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Amanda and Anthony
High school sweethearts have a fairytale wedding
by Iris Winston
photos by Miv Photography
From their first meeting as students at Sacred Heart High School in west-end Ottawa, Anthony Tomacic and Amanda Abdulla of Stittsville knew they would marry one day. Some 10 years later, on October 11, 2014, that is exactly what happened.
"Ever since we first met, I had the feeling we would land up married at some point," says Anthony, now a chartered accountant.
"I think we knew right away," says Amanda. "We always talked about getting married and it feels as though we have been together forever."
"The way things started was funny," says Anthony. "I met Amanda in class at the beginning of the school year and was definitely very attracted to her immediately. After school that day, I went to my friend's house. His family had just moved close to my parents' house. We were playing basketball outside and it turned out that Amanda lived next door, so we met twice on the same day."
From that moment, he says, the pair spent as much time as possible together. "We were young, so we weren't really going on dates. It was more going for walks in the park, just growing up together and becoming best friends in the process."
Some years later, on June 27, 2013, Anthony proposed. Although the question may not have been a surprise, given their long association, the timing was, says Amanda.
"We were just taking the dogs for a walk, so it was unexpected," she recalls. "He just went down on one knee on a bridge in Stittsville."
"There was some sentimental value in the location," says Anthony. "That bridge and that part of the bridge was the exact spot where I first told Amanda I loved her three months into our relationship, when we were both in high school."
Anthony had also taken the initiative in selecting the engagement ring. "He knows my style, so he chose a very pretty, old school, vintage diamond ring," says Amanda. "I really, really like it."
As the dogs, both dachshunds, were part of the proposal, it seemed fitting that they be part of the wedding too, says Amanda, noting they waited with the groom as he prepared for the ceremony at the Notre Dame Basilica.
The reception, held at the Château Laurier, was "better than I had ever imagined," says Amanda, adding that even the weather — which had been very uncertain throughout the previous week — cooperated. "Everything just fell into place."
Some of the highlights of their special day were the chocolate and dessert tables that followed the five-course meal for the 160 guests, and the naming of the tables for Frank Sinatra melodies.
"We both like Frank Sinatra, so we were playing his songs," says Amanda. "Everyone seemed to enjoy that. The whole wedding was a fairytale to me."
"We're both big foodies, so the meal and the music afterwards were the main focus," says Anthony. "Everything went very smoothly. The wedding was very traditional, with a lot of different cultures represented. I have a mid-European background. My family is Croatian and Amanda's is Italian, Lebanese and Greek."
Before settling into married life in Stittsville, the couple decided to time their honeymoon in the Caribbean at the same time as their first Valentine's Day as a married couple. W
Wedding Details:
Ceremony: Notre Dame Basilica
Reception: Fairmont Château Laurier ballroom
Wedding planner: Marry Me Productions
Wedding gown: The White Dress
Dress designer: Monique Lhuillier
Can't get enough of Amanda and Anthony's special day? We've compiled a breakdown of a few of our feature couple's most spectacular items. And since imitation is the best form of flattery, we're also sharing how you can snag the look for your upcoming nuptials.
Lace and tulle
A grand entrance into a grand wedding deserves a grand dress; and Amanda's Monique Lhuillier ball gown did not disappoint. The bride entered the dramatic hallows of the Notre Dame Cathedral donning a lace corset top and multiple-layered tulle bottom, perfect to cascade across the dance floor with her groom. A shot of sparkle came from Amanda's Swarovski crystal beaded belt, which complemented the rich metallic hues found throughout the wedding decor. To find the ball gown of your dreams, check out With Love Bridal Boutique at withlovebridalboutique.ca.
Perhaps the most coveted of items was found on our feature bride's feet. To complement the sophisticated style du jour, Amanda slipped into Glacier Glitter white Louboutin heels (yes please!). These dainty sparklers with the classic red sole – officially named Décolleté – paired beautifully with the bride's ball gown. Amanda found her red soled slippers at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. For your own designer pumps, look no further than Nordstrom Canada at ca.nordstrom.com.
Timeless table cards
Instead of going with the traditional numbering of tables to assist guests in finding their seats, some couples like to get a bit more creative and add their own personal touch. Our feature couple chose to take a cue from ol' Blue Eyes himself and pair each table to a classic Frank Sinatra tune. Created by Paper Studio, the name cards were vintage botanical glitter and gold. The floral backdrop and gold frames paired perfectly with the vintage-luxe feel of the day. To bring your stationery vision to life, check out paperstudio.ca.
Fabulous favours
It's hard to know what to give your guests for wedding favours. Anthony and Amanda wanted
a unique bomboniere that would also speak to their theme. Vintage-inspired lanterns from
Pier 1 proved to be the perfect gift. "We attached a beautiful gold tag with a thank you message along with five confetti candies, which are known to be good luck." The lanterns were lit and beautifully displayed before being handed out personally by the bride and groom at the end of the evening. To check out potential favours for your loved ones, check out pier1.ca.
To top it off
Amidst the delectable and delightful truffle table was yet another nod to the king of crooners. Designed with cursive font using gold lettering, "the best is yet to come" cake topper was placed on a single-tiered cake in the middle of the table. Created by BetterOffWed, a bridal shop on etsy.com, the delicate topper fit right in amongst the luxurious goodies.
Compiled by Lindsay Ruck.


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Survey: Too Few Exercise, Too Many Smoke
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Next Generation of Crypto Currency Exchange Infrastructure
Tamar Menteshashvili
06 იანვარი, 2018 • News In English
With the interest and investment in cryptocurrencies having surged, the requirement for secure and user-friendly exchanges is becoming increasingly important. Initially, the exchange sector was the first to emerge in the crypto industry as it offers a marketplace for trading, liquidity and price discovery. It provides on-off ramps for users wishing to buy or sell cryptocurrency and remains the largest sector both in terms of the number of operating entities and employees on a global scale.
The essential role of exchanges in the crypto-economy and issues around different platforms in the past (such as Mt. Gox), subjects the maturity of the existing models of exchange infrastructure to the closest scrutiny. Until now, there were two models of crypto currency exchange infrastructure available - centralized and decentralized exchanges. Each of them has own trade-offs. The centralized exchanges, as history of cryptocurrency trading has shown, introduces the risks of a single point of failure (such as vulnerability to attacks causing suspension of the service and unresponsive server), lack of transparency and price manipulation due to a centralized control and governance, lack of the adequate checks and balances, as well as overreliance on the safety of the system. While decentralized exchanges are meant to solve the governance risks, there still is a systematic lack of interconnectivity and liquidity bridging, inefficient price discovery, arbitrable differences of prices and high cost of execution of big transactions. Thus, there has been a lack of a hybrid solution designed to combine the advantages of the centralized and decentralized systems.
What is EXPREAD ?
EXPREAD, a new platform integrating Blockchain technology based solutions, proposes to change the way cryptocurrency exchanges are established and operated. With the proposed system, EXPREAD will provide a shared economy approach of operating exchanges with common order book, trading engine and liquidity pool. It will provide a unique backend architecture for the exchanges, immutable security standards, where new operators are able to adopt the EXPREAD protocol and start their exchange in a matter of days.
Multiple exchanges, built on top of the EXPREAD platform, will aggregate their liquidity, technology costs and unique expertise to achieve synergy value from network effect. The whole system is composed in a way to distribute the reserves of the liquidity to avoid single point of failure. The trading system is fully auditable by each exchange as adequate internal control mechanisms are provided. Every order initiated in one of the exchanges attached to the EXPREAD ecosystem will be routed to the whole system enabling higher probability of match-making. This is fundamentally different from the current centralized crypto exchanges that are mainly seeded by the internal order flow. Therefore, if the centralized exchange systems do not achieve the critical mass of ongoing liquidity in standalone basis they will need to cease the operation. The decentralised exchange model faces the similar needs. Through multi-venue design the EXPREAD ecosystem is anticipated to have much higher velocity of user growth, enabling new exchanges opened in the system to enjoy significant market depth. At the centre of the whole ecosystem (all connected exchanges) is the EXPREAD foundation, which will make sure that unified order book and trading engine are operating properly. The foundation will be built for a sole purpose to provide technology, security and further development services to the EXPREAD ecosystem.
Main Advantages
EXPREAD introduces a new paradigm of operating crypto currency exchanges and is meant to liberate the space while eliminating the high barriers of entry. It will enable the exchanges to spread throughout the world, including in the locations, where previously both centralized and decentralized models were not feasible option due to the lack of liquidity pool, security protocols and backend Blockchain architects. With its innovative model it challenges the conventional practices in the market. The combination of shared economy model with the new governance mechanisms, collective control of liquidity pools, backward auditability and cross-settlement of book orders enlarges the potential magnitude of trading on the platform.
The EXPREAD platform aims to play a role of challenger on the crypto market and intends to redefine the conventional features and behaviour of the crypto currency exchanges. In the future, the number and scope of assets that become tokenized will exceed what we see in the current financial markets by orders of magnitude. With growing demands and desires of the new crypto economy, EXPREAD ecosystem endeavours to power a "globally accessible financial network". So far, the EXPREAD platform raised early-stage funding from angel investors for building the testnet and initial implementation of the idea. In December 2017 the platform launched beta version of the first "white label" crypto currency exchange. The beta version of backend architecture will be released during Q1 of 2018 and the public crowdfunding campaign will be conducted. 2018 is an important year for EXPREAD ecosystem as the project puts forth a global agenda in order to ensure its fast and sustainable development.
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Learn To Play Three Killer Riffs By Tesla
Learn to play three killer riffs by Tesla with Guitar Control instructor Darrin Goodman. Be sure to get the free tabs to go along with the video instruction and you will be rockin' these sweet riffs tonight.
Hey everybody how's it going? This is Darrin with GuitarControl.com bringing you this video lesson. Today I want to show you how to play three cool riffs from Tesla and Tesla is one of my favorite bands from that 80s era. I kind of liked them because they were a little bit different than you know the kind of the cookie cutter thing that was going on at that time and lots of cool guitar riffs and really fun to play. So be sure to click on the link in the description for the tabs let's get close up and take a look at these.
Tesla Riff-1 Little Suzi
All right so the first one I'm going to look at is the riff from Little Suzi. So this one we're going to have a clean tone, on the album I actually think they play this on an acoustic guitar, but we're going to do it on the electric today. So we're going to start off we're going to play the D and the G strings open and then do a hammer-on to the second fret of the G string with our first finger, so that's like one and, and then on the downbeat of two we're going to take our third finger we're going to go to the fourth fret of the D string and then follow that with the G string open, and that's like one and two and, and then that's tied to the downbeat of three one and two and three and then on the and of three we hit the open D string and then we're playing a D chord; so we're on the second fret of the G string with my first finger and typically you'd use your third finger to play the third fret of the B string, but I'm going to use my second finger just because it makes it just a little bit easier in this situation and that's like the first measure… So when we hit that that's on the downbeat of four and then that's tied to another eighth note so it like gets the whole beat and then starting on the downbeat of the second measure we're going to go to the second fret of the D string and we're going to pick that and do a hammer-on to the fourth fret; so that's one and, and then the down beat of two is the open A string and then the and of two is the open D string and then that's tied to beats three and four and that's like the first two measures… And then on the third measure it's the same thing as the first one… and then the fourth measure is similar to the second measure as we do that on the D string second fret hammer to the fourth fret and then we follow that and that's one and, and then on the downbeat of two we hit the open D string and then we put our fingers on like for that D chord again so second fret of the G string with my first finger and third fret of the B string with my second finger and that's on the and of two and it takes up the rest of the time. So that's the first four measures which is like this whole riff we're doing is eight measures long. Okay and then moving on to measure five it's actually the same as uh measure one and measure six is the same as measure two so we just like play the f it's like the first two measures again… Okay and then on the seventh measure we start with the open B string, open G string, open D string and then hammer to the second fret; so that's one and two, and then you're just going to take that first finger and lay it down flat so we're barring the second fret of the B, G and D strings three and four, and then a hammer-on the and of four to the fourth fret… Then we're gonna do that same like kind of D chord thing again and then the second fret of the D string hammer to the fourth fret and then just back to that chord again and that's the whole the whole riff…
Tesla Riff-2 Modern Day Cowboy
All right so now we're going to look at Modern Day Cowboy and this is definitely the hardest one of these three that we're going to be looking at; so if you're a beginner this one might be really tough but it's really going to kind of you know help you to get your legato chops on. So we're going to have a overdrive tone for this and we're going to start off the timing on this is really kind of weird; so we've got the first fret of the low E string and this is an eighth note and then we go to the first fret of the A string and we're gonna pick and then hammer to the third fret and then the fifth fret and this is a sixteenth note triplet and then you just move that shape up a whole step so now you're at the third fifth and seventh fret and you pick hammer again… then you move to the D string frets three five and seven pick hammer, hammer and that's the first measure… So that definitely takes some practice to get that down really smooth. I remember when I learned how to play this song back when it when it came out and this first part of it completely kicked my butt and I was played it wrong for a long time because I just didn't realize that i was playing it wrong and the way I was playing it was much easier actually, but it wasn't correct, so that's our first measure… Then on the second measure we're just going to go to a regular old A5 chord; so I just use my first finger and just barre the second fret of the D and the G string and strum it three times like that… And then we have the open A string pedaled five times and it's two sixteenth notes then an eighth note and then two sixteenth notes, so it's kind of weird timing, it's one two three four five, so too quick short too quick, then moving on to measure three we've got an F5; so you're just going to take where your first finger is now you're just going to scoot it up a half step so your first finger is on the third fret of the D string and then I'm going to use my pinky here you could use your third finger but I use my pinky and I'll show you why. So we've got that F5, but then we're going to do F5 over E (F5/E); so what we're going to do is that then our first finger is going to move down a half step from the third fret to the second fret but we're going to keep this finger here and then back up again and then that same pedaled A string and then you just move that shape up a whole step so we're at the fifth and seventh fret and do the same thing, so five and seven four and seven, back to five and seven and then that's basically the whole riff and it repeats…
Tesla Riff-3 Love Me
All right then the last one we're going to look at is the riff from Love Me and this one we start off on the first measure we rest on the first three beats and then on the on beat four we're going to start here at the 17th fret and we're going to slide out of that. So again you want to you want to try to have it be there and this first one is easy because you can you're starting there, but it does it again later where you don't have as much time to be ready for it; so if you end up starting on a different fret it's not a huge deal i mean you really want to try to make it you know land on 17 but if it doesn't happen it's not the end of the world. So one two three four then we're going to do a regular A chord so you're going to want to barre your finger and on the downbeat of one we've got that A… and then we've got a D over A (D/A); so keep your first finger there and then you're gonna take your second finger and it'll go on to the third fret of the B string and your third finger will go onto the fourth fret of the D string, so it's kind of like you're doing an uh a B minor seven chord… and then back to the A… and that's the second measure and it's like one two and three and, and then you rest on the and of three and four. Then the next measure we're back with the A again and the difference between these two is that on the first one it's one A and one D/A back to two A's and then on the third measure it's two A's to the D/A and then three A's with the rest again and that's the first three measures… Then for the fourth measure of this we're gonna take our first finger and we're gonna move it all the way up to the ninth fret so now we're barring the D, G and B strings at the ninth fret and we're gonna do that same thing, same shape, and now our first finger second finger will be on the 10th fret of the B string and our third finger will be on the 11th fret of the D string, same timing, except now on the downbeat of four we come up to 17 and slide out of that again… And then there's a little lick thing that we have to do so now we're going to come down play the open low E string to the second fret to the open to the second fret and a bend and release and then it just and then it just repeats…
All right so there you have it, three cool riffs from Tesla. The first and the third one aren't too terribly bad if you're a little green at the guitar, but that second one, Modern Day Cowboy is kind of challenging. Even when I was getting prepared to do this and as you can see I wasn't playing it perfectly, it takes a little bit of practice to get that down, but it's worth it you know so if you are a beginner and you haven't really done a lot of stuff with hammer-ons and you know legato playing and stuff this is a great one for you know for practice just don't worry about trying to play it you know really fast right now just you know play the right notes get the clarity on the notes and the speed will come with time. So if you like this lesson be sure to give me a thumbs up and leave a comment down below if you have any questions about this or other guitar related topics. If you've not already done so please subscribe to the channel and hit that notification bell so you don't miss any of the content that we upload throughout the week. Well that is all i have for you today. Thanks for watching and have a great day.
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PN09 Nature Spirit
The Celts were conscious of the magic and enchantment of the natural world and edges of forests, sacred groves and flowing  rivers  held great fascination and were seen as  interfaces  between  the  material and supernatural worlds: Doors  to an unseen  world that was very close and blessed with healing powers. popular shrines were deemed to be  under the care of a local guardian spirit whose worshippers would perform daily rituals. The Celts and Druids, held trees very sacred especially the Oak and was an important symbol in their religion. They  believed that the Oak represented the World Tree, which ties all three worlds together. Its highest branches reach into  the Upper world, their trunks lived in the Earth world and below its roots were a passageway into the Underworld. The Druids also revered the Oak as a steadfast and hearty tree that represented the immortal soul.


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Evotour, part eight. Feeling Small
Most people want to go to places that make them feel big, places where they can experience the thrill of using technological enhancements of their power (e.g. motorboats or ORVs) or the feeding of their self-esteem (meditative retreats). But whenever I am in California in the summer, I make a pilgrimage to a place that makes me feel small: Sequoia National Park.
On June 12, I hiked part of the High Sierra Trail. Just eleven miles of it. What I mainly wanted to see was the High Sierra mountains, the easternmost range of the complex of mountains known as the Sierra Nevada. The tallest mountain in the lower 48, Mt. Whitney, is easily visible from this trail. I hiked at about 7,500 feet elevation, watching the 14,000 foot Mt. Whitney flanked by peaks almost as tall. It was not just the Sierras that made me feel small. It was the thought of the massive mountain-building that created them in the last few dozen million years. The earth, utterly still most of the time, can shudder into life and raise mountains, a few inches or feet at a time. Not only I but my life span seemed insignificant. When I reached Mehrten Creek, I took off my boots and soaked my feet in bubbling cool water in a little pool that overlooked Mineral King, the high mountains to the south. It was like the best resort one could imagine, but I enjoyed it all the more for having undertaken a difficult hike to get to it.
On June 13, resting up from the hike, I wandered around the giant sequoias of Crescent Meadow and the vicinity of the General Sherman tree. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) begin their lives as little seedlings after a fire, and they grow somewhat rapidly. After just a few hundred years, they have reached their full height, about 350 feet, seven times as tall as the tallest trees in the part of Oklahoma where I live. Then they spend the next 1,500 years filling out their trunks. The largest sequoias, such as General Sherman (a tree named after a Civil War general famous for cutting down lots of trees), have trunks that are almost as thick three hundred feet above the ground as they are at ground level. The Sherman tree has 52,000 cubic feet of timber inside its trunk. These trees can also make a reflective soul feel very small and very young. This fact was lost on most of the visitors, such as the loud-mouthed biker who complained loudly about having to walk a half mile to see the tree, and then hardly looked at it, instead being interested only in having his photograph taken kissing his bikeress at the base of the tree. To him, everything around him was just backdrop to his own life. I had come for a different purpose.
I wanted to feel awe, but was usually distracted by mild pain or random thoughts. I forced myself to be contemplative. Wisdom came to me from my subconscious mind once I had permitted it. Goodness and altruism are like sequoia trees. When an opportunity for goodness becomes available, we have to germinate the altruism and grow it as fast as possible before evil fills the space. But having done so, the goodness needs to persist and grow for as close to forever as we can make it. I realize this is not a scientific insight, but a scientist is only one of the things I am.
Jesus, who was a quiet observer of nature (unlike many of his modern followers), said (according to oral tradition), "Consider the lilies of the field, that grow today but tomorrow wither away in the heat. Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these." The Middle East, like California, has lots of spring wildflowers, which dry up and shed their seeds in summer. Even a single one of these flowers is more beautiful than anything that human industry can produce—as true today as in Jesus' day. Even one. All around Sequoia Park, especially on granite outcrops, there were hundreds of thousands of Linanthus montanus plants, a type of phlox that is very small but produces perhaps the most beautiful flower in the world. There were more of them, and were more beautiful, than any human or any pollinator could appreciate. This experience humbled me as much as did the mountains and the trees.
People wanted to know if I had a good time in Sequoia Park. How do you answer a question like that? I didn't go there to have a good time. I went as a pilgrimage to experience the vastness and the beauty of nature.
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Evotour, part seven. The Evolution of Christian Science
On June 9, I had the privilege of participating in a Victorian garden party in Pasadena, dressed as Charles Darwin. It was a fundraiser for Opera a la Carte, the opera company with which my college friend Carol has been working for many years.
Carol has other jobs as well. One of them is to be a singer for a Christian Science church in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, a job she has had for years even though she is not a member of that religious persuasion. I can never get enough of hearing Carol's beautiful voice, even if it means sitting through a Christian Science service. But, the ever alert naturalist, I listened to and analyzed what the Christian Scientists were saying.
Christian Science began with the visions—most of us say delusions, her followers would say revelations—of Mary Baker Eddy in nineteenth century America. By chance, I also happened to be reading a book about the history and current controversies of the Mormon church, which began about the same time. The United States was a frontier country. America had been founded by breaking with European tradition of loyalty to monarchs and to state-supported churches. Many new religions, led by self-styled prophets, began at this time. They appealed to direct experience, and to divine revelation (indistinguishable from delusion by our mere human brains). They were like weeds growing in a field after a fire. Most of them, like most of the plants of the field, died out. But the legacies of Joseph Smith and Mary Baker Eddy live on. Mormonism has become a major political force, devoted as unswervingly to the political right as it is to God, while Christian Science has not fulfilled Mark Twain's fear that it would become the religion that conquered American thought and action.
Today, Christian Science is known mainly for its opposition to conventional medical practice. Church services consist mainly of singing and of readings (without sermon comment) from the Bible and from the Mary Baker Eddy scriptures. On a previous visit to this church in 2006, the Eddy reading was something like (in my imperfect memory), "Do you have a carbuncle? Well, you don't really have a carbuncle. The carbuncle is just an illusion." Most of us think, how could these people be so delusional? But consider this. At the time that Mary Baker Eddy started Christian Science, conventional medical science was a bunch of snake-oil hokum. Eddy wrote against the scientific idea of a life force—an idea that has been long abandoned. Strange as it may seem, Eddy was appealing to reason and experience. Since its inception, Christian Science has ossified into a belief system that is impervious to new discoveries, and today is a carbuncle afloat on a sea of scientific evidence but which absorbs none of it. The Mormon Church has at least incorporated a little bit of new evidence—it now rejects polygamy and admits black men into its priesthood of believers. But it, too, has largely become an impervious bubble of ignorance. There is simply no archaeological evidence of the great battle between the fair children of God and the swarthy Native American children of evil which even mainstream Mormons continue to commemorate at their Hill Cumorah site.
Still, I left with a little more respect for Christian Science. At its inception, it was perhaps a viable alternative view, even testable by scientific hypotheses. Mary Baker Eddy was even open to the insights of Charles Darwin. But that was a long time ago.
In the photo, Mary Baker Eddy watches over the place where Christian scientists educate their children.
Labels: Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, Mormon, science, scientific method
Evotour, Part Six. Fire and Renewal in the California Mountains
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park in California used to have meadows surrounded by pines and black oaks. The pines and oaks extended partway up Stonewall Peak. But in 2003, a fire burned the entire area except some places around the meadow. Today, that meadow is the only place you can find pines and black oaks.
However, the chaparral shrubs have grown back profusely. I am accustomed to dry chaparral that consists mostly of dead sticks, but this chaparral was filled with fresh green stems, flowers, and fruits. Along with the profuse regrowth of manzanita, ceanothus, scrub oaks, and holly-leaved cherry, there were perennial wildflowers in full bloom: penstemon and yerba santa. The shrubs had grown over three meters tall and state park personnel, the few that remain after budget cuts, have to keep trimming them away from the trail. A few of the black oaks have resprouted, and a few pine seedlings have been replanted.
This is a theme I have presented before, but I enjoy being reminded of it when I see it again in the natural world. Ecological disturbances, such as fires, are disasters for the organisms killed by them, but act as a source of renewal for the ecosystem as a whole. Dead grass and wood are transformed into fertilizer that feeds the vigorous growth of new plants, either resprouts or seedlings. The chaparral in Cuyamaca, and the tallgrass prairie of the Midwest, depend on a fire cycle.
I do not doubt that my hike at Cuyamaca would have been prettier if the pines and black oaks had been intact, but I would not have seen the way organisms capitalize on natural disturbances as an opportunity for renewal.
Labels: California, chaparral, Cuyamaca Rancho, disturbance, fire, plant ecology
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Complex systems researcher Brad Werner´s computer model shows that our entire economic paradigm is a threat to ecological stability. And that challenging this economic paradigm – through mass-movement counter-pressure – is humanity's best shot at avoiding catastrophe. In other words, science is telling us all to revolt.
This interactive map shows the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and drained into the sea. Sealevel rose 216 feet and our continents ´enjoy´ new shorelines.
The pace of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions shows signs of a global slowdown. Importantly – and unlike the drop in emissions triggered by the 2008 recession – the let-off is happening at the same time as global wealth continues to swell.
This infographic gives an overview of sustainable jargon for business.
The United Nations World Food Programme is planning to distribute Mastercard prepaid debit cards, each loaded with $27, to Syrian refugees in Lebanon so they can buy their own food and boost the local economy. That money means refugees won't have to wait in line for new paper vouchers every 30 days, and they will no longer be dependent on pre-packaged rations.
Gamers determined the structure of the M-PMV retroviral protein, an enzyme that plays a key role in the development of a virus similar to HIV, by playing the spatial game Foldit. This finding might hold a critical role in building a cure for the disease. Scientists have striven to find its chemical key for ten years now.
This TED talk explores using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to decrease the need for phosphorus in agriculture. The world is running out of this essential nutrient. All roads of this crisis lead back to how we farm - with chemical fertilizers chock-full of the element, which plants are not efficient at absorbing. Arbuscalar Mycolrrhizal fungi might be the answer to this problem.
A cat that was being used to smuggle marijuana into a Moldova jail has been caught by authorities. This isn't the first time that a cat has been used to smuggle stuff into a prison. June 2013 a cat that had cellphones and chargers taped to its belly was busted by guards at a prison near Syktyvkar in northern Russia. The Moscow Times reported that the cat was caught climbing the prison fence.
A Japanese company has invented carbon wetsuits and lead-based underwear that can protect against radiation amid the growing aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
The National Front in France has suspended a politician who called Christiane Taubira, the country's black justice minister, a "monkey" who she would "rather see in the trees than in the government".
Get buried in a cardboard box. Standard coffins, made of cheap wood, frequently cost hundreds of euros or dollars, yet are in 'active' use for only a very short while. In contrast, this design aims to provide exactly what is needed: a disposable box for a short-lived service.
Places in the Making, a new report from MIT's department of urban studies and planning (DUSP), gives insight into the process of placemaking. Placemaking capitalizes on a local community's assets, inspiration, and potential, ultimately creating good public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and wellbeing.


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UBC Undergraduate Research /
Electric cars and the city of Vancouver
UBC Undergraduate Research
Electric cars and the city of Vancouver Collins, Paul
Electric vehicles are beneficial from an ecological, economic, and social standpoint because they produce no greenhouse gas emissions from there use, the reduce noise pollution, and they reduce reliance on fossil fuel resources which are becoming increasingly expensive. Through research of scholarly sources, technical reports, and a survey of electric vehicle users in Vancouver, this study finds that existing battery electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi iMiEV have ranges that exceed the majority of user trips with little to no adjustments in driving behavior. These vehicles also are typically parked for long enough periods of time that would allow for, at least, a partial recharge thus expanding the range of these vehicles. The City of Vancouver should continue to implement charging stations but at a wider variety of locations to allow for a broader charging network. The City of Vancouver should also make education about electric vehicles and their range a priority in attempt to alleviate the stress related to range limitations on electric vehicles. Further partnerships with Metro Vancouver municipalities will also provide a broader charging network and thus increased range and mobility for electric vehicles and their users.
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University of British Columbia. GEOG 419
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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising is a global addition of the original game, which consists of several campaigns for individual passes. The game will be available for download in March of this year!
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Plot: Uprising tells about the events that occurred after the end of World War II. Soviet attempts to revive after a crushing defeat, the Empire seeks to find the lost pride and identity, and the winning Alliance is forced to fight corruption in their own ranks.


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King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Tickets – The Anthem – Washington, DC – May 1st, 2020
Leah Senior
Doors: 6:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The stats on King Gizzard's colourful career are stacking up fast: 15 albums in 7
years (including five in 2017 alone), 10 of them charting in the Top 20 in Australia, where they are now arguably the country's most innovative, important and productive rock band. International critical acclaim. Headline festival appearances. And perhaps most importantly, a fervent worldwide fanbase who share endless memes, mixes, videos, graphics, theories and discussions, all through which they explore and expand what they have termed 'The Gizzverse'.
Leah Senior silences audiences with her soaring vocals and unique lyricism. Her music draws from various sources but is often classified as folk revival. The Melbourne-based artist creates fragile but effortlessly nimble melodies that call from another time and place. Her songs evoke the peculiar, poetic and the plain.
A chance late night encounter with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard saw Leah Senior joining their independent label Flightless to release her first two albums.
Senior's distinctive voice also featured on King Gizzard's apocalyptic album Murder of The Universe, as the omnipresent female narrator.
Leah Senior is an amazing folk singer, very, very talented, and nothing like King Gizz's music at all. her songs equally terrifying, joyous, sad and exciting. We get chills watching her perform.
-King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard.
Leah Senior will be releasing her home spun third album "The Passing Scene" in March 2020.
Leah Senior's second album Pretty Faces was recorded and produced with Gizzard's own Joey Walker and features Michael Cavanagh on drums.
Enchanting..Recalling Joni Mitchell playfulness through cosy folk, minimalism
-Rolling Stone Australia.
Senior's captivating live performances have seen her supporting artists including Jeff Tweedy, Calexico, Jessica Pratt, Julianna Barwick and Bedouine. When performing, Senior is often joined by her sister Andi and guitarist/pianist Jesse Williams creating a tapestry of ethereal harmonies and 60's jangle.
Early 2019 saw Senior embark on her first European tour in support of her most recent single Graves.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)


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Pernice è il termine comunemente usato per descrivere alcune specie di uccelli galliformi della famiglia Phasianidae, appartenenti alle sottofamiglie Perdicinae e Tetraoninae.

Le specie designate con tale termine presentano caratteristiche comuni che le distinguono dagli altri membri dell'ordine, quali le dimensioni relativamente piccole (mediamente simili a quelle di un piccione), il dimorfismo sessuale scarso o nullo e l'assenza di formazioni quali penne ornamentali e bargigli. Tuttavia, le specie note appartengono a due sottofamiglie distinte e pertanto il termine "pernice" non si può considerare come indicativo di un taxon distinto.

Il termine, nella locuzione "pernici del deserto" (traduzione dall'inglese sandgrouses), è talvolta utilizzato, seppure impropriamente, per indicare le specie appartenenti all'ordine Pterocliformes, in realtà sistematicamente molto lontani dai Galliformi e più vicini ai Caradriformi.

Pernici della sottofamiglia Perdicinae
Queste pernici hanno in comune i tarsi non piumati, la predilezione per terreni asciutti e a volte quasi aridi, la dieta granivora e lo scarsissimo dimorfismo sessuale.

 Genere Alectoris
 Alectoris barbara - Pernice sarda
 Alectoris chukar - Chukar
 Alectoris graeca - Coturnice
Alectoris magna - Pernice di Przevalski
 Alectoris melanocephala - Pernice araba
 Alectoris philbyi - Pernice di Philby
 Alectoris rufa - Pernice rossa
 Genere Ammoperdix
Ammoperdix griseogularis - Pernice del deserto
Ammoperdix heyi - Pernice delle sabbie
 Genere Arborophila
 Arborophila ardens - Pernice delle alture di Hainan
 Arborophila atrogularis - Pernice delle alture dalle guance bianche
 Arborophila brunneopectus - Pernice delle alture dal petto bruno
 Arborophila cambodiana - Pernice delle alture dalla testa castana
 Arborophila charltonii - Pernice delle alture dal collare castano
 Arborophila chloropus - Pernice delle alture dalle zampe verdi
 Arborophila chloropus merlini - Pernice delle alture dell'Annam
 Arborophila crudigularis - Pernice delle alture di Taiwan
 Arborophila davidi - Pernice delle alture dal collo arancione
 Arborophila gingica - Pernice delle alture dal collare
 Arborophila hyperythra - Pernice delle alture del Borneo
 Arborophila javanica - Pernice delle alture dal ventre castano
 Arborophila mandellii - Pernice delle alture dal petto castano
 Arborophila orientalis - Pernice delle alture dal petto grigio
 Arborophila rubrirostris - Pernice delle alture dal becco rosso
 Arborophila rufipectus - Pernice delle alture del Sichuan
 Arborophila rufogularis - Pernice delle alture dalla gola rossa
 Arborophila torqueola - Pernice delle alture comune
 Genere Bambusicola
 Bambusicola fytchii - Pernice dei bambù montana
 Bambusicola thoracica - Pernice dei bambù cinese
 Genere Caloperdix
 Caloperdix oculeus - Pernice di bosco ferruginea
 Genere Haematortyx
 Haematortyx sanguiniceps - Pernice dalla testa cremisi
 Genere Lerwa
 Lerwa lerwa - Pernice delle nevi
 Genere Margaroperdix
 Margaroperdix madagarensis - Pernice del Madagascar
 Genere Melanoperdix
 Melanoperdix niger - Pernice di bosco nera
 Genere Perdix
 Perdix dauurica - Pernice daurica
 Perdix hodgsoniae - Pernice tibetana
 Perdix perdix - Pernice grigia o Starna
 Genere Ptilopachus
 Ptilopachus petrosus - Pernice di roccia
 Genere Rhizothera
 Rhizothera longirostris - Pernice dal becco lungo
 Genere Rollulus
 Rollulus roulroul - Pernice di bosco crestata
 Genere Tetraophasis
 Tetraophasis obscurus - Pernice di Verreaux
 Tetraophasis szechenyii - Pernice di Szecheny
 Genere Xenoperdix
Xenoperdix obscuratus - Pernice di foresta dei monti Rubeho
Xenoperdix udzungwensis - Pernice di foresta dei monti Udzungwa

Pernici della sottofamiglia Tetraoninae
Queste pernici hanno invece i tarsi completamente piumati, la predilezione per ambienti freddi di quote elevate o alte latitudini, la dieta basata su aghi di pino e insetti e un dimorfismo sessuale leggermente più evidente. La sottofamiglia Tetraoninae comprende tuttavia anche altre specie, non "classificate" come pernici, di dimensioni e caratteristiche molto diverse.

 Genere Lagopus
Lagopus lagopus - Pernice bianca nordica
Lagopus muta - Pernice bianca comune
Lagopus leucura - Pernice dalla coda bianca

Mito
Pallade trasformò Calo in pernice quando Dedalo, invidioso della bravura del nipote, lo gettò dall'alto di una rocca. Una garrula pernice assistette alla tumulazione di Icaro da parte di Dedalo.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Partridge videos on the Internet Bird Collection

Nomi comuni di animali

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Fresh chives and parsley make a change-up to pesto, which is then tossed with quickly sauteed vegetables and pasta.
Fats, salt, acidity and roasted sugars: Delicious elements to match with wine.
Those who don't eat meat, or other non-vegetable protein such as fish or cheese, may feel slighted by the wine and food pairing club. You don't hear much about chardonnay with chard or peas with pinot. But the elements in foods and food preparations that make for delicious wine pairings — fats, salt, acidity and cooked-in or roasted sugars — are often more present in vegetable-based dishes than they are in those that feature meat. A wide range of white and light red wines, to say nothing of a bevy of bubblies, would be terrific with this pasta preparation.


Deluxe Hotels, Chinese English Speaking Tour Guide.
Taking an international flight to -shanghai, enjoy meals and entertainments on board.
Arrive Shanghai before 12 noon. Then transferred to the city of Suzhou, often referred to as the "Venice of the East". Upon arrival, visit the Suzhou's Bird Nest, designed by Paul Andrew who also designed the Beijing's Bird Nest. Dinner at your own expense.
After breakfast, we will visit Suzhou Lotus Garden, also named The Couple's Garden. It is the world's cultural heritage. It has survived to the present and is kept in a good state of preservation and its artistic perfection, the garden has had a good reputation, popularly known as "Oriental romantic". And visit the silk embroidery factory for a demonstration on the silk-making process. Transfer to Wuxi after lunch, visit the Li Garden, Zisha Tea-Pot Center.The garden is surrounded with water on three sides, shows the interests of "the artificial hill the real water".
After breakfast proceed to visit the Pearl Breeding Center before transfer to Hangzhou. Visit West Lake and enjoy the relaxing cruise there. West Lake is man-made and created after the Chinese love for garden-style parks for recreation. It is the symbol of Hangzhou, and is considered one of the most beautiful sights in China.
Have an early half-day city tour by visiting Jade Buddha Temple, stop by the Jewel Store, Xin Tian Di. Dismiss at lunch hour for own arrangement.
Enjoy a Shanghai Dim sum lunch. In the afternoon, firstly we will experience the Maglev Train in Shanghai, whose highest speed could be up to 431Km/Hour. Afterwards, transfer to Pudong Developing Area and visit Jinmao Tower (inside visit to Observation Deck). Lastly, enjoy a relaxing cruise on the Huangpu River. Transfer back to hotel, (including lunch).
At specified time, transfer to airport for the homebound flight. Tour ends.
International and Domestic air ticket alsoTax and fuel surcharge.
Early departure or late return, add $100+class difference.
Other gateways or stopover other countries, please call for details.
Driver & tour guide's tips at $10 per day per person x 6 days=$60 per person (to be collected upon arrival in Beijing.


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Little, Brown and Company to Publish Katie Couric's Long-Awaited Memoir, UNEXPECTED
New York, NY—February 12, 2019
Reagan Arthur, publisher of Little, Brown and Company, announced today the acquisition of Unexpected, a memoir from Katie Couric, one of the most celebrated and beloved journalists of our time. Judy Clain, Editor-in-Chief at Little, Brown and Company, acquired North America rights from Suzanne Gluck of William Morris Endeavor; publication is slated for spring 2021.
Katie Couric said, "I've been privileged to lead an extraordinary life, one that I never anticipated. I've experienced so much, both professionally and personally, but have never really had an opportunity to reveal what was going on behind the scenes. I'm excited to share what it was like being at the center of so many historic events and game-changing stories. I'm also ready to talk about the fascinating and sometimes challenging people with whom I've worked, the radical transformation of my industry, and the heartbreaking losses I've endured. It feels like now is the right time to look back, reflect, and consider what I've learned and how those lessons might help others."
Judy Clain said, "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Katie Couric. What a perfect moment for a transparent memoir about a career in journalism from one of the most respected and recognized women in media today. Staying in the game is not a given, but Katie has evolved along with a changing media landscape and continued to contribute to the national conversation by consistently producing high-quality work that reflects her humanity and heart. She will write with her trademark humor and candor about her journey, which continues."
For much of her 40-year career, Katie Couric has been the subject of endless fascination—her face on the cover of countless magazines, her career dissected in unauthorized biographies, her love life picked apart in supermarket tabloids. Now, with Unexpected, she's ready to tell her own story, in her own words, her way.
Couric will look back on her extraordinary career—a journey that led her to the very top of an intensely competitive, male-dominated industry. She will share the often hilarious, sometimes humiliating details of breaking into the business at ABC, where her principal duties included making coffee and fetching ham sandwiches for newsroom honchos like Frank Reynolds and Sam Donaldson, before moving on to CNN, where the then network president declared he "never wanted to see that girl on the air again." She will reveal her proto-#MeToo brushes with workplace sexism, like the time a high-ranking executive commented on her breast size in front of the top brass during an editorial meeting; her scathing memo in response demonstrates the grit that would make Couric a singular force. She'll recount the story of her dizzying rise to co-anchor of The Today Show at the age of 34—achieved while navigating a long-distance marriage and an unexpected pregnancy—as well as her early powerhouse partnership with 26-year-old boy wonder producer Jeff Zucker, today the president of CNN Worldwide. During her fifteen-year run, Couric helped catapult Today to number one and was a steady, trusted presence through some of the most turbulent moments in recent times, from the Gulf War to Columbine to 9/11 and beyond. Although her quick wit and girl-next-door charm would earn her the moniker "America's Sweetheart," at her core she was fiercely competitive—determined to transform morning television and set the agenda for the day.
In Unexpected, Couric won't shy away from the enormous challenges she has faced: her battle with bulimia; the harrowing death of her husband, Jay Monahan, from colon cancer when he was just 42; losing her beloved and accomplished older sister, Emily, who many believed was on track to become the first female governor of Virginia, to pancreatic cancer four years later. She will also talk candidly about her occasionally crippling, lifelong feelings of insecurity, and the challenge so many women in power face: balancing being strong with the nagging need to be liked. In these pages she will spill the intriguing, little-known details of being wooed by Les Moonves to leave The Today Show and anchor CBS Evening News, and the less than warm welcome she received upon her arrival from some of her colleagues at the "Tiffany Network." Couric will reveal the unapologetic Mad Men culture, ubiquitous in many news organizations, that led to revelations about some of the biggest names in the business, including her longtime co-anchor and friend Matt Lauer. And she'll describe her failed efforts to follow in Oprah's footsteps when she jumped into the treacherous waters of daytime syndication (Katie), and her misadventures as Yahoo global news anchor during CEO Marissa Mayer's rocky tenure.
Through it all, Couric's unparalleled skills as an interviewer never faltered, resulting in some of the most memorable moments in American journalism: grilling President George H. W. Bush about Iran-Contra when he unexpectedly showed up during Couric's White House visit with his wife, Barbara; facilitating an unforgettable display of shared grief between two stricken relatives the morning after Columbine; infuriating President George W. Bush by asking his wife, Laura, her views on Roe v. Wade; ruffling the feathers of an unflappable Colin Powell by pressing him on WMDs; comforting Robert De Niro when he broke down in tears during a conversation about Silver Linings Playbook; and quite possibly changing the course of history when she interviewed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, exposing the Alaska governor's ignorance of public policy. Booking such big interviews is a story unto itself, and Couric will recount the often ridiculous behind-the-scenes machinations that went into scoring the many big "gets" throughout her career.
Behind the ambition and the countless successes, Couric is first and foremost a woman who did her best to weather personal hardship, and as a single mom raise two happy, grounded, independent young women against the disorienting backdrop of fame and privilege. She'll also share how she finally—despite many false starts—found love after loss with her current husband, John Molner, as well as the health scare that made them wonder if their wedding would even happen. Now, notwithstanding the countless achievements, accolades and awards, Couric's proudest accomplishments are her family and her tireless work on behalf of cancer patients everywhere. Sixty-two years in the making, Unexpected will be the inspiring, instructive, entertaining account of someone we all feel we know. And in some ways we do—but, as Unexpected will reveal, we don't even know the half of it.
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a design in the the glass and the water.
in the nettles and the waves of pollen and seeds.
"foretaste of death" couch. On the thinking couch.
it" I say; "I'm not going to eat it," he says.
The wind has been burning in the front yard.


Union minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar termed Rahul Gandhi as a "directionless leader" and said the Congress president has no facts no evidence against government over the Rafale deal.
The Congress has been attacking the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale issue, alleging corruption in the deal. "Rahul Gandhi is a directionless leader. Only allegations cannot make someone corrupt. Gandhi has no facts or evidence (in his allegations)," he told reporters on his arrival to the city Monday.
The HRD minister said there were evidences and proof when there were allegations (against former UPA government) over coal scam.
The minister also visited Motidungari Ganesh temple with health minister Kalicharan Saraf before attending higher education and human resource conclave.


Toronto, 15 March 2018 – Toronto School of Management (TSoM) has welcomed its first students who started their courses earlier this month in Canada.
On Friday 2 March, the students took part in an orientation day held by TSoM's team in Toronto. They were introduced to their courses and the school by Zulekha Ladhani, the Student Services Manager, receiving a warm welcome and useful information on their future studies, the city, and its culture.
The school officially launched in October last year, offering programs in accountancy, business, and hospitality. These first students – coming from across the world, including Jamaica, Nigeria, India, Korea, and Mexico – have been enrolled across all of the five courses currently available.
As a Designated Learning Institution (DLI), the downtown-based school is open to domestic and international applicants, with a campus that can accommodate over a thousand full-time students.
The school works with industry leaders to design and deliver innovative, career-centric programs to provide students with the right combination of academic excellence and practical hands-on experience. The teaching will be supported by work experience with partners, where the theories learned in the classroom can be applied directly in the real workplace.
"At TSoM we work to equip our students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their careers. We are looking forward to starting this new adventure, and we are already planning to add more programs to our portfolio in the future.


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Trump sworn in as 45th president, pledges to empower 'forgotten men and women'
WASHINGTON — Pledging emphatically to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a riven nation facing an unpredictable era under his assertive but untested leadership.
Under cloudy, threatening skies at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Trump painted a bleak picture of the America he now leads, declaring as he had throughout the election campaign that it is beset by crime, poverty and a lack of bold action. The billionaire businessman and reality television star — the first president who had never held political office or high military rank — promised to stir a "new national pride" and protect America from the "ravages" of countries he says have stolen U.S. jobs.
"This American carnage stops right here," Trump declared. In a warning to the world, he said, "From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America first."
Eager to demonstrate his readiness to take actions, Trump went directly to the Oval Office Friday night, before the inaugural balls, and signed his first executive order as president — on "Obamacare."
The order notes that Trump intends to seek the "prompt repeal" of the law. But in the meantime, it allows the Health and Human Services Department or other federal agencies to delay implementing any piece of the law that might impose a "fiscal burden" on states, health care providers, families or individuals.
"This is a movement and now the work begins," Trump told supporters, before dancing with his wife, Melania, to Frank Sinatra's "My Way" at the first of three inaugural balls. "We love you. We're going to be working for you and we're going to produce results."
Trump also signed commissions for two former generals confirmed to Cabinet posts earlier by the Senate: James Mattis as secretary of defense and John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. Vice President Mike Pence swore them in soon after.
Mattis struck a different tone from his new boss in his first statement to his department: "Recognizing that no nation is secure without friends, we will work with the State Department to strengthen our alliances."
At the inauguration, the crowd that spread out before Trump on the National Mall was notably smaller than at past inaugurals, reflecting both the divisiveness of last year's campaign and the unpopularity of the incoming president compared to modern predecessors.
After the swearing-in, demonstrations unfolded in the streets of Washington. Police in riot gear deployed pepper spray after protesters smashed the windows of downtown businesses, denouncing capitalism and the new president.
Short and pointed, Trump's 16-minute address in the heart of Washington was a blistering rebuke of many who listened from privileged seats only feet away. Surrounded by men and women who have long filled the government's corridors of power, the new president said that for too long, "a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have borne the cost."
His predecessor, Obama, sat stoically as Trump pledged to push the country in a dramatically different direction.
Trump's victory gives Republicans control of both the White House and Congress — and all but ensures conservatives can quickly pick up a seat on the closely divided Supreme Court. Despite entering a time of Republican dominance, Trump made little mention of the party's bedrock principles: small government, social conservativism and robust American leadership around the world.
He left no doubt he considers himself the product of a movement — not a party.
Trump declared his moment a fulfillment of his campaign pledge to take a sledgehammer to Washington's traditional ways, and he spoke directly to the alienated and disaffected.
"What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people," he said. "To all Americans in every city near and far, small and large from mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again."
But the speech offered scant outreach to the millions who did not line up behind his candidacy.
Trump's call for restrictive immigration measures, religious screening of immigrants and his caustic campaign rhetoric about women and minorities angered millions. He did not directly address that opposition, instead offering a call to "speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity."
While Trump did not detail policy proposals Friday, he did set a high bar for his presidency. The speech was full of the onetime showman's lofty promises to bring back jobs, "completely" eradicate Islamic terrorism, and build new roads, bridges and airports.
Despite Trump's ominous portrait of America, he is taking the helm of a growing economy. Jobs have increased for a record 75 straight months, and the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in December, close to a 9-year low.
Yet Trump's victory underscored that for many Americans, the recovery from the Great Recession has come slowly or not at all. His campaign tapped into seething anger in working class communities, particularly in the Midwest, that have watched factories shuttered and the certainty of a middle class life wiped away.
Randy Showalter, a 36-year-old diesel mechanic and father of five from Mount Solon, Va., said he felt inspired as he stood and listened to Trump's speech.
"I feel like there's an American pride that I've never felt, honestly, in my life," said Showalter, who donned Trump's signature "Make America Great Again" red hat.
At 70, Trump is the oldest person to be sworn in as president, marking a generational step backward after two terms for Obama, one of the youngest presidents to serve as commander in chief.
In a show of solidarity, all of the living American presidents attended the inaugural, except for 92-year-old George H.W. Bush, who was hospitalized this week with pneumonia. His wife, Barbara, was also in the hospital after falling ill.
But more than 60 House Democrats refused to attend Trump's swearing-in ceremony in the shadow of the Capitol dome. One Democrat who did sit among the dignitaries was Hillary Clinton, Trump's vanquished campaign rival who was widely expected by both parties to be the one taking the oath of office.
At a post-ceremony luncheon at the Capitol, Trump declared it was an honor to have her attend, and the Republicans and Democrats present rose and applauded.


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I welcome you to my course "How to do a Spiritual Cleansing to create a Sacred Place".
You can start almost right away to do a Spiritual Cleansing in your own space! And it will be fun!
There will be an E-book to download of this course.
Easy understandable instructions for each step. Each lesson is not too long if you need to stop and come back to it. - Leslie C.
This is a really relaxing, interesting course with a lot of good information. I think this would be an excellent place to start, but it offers good information and useful suggestions even for people that have practiced for a long time. The instructor also has a lovely, soothing voice that made the videos extremely easy to listen to and matched the tone of the subject she was teaching. Over all, very well done both in the sense of the quality of information given and in the production value. - Samantha P.
Very informative. I think the speaker is also very positive and full of love and she has taught me how important it is to have positive intention and to organize our environments. - Kev K.
I like all of the suggestions for preparing for a cleansing. Some I had not heard of before like at tuning to the ritual items that would add a lot to the cleansing.
I loved this course, Daniela is a fantastic teacher, very engaging, I learnt a lot from this course, thank you very much. <3 - Holly B.
it's great for those just beginning a spiritual path and wanting to know how to cleanse the space. She addressed many things that is always asked by beginners. Very easy to understand why and how she does things. - Jennifer H.
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La Mercè Festival in Barcelona is in September every year. Called the Festival of Festival it is the biggest festival of the year in Barcelona and lasts 4 days ending on 24th September which is a public holiday La Mercè. La Merce has parades featuring gegants (giants) and other fantasy creatures, music festivals and much more.
Human tower building by Falcons of Barcelona.
Human towers are a thrilling Catalan tradition. Castells can be up to 9 levels high.
The children's Correfoc and adult Correfoc are big Merce festival attractions.
La Senyera flag during the light show on facade of city hall on Plaça de Sant Jaume.
There are Diada Castellera human tower days on Plaça de Sant Jaume.
Plaça de Sant Jaume is packed for the Castellers days.
Merce wine festival - special day for collectors to trade Cava bottle tops called a "Chapa de Cava"
La Merce has many activities for children.
Merce open water harbour swim "Travessia Nedant al Port de Barcelona"


Nintendo hasn't been doing well over the last few years as it continually posts major losses. The Nintendo Wii U game console continues to be unpopular with gamers and is a major part of the financial woes for the company. Reports have surfaced that claim Nintendo is set to roll out a new game console as early as 2015 or 2016.
If you are hoping for a high-end console to help Nintendo get back to some of the gaming glory it enjoyed years ago, you will be disappointed. According to reports, Nintendo is looking at building a cheaper game console for gamers in developing markets. Nintendo's Satoru Iwata has said that the console will be aimed at gamers in developing nations with a lower budget.
That console will also cater to gamers that have less gaming experience than those in developed nations. Satoru has said that Nintendo has no plans to launch its existing hardware in China. No specifics on hardware, price for the new console, or where it will be sold have been offered.


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Be empowered at the National Vigil to end gun violence
November 14, 2016 by Kate Mayer 1 Comment
Last year, I attended the Newtown Action Alliance/Newtown Foundation national vigil and lobby day to help families of gun violence victims honor with action. It was my first time in DC lobbying to end gun violence, and I was nervous about what to do and how to do it.
I shouldn't have been.
All I had to do was be a friendly face amongst a hundred other friendly faces. And sometimes, but not often, a polite interrupter. I'm good at that.
The Newtown Foundation National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence is December 14th, the 4th anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting that decimated so many families in the town I call home. The National Vigil was established to shed light on the epidemic of gun violence in our country, provide love and support to victim's families, and empower people to honor with action.
You are cordially invited to attend the National Vigil to End Gun Violence
The Vigil, December 14th at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Capital Hill, is a peaceful, beautiful ceremony that families look forward to, for national acknowledgement of their personal loss. There they discover they are not alone, and find comfort in a cathedral filled with love and support, compassion and kindness, grace and honor.
But that's not why I go.
I'm selfish. And a nobody. I attend because there is an immediate return on investment. Hopes and prayers are needed, and healing is ever-present in the moving and emotional vigil, but what is also available is an immediate sense of connection, accomplishment, and action.
You feel good: not sad, not defeated, not ignored. Strong, powerful, effective.
We could all use a little more of that, doncha think?
The National Vigil and Newtown Action Alliance lobby day is a tangible effort to give people face time with the Congress that represents them.
It's a lesson in civics and civility, for the volunteers like me, for the families, and I like to think for the government aides we meet with.
Learn how easy it is to connect with VIP Congress
• Learn exactly how the halls of Congress work, and don't work, and what happens at the other end of the phone when you make those all important calls.
• See faces of the people who represent you, connect with aides who deliver messages (most of whom are my kids' ages)
• Experience how stories are the most powerful tool we have to connect people and create change.
Now more than ever.
The next president is an NRA-sponsored, endorsed, revered, and worshipped president-elect, and the rabid 2a lobby is counting on us going away. Giving up. Moving on.
But that's not going to happen. There's too much to lose.
Think about attending. You won't regret it. It's an inspiring, empowering, life-changing event. I've attended many advocacy outreach events, and this is by far the best organized and most effective. I met amazing people, saw how the government works, laughed more than you could ever imagine, and felt like I actually made a difference.
But wait, there's more.
Gun violence does not discriminate
When you work to end gun violence, there's well-deserved tension between the white mass shootings that get plenty of air time and media play and playgrounds built, and the dead victims of color who barely make the evening news.
This is not right, but it is fact. And not for nothing, with the racist-in-chief-elect, that's only going to get so much worse. It already has.
But the National Vigil and coinciding lobby day connects all people, regardless of color, with the means and meetings to tell their stories to people in power so everyone's voice is heard.
My job? I'm the friendly face escorting these brave and powerful families to and from fancy offices they are paying for. We hug a lot, laugh even more, offer small bits of encouragement as needed, on how the Senate actually works for them, not the other way around.
Families share stories to honor with action and end gun violence
The Newtown Foundation/Newtown Action Alliance does an awesome job of organizing and coordinating. All I had to do was show up, meet my people, and head to the hill, with the scores of other volunteers and their assigned families.
"Hi, I'm Kathy from Newtown CT, and I want you to meet your constituents, the Cabrera family."
Then I watched, in front of my very eyes, high schooler Anthony speak quietly and eloquently and mesmerize his audience, his mom and dad included. He had never spoken about his sister before, but he did that day. He left DC a changed person. He truly did #HonorWithAction. Afterwards, I became Facebook friends with his mom, and watched him via his proud mama's posts, become a vocal advocate not just in his school, but his city, and state.
My next people were a dynamic duo from South Carolina, Melanie and Bonnie, two women warriors, both veterans and polished activists, with separate stories but shared representatives so we tag teamed. They taught me so much about focusing the conversation, being friendly and jovial, and firm and persistent.
Plus, Bonnie is a hoot and wasn't taking no shit from nobody.
In Senator Lindsey Graham's meeting, (you never see the actual senator, they ALWAYS send a minion in their place, a very powerful minion), I made the aide pinky promise he would deliver Melanie and Bonnie's message directly to Senator Graham. I have no way of knowing if he did or didn't, but regardless, I looked him in the eye and locked pinkies, and told him to promise.
He said he never pinky-promised a constituent before.
I bet he'll remember me when I go back next time.
*Family names were changed for privacy.
PS: Locals: There is a bus from Newtown to DC, with limited seats still available as of this posting.
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At this moment the current water temperature in Belize Inlet is -. The average water temperature in Belize Inlet today is -.
The water level is falling. There are 5 hours and 9 minutes until low tide.
Today Monday, 22th of April of 2019, the sun rose in Belize Inlet at 6:18 am and sunset will be at 8:39 pm.	In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 5:45 am and the next high tide will be at 6:49 pm. The only low tide of the day will be at 12:46 pm.
Today we have 14 hours and 21 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 1:28 pm.
The heights today are 1.7 m, 0.2 m and 1.2 m referenced to.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Belize Inlet which is of 2.0 m and a minimum height of 0.0 m.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of April of 2019.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Belize Inlet, forecast in April.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Belize Inlet and the wind and wave forecast in Belize Inlet before you go fishing.
The lunar transit is the time at which the moon crosses the local meridian (Belize Inlet, 127.3° W) at 4:03 am.
The solunar periods indicate the best times of day for fishing in Belize Inlet. The major periods correspond to the lunar transit (passage of the moon over the meridian) and the opposing lunar transit and last approximately 2 hours. The minor periods begin with the rising and setting of the moon and its duration is approximately 1 hour.


First and foremost, you need to consult your travel agent to make appropriate travel plans. Discus the detinations you are interested in and look out for speacial packages; especially the ones for seniors. Many travel agents spcialize in senior travel, so discusiing options that are best for you should be no issue. Moreover, it is better for you to travel in a group rather than setting out on your global trotting alone.
Inquire about the medical facilities in and around the place you are going to visit as well do your research online about the climate, culture and language. This way youll be more prepared, especially when to comes to packing clothes. Purchasing a guide book will be handy too.
If you are in need of wheelchairs or any other special equipment, it is better to let your tour operator know beforehand. Obtaining travel insurance that will cover exsiting medical conditions will be smart thing to do.
When packing it is important to pack according to the climate, location and activites you are planning to do on your holiday. Pack a jacket even if you are travelling to a tropical country due to unforeseen weather changes. Use a bag that has wheels as it will be more conveninet. Your carry on bag should contain everything you will be needing during the duration of flight. Of course, these things will be limited to what you can carry on the aircraft. you may want to caryy your medication, band aids, painkillers, medical kit etc.
Pack medicines that will cover the days of your trip. Invest on a 'pill box' which is used to fill the pills you will need to take for the week and each days of the week is indicated with a letter (M for Monaday and so on). You should also cater for unforessen emdergencies. Take your prescriptions with you, as you may be questioned about the large amount of pills you are carrying, also in an emergency you will be able to buy it from there.


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El Tour de Southland es una carrera ciclista por etapas neozelandesa disputada en Southland.

Creada en 1956, fue profesional desde 2002 en la categoría 2.5 (última categoría del profesionalismo) y desde la creación de los Circuitos Continentales UCI en 2005 formó parte del UCI Oceania Tour, dentro de la categoría 2.2 (igualmente última categoría del profesionalismo). Desde la edición 2010, el evento ya no es profesional y los disputan principalmente corredores locales. La prueba, sin embargo es una de las más prestigiosas de Nueva Zelanda.

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En negrita: edición profesional.

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Q: DAX Measure IF statement with Variables I have a dax measure that adds a thousands separator to my card totals in Power BI, converting them to a string (I am also including a currency symbol in another measure to the same card which is why it needs to be a string).
I want to add an if statement that will say if the total amount is < 1000, then remove the thousands separator from the total. Currently numbers like £500 appear with the separator before the total e.g.
,£500. Here is the code:
Card Total =
VAR right =
    RIGHT ( [Total Amount], 3 )
VAR left =
    SUBSTITUTE ( [Total Amount] , right, "" )
RETURN
    COMBINEVALUES ( ",", left, right )

A: The following measure will not include a comma when the total is under 1000.  I don't know how large the values you're working with are, but if they exceed 6 digits you'll also want to add additional commas where necessary.
Card Total =
VAR RIGHT =
    RIGHT ( [Total Amount], 3 )
VAR LEFT =
    SUBSTITUTE ( [Total Amount] , RIGHT, "" )
RETURN
IF (
    [Total Amount] < 1000
    RIGHT,
    COMBINEVALUES ( ",", LEFT, RIGHT )
    )

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Type: Red, dry, Regional Peloponnesian wine.
Area of production: Nemea / Corinthia.
Characteristics: The intense aromas of cherry and mulberry characterize it. It has velvet tannins and excellent balance.
Gastronomic aspects: Perfect with light cooked dishes with red meat.
Serving temperature: 15 - 16 degrees.
Type of vinification - maturing: Classical red fermentation.