Ramen tastes even more amazing than usual (cold weather, hot bowl of noodle, go figure).
Tsukiji Fish Market in the Winter time is a FIESTA! (Fish fatten up in the winter time so it's one of the best time of the year to get sushi and sashimi). Plus, with the traditional marketplace moving sometime in 2016, another reason to go visit now.
While I adore my previous summers in Japan, which were filled with cold soba noodles and sweet kakigori in the sweltering summer heat, I love wintery Japan. It is the perfect season for warm comfort food. I'm looking at you ramen, oden, and fried-everything. Plus, this time around, winter fashion was in full swing and Japanese girls really rock the furry coats and beanie look–some great food fashion for thought!
Below, you'll find a round-up of the foods I chomped on and places I visited during my recent January 2016 trip. I'll be introducing some of my favorite eats around Tokyo, as well as particularly delicious cold-weather-eats! Thank you to all that ate with me and showed me amazing restaurants, ありがとうございます.
This is Part I of my Tokyo Eats Winter Guide–I'll have Part II coming soon!
Omotesando just a couple days after New Years, which coincides with Hatsumode, the first Shinto shrine visit of the year in Japan.
Omotesando Hills–the large indoor shopping center designed by famous architect Tadao Ando.
Walk down Omotesando and you'll see the Tokyu Plaza Omohara building–a giant futuristic building designed by Hiroshi Nakamura.
Above the Omohara is a little oasis–great place for coffee with a view in the winter time.
Don't be fooled, this gorgeous and serene rooftop is a beer garden in the summer time!
Bill Granger whips up phenomenal honey ricotta hotcakes. Pair it with an Australian Breakfast platter, you have yourself a breakfast some celebrities call 'the best in the world.' The line for Bills can be ridiculously long, so go early (or late! I've had breakfast for dinner before).
Top of the Tokyu Omohara is the home of Bill Granger's breakfast powerhouse, Bills.
For example, Bills' silky and creamy scrambled eggs are not to be missed.
And here's the wildly popular honey ricotta pancakes that get Tokyo pancake lovers waiting in line for HOURS!
Take the JR Yamanote Line to Harajuku station–do some shopping down the insanely packed Takeshita Dori. This is where the colorful fashion of Harajuku really displays itself!
Walk further up Harajuku for around 5 minutes (0.3 miles), you'll be right next to Meiji-jingu Shrine. Worth a visit, and if you go in the New Years time, hatsumode (the first shrine visit of the year) is not to be missed. Yoyogi Park is right next door–great for runs and general gatherings. If you're lucky, you might even spot famed Japanese author Haruki Murakami here!
Now go past Meiji-jingu mae and head up Omotesando–the glitzy equivalent of NYC's 5th Avenue. Do you appreciate gorgeous brand-name stores? Not only is this Tokyo's hub for high fashion, brand-name architects have created masterpieces here. Read about New York Times' great feature on it here.
Tokyu Omohara Plaza, the futuristic building you see at the beginning of Omotesando is worth a visit! Head up to the top where there's an outdoor patio with great views. Bill Granger has his Tokyo outpost here–his restaurant Bills is known to have insanely long lines! But honestly, the scrambled eggs and honey ricotta pancakes are worth the wait!
When you're done with shopping, check out the Aoyama area which is further down Omotesando. There are a bunch of cafes and small boutique shops to browse through as well! Check out Tamawarai if you're hungry, a great one Michelin soba restaurant around this area.
Tsukiji Outer Market–even if you don't venture inside the fish maket for the tuna auction, the outer marketplace has plenty of stalls and vendors. A fantastic way to savor the market without waking up at 3am.
Onigiri–handmade riceballs wrapped with different fillings. For under 2 dollars, you can grab a quick snack on the go.
Bright yellow and delicious tamagoyaki–sweet slices of Japanese omelet. I love eating these as I wander around the market!
I was SO tempted to have a bite of this. This warmly dressed cook wedged small pieces of butter onto the fresh scallops and then proceeded to torch them until all the scallops were sizzling in oil. Seriously, this was unreal!
Sushizanmai is one of my favorite go-to's in Tsukiji Fish Market. You don't have to wait for hours to eat sushi (I'm looking at you Sushi Dai ) but it is arguably one of the best sushi-ya around. Its quality of fish and service is consistently fantastic, making it a definite must-go.
Sushizanmai–while it is a chain, its quality of fish and service is consistently fantastic.
At 9am, the sushi restaurant is already hustling and bustling with people and shouts of Japanese between the chefs.
I find it absolutely brilliant that Japanese salaryman come to Tsukiji for some breakfast sushi… and pints of beer. I think that's a GREAT way to start the day.
Special omakase set–look at those gorgeous pieces of uni and ikura!
My favorite part of sushizanmai? Their fresh miso soup (generous serving size as well!); unlimited of course. DRINK UP.
My friend Daniel ordered the tuna omakase–gorgeous shades of pink and red everywhere. Can you tell which is the ootoro?
The anago nigiri (salt water eel) on the far right was delicious.
Okay, so even after a whole sushi omakase, my friend Daniel and I still had our eyes set on the other prize: 中華そば 井上 Inoue, possibly the best soy-based ramen stand in Tokyo. It's on the outer perimeter of the market; once you find a line of people waiting to eat ramen standing up you've got the right one.
Inoue–yes, the line was ridiculously long. And yes, we waited in it.
Whipping up bowls of ramen in sets of 8–the five minutes you get as you stand up there watching the bowls of ramen noodles being served are just amazing.
How to eat? Standing of course. There are a couple tables next to the ramen shop–if you can't slurp while others stare you down in hopes of getting your spot afterwards, then you might run into some trouble at Inoue. But trust me, this is well worth the hassle.
TA-DAA. The final masterpiece. Beautiful.
GO GET SUSHI. Sushi Dai, Sushi Daiwa, Sushizanmai (where I went this time), etc. Anywhere, and I promise you, always fresh. Get the omakase, which is the chef's choice, and prepare for a sushi feast.
Share a piping hot bowl of shoyu-ramen at the amazing 中華そば 井上 Inoue. You won't regret it–the salty and flavorful soup is wonderfully warm and filling. The perfect winter breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Wander around the market and grab some snacks to go. Tamagoyaki, fried oysters, rice balls, pickles, you name it they have it!
Want traditional chopsticks or bowls? Go kitchenware shopping. Tsukiji might not be Kappabashi, the Kitchen Town of Tokyo, but it is still a popular place for some kitchenware shopping, especially if you're on the hunt for some good deals. Simple chopsticks, bowls, and sushi-making essentials can all be found here if you look hard enough!
The iconic Ginza Wako department store at the beginning of Ginza's main shopping avenue. The clock tower on top was designed by Seiko, renowned Japanese watch and clock maker.
Ginza's main street turns into a pedestrian-only avenue on weekends–I took this photo last summer when I was in Tokyo.
Kimuraya Bakery — The Original Anpan (sweet red azuki bean stuffed bread) Bakery!
Right by the Ginza station is Kimuraya Bakery, the birthplace of Anpan. This beloved Japanese bread stuffed with sweet red azuki bean paste can be found in all convenient stores and pan-ya (bakeries). But don't miss the ones at Kimuraya because the heritage of their Anpan is unrivaled!
Walking down Ginza's main shopping district you might smell something delicious. Kimuraya Bakery is a must-visit if you're in the area–where else can you find original Anpan?
Sakura Anpan–with salted cherry blossoms in them, this was made in honor Emperor Meiji.
Apart from phenomenal Japanese cuisine, Tokyo boasts just about all my favorite world-class restaurants and patisseries as well. For example, Angelina is a Paris-based tearoom that has a Tokyo location in Ginza. If you are a sweet tooth, you'll adore Angelina's trademark Mont-Blanc.
Mont-Blanc — meringue, cream, and chestnut paste, what's not to love?
A trio of ice cream and sorbet.
English menu for the January five-course dinner. Moreover, because it was New Years, they served special porridges and mochi in celebration of it!
Special New Years dish–with a savory chunk of mochi in there for good luck.
Bamboo shoots and stuffed tofu in a light kelp broth.
A trio of seasonal specials–up front is the sweet egg custard with gold-dusted black beans.
Fried crab croquette–piping hot and absolutely fresh out of the frier. My favorite type of winter food!
Sashimi–look at that piece of gorgeous tuna!
Ikura over a bed of hot rice, served with pickled plums and miso soup.
The hot-stone rice that we couldn't finish was packed up at the end of the meal for us, and wrapped into cute little onigiri rice balls! A thoughtful touch.
Take a walk down Ginza's main shopping avenue, and visit one of the large department stores (Wako, Mitsukoshi, etc.). If high-end fashion is not your cup of tea, head downstairs to the basement where you'll find just about the best depa-chika (literally means basement of department stores). They have amazing food selections that put food courts in all other countries to shame!
Take an afternoon tea/dessert break. Whether it's Kimuraya Bakery's original Anpan, or Angelina's Mont-Blanc, spare an hour or two for some tea-drinking and people-watching in Ginza.
Heard of Jiro Dreams of Sushi? Go take a picture in front of the storefront, or better yet, dine there! The subject of the famous documentary, Sukiyabashi Jiro is located in the Ginza station. You can seek out its humble storefront and take a quick picture. Or, if you make a reservation three months in advance, have a three Michelin Stars dining experience!
Treat yourself to a traditional Japanese dinner in Ginza, where world-class fashion and dining merge into one. Maru, the restaurant I introduced above, is a great place to try affordable kaiseki if you want. Otherwise, I adore Kakiyasu, a great sukiyaki restaurant that serves phenomenal A5 beef.
Visiting Tokyo? Have a question? Send them my way! Thanks for reading Part I of my recent Tokyo food adventure. I'll be back with Part II soon!
I agree that winter is the best season to visit Japan for foodie. Now every meals here in Tokyo is delicious and enjoyable.
Tokyo is delicious all year round 🙂 Thank you for reading!
I think we should exchange notes. Love your posts on Tokyo.
We are going back this October.
That's great. Love that old world charm you won't get at the new market. Will certainly hit you with questions!
Love this list!! Ginza Maru is my favorite too, food there is so tasty and you cannot beat the price!


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Q: Default arguments in a child class and an inheritance (Python 3.10) I want a child class to inherit from a parent class all methods and attributes with one small change - setting a default value for one argument in the child class shared with the parent class. How can I do it? With following code, I get an AttributeError when trying to call add method on the child class' instance.
https://pastebin.com/WFxmbyZD
def ParentClass():
    """An exemplary parent class."""
    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b

    def adder(self):
        return a + b

def ChildClass(ParentClass):
    """An exemplary child class."""
    def __init__(self, a, b=3):
        super().__init__(a, b)

child_class_instance = ChildClass(5)
print(child_class_instance.adder())

A: You have a mistake declaring the class.
I will show you examples here. The child class can have a different signature for the constructor and the methods.
class ParentClass:
    """An exemplary parent class."""

    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b

    def adder(self):
        return self.a + self.b

    def adder_bis(self, c):
        return self.a + self.b + c

class ChildClass(ParentClass):
    """An exemplary child class."""

    def __init__(self, a, b=3):
        super().__init__(a, b)

    def adder_bis(self):
        return super().adder_bis(self.a)

child_class_instance = ChildClass(5)
print(child_class_instance.adder())
print(child_class_instance.adder_bis())

A: I commented what I thought was wrong:
class ParentClass():                  #class instead of def
    """An exemplary parent class."""
    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self.a = a
        self.b = b

    def adder(self):
        return self.a + self.b         #use self here

class ChildClass(ParentClass):         #class instead of def
    """An exemplary child class."""
    def __init__(self, a, b=3):
        super().__init__(a, b)

child_class_instance = ChildClass(5)
print(child_class_instance.adder())

output:
8

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Хосе́ Паво́н-и-Химе́нес ( или ; 22 апреля 1754, Касатехада, Касерес — 1844, Мадрид) — испанский ботаник и фармацевт. Прославился исследованиями флоры Перу и Чили. Во время царствования в Испании Карла III он вместе с Иполито Руисом Лопесом между 1779 и 1788 годами посетил страны Южной Америки.

Многие растения описаны им совместно с Руисом Лопесом. В ботанической литературе часто используется сокращение Ruiz & Pav., указывающее на совместное авторство этих исследователей.

Именем Хосе Павона назван род растений семейства Мальвовые .

Работы
Совместно с Руисом Лопесом:
 Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis prodromus, sive, Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et Chilensium descriptiones, et icones Рим, 1797
 Systema vegetabilium florae Peruvianae et Chilensis: characteres prodromi genericos differentias… Мадрид?, 1798
 Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis, sive, Descriptiones et icones plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae… Мадрид, 1798—1802 Том 1

Библиография
 Brummit, R.K. & C E. Powell. Authors of plant names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,1992.
 Fryxell P. A. 2000. Correction of Some Nomenclatural, Typification, and Other Discrepancies in Neotropical Pavonia (Malvaceae) Brittonia, 52, 200—202
 Steele, A. R. Flores para el Rey Ediciones del Serval. (первоначальное название: Flowers for the King: The expedition of Ruiz and Pavon and the Flora of Peru), 1982.
 Коллектив авторов. La expedición botánica al Virreinato del Perú (1777—1788). Ludwerg editores, Madrid, 1988.

Ссылки
 Francisco Teixidó — Los Biólogos Españoles — José Antonio Pavón Jiménez

Ботаники по алфавиту
Ботаники Испании
Фармацевты Испании

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name: Forms
desc: How to use forms in Pakyow.
guide: true
---

Pakyow makes working with forms super easy. When defining a form, always scope the form and add props to fields:

```html
<form data-scope="post">
  <input type="text" data-prop="name">
</form>
```

From the backend, binding data to the scope will automatically define `name` attributes, making the submitted data available in the `params` helper:

```ruby
view.scope(:post).bind({})
```

Resulting view:

```html
<form data-scope="post">
  <input type="text" data-prop="name" name="post[name]">
</form>
```

The `value` attribute will also be set automatically if one is available in the data being bound.

If a field already has a `name` or `value`, Pakyow will not overwrite it.

## Action / Method

In the case of Restful routes, Pakyow will automatically set the form action and method based on the state of the object. For this to work, you will need to add the following code to the [bindings](/docs/view-logic/bindings) for the form's scope:

```ruby
Pakyow::App.bindings do
  restful :post
end
```

The argument to `restful` should reference the name of the [RESTful route group](/docs/routing/restful).

Now, when binding data to the form the action and method will be set for you and the form will submit to the right path.

## Select Options

Options can be defined in the bindings, like this:

```ruby
Pakyow::App.bindings do
  options :type do
    [[:one, 'option 1'], [:two, 'option 2']]
  end
end

view.scope(:post).bind({ type: :two })
```

Resulting view:

```html
<form data-scope="post">
  <select data-prop="type" name="post[type]">
    <option value="one">option 1</option>
    <option value="two" selected>option 2</option>
  </select>
</form>
```

You can also set the first option to empty:

```ruby
Pakyow::App.bindings do
  options :type, empty: true do
    [[:one, 'option 1'], [:two, 'option 2']]
  end
end

view.scope(:post).bind({ type: :two })
```

Resulting view:

```html
<form data-scope="post">
  <select data-prop="type" name="post[type]">
    <option></option>
    <option value="one">option 1</option>
    <option value="two" selected>option 2</option>
  </select>
</form>
```

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using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace ChallengeBoard.Email
{
    public interface IPostmaster
    {
        void Send(EmailContact to, string subject, string body);
        void Send(ICollection<EmailContact> to, string subject, string body);
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Зервос — греческая фамилия.
 Зервос, Иоаннис (1875—1943) — новогреческий поэт, прозаик, драматург, переводчик, а также философ-ницшеанец.
 Зервос, Цамбикос (в монашестве Геннадий; 1937—2020) — епископ Константинопольской православной церкви, управляющий Италийской митрополией.
 Зервос, Панайотис (1878—1952) — один из самых видных греческих математиков конца XIX и первой половины XX веков, философ и издатель, переводчик.
 Зервос, Кристиан (1889—1970) — греко-французский историк искусств и издатель. Автор каталога работ П.Пикассо получившего его имя.


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Thomas David-Bashore has been appointed as the new finance coordinator of the Concordia Student Union. He was voted in through a secret ballot during a special council meeting on Nov. 30, by the CSU council.
"I think that I'll be able to do a good job, and I hope that the students and the executive are happy with my performance," David-Bashore said.
One Arts and Science councillor, David Bashore, one John Molson councillor, Omar Riaz and one Engineering councillor, Ahmed Badr, applied for the position.
David-Bashore said he wants to make the other executives have the financial resources to accomplish their goals.
The position has been open since former finance coordinator, Adrian Longinotti, was forced to resign on Nov. 21. Current Student Life coordinator, Rachel Gauthier had taken up the duties of the finance coordinator in the interim.
The finance coordinator is responsible for working with the CSU's operating budget and keeping the CSU's finances transparent and accountable according to their website. They prepare budgets for CSU events and present them to council every month.


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Kenya's Ambassador and special envoy for Maritime affairs Nancy Karigithu has bagged a global accolade.
Amb. Nancy Karigithu, who is also the immediate former Principal Secretary Maritime affairs in the Ministry of Transport was recognized among the World's top 100 high ranking influential people within the Global Shipping Industry by @LloydsList 13th edition.
"I am honoured and humbled to receive this recognition. Being an international industry the sum total of our individual actions towards improving the maritime sector, also the biggest contributor to the growth of the global economy, do count for something," said Karigithu.
The 13th edition of Lloyd's List's One Hundred People, ranking influence and power within shipping, features a familiar cast of characters and some maybe not so familiar, reflecting the next generation making a mark on the industry.
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Herberts Dāboliņš (born 21 August 1908, date of death unknown) was a Latvian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

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Stranger was on top of dresser in the nursery, repeating 'Give me the baby,' SC cops say
Noah Feit, The State
It is a parent's nightmare.
Somebody has broken into their home and wants to take their child.
While it sounds like something found in a horror movie, it was a real situation one South Carolina family and their neighbors encountered Friday.
Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputies reported they arrested Brandi Nichole Almond after she broke into multiple houses and confronted the residents. That included an incident in a baby's nursery, where the 33-year-old Inman resident repeatedly said "give me the baby."
After hearing a noise, the baby's father said he entered his child's room and saw an unknown woman, later identified as Almond, on top of a dresser "trying to hide," according to the incident report. The man told law enforcement his home was locked.
The sheriff's office said the father asked Almond what she was doing, and she began repeating "give me the baby, I got to go, they are coming."
Then Almond "attempted to grab the baby from his wife," according to the incident report, before she "laid down in the front yard for a few minutes," and then went to the next-door neighbor's home.
Almond "barged" into the unlocked home and was "hollering" and "rambling" for help, before she got on her hands and knees when she was asked to leave, per the incident report.
Deputies reported that the neighbor grabbed Almond and "drug her outside," where she "laid down in some tree branches ... in an attempt to hide from the police."
Almond struggled with deputies as they tried to put her in the back of a patrol car, according to the incident report. As deputies tried to restrain Almond, they said she was yelling "monkeys are out to get me."
Almond was charged with two counts of third-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit kidnapping, according to jail records at the Spartanburg County Detention Center, where she remains behind bars. Her bond has not been set.
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The theory of action at Hale Junior High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is that if we provide teachers with the time and space to develop themselves professionally as individuals and a community, they will be more effective in the classroom. The Hale schedule includes one full day of professional development weekly for the majority of teachers, with a daily PD period for the remaining faculty. Hale administrators were able to make this change without sacrificing class size or increasing costs. The schedule redesign that happened at Hale was part of a larger district partnership with TimeWise Schools as part of an Innovative Professional Development (iPD) grant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Students at Hale come to school with many needs. Their skills are lower than peers in neighboring schools, most are learning English as a new language, and many are economically disadvantaged. Providing the support and individualization required to meet the needs of students at Hale was taking its toll on teachers. Teachers routinely found themselves working very long hours, sometimes at the expense of their own families, relationships, and well-being.
Hale was designated a school in need of improvement by the State of Oklahoma and provided with scheduling and instructional support and a new principal. Hale administrators worked with School by Design™ in the winter of 2015 to redesign the school master schedule and implemented those changes in the fall of 2015. All teachers now have significant amounts of professional development time built into their regular schedule. Most teachers have a full day every week to step back and improve their effectiveness in the classroom, collaborate, plan, and engage students' family members. Others have a daily professional development period. The additional time has given teachers time to improve instruction and support students while also increasing morale by restoring the possibility of a greater work/life balance.
This is the first year of the Hale redesign. Although it is still early, Hale teachers and school leaders are reporting encouraging results. Student and faculty attendance have increased. Thanks to the more frequent family connections, teachers are noticing improved student behavior in the classrooms. Everyone sees an increase in student engagement and, overall, a more positive culture in the classrooms.
When Hale was designated as a school in need of improvement, the staff was offered instructional support by the State of Oklahoma. That support has taken the form of monthly visits by an instructional coach to help Hale staff with how they might use project-based learning within the school curriculum.
The schedule redesign that happened at Hale was part of a larger district partnership with TimeWise Schools, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Innovative Professional Development (iPD) grant. The district worked with school administrators to make sure that schedule changes were in compliance with the teachers union contract.
Students are in school full time, taught by teachers on staff.
Most teachers have a full day each week to collaborate, plan, develop individually, and connect with student families. Others have daily PD period. All teachers have prep daily.
Daily class observations are made by school administrators.
The school experiments with various instructional strategies such as blended learning and project-based learning.
The schedule operates like a block schedule with single-period teacher prep, and longer run times support hands-on learning.
Hale teachers' core focus is on how to differentiate instruction for the variety of learning needs of their students. That work is built into weekly professional learning communities (PLCs) with teachers of the same subject that are made possible by the master schedule change.
Hale's curriculum is based on state and local standards for 7th- and 8th-grade students. Each student takes four core academic subjects (English, math, social studies, and science) in addition to physical education, a leadership class, and electives. The curriculum includes state-adopted textbooks and a variety of instructional approaches. Leadership class includes character development, relationship building, and study skills.
Support for ELL and SPED students is predominantly offered in core classes through an inclusion model of instruction. Eighth-grade ELL students who are in need of extra support are provided with targeted textbooks from the district.
Hale staff is experimenting with using technology to help empower students to take ownership of their learning. In one case, students use iPads to query district databases for information rather than using textbooks.
Each student takes four core academic subjects, with double periods in ELA and/or math and physical education. One day per week, students start the day with their leadership classes as usual and then take elective classes for the remainder of the day. Electives occur every fifth school day and are delivered in half-day and full-day sessions.
Formative assessments every six weeks.
Staff members are organized into core teams. Each team includes two English, two math, one social studies, one science, and two on-team elective PLUS teachers. The team is collectively responsible for six groups of students. Students are grouped into cohorts of 25-30, and each cohort travels together to all courses. Additionally, this design is meant to support stronger relationships among students.
ELA and math teachers teach in a double-period block, and they see three groups of students daily. Hale administrators chose this structure because it doubles time in these subjects and allows teachers to be responsible for fewer students each day. Science and social studies teachers teach in single periods and see all six groups of students daily.
Each team has two additional PLUS teachers who teach electives by taking over for a different department each day of the week. Hale is an arts school, and students take a variety of electives, using this PLUS methodology.
Hale has a seven-period day, and most teachers teach six periods four days per week and have a full day of PD one day a week. Students take electives when teachers are in prep or weekly PD.
For example, when language arts teachers are in their PD day, students take an elective in place of their language arts class for that day. When math teachers are in PD, students take their elective in place of math. Courses meet four days per week, and the period length was extended to offset much of the impact of this schedule on total time per course.
It's designed to maintain the feel of a block schedule while carving out substantial weekly time for planning and collaboration.
Students travel with the same group of students from class to class, within a team of teachers who all share the same students.
All teachers have significant amounts of PD time built into their schedules. Most have one day per week, some have one period per day. All teachers have daily prep.
Weekly PLCs lasting 30-60 minutes are a key part of the common planning and development day that teachers of the same subject share. Each PLC focuses on specific student work that relates to a specific standard. Conversation focuses around how students are doing and what teachers can do differently to teach more effectively and to differentiate instruction. Given that Hale uses an inclusion model for SPED and ELL, differentiation strategies for these groups are also discussed in this context.
Once a month, teachers come together with other middle school teachers teaching the same subject. The district provides ongoing professional development to these teachers as a group so all can be headed in the same direction. Special attention is provided to aligning this PD with district goals for the subject area and for a pedagogical focus.
Once per month, an instructional coach funded by the state provides instruction in project-based learning practices.
During their weekly PD day, teachers work with their grade-level team to improve instruction, with activities such as planning a new unit or analyzing student data. Alternatively, teachers may visit other schools to observe their instructional approach.
Teachers are able to spend more time with fewer students. Teacher teams share a group of students, allowing them to better support each student. Students travel with the same group throughout the day, which allows for stronger ties and relationships. This approach has led to a more cohesive, caring student community. Additionally, the added family connections that are now possible contribute to better student behavior.
Teachers are experimenting with the use of positive interaction strategies and coordinating the use of incentives across teams.
The saying that staff members have developed to articulate their current focus is "One Team, One Dream". Whereas before, teachers worked in isolation, there has been a strong shift toward collaboration; and the additional time that teachers have supports that shift. Also, the additional time has fostered informal mentoring relationships between more and less experienced teachers.
Teachers at Hale report feeling more respected as professionals. They are trusted to schedule and utilize nearly 20% of their work time to support students and improve the quality of instruction. They engage more collaboratively with one another, have much more contact with families, and have the time to do the work they are being asked to do. In addition to improving the professional culture within the school, this shift has resulted in teachers experiencing a better work-life balance. They report less stress at work and more time at home to pursue other interests and be with their families.
Family engagement is critical at Hale. Teachers routinely use some of their time away from the classroom to call parents and have family meetings at school. And teachers have more flexibility in the time slots that they can offer parents for conferences. Parents are much more aware of what is happening at school, thanks to this new time with teachers.


The German godfathers of electronic music – DAF, not the red-shirted guys – have revealed the new remix of "Der Mussolini" by Giorgio Moroder. It is, of course, exactly the right song to re-release during the Trump presidency. So you can sing along, we've included the lyrics below.


Big Basin is one of my favorite places to run. Established in 1902, it's California's oldest state park and features the largest continuous stand of old growth redwood forest (in square miles) south of Humboldt State Park (250 miles to the north). It's only 1.5 hours away from the population centers of the Bay Area, but feels much further. Big Basin's boundaries contain over 18,000 acres, but trails link to adjacent protected lands. All told, there are hundreds of miles of delicious single track to explore in the "redwood belt" of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
After an awesome adventure run down the Carmel River last week, I returned to the Ventana Wilderness to see the famous Sykes Hot Springs with a variation on the return trip to see the lush redwood grove at Terrace Creek and expansive views from the Coast Ridge Road (22 miles total). The Pine Ridge Trail to Sykes Hot Springs is one of the most popular destinations in the Ventana and without the cumbersome brush and routefinding issues characteristic of most trails in the region, this trail is like a highway. Since the hike to the hot springs is nearly ten miles one way, most people do it as a backpacking trip and everybody we saw on this day was spending the night in the wilderness.
Map, photos, and more trail descriptions after the jump!


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Nada Almasry, a community facilitator under the framework of the Syrian Refugees Empowerment Project funded by Open Society Foundation, led an impactful discussion during her group information session about violence and education.
The participants of her session discussed the different kinds of violence and posed various definitions. They said violence can be physical, verbal, economic or psychological. Violence also includes harassment and deprivation, including depriving children of the right to education and women of the right to work. The beneficiaries also added that early marriage is a form of violence that holds back society and exposes girls to harmful health and psychological issues.
Almasry discussed different forms of violence both inside and outside school. Children and parents should report any violent incident to the school, even if it was conducted by a teacher. She closed the session by asserting it is never acceptable for a teacher to hit a student. All forms of violence affect a child's ability to learn. Therefore, there must be a system of accountability in place for teachers. A code of conduct for teachers had previously been proposed by the Ministry of Education, but a follow up for the implementation of this code of conduct should be ensured.
ARDD and SREP work to protect and safeguard children from the barriers to accessing quality education, including violence. The project's goal is to build accountability in education through transparency and involvement, by spreading information and inspiring a sense of ownership among both Syrian and Jordanian host communities.


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Zombies: Come for the mayhem, stay for the social commentary
February 9, 2015 August 9, 2021 by Mary Warner
Book: "World War Z" by Max Brooks.
I just finished reading "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks. The book was not on my list for the Year of Creative Reading, but I chose it in order to see how the author presented his story as oral histories. Working in the history field, one of our primary sources of information is oral history, so it was interesting to see how someone adapted this form to fiction.
This is a marvelous book, with the author providing convincing voices for each of the characters, advancing the story of the Zombie War through how the oral histories are arranged. There's The Great Panic, when the zombie epidemic started and governments were reluctant to deal with it. Then, there's a point at which survivors adapt and find safe places to live, learning how to cope with the dangers zombies present. And, finally, governments and survivors get organized and decide to take the world back from zombies, creating weapons, protective clothing, and strategies for defeating them in a logical fashion.
I am not a fan of horror, either in film or books. Too much gore. Yuck. If you'd asked me a couple of years ago to pick "World War Z" off a library shelf, I would have said, "No how, no way!"
I got the idea to design a workshop session on museum disaster planning using a zombie attack as the fictional scenario. That led me to learning what I could about zombies. The first movie I watched was the George Romero classic "Night of the Living Dead." What struck me about the film was how much social commentary was included. While there was mayhem, there wasn't a huge amount of gore. The movie was made in 1968 in black and white film, so if blood makes you squeamish, it's a good horror flick to start with. In a stroke of genius, Romero cast Duane Jones in the lead role of Ben. What made this such a bold move, one that Romero didn't initially see as ground-breaking, is that Duane is black and he has to deal with a zombie attack amid a group of hysterical white people in an era of race riots. At one point, he slaps a young woman who's screaming her head off. Think about how that might have played to white audiences at the time. At the end of the film, there's a scene reminiscent of a KKK hunt.
The best zombie movies and books engage in social commentary, whether with the larger idea of having your loved ones turn into scary, ravenous beings, the general breakdown of society, or class and race issues. (There is a zombie movie – Zombies Anonymous – wherein zombies are considered second-class citizens and are treated poorly as a result.) It's this social commentary that keeps me engaged in the zombie genre.
"World War Z" does a tremendous job at social commentary, delving into potential military strategy and how individuals dealt with leaving survivors behind; discussing "quislings," people who identified so strongly with zombies that they took on the characteristics of zombies without having been bitten; showing how different countries managed the zombie attack; and touching on feral children, those who survived their parents and had to grow up on their own.
When you think about it, much of horror has its roots in some form of social commentary, from the fear of scientific advances in Frankenstein to Victorian sexuality as presented in Dracula. It takes the shock, drama, and gore of such stories to get people to pay attention to the larger issues of the day.
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Antonio López Nieto (né le ) est un arbitre international espagnol de football.

Carrière internationale
En coupe d'Europe, il a notamment arbitré trois finales de Coupe UEFA : en 1995, 1998 et 2000

Il est sélectionné pour arbitrer durant l'Euro 1996. Il y arbitre la rencontre République tchèque-Italie puis le quart-de-finale France-Pays-Bas.

Sélectionné pour la Coupe du monde 2002, il a officié durant le match Cameroun-Allemagne, match où il distribue 16 cartons jaunes.

Dénonciation d'une tentative de corruption
En 1995, il accuse les dirigeants du Dynamo Kiev d'avoir tenté de le corrompre à l'occasion d'un match de Ligue des Champions contre le Panathinaïkos. L'UEFA suspend le Dynamo de toute compétition européenne pendant deux saisons, sanction réduite à un an en appel.

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Naissance en janvier 1958
Arbitre espagnol de football
Arbitre de la Coupe du monde de football 2002


All over the world, marijuana is known for its illegal use and this has really tainted its name and overshadowed the benefits that it has. Unknown to many, scientists have been able to prove that marijuana has got benefits to the human body if used for all the right reasons. Doctors have to get permits from the government in those countries where marijuana is illegal to be able to prescribe and provide it to patients for medical use. You can discover more about the scientific proofs of the benefits of marijuana to human life.
One of the ways that marijuana has been proven to improve life is by its ability to treat chronic pain if used for medical purposes. Marijuana treats and manages chronic pain by relaxing muscles and reducing on inflammations on the body which are the most common cause of chronic pain in joints. Patients suffering from chronic pain can use marijuana to relax their muscles and reduce on inflammation on their joints. This is a good thing as you do not have to rely on your painkillers and within a short while you can be able to regain your normal life free of pain.
Low doses of medical marijuana are known to effectively reduce anxiety. Besides proof from scientist, people smoking marijuana for illegal purposes have also attested to marijuana being able to provide relaxation and a feeling of calmness. Marijuana is used on patients with anxiety disorders to manage the condition and keep them as relaxed as possible. Scientists have done wide consultations and research and have found out that marijuana is very good at calming muscles and that way achieving anxiety management.
Besides treating illnesses such as chronic pain and anxiety disorder, marijuana is also known to improve on creativity. Scientist believe that smoking marijuana stimulates the production of the hormone dopamine in the brain and thus creativity is enhanced. Creativity is very crucial in life and the use of marijuana has proved to improve on it but people are advised not to rely on it for this as it gets harmful when abused.
Another incredible way that marijuana has been proven to improve life is by being able to control appetite. Marijuana is known to have extracts such as THC. Marijuana controls appetite through this two very crucial extracts i.e. THC works by increasing on the urge to eat while other extracts work by suppressing on appetite and the urge to eat. This is a benefit as those looking to gain weight can rely on marijuana and those looking to lose weight can too look up to marijuana to help them achieve it.
Lastly, is also known to help in providing good sleep.


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The entire Danny-Elfman-composed soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas is hauntingly beautiful, and "Sally's Song" is no exception (much like her character). In this video you'll learn how to play a solo piano cover of the song, with all the notes conveniently overlaying the fingers in the video. How convenient!
How To: Play the "Twelve Days of Christmas" on the piano
How To: Play "The Christmas Song" on piano à la Nat King Cole
How To: Play 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' on the keyboard
How To: Play Vince Guaraldi 's "Christmas Time Is Here"
How To: Play "Last Christmas" by Wham on piano
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How To: Play "Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5 on piano
How To: Play the easy song "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts on piano
How To: Play "A Song for Mama" by Boyz II Men on piano
How To: Play The Simpsons theme song on piano
How To: Play "Opposite of Adults" by Chiddy Bang on piano
How To: Play the Naruto opening song on the piano
How To: Play the Clint Manselli classic song "Requiem for a Dream" on piano
How To: Play "Kiss the Rain" by Yiruma on piano
How To: Play "Airplanes" by B.O.B. on the piano
How To: Play "Your Mother Should Know" by the Beatles on the piano
How To: Play the B.o.B song "Don't Let Me Fall" on piano
How To: Play the Warner Brothers theme song on piano
How To: Play the song "Asterisk" from the Bleach OST on piano
How To: Play an easy version of the Tetris theme song "Korobeiniki" on piano
How To: Play the Lupe Fiasco song "I'm Beaming" on piano
How To: Play Sir Elton John's "Your Song" on piano
How To: Play Amy Winehouse's "Love Is a Losing Game" on piano
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Soil bioengineering is an often misunderstood and maligned technology that has not always been given a fair trial. Moving away from reliance on hard structural solutions, engineers may find that using natural elements or a combination of structural and natural elements may be the best solution in treating watershed problems. Engineers should examine the evidence and make informed decisions on soil bioengineering, which can be just as complex as typical civil work. It is not a one-size-fits-all fix, but can be another tool in an engineers palette when dealing with rural, urban or suburban watershed problems.


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Ex-PDP Chairman predicts APC victory in Bayelsa
The chances of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State governorship election on December 5, 2015 looks slim as a former chairman of the party Chief Rufus Abadi has equally predicted doom for the party.
According to him, the handwritings on the wall of the PDP are crystal clear following the massive decamping of its members to the APC becomes a daily affair.
The party, he said, is in trouble of winning the forth coming election because of the party's neglect of internal democracy in selecting aspirants for elections. Besides this factor is the arrogant and greedy posture by the leadership of the party in the state as entities respect and mutual trust have been thrown to the ill winds disintegration.
He further said that no political party could face this nasty development of party politics to win a crucial gubernatorial election such as the case with Bayelsa state is doomed to happen in the next few months to come, saying that his resignation from the PDP and subsequent defection to the APC is based on the prevalent attitude exhibited by the PDP in the state.
To him, the seemingly rise of gubernatorial aspirants at the APC in Bayelsa state may not cause any crisis of the party as it is regarded as a healthy democratic development hinged especially on the belief of internal democracy of the party which is non-existent in the PDP.
He strongly believed that losers of the APC party guber primaries are expected to fall back to the winner and work towards the victory of the party at the December 5 poll with their massive supporters which will announce the death of PDP in the state.
The former PDP chairman however advised the leadership of the PDP in the state to stop spending their millions for political jobbers as Christmas is fast approaching because there will be no money for them to spend at Christmas for their families and love ones.
Rufus Abadi, who is popularly called "Babaru" said his colleagues in the PDP may not believe this prediction but it will come to pass as his previous political permutations have always become true just as he predicted Jonathan's presidential election of April 2015.
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Michiko - "No Place Like Home"
If you were to mix the blood of German and Japanese parents, raise the child in Sydney, give her piano lessons at the age of six, singing lessons from the age of sixteen, instill her with a sense of musical curiosity, move her to Germany to train her in studio sound and recording techniques, introduce her to jazz and then give her a plane ticket to London, what you would get is what Michiko is today. Although she does everything from songwriting to the mixing and mastering, she likes to keep a low profile.
"I make music using my laptop and a simple piece of software", explains Michiko. "I use a mouse to programme the notes in manually and record my vocals with a shiny Rodes condensor microphone. There is no band, no studio, producer or glamorous lifestyle. It's all literally homemade. I'm just working with the tools I have and know how to use well, in the precious time I can squeeze out of my life. If I get the chance I might upgrade my little electronic workshop a little, but if I can write songs people out there like well, then that's all that matters.
Although Michiko is so modest in describing her amazing piece of work, her lyrics are more confident and straightforward. In "Pieces of the Heart" she sings "I am the pieces of your heart / I am your brand-new start / I am the warmth on your skin / I am the joy in everything." An altogether different angle is taken in "Empty Room" revealing her great sense of humour: "I love to dance in an empty room / I can dance badly and no one knows / It's just me and music – yeah!" Whereas her upfront approach resurfaces in "Everything About You" (especially when she demands "I've got to know everything about you"), she turns into the sweetest lover in "Cherry Picking" when she languishingly confides "It' sunday afternoon and I'm waiting for you / going cherry-picking for love".
From the sweet vibe of the opening "Morning Delight" evoking images of a languorus early morning bed sprawl, the uptempo beats of the eponymous "No Place Like Home", the bouncy tracks "Everything About You" and "Right There", the beguiling "Fly Away With You", the hot dancefloor tune "Empty Room" (equipped with a soaring flute and cool spoken word performance) to the introspective, percussive-driven ballad of "Learning To Love" there is all you may wish for in an all-embracing, entertaining and inspiring love album. After the bitter-sweet and, in parts, naughty groove of "Midnight & Lime", Lemongrass' Playa Bossa remix of "No Place Like Home" waits to be picked as the red apple of all your lovers' paradise.
Well-measured crispy synths and gradually evolving vibrating bells are part of the overall, addictive vibe. Michiko's well-conceived, enticingly phrased vocals laid over stimulating grooves will soon make her album a jigsaw piece of your life you no longer cannot not do without. No matter if you reminisce about your latest love affair, yearn for the love of your life, or ponder your next move in the game of love, you will find this album your perfect companion. Just listen and enjoy!


Part Four of Disciples Called to Witness begins with Christ's command to love one another. (Jn 13:34-35). We evangelize through love.
The bishops cite Evangelii Nuntiandi: "It is therefore primarily by her conduct and by her life that the Church will evangelize the world..." They teach us that "(t)he faithful become agents of evangelization through living witness and commitment to the Gospel. The everyday moments of one's life lived with Christian charity, faith, and hope provide witness to family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and others..."
This is not merely a convenience or a comfort for people who "can't do more". "This witness is essential for reaching others in today's modern world." It is through the choices we make in our daily lives that people will see - or not see - a Christian witness. No amount of Sunday church-going will make up for six days and 23 hours lived like Jesus isn't Lord. Individual acts of generosity, even if extravagant or dramatic, are not a counter to an otherwise uncharitable personality.
Jesus is called, by John, "the faithful witness" (Rev 1:5) We are faithful witnesses when we follow His example in our daily lives.
Are you relying on specific acts to mark you a Christian? Find one aspect of your daily life - your commute, your lunchtime conversations, your evenings at home, your treatment of a particular friend or relative - that doesn't reflect Christ. Ask God to show you a way to make that part of your life more conformed to His will. Ask Him how best to show Christian love.


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Crock Of Gold – A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan
The Plot: This career-spanning documentary examines the meteoric rise, fall and resurgence of one Shane MacGowan. From his humble beginnings in rural Tipperary to his punk years in London and beyond, he shook up the Irish music scene and become a sensation. The fame came at a cost though – his fondness for alcohol and drugs clouded his mind and got him in trouble, to the point where he was kicked out of his own band The Pogues. But the talent and ambition was always there, waiting to rise again and find a new audience attuned to his particular style of music…
The Verdict: Shane MacGowan: singer; songwriter; functioning alcoholic; trailblazer. Just some of the words that can be used to describe his talent for earthy tunes and living life to the fullest extent possible. He wouldn't have it any other way, it seems. Director Julien Temple, already an established director of music documentaries, trains his beady eyes on MacGowan's colourful life for a rollicking ride through Irish and British culture and history at a time when both were in conflict. With some liberally sprinkled animation to liven up the proceedings even more, this is an atypical music documentary. Not so much a cradle to the grave re-telling, but cradle to the pub and then onto the stage, dancing like a madman and keeping the grave at bay one day at a time. It's very much in tune with MacGowan's singular personality, helpfully subtitled for those not attuned to his tipsy speech pattern.
Temple spends a good bit of time establishing MacGowan's background. MacGowan found a childhood heaven in Tipperary, downing bottles of Guinness at six years of age and being lined up for the priesthood (that was never going to happen). He became fascinated with traditional Irish music and dancing, becoming his lifeblood and his profession in time. When he arrived in London as a teenager and found his tribe in punk rock bands like The Sex Pistols, he knew what he wanted to do. He took Irish music and gave it a spiky punk aesthetic, while keeping it true to its cultural roots. It was all about sticking it to the British, subverting the drunken paddy stereotype and controversially spinning out politically-charged lyrics about the Birmingham Six at one point. Enter Gerry Adams (somewhat dubiously), as the two chat about the Great Famine and The Troubles.
Temple's lively film is a bit like a fireside pint in the pub with MacGowan (producer, longtime friend and fellow hellraiser Johnny Depp pops up intermittently in a pub). Relaxed and unhurried, Temple takes hearty sips out of MacGowan's various scrapes with life in general: the ups, the downs, the drink, the drugs, the women, the successes, the failures and more. His signature tune Fairytale Of New York gets not one but two airings, to the point where MacGowan admits that he hates it. His hard-working attitude comes through the fog of excess, with some 363 gigs in one year. What's missing though is a deeper sense of the man himself. Alluding to a comment from his sister, his talent is undeniable but it's often masked by his love of alcohol and drugs. Try as he may, Temple never quite gets to the root of what makes MacGowan tick. There are no huge revelations here that might expand on the battles with his demons or offer deeper analysis of his life. What it is though is an entertaining celebration of a life well lived and a legacy that informed future generations of Irish musicians. He was born to be wild and here's his story in vivid Technicolor.
Review by Gareth O'Connor
A CROCK OF GOLD – Irish Cinema Release Date – December 4th 2020
Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan (UK / 18 / 124 mins)
In short: Born to be wild
Directed by Julien Temple.
Starring Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp, Gerry Adams, Bono.
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INTERVIEW for Shane MacGowan movie CROCK OF GOLD with director Julien Temple
First Trailer for 'Crock Of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan'
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A not so popular iPhone hacker with the handler msft.guy has managed to port Blacksn0w iPhone 3.1.2 unlock tool for iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 4. The port is still buggy and requires you to run the patch every time you reboot your iPhone 3GS and this is strictly only for experienced users and developers.
The method requires you to preserve baseband while upgrading to iPhone OS 4.0, which can be achieved using PwnageTool 4.0 or using custom firmware as we had reported for iPhone 3GS 4.0 jailbreak. Once you have iPhone OS 4.0 with Baseband 05.11.07 on iPhone 3GS you can simply run Blacksn0w to unlock iPhone OS 4.0.
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Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm in patients >65 years of age: An analysis of outcomes and complications
Raymond F. Sekula, Andrew M. Frederickson, Gregory D. Arnone, Matthew R. Quigley, Mark Hallett
Introduction: Few data are available to quantify the risks and benefits of microvascular decompression (MVD) in elderly patients with hemifacial spasm. Methods: Twenty-seven patients >65 years of age and 104 younger patients who underwent MVD for hemifacial spasm (HFS) over a 3-year period were analyzed retrospectively and compared. Results: Twenty-six (96.3%) elderly patients and 93 of 104 (89.4%) young patients reported a spasm-free status at a mean follow-up of 26.5 months after MVD. No significant difference in spasm-free status was noted. Cranial nerve complications and other major complications were compared, with no significant differences observed. Conclusions: Although this study does not offer definitive inclusion or exclusion criteria or clearly establish the safety of MVD for HFS in the elderly, our experience suggests that many elderly patients with HFS can undergo MVD safely, with outcomes and risk profiles similar to those of younger patients.
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Sekula, R. F., Frederickson, A. M., Arnone, G. D., Quigley, M. R., & Hallett, M. (2013). Microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm in patients >65 years of age: An analysis of outcomes and complications. Muscle and Nerve, 48(5), 770-776. https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.23800
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The ranking was revealed in the Post Office Travel Money's yearly Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer.
The well-documented volatility of the Turkish lira explains why Marmaris, Turkey's most popular resort, claimed second as prices have fallen 18.7 per cent since last year to £45.23.
Third place the Algarve, a past winner, has seen prices rise by 13.2 per cent to £50.11 while in fourth place is Cape Town, where prices are £50.23.
However, a price fall of two per cent to £54.12 has helped Spain's Costa del Sol to move up to fifth place in the table.
The rest of the top ten is made up of Tokyo (£55.55), Mombasa (£55.87), Prague (£56.88), Paphos (£65.17) and Bali (£69.49).
Overall, the report revealed that contrary to expectation that the seesawing value of sterling against major currencies would result in higher prices for UK visitors, the costs for eight tourist staples including meals and drinks has fallen in almost half of the 42 destinations surveyed – including six of 12 European ones.
Singapore (£120.66) and St Lucia (£80.09) head the list of 19 destinations where holiday costs have dropped in the past year.
Prices in the Chinatown area of Singapore fell by 21.5 per cent and in Montego Bay, Jamaica they went down by 19.6 per cent.
The cost of items in St Lucia's was far cheaper than in four other Caribbean islands (Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica and Tobago).
And while those falls are the result of cheaper local charges for meals and drinks, a sharp rise in the value of sterling against the Brazilian real explains why prices have plunged in Rio de Janeiro where the barometer basket totals £111.19, a fall of 19.5 per cent.
European destinations that also saw sizeable year-on-year price reductions were Malta (Sliema, 12th, £71.41 – down nine per cent), France (Nice, 20th, £91.86, down 13.7 per cent) and Greece (Corfu, 21st, £96.06, down 7.8 per cent).
Post Office Travel Money expert Andrew Brown said: 'It is good news that prices are down in many destinations this year, but it is still very important to be aware of the huge variation in costs we found across the 42 countries surveyed.
'For example, barometer costs in the six cheapest resorts and cities are less than half those in the 15 priciest destinations.
Sorrento in Italy emerged as the most expensive of 12 European destinations after registering a price rise of over 30 per cent.
At £119.03, its prices were over twice as high as those in Sunny Beach, Marmaris, the Algarve and the Costa del Sol.
However, value choices included the cities of Bratislava and Porto, where local prices are among the lowest in Europe.
The hotlist also includes Croatia and Iceland, whose currencies are among 10 showing the greatest sales growth over 10 years.
In the past decade Croatian kuna sales have risen 325 per cent, while those for the Icelandic krona have grown by 237 per cent.
Meanwhile, Post Office Travel Money added three new destinations – Abu Dhabi, India (Delhi) and the Seychelles (Mahé) – to the Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer this year.
Delhi emerged as cheapest of the three at £104.29, while Abu Dhabi (£168.66) and Mahé (£182.89) were at least 60 per cent pricier.


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U.S. flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks to his seat at a luncheon with President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in New York. From ... more >
By Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington - Associated Press - Saturday, September 23, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a show of American military might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and flight escorts flew on Saturday to the farther point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission in international airspace showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea's "reckless behavior."
"This mission is a demonstration of U.S. resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat," Defense Department spokesman Dana White said in a statement.
"North Korea's weapons program is a grave threat to the Asia-Pacific region and the entire international community. We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and our allies," White said.
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North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, has said Trump would "pay dearly" for threatening to "totally destroy" North Korea if the U.S. was forced to defend itself or its allies against a North Korean attack. Kim's foreign minister told reporters this past week that the North's response to Trump "could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific."
North Korea has said it intends to build a missile capable of striking all parts of the United States with a nuclear bomb. Trump has said he won't allow it, although the U.S. so far has not used military force to impede the North's progress.
The Pentagon said B-1B bombers from Guam, along with F-15C Eagle fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, flew in international airspace over waters east of North Korea on Saturday. The U.S. characterized the flights as extending farther north of the Demilitarized Zone, than any U.S. fighter or bomber had gone off the North Korean coast in the 21st century.
B-1 bombers are no longer part of the U.S. nuclear force, but they are capable of dropping large numbers of conventional bombs.
U.S. Pacific Command would not be more specific about many years it had been since U.S. bombers and fighters had flown that far north of the DMZ, but a spokesman, Navy Cmdr. Dave Benham, noted that this century "encompasses the period North Korea has been testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons."
At the United Nations, North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Yong Ho, said Saturday that his country's nuclear force is "to all intents and purposes, a war deterrent for putting an end to nuclear threat of the U.S. and for preventing its military invasion, and our ultimate goal is to establish the balance of power with the U.S."
He also said that Trump's depiction of Kim as "Rocket Man" makes "our rocket's visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more."
Trump on Friday had renewed his rhetorical offensive against Kim.
"Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!" the president tweeted.
On Thursday, Trump announced more economic sanctions against the impoverished and isolated country, targeting foreign companies that deal with the North.
"North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal, rogue regime," Trump said as he joined Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a meeting in New York.
Hours later, Kim responded by saying Trump was "deranged."
In a speech last week at the United Nations, Trump had issued the warning of potential obliteration and mocked the North's young autocrat as a "Rocket Man" on a "suicide mission."
Trump's executive order expanded the Treasury Department's ability to target anyone conducting significant trade in goods, services or technology with North Korea, and to ban them from interacting with the U.S. financial system.
Trump also said China was imposing major banking sanctions, too, but there was no immediate confirmation from the North's most important trading partner.
If enforced, the Chinese action Trump described could severely impede the isolated North's ability to raise money for its missile and nuclear development. China, responsible for about 90 percent of North Korea's trade, serves as the country's conduit to the international banking system.