A marine algal species belonging to Gigartinales was collected from Geoje, Korea. This shares the generic features of Ahnfeltiopsis, such as multiaxial thalli with a compact and pseudoparenchymatous medulla, densely cytoplasmic secondary medullary cells around immersed cystocarps with a carpostome, and is distinct from similar species within the genus by a combined feature of small (up to 4 cm tall) and tuft thalli, compressed to subcompressed branches except for ultimate branchlets and base of main axes, cartilaginous in texture, dichotomous branches, rarely produced proliferations, absence of hypha-like filament in the medulla and internal cystocarps with a carpostome. In phylogenetic tree based on rbcL sequence, the Korean species nests in the same clade with Ahnfeltiopsis linearis. The genetic distance between both sequences within the clade was 1.5%, considered to be within the intra-species range for the genus. This morphological and molecular evidence confirms the Korean alga to be identified as A. linearis originally described from California. This is the first record of A. linearis in Korea.
Introduced species are a major problem throughout the world`s oceans because of disturbance of ecosystem and the resulting significant economic losses (Carlton 1996, 2000; Maggs and Stegenga 1999; Occhipinti-Ambrogi and Sheppard 2007). Unlike this, the importance of native species has recently been emphasized as industrial resources with the Convention on Biological Diversity. Therefore, this kind of study of flora and fauna has been carried out extensively in Korea.
Major historical collections and floristic studies on Korean marine algae were started in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and were published by Kang (1966). At that time, a total of 414 species of marine algae was listed in Korea. Since Kang (1966), many species have been added to the Korean marine algal flora (Lee and Kang 1986, 2002; Kim et al. 2013). In the past, these resulted mainly in floristic, phenological and ecological surveys based on morphology (Lee and Kang 1986, 2002). However, recently many researches have adopted molecular analysis (Lee et al. 2014; An and Nam 2015; Bustamante et al. 2015; Calderon et al. 2016). This has increased our understanding of Korean marine algae including cryptic species. Therefore, approximately 900 species are currently recorded in Korea (Kim et al. 2013).
During a survey of marine algal flora, a red algal species belonging to Gigartinales was collected from Geoje, located on the southern coast of Korea. This species was identified based on morphological and molecular analyses, and is newly recorded in Korea herein.
Samples for the present study were collected from Geoje, Korea. All specimens were preserved in a 5-10% formalin- seawater solution, and pressed on herbarium sheets. A por tion of the material was dried and preserved in silica gel for molecular analysis. Sections of the thallus were mounted in 20% corn syrup for permanent preparation.
Total genomic DNA was extracted from the sample preserved in silica gel using the DNeasy Plant Mini Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Before extraction, dried material was crushed with liquid nitrogen using a mortar and pestle. Concentrations of extracted DNA were assessed using gel electrophoresis on a 1% agarose gel. Extracted DNA was used for amplification of the rbcL regions using published primers. PCR amplifications were performed in a TaKaRa PCR Thermal Cycler Dice with an initial denaturation step at 94°C for 5 min followed by 35 cycles at 94°C for 1 min, 56°C for 1 min, and 72°C for 2 min and a final extension at 72°C for 7 min. The reaction volume was 20 μL, consisting of 20 ng of genomic DNA, 2 μL of 10×PCR buffer, 2 μL of 200 μM dNTP, 1 μL of each forward and reverse primer, and 0.5 units of Taq polymerase (Takara Korea, Korea). Amplifications were examined using gel electrophoresis in a 1% agarose gel and amplified ITS region products were purified using a QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). The PCR products were moved to Macrogen Sequencing Service for sequencing (Macrogen, Seoul, Korea). The PCR primers were also used for sequencing. It is as follows: rbcL (forward: 5ʹ GGAGGATTAGGGTCCGATTCC 3ʹ, reverse: 5ʹ CTTCCGTCAATTCCTTTAAG 3ʹ) (Lin et al. 2001).
Sequences for the rbcL region were aligned using BioEdit (Hall 1999). Phylogenetic analyses were performed using the maximum-likelihood (ML) method. Bootstrap values were calculated with 1,000 replications. RbcL sequences of other species were obtained from GenBank. Ahnfeltia plicata and was used as an outgroup.
Ahnfeltiopsis linearis (C. Agardh) P.C. Silva & DeCew 1992: 578.
Type locality: Trinidad, Humboldt Co., California (Silva 1979).
Korean name: Sil-bu-chaet-sal nom. nov. (신칭: 실부챗 살).
Specimens examined: NIBRRD0000001653, PKNU0000 134850, PKNU0000134852 (Nambu, Geoje: 08.v.2015).
Morphology: Thalli 2-4 cm high, dense tuft, compressed to subcompressed but subterete to terete in ultimate branchlets and at base of main branch, fan-shaped, brown to yellow in color, cartilaginous in texture, attached to substratum by discoid holdfast (Fig. 1A-C); erect axes multiaxial, issuing dichotomous or subdichotomous branches in same plane; branches with rounded or blunt apex, 1-3 mm wide, 100-200 μm thick; proliferations rare, arranged pinnately to irregularly; cortex consisted with small, round to elongate and pigmented cells, three to six cell layers thick, 2-4×3- 6 μm (Fig. 1D); medulla pseudoparenchymatous, compact, consisting of round to ellipsoidal cells with size of 20-40× 30-60 μm in transverse section of branches, without hyphalike filaments, 100-200×60-90 μm (Fig. 1D); nonprocarp with 3-celled carpogonial branch (Fig. 1E); auxiliary cell produced prior to fertilization; carposporophytes producing masses of carposporangia with 200-300×300-400 μm in size; cystocarps formed at middle portion of branches, internally immersed in medulla, surrounded by some layers of densely cytoplasmic secondary medullary cells, with a carpostome, 10-20×60-70 μm (Fig. 1F). Male and tetrasporangial plants were not collected during the present study.
Ahnfeltiopsis, which involves 33 species distributed from temperate to tropical waters (Dawson 1954; Masuda 1993; Silva et al. 1996; Guiry and Guiry 2017) was erected based on internal cystocarps and a heteromorphic life history with upright unisexual gametophytes and a crustose tetrasporophyte (Silva and DeCew 1992; Masuda 1993). However, it was recently redefined by some combined features of female structure, such as cystocarp compactly immersed within the medulla, lateral arrangement of carposporangia connected to medullary cells, presence of heterokaryotic medullary cells, and secondary medullary cells around cystocarps and carpostome (Calderon and Boo 2016). In our specimens, densely cytoplasmic medullary cells, which are considered to be formed secondary, are found around cystocarp (Fig. 1F). The carpostome-like specialized pores are also observed in the internal cystocarps (Fig. 1F). Even though other female features adopted by Calderon and Boo (2016) are not confirmed, our Korean alga can be referred to Ahnfeltiopsis based on this observation. This is also sup ported by molecular analysis (Fig. 2). Ahnfeltiopsis linearis is the type of genus, and was originally described from California (Silva 1979). According to Abbott and Hollenberg (1976), this species appears to be distinct from other Californian species within the genus by having tuft thalli with many erect axes, relatively large size (up to 10-18 cm tall), ultimate branches not complanate and light tan to brownish purple in color. The Korean alga shares these features with the exception of a relatively small thallus size and the color, and is distinguished from the similar Korean A. flabelliformis (Kang 1966, 1968; Lee and Kang 1986, 2002; Boo and Ko 2012; Kim et al. 2013), by the features of proliferation and cystocarps. It rarely has proliferations and internal cystocarps with a carpostome, while in A. flabelliformis prolifer- ations are often found along the axis margin and cystocarps with multiple carpostomes are somewhat protuberant (Kang 1968; Masuda 1987; Abbott 1999; Lee 2008; Boo and Ko 2012).
In a phylogenetic tree based on rbcL sequence data (Fig. 2), the Korean alga nests in the same clade with A. linearis. The genetic distance between both sequences within the clade was calculated as 1.5%, considered to be within the intra-species range for the genus. In general, the value of interspecific divergence in the Gigartinaceae and Peyssonneliaceae within the Gigartinales varies from 2.8% to 16.5% (Hommersand et al. 1994; Kato et al. 2009).
This morphological and molecular evidence confirms that the Korean gigartinalean alga is identified as Ahnfeltiopsis linearis originally described from California, U.S.A. This is the first record of the species in Korea.
This work was supported by a Research Grant of Pukyong National University (2017).
Ahnfeltiopsis linearis. (A) Habit of the herbarium specimen (PKNU0000134852). (B) Details of the branches with cystocarps (red dots). (C) Transverse section of the subterete ultimate branchlet. (D) Cortex and medulla in a transverse section of the branches. (E) Three-cell carpogonial branch (sc, supporting cell; bc, basal cell; hy, hypogynous cell; cp, carpogonium). (F) Fully developed cystocarp with a carpostome (arrow).
Phylogenetic tree of the Ahnfeltiopsis species that is based on the rbcL sequences and was created using the maximum-likelihood method. The bootstrapped proportion values (1,000 replicate samples) are shown as branches. The scale bar indicates 0.02 substitutions/ site.


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Die Straßenreinigung oder Verkehrsflächenreinigung dient der Sauberhaltung und Gewährleistung der Befahrbarkeit sowie Begehbarkeit des Verkehrswegenetzes von Städten und Kommunen.

Die traditionelle Reinigung durch Straßenfeger ohne Fahrzeug, nur mit Kehrschaufel, Besen und rollbarer Mülltonne, ist kaum noch anzutreffen; vielmehr werden meist Kehrmaschinen oder auch (Klein-)Lastwagen eingesetzt. In Großstädten mit Gesamtwegelängen von über 1000 km müssen immerhin pro Jahr etliche Tausend Tonnen Kehricht beseitigt werden.

Neben dem allgegenwärtigen Staub (z. B. durch Rußablagerung und Reifenabrieb, aber auch durch Gesteinsstaub, Blütenstaub, Faserstaub, Hautschuppen, Pilzsporen und sonstiger Abrieb) fallen vor allem alle Arten von unsachgemäß entsorgtem Hausmüll an. Daneben stellen der Laubfall, Schnee und der Rollsplitt nach Wintereinsätzen und schließlich auch Hundekot und Ölverschmutzungen die größten Probleme der Wegeverschmutzung dar. Des Weiteren muss gewährleistet werden, dass kein unkontrollierter Pflanzenwuchs die Fahrbahndecke schädigt.

Straßen werden oft je nach Verkehrsaufkommen, Art der Straße, der Bebauung und der Verschmutzung in Reinigungsklassen eingestuft.

Beim Kehren mit Kehrmaschinen wird der Straßenschmutz oft mit Wasser besprüht, um den Staub zu binden und sein Aufwirbeln zu vermeiden. In manchen Städten, wie zum Beispiel Paris, wird sogar an bestimmten Orten vollständig nass gereinigt, indem der Nicht-Grobmüll mittels Wasserstrahl in die Kanalisation gespült wird.

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Waren die frühen Straßenreinigungen reine Handarbeit, ging man schon im 19. Jahrhundert mit Hilfe von Kehrmaschinen gegen den Kehricht vor und sparte auf diese Weise eine Menge Kosten für die größeren Stadtverwaltungen. Zum Abziehen des Schmutzes von Chausseen waren besondere Abziehmaschinen im Einsatz, bei denen schmale, durch Federn auf die Straßendecke gedrückte Schabeisen den festeren Schmutz sammeln und seitlich von der Maschine als Streifen ablagerten. Asphaltstraßen bedürfen einer besonderen Reinigung, da sie bei feuchter Witterung eine Schmierschicht bilden, die für Pferde und Fußgänger gefährlich werden konnte. Diese Straßen wurden nach vorheriger Besprengung mit Wasser – meist durch Sprengwagen ausgeführt – mittels Gummibesen sauber abgewischt.

Durch den Zusatz von Öl oder Teer konnte später die Bildung von Staub erfolgreich vermindert werden. In den USA verwendete man das dort billige Rohpetroleum. In Europa wurde seit 1902 das nach dem französischen Ingenieur Guglielminetti angegebene Verfahren mit erhitztem Teer angewandt, der eine mehrere Monate haltbare, die Chaussierung festigende Straßendecke bildet.

Besonderheit: Paris
Eine besondere Art der Straßenreinigung wird in Paris durchgeführt: Die Stadt verfügt neben dem Trinkwassernetz über ein zweites Wassernetz mit nicht trinkbarem Wasser, das neben der Bewässerung von Parks u. a. auch zur Straßenreinigung verwendet wird. Das Netz von 1700 km Länge führt an den Rinnsteinen der Straßen entlang. Durch Öffnen der im Bordstein eingelassenen "bouches de lavage" (Reinigungsmünder) lässt sich dieses Wasser auf die Straße spülen, weshalb man in Paris auch an trockenen Tagen häufig Wasser im Rinnstein entlang fließen sieht. Das Wasser stammt aus dem Canal d'Ourcq und der Seine, wird in drei Aufbereitungsanlagen gefiltert und anschließend bis zur Verwendung in sieben über Paris verteilten Behältern gesammelt. Bei der Straßenreinigung werden die Wasserstellen geöffnet, das Wasser fließt zum nächsten tiefer gelegenen Gulli und nimmt Dreck wie z. B. Zigarettenkippen mit. Der Dreck wird dann am Gulli aufgefangen oder weggespült.

Straßenreinigungsgebühren
Die Gemeinden in Deutschland erheben von den Bürgern auch auf gesetzlicher Grundlage je nach Gebührenordnung unterschiedliche Beträge für die Kosten der Straßenreinigung. In der Regel allerdings ausschließlich zur Reinigung der Fahrbahnen. Die Anlieger sind hingegen verpflichtet, die an ihr Grundstück grenzende Straße zu reinigen. Für die Höhe der Straßenreinigungsgebühr eines angrenzenden Grundstücks ist die Frontlänge des Grundstücks und die Reinigungsklasse (Reinigungsintervalle) entscheidend, aber nicht die tatsächliche Länge des Grundstücks an der betreffenden Straße. Die Frontlänge eines Grundstückes darf sachgerecht abgewandelt werden, um Ungerechtigkeiten zu vermeiden. Bei Wohn- und Teileigentum ergeht ein gesonderter Bescheid an den Hausverwalter als Vertreter der Eigentümergemeinschaft.

Kommt eine Gemeinde der Reinigungspflicht nicht nach, so können nach einem Urteil des Oberverwaltungsgerichts Münster (Az. 2 A 2018/80), die Anwohner anteilige Beträge der Straßengebühren zurückfordern.

Siehe auch
 Müllabfuhr
 Schienenreinigungsfahrzeug
 Straßenreinigung, ein dokumentarischer Kurzfilm von Michelangelo Antonioni

Literatur
 Manfred Wichmann: Straßenreinigung und Winterdienst in der kommunalen Praxis, 9. neu bearbeitete Auflage, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 2022, ISBN 978-3-503-21143-2.
 Martin Wittmaier: Straßenreinigung im Wandel der Zeit, Neuruppin : TK-Verlag 2003, ISBN 3-935317-14-X.

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import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

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public class DefaultRegisteredServiceTicketGrantingTicketExpirationPolicyTests {

    @Test
    public void verifyOperation() {
        val policy = new DefaultRegisteredServiceTicketGrantingTicketExpirationPolicy();
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    }

    @Test
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· The maximum amount of deductible mortgage interest has been decreased for new (after 12/14/17) mortgages. The amount is based on how much of a balance you have on your mortgage(s), now up to $750K (formally $1M). 'Old' mortgages will stay at the $1M cap. The mortgage cap still includes both first and second homes. Yay!
· There is a now a maximum dollar amount of State and Local Taxes (SALT) that can be deducted. That maximum is $10K. This will dramatically affect those folks who live in high tax states. Generally speaking, this includes Massachusetts. The good news is that Eastham and the Outer Cape have relatively lower local taxes.
· Capital Gains rules for the sale of your primary residence remain unchanged. This is - you get a $250K ($500K if married and filing jointly) capital gains exclusion if you sell your primary residence that you've lived in 2 of the previous 5 years.
· IRS 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges, for residential rental properties, remain unchanged.
· Home equity loan interest will no longer be deductible.
· Folks who live in high tax states may actually pay more Federal income taxes and have less disposable income to purchase a second home (unless they choose to make their new property a rental property).
· There are a lot of pieces and parts to the new tax code above and beyond what I have highlighted. My expectation is that it'll take some weeks for many folks to sort out what it means to them.
My February 2018 newsletter is available for download. This issue has my year-end 2017 market report. Also in this newsletter is my 2018 projections, the new Federal tax plan, a story on Nauset Newcomers, and a buyer testimonial. It also contains a link to my third video newsletter.


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Q: unixodbc driver manager cannot open specified library on install I'm using ArchLinux and I am trying to install OpenEdge progress drivers so I can access it via PHP.  I've installed the unixodbc package and the drivers, but when I test the connection via isql or PHP, I get the same error...
# isql -3 SUBS2A
[01000][unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib '/usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so' : file not found
[ISQL]ERROR: Could not SQLConnect

The messed up thing is that "/usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so" presently exists, I even symlinked it from "/usr/dlc".
The following are my .ini files...
odbc.ini
[SUBS2A]
Description = ODBC Driver for Progress
Driver = /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so
FileUsage = 1

odbcinst.ini (I removed some of the credentials as it is irrelevant)
[ODBC-test]
Description = SUBS2A
Driver = SUBS2A
Server = 192.168.1.2
Port = 4000
APILevel=1
ConnectFunctions=YYN
CPTimeout=60
DriverODBCVer=03.60
FileUsage=0
SQLLevel=0
UsageCount=1
ArraySize=50
DefaultLongDataBuffLen=2048
DefaultIsolationLevel= READ COMMITTED
StaticCursorLongColBuffLen=4096

EDIT Adding more info...
They appear to both be 32-bit, except I have no idea what I'm doing regarding that.
[root@Crux etc]# file /usr/bin/isql
/usr/bin/isql: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.27, BuildID[sha1]=0xd1bc16c119                          bb5cad6fea9e2a9abc1d06794a2775, stripped
[root@Crux etc]# file /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so
/usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, not stripped

It does appear that it's missing some dependencies...
[root@Crux lib]# ldd pgoe1023.so
        linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xb77c2000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7499000)
        librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0xb7490000)
        libpgicu23.so => not found
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb748b000)
        libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 => not found
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb745e000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb72bc000)
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77c3000)

UPDATE
I copied "libpgicu23.so" to /usr/lib and it solved that problem, but I still need "libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3", but when I grabbed one from the internet it said "error while loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: ELF file OS ABI invalid"
I actually even made a symlink from "libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3" to "libstdc++.so", but even though it solved the problem via ldd, it caused this error when I queried isql..

isql: symbol lookup error: /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so: undefined
  symbol: __builtin_vec_new

I've never installed odbc on a *nix box, but we did the same thing on a windows box and it worked fine.  Any input appreciated.

A: One thing to check is the minor version numbers of the unixODBC libs that the driver is linked against. Since unixODBC 2.3.1 I changed the minor lib number to 2 to reflect the change in the SQLLEN size on 64 bit platforms. However if the driver lib was linked against a earlier version it will be looking for a libodbc.so.1, and current sources provide libodbc.so.2. Simple solution is to provide a sym link from the *.so.1 to the *.so.2. The same is also true of libodbcinst.so, so check that as well.

A: Check unixODBC and your driver are the same architecture i.e., run:
which isql
file xxx (whatever came back from above)
file /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so

They should both be 32 bit or 64 bit. A 64 bit unixODBC cannot use 32 bit drivers and vice versa.
You should not need that symlink.
Run ldd on /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so to ensure all dependencies are found.
Check /usr/dlc/odbc/lib/pgoe1023.so is executable.
BTW, I presume you got your labels the wrong way around as your odbc.ini file contents should be the odbcinst.ini and vice versa.

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The Friends of the Bristol Public Library will hold its annual Winter Used Book Sale from Wednesday, March 1 to Sunday, March 5 in the meeting rooms in the lower level of the Bristol Library, 5 High Street, Bristol. The sale includes more than eight thousand gently used hardcover and softcover books, DVDs, audio books and CDs. Books are priced from $.25 to $2.00, and this year we have a large selection of specially priced books.
The sale opens with Preview Night (a $5.00 admission fee applies) on Wednesday, March 1 from 3:00 to 7:00PM. Regular sale hours (free admission) are Thursday, March 2 from 9:00AM to 7:00PM; Friday, March 3 from 9:00AM to 4:00PM; Saturday, March 4 from 9:00AM to 4:00 PM; Sunday, March 5 from 1:00 to 3:00PM.
Books will be sold at half-price all day Saturday, and the sale closes on Sunday with a fill-the-bag sale ($5.00 for a brown bag and $3.00 for a plastic bag) from 1:00 to 3:00PM. Specially priced books are not included in the half-price and bag sales, but will be available for purchase.
The Winter Used Book Sale is the Friends' primary fundraising event, and the proceeds help provide the Bristol libraries with items and services not included in the annual budget, such as summer reading programs for adults, teens and children, museum passes, and Friends-sponsored special programs. All of the items in the sale were donated by community members, and the Friends appreciate the generosity that makes this fundraiser possible.
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Story of the World Volume I: Ancient Times Activity Book
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With Story of the World Volume I: Ancient Times Activity Book, each chapter features encyclopedia cross-references, review questions with answers, narration exercises, and crafts to illustrate various concepts and bring the past to life.
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History can seem dry, dusty, and irrelevant. World history, moreover, can be overwhelming. Where does one start?
The Story of the World is an award-winning resource for families looking for a history curriculum they can fall in love with. Told in the straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, this four-volume set covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present.
This read-aloud series is designed for parent-teachers to share with elementary school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the the world's civilizations.
Activity Book Volume I: Ancient Times (5000 BC to 400 AD) works with the revised edition of the Story of the World text, offering parents and teachers a complete history curriculum. What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year old become the last emperor of Rome?
Activity Book Volume I contains:
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Children and parent-teachers love the activities, which range from coloring pages and games to mummifying a chicken!
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Story of the World: Ancient Times is an excellent introduction to History for elementary students of all ages, providing them with a sweeping overview of what was happening in the ancient world. Told as a story, the text is engaging and captivating. Text includes maps and occasional pictures. Highly recommended!
The Story of the World by Well-Trained Mind Press engages readers, is easy to read, and includes details that are intrinsically interesting to children. This series of books includes stories that are fables from around the world as well as fictional stories that illustrate life in that time in history. Each details real battles, kingdoms, cultures, and customs, weaving together a story worth telling over and over.
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The Story of the World series is written in the straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark. The curriculum covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas—find out what happened around the world in the centuries before our own. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary school children, or for older readers to enjoy alone.
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From 2.6.7, localhost is blocked by default. If you don't want it, use `--forbidden-ip=""`.

From 2.6.3, you can prevent the server from connecting to some IP like 127.0.0.1.

    ssserver -c /etc/shadowsocks.json --forbidden-ip 127.0.0.1,::1

Notice only IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are allowed. Blocking will be processed **after DNS**.

This is because if a client tries to visit a hostname, like `localhost` or a domain name
a user has pointed to 127.0.0.1, it will be resolved into `127.0.0.1` or `::1`.
Thus it will still get blocked.


Spouse #1: "You're better than coffee!"
Spouse #2" "You're better with coffee."
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From Victoria in the south of Vancouver Island to Tofino on the west coast and up to the northern part of the Island which is a paradise for whale watching freaks.
The coast mountains of the British Columbia mainland is bathed in the soft hues of sunset as the scattered islands of the Broughton Archipelago and shores of the Northern Vancouver Island are silhouetted.
Sunset aerial view looking from Vancouver Island over the Broughton Archipelago towards the large British Columbia Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada.
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A calm evening reveals reflections of the grand and elegant Empress Hotel, situated along the waterfront in the inner harbour of Victoria - the beautiful capital city of British Columbia, Canada.
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If you have received a judgment against you and you own real property, such as a house, it is very likely that you have had a judgment lien put against your house. A lien is a notice attached to your property that states that you owe a creditor a certain amount of money. When a lien is placed on your property, it shows up on the title to the property. To some, this may not seem like a big deal; why would it matter if a lien shows up on your property title? The reason why placing a lien on a property should be important to someone is that to be able to sell or refinance the property, one must have a clear title. The only way to clear the title of the lien is to pay the lien off in full. Because of this, creditors know that putting a lien on the property is an almost guaranteed way to collected the money that they are owed.
Many people assume that if they file for bankruptcy, all debts that they owe will be taken care of; they will no longer be responsible for paying off the creditor that they owe. Unfortunately, though, judgment liens survive a bankruptcy, meaning they will still be on your house even after you file. Because of this, there are some important steps a debtor should take regarding liens on their property if they are considering filing for bankruptcy. If you have received a judgment against you from one of your creditors, and you own real property (such as a house) it is likely you will have a judgment lien on your house. One of the easiest ways to tell if you have a lien on your property is to obtain a copy of your title; any lien that is on your property will be listed on your title. If you find that you have a lien on your property, it is best that you inform your attorney right away.
A judgment lien will survive a bankruptcy, meaning even though your personal liability to pay the debt will go away, your property's liability will not. This means if you wish to sell your property post-filing your bankruptcy, you will still have to pay the lien before you can sell the property. However, in some cases, your attorney may be able to assist you with "avoiding the lien" through your bankruptcy case. By doing this, your attorney would be able to calculate if you would be able to get rid of the entire lien or part of it through your bankruptcy case. This would ensure that if you decided to sell your property in the future, your title would be clear, and you wouldn't have to pay off any liens to do so.
If you would like more information about avoiding judgment liens through your bankruptcy, contact a St. Louis Bankruptcy attorney today!
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This Aamir Khan Ad Raises An Important Question About Gender Equality
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By Aditya Chaturvedi	 On Mar 1, 2017
Gender equality and empowerment of women is the best determinant of social progress in any society. Karl Marx, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk all agreed to it.
There can be no semblance of social progression without equal opportunities for 50℅ of humanity, the fairer sex.
Aamir Khan's recent " Gurdeep Singh and daughters" advertisement for TV channel Star Plus gives an empathetic message of gender equality, breaking stifling patriarchal constructs, prevailing stereotypes, and semi feudal attitudes related to gender. It's a shame that in world's largest democracy which boasts of a glorious 5000 year old civilisation, female foeticide, honour killings and dowry deaths still happen and in the khap panchayat hinterlands womenfolk are subjected to misogynist diktats.
This only indicates that we need a radical social transformation to get rid of old vestiges of feudalism and endeavour for gender equality and gender justice. Identity of a person should not be zeroed down to his/ her gender, and prejudicial, regressive attitudes about women have no place in 21st century India.
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LIVE BLOG: Miami Heat vs LA Lakers (2020 NBA Finals, Game 5)
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Regardless of the outcome of the 2020 NBA Finals, Miami will walk away from the series knowing it has a young core it can depend on to be competitive in the future. Read more »
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The hectic pace of the NBA Finals slowed with rest days Wednesday and Thursday, but LeBron James's mind was racing with his Los Angeles Lakers within one game of victory. Read more »
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The Los Angeles Lakers will have even greater motivation to close out their NBA Finals series against the Miami Heat on Friday at the Walt Disney World Complex in Orlando. Read more »
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Teaming up with a foe is nothing new in the NBA. James and, rivals-turned-teammates Rajon Rondo and Dwight Howard are just the latest examples. Read more »
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Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra backed his team to bounce back after the Los Angeles Lakers closed in on another NBA championship on Tuesday. Read more »
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The Los Angeles Lakers maintained their remarkable fourth quarter winning streak as they secured the game four victory over Miami on Tuesday that left them on the brink of a 17th NBA crown. Read more »
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After a foul-plagued performance in Game 3, Anthony Davis made sure to leave his mark in the Los Angeles Lakers' Game 4 win over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Read more »
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Music from "Hell": Hieronymus Bosch's 600-year old ancient ass music
By Bryan Thomas on June 16, 2015
Earlier this year, a blogger named Amelia Hamrick — she's a student at Oklahoma Christian University, double-majoring in music and visual arts, with a computer science minor — decided to transcribe the musical notes hidden in the third panel of Hieronymus Bosch's painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, notes that originally appeared on the naked ass of one of Bosch's sinners.
As you know, dear netizens, the interwebs go a little crazy when viral videos like this start making the rounds and so you may have already seen and heard her version, which is quite simplistic and by her own admission was merely "thrown together" in "like, 30 minutes at 1 in the morning" -- it's also been played at her blog over 2 million times, so she doesn't really need further exposure, right?
We've learned, however, that it's subsequently been recorded by a wide variety of artists, of varying degrees of musical talent, who have been posting their own versions to sites like Youtube, Dailymotion, etc.
We were hunting around and listening to some of those versions, and found this lovely one, recorded by James Spalink, and played on lute, harp, and hurdy-gurdy. It's based on her transcription. Not bad for 600-year old ancient ass music, right?! Click on this link to buy a CD by James Spalink. He's got four of them.
As for Ms. Hamrick, posting on her Tumblr, this self-described "huge nerd" explained that she and her friend had been examining a copy of Bosch's famous triptych, which was painted sometime between 1490 and 1510 and now resides in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.
"Another OC student and I were looking at the painting one night," Hamrick explained in one interview she did. "We noticed, much to our amusement, music written on the posterior of one of the characters, in an area that's easy to overlook. I decided to transcribe it into modern notation, assuming the second line of the staff is C, as is common for chants from that time period."
We probably shouldn't point out how it's a little funny that student at a Christian university would be concentrating on that third panel, the Hell panel of Bosch's triptych, in order find this lovely little piece of written music on the naked ass of a sinner. No, we shouldn't go there.
About the painting:
The right panel (220 × 97.5 cm, 87 × 38.4 in) of Hieronymus Bosch's painting The Garden of Earthly Delights depicts his vision of Hell, the setting of a number of Bosch paintings.
Wikipedia's entry about the third panel says: "Bosch depicts a world in which humans have succumbed to temptations that lead to evil and reap eternal damnation…. Lust is further said to be symbolised by the gigantic musical instruments and by the choral singers in the left foreground of the panel. Musical instruments often carried erotic connotations in works of art of the period, and lust was referred to in moralising sources as the 'music of the flesh.' There has also been the view that Bosch's use of music here might be a rebuke against traveling minstrels, often thought of as purveyors of bawdy song and verse."
The Garden of Earthly Delights is discussed in depth in an episode of the fine BBC documentary series "Renaissance Revolution" – here's the section that discusses Hell:
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About Bryan Thomas
Bryan Thomas has been a freelancing writer/critic for All Music Guide, and a contributor to Launch, Music Connection, Big Takeover and numerous other publications and entertainment websites, blogs and zines, most of them long gone. He's written more than sixty sets of liner notes. He's also worked for over twenty years at mostly reissue record labels -- prior to that he worked in bookstores and record stores, going all the way back to the original vinyl daze. He lives in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA.


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April 10, 2002 News & Opinion » News
Just Sue, Baby!
The Raiders have now sued every major partner they have here in Oakland.
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Fans worthy of the team's owner.
Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente has a favorite story about Al Davis. In September 1997, Coliseum officials, Oakland Raiders representatives, and leaders of the Taiwanese tech company UMAX had assembled for a press conference announcing the $19 million deal to rename the football team's home the UMAX Coliseum. The champagne was on ice, the limos were parked outside, and Coliseum officials had even printed new UMAX T-shirts for the occasion. As the press conference began, Raiders official Jim Otto got a call on his cell phone. He listened silently for a few minutes, hung up, and, as everyone watched in confusion, walked out of the conference.
Shortly thereafter, Coliseum representatives received a letter from Raiders attorney Amy Trask. The team was demanding a $1 million finder's fee for its role in the UMAX deal, and it also had decreed that it was not acceptable for baseball's Oakland A's to get any piece of the action. Then Trask rolled out the big guns: Coliseum officials, she wrote, must not "mislead UMAX or any other party" into thinking that the Raiders would stay in Oakland much longer. After receiving what former Oakland City Hall staffer Zennie Abraham tallies as $64 million and a Coliseum renovation that cost the taxpayers $220 million just two years earlier, Davis was threatening to walk away -- again. UMAX representatives took the next flight back to Taiwan.
"That's the Raiders tactic," De La Fuente says. "They wait for the last minute, and then they force you to fish or cut bait. ... It's this mentality they have the right to make outrageous claims on the public at the expense of everyone else. You give them a million dollars, they want ten. You give them ten million, they want fifty."
It's been seven years since Al Davis darkened our door again; seven years of cost overruns, budget crises, and lawsuits -- a staggering number of lawsuits. In fact, when the Raiders claimed two weeks ago that the Oakland A's were illegally withholding billboard advertising revenue -- and served the team a subpoena demanding that it release all of its confidential marketing documents -- the Raiders passed a new milestone. The team has now taken legal action against every single major business partner it has.In a few months, the mightiest and most fearsome of all of these lawsuits finally goes to trial, the Raiders' suit against Oakland and Alameda County for $1.1 billion -- that's right, $1.1 billion. If all goes well for the city, Davis will be laughed out of court. But don't count on Davis acquiring a sense of shame anytime soon. If his courtroom history is any indication, he will go to any length to pursue his financial interest. He'll lobby jurors. He'll play one city off another. He'll even set in motion a chain of events that would drain mid-level cities across America of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Oakland obviously had plenty of experience with Davis' tactics, but it still gave away the store to get the Raiders back, blinkered by its desire to cast off its reputation as a squalid, post-industrial ghetto. Coliseum officials agreed to finance the construction of "Mount Davis," the wall of bleachers near right field that has rendered the Coliseum barely usable for either football or baseball. They even agreed to farm the job out to Davis' friends, the construction firm Tudor Saliba, whose cost overruns are now legendary. Now the city of Oakland must pay $11 million each year to settle the Coliseum debt, a figure that exceeds the amount the city pays out annually to retire every single lawsuit filed against it. When word broke that Deputy City Manager Ezra Rapport, who helped broker the Davis deal, was leaving for a new job at Tudor Saliba, it seemed grimly fitting.
But Davis' fellow owners in the National Football League, who pleaded with Davis not to leave the second-largest advertising market in the country, took umbrage at some of the Oakland deal's details. In 1995, the NFL sued the Raiders, claiming that under the League's revenue-sharing arrangement, Davis must kick down $30 million from his sale of personal seat licenses at the Coliseum. Davis promptly countersued, claiming the NFL's usurious policies had essentially forced him to move out of LA, and that despite moving out of the city, Davis still had proprietary rights to the market and demanded $1 billion as the price for surrendering them.
Last May, in an enormous setback to Davis, a Los Angeles jury agreed with the NFL's argument that, far from ruining a new stadium deal in LA, which Davis claimed was the event that finally forced him out of town, the League actually offered to subsidize that stadium deal by waiving $60 million in Raiders ticket revenue. Indeed, the NFL claimed, the League had done more for Davis than any other owner in history. But Davis wasn't so willing to give up. According to the San Jose Mercury News, a juror named Joseph Abiog joked during the deliberations, "I hate the Raiders because I went to Las Vegas and lost my bet one time." Hearing about this, Davis personally called other members of the jury and asked them to sign an affidavit swearing that Abiog had been gripped with a deep personal hatred of Davis and could never render an impartial verdict.
Sometime this summer, the second of Davis' billion-dollar lawsuits will begin, this time against the elected representatives of his own fans. In this lawsuit, Davis' attorneys will claim that the city of Oakland, Alameda County, and local developer Ed DeSilva lured a gullible Davis back to the East Bay by overestimating their capacity to sell the personal seat licenses that were supposed to be so lucrative. This happens to be exactly the opposite of the argument Davis used in his suit against the NFL -- a fact not lost upon Oakland City Attorney John Russo. "How can you simultaneously say 'We wanted to stay in LA but were kicked out,' and then say 'We were defrauded into coming into Oakland'?" Russo asks. "Where else were they gonna go? For a jury to agree with Davis, they must believe that the people that Davis has characterized as inept and incompetent suddenly became geniuses and hoodwinked him in the last hours of negotiation. I don't think that's a very compelling story."
Davis' legal history in the '90s is the stuff of grisly California entertainment, but his legal successes in the '80s have far more sweeping consequences. Indeed, you can make a case that Al Davis, whose lawyer did not return phone calls, forever changed the face of professional football in a courtroom twenty years ago. Cities from Baltimore to Phoenix have been paying for it ever since.When Al Davis first announced his intention to move to Los Angeles in 1977, the prospect of teams moving from city to city was unthinkable. Fans take a long time to woo, NFL experts declared, and frivolous abuse of loyal football watchers would be repaid in rapidly declining revenue. In addition, the Rams were already ensconced in LA, and the NFL declared that no team could encroach upon another's rightful territory. But Davis filed an antitrust suit against the League, claiming that by restricting a team's movement, the NFL acted as an anti-competitive cartel. When he won in 1982, the game of football was never the same.
Soon, team owners were jumping from city to city every few years, exploiting the insecurities of mid-level cities and suckering them into financing the construction of ever-more opulent and expensive stadiums. Art Model, who was one of Davis' most virulent opponents during the first NFL lawsuit, actually emulated Davis in 1995 when he moved the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. Bud Adams moved the Houston Oilers to Tennessee in 1997, Bill Bidwell moved the St. Louis Cardinals to Arizona, and Georgia Frontiere moved the Rams to St. Louis. Each of these teams got brand new stadiums, built overwhelmingly on the public's dime. Even those teams that haven't moved, such as the Detroit Lions, the Denver Broncos, and the Cincinnati Bengals, have used the threat of moving to blackmail their host cities into building them new stadiums.
Sometimes the city doesn't even get the team. Consider the way Davis treated Irwindale, a small town of not even 1,000 people in the San Gabriel Valley. In 1988, the Irwindale city fathers had heard of Davis' discontent with Los Angeles and floated an idea: why not move here? Irwindale leaders promised to build a new stadium entirely out of pocket, and even lent Davis the first $10 million as a gesture of good faith. When the deal fell through due to financing problems, Davis walked away -- but kept the money. Shortly afterwards, according to the Entertainment Law Reporter, officials with the Internal Revenue Service noticed that Davis hadn't paid taxes on the Irwindale cash, and requested their cut. In response, Davis sued the IRS, claiming that the $10 million was a loan -- albeit one he never intended to repay.
New stadium construction is the key to the NFL's profits -- indeed, without the ongoing civic blackmail, the League could barely claim to be making a profit at all. Hundreds of luxury boxes are built in new stadiums, and each box rents for up to $50,000 a year. Club seats, where fans enjoy the fine dining of upscale restaurants, net a tidy sum each year. Naming rights, concessions, billboard advertising -- all of these cash cows are contingent upon new stadium construction, and because of the NFL's revenue-sharing agreement, much of this money gets spread around the League, whose owners see the value of exploiting cities all too clearly. Perhaps most important, a new stadium inflates the value of a football team. For example, owners of the new Houston team, which doesn't even exist yet but will be housed in a new stadium, paid the league $700 million for the privilege. Team owners can then borrow against their own team's increased value to secure credit lines that extend to the sea. The plague of extortion and publicly financed stadiums built by panicky medium-sized cities all started with Al Davis' first NFL lawsuit.How do we know all this? Al Davis' second NFL lawsuit. During the trial, Davis forced the NFL to release confidential financial records of every team in the League, and the Los Angeles Times wrote an exhaustive, thoroughly damning story about this clever little scheme. Hundreds of millions in public money, all handed to team owners on a platter -- this was the phenomenon Al Davis started in 1982, and this was what he exposed to the world in 2001. This is Al Davis' legacy. We'll see him in court.
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ANDAMAN ISLANDS 8 DAYS
TOTAL DURATION – 07 NIGHTS / 08 DAYS
04 NIGHTS PORT BLAIR / 02 NIGHTS HAVELOCK ISLAND / 01 NIGHT NIEL ISLAND
DAY 01: PORT BLAIR
Arrival at Port Blair Airport, assistance upon arrival, transfer to hotel / resort, get freshen up and move for Sightseeing / Visits at Port Blair as per the timings – Evening be a part of Light and Sound Show at Cellular Jail where the saga of the Indian freedom struggle brought alive
Andaman and Nicobar Islands is an archipelago of over 570 tropical islands, of which only 36 are inhabited. Beaches at Andaman Islands bestowed with the title of 'Asia's Best Beach' in 2004 by the TIME magazine. It is also listed as world's 7th most spectacular beach in the world on TIME magazine list. Barren Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. The Andaman Islands have been inhabited for several thousand years, the earliest archaeological evidence yet documented goes back some 2,200 years; however, the indications from genetic, cultural and isolation studies suggest that the islands may have been inhabited as early as the Middle Paleolithic. The Andamans are theorised to be a key stepping stone in a great coastal migration of humans from Africa via the Arabian Peninsula, along the coastal regions of the Indian mainland and towards Southeast Asia, Japan and Oceania. The name of the Andaman Islands is ancient. Italian traveller, Niccolò de' Conti (c. 1440), mentioned the islands and said that the name means "Island of Gold"
Port Blair the capital of Andaman, and the township is known for its picturesque beauty and relaxed ambience. Water sports such as snorkelling a major attraction it is also famous for its nearby attractions like Barren Islands, Corbyn's Cove and Ross Island
Cellular Jail also known as Kala Pani it served as the colonial prison for the Indians during the fight for independence and was reputed to be one of the most inhuman and torturous places on earth. Its foundation was laid in the year 1896 and it was taken over by Japanese troops in 1942 during WW II, in a surprise turn, saw many British troops as inmates. Many lores about the Japanese atrocities on the prisoners still do the rounds here
After breakfast proceed for Ross & North Bay Island, there you can have an enthralling water activity
Ross and North Bay Island known for its breathtaking natural beauty, magnificently beautiful coral reefs, close view of the underwater marine life and of course to explore the Andaman's signature white sand beaches. The coral reefs are the most prized treasures of this island and one of the best places for Water Sports in Asia. The island is surrounded by crystal clear cyan colored water with a shallow shoreline that offers a magnificent underwater view
DAY 03: PORT BLAIR – HAVELOCK ISLAND
After breakfast move to visit at Corbyn's Cove Beach, which is approx 8 km distance from city rea with pleasant blue sea water and lush green coconut palms. The Beach is a preeminent place for water sports activities and explores the underwater coral reefs which can be enjoyed with Scuba Diving and later transfer to Jetty for your onward journey to Havelock Island – Arrival at Havelock and get relaxed and move to visit at Blue Flag Certified 'Radha Nagar Beach' for swim and relaxation
Havelock Island is a haven of limitless blue waters and pristine white beaches. The palm fronds dotting these islands make for a beauteous backdrop, and in recent times, elephant safari has also been started here so that tourists can soak in these charming environs to the fullest. Marine life enthusiasts can enjoy snorkeling here, observing the plethora of turtles, fishes, sea cucumbers and dolphins that are waiting to be sighted. The sea along the coast of Havelock has an abundance of coral and marine life and provides a rich variety of diving possibilities
Radhanagar Beach is the mesmerising world of pristine beauty for which one always dream about. The Times Magazine rated the finest beach among the best beaches in Asia. It is an ideal place for swimming, sea bathing and basking on the sun kissed beach
DAY 04: HAVELOCK ISLAND
After breakfast proceed for 'Elephenta Beach' also known as Coral Beach. Elephenta beach is popular for Snorkelling and other water-based activities such as Jet Ski ride, Banana Ride, Sea Walk.
Elephant Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Havelock Island for day trips. Reaching this beach is a hassle free affair as it is accessible either by 30 minutes hike on a jungle path or by opting for one hour boat ride. Known for its beautiful corals and exotic marine life, this beach is ideal for snorkelling.
DAY 05: HAVELOCK ISLAND – NEIL ISLAND
After breakfast move to Neil Island – Arrival at Neil Island, get relaxed and move to Bharatpura Beach the white sand and shallow water beach is popular for swim, relaxation, and water activities such as Snorkelling, Boat diving and boat tour. Laxmanpura Beach the white sand Coral Beach offers stunning sunset view and 'Natural Bridge' also the bridge has naturally formed by corals
Neil Island beautiful island with breathtaking views located in Ritchie's Archipelago. It is apparently named after James George Smith Neill, a British soldier who had sternly dealt with the insurgents during the suppression of the 1857 Mutiny
DAY 06: NEIL ISLAND – PORT BALIR
Morning proceed to Port Blair – Arrival at Port Blair and move to Visit at Chidyatapu Beach And Sunset Spot and other major attractions in Port Blair – Evening free for leisure
DAY 07: PORT BALIR
Early Morning moves for Day Excursion trip to Baratang Islands
Baratang Island is famous for its tranquil environment and the Baludera Beach only adds to the peace. This is one of the most stunning beaches that one can visit in Andaman. The island lies 150 km (93 mi) from the city of Port Blair. Major attractions on the island include the limestone caves and Mud Volcano
After breakfast transfer up to Port Blair Airport as per the timings,
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*Set one image as a background on a container, and put the other image inside it

*Position (possibly relatively but almost certainly absolutely) one image on top of the other

*Play with negative margins

Which is best depends on exactly what you are trying to achieve (including the semantics of what you are trying to express).

A: The simplest is CSS positioning. Absolutely position the images in the same location. Make sure that the parent DIV is relatively positioned (or not default positioned), so that the absolute positions of the images are within the parent DIV and not the window. This should work in pretty much all browsers with CSS support.
HTML:

CSS:
#gallery { position: relative; }
#gallery img {
    position: absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0; }

If you want to make sure that the images completely cover each other up, you could also set the height and width with the CSS, or you can just make sure that the images are all the same size, or that the ones on top are bigger than the ones below (top and below dependent on order in the HTML or z-index).
JsFiddle example (test in many browsers)

A: html:

css:
.over {
    position:absolute;
    z-index:100;
}

.under {
    position:absolute;
    z-index:99;
}

.box {
    position:relative;
}