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Posted on 9th Feb 2018
It is human nature to constantly look for various ways to better one's life situation and emerging technologies & novel ideas enable you to do just that. Bitcoin was seen as one such revolutionary technology with immense potential by few at its nascent stage. It was fraught with risks and uncertainty but today Bitcoin has become the most valued cryptocurrency fetching returns beyond anyone's wildest imagination. Those who recognised the potential of Bitcoin early on have been able to reap the best returns. Let us cite the inspiring examples of few Bitcoin millionaires who dared to ride the early Bitcoin wave and are living it up today.
1. The Winklevoss twins:
The twins who were in the news owing to their feud with Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook belong to the Bitcoin millionaires club and were amongst the first people to invest in Bitcoin. As per New York Times the twins had invested around $11 million and claim to hold 1% of the total existing Bitcoins. Today they are amongst the richest in the Bitcoin club with a net worth of over USD 400 million.
2. Jered Kenna:
Bitcoin entrepreneur Jered Kenna is another person to hit the jackpot with the cryptocurrency. He started out with buying the first lot of Bitcoins at $0.2 per coin. With Bitcoin's soaring popularity and value Kenna sold them at $258 each. Though he hasn't openly declared his net worth it's conjectured to be around USD 30 million. However, trading in Bitcoin hasn't exactly been a cakewalk for Kenna. He lost a large sum of money when his account got hacked. Kenna had also lost 800 Bitcoins when his computer was erased in 2010.Since the reversal of transactions is impossible in Bitcoin he could not get his money back. Nevertheless, Kenna is an advocate of Bitcoins and recommends their use in his business too. Though he lost, Kenna's profits outweighed his losses and helped his business to thrive.
3. Roger Ver:
He is one of the initial investors of Bit Instant and his largest stakes involving millions of dollars are BitPay, Ripple and Blockchain. These three ventures skyrocketed his profits which catapulted him to the Bitcoin millionaires league. Today Roger Ver's estimated net worth exceeds USD 52 million. Ver is also referred to as 'Bitcoin Jesus' and works for Bitcoins. Currently, he is involved in various new Bitcoin's projects.
4. Erik Finman:
Erik Finman started investing in Bitcoin way back in 2011 when it was a mere $12 per token by borrowing $1000 from his grandmother. At that time, he was only 12 years of age. In 2013 the value of Bitcoin increased and Finman's investments were worth $100,000. Finman struck a deal with his parents that if he became a millionaire by 18 years of age he could consider giving college a miss. As he did exceptionally well with his investments, Finman quit school and set up an organization called Botangle, which provides peer-to-peer tutoring service via video chat. In 2015 he found a buyer for his company who offered him either $100,000 or 300 Bitcoins. Finman chose the latter and in 2017 at the age of 18 Finman went on to become a millionaire. Today Erik Finman owns over 403 bitcoins — worth more than $2 million.
5. Dee Heath:
Dee Heath started investing in Bitcoin only in 2017.A pole dancing instructor based in Sydney by profession Heath is now mulling over becoming a full-time investor. She is still carrying on with her pole dancing classes besides running a website which explains the benefits of cryptocurrencies to novices. Following her new-found passion for speculating & investing in Bitcoins and her stupendous success, Heath swears by Bitcoin's bright future and encourages other people to follow suit too.
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Spring 2021 Tentative Russian & Slavic Course Offering Descriptions
RUSS 3. Elementary Russian.
Continuation of Russian 2. Comprehensive introduction to Russian. Focus on developing basic communicative skills (speaking, listening comprehension, reading, writing) within the framework of contemporary Russian culture. Students acquire a basic grammatical framework for further language study. Audio, visual, and web-based materials included.
RUSS 6. Intermediate Russian.
Continuation of Russian 5. Focuses on developing fluency, expanding vocabulary, and acquiring basic reading and writing skills. Comprehensive review of basic Russian grammar; introduction to participles and verbal adverbs. Audio, video, and web-based materials are an integral part of the course.
SLAV 33. Russian Culture.
Katia McClain
Analyzes crucial trends and issues in Russian culture in their historical, social, and technological settings, from the rise of Moscow in the fifteenth century to post-Soviet Russia. All lectures and readings are in English.
RUSS 101F. Advanced Russian.
Larry McLellan
Continued development of oral and written fluency. Special attention to development of reading skills through a variety of texts related to Russian culture. Systematic review of advanced grammar. Compositions, translations, and oral presentations required. Periodic screenings of Russian films.
SLAV 123B. 19th Century Russian Literature II.
Arpi Movsesian
Introduction to Russian literary culture from 1850 to 1900. Readings by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Goncharov, Turgenev, Leskov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Chekhov. Taught in English.
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Sara Weld
Introduction to twentieth-century Russian poetry. The "silver age" and Russian modernism. Avantgarde poetry. Post-war trends in Russian poetry. Readings by Briusov, Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Esenin, Mayakovsky, Pasternak, Brodsky, and others. Readings in Russian.
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Margarita Delcheva
The Russian Avantgarde in its European context. The avantgarde and the revolution of 1917. Analysis of key figures and movements within the Russian Avantgarde. Taught in English.
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Introduction to some of the great directors in Russian cinema. Analysis of films and theoretical writings. Study of key theoretical concepts. Taught in English. E. Eisenshtein.
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How does the representation of the "enemy" during a conflict influence our attitudes toward that conflict? An examination of the images of the opponent in literature, film and journalism. special emphasis on Eastern Europe.
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Apple reportedly dropped iCloud encryption plans amid FBI pressure
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Instagram's 'huge booty' problem keeps getting worse
Spam accounts promoting porn are still invading people's comments.
Edgar Alvarez, @abcdedgar
08.06.19 in Internet
There isn't a day when I don't come across comments from bots on Instagram. They're all over the place. But there's nothing they love more than to spam high-profile pages with millions of followers. Whether it's LeBron James, Kim Kardashian, ESPN or Ariana Grande, their posts are often the target of comments such as "We gonna ignore the fact that I've GOT A HUGE BOOTY?" or "DON'T LOOK at my STORY, if you don't want to M A S T U R B A T E !" Behind these, are fake accounts featuring pictures and videos of naked and half-naked women, whose primary goal is to get people to sign up for shady porn sites. This has become a serious problem for Instagram, one that seems to be getting worse by the day and that the company needs to get a handle on, before it gets more out of control.
On April 21st, two days after we first reported on how these bots were invading Instagram, celebrity and social media influencer Chrissy Teigen tweeted about the issue to her more than 11 million followers. "Honestly Instagram needs to handle this shit," she said. It was a reply to a tweet from someone who had taken a screenshot of the comments section in one of Teigen's Instagram posts, which showed it being flooded by spam comments like the examples given above. "I don't know how you cope," the tweet to Teigen said, referencing comments including "don't look at my story, if you don't want to M A S T U R B A T E !" and "we gonna ignore the fact that i've GOT A HUGE BOOTY," which are two of the most common variations of this type of spam.
honestly Instagram needs to handle this shit. https://t.co/f2JJXly6hv
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) April 21, 2019
What makes these sketchy comments thrive is that they tend to garner hundreds or thousands of likes instantly, sending them to the top of the comments section on posts from celebrities and other popular accounts. Some of those likes come from bot networks, others from regular people who just happen to find them funny. Sean Spielberg, co-founder & CEO of Instascreener, an analytics agency that focuses on influencer marketing, says it is quite easy to write a script that continually pings an Instagram account and checks for new posts. "One of these [spam] networks could check LeBron's profile every second and, as soon as a new post goes up, add a comment immediately and have other accounts like [it] comment," he said. "The network could also continually leave multiple comments from multiple accounts to make sure theirs are the most recent."
It's unclear how many of these spam profiles are out there, but a recent report from Instascreener claims there are over 150 million fake accounts on Instagram. Facebook told Engadget it couldn't disclose specific numbers, but the company says that every day it blocks "millions" of attempts to create fake accounts during the sign-up process on Instagram. The Facebook-owned social network has over 1 billion monthly active users, so even if only one percent of those accounts were bots, that would still amount to ten million fake accounts.
To give you an idea of the extent to which Facebook has to combat bad actors on its family of apps, in May the company revealed it took down 2.19 billion fake accounts during the first quarter of 2019 alone. That's quite a staggering figure when you consider that Facebook has 2.4 billion monthly active users.
Comments from porn bots tend to garner thousands of likes instantly.
According to a report by Tenable, a cybersecurity research firm, many of these "porn bots" are coming up with new techniques to avoid being detected by Instagram's security systems. This may come as a surprise, but that includes using lines from Game of Thrones in their image captions -- which tricks Instagram's systems into thinking they're being written by a real person, not a bot. Facebook says the challenge with this is that it needs to ensure that the methods it puts in place to fight spam, as well as other inauthentic engagement, doesn't end up affecting real people. For instance, Facebook said, it's difficult to train technology to tell the difference between a Game of Thrones comment coming from a normal user like you and another from an account that might be fake.
But these porn bots aren't just using pop culture reference to try to make it harder for Instagram to distinguish between them and an authentic user: They're also leaving comments with weird spacing between letters and grammatical errors. The reason spammers might format their comments this way is because, in 2016, Instagram started letting people filter words out of post comments. So, while it may be easy for someone like Teigen to block the word "masturbation" from showing up in her posts, "M A S T U R B A T I O N!" may require a little more work on the user's part.
Facebook says it is fully aware of spam/porn bots on Instagram, noting that it is investing more in research to better understand how these bad actors are evading its systems. And, more importantly perhaps, the company says it is working to build tools to get rid of these bots more quickly and efficiently. "Nobody likes receiving spammy follows, likes and comments," a Facebook spokesperson said to Engadget. "It's really important to us that the interactions people have on Instagram are genuine, and we're working hard to keep the community free from spammy behavior. Bad actors continue to do everything they can to get around the measures we're putting in place, and it's our job to stay one step ahead."
Satnam Narang, the author of Tenable's report, says these porn bots are now so sophisticated that not only can they like your pictures or comment on them, but they can even slide into your direct messages. Regardless of how they try to interact with you, though, the intention is always the same: to peddle dubious dating and webcam sites for adults. "To its credit, Instagram has worked to try to thwart the efforts of the operators of these porn bot accounts," he said. "But, as you can imagine, it is a cat-and-mouse game."
Facebook told Engadget it is committed to figuring out the motives and tactics of these bad actors on Instagram, and that its abuse-fighting team is constantly updating its automated and manual systems to help detect any suspicious activity on the app. One of the ways it's doing that, Facebook said, is by using machine learning to examine thousands of attributes from accounts and focus on behavior that's difficult for spammers to fake, like their connection to real people on Instagram. In addition, the company says it is investing heavily in tackling inauthentic engagement, which makes it easier to spot when an account is using a third-party service to generate fake likes, comments and followers.
Given the massive scale of Instagram, this problem isn't going to be fixed overnight, however. And while Facebook is adamant that it is dedicating plenty of resources to combat spam/porn bots on Instagram, the company said something similar months ago and not much has changed. If anything, these comments are more prominent now than they were in April, when we first reported on them. Still, Facebook says it is investing in this area for the long term, and the hope is that one day soon you won't come across any of these accounts on the app.
Until then, don't be surprised when you check out a celebrity's post and keep seeing comments from random accounts telling you to stop ignoring their huge booty.
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Patient From Sacramento Dies Due To Doctors' Malpractice, Part 2 of 5
(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this wrongful death case and its proceedings.)
It is also worth noting that situations similar to those described in this medical malpractice case could just as easily occur at any of the healthcare facilities in the area, such as Kaiser Permanente, U.C. Davis Medical Center, Mercy, Sutter, or any skilled nursing facility.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Emergency Medical Service Report of April 18, 2006, noted that Plaintiff David Brown
("patient") was ticketed by police at the airport while on his way to Los Angeles. The paramedics arrived while Mr. Brown was in the custody of airport police and he was belligerent, uncooperative, and possibly intoxicated. It appears that Mr. Brown did not have a medical complaint. However, the police just wanted to check [the] patient before arrest. Therefore, Mr. Brown was taken to the emergency room at RMC. For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.
On April 18, 2006, while the patient was in the emergency room, he was noted to be combative, uncooperative, and abusive. He was first seen by the emergency room physician, Dr. Owen Hill at approximately 1900 hours. Dr. Hal Smith noted ethanol intoxication as an impression, but the patient was allowed to leave the emergency department pursuant to his request because he refused a physical examination.
After being in the emergency room for approximately one hour, the patient left against medical advice, but refused to sign the form indicating that he was leaving against medical advice. Dr. Smith noted that the patient was awake, alert, fully oriented and ambulatory at the time of discharge. Mr. Brown was not booked by the police and was transferred to his residence.
Shortly after being transported to his residence, plaintiff decided to drive to Los Angeles. En route, he was detained by the metropolitan police and transported to Universal Medical Center where he was apparently admitted and transfused five units of blood. Plaintiff also left this hospital against medical advice. (See Part 3 of 5.)
For more information you are welcome to contact Sacramento personal injury lawyer, Moseley Collins.


Did Casey Neistat just commit the ultimate YouTube sin?
Casey Neistat is YouTube royalty. On an average day, he racks up 1,000-2,000 new subscribers per hour.
Yet in the four hours that followed a recent post, new subscriber rates weren't leaping as high as they normally do. Why? It may well be because he talked politics, which has been previously referred to as committing 'YouTube suicide'.
In his upload, Casey came right out: He's voting for Hillary Clinton in the US Presidential election and he wants his followers to as well. This is not YouTuber etiquette and he knows it.
Of course Casey being, well... Casey, the subscription rates quickly picked up again and it was business as usual. But it did pose an interesting question - if you were a big name on YouTube would you risk your 'numbers' to do the same?
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It has not gone down well. Some commenters on his page are even speculating that he was paid to make the video.
Casey can usually be found reviewing the latest Nike Mags and documenting his workouts. But Neistat has used his platform before to make social change – like when he spent $25,000 given to him by a movie studio on helping typhoon victims in the Philippines. Still, he knows that bringing politics front and centre like this is problematic, but he believes that opposing Donald Trump transcends those concerns.
Perhaps the most controversial thing about Neistat's actions is the way he's calling out other prominent YouTubers to do the same.
"Sitting on the side-lines this time around is not okay," he tells them.
Some, like Mrs Wranglerstar, have made a fairly diplomatic response.
But her male counterpart has come back to tell Neistat and everyone else that he is firmly in the Trump camp.
Meanwhile, Bobby Mares is on board with the message and the way it's been implemented.
Gaming YouTuber Boogie2988 set out his reasons for not discussing politics on his channel.
Could smashing things up be the key to healing an angry world?


The officers of Kutaisi Police Division of MIA as a result of operative-investigative activities detained Beka G. (Dob 1972) on the fact of stealing, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Investigation established that detainee who was an employee of "Georgian Post" and worked in Kutaisi service center as cargo and parcels accountant stole gold ring which was sent by one of the parcel from Italy. Employees of service center informed the law enforcers about lost item. As a result of immediate operative-investigation activities and cooperation of employees of "Georgian Post" with Kutaisi police officers above mentioned person was detained in a few minutes after the crime took place.
Investigation also established that "Apple" tablet was lost from Kutaisi service center of "Georgian Post" two months ago and it was stolen by Beka G. Detainee mortgaged it in a pawn shop for certain amount of cash.
Investigation is in progress on the fact of stealing, article 117 I part of the criminal Code.


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The flip side of using carbon nanotubes for environmental pollutants removal
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Carbon nanomaterials have been studied as superior sorbents for their potential environmental applications to remove pollutants such as organic pollutants, metals, fluorides and radionuclides. Most of these studies focused on the adsorption process and few dealt with the interfacial interactions of organic contaminants with carbon nanomaterials in aqueous media. However, understanding their desorption behavior as well is critical to evaluating environmental and health impacts of carbon nanomaterials. New research looks at the high adsorption capacity and reversible adsorption of PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), many of which are suspected carcinogens, on CNTs. The findings imply the potential release of PAHs if PAH-adsorbed CNTs are inhaled by animals and humans, leading to a high environmental and public health risk.
It was suggested that the toxicity of carbon nanomaterials is not only from their own potentially harmful nature but also from the toxic substances sorbed by them. Therefore, knowledge of toxic compound adsorption by carbon nanomaterials is critical and useful for risk assessment of these nanomaterials. This knowledge is also important for understanding the effect of the nanomaterials on the fate and transport of toxic pollutants in the environment, similar to other carbon materials such as soot and charcoal.
Adsorption - desorption hysteresis is widely observed for the sorption of organic compounds by soils, sediments and charcoals. Such compounds include pesticides, chlorinated benzenes, and PAHs. Two types of hysteresis are often observed: reversible and irreversible hysteresis.
So far, the desorption of organic contaminants by carbon nanomaterials, addressed only by limited research, shows significant desorption hysteresis of naphthalene and 1,2-dichlorobenzene from fullerene (C60). However, the mechanisms of desorption hysteresis for fullerene are still unclear. Furthermore, desorption from carbon nanotubes has not been investigated as yet.
Dr. Baoshan Xing, professor in the Department of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, explained his recent research to Nanowerk: "The objectives of our study were (i) to test whether hysteresis occurs for PAHs desorption from carbon nanotubes in aqueous solutions, (ii) to compare the desorption similarities or differences between fullerene and carbon nanotubes because they have distinct geometries, and (iii) to examine the mechanisms of desorption hysteresis. Therefore, desorption of naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene by six carbon nanomaterials were investigated comparably. Fullerene, single-walled (SWCNT) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were chosen because of their definite nanostructures, different size and surface areas, and diverse physical and chemical properties. PAHs were selected because of their notable concentrations in the environment, toxicity, and persistence."
Schematic aggregation process of fullerene and carbon nanotubes: (A) carbon nanotubes and (B) fullerene. Interstitial spaces of carbon nanotubes include intra-aggregate space and inter-tube space (A). Aggregation of spherical fullerene results in closed interstitial spaces in small aggregates and between small aggregates (B), while cylindrical carbon nanotubes cannot form closed interstitial spaces in their aggregates due to their length (A). (Reprinted with permission from Elsevier)
As a result, Xing and his colleague Dr. Kun Yang observed irreversible PAH hysteresis for fullerene, but did not find any significant desorption hysteresis for carbon nanotubes. This difference was attributed to the materials' distinct geometries. For instance, some sorbed molecules will be blocked and entrapped in closed interstitial spaces between small fullerene aggregates, while for CNTs no closed interstitial spaces were formed in their aggregates due to their length, and no sorbed molecules are trapped. For both fullerenes and CNTs, the PAH adsorption on the external surface was reversible. The findings were published in a paper titled "Desorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from carbon nanomaterials in water" (Environmental Pollution online on June 13, 2006).
"High adsorption capacity and complete reversible adsorption of PAHs by CNTs imply the potential release of PAHs if PAH-adsorbed CNTs are inhaled by animals and humans, thus presenting high risk to the public health and environment" Xing concludes.


Steve McGinnis, D.L. Hutton and Lesy Smith with a 411⁄2-incher caught at Bloody Point on a chartreuse/white trolling bait.
Slim Pickens was a noted Hollywood western character actor of the 1980s. Unfortunately, his name defines the results of the opening day of trophy rockfish season in Maryland. Hundreds of boats, thousands of anglers, a beautiful, sunny day, light winds, calm seas. Very few fish.
The low catch surprised almost everyone, as most boaters reported that their fishfinders showed a more interesting scenario below. Lots of big stripers were swimming throughout the Chesapeake, with hardly any taking a bait.
Unusually cold water temperature, dirty water and a delayed spawn are the primary culprits in the opening-day disappointment. Cold water slows the rockfish metabolism and dulls their hunger. Dirty water makes them uncomfortable. Plus a lot of the fish are still moving toward their spawning sites and uninterested in anything else.
Hardly any of the fishless anglers I interviewed the first two days were unhappy, though. While united in disappointment, most were cheery and confident that luck would sooner or later turn their way.
On Sandy Point beach at mid-morning on the opener there were perhaps 60 or so anglers lined up behind their forest of surf sticks, almost shoulder to shoulder, fishless, but nary a frown among them.
During my last tour of Sandy Point at about 4pm, the mood was still optimistic with a few anglers still arriving, hoping for an evening bite. The overall numbers, however, were thinning.
Finally, at 5pm, I located a boat with a keeper. An 18-foot center console that had launched from Sandy Point that morning and trolled all the way down to Bloody Point and back had scored a very fat 411⁄2-inch fish, weighing 38-plus pounds. It was one of two hooked at the same time; the second was cut off when the two fish crossed lines. Steve McGinnis landed the beauty, while D.J. Hutton skippered and Lesy Smith provided backup as well as the story on the one that got away.
Again and again, anglers throughout the day were optimistic as the whole season lay ahead, with some already gearing up for the following day.
The vast majority I interviewed were trolling, which is the most effective method for finding trophy-sized fish. There were, however, a growing number of shore-bound sports, many with their families in tow to provide emotional support as well as some logistical assistance. A chilly day with a poor bite is more easily enjoyed with a just-grilled burger or hot dog.
Most of the land-locked crews were armed with nine- to 11-foot surf rods, 20- to 25-pound mono or braid to 40-pound test, long leaders and big bloodworms or chunks of fresh menhaden for bait, along with three- to five-ounce sinkers.
While I prefer to spend opening day interviewing the throngs of anglers rather than competing with them, I plan on being in action soon. If I'm not out chumming or jigging from my 17-foot skiff, I'll be ensconced in a lawn chair behind my own surf rod and soaking a chunk of bait off of one of our Chesapeake access points. It's all good on the Bay.
Opening day of trophy rockfish season was a non-event with keepers of 35 inches and up not responding to the thousands of baits being dragged or soaked throughout the Bay. Sunday was just as bad.
The situation should not be a surprise with our colder-than-normal spring. The overwhelming majority of anglers expect things to improve in the near future and improve greatly by the end of the month, and I agree.
If you don't like the slow start for rockfish, the white perch run is still on, pickerel fishing is hot, there are scads of hickory shad still in the rivers and the catfish bite is excellent.


Printing services. Digital printing services. Printing and distribution services. The London Borough of Hillingdon is seeking a single supplier for the printing of its residents' magazine, Hillingdon people.


This first part of the news will be a rant. This will be the only post I make in regards to the octuplets' mother since I feel that writing any more about her places me in the same category with the rest of the people calling attention to her. Which is exactly what this woman wants. What we should be doing is locking her up in a psychiatric unit ignoring this woman and placing her children in homes where they will receive proper treatment and the attention they need. When someone says they wanted to have a large family because of the loneliness of their childhood, they are disturbed what they really need is therapy not to reproduce.
Dr. Michael Kamrava who enabled her to have 8 children at once by implanting these embryos should be forced to support her and these children. Why should she get a free ride off us taxpayers? And everyone who lives in another state that is upset by Californians being pissed about this, can come trade places with my family and pay taxes to support the Suleman family. I want out of the People's Republic of California anyways.
It was her decision to get pregnant, since she cannot naturally, due to biological problems. This is not the case of some woman who accidentally got pregnant, this was planned and intentional.
If she was able to carry out her pregnancies I imagine she is not disabled to the extent that she cannot work (I would like to get an answer as to who in the hell at Metropolitan State Hospital signed off on her continuing to get disability from work, when she was off getting pregnant?).
And while Nadya Suleman feels that her getting food stamps and other government aid is not "welfare", despite what the second entry from the dictionary tells us, I at least feel that it is not in her children's welfare, first definition entry, that she have fourteen of them.
I could keep going but instead I am going to push my new article, Genetically Engineered Animals and Your Family's Diet, at ECP.


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Athens CVB News
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By Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau on Feb. 19, 2021
ATHENS NOW // CVB NEWSLETTER
Newsmakers // Opportunities // New Developments in Tourism
81% Making Travel Plans
Current temps still feel very much like winter, but according to Destination Analysts,
"it looks like Spring has arrived for Americans' travel sentiment. . . . Americans remain in a state of readiness for travel and openness to travel inspiration that is greater than any other period in the last 11 months. [For the week of Feb. 8], 81.2% of American travelers report they have at least tentative trip plans right now, and 60% have taken some action in the planning tasks for their next trip."
The CVB will be investing in paid campaigns for both spring and summer leisure travel to encourage target audiences in our drive market to consider Athens as they venture out again. We are also investing in ads and trade shows for group travel to get meetings, conventions, sports back on the books.
BUREAU UPDATES
The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau incorporated as Visit Athens, Inc., a 501c6 organization, effective January 1, 2021. We will continue to serve as the official CVB. All staff remains the same.
A 10-member board of directors represents Athens-Clarke County business, community, and hospitality. We are currently working with the Fanning Institute to establish board governance. The board will advocate for tourism in Athens and provide oversight to the CVB organization. In 2021, a 3-year strategic plan will be created with the support of an industry consultant to guide sales, marketing, and destination development strategies.
Questions? Contact CVB Director Katie Williams, kwilliams@VisitAthensGA.com.
Athens in the News
Athens represents Georgia in not one, but two current roundups of a great destination in each of the 50 states.
"The Best Staycation in All 50 States," TripSavvy.com
"50 Wonderful Reasons to Rediscover America," TheTelegraph.uk
Attn. Planners: BOOK NOW!
Just as individuals are longing for vacations, meeting & event professionals are anxiously waiting for group travel & events to resume. But . . . don't wait too long, or the remaining dates in 2021 and into 2022 -2023 may be gone.
BOOK YOUR DATES>>
HOSPITALITY NEWSMAKERS
The past year has been especially rough on restaurants, and we want to celebrate these noteworthy expansions.
Athens native and restauranteur Peter Dale is opening a second location of Maepole, near Georgia State University in Atlanta's Summerhill neighborhood.
Alumni Cookie Dough owners and UGA alumni Jennifer and Mike Dollander are branching out with their first franchise location in Marietta.
Atlanta favorite Flying Biscuit is opening its first Athens location, on Prince Ave. in Normaltown.
LOOK WHO'S COMING TO TOWN:
SEC Women's Swimming Championships: February 17-20 @ Gabrielsen Natatorium
Deep South Spirit Peach Classic: February 20 @ Classic Center
USTA Georgia Adult 40 & Over State Championship: June 4-7 (various tennis facilities in ACC)
NEW @ VISITATHENSGA.COM
Stay "In the Know" with new content:
Celebrate Black History Month in Athens, GA
7 Reasons to Visit Athens in 2021
Did you miss it? We hope not!
Celebrate Valentine's Day in Athens
Want to be included in upcoming content? Tell us about it! We cannot promote what we don't know about.
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New England Cottages House Plans - What is the process for designing a new home? What are the actions in competing a new home design? The answers to these questions change from job to job, but include some of the same components generally. The first rung on the ladder in contemplating a fresh home design is normally to interview and select a design firm. There are various choices and several different prices to pick from when selecting a design team to complete your brand-new home design. Ask about their experience, ask for references, ask if indeed they have designed homes similar from what you are looking for. Also, ask exactly what you will receive for the charges you pay.
After you interview and choose a design firm, the first rung on the ladder will be to lay out your site plan. This shows how your building or home will be situated on your lot/land. Then the designer will help you choose your floor-plan. The floor plan includes the locations of all the available rooms, garages, porches, patios and more along with dimensions and notes. Once your floor plans are complete, you will move to the elevations stage of the look. This is where an experienced design team will help you to decide precisely what you want your home or building to appear to be externally from all four sides. These elevations outline external material choices, such as brick, stone or stucco, architectural details, and generally showcase the surface features of the home. These pages will present whether the style is certainly French country, Mediterranean, traditional, Tuscan, Victorian, English or another architectural design.
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Wonderfactory's Pop-Up exhibition - AUNN Café, Shanghai.
Atmospheric Practical Effects
Fan-Artists
Just like we have been doing for the past years, Wonderfactory continues to push the boundaries of a few industries.
Announcing the start of Wonderfactory's Pop-Up exhibition at the super-popular AUNN Cafe & Bistro along Nanjing East Road, Jingan District, Shanghai, from 1 to 28 December 2019.
Featuring the classic and new works of multiple Wonderfactory Artists from around the world, we are making our images available for purchase by the trendiest consumers of these cities.
Featuring the selected works of Wonderfactory Artists Seno Haryo, Darryll Eric Jones , Isaac Renteria, Patrick Pchalek, Xiaomu Kuo, Aldo Farfán, Jay Dhiman, Kenny Foo and Marcus Lin, available for sale for a limited time.
This December, we take several more concrete steps towards making toy photography recognised as the emerging art form capturing the state of pop culture, as we become merchandised into several exciting stores in China; designer-products retailer HOW Store in central Beijing, contemporary high-street retailer DRUG! along chic-street Xinle Road, as well as a pop-up exhibition in the super-popular 'instagram-hot' AUNN Cafe & Co. along Nanjing West Road in central Shanghai, China.
See more pictures of the Café here.
Visit our activity and archival group www.facebook.com/groups/WonderfactoryHub to engage with the best in the community.
No other art form captures and mirrors the state of pop culture as accurately and creatively as toy photography, the fastest growing hobby in the age of social media.
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Tribute to The Carpenters featuring The British Carpenters
The Deco, East Midlands
Brought to you by renown producers, Entertainers. Home to shows including, The Magic of Motown, Fastlove and Lost in Music. Join us for the one very special night as we celebrate the music of the...
It's time to get over that rainbow and make the smallest of dreams come true with A Tribute to the Carpenters.
The original Carpenters tribute is back with a brand-new show for 2021/22!
Featuring Gordy Marshall's, The British Carpenters, starring the fantastic Sally Creedon as Karen Carpenter and with a fantastic cast made up of musicians straight from London's West End. Join us for one very special night, on top of the world, to create a dream come true, celebrating the legendary music of the Carpenters.
Bringing to life all the hits including, Close to you, Top of the world, Raining days and Mondays, Mr Postman, Goodbye to Love and many more and we recreate the sound track of our lives. Tribute to The Carpenters, touring the UK once again, tickets on sale now!
This is a tribute show and is no way affiliated with any original artists/estates/management companies or similar shows.
Promoter reserves the right to alter the programme.
Adult, Elderly, Youth
70s , 80s , Music , Rock & Pop , Tribute
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The Caro VFW, VFW Ladies Auxilary and Mark Britton will host a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 28 at 9:30 a.m. at Wells Township East Dayton Cemetery, at M-46 and S. Hurds Corner Road.
The Cass City Memorial Day Parade will commence on Monday, May 28 at 10 a.m.
Cass City VFW Post 3644, under the direction of Post Commander Joe Merchant, will hold a wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial next to the Municipal Building at 9:45 a.m. The Memorial Day Parade will commence promptly at 10 a.m. and proceed east to the cemetery, where the VFW Post will conduct a Memorial Day Tribute.
The Memorial Day service in the village of Fairgrove will be 11 a.m., Monday, May 28, at the Veterans' Memorial in Mulberry Park off of M-138.
The 73rd annual Grant Cemetery Memorial Service will be held Sunday, May 27 at 2 p.m. at the Grant Township Cemetary. The public is invited to attend.
American Legion Post 181 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10884 of Mayville will co-host Memorial Day services for the Mayville community Monday, May 28.
Services will begin with a parade featuring members of both the VFW and American Legion posts, other veterans and current members of the military, the Mayville High School marching band, scouts and other patriotic groups. All participants are asked to meet in the parking area between the Middle School and High School at 8:45 a.m. The parade will begin at 9 a.m., proceeding north on Fulton Street to Main Street, then west on Main to the Legion Hall.
Cemetery services will begin at the Fremont Township Cemetery at 9:30 a.m., followed by the Rich Township Cemetery at 10:10 a.m. and the Watertown Township Cemetery at 10:50 a.m. Pastor Sam Reece of Mills Memorial Baptist Church will be the speaker at Fremont cemetery; Pastor Carole Brown of Mayville United Methodist Church will speak at Rich cemetery; and Pastor Kay Leitelt of Fostoria United Methodist Church will be the speaker at the Watertown cemetery.
Legionnaires and VFW members are asked to meet at the Mayville Legion Hall at 8:30A a.m. on Monday, to prepare for the parade and services.
The Village of Millington will have a Memorial Day parade beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday. The parade will conclude at the cemetery where a service will be held.
The Memorial Day parade in the village of Sebewaing will be 9 a.m. Monday, May 28, at the fire department parking lot go down Center Street to Muellerwise Park.
The Memorial Day parade in the village of Unionville will be 10:30 p.m. Monday, May 28, at Kemp Park, which is at the intersection of M-25 and M-24.
The parade will start at Staley Street and go to Kemp Park.
Flag code on Memorial Day: fly flags at half staff before noon on Memorial Day and at full staff after noon. For further information, or for assistance in lowering/raising your flag, contact Vassar Eagles Veteran's Chairman Jim Work at (989) 871-9249.
The Vassar Veterans Military Support Group will host a Memorial Day service beginning at 11 a.m. on Monday at Riverside Cemetery in Vassar.
Don't see your Memorial Day ceremony listed? Send your information to joles@tcadvertiser.com by 5 p.m. Thursday to be published in our Saturday edition.


Just four short years ago, Amy Leventhal opened the doors to Studio Zenith on Main Street in Montpelier. Zenith is a boutique fitness studio specializing in strengthening, toning and conditioning classes, including the very popular Zumba. Amy's studio philosophy concentrates on how you feel, your level of health and how you feel in your body, not on your weight. Amy and her staff are dedicated to having her students find success at all levels through effective and unique workouts; each class is customized with the students in mind.
A few months ago, Leventhal felt ready to expand her brand by trying something new, and she opened a spinning studio in a second floor space on State Street. The spinning studio was an instant hit, and quickly Leventhal began to need more space and capacity for music.
So after looking at a few locations to move the spinning studio, she has big plans for Main Street that, in part, include her current location at 50 Main Street next to Bailey Road.
First, Leventhal has acquired a second Main Street space at 54 Main Street next to Pho Thai Express where she plans to relocate her current dance and fitness classes after she completes a large remodel to this new space. The space is blank at the moment, but Amy's vision is to have a similar look and feel to the clean and modern lines of her current studio. The new space at 54 Main Street is 500 square feet larger than the current space with higher ceilings, and it will include a modular wall to accommodate small and medium classes. The brand new, sleek studio will officially open on Monday, August 1 and regulars and newcomers alike will enjoy amazing opening week specials on class cards.
The current studio at 50 Main Street will transform into a larger spinning studio with six more top-of-the-line bikes for a total of 15. The new space will allow for the introduction of spin/sculpt classes that include 40 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes of abs and arm work. Leventhal says she will keep the total number of spinning® bikes at 15 so that the classes can stay small and individualized. The new spinning studio will open on Saturday, July 2, kicked off with opening week sales and deals from July 2 to 9.
Amy's expansion vision stays true to her brand of a small, unique and personalized fitness experience. Between both Main Street studios, Studio Zenith will have 18 instructors, including three personal trainers; all are "vibrant, loving and professional," says Leventhal. In an effort to accommodate regular customers during the transition while 54 Main Street is being built, they plan to move the bikes out of the way and have a 2 p.m. Strengthen, Tone, Condition Class (Bootcamp Style) Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
What else is new this summer at Zenith? Inside you will find a small retail section that will have a selection of Zenith tank tops, sweatshirts and other items. Out in front of the studio at 54 Main Street, there will small bistro chairs and tables for enjoying an organic mobile juice cart run by Charlotte Root.
Stay tuned to www.studiozenithvt.com for updates, announcements and the new fitness and spinning schedule coming very soon.


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Gallagher welcomes the opportunity to discuss captive insurance companies with you, including details on formation and risk sharing. Through the NAW partnership, wholesaler-distributors will receive a 15% discount on captive feasibility study fees.
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IV CALL for PAPERS - XVII, III AEIS, II CEEI Symposium of Irish Studies
The Organizing Committee has launched the fourth newsletter on the Symposium of Irish Studies. Please read it here.
III Call for papers - XVII ABEI, III AEIS, II CEI-USAL Symposium of Irish Studies - Buenos Aires
"Commemoration or Celebration? The Irish Revival One Century Later"
Date: 29, 30 September 2022
Venue: USAL Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The year of 2022 is an important one for Irish Studies in South America, as it commemorates
the centenary of the Irish Free State, established in December 1922, after the three years, which lasted
the Irish War of Independence. At the same time, the year of 2022 is one of changes as the world
emerges from a lockdown facing the COVID-19 pandemic as a common threat. Similar to wars, in A
Cruel Pedagogia Do Vírus /The Cruel Pedagogy of the Virus (2020), Boaventura Sousa Santos
explains that "the pandemic is an allegory. The literal meaning of the coronavirus pandemic is the
widespread chaotic fear and the death without borders caused by an invisible enemy". This collective
contemporary trauma has also brought to light issues such as social inequality, gender relations, as well
as issues concerning race and access to education and basic needs of the world population. However,
in terms of the arts, 2022 is the year of the centenary of artistic and literary movements such as that
of the Irish Revival as well as of European and Latin American modernisms. Thus, the ABEI
XVII/AEIS III Symposium of Irish Studies in South America is an invitation to contemplate the ways
in which conflict and crises, such as wars and pandemics have shaped nations. At the same time, it is
an opportunity to rethink the emergence of literature and other expressions of arts, which bring to the
contemporary world a message of hope working through these traumas.
The 2022 Academic Committee encourages delegates to present papers and/or posters about the
following topics:
- Construction of a nation through its narratives;
- Historical links between the Americas and Ireland;
- The Literature of revolutions and independence;
- Travel narratives, diaries, letters, photographs and other means/ways of narrating
the nation/s;
- Political and cultural relations between Ireland and nineteenth-century Latin American countries;
- Irish and Latin American historical fiction;
- Folklore and ethno-music;
- Mass media in the contemporary world;
- Representation in theatre and other arts;
- Translation: cultural and literary translations;
- Irish migration studies;
- Gender, Race and ethnicity;
- Memory studies.
Denis Rafter (Irish actor and director, Spain)
Aurora Piñeiro (UNAM, Mexico)
Cristina Elgue, (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina)
Gabriela McEvoy (Lebanon Valley College, U.S.A.)
Maria Teresa Caneda-Cabrera (University of Vigo, Spain) AEDEI
Charlie O´Brien (Irish musician and film director, Ireland)
Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Donal Ryan (Irish writer)
Guidelines for abstract submission
 Abstracts should include a title, and should not exceed 200 words followed by 3-5 keywords.
 Abstracts should be submitted as a Word Document, Times New Roman, 12 pts.
 Abstracts can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
 Include a brief biographical note of up to 50 words, including academic title and affiliation.
Abstracts should be sent via https://www.even3.com.br/symposium2022_abei_aeis_ceei/ or emailed
to: symposiumabeiaeis@gmail.com.
The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 20 August 2022.
Guidelines for presenters of papers
Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present the paper (approximately 8 A4 pages, Font Times
New Roman 12, spacing: 1.5. The paper can be read or delivered as speech. In any case, check that
the presentation does not take more than the allotted time.
The Symposium will mainly be an in-person event. However, for those presenters of papers who
might not be able to attend it we will organize an online panel session depending on the number of
online presentations´ requests received. Please if this is your case, submit your abstract, biodata
and make it clear you need to present online. The Organizing Committee will eventually
confirm your participation and send specifications for the transmission.
Participants should register through the association of their own country (ABEI or AEIS). All the other
participants either in-person or online must pay Argentine fees.
ABEI/ESP Grant for the XVII Symposium of Irish studies in Buenos Aires
We are happy to announce a Grant for a PhD student to attend the ABEI-AEIS CEEI Symposium 2022: "Commemoration or Celebration? The Irish Revival One Century Later", which will take place from 29-30 September, at USAL, Buenos AIres, Argentina.
For more information, please refer to the call with the registration form here.
To know more about the event, please follow this link: https://www.even3.com.br/symposium2022_abei_aeis_ceei/
XVII Symposium of Irish studies in South America
USAL Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina
29, 30 September 2022
Deadline: 31 July 2022
XVI Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
The Irish Independence: A hundred years of perspectives and the effects of new policies.
Papers can be submitted until 6 September.
For more information, click here.
XV SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
"Virtual Encounters in Irish Studies"
21 to 25 September
Inscriptions for audits with certificate are open until 21 September. Learn more here.
Check the Book of Abstracts here
Check the Panel Sessions Programme here
XV ABEI and III AEIS Symposium of Irish Studies in South America: CFP POSTPONED
As we are aware of the crisis resulting from the advance of the new Corona Virus (Covid-19) in Brazil and worldwide, we are sorry to announce that the Call for Papers to the XV ABEI and III AEIS Symposium of Irish Studies in South America, which was set to be held on 7-8 of September in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been postponed.
In due course, news will be communicated via website and email.
Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI) and Asociación de Estudios Irlandeses del Sur (AEIS).
XIV Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
XIV Symposium of Irish Studies in South America: "The State of the Art: Local and Global Contexts in Dialogue"
Date: 14, 15 and 16 August 2019
Venue: University of São Paulo
Auditório Milton Santos
Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 338 - Cidade Universitária
Accomodation options in São Paulo
Check the symposium hostsite and the photographs
Check the official programme
Check the panel sessions
Check the abstracts
Deadline for abstract submission: the deadline has been extended to 15 July 2019.
Check the call for papers
To register for the symposium, please choose one of the rates below:
Delegates presenting papers R$250,00 M.A. and PhD Students R$200,00 Undergraduates presenting posters R$170,00 Attendants with certificate R$50,00
XIII Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
"Cultural dialogues between Chile and Ireland"
22 and 23 August 2018
Venue: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Campus San Joaquín) and Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (USACH)
XII Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
SPeCTReSS - Social Performances of Cultural Trauma and the Rebuilding of Solid Sovereignties &
22-25 August 2017
"Rethinking Cultural Trauma from Transnational Perspectives"
XI Symposium of Irish Studies in South America
XI SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
"Ireland at the Crossroads of History"
22, 23 and 24 August 2016
Venue: Letras Building - Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 403
Cidade Universitária, Butantã
University of São Paulo
X SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
"Transnational Irelands"
August 19, 20 and 21, 2015
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
ix SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
IX SIMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Turn of the Century Irelands
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Venue: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
Rua São Clemente, 134- Botafogo. Rio de Janeiro
viii SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
VIII SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA &
IV CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR IRISH LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES (SILAS)
The Art of Movement and Transformation:
Ireland and the Americas Looking Forward
13 to 15 August, 2013
Venue: Universidad Nacional de La Pampa - Argentina
VII SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Representations of Women in Irish Culture
Venue: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - Natal - RN
vi symposium of irish studies in south america
Striving for Reality in Contemporary Ireland
V SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
V SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Ireland on the Screen, Stage and Page
30, 31 August and 01 September 2010
Venue: Federal University of Paraná – Curitiba – BRAZIL
Rua General Carneiro, 460 - Ed. Dom Pedro I - Reitoria
iv SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Perceptions of Contemporary Ireland
9-11 September, 2009
Venue: Goethe Institute - Buenos Aires
iii THE THIRD SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
III SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA
Widening Fields of Research
Venue: Federal University of Bahia


This past summer, I had the amazing opportunity to travel Italy with my school's Global Perspective program for 18 days jam-packed with adventures, breathtaking sights, and more art than I could ever comprehend. During our travels, our trip leaders encouraged us to sketch the art and sights we saw along the way. Instead of just snapping a bad photo on my iPhone, I spent time sketching and illustrating memories and sights which has given me lasting memories and a personal souvenirs from my amazing trip.
One of my favorite thing I did during downtime was sketching some of my travel companions!


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British expat is selling fresh mountain air from Switzerland - for a breathtaking £200 a bottle
IT consultant John Green, who has lived in Basel for 20 years, captures the air in a "secret" location high up in the pristine Swiss Alps and is planning to ship bottles to polluted cities around the world
British man sells fresh mountain air from Switzerland for £200 a bottle
Chris kitching
Mark Waghorn
Updated 10:45, 1 Mar 2017
An enterprising British expat is hoping to cash in by selling jars of fresh mountain air - for £200 a bottle.
John Green, 64, captures the air high up in the pristine Swiss Alps and is planning to ship bottles to buyers who live in smog-filled cities around the world.
John, an IT consultant originally from London, said the air is from a "secret" location at an altitude of 10,000ft, and is the "ultimate present for the man or woman that has everything".
It may seem like a silly idea but there is a demand for bottled "fresh air" in polluted countries such as China, where the wealthy spend thousands of pounds for just a few seconds of relief.
The bottles range in price from £78 to £200 each (
SWNS)
John, who lives in Basel, insists that the sealed bottles contain "genuine mountain air" from an Alpine country that has the "best air in the world".
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He said: "I actually go 3,000 metres (10,000ft) up to fetch it. I don't go into a car park to get it, honest.
"I have lived here for 20 years, and the Swiss don't know what they've got. The air really is something special.
John Green has lived in Switzerland for 20 years (
"When I go up the mountains I really do feel better, I am not imagining it. I seriously feel almost reborn."
The air from the Zermatt region comes in three sizes - £200 for a jeroboam (three litres), £135 for a magnum (one litre) and £78 for a pint.
John moved from Tunbridge Wells to Basel 20 years ago, mainly because of the skiing and the healthy lifestyle.
He said: "I haven't sold any of the air yet as the company was only launched at the weekend, but the Swiss and German media has gone mad about it.
John bottles the air near Zermatt (
Mirrorpix)
"A lot of them think I am nuts, but in a nice sort of way."
The air comes with a signed certificate of authenticity and the GPS coordinates of exactly where it was collected.
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On a promotional video on the website, he says: "If you're sitting in some polluted town, which you probably are, gasping with diesel fumes, we're at 3,000 metres, and we've just got new supplies of mountain air...so get yours."
By feeding the GPS coordinates into Google maps the buyer can view the exact location.
John said: "Only purchasers will know where their jar of air was collected. We keep the extraction location a secret to protect supplies.
"All I can say is it is collected near a babbling mountain stream, fed by melt water from a famous glacier, near a very famous mountain."
Every bottle comes with a certificate of authenticity (
He recommends chilling the air in the freezer for full effect before flicking the latch open.
John, who also runs a wellness advice website, said: "There's a quick 'pfsst' and you can take a breath of genuine mountain air from Switzerland.
"But you don't have to open it. You can just keep it as a collectors item or to remind you of the good life and open at a later date or celebration."
His website states: "You have had high calorie Swiss cheese, you've surely had high calorie Swiss chocloate [sic], now experience zero calorie Swiss air!"
John has promised to donate 25 per cent of the proceeds from sales to the World Vision Clean Water Initiative in Africa.
His girlfriend Sabina, 46, is a supporter and got him interested.
He said: "She thinks the idea is hilarious. The air makes a fun gift for birthdays
and you know and you know your money is going to a good cause.
"If sales take off I will send even more. I just really want to cover my costs.
"Hopefully with the interest across Europe things are looking up."
He added: "Of course, people won't feel better by opening the jar and sniffing it, but it is an attractive bottle and a nice thing to have, and will make you feel better about yourself.
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