Tsum Valley Trek takes you to an awe-inspiring journey to the untamed path of the Gorkha district. Tsum valley is a sacred pilgrimage valley situated in the high hills of Gorkha. This trek offers us views of the Ganesh and Siringi Himal along with views of the hills and pastures. This trek also offers us the experience to mix with the local people of the valley. The culture, tradition and art are highly influenced by the Tibetan values. You will experience the unique dialect of the local people and their artistic shrines. You will also be able to get closer with the Buddhist deities as stones are carved with drawings of their deities and symbols inscribed along with prayers. Tsum Valley is quite rich in flora and fauna as you will go through lush rhododendron forests.
Recently opened for trekking, this area has very little information and is greatly suitable for trekkers with moderate to fairly fit level of fitness. Tsum Valley Trek starts with a sightseeing trip to the world heritage sites of the Kathmandu Valley and then a long drive on a curvy and bumpy road will take us to the village of Arughat. From there, we start to hike up and down the hills to get to our final destination of Mu Gompa and Rachen Gompa, two of the oldest and artistic monasteries of the region. We will follow our footsteps back to the village of Arughat and drive to Kathmandu after exploring the valley. This trek can be completed in 18-24 days based on your scheme.
Day 01Arrival in Kathmandu (1400m). Overnight at HotelOur representative will pick you up at the international airport of Nepal and take you to your hotel room. You can rest and pack your bags for the upcoming trek. In the evening, a feast to welcome you and brief you about the trek. Overnight at hotel.
Day 02Sightseeing in Kathmandu. Overnight at HotelWe take a stroll around the heritage sites of the Kathmandu Valley. We will visit places like Swoyambhu, Pashupatinath and Kathmandu Durbar Square. Our guide will detail us about the historical importance of the heritage sites. Back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 03Drive from Kathmandu to Arughat (530m, 7-8 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseA long drive from Kathmandu through the Dhading district takes us to the village of Arughat in a really bumpy road. Throughout the drive, we will see green hills and flowing rivers. We will cross the Buddhi Gandaki River on a wooden bridge and finally arrive at Arughat. Arughat is a small town on the bank of Buddhi Gandaki River with lots of shops. The village is divided into two parts, east and west. West side is the older part of the village. Overnight at Arughat.
Day 04Arughat to Soti Khola (730m, 4-5 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseToday we start by walking uphill. The more we walk the narrower the path goes so we should be walking slowly and steadily. We will cross a typical Nepali village with big peepal and banyan tree on our way to Soti Khola. After a long walk, we will come across a very lengthy suspension bridge, which after crossing took us to the village of Soti Khola, built on top of a huge rock. Overnight at tea house.
Day 05Soti Khola to Machha Khola (900m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea house We are already on a high rock so we will start our trek downhill. After getting down the valley, we will ascend in a very narrow path of steps. An hour after that the valley will open up with gentle slopes and paddy fields. We will get to Lapurbesi and then to the village of Machha Khola. The views today include paddy fields, large hills and if the weather is good, we will also see the Ganesh Himal hovering above the hills through a distance. Overnight at tea house.
Day 06Machha Khola to Jagat (1281m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe start our journey by descending down a narrow and steep path. First we get to the village of Tatopani, where we'll stop for a hot shower. Then we move up and down along the path. The path is mainly steep and uphill as we walk along the river. We will reach a camping site with a little tea shop. An hour after that we will arrive at the village of Jagat. Overnight at tea house.
Day 07Jagat to Philim (1600m, 4-5 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseToday, we will get above the village of Jagat and continue on our journey to the village of Philim. We will get past a rocky ridge to get to Salleri and then descend down to the village of Sirdibas. We keep ascending up and pass several suspension bridges to climb up a steep slope to arrive at the village of Philim. Philim is a small village with 4 to 5 lodges, some shops and a lot of farmland. We will get a glimpse of the Sringi Himal, standing at the height of above 6000 meters. We will also be able to experience the Buddhist culture more closely than any other day before. Overnight at tea house.
Day 08Philim to Chumling (2310m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseGet above the village of Phillim to the pass of the Larkya Lya and after an hour, we will reach the Ekle Bhatti with some bhatti. From there, we will climb up to a deep gorge through a pine forest and then the trail to the right will take you to the village of Lokpa. Now, we will descend through a lush forest and cross a couple of bridges and again climb uphill to the village of Ripche to cross the Siyar Khola and arrive at Chumling. Today, we will see Himalchuli, Buddhi Gandaki and forest of rhododendron and pine. Overnight at tea house.
Day 09Chumling to Chokangparo (3010m, 4-5 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe will cross a couple of suspension bridges and walk through farmlands and lush forest up the valley to arrive at Rainjam. Our journey today shows us great views of the tall Ganesh Himal and the speeding Buddhi Gandaki River right below us. We will cross the Serpu Khola and climb up a well-built track to arrive at the upper part of the Tsum Valley, Chokangparo. Overnight at tea house.
Day 10Chokangparo to Nile (3360m, 5-6 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe will pass several small settlements and climb over a ridge to arrive at Lamagaon. Easy trek through there as we walk through flat fields to get to Phurbe and Pangdun before getting to the village of Chhule. We will just cross a bridge and climb the hill to arrive at Nile. Nile is a traditional village with livestock compounds and verandas for drying crops. Overnight at tea house.
Day 11Nile to Mu Gompa (3700m, 3-4 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseToday, we will get to the last destination of our trek, the Mu Gompa. It is basically a large monastery with beautiful views on narrow valleys and green pastures. Today is just a basic climb through dry Tibetan country with rows of chortens and wide mountain vistas. Overnight at tea house.
Day 12Exploration DayToday, we will stroll around the village and go up to the remote Dhephu Doma nunnery and gompa. If we get the chance to climb above it, we will enjoy great views of the valleys and the mountains. We will also see the popular passes of the Tibetan traders. In Mu Gompa, there are yak pastures in all directions. Overnight at Mu Gompa.
Day 13Mu Gompa to Rachen Gompa (3240m, 5-6 hrs.). Overnight at GompaWe return down to the village of Phurbe and follow our way to the Rachen Gompa. Rachen Gompa is a very old monastery with very friendly nuns. Overnight at Rachen Gompa.
Day 14Rachen Gompa to Dumje (2460m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe will follow our way back to the village of Dumje , a small settlement with not more than 10 houses and cattle sheds. Along the way, we will be able to see green narrow valleys with snow-capped peaks in the background. Overnight at tea house.
Day 15Dumje to Philim (1600m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseThe same way back through Ripche will take us to the village of Philim. Up and down the hills with mountains above us and the Buddhi Gandaki below, it will be a really interesting day. Overnight at tea house.
Day 16Philim to Khorlabesi (970m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe will follow our path along the river to reach Jagat and cross the small village of Yaru. We will ascend up to reach Tatopani and after corssing a couple of suspension bridges, we will get to Khorlabesi. We will experience a sudden change in temperature and in vegetation. Overnight at tea house.
Day 17Khorlabesi to Soti Khola (730m, 6-7 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseWe will cross the Machha Khola and Lapurbesi along the way to the Soti Khola. We will again have glimpses of the Ganesh Himal, paddyfields and large hills throughout the hike.
Day 18Soti Khola to Arughat (530m, 3-4 hrs.). Overnight at tea houseUp and down through narrower paths to arrive at the village of Arughat. Overnight at tea house.
Day 19Arughat to Kathmandu (6-7hrs.). Overnight at hotelDrive through Dhading Besi on an 8 hour drive will take us to Kathmandu. Overnight at hotel.
Day 20DepartureYou will be guided to the Tribhuvan International Airport.


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Johnnie (Lau Ching-Wan) heads a police surveillance team working to uncover corporate crimes like insider trading. When members of Johnnie's own team start to use this information for their own personal gains, Johnnie finds himself protecting those around him. A murder plan then intercepted by the team puts them further in a moral quandary.
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The Gem of Life (Traditional Chinese: ????) was a TVB grand production drama, that broadcast between October 2008 and February 2009. The series was specifically filmed to celebrate TVB's 41st Anniversary. The series was filmed in many locations apart from Hong Kong, including Tibet, Taiwan, and France.You may wish to be a famous socialite. You may wish to have fame and fortune.But is that really what you will wish for at the end? The story centers around three sisters: Sylvia (oldest), Constance, and Jessica (youngest).The series begins with Constance returning home. Her mother, SiuYau, had objected to her marriage so she eloped to Canada. Her husband Frankie now wants a divorce.To keep him, Constance hopes that Jessica, the wealthiest of the sisters, will lend her money so that Frankie can open a business. What Jessica's family didn't know was that her husband, Patrick, is facing losses in their company. Sylvia and her husband Tim are also facing problems: Their marriage is falling apart and Sylvia tries to keep it a secret from her family.Jessica writes Constance a cheque so that she will leave. Their mother finds out Constance has returned and that her Frankie is a cheater. She interferes. The cheque bounces, the adultery is exposed, and Constance is forced to accept divorce. Meanwhile, Tim is discovered to have another family, and SiuYau exposes this adultery, causing Sylvia to divorce her husband as well. SiuYau is disappointed at the failures of her daughters' marriages and praises Jessica for marrying well and rich. Hearing this, Jessica helps Patrick seek tycoon Terrence in hopes that he will invest in their company. Terrence initially agrees but backs out the last minute. As Jessica and her husband panic, Calvin interferes. Like Terrence, Calvin owns an entertainment company and there has been a long rivalry between them. Calvin is disgusted by people who are born into the rich life, while he had to struggle in the streets before rising. Although he personally sets out to antagonize Terrence, Calvin secretly works for Martin, Terrence's father who wants his son to learn lessons in business as well as in life. Terrence and Calvin agree on a bet, if Terrence loses a boat race then he will have to invest in Patrick's failing company.Unable to wait for the results, Jessica and her husband tricked Jessica's father into lending them all his money. Patrick then fakes death to stall his creditors, leaving Jessica with the financial burden. Despite Jessica's imminent bankruptcy, she continues to spend and go to balls. Constance catches her spending money at an expensive clothing shop and attempts to stop her. She accuses Jessica of tricking her own family for money, and Terrence hears them bickering. Jessica leaves Constance in tears, questioning the importance of wealth she sees an expensive dress and tries it on. When she is about to leave the sales lady informs her that Terrence had bought the dress for her. Knowing Terrence is a player, Constance chooses not to dwell on it. Later, on the day of the boat race Calvin is disqualified for cheating and Terrence wins. Wanting to help Jessica, kindhearted Constance seeks Terrence and tries to convince him to invest in her sister's company. He ignores her request, and she ends up following him to his boat. There's a storm and she ends up on his boat for seven days. The magazines quickly publish the story, and she catches the attention of Derek, a poor man who falls passionately for her.Bankrupt, Jessica moves in with her family. She ends up working for Melissa who is a close friend of Martin. One of her first job assignments is to host the wives of some wealthy husbands. One of them, Mandy, plays a prank on Jessica, getting her to go on a boat ride with them and then leaving Jessica in the caves. Martin overhears Mandy talking about it and goes there to rescue her. They began dating even though he's older than her father. Nevertheless Jessica is happy. She had purposely gone along with the wives' prank to catch Martin's attention.To sign a contract with a celebrity Terrence has been courting, Calvin hires Sylvia to work for him. Sylvia initially thinks Calvin is a jerk after he pranks her several times, bullies other employees, and competes with Terrence to an unreasonable level. However, her image of Calvin changes when Sunny, Calvin's best friend and business partner, tells her more of his past. After learning that Calvin had to endure the mockery of his wealthy clients to retrieve a project she had wanted for her, Sylvia and Calvin become a couple. Almost as soon as it becomes public, Sunny quits his job. Employees gossip about how he must be jealous, given Sylvia's and Sunny's close friendship before she got together with Calvin, they speculate Sunny must have loved her. However, Sylvia finds out that Sunny is actually gay and secretly in love with Calvin, he feels ashamed and wants to leave. Sylvia assures him that he shouldn't, because Calvin would miss his best friend.Terrence meets Constance at a cafe near the jewellery shop where she is a sales assistant. Convincing her to move forward, Constance accepts him as a friend and starts to date Derek, who is wealthier thanks to Calvin's sponsorship. Terrence offered a job as his secretary; she declined. When Constance's mother finds out she tries to convince Constance to work there, but emotions wasn't the biggest problem Constance faces — it is Elise, a spoiled, cunning woman who happens to be one of Terrence's closest friends. After nearly hitting Constance with her car, Derek sets it on fire, creating Elise's grudge against Constance. She sends Derek to jail and starts claiming that Constance's family is greedy for money and connections to the upper class. To confirm the claims, she tells Terrence that Constance's sister Jessica is dating his father for money. Terrence is already biased against Jessica ever since he overheard how she had tricked her own family for money, so he starts interfering in the relationship. When he tells Constance this, she defends her sister and becomes upset at Terrence. Not wanting to work for him, she finds a job in a Japanese company, but some time later this company is acquired by Terrence's.For all of Elise's attempts, Jessica introduces Martin to her family anyways and her father is extremely upset. He tells his wife that he does not want Jessica's lover to be someone who is older than he is, the thought of that makes him sick. Eventually Melissa tells Martin that Jessica had set herself up to be rescued by him that time she was abandoned in the caves, so Martin breaks up with Jessica.Devastated, Jessica leaves the country for a business trip and Constance starts work as Terrence's secretary. One day, Terrence confesses his feelings to Constance but she avoided him by saying she still remembers her husband and Derek. After much persistence, they start dating. However, at almost the same time Jessica returns with Martin. It was revealed that they had gotten married. This time when the parents find out it is SiuYau who storms away. Jessica reveals that her mother only objected to her relationship with Martin because she had wanted to set Constance and Terrence up. Because of this Constance knows she can't date Terrance any more. Sylvia knows her mother had set the stage now where Constance is guilted into staying away from Terrance, and decides to help her sister. Finally after some twists, Constance gains the courage to be with Terrence again, but Jessica is upset at what people would say about two sisters marrying a father and son.Meanwhile, Sylvia begins to question her importance in Calvin's heart. They end up fighting; he suddenly has an asthma attack. She thinks it is one of his pranks and begins to leave. On realizing it is serious she can't find his medication. Sunny comes in just in time. She realizes that she is an incapable of taking care of Calvin, he needs Sunny more. Calvin takes her to meet his mom, but she has made her decision and breaks up with him. Despite this, Calvin is still in love with her, but they resume a professional attitude. The two of them eventually meet the new chairwoman of L'Ete Holdings, Catherine, who falls in love with Calvin. She knows that he is still in love with Sylvia but, more important, she knows how business-oriented the two were. Knowing that they wanted her because of her chairwoman position, she tells Sylvia to find a boyfriend and get married, only then will Catherine use her business to help Calvin.


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It has officially been two months since I've made Santa Fe my home, and the beauty I have been discovering over these past 60 days has been absolutely unreal. Moving here from Colorado, I was a little worried coming to a place that at first thought invokes mental images of cacti and dusty desert plains. While these things are present (and beautiful, I might add), I have also discovered a variety of incredible places that continue to remind me that Santa Fe is where I am meant to be.
Fall has proven to be absolutely beautiful here in New Mexico, especially up at the Aspen Vista Trail near the Santa Fe Ski Basin. There are hundreds of aspens in various groves covering the mountain and surrounding the trails. For those who think of New Mexico and think "desert," think again! I've spent a lot of time in the mountains since I've been here, and the view has yet to get old.
More aspens near the Santa Fe Ski Basin.
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge is just 10 miles outside of Taos, New Mexico. You can walk across the bridge and look out over the Rio Grande on both sides. Although the height (565 ft. above the river) made me feel a bit uneasy (understatement), the view is absolutely incredible.
This place is called Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and is one of the most unique hikes I have ever been on. The beginning of the hike leads you through the walls of rocks and out above these tent shaped rock formations. Pretty awesome to say the least.
The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is by far one of the coolest experiences I have ever had. For an entire week in October, hundreds of balloons take off each morning and evening out of the Balloon Fiesta Park. The "mass ascension" occurs during the morning with over 500 different balloons all inflating and taking off around the same time. We got to Albuquerque around 5 a.m. to see this amazing event and it was definitely worth the early rising.
Overall, my time in Santa Fe has been wonderful and full of adventure. I have definitely experienced a lot of beautiful, unique places. But to tie it all together, the sense of community has been so incredibly strong. The people of Santa Fe and Southwestern College have been welcoming and kind, something I will definitely not take for granted. I have even run into familiar faces all across town, from Target to walking around on the Aspen Vista Trail. While I do miss my family and being in Colorado, the beauty and connectedness I have felt in Santa Fe have proven that I couldn't have chosen a better home away from home.


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Oct. 17, 2009 Updated: Nov. 9, 2009 12:05 p.m.
Stamford man charged with attempted murder
A Stamford man caught in a love triangle allegedly tried to torch a multi-family home with 12 people inside early Tuesday morning, police said.
Horacio Lopez, 24, of 47 Virgil St., was jealous of a man who lives at 67 Grove St. because he was in love with his girlfriend, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. He was arrested Wednesday night.
Lopez had been out drinking with the man and the woman Monday evening and early Tuesday, the affidavit said. The three shared a cab from Curley's diner at about 4:45 a.m. The driver told police he first took the man to his home at 67 Grove St., and the woman got out with him, leaving Lopez alone in the car angry and muttering in Spanish.
Afterward, Lopez called another cab to take him to fill a gas container at a Shell station on West Avenue. Lopez asked the driver to take him to Grove Street because he said a friend's car had run out of gas, but the driver did not see a car. Lopez got out of the cab at about 6 a.m., the affidavit states.
Firefighters and police extinguished the fire and no one was injured, said Capt. Richard Conklin, head of the Stamford Police detective bureau. Conklin said investigators found that an accelerant had been poured at different locations around the residence. Stamford Fire and Rescue Deputy Fire Marshal Ken Bixbee said the fire was mostly external and damaged the rear stairs and siding before it was put out.
Lopez was charged with first-degree arson and 12 counts of criminal attempt at murder for each of the building's sleeping residents, Conklin said.
Lopez was arraigned in state Superior Court in Stamford Thursday, where his bond was halved to $250,000, which he can pay only in cash.
Lopez's case was transferred to Part A, where more serious crimes are heard, and he was to appear in court Thursday.
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Carbon monoxide poisoning strikes 11
Eleven residents in a second-story Stamford building became ill from carbon monoxide exposure early Thursday morning after a store owner on the first floor left a gas-run electrical generator operating in the basement, according to fire officials.
The owner of Eu Casa Grocery, at 417 West Main St., had been using the generator to run a refrigerator because the electricity had been turned off, said Stamford Fire and Rescue Deputy Marshal Walter Seely.
"It was purely accidental," Seely said. "The woman was totally unaware of what could have happened."
The store, he said, is being investigated by the city health department.
Stamford firefighters arrived at 12:20 a.m. after residents on the second floor called 911 complaining of possible food poisoning, according to Capt. Bill Avalos, a fire department spokesman.
After evacuating the two-story building, five people were sent to Stamford Hospital, three were sent to Norwalk Hospital and another three to Greenwich Hospital, Avalos said.
Eric Vega, 34, was among those rushed to Stamford Hospital. At his home on Thursday afternoon, Vega said he had experienced a headache and a rapid heartbeat.
He and about a dozen friends and relatives who had dinner at his home also said they felt sick.
"I can smell something, but I can't understand why," he said. After receiving oxygen and medication, he was released from the hospital at around noon.
Fire officials did not identify the store owner or the victims. The store was closed Thursday.
Vega said that several others were still being treated at Norwalk Hospital.
Avalos said that the incident should be a reminder of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, which are often mistaken for the flu. Residents should install at least one carbon monoxide detector on each floor of their home, Avalos said.
Video released of fatal Norwalk robbery
Norwalk police on Wednesday took the unusual step of releasing video recordings of the gasoline station robbery that left a Stamford man dead of a gunshot wound.
The early Oct. 10 morning robbery claimed the life of Jose Joaquin Morales, of 17 Lee St., Stamford, who was the overnight cashier at the Miracle Shell gas station and convenience store on West Avenue in Norwalk when two masked men entered the store at 2:10 a.m. brandishing a gun.
Morales, 33, complied with demands for money and opened the register, but he was still shot in the head, police said.
The spliced-together video of the robbery shows a 1993 to 1998 dark-colored Jeep Grand Cherokee with its headlights off driving through the station's parking area and heading toward West Avenue while the robbery is under way. The Cherokee moves out of frame and is not seen again.
About 45 seconds before the Jeep passes the front door, inside the store, the blurry, low-resolution video shows two men, wearing hooded sweatshirts and white masks, rifling through the cash drawer. As one man standing on the customer's side of the check-out counter waves a gun around, his accomplice, with what appears to be a knife clipped to his right hip, grabs stacks of bills out of the drawer, dropping some to the ground before picking them up.
The last video sequence shows the two walking out the door with white masks over their faces. One man is carrying a blue bag and the other is carrying a white bag. The video does not show the two getting into the Cherokee.
Police Lt. Paul Resnick said investigators hope that the video will help someone recognize the robbers and help solve the crime.
After the robbery, Morales was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he was kept on life support. On Monday, he was taken off life support and died. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide, the city's first in nearly 15 months.
The video can been seen at The Advocate's Web site,
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Trolley system could help Stamford thrive
Building a trolley line that would run alongside traffic from Stamford's South End to Bulls Head would cost $121 million but would enable the city to grow by boosting business, according to a city-commissioned study.
Stamford officials received a summary of the results of the yearlong Stamford Street Car Study by URS Corp., which estimates a trolley route from Washington Boulevard in the South End would draw business to the city and create a $13 million bump in property tax revenue.
The system would cost $12 million to design, while constructing tracks, an overhead powering system and station would cost $70 million, according to the study. Acquiring three trolleys would cost $9 million.
City Rep. Robert "Gabe" DeLuca, R-14, chairman of the Board of Representatives' transportation committee, said while he tends to view the novelty and convenience of a street car system as a possible spur to attract new companies, the $121 million price is daunting without federal funding.
A preliminary estimate for launching a trolley system provided by URS last spring said the city could start a trolley line for as little as $5 million to $10 million.
"We'll have to see what the final study says, but it seems like a lot of money," DeLuca said.
After running for a decade, the trolley line could boost development along the route 10 percent to 15 percent over current project growth, the study said.
The full study should be received by late October, Stamford Transportation Planner Joshua LeCar said.
The summary was presented to DeLuca and transportation committee members at a 7 p.m. Thursday meeting in the Republican Caucus Room of the Stamford Government Center, 888 Washington Blvd.
A trolley system would not be a first for the city, which ran an electrified light rail system between 1890 and 1938.

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Q: Python Data Types: What does '|S...' Mean? A noob question, but in this numpy array:
array(['22', '38', '26', '35', '35', '', '54', '2', '27', '14', '4', '58',    '20', '39', '14'], dtype='|S82')

what does '|S82' mean?

A: Per the docs it defines the byte-order, kind, and size of the datatype. In this case:
byte-order: |   not applicable
kind:       S   (byte-)string
size:       82  (characters long)

A: Try :
In [292]: np.array(['one', 'two','three']) # a
Out[292]: array(['one', 'two', 'three'], dtype='<S5')

for efficiency, numpy align data. Here, all items are string of at most 5 caracters, for hosting the initial 'three'.
In [295]: a[1]='seventeen';a
Out[295]: array(['one', 'seven', 'three'], dtype='<S5')

You can't furthermore have longer strings.

A: From the NumPy documentation the first letter of the dtype tells you what kind of data it is.
Array-protocol type strings (see The Array Interface)

The first character specifies the kind of data and the remaining characters
specify the number of bytes per item, except for Unicode, where it is
interpreted as the number of characters. The item size must correspond to an
existing type, or an error will be raised. The supported kinds are
  'b'       boolean
  'i'       (signed) integer
  'u'       unsigned integer
  'f'       floating-point
  'c'       complex-floating point
  'O'       (Python) objects
  'S', 'a'  (byte-)string
  'U'       Unicode
  'V'       raw data (void)

So in your example it is designating that is it a byte-string that is 82 characters long.

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Doctor Who: Five Choices For A Female Doctor
Nicholas Brent picks five actresses who'd make a great Doctor...
I must stress that I am in absolutely no hurry for Peter Capaldi to leave; he is very much "the man of the moment" (let's see if anyone catches that reference). But I thought it'd be fun to put across my views on the never ending debate of whether or not there should be a female Doctor. By the title you will probably have guessed that I am totally for a female incarnation of the Doctor and I strongly believe that whenever it comes to casting for the role, it should come down to strengths of the actor auditioning rather than their gender. Which is why I have produced this list of five actresses who I believe could convincingly pull off the role of the Doctor.
As this can be quite a touchy subject, please remember that this is just my opinion; it's perfectly okay to have a differing one.
5. Jessica Hynes
Doctor Who fans will already be familiar with Hynes having seen her as Nurse, Joan Redfern in 2007's Human Nature/The Family of Blood and then later as her great granddaughter, Verity Newman in 2010's The End of Time Part Two. I'll be honest, I don't really follow her work but her appearances in Doctor Who alone are more than enough proof that she has the strength as an actress to carry the role of the Doctor. Perhaps the writers could even tie in the Journal of Impossible Things to her Doctor's story? Big Finish fans may also know Hynes from the brilliant Eighth Doctor audio story; Invaders from Mars.
4. Julie Walters
One of Britain's national treasures who rose to fame through 1983's Educating Rita; and more recently starred alongside the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, in 2014's Paddington. Walters is one of my all time favourite actors and despite being 65, she doesn't appear to have lost any of her youthfulness. She has the ability to act seriously and is also a brilliant comedic actor! Julie Walters would be amazing in the role. If we never see Walters as the Doctor, I would at least like her to have a small role in the show at some point!
3. Anna Chancellor
Chancellor is actually my first choice of possible replacements for Jenna Coleman (mainly because of her amazing chemistry with Peter Capaldi in series 2 of The Hour, 2012) but when it came to planning this list her name popped up in my head again and I am now totally sold on the idea. I honestly can not see why it wouldn't work, apart from the fact I'd also like to see her as the next companion… hey, that would be an interesting idea… she could play the next companion but then reveal herself to be the next Doctor. Moffat, make it happen!
2. Emma Thompson
I have been crying for this to happen for a very long time, and if it wasn't for my discovery of the actress who currently resides in the number one spot, Thompson would be there, so lets call this joint first shall we? Emma is quite possibly my favourite actress working today, she has such a tremendous range that she can easily cover all aspects of the Doctor's persona. She is a fantastic comedic actress in films such as Nanny McPhee (2005) but is also phenomenal in her more dramatic roles in films like Stranger than Fiction (2006). I think she definitely has what it takes to play the Doctor, but if not, as with Julie Walters, I'd like to see her in the show at some point… maybe as Romana…?
1. Hayley Atwell
I'd like you to be Doctor Who too! I spent the last few weeks watching 'Marvel's Agent Carter' with Atwell in the titular role, and I'll be honest, I wasn't hugely invested in the actual story line (perhaps another watch might be in order) but I kept tuning in for Atwell. She has such great screen presence, she's witty, clever and is damn good in a bust up. In this series, her character of Peggy is subject to 1940's sexism. This is something I'd love to see tackled in Doctor Who if we ever did have a female Doctor who traveled back to times where attitudes were different from today's. I think Atwell is the perfect actress to approach themes like that, especially after seeing how brilliantly she reacts to them as Peggy Carter.
Where do you stand in the female Doctor debate? Do you think it would work? Who would be your choice(s)? Let us know your thoughts below.
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The heat of the day lingered as the sun began to set. My wife and I gathered up 20 of the 110 bags of popcorn we had just finished popping along with a small cooler packed with various fruit juices. We walked the short expanse from the dining hall to the Infant House.
It was movie night, and 15 excited children, ages six years and younger, had gathered in their living room to watch Ice Age in Spanish. As the movie began, little Daniela, a 3-year old Latino girl, climbed onto my lap. For the duration of the movie, she laid against my chest. She would reach up and rub my chin, look up with her beautiful, dark eyes and smile, then turn back to watch the movie while rubbing the back of my hands which held her. My many cuts, bruises, smashed fingers, and sore muscles from the week's construction projects became badges of honor because of the loving touches of this little girl named Daniela. The amazing thing was, this experience was six years in the making and nearly did not happen.
I had been pressured into participating in this weeklong mission trip to a Mexican orphanage. I had resisted the pressure for the previous five years. My work at a major Fortune 500 company was extremely demanding, my skill set did not fit the requirements of the scheduled mission activities and I didn't speak Spanish. When a lack of volunteers threatened to cancel the time at the orphanage altogether–an orphanage whose kids had counted on the group's arrival and service for the last 10 years–I caved and signed up because my excuses just weren't good enough.
The first morning in Mexico, I awoke very early and slipped out of my dorm room to the dining hall. As I entered, I smelled the aroma of hot coffee coming from the kitchen. Through a screen door, I could see an 80-cup coffee maker with the ready light illuminated. I turned the doorknob—locked. I looked for another entrance, but there was none, so I walked over and sat alone at one of the many tables. Dread and self-doubt ruled my thoughts. Shortly, an older gentleman entered and unlocked the screen door. I started to rise, but he motioned for me to remain seated as he entered the kitchen. Soon, he returned with two cups of hot coffee, handed me one as he introduced himself as "Ed the Cook", and pulled up a chair. He thanked me for coming and asked if it was my first time at the orphanage. With my less-than-enthusiastic 'yes' answer, Ed smiled and challenged me to put my heart into the week. He said he sold his stateside diamond business and came to live at the orphanage because he wanted to 'work where Christ was working'—and Christ was surely working in this place. I told Ed if he would keep the coffee hot, I would accept his challenge. He did and I did.
Our team of 19 adults worked through the day renovating an old structure into a three-bedroom apartment for a new mission family. In the evenings, we played with the 72 kids. I soon realized enthusiasm and commitment trumped both lack of skill and language barriers. I began to enjoy the experience immensely. Then little Daniela showed me why I needed a plan to make volunteerism a routine part of my life.
I learned volunteerism was the simple act of providing a care service without expecting anything in return. If your world was like my world, it was complex and seemed to run at hyper speed. The demands of work and rearing children left little time to volunteer. Returning from Mexico, I realized I needed to look at my surroundings and watch for opportunities to offer a helping hand. 'Heroic' volunteerism, such as international mission trips, is wonderful, but so is helping an elderly neighbor roll her trashcan to the curb on trash day. Listening to a grieving mother who just lost her son or serving a meal at a homeless shelter can change lives. Opportunities abound…all we have to do is say yes. And I started saying yes.
I stopped my six-passenger golf cart behind an aging Ford sedan with a license plate displaying a Purple Heart military award and a Disabled Vet symbol. The car door opened and a walking cane appeared. Very deliberately, an elderly man emerged from the driver's seat.
"It takes me awhile, but I'll make it," he said with a smile.
"No hurry…take your time, and be careful," I replied as I watched him place his WWII Veteran cap on his balding head.
He walked slowly to my cart and asked if he could sit next to me. I smiled and nodded yes as I read IWO JIMA stenciled next to PEARL HARBOR on his hatband. I was humbled and honored to have this man at my side.
"God bless you for being here to help an old man like me. Not sure I could have made the long walk to the hospital on this cold day. How often do you work here?" he asked.
The aging Vet smiled, and we had a lively discussion of his military service as I delivered him to the VA Hospital door. He thanked me again and said he hoped I was available to take him back to his car.
The loving touch of a small child with an uncertain future; the smile and reminiscing of a hero nearing the end of his earthly life. Simple actions that fed my spirit and had life-changing effects on my soul. All I had to do was anticipate an opportunity to serve and then merely say yes.
March 11, 2015 in Devotionals.


US, Jan. 25 -- As part of his 'America First' vision, President Donald Trump pledged to invest $1 trillion in the US' infrastructure, which is in need of strengthening and modernisation to reflect country's current population growth. Since his inauguration, Senate Democrats have been working behind the scenes to draft up a potential plan in driving this to fruition, according to the Washington Post. Focusing on the development and construction of roads, bridges, highways, airports and various other transportation networks, the works would provide economic growth and increased employment for construction workers with over 10,000 new roles over 10 years. However, funding for these works, let alone the scale of these investments and building works, have yet to be finalised and agreed. Led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democrats have stated to ABC News, "Senate Democrats are walking the walk on repairing and rebuilding our nation's crumbling infrastructure." We ask President Trump to support this common sense, comprehensive approach." Although Democrats have claimed the government should be footing the bill, there are already significant debts to keep in mind, yet to place the financial responsibility to the financial sector could lead to the potential for companies to effectively 'cut-corners', or could also lead to an increase in bridges and toll roads, which are not favoured by commuters throughout America. The American Society of Civil Engineers have stated that by 2020, in order to improve the country's infrastructure, approximately $3.6 trillion will be required in order to prevent future casualties. Trump's pledge to provide tax credits for private companies to undertake such vast work could prove lucrative, yet despite this, alongside the potential for thousands of new construction roles, is this enough to improve the US' infrastructure?


SecureDataCloud is a research project funded by SESAR-WPE (Long Term and Innovative Research) that presents an innovative solution to the data sharing challenge within ATM. The solutions developed used secure (multi-party) computation; a set of techniques enabling non-trivial computations while preserving the privacy of the inputs from any party.
SecureDataCloud project (2012-2014) was coordinated by Innaxis Research Institute, with Istambul TU, Telenium and DHMI (Turkish ANSP) as partners.
Most ATM data are considered in Europe as confidential and sensitive and therefore, private – both for their commercial value (e.g., when the business strategies of airlines could be inferred), and for the political or social consequence some of the analyses may cause (e.g., safety analysis or comparisons among stakeholders).
Within this project, a new paradigm is proposed to address confidentiality issues without limiting the ability of performing relevant computation of private data through the use of secure computation techniques. Secure computation is the field of cryptology devoted to the study of performing a computation while preserving the privacy of the inputs of any party, i.e. computing any function on any input in a distributed system, in which each participant holds a part of the information, even in a cloud-computing environment.
Although this can be solved by a trusted third party, this modality is not always feasible in real applications. Secure computation techniques can enable business models in cases where trusted parties are difficult to designate and specific, secure computation algorithms and protocols have been specifically developed.
Guidelines for the implementing secure computation techniques for different Business Cases: This would include high-level descriptions of situations in which secure computation can provide an added value to ATM. This also includes a review of: requirements, benefits for the ATM stakeholders involved, and the availability of algorithms and protocols.
Software Reference Framework: This software framework includes functions, algorithms and protocols that constitute the starting ground for anyone beginning a new development in this field.
Complete simulation results for two Case Studies: This includes real experiments on the use of secure computation and precise metrics, such as the computational cost or the data transmission bandwidth required to ensure proper functionality. Additionally, the project includes measurements of the guaranteed security levels.
The first case study involves the execution of a general secure auction, covering different time scales and market sizes. Specifically, we consider an airline planning to operate a new route between two airports. Therefore, at a strategic level, the airline firstly tries to buy slots from both airports, i.e. in the primary market. Afterwards, if this first step was not successful, it may try to buy a suitable slot in the secondary market, i.e. from other airlines. Here, the term "airport slot" is used in its general meaning, thus includes both landing and departure slots. Furthermore, airports (and airlines) may be selling one or more slots at the same time; nevertheless, and for the sake of simplicity, these slots will be considered as a single entity if sold with a unique prize, and as two separate slots if the prizes are different. As a final step, the airline may want to trade specialised trajectories near an airport, e.g. priority approach trajectories that could allow a reduction in fuel consumption or a higher delay recovery. In this case, the airline will try to bid for the resource directly to the airport, probably along with other competitor airlines.
The global objective of the second case study is the creation of delay reports using cleared information coming from different stakeholders, securely merged in order to achieve additional knowledge about causes of delays and their evolution through time. Here, cleared information refers to delay information whose causes and amounts have already been processed by the stakeholders, thus reaching a consensus about them. Several stakeholders collaborate by introducing delay information inside the system: pilot, airline representatives, ATC officers, EUROCONTROL's Network Manager Unit, airport representatives, and handling organisations. Different types of analyses are performed on the available data, including: average delay in the route, global and airline-based benchmarking, comparison of different routes, analysis of extreme values, and the analysis of correlation between delay codes.
As an example of the output of the project, the following image presents the graphical interface associated to the first case study. It has been implemented in Java, to ensure cross-platform operability - this has been verified in different environments, including Windows, OS X and Linux machines. Communications between all machines are encrypted according to the TLS standard. Data input and output, e.g. price definition and results delivery, are performed through CSV files, which simplifies the interface with external programs, including automatic data processing software (for instance, any software the airline may have to keep track of its CO2 allowance needs). Finally, software elements (i.e. the integration system and the SMC engine) are launched by executing .BAT files, which start JAVA machines and initialise the corresponding program.


1. Happy Pi(e) Day! Dive into our pie collection.
2. Speaking of pie, this one by the ever talented Emily looks fantastic.
4. As someone who had her family planning choices publicly discussed by a group of 5 year olds (my favorite answer to the question "Why hasn't Ms Elena had a baby yet?" was "maybe she doesn't want to lose her job." Thanks team.), this video made by teachers made me roll on the floor.
6. In search of Puddles.
7. We eat a lot of pizza.
9. This girl is my hero.
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This weekend we headed north to celebrate my dear friend Charlotte's upcoming wedding. Charlotte, lover of many foods other than wings but especially wings, was treated to a special food centric shower. Guests were encouraged to bring the couple a gift for the kitchen, and to fill it first with food for the party (actually perhaps the most genius trick for hosting a wedding shower ever). Gifting food is one of my favorite things to do, and this was a perfect way to honor Charlotte and share food with family and friends.
My one rule for weddings is that I always gift cast iron. I'm a completely dedicated cast iron user, yes, but I also appreciate what it symbolizes. I have cast iron passed down to me by my grandmother. My dad has his grandmother's cast iron cauldron, a family heirloom that I would one day love to inherit. Cast iron is the wedding gift that will last as long as your marriage, as long as your grand children's marriage, if you treat it well. Treat it as carefully as you treat your relationship with your spouse. Just don't light your spouse on fire.
In the skillet I made Charlotte one of my favorite pies, the Tar Heel Pie. The Tar Heel Pie is essentially a chocolate chess pie with pecans, and it's so easy to make you won't actually believe it. To sweeten the deal I topped it with pecans, brown sugar, and a drizzle of melted chocolate.
While we were in DC we also got the opportunity to explore a bit, visiting friends and taking a few short trips out into the city. I'll be back in two weeks for the bachelorette party of my lovely friend Rachael, and I'm looking forward to seeing the city in full bloom. That and spending some quality time with my two best gals, 1-95 and Audible.
Pour hot butter over chocolate chips and stir until fully incorporated. Whisk together remaining ingredients and add to chocolate. Pour into pie shell. Top with pecans and brown sugar. Bake at 350F for 30-40 minutes.
Mix together melted butter and chocolate to melt. Drizzle around edges of the pie, or evenly across. Let cool and serve.
1. This is crazy! I couldn't believe how quickly my brain adapted.
2. How to boil an egg.
3. A touching tribute to a man who has deeply impacted so many lives (including mine).
4. I started Bullet Journaling and so far I love it.
6. This farmhouse makes me want to rethink our whole five year plan.
7. I might need this for the summer.
8. That's a good point.
9. Nominations are open for the 2014 Saveur Food Blog Awards.
10. This made me feel better about the fact that I never do chatarunga pushups.


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Storytime at WORD BK with Galia Bernstein
Join us at WORD Greenpoint for storytime with Galia Bernstein, author of the books Leyla and I Am a Cat.
Leyla is a humorous story about family and friendship, expresses the importance of quiet time in a child's life, and gently explores ideas of mindfulness. Leyla is sick of her big, loud, overbearing family. They are always chatting, snuggling, and grooming each other (ew!), and for Leyla, there's no escape from their attention. So she decides to run away until she can't hear (or smell) her baboon troop anymore. In the middle of her desert habitat, she finds a lizard sunning himself. Unlike her family, the lizard loves to sit alone, be quiet, and do absolutely nothing at all. Leyla joins the lizard, and after soaking up some quiet time, she feels recharged and ready to return home to her large, ever-doting family. Now that she knows where she can always find a little peace, Leyla can embrace the chaos and the kisses with open arms. From the celebrated author-illustrator of I Am a Cat, Leyla shows kids how to appreciate both the wild and the mild.
ABOUT GALIA BERNSTEIN
Galia Bernstein was born and raised in Israel. She started her career as a designer and illustrator for the Israeli Army's magazine. She later studied illustration at Parsons School of Design at the New School and now works as a full-time freelance illustrator. Her debut title, I Am a Cat, received three starred reviews. She lives in Brooklyn.
Leyla (Hardcover)
By Galia Bernstein
Published: Harry N. Abrams - May 21st, 2019


Now a well-established event in the College calendar, the 2019 Upcycled Fashion Show was a joyful and inspirational evening, with students, staff and visitors marvelling at the creativity and ingenuity of the outfits on display.
There were nearly 30 entries, all of which showed an amazing degree of skill and gave the judges some very difficult decisions!
The winning 'Trashion' garment was an amazing futuristic sci-fi-inspired cardboard and foil crinoline and bodice, created by Ashley (UC4) – this was as much a feat of engineering as design!
In the 'Upcycled' category, the winner was Amelie (LC3), who turned her grandfather's suit and tie collection into a stunning skirt and patchwork jacket.
In the House Trashion competition, there were joint winners: St Clare and Glenlee. Both houses chose to create angel wings to accompany a dramatic plastic bag ballgown and a stunning skirt made from tampa rings.
There was also a contribution from staff for the first time, with a team of sewers (some more experienced than others) upcycling old College uniform into an incredibly punk-inspired outfit for Dr Gamblin, Head of Upper College.
My thanks to the judges: Sixth Former Katie, Christina Pettigrew and Ameilia Lockey, and to Sweaty Betty and Caroline Charles for their generous prizes.


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Now that you are done entering all of your Styles and Items you are almost ready to begin making Transactions to add and subtract stock quantities. Before you do, however, there are a few things that need to be setup. This lesson will run through the basic setup. If you want more detail then read the Configuration chapters in the User Manual.
You will need to run Update Prices before you make any transaction. The system does not change prices right away whenever you edit a price/cost or create a new Item. Instead you need to "batch" these changes.
Go to Configure>Inventory Configure>Prices Update. You will want to change the default date (December 31, 1969) to a date just before you started using the system. This way the system will only look for updates from that point forward. Otherwise the Update Prices process will take a long time.
Next, go to Process>Prices and Cost>Update Prices and let the process run. You should get in the habit of running Update Prices at least once a day. A good time to do this is when you do your daily backup. If you are ever Receiving and you see a cost of $0 or Invoicing and see a price of $0 you have most likely forgotten to Update Prices.
Go to Catalogs>Taxes and set the tax rate for your store. Note that XpertMart will only display two digits but even though it looks like it is rounding up the system will actually store as many decimal points as you want to enter.
Zoom out to the Tax Zone catalog and overwrite "Sample State" with the name of your jurisdiction. Do not create a new entry in this catalog.
If some items are tax exempt, create a new entry in the Taxes Catalog, call it Tax Exempt and set the tax rate to 0.0%.
Go to the Employees Catalog and create entries for every one of your employees. Make sure you put the same user name in both the Employee Number and Login fields (yes, you should duplicate this). Every employee will need to be able to login in to XpertMart to do a transaction. The system does not allow you to do a transaction without first doing a login.
Go to the Stores Catalog and fill in the name, address and phone number of your store. Whatever you put in these fields is what will print up on your store sales ticket. Make sure you assign the store to a Tax Zone and to a Price List (usually just List Price).
Make sure XpertMart is not setup to require a Z-Out before you can make the first sale of a day. Go to Configure>Station Configure>Zout and make sure no box is checked. Then go to Catalogs>Document Types>Invoice Types and make sure the Zout box is not checked for any of the Invoice Types.
Go to Catalogs>Vendors>Vendor Terms and create at least one entry (such as COD, Credit, Prepay, etc). You will need to specify vendor payment terms when you make a receipt or you can do this ahead of time for each vendor in the Vendors Catalog.
Refer to the document linked above to setup the right driver configuration for all of your POS peripheral devices.
Finished? You are ready for action!


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Der Barockgarten Großsedlitz mit dem Friedrichschlösschen liegt auf einer Anhöhe des linken Elbufers südöstlich von Dresden in Großsedlitz, das zur Stadt Heidenau im Freistaat Sachsen gehört. Der Ort liegt auf einer Hochfläche zwischen den Tälern der Müglitz im Westen und der Seidewitz im Osten, die einen Ausläufer des Osterzgebirges darstellt. Von dort hat man einen Blick auf den Elbtalkessel.

Der etwa 18 Hektar große Garten gilt als überragendes Beispiel für französische Gartenbaukunst in Sachsen; er ist einer der authentischsten Barockgärten Deutschlands und zählt zu den bedeutendsten Werken des Dresdner Barock, dessen drei führende Architekten ihn gestalteten. Bemerkenswert ist auch die Vielzahl an Pomeranzen, welche die Architektur des terrassenförmigen Gartenraumes unterstreichen.

Geschichte

Der Barockgarten wurde 1719 bis 1723 vom Reichsgrafen August Christoph von Wackerbarth als Landsitz mit Orangerie erbaut (erst wurde 1720 das Schloss, dann 1721 die Obere Orangerie fertiggestellt). Dieser hatte das niedergebrannte Rittergut bereits 1715 erworben. Der Baumeister des einst dreiflügeligen Schlosses in französisch-klassizistischem Barockstil ist unbekannt. Entwürfe von Pöppelmann, Longuelune und Knöffel für die Anlage sind bekannt. Bis 1720 errichtete man den Rohbau; eine Entwurfsplanung von Knöffel ist wahrscheinlich, jedoch nicht belegt.

Bereits 1723 erwarb Kurfürst August der Starke das Anwesen, wobei wegen der angespannten Finanzlage des Kurfürstentums und dem Haushaltsrecht der Landstände der Ankauf noch bis 1726 geheim gehalten wurde. Wackerbarth, der das Amt des Oberaufsehers des militärischen und zivilen Bauwesens im Kurfürstentum ausübte, trat daher zunächst auch weiterhin als privater Bauherr in Erscheinung. Die Anlage wurde gartenbaulich und architektonisch bis 1727 erweitert. Ein ursprünglich geplantes kastellartiges Schloss wurde nie errichtet.1727 wurden die Baumaßnahmen am Schloss und 1732 an der Gartenanlage gestoppt, da August der Starke sein Interesse an dem Schloss verlor.

Während Schloss Pillnitz für höfische Vergnügungsveranstaltungen und Ausflüge diente und Schloss Moritzburg der Abhaltung großer Hofjagden, sollte Großsedlitz zum Ordensschloss für die Stiftungsfeste des polnischen Weißen-Adler-Ordens werden. Am 3. August 1727, seinem Jahrestag, begann August der Starke dieses eintägige Fest zum ersten und einzigen Mal in Großsedlitz. Nach dem Ableben Augusts 1733 führte sein Sohn, Kurfürst Friedrich August II., seit 1734 als König von Polen August III., diese Tradition weiter. Zwischen 1740 und 1756 fanden diese Festlichkeiten noch zwölfmal hier statt. Höhepunkt war dabei jedes Mal das Preisschießen im Unteren Orangerieparterre; als Zielscheiben dienten bemalte Tafeln an der Rückwand des Bassins der "Stillen Musik".

Die Anlage verfiel nach 1750. Schwere Schäden brachte insbesondere der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756–1763), in dem Großsedlitz zeitweise als Hauptlager der Preußischen Armee diente; dabei wurde das Schloss stark beschädigt. Beim Friedensschluss 1763 war auch der Garten infolge der militärischen Einquartierungen verwüstet. Auch in den Koalitionskriegen (1792–1815) wurden der Park und insbesondere die Baulichkeiten schwer beschädigt. Frühe Sicherungsarbeiten erstreckten sich in der Regierungszeit König Johanns über einen langen Zeitraum von 1846 bis 1878. Die Untere Orangerie wurde modernisiert und erhielt zusätzlich eine Warmluftheizung. Den verbliebenen hinfälligen Baukörper des Schlosses riss man 1871 ab und errichtete in den Folgejahren ein zweigeschossiges Neues Schloss an der Stelle des ursprünglichen Ostflügels, später Friedrichschlösschen genannt.

Bis zum Jahr 1928 waren in beiden Orangerien noch Kübelpflanzen untergebracht, die teilweise sogar noch aus der Zeit Augusts den Starken stammten. Im Winter 1928/1929 erfror der gesamte Pflanzenbestand.

Teilbereiche der Anlage des Barockgartens werden Johann Christoph Knöffel zugeschrieben. Plastiken stammen von Johann Christian Kirchner; einige andere schreibt man Johann Benjamin Thomae zu. Viele weitere Figuren lassen sich hinsichtlich ihrer Bildhauer nicht mehr bestimmen. Aufgrund der leichten Hanglage wurde der Barockpark terrassenförmig angelegt. Seine Struktur folgt den Gartenbauprinzipien eines französischen Gartens, Baulichkeiten und Skulpturen sind qualitätvolle Beispiele des Dresdner Barocks zur Zeit Augusts des Starken. Als Lustgarten wurde die Anlage bis 1763 für Festlichkeiten des Dresdner Hofes genutzt. Der Garten blieb im westlichen Teil unvollendet und wurde auch in den folgenden Jahrhunderten kaum verändert.

Das Haupteingangstor des Barockgartens ist eine verhältnismäßig junge Anlage. Es wurde 1960 vom Vorhof des alten Landhauses in Dresden (heute Stadtmuseum) hierher umgesetzt. Die Toranlage entstand in der Zeit von 1960 bis 1963. Die Delphinbrunnen im Eingangsbereich sind das Werk von Johann Christian Feige und rahmten ebenfalls den Eingang zum Landhaus in Dresden.

Gebäude

Die heute noch erhaltenen originalen Barockgebäude sind die Obere und die Untere Orangerie. Das Friedrichschlösschen wurde im 19. Jahrhundert dem Dresdner Barock nachempfunden und 1874 nach Plänen des Hofbaumeisters Bernhard Krüger fertiggestellt. Es verkörpert den ehemaligen Ostflügel des von 1719 bis 1720 errichteten und 1871 wegen Baufälligkeit abgerissenen dreiflügeligen Schlosses.

Die Obere Orangerie wurde, wie auch das ursprüngliche Schloss, für den damaligen Eigentümer Wackerbarth von 1720 bis 1721 nach Plänen von Johann Christoph Knöffel als beheizbarer Zweckbau zur winterlichen Aufnahme von Orangenbäumchen erbaut. Sie ist eingeschossig und hat 23 Fensterachsen sowie an beiden Seiten Eckpavillons mit hohen Mansarddächern. Der Dreiecksgiebel in der Mittelachse ist mit dem Wappen des Grafen Wackerbarth geschmückt. Die ebenfalls eingeschossige Untere Orangerie wurde 1727 nach einem Entwurf von Zacharias Longuelune fertiggestellt; sie ist durch 31 Fensterachsen und eine gelungene Integration in die Terrassenstruktur des Gartens charakterisiert.

Das Friedrichschlösschen beherbergt heute eine historische Gaststätte, die Obere Orangerie ein Standesamt und ein Geschäft. Die Obere und die Untere Orangerie werden für Konzerte und Ausstellungen genutzt; die Untere Orangerie dient darüber hinaus ihrem ursprünglichen Zweck als Winterquartier für die Kübelpflanzen des Gartens.

Barockgarten

Das nach einer Nordwest-Südost-Achse ausgerichtete Parkareal umfasst heute etwa 18 Hektar. Obwohl niemals vollendet, ist die Anlage eine der authentischsten Barockgärten Deutschlands. Der Garten ist durch eine Hanglage mit Terrassierung, Freitreppen und Kaskaden charakterisiert, mit Sichtachsen für Landschaftsausblicke. Während die Ausbreitung einer Gartenanlage in der weiten Ebene oder eine starke Strukturierung von Höhenlagen durch Terrassierung dem Ideal der Gartenbaukunst dieser Zeit durchaus entspricht, ist die Anlage des Gartens als sanfte Talmulde in Höhenlage mit Ausblicken eine Seltenheit.

Das geometrische Wegenetz orientiert sich an den drei Hauptachsen der Anlage. Ursprünglich war eine weitaus größere Ausdehnung der Parkanlage geplant. Denn zum einen führen die hohen Alleebaumpflanzungen über die heutigen Grenzen des Gartens hinaus und zum anderen sprach die Lage des alten, zweiflügeligen Schlosses und der dazugehörigen Hofanlage für eine andere Symmetrieachse. Auf einem Plan von 1732 ist eine spiegelbildliche Wiederholung des Unteren Orangerieparterre jenseits der Mittelachse zu erkennen, die auf die Obere Orangerie zuführt; dieses zweite Gartenparterre, das ebenfalls von Bosketts umrahmt sein sollte, wurde niemals ausgeführt.

Das in der östlichen Parkseite befindliche Untere Orangerieparterre bildete den Festsaal des Gartens; hier fand u. a. das Preisschießen statt. Die in der Art einer Arena leicht abgesenkte, U-förmige Anlage wird auf der Nordseite von der Unteren Orangerie begrenzt, im Süden schließt sich eine eigenwillige Treppenanlage an. Diese Freitreppe, aufgrund der sie schmückenden musizierenden Putten "Stille Musik" genannt, wurde vermutlich vom Zwingerbaumeister Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann entworfen. Hier umgreifen zwei geschwungene Stufenläufe eine Stützmauer, die sich über einem Bassin mit drei Fontänen erhebt. Bei Preisschießen wurden hier die Zielscheiben aufgestellt. Im Halbrund oberhalb dieser Treppenanlage befinden sich Figuren von Juno und Jupiter, von Figuren der Jahreszeiten gerahmt.

Im westlichen Teil des Gartens verkörpert die Waldkaskade mit einem als "Steinernes Meer" bezeichneten oberen Bassin die Intention, eine "Wasserachse" als lebendigsten Teil des Gartens zu schaffen. Sie blieb jedoch unvollendet, ebenso wie das am tiefsten Punkt befindliche Parterre d'eau und die von den Stützmauern des Oberen Orangerieparterres umfassten beiden Wasserstufen. Am Rand des oberen Kaskadebeckens stehen die Personifizierungen der vier Erdteile. Südlich von dieser Gruppe sind die Elemente Feuer und Wasser ebenso wie Luft und Erde dargestellt. Bemerkenswert sind auch die Liebespaare der antiken Mythologie, die oberhalb des Eisbeckens ihre Aufstellung gefunden haben: Ceyx und Alkyone, Meleager und Atalante, Apollo und Daphne, Narcissus und Echo, Orpheus und Eurydike, Pan und Syrinx, Amor und Psyche sowie Bacchus und Ariadne, alle von Johann Benjamin Thomae.

Sandsteinfiguren

Von den ehemals zahlreichen Sandsteinskulpturen aus der römischen und griechischen Mythologie schmücken heute noch 64 die Gartenanlage, darunter 24 Originale. Die Originale jener Skulpturen, die im Park durch Kopien ersetzt wurden, wurden konserviert und befinden sich im Kopfbau der Oberen Orangerie. Darunter befinden sich u. a. die Figuren der Frühlingsgöttin Flora, der großen Göttermutter Kybele oder der singenden Melpomene. Der reiche erhaltene Figurenschmuck hebt den Großsedlitzer Garten über andere vergleichbare Anlagen heraus.

Bemerkenswert sind die vom Hofbildhauer Johann Christian Kirchner geschaffenen Figurengruppen "Vier Jahreszeiten" (Winter, Frühling, Sommer, Herbst), "Vier Erdteile" (Europa, Asien, Afrika, Amerika; Australien war damals noch unentdeckt) und "Vier Elemente" (Feuer, Wasser, Luft, Erde), die alle noch als Originale existieren. Bei letzterem sind zwei entgegengesetzte Elemente in jeweils einer gemeinsamen Figur zusammengefasst: Feuer und Wasser sowie Luft und Erde werden hier vereint.

Jahreszeiten
Vier Figuren am Unteren Orangerieparterre beziehen sich auf allegorische Darstellungen von Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.

Vier Erdteile
Die Personifikationen der vier Erdteile Europa, Asien, Afrika und Amerika befinden sich am Steinernen Meer im süd-westlichen Teil des Gartens.

Liebespaare
Acht Doppelfiguren, die sich zwischen dem Eisbassin und den Kaskaden befinden, stellen Liebespaare der Mythologie dar.

Orangerie

Orangerien gehörten als Sammlungen von südländischen Pflanzen zum klassischen Formenkanon der Barockgärten. Neben Orangen wurden auch Myrten, Granatäpfel, Lorbeeren und Feigen in Großsedlitz gepflegt. Die Tradition der Orangerien geht auf italienische Vorbilder der Renaissancezeit zurück. Bei ihrer Anlage spielte der griechische Herkules-Mythos eine wichtige Rolle; nach diesem Mythos sollte Herkules, als eine von zwölf Aufgaben, goldene Äpfel aus dem Garten der Hesperiden holen. Durch die offensichtliche Ähnlichkeit von Orangen mit goldenen Äpfeln ließ sich eine schmeichelhafte Beziehung ihres Besitzers mit den tugendhaften Merkmalen von Herkules ableiten. In Dresden hatte bereits Kurfürst Johann Georg III. im Großen Garten vier Herkulesstatuen an den beiden Enden einer Herkulesallee aufstellen lassen, ein Frühwerk Permosers. In Großsedlitz ließ August der Starke eine Kopie des Herkules Farnese platzieren. Für August spielte der Herkules-Mythos gerade auch wegen des offensichtlichen Bezugs zu seiner eigenen legendären Körperstärke eine ganz besondere Rolle; auf dem Dach des Wallpavillon im Dresdner Zwinger trägt Permosers Hercules Saxonicus die Weltkugel.

Laut dem Inventarverzeichnis von 1736 hatte der Barockgarten zu dieser Zeit 1.250 Orangenbäume, wobei der Bestand an Pomeranzen (Bitterorangen) besonders wertvoll war. Jahrelange Vernachlässigung und vermutlich ein Heizungsausfall im strengen Winter 1928/29 vernichteten die letzten verbliebenen Bestände.

Im Jahr 1997 wurden erstmals wieder 150 Orangenbäumchen aus der Toskana angeschafft; der heutige Bestand ist auf über 400 Kübelpflanzen, darunter 140 Pomeranzen, angewachsen. Deren Überwinterung erfolgt bei Temperaturen von 5 bis 8 Grad Celcius in der Unteren Orangerie.

Aktuelle Situation
Der Barockgarten gelangte 1992 in den Besitz des wieder entstandenen Freistaates Sachsen. Gleichzeitig begann eine umfassende Restaurierung und Rekonstruktion von Garten und Gebäuden.

Zur heutigen, öffentlich zugänglichen Anlage gehören neben dem Friedrichschlösschen das Alte Gärtnerhaus, die Obere und Untere Orangerie, das Obere Parterre, das Wasserparterre (Parterre d'eau), die "Stille Musik", das Untere Parterre, die Waldkaskade und das Naturtheater.

Von Ostern bis Oktober eines jeden Jahres findet eine Vielzahl von Veranstaltungen im Garten statt. Höhepunkt ist dabei das Gartenfest am ersten Wochenende im August. Es soll an das erste Fest des Polnischen Weißen Adlerordens erinnern, das unter August dem Starken erstmals in Großsedlitz begangen wurde.

Ende Mai 2018 fanden zum sechsten Mal die seit 2013 jährlich stattfindenden Sächsischen Zitrustage im Barockgarten statt. Während dieser Ausstellung präsentierte der Barockgarten erneut seine Sammlung kostbarer Zitrusgewächse.

Besucherzahlen
 2017: 61.072
 2018: 55.290
 2019: 45.403
 2021: 46.297
 2022: 44.146

Schutzstatus und Gefährdung
Neben der denkmalrechtlichen Unterschutzstellung relevanter baulicher und gartenbaulicher Anlagen steht der Barockgarten Großsedlitz seit April 2011 als FFH-Gebiet (landesinterne Nr.: 173, EU-MELDENUMMER: 5049-305) unter dem Schutz der Europäischen Kommission (NATURA 2000). Ein Teil seiner Fläche ist eines von drei Arealen an den Großsedlitzer Elbhängen, die vollständig zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet "Großsedlitzer Elbhänge und Hochflächen" gehören.

Trotz des hohen denkmalrechtlichen und naturschutzrechtlichen Schutzstatus sind für die Ackerflächen, welche die Umgebung des Kulturdenkmals prägen, seit 2017 intensive Planungen für ein interkommunales Industriegebiet (Industriepark Oberelbe – IPO) durch die Städte Pirna, Heidenau und Dohna im Gange. Das Industriegebiet soll sich auf 3 Teilflächen mit insgesamt ca. 140 Hektar südlich der Parkanlage entlang der Bundesstraße 172a erstrecken. In einem ersten Bauabschnitt ist auf dem Pirnaer Teil des IPO auf ca. 98 Hektar der "Technologiepark Feistenberg" geplant. Die verkehrliche Erschließung soll über eine neue Anschlussstelle von der B172a, ca. 800 m südöstlich vom Barockgarten Großsedlitz entfernt, entstehen.

Verschiedene Persönlichkeiten des öffentlichen Lebens und 12 große Verbände des Natur- und Denkmalschutzes protestieren seit Februar 2022 in einem Offenen Brief gegen den Industriepark. Ebenso hat sich das Deutsche Nationalkomitee von ICOMOS (INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MONUMENTS AND SITES) in seiner Stellungnahme vom Juli 2022 ganz ausdrücklich gegen die geplante Bedrohung des unmittelbaren kulturlandschaftlichen Umfeldes des Barockgartens positioniert und forderte die Einstellung der weiteren Planungen für den IPO.

Wegen der akuten Gefährdungslage durch die IPO-Planungen wurde der Barockgarten Großsedlitz seit dem 10. März 2022 in die Rote Liste der gefährdeten Baudenkmäler Deutschlands beim Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V. aufgenommen.

Literatur
 Georg Dehio: Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Bd. Dresden. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/ Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03110-3, S. 235–238.
 Hans G. Hartmann: Barockgarten Großsedlitz. Edition Leipzig, 2002, ISBN 3-361-00550-7.
 Andrea Hessler, Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen, Sächsische Schlösserverwaltung (Hrsg.): Sächsische Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten. Dresden 1994, S. 35–42.
 Hugo Koch: Großsedlitz einst und jetzt. In: Mitteilungen des Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz. Band XIV, Heft 9–12/1925, S. 373–395.
 Simone Ruby: Barockgarten Grosssedlitz. Edition Leipzig, 2013, ISBN 978-3-361-00689-8.
 Gustav Adolf Abendroth: Großsedlitz – Geschichte des Königlichen Schlosses und Gartens: und Erklärung der Statuen des Parkes. Saxoniabuch, Dresden 2015, ISBN 3-95770-348-4.
 Friedrich August Wendler: Das königliche Schloss und der Garten zu Gross Sedlitz. Pirna um 1850. (Digitalisat)

Weblinks

 Barockgarten Großsedlitz auf dem Wissensportal der Staatlichen, Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen
 Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen – Barockgarten Großsedlitz
 Der Barockgarten Großsedlitz bei www.dresden-und-sachsen.de
 Übersichtsplan des Parks (PDF; 459 kB)
 Barockgarten Großsedlitz im Stadtwiki Dresden

Einzelnachweise

Grosssedlitz
Grosssedlitz
Heidenau (Sachsen)
Erbaut in den 1710er Jahren
Erbaut in den 1720er Jahren
Grosssedlitz
Grosssedlitz
Kulturdenkmal im Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

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