae
 Ericales
 Actinidiaceae
 Balsaminaceae
 Clethraceae
 Cyrillaceae
 Diapensiaceae
 Ebenaceae
 Ericaceae
 Fouquieriaceae
 Lecythidaceae
 Marcgraviaceae
 Mitrastemonaceaeнова родина
 Pentaphylacaceae (включаючи Ternstroemiaceae)
 Polemoniaceae
 Primulaceae (включаючи Maesaceae, Myrsinaceae, Theophrastaceae)
 Roridulaceae
 Sapotaceae
 Sarraceniaceae
 Sladeniaceae
 Styracaceae
 Symplocaceae
 Tetrameristaceae (включаючи Pellicieraceae)
 Theaceae

Asterids I (lamiids)
 Boraginaceae (включаючи Hoplestigmataceae) — родину не включено до будь-якого ряду
 Vahliaceae — родину не включено до будь-якого ряду
 Icacinaceae — родину не включено до будь-якого ряду
 Metteniusaceaeнова родина — родину не включено до будь-якого ряду
 Oncothecaceae — родину не включено до будь-якого ряду
 Garryales
 Eucommiaceae
 Garryaceae (включаючи Aucubaceae)
 Gentianales
 Apocynaceae
 Gelsemiaceae
 Gentianaceae
 Loganiaceae
 Rubiaceae
 Lamiales
 Acanthaceae
 Bignoniaceae
 Byblidaceae
 Calceolariaceae
 Carlemanniaceae
 Gesneriaceae
 Lamiaceae
 Linderniaceaeнова родина
 Lentibulariaceae
 Martyniaceae
 Oleaceae
 Orobanchaceae
 Paulowniaceae
 Pedaliaceae
 Phrymaceae
 Plantaginaceae
 Plocospermataceae
 Schlegeliaceae
 Scrophulariaceae
 Stilbaceae
 Tetrachondraceae
 Thomandersiaceaeнова родина
 Verbenaceae
 Solanales
 Convolvulaceae
 Hydroleaceae
 Montiniaceae
 Solanaceae
 Sphenocleaceae

Asterids II (campanulids)
 Aquifoliales
 Aquifoliaceae
 Cardiopteridaceae (включаючи Leptaulas)
 Helwingiaceae
 Phyllonomaceae
 Stemonuraceae
 Asterales
 Alseuosmiaceae
 Argophyllaceae
 Asteraceae
 Calyceraceae
 Campanulaceae (включаючи Lobeliaceae)
 Goodeniaceae
 Menyanthaceae
 Pentaphragmataceae
 Phellinaceae
 Rousseaceae
 Stylidiaceae (включаючи Donatiaceae)
 Escallonialesновий ряд
 Escalloniaceae*
 Brunialesновий ряд
 Bruniaceae*
 Columelliaceae (включаючи Desfontainiaceae)*
 Paracryphialesновий ряд
 Paracryphiaceae (включаючи Quintiniaceae)*
 Dipsacales
 Adoxaceae
 Caprifoliaceae (включаючи Diervillaceae, Dipsacaceae, Linnaeaceae, Morinaceae, Valerianaceae)
 Apiales
 Apiaceae
 Araliaceae
 Griseliniaceae
 Myodocarpaceae
 Pennantiaceae
 Pittosporaceae
 Torricelliaceae (включаючи Aralidiaceae, Melanophyllaceae)

Додатковий список
У додатковий список входять таксони, що не мають в Системі APG III певного місця.

З трьох родин і 15 окремих родів, що входять в аналогічний список Системи APG II, в цьому списку залишилося лише родина Apodanthaceae і рід Gumillea.
 Apodanthaceae
 Cynomoriaceaeнова родина
 Gumillea
 Petenaeaновий рід
 Nicobariodendronновий рід

Алфавітні списки

Список рядів
Список рядів Системи APG III в алфавітному порядку
Всього в списку — 59 рядів.

Список родин
Список родин (а також п'яти родів) Системи APG III в алфавітному порядку
Всього в списку — 477 пунктів, з яких 414, — родини, що входять в Систему (у тому числі дві родини з додаткового списку), 58 — родин, які входять до складу інших родин (виділені дрібним шрифтом), ще два пункти — роди Leptaulas і Soyauxia, особливо згадані в Системі як включені до складу родин Cardiopteridaceae і Peridiscaceae відповідно (також виділені дрібним шрифтом); ще три пункти — роди, що входять до складу додаткового списку (Gumillea, Nicobariodendron, Petenaea).

Загальна система класифікації наземних рослин
У тому ж номері журналу «Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society», в якому була опублікована Система класифікації APG III, вийшла стаття «A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III», автори якої, Марк Чейз і Джеймс Рівіл — одні з основних розробників системи APG III, — пропонують нову систему класифікації наземних рослин (Embryophyta), що знаходиться відповідно до система APG III. На їх думку, в усіх подібних попередніх класифікаціях були завищені ранги вищих таксономічних груп, у тому числі і квіткових рослин. Філогенетичні дослідження показують, що ранг таксона, що об'єднує усі наземні рослини, повинен відповідати вищому рангу окремих таксонів зелених водоростей. Якщо за ранг таких таксонів зелених водоростей прийняти клас, то усі наземні рослини мають бути об'єднані в єдиному класі, в цій статті цей клас визначений як Equisetopsida (згідно загальновизнаної класифікації це єдиний клас відділу Equisetophyta — Хвощеподібні). Відповідно, рангом шістнадцяти великих груп наземних рослин, у тому числі квіткових, має бути підклас (назва цього підкласу для квіткових — Magnoliidae). При такій системі великі групи, що входять в таксон Magnoliidae, можуть розглядатися як таксони в ранзі надрядів.

Див. також
 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
 Система APG
 Система APG II
 Система APG IV
 Біологічна класифікація

Примітки

Ресурси Інтернету
 The APG III paper: An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III
 The LAPG III paper: The Linear Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (LAPG) III: a linear sequence of the families in APG III
 The phylogenetic classification of land plants paper: A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III
 Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at the Missouri Botanical Garden website

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The city of Hamburg played a big part in Beatles history. The famous band made it big in Hamburg and spent their early days playing at a variety of clubs in Hamburg's St. Pauli neighborhood. In 2001 a radio program manager proposed the idea of having a square to honor the band's importance in Hamburg's history. Beatles Platz was finally finished in 2008.
The square has five metal silhouette statues to represent each musician who was at one point a member of the band: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, Ringo Starr, and Pete Best. The drummer statue represents both Ringo Starr and Pete Best, who was the drummer before Ringo. Visitors often stand in the life-sized silhouettes and pretend they are part of the band. The square is actually circular with a 95-foot diameter and was paved black to look like a vinyl record. There are also steel bands with the names of around 70 Beatles songs engraved on them.
Beatles-Platz is located at the intersection of Reeperbahn and Grosse Freiheit. To get there take the S1, S2, or S3 to the Reeperbahn station.
Address: Reeperbahn & Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg 20359, Germany
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Hamburg Reeperbahn Small-Group Walking Tour
Explore one of Hamburg's most celebrated and sordid districts when you go on a nighttime tour of the Reeperbahn. The city's infamous red-light district, and now also home to popular bars, clubs, and other nightlife destinations, the Reeperbahn comes alive after dark. Pick between two evening departure times and set off. You'll see the Beatles-Platz, Hans-Albers-Platz, the seedy Herbertstraße, and other famed local landmarks. As you go, learn about the characters who have frequented the area, and discover its unique history.
Hamburg Red Light District Introductory Walking Tour
Get an insider's history tour of Hamburg's raucous Red Light District. Spend 1.5 hours strolling through the area in the evening, listening to your guide's commentary on landmarks such as the St. Pauli Theater, Schmidt Tivoli, and Hans Albers Platz.
Hamburg St. Pauli and Red Light District Private Walking Tour
Explore the seedy side of vibrant Hamburg on this 2-hour St Pauli and red-light district walking tour. Follow a guide through the bustling streets of Hamburg's St Pauli district, where vibrant bars jostle for space among neon-lit sex shops. Head along Herbertstraße to the bar where the Beatles started their career. Discover top local attractions and hidden gems known only to the locals, and see a side of Hamburg many visitors miss. Along the way, admire fine views over the pretty waterfront and gain insight into Hamburg's colorful past.
Discover the Beatles' Past in Hamburg with a Local
This Experience is provided by a private local. Everyone knows that the Beatles were born in Liverpool, but fewer people know that Hamburg was the city where they started playing as a real band and achieved the necessary experience to become one of the most important symbols of music of all times. Join me and I will show you where the Beatles performed, lived and where their favorite place was to Hangout and have a beer. If you feel like it, we can grab a beer ourselves and feel like we are living in the Beatles era. If you are visiting Hamburg, you can't miss a "Beatles Day" with an enthusiastic music-lover local.
Pub and Club Party Night Tour in Hamburg
Discover Hamburg's nightlife scene on a walking tour to a selection of the city's clubs and pubs, starting at Beatles-Platz. If you're not sure how to spend a night in the city or where to go, let a guide make the decision for you. Please note, beverages are not included; you must purchase them at your own expense.
Photogenic Hamburg with a Local
This Experience is provided by a private Local. Come with me to discover the city of Hamburg through your camera lens! Join me on this short city walk for the unique opportunity to get to know the city from an insider's point of view and to take stunning pictures of it at the same time! Our walk will take us from the Reeperbahn to the Elbphilharmonie. While you use your camera to capture the beauty of Hamburg you will also get discover local spots and hidden gems that your typical tourist tour won't show you. Treat your curiosity by discovering an alternative side of Hamburg and all the unique beauty it has to offer! Don't forget to book the Experience at a suitable time to have the best light possible for the pictures! Of course you will also get to know everything about THE BEATLES that came and stayed for a bit in Hamburg!
The Instagrammable Places of Hamburg with a Local
This Experience is provided by a private Local. If you want to spice up your instagram feed and impress your friends with stunning shots from your travels, then you are in the right place! Let me show you the most beautiful and impressive spots in Hamburg and guide you with some useful tips to take good pictures from your phone or camera! Of course while strolling through the city and taking photos of the most unique places (like the Reeperbahn) you will also get to know more about Hamburg and learn about its secrets from a local's perspective. Join me on this adventure and give your insta feed an upgrade. Make sure you don't book this experience too late, as you don't want to miss the golden hour!
Hamburg Self-Guided Audio Tour
The city of Hamburg, Germany is a fascinating city in that it has had many times of war, disease, and destruction, yet has evolved into a place worthy of being called the "Gateway to the World." Tour this "never-ending city" and see the unique architecture of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and then go to Miniatur Wunderland to get a birds-eye view of a replica of Hamburg and many other cities. This tour will take you past important historical landmarks and icons such as Rickmer Rickmers and Mahnmal Sankt Nikolai. And finally, relax in Planten un Blomen before a stroll down in Mönckebergstraße shopping district. Your Tour. Your Way.
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In rund 100 Minuten geht's über die Reeperbahn und auf verschlungenen Pfaden in die Große Freiheit, vorbei an Stationen wie der Davidwache und der weltberühmten Herbertstraße, mit Zwischenstopps z. B. im »St. Pauli Museum« und einem »SM-Keller« (jeweils nach Verfügbarkeit)! Danach ist man bestens auf Alleingänge im Nachtleben St. Paulis vorbereitet und kann auf Wunsch und nach Herzenslust bei und mit Olivia Jones und »Familie« in einer von Olivias Lokalitäten auf der Großen Freiheit weiter feiern.
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Rep. Grayson Hails "Stealth Socialism" in America
Written by Jack Kenny
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) has been hailed as a "progressive hero" by Democracy for America, the political action committee founded by former Vermont Governor Howard Dean. Yet he has something in common with some of the Tea Party heroes on the Republican Right. Grayson (shown) and his conservative colleagues agree socialism is on the rise in America. The difference is Grayson welcomes it.
"Stealth socialism's been created," Grayson, a second-term congressman from Florida's Ninth District, said in an interview with salon.com on a range of political and economic issues. "We've had a government takeover of the bond market," he said in describing what has happened since the financial industry crisis of 2008. He continued,
Government simply ends up owning more and more and more. If government had taken over the steel industry, maybe it would have been more noticeable. They've taken over the financing of housing industry as well, with a desired result. The result is now, finally, particularly in areas that were hard-hit, like mine in Central Florida, housing is ticking up again. So the Fed did in essence create an economic baseline that has led to something along the lines of 50,000-100,000 jobs created a month, setting a foundation for recovery for the U.S. economy.
Grayson is far from alone in noting the socialist trends in federal economic policy. In February 2009, less than a month after the inauguration of Barack Obama, Newsweek magazine published a cover story with the title "We Are All Socialists Now." The article was about the new president's bailout and economic recovery plans, but noted "the U.S. government has already — under a conservative Republican administration — effectively nationalized the banking and mortgage industries." Even the late Marxist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela hailed the federal takeover of a number of U.S. financial institutions, taunting President George W. Bush with the jibe that Bush had become a bigger socialist than Chavez himself.
Grayson claimed, "The Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policy put us back on a low-level track toward growth. They showed that monetary policy in extremis can work to some degree."
Neither the Fed's "quantitative easing" manipulations of the money supply nor Obama's "economic stimulus" programs have created much of a success story in job creation, however. The anemic economic recovery that began officially in June 2009 was puttering along at an annual rate of about 1.7 percent during the second quarter of this year. The modest drop in the unemployment rate this August, from 7.4 to 7.3 percent was due largely to the fact that 312,000 dropped out of the labor force and had given up looking for work. The 63.2 percent of Americans participating in the labor force — meaning they either have or are looking for a job — is the lowest percentage since August 1978, according to Department of Labor statistics. Among the few who were finding work, more were finding part-time than were landing full-time jobs.
Grayson is promoting essentially more of the same, recommending that the government spend more on "things like senior services, pre-kindergarten, cleaning up national parks, things we need to be done that would benefit society, and put people on the payroll and pay them $10 an hour." He even boasts of his success in getting a substantial increase in funding for a bilingual housing counseling program administered by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. It resulted from his unique approach to bipartisanship, he explained to Salon reporter David Dayen, an approach free of what he describes as a common misperception among Washington politicians.
"It's to think that Republicans are going to vote for Democratic objectives, and vice-versa, because they like each other," he said. "This leads to things like the president golfing with John Boehner. It's this idea that if we play patty-cake, that will make everything better, and it's not the case. Liberals vote and conservatives vote for the most part on underlying principles." So how does Grayson work on those "underlying principles"? He offered his success with funding for the HUD program as an example.
I got a 50 percent increase for bilingual HUD housing counseling.... This matters a lot in my district, where 20 percent don't speak English, and another 20 percent are bilingual. And they need housing counseling; it's an area where housing values dropped 50 percent. So how did I get that? I said to Republicans explicitly ... "You claim you want to improve your image among Hispanics; put up or shut up. If you vote for this, it's not much money, and you show you have a minimal concern for Hispanics; and if you vote against it, you don't." And they rolled their eyes; they said Grayson doesn't understand; this would rob Peter to pay Paul. But when push came to shove, they accepted the amendment; they wouldn't allow a roll call vote on it. They didn't want to have their people vote against Spanish-language housing counseling. They didn't do it because I made pals with them. I scared the crap out of them!
That's one example of how well those underlying principles work. Economist and syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell has offered another. Sowell has been writing for years that increases in the minimum wage result in pricing many low-skilled workers, and especially young workers with little experience, out of the job market.
"What is surprising," he wrote in a recent column, "is that, despite an accumulation of evidence over the years of the devastating effects of minimum wage laws on black teenage unemployment rates, members of the Congressional Black Caucus continue to vote for such laws." He recalled once asking a member of that caucus why that is:
The answer I got was that members of the Black Caucus were part of a political coalition and, as such, they were expected to vote for things that other members of that coalition wanted, such as minimum wage laws, in order that other members of the coalition would vote for things that the Black Caucus wanted.
When I asked what could the black members of Congress possibly get in return for supporting minimum wage laws that would be worth sacrificing whole generations of young blacks to huge rates of unemployment, the discussion quickly ended. I may have been vehement when I asked that question.
Alas, poor Sowell. He just doesn't understand Washington's "underlying principles" the way Congressman Grayson does.
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Tough break today for corn and soybean futures as USDA confirms the age-old adage that "big crops get bigger". The Nov Supply & Demand report, released at 11 a.m. this morning, increased nation-wide corn yield 3.6 bu to 175.4 bu/acre (83.1 mln acres x 175.4 bu/acre = 14.5 bln bu, up 300 mln from last month). 175.4 bu/acre tops last year's record of 174.6 bu/acre. There's a lot of numbers floating around here – in my mind, the most important one is the carryout estimate. Last month, USDA estimated our corn carryout to be 2.340 bln bu. This month, that mushroomed to 2.487 bln bushels. To put this in perspective, that is about 1 bln bushels more than the 1.5 bln bushel C/O that makes the market "uncomfortable". In other words, we have a 1 bln bu. cushion before things get "uncomfortable" (that's the equivalent of 1,000 corn piles or 250,000 rail cars). It's tough to pull any bullish news out of today's report, but USDA did increase feed usage by 75 mln bu and exports by 75 mln bu., both signs of increased demand. Unfortunately for futures prices, the supply side of the equation is outpacing the demand side. Some in the trade have questioned why corn futures aren't down more than (currently) 5c. My response would be that Spec Money & Fund Managers are already very short corn futures. Had the speculative crowd been long, there'd be a lot more gasoline fueling this selloff (as fund managers would be selling much more heavily). Perhaps a silver lining is the fact that fund managers are short – it could be argued that a short-covering (buy back) rally is coming at some point. It's not a guarantee – but something to be cognizant of.
I wish the story were different for soybeans, but they are marching to the same drum beat as corn. Soybean yield was steady vs. last month, but the market expected a .2 bu drop. This left the entire soybean supply & demand balance sheet unchanged from last month. Carryout is estimated to be 425 mln bu, nearly 125 mln bu. more than last year – keeping the market comfortable with soybean supplies for the next 12 months. The variable soybeans have that corn doesn't is what the South American crop will be. Any weather hiccups or production issues in the south will change the landscape for soybeans very quickly. However, we all need to remember how big the crops in SAm were last year. Boats are still being sold out of Brazilian ports this month, proving that last year's SAm soybean crop has a very long tail to it. There are lots of moving pieces to our puzzle – and right now the bears are having their way.
It's easy to subscribe to the "too much grain, not enough demand" narrative this time of year. While the numbers are bearish, it's important to stay objective in our observations and realize a lot can happen in the coming months. Opportunities will present themselves. However, we may not see the prices we want – which means we must be prepared to execute when we get small wins. Ball games are won with singles & doubles, not home runs.
Stay low & keep your feet moving.