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O Ministério da Economia e Planeamento (MEP) é um órgão do Governo da República de Angola que, em sua estrutura administrativa, cuida da formulação e execução da política econômica nacional, pela fiscalização e controle do comércio exterior, previdência e negociações econômicas e financeiras com governos, organismos multilaterais e agências governamentais. Também possui a função de formular e executar as políticas de planeamento estratégico nacional, planejar orçamentos e custos, analisar a viabilidade de projetos, controlar fundos e projetos do governo. Sua autoridade superior é o Ministro da Economia e Planeamento.

Histórico
As raízes do ministério estão no Acordo do Alvor, que estabeleceu o Conselho Presidencial do Governo de Transição. Foi criada a pasta do Ministério da Economia em 15 de janeiro de 1975, liderada pelo ministro Vasco Vieira de Almeida, da Junta de Salvação Nacional portuguesa. Além do gabinete ministerial, possuía três secretarias especiais: Secretaria de Estado da Indústria e Energia, sob comando de Augusto Lopes "Tutu" Teixeira; Secretaria de Estado das Pescas, sob comando de Manuel Alberto Teixeira Coelho, e; Secretaria de Estado do Comércio e Turismo, sob comando de Graça Tavares. Foi, igualmente, criada a pasta Ministério do Planeamento e Finanças, a cargo do ministro Saíde Mingas. Em agosto do mesmo ano as funções foram suspensas.

Em 12 de novembro de 1975 os ministérios foram recriados separadamente como "Ministério do Plano", com as funções de planeamento econômico e da planificação econômica angolana, enquanto que o Ministério das Finanças absorveu as atribuições de execução econômica nacional. Em 2004 foi recriado o "Ministério da Economia", a partir da absorção de atribuições das pastas de finanças e de planeamento. Em 2017 os ministérios foram extintos e suas estruturas fundidas para formar o "Ministério da Economia e Planeamento". Suas denominações históricas de 1975 a 2017 foram:
1975–1994: Ministério do Plano;
1994–1996: Ministério do Planeamento e da Coordenação Económica;
1996–2012: Ministério do Planeamento;
2012–2017: Ministério do Planeamento e Desenvolvimento Territorial;
2004–2017: Ministério da Economia.

O atual Ministro da Economia e Planeamento é Mário Augusto Caetano João.

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What Bryan Harsin said about returning as Auburn football coach after investigation
Bennett Durando
AUBURN — Bryan Harsin didn't go into many specifics but spoke publicly for the first time Monday after an investigation by Auburn into his handling of the football program.
The second-year Tigers coach said he was ready to put the past behind him.
"No. There's a lot of things that happened," Harsin said when asked if he feels bitter about what transpired. "I don't really see the value at this point of looking back in the rearview mirror. I'm a guy that wants to move forward, that wants to get better, that wants to keep improving. That's just how I operate."
Monday was first day of spring practice for Auburn.
Harsin was out of the country on vacation when AU launched its internal investigation.
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As school president Jay Gogue addressed the situation at a board of trustees meeting on Feb. 4, former players spoke out on social media against Harsin's coaching mentality. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that in his first year, Harsin had developed a divisive culture leading to roster and staff turnover.
Harsin was asked what he has learned about himself as a coach in his first year at Auburn and what unfolded: "Quite a bit," he said, laughing.
"Yeah, there's a lot. We actually talk about this in staff meetings all the time — not like, not about me, but just about things that we learn," Harsin said. "I think that's the greatest exercise you can have when you have a group of people working together is: You go do something significant, like, let's say you have a football season, for example. So you have this, this season of 13, 14, 15 games, whatever you're playing. And then you get to go back and talk about what you learned from it. From every single guy. And you get a whole different perspective. You all went through the same thing, but everybody saw it differently. And I take that information and I always have it. I've always got it on my desk. I always go back to it and look at some of the stuff that we said so we don't forget it."
Harsin repeatedly emphasized that he took positives from what took place, saying that "I thought there were some really productive conversations."
Auburn used the Birmingham-based law firm Lightfoot, Franklin & White to conduct an investigation into Harsin's program. The firm confirmed its involvement to the Montgomery Advertiser, but university officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
One week after the board of trustees meeting, AU announced in an open letter from Gogue that Harsin will return for the 2022 season.
When Harsin was asked about whether there is more "treachery" out there waiting for him, he said: "I'm not looking for it."
Then he continued: "Not necessarily that. Let me just say this: People in our world of recruiting and all that and perception, all those things like that, just pick something of the day. That's really what it comes down to. Pick something of the day. And that's what somebody's going to use. And there's a lot of programs and people out there that have no problem doing that.
"I don't feel that way. I really don't. There's a lot of people that don't. We battled it and we're going to battle it every day. We're going to overcome one, and there's going to be another, and another and another. It's going to be a constant battle of what other people have to say."
When asked if he faced such scrutiny at his previous stop, Boise State, he said: "No. No. Not like this. Yeah, not like this. This is different.
"But I don't necessarily think it's just Auburn. I think it's other programs too. But I also think what's happened in college football is different than when I was at Boise. Times have changed. Now you've got all these other ways to recruit players and promote your program. Some people are using it for good, some people are using it for evil. It's just pick your poison in how you want to do things."

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Free Streets, Free Outdoor Dance Party!
Targeted for ages 2 to 5, but older kids and adults are welcome too! Led by Beverly.
10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Cardio Dance Party!
Get your heart pumping with this mix of Hip-Hop, Cardio Pop and Zumba. All ages welcome! Led by Deb.
Cheer on our adult ballet students, who will be perform a quick routine before our regular Beginner II Ballet class.
Pull out your swag and get funky with Trina.
Did we mention that all of this is completely FREE???? Please help us spread the word by sharing this Facebook event.
This dance party was made possible in conjunction with the Philly Free Streets movement, the City of Philadelphia's Office of Transportation & Infrastructure Systems and Public Health Department and Philly Powered. Please be sure to check the Philly Free Streets website if you'll be driving in so you can figure out how to get close without getting blocked by the street closures. Or, better yet, walk or bike there!
The Free Streets event ends at 1 p.m., but why not keep dancing? Head over to 1624 South Street for our regular adult hip-hop class at 1:30 p.m. Please note that due to this special event, we will not have our regular Saturday Zumba or Pointe classes, however, we will still have Ballet and Hip-Hop.
Hope to s ee you on Saturday!!


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Whether you are looking for personal and intimate ceremony or a more extended celebration with family and friends, Hilton Vilamoura is the perfect wedding venue in the Algarve.
Our dedicated wedding coordinator will ensure that everything is planned down to the tiniest detail, from decoration to catering, specialized make-up artists and hairdressers, wedding cakes, all with our outstanding Hilton service.
You can choose from a variety of romantic outdoor and indoor locations such as the magnificent gardens, the cascading waterfalls leading down to the Patio, as well as Tejo Ballroom, a blank canvas that you can personalize at your desire or Cilantro restaurant with its warm ambiance.
Whatever you are planning, we will strive to exceed your expectations with lashings of originality, flair and detail so that your wedding celebration is forever remembered and cherished.
My husband and I married on 11th July 2018 in the Hilton vilamoura. We had a dream wedding and it's all thanks to Nicole. Since we live in the UK a lot of our communication was via email and nothing was to much for Nicole, no question was too stupid and she made us feel relaxed from the minute we first contacted her. Nicole ensured every detail was perfect, even ensuring the semi final of the world cup was played during the dinner on a t.v! She worked closely with our D.J (algarve dj hire) and ensured my photographer knew each step of the day! The food and cake was absoloutley perfect, we had 33 guests and had our ceremony in the romantic gardens and reception in the blue lagoon. I cannot recommend Hilton vilamoura enough for the perfect wedding!
We had our wedding in the Hilton Vilamoura and invited 130 guests. Majority of the guests were from the UK where we live so we had to do majority of the planning via email. Nicole was amazing to work with and so helpful right from the very beginning. She gave us every confidence from the first time we met her. The day was perfect and the suppliers she recommended were fantastic too. We would definitely recommend the venue and the food was surperb too!
My partner and I got married at The Hilton Vilamoura on the 8th July, where do i start? We both had the time of our lives. We had approx 40 guests and the day was perfect from the ceremony in the romantic gardens to the reception in the Cilantro restaurant. We would like to say a massive thank you to Nicole for making our dream day reality. If there is anyone out there thinking of getting married in Portugal this is the place to do it!
This was our dream wedding start to finish it was just prefect. Nicole the wedding planner is amazing and I left most decision up to her. she would communicate back and forth to make sure we where happy before she went ahead with anything. We had the ceremony in the romantic garden with 20 of our family and friends then on to the blue lagon for the dinner and party. All our family and friends loved the venue and the food was out of this world. It was a stress free wedding all thanks to the staff at the Hilton. Portugal is just beautiful and I would recommend to anyone thinking of getting married to go abroad if you want a stress free time.
Fantastic, professional, charming - surpassed every expectation!
First of all I would like to thank Nicole on the most amazing day I had. Me and my new husband Brian carolan has the most beautiful day ever. The staff at Hilton went out there way to help at every level they possibly could helping with every last detail and little crisis we had. Thank you very much.
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Words cannot express how thankful Alex and I are to have met Nicole, and making our wedding day flow so smoothly! You definitely handled everything in a professional manner and I could not be more happier! From the music, to the flowers, to the cake and to the photography. We all loved every minute and thank you very much for being a part of it.
When we came out to Vilamoura to find a wedding venue, we stumbled across the HIlton by accident. When we went in and asked to speak to somebody about the possibility of having our wedding there, we met Nicole and decided almost instantly that we would book it. She was friendly, professional and willing to help with all details. I would highly recommend having your wedding there as you get a beautiful setting in the gardens followed by drinks in the romantic gardens. We then had dinner in the blue lagoon which was perfect and dancing the in the ballroom. Plus you wont find a better wedding planner than Nicole in Vilamoura.
Wow ! A very big thank you to all involved with creating our dream wedding. A special thank you to Nicole our amazing wedding planner. From our first visit to our wedding day we were treated like royalty. For our big day we invited 51 family and freinds to the Hilton Vilamoura. All our guests were lead to the Romantic Gardens where the ceremony was held. The gardens were stunning and certainly set the tone for the rest of our day. After cocktails in the gardens we had our main reception in the Blue Lagoon. The 4 course meal we were served was divine with children and special requests catered for without hesitation. After our meal we were left to dance the night away with staff catering to our every need ( a special thank you for our wonderful cheese cake it was even better than we imagined!) We couldn't have asked for a better day and we are so glad we chose the Hilton Vilamoura. It will always be a special place for us that we will defiantly be returning too.


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Brinckheim es una comuna francesa situada en la circunscripción administrativa de Alto Rin y, desde el 1° de enero de 2021, en el territorio de la Colectividad Europea de Alsacia, en la región de Gran Este.

Forma parte de la región histórica y cultural de Alsacia,

Demografía

Enlaces externos
 Sitio de la mancomunidad de Pays de Sierentz (en francés)
 Brinckheim en el Institut géographique national
 Brinckheim en el Insee
 Brinckheim en el sitio quid.fr

 Plano de Brinckheim en Mapquest

Localidades de Alto Rin

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Rounded shoulders are postural defect in which the shoulders are drawn forward with anterior extension of neck and chin. Main reason for rounded shoulders is tightness of chest muscles and weakness of back muscles.... 3 Home Exercises To Fix Your Rounded Shoulders In One Month. Rounded shoulders are especially common with office or computer-based workers. Without near-perfect posture, sitting for long periods soon leads to hunching of the shoulders and bending forward of the lower back.
A guide on how to fix forward head posture. Learn the causes, symptoms, and 5 best exercises to correcting forward neck posture. Learn the causes, symptoms, and 5 best exercises …... 18/07/2014 · Trust me: once you fix rounded shoulders you'll look 100% more confident and feel much better through your back. I realize this is an old post, but should you happen to still troll around the forum (or anyone else that can answer my question), but are the example videos of the aforementioned exercises?
To remedy rounded shoulders, horizontal exercises should be prioritised. This is because the action of horizontal pulling more directly counteracts the most common pressing movements such as the bench press and push ups.... Learn the 3 most common causes of neck and shoulder discomfort and includes exercises to fix rounded shoulders and improve posture.
Treating or preventing rounded shoulders does not end with exercises. Correct posture will have to be followed at all times to keep the rounded shoulders from returning.... Nov 4, 2018- Explore Back Intelligence's board "Fix Rounded Shoulders (Exercises)" on Pinterest. See more ideas about Fitness exercises, Fix rounded shoulders and Stretching.
The shoulder is a very delicate and complex joint, and it's also involved in pretty much every upper body exercise you perform. Injure your shoulders, and your entire program is going to suffer. Injure your shoulders, and your entire program is going to suffer.
To remedy rounded shoulders, horizontal exercises should be prioritised. This is because the action of horizontal pulling more directly counteracts the most common pressing movements such as the bench press and push ups.
Stretches and exercises to fix or prevent rounded shoulders Carrying out stretches and gentle exercises regularly can help to improve posture. The plank can help to ease round shoulders back into a correct alignment.
How to Fix Bad Posture – Simple Exercise To Prevent Rounded Shoulders If you find this video helpful don't forget to hit Subscribe. In this video you'll discover how to fix bad posture with a very simple exercise.
Pretty much everyone nowadays has some type of Kyphosis, otherwise known as the rounding of the upper back or rounded shoulders. Most of the time this is due to our poor posture.


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Why Richelieu Hardware Ltd.'s (TSE:RCH) Return On Capital Employed Is Impressive
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Simply Wall St. June 14, 2019
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Today we'll look at Richelieu Hardware Ltd. (TSE:RCH) and reflect on its potential as an investment. To be precise, we'll consider its Return On Capital Employed (ROCE), as that will inform our view of the quality of the business.
First, we'll go over how we calculate ROCE. Second, we'll look at its ROCE compared to similar companies. Last but not least, we'll look at what impact its current liabilities have on its ROCE.
What is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?
ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. In general, businesses with a higher ROCE are usually better quality. Overall, it is a valuable metric that has its flaws. Renowned investment researcher Michael Mauboussin has suggested that a high ROCE can indicate that 'one dollar invested in the company generates value of more than one dollar'.
How Do You Calculate Return On Capital Employed?
The formula for calculating the return on capital employed is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
Or for Richelieu Hardware:
0.19 = CA$90m ÷ (CA$588m - CA$103m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to February 2019.)
So, Richelieu Hardware has an ROCE of 19%.
Check out our latest analysis for Richelieu Hardware
Is Richelieu Hardware's ROCE Good?
ROCE can be useful when making comparisons, such as between similar companies. Richelieu Hardware's ROCE appears to be substantially greater than the 12% average in the Trade Distributors industry. I think that's good to see, since it implies the company is better than other companies at making the most of its capital. Independently of how Richelieu Hardware compares to its industry, its ROCE in absolute terms appears decent, and the company may be worthy of closer investigation.
TSX:RCH Past Revenue and Net Income, June 14th 2019
When considering ROCE, bear in mind that it reflects the past and does not necessarily predict the future. ROCE can be misleading for companies in cyclical industries, with returns looking impressive during the boom times, but very weak during the busts. This is because ROCE only looks at one year, instead of considering returns across a whole cycle. Future performance is what matters, and you can see analyst predictions in our free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
Do Richelieu Hardware's Current Liabilities Skew Its ROCE?
Liabilities, such as supplier bills and bank overdrafts, are referred to as current liabilities if they need to be paid within 12 months. Due to the way ROCE is calculated, a high level of current liabilities makes a company look as though it has less capital employed, and thus can (sometimes unfairly) boost the ROCE. To counteract this, we check if a company has high current liabilities, relative to its total assets.
Richelieu Hardware has total liabilities of CA$103m and total assets of CA$588m. As a result, its current liabilities are equal to approximately 18% of its total assets. Low current liabilities are not boosting the ROCE too much.
What We Can Learn From Richelieu Hardware's ROCE
This is good to see, and with a sound ROCE, Richelieu Hardware could be worth a closer look. Richelieu Hardware looks strong on this analysis, but there are plenty of other companies that could be a good opportunity . Here is a free list of companies growing earnings rapidly.
I will like Richelieu Hardware better if I see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.
We aim to bring you long-term focused research analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material.
If you spot an error that warrants correction, please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. Simply Wall St has no position in the stocks mentioned. Thank you for reading.
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"What will TUCA (The Unaffordable Care Act) look like one year from now?" This is one of the most common questions I hear. As many times as I have answered it, I think it might be worthwhile to do so in a blog. There are two answers, really.
TUCA will do precisely what it was intended to do: inject economic chaos into the medical marketplace, driving prices for insurance and healthcare through the roof, so that people will beg for the sequel…single payer. There is no doubt in my mind that this was the intention of the authors of this bill, several of which were the corporate players who would benefit from this insanity. While it is worthwhile to understand various provisions of TUCA, detailing its shortcomings without assigning malevolent intent to its authors is naive, I think. This legislation was meant to "crash" the system. That is its purpose. Unaffordable care and insurance are its goals. This is a medical economic false flag from which only Uncle Sam can rescue us.
As prices for insurance skyrocket as a result of TUCA, people will act and adapt. One course will be for individuals and families to increase their deductible exposure if they have insurance in an attempt to keep their premiums in check. $5,000 or $10,000 deductibles will be commonplace. Others will drop insurance altogether, figuring that at $2500/month (typical premium payments in high-priced states like Romney's Massachusetts), they could bank this money and in one year have a $30,000 cushion for whatever health expenses might come along.
Anything that state governments can do to slow the implementation of TUCA down will increase the likelihood that scenario #2 takes place, as more time will be available for the development of a vibrant market. Refusing to expand Medicaid is one critical part of the pushback against TUCA. Various lawsuits filed regarding the constitutionality of TUCA could also play a slowing role (probably less helpful).
One of the most interesting slowing (if not derailing) strategies I have heard about comes from Ohio, where, two legislators have figured out a simple way to capitalize on the fact that the states, not the federal government, retain the power to regulate insurance companies in their state. Very simply, any insurance company that accepts a TUCA insurance subsidy, would be prohibited from writing any new policies in that state until that subsidy was returned to Washington. Creative ideas like this at the state level will buy the free medical marketplace a little time to perhaps finish off TUCA.
I actually think that scenario #2 is more likely than single payer scenario #1. One of the reasons I am optimistic is that the track record of the state is so bad in all areas, I am inclined to believe that they won't even get their false flag right. For all their attempts to control healthcare from D.C., the unintended consequence may be the creation of a competitive marketplace. They would have been much more likely to achieve single payer I think if they had tried to create a competitive marketplace. The state, after all, does nothing well or efficiently and more often than not delivers unintended consequences. TUCA may very well ration and kill before it fades away, but I think the seeds of its own death are within the bill itself.


My favorite video game of all time is called 'Black Tiger'. It's a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. I have the actual arcade version sitting in my office.
I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.
I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the 'A-Team' van or something.
I don't know if the '80s were unique, but we certainly got original, groundbreaking stuff at the time with movies like 'Back to the Future' and 'Star Wars' – movies that became classics.
I've never really collected anything other than old Atari cartridges. I only had, like, 12 Atari games as a kid, so at some point in my 20s I decided I was going to own all of them.
I notice when I'm at a party where I don't know anybody – even if I have nothing in common with somebody – we can still talk because we were raised by the same TV and cartoons and movies.
I noticed in the late 1990s that my friends and I were already nostalgic for the 1980s, and by the turn of the century, VH1's 'I Love the '80s' gave all of us an accelerated nostalgia for our generation.
I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.
Once the people of planet Earth are all hanging out together online in a virtual world without any borders, I think it could change social networking, entertainment and even politics.
I spent most of my childhood welded to my Atari 2600, until I got my first computer, a TRS-80.
Before I became a full-time writer, I worked in tech support in those giant cubicle farms you see. I was surrounded by people who played video games all the time – sometimes actually in the call centers, playing online multiplayer games. I saw friends of mine who began to feel that going online was more compelling to them than real life.
I have to avoid things like 'World of Warcraft' or 'Minecraft', otherwise I'd never get any work done.


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5 Ways To Maximize Your Rest Days—And Get Better Results
What you do on your day off definitely matters.
By Alanna Nuñez
You put a lot of thought into your diet and workout routine, but your rest and recovery days are just as important. You may not be pounding the pavement or crushing it at the gym, but there are a few strategic things you should be doing to help your body stay in tip-top shape. Below, experts share their best tips for helping you make the most of your R & R days.
While sitting on the couch can be super enticing (hello, Netflix!), there's a lot your body needs on a rest day that can't be solved by sitting still. Muscle stiffness, metabolic waste (i.e. acid build-up in the body), delayed onset muscle soreness, and hydration are all factors to think about, says Luke Greenberg, a physical therapist at MOTIVNY.
"Just sitting on the couch alone is going to tackle only your dehydration," he says. Therefore, it's key to get in active recovery workouts that will increase circulation on your day off from your usual regimen. This movement will get blood flow and oxygen to the parts of your body that need it, which will in turn help alleviate all the tightness you feel from stiffness and lactic-acid buildup in your muscles.
"Try doing some light exercise for 20 to 30 minutes such as swimming, low-intensity cycling, gentle yoga, or other bodyweight movement practices. Think difficulty six or less out of 10," he says.
Try this yoga sequence to fend off injury, improve flexibility, and build strength:
Your rest day is a great opportunity to give yourself a sports massage, Mark Goodman, National Academy of Sports Medicine-certified trainer and founder of Cardio High Fitness, says.
Greenberg suggests targeting areas that are tight from running and sitting, which typically require some love on all days, but on rest days specifically.
"I'd pick the upper glutes, piriformis (where you feel a pigeon stretch), and upper thoracic spine between the shoulder blades," he says. But don't just lie on the spots that are sore. Instead, use a foam roller or lacrosse ball to put pressure on the areas for about 10 seconds then move the roller or ball around or mobilize the muscle. "Don't expect change from hanging out and watching HBO while draped over the foam roller with a glass of rosé."
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Keep in mind that rest days don't equate to major cheat-meal days if you're working toward a fitness or weight-loss goal. In fact, nutritionist Keri Glassman, R.D., recommends eating similarly on your days off as you would on a regular day, but perhaps a little less.
"Often times working out can increase your hunger, so if on your rest days you're not feeling quite as hungry, or you're not having a hankering for an afternoon sweet, listen to your body," she says. "But, you should be eating to fuel your muscles all the time—recovering or on workout days."
There's some research that suggests eating blueberries, tart cherries, and other dark-colored fruits will help offset delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), says Boston-based trainer and B/Spoke cycling instructor, Katie Dolaher.
Leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower) will also improve your metabolic processes, keep you hydrated, and reduce inflammation, according to Dolaher.
Glassman agrees that hydration is key. "It contributes to so many cellular processes in the body, everything, from metabolism to your digestion." (Learn how bone broth can help you lose weight with Women's Health's Bone Broth Diet.)
Not only is this a great stress-reliever, but an Epsom salt bath is a completely relaxing way to soothe your sore, screaming muscles, thanks to its combination of magnesium and sulfate, Dolaher says. Bonus points go to the magnesium, which has been proven by research to lower cortisol, the hormone you can thank for all of your pent-up stress. Plus, there's some colloquial evidence that Epsom salt baths can help reduce bloating.
Baths have earned a lot of attention for their health benefits. Specifically, one study published in the journal Temperature revealed that taking a hot bath can burn about 140 calories an hour, also lowering blood sugar by about 10 percent more than exercise. The research is still pretty fresh (plus, they only studied 14 men), so don't sub your workout for a bath, but do enjoy one on your recovery days to relax, unwind, and soak up (literally) the benefits.
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If you're a little over that foam roller or lacrosse ball, treat yourself to a massage, which will allow your and your muscles to chill the hell out. Wil Lewis, the massage program director for Chillhouse in New York City, says that a massage on a rest day is the perfect time to physically sort out muscles that have been hard at work at the gym or hunched over a desk at work. But there's also a neurological benefit of massage.
"Massage affects your nervous system in that it puts you in a mode to let your body heal and rest, ridding itself of metabolic waste," he says. "It does depend on your schedule and income, but a regular massage, whether weekly or monthly, can help someone target their fitness goals."
In order to make the most of your massage, Lewis suggests picking a goal for the massage the same way you'd pick a goal for the workout.
Make sure you know what you want to get out of it and communicate that clearly to your therapist by telling her you're looking for stress release, relaxation, intense muscular release, or stretching.
"If you're paying upward of $100 for a 60 minute massage that means every minute should be worth $2 so it needs to be worth it."
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Well, the response to my post about my friend Lxxx's UFO experience really took me by surprise.
The question of exactly when the mind recognizes that it's perceiving something that's "not normal" has started some interesting discussions here and on Facebook and at the Google Group "The UFO Collective," and has even gotten on the radar of noted UFO author Jenny Randles, who came up with the idea of "The OZ Factor," the moment you realize you're not in Kansas anymore.
And it turns out I got the spoiler all wrong for the "Veronica Mars" movie, so I didn't really spoil anything after all. Lxxx doesn't get killed, but she does shoot the guy I thought killed her!
"Btw, to me, that 'feeling' you mentioned is the pause before 'fight or flight'. It's no longer the only two options. We've progressed to the third option of 'the danger may be worth it to experience something new'".
And now we need a new expression... Something like... "fight or flight or fright" or "fight or flight or might" or "fight or flight or shite."
> The danger may be worth it to experience something new!
This is just the sense of "awe" you're talking about. Limiting our options to "fight or flight" is curious -- especially when evaluating UFO experiences for their validity.
In the Hill case, proponents hype the fear sometimes expressed by Barney and Betty. This emotion is usally used to suggest the credibility of the witnesses: who would want to imagine fearful experiences or memories? This all fits into a "fight or flight" framing.
But the Hills also expressed awe at the prospect of meeting aliens.
You wish you had gone with them?
Yes. Oh, what an experience to go to some distant planet.
"Philosophically, it has given me a broader appreciation of the universe," Barney Hill sums up his feelings. "After the incident happened, Betty and I would many times visit the Hayden Planetarium, listening to the lectures. The more we learned, the more fascinating the universe became to us. We bought books on the stars and planets, and our outlook broadened considerably. I became more open-minded about the possibility of life on other planets or in solar systems that might have planets."
Proponents tend not to quote such statements, perhaps to insulate the Hills from charges that they were UFO buffs predisposed to seeing aliens.
Taking their testimony at face value, that's a good point. But they still had the attendant feelings.
I'll have to read up some more Jenny Randles.
Yea, me too! She is extraordinarily prolific.


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Carers of older relatives were most vulnerable, new study reveals
Workers aged 45-54 with care responsibilities struggled during the first two years of COVID-19 in Australia, with knock on consequences beyond the pandemic, according to a new report published by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR).
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton
The report drew on a longitudinal study to explore the circumstances of older workers with care responsibilities between June 2020 and October 2021. It offers insights into how they balanced their family lives with paid work, and finds that women, carers of older relatives, and working carers aged 45-54 are the most vulnerable groups of carers.
Associate Professor Myra Hamilton, report co-author and CEPAR Principal Research Fellow at the University of Sydney Business School, says the COVID-19 pandemic brought disruptions to formal care services and family care provision.
"Many unpaid carers found themselves juggling additional care responsibilities with much less of the regular support from family, friends, schools, and formal care services," said Associate Professor Hamilton.
Employer support not enough
The researchers found that while company support for flexibility generally increased during the pandemic, it mostly increased during lockdown periods and declined in between, and was not equally accessible to different groups of carers.
Men, people aged 65 and over, and people caring for young children, such as parents and grandparents, reported the greatest support for flexibility from their employers.
"While perceived company support appeared to improve throughout 2020-2021, access to flexibility was not enough to support people with care responsibilities to reconcile work and life, in the absence of, or with only limited access to, formal education and care services," said Professor Marian Baird, report co-author and CEPAR Chief Investigator in the University of Sydney Business School.
Who fared better and worse?
"Results indicate that carers had more difficulty than non-carers in balancing work and family life and that women fared worse than men, with poorer work-life balance and higher work-life conflict," said Professor Baird.
Younger mature carers – defined in the report as those between 45 and 54 years old – were also shown to have fared worse than older carers in reconciling work and family/care responsibilities.
Overall, this group reported lower levels of work-life balance and higher levels of work-life conflict than their older counterparts.
"Our data reveals that the differences might be explained by the fact that carers over the age of 65, although still active in the labour market, worked fewer hours than younger ones, resulting in less time pressure," said Professor Baird.
While all groups of carers reported they struggled to reconcile work and family life, carers of older people reported the poorest work-life balance and felt least supported by their company.
"The changes in work and life brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated work-life conflict through the increased reliance on unpaid carers to provide new and intensified forms of care, support and education," said Associate Professor Hamilton.
The report reveals the most vulnerable groups of carers are women, younger mature carers, and respondents caring for older relatives.
All are groups that governments currently aim to keep active in the labour market in order to enhance economic growth and sustainability, yet are clearly at risk of the poor outcomes for work and wellbeing that arise from work-life conflict.
"The struggles in balancing work and family life reported in this analysis highlight the importance of continuous access to flexibility provisions combined with care and support services in enabling people with unpaid care responsibilities to reconcile paid work with family life.
"These services and flexible work options must also be better tailored and adaptable to carers' needs, which are shown to be linked to the gender, age of the care provider, and the care recipient group.
"Poor work-life balance and the associated outcomes during the pandemic are also likely to have knock-on consequences beyond the pandemic, as carers continue to grapple with the social, emotional and work-related effects.
"Investment in supporting the needs of those with care responsibilities is perhaps more important than ever."
Read the report here.
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Domestic abuse (HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE CHILD AND FAMILIES)
Current Theory and Practice in Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Exploitation
Lesley McMillanNancy Lombard
Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.
This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women at all levels, from its root causes to the specific needs arising in victims of gendered abuse from a particular social or ethnic group. Drawing on the expertise of a range of 'front line' service providers and practitioners as well as academic researchers, it seeks to provide those working in social work and related professions with up-to-date coverage of the major issues pertaining to violence against women, and suggest ways to tackle the rise in violence against women by translating knowledge into effective training and practice.
This important book will be essential reading for practising social workers and allied professions, as well as academics and students.
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This book is invaluable reading for all who are committed to ending domestic abuse, sexual violence and the exploitation of women.
Professor David Gadd, Director of the Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manchester University School of Law, UK
Books which seek to both understand and explain violence against women are often hard to find. This excellent collection of articles from leading figures in the fields of social work, sociology, criminology and social policy is a must read. Superbly argued, policy-relevant and thoughtfully engaged in data and theory, Nancy Lombard and Lesley McMillan's collection provides the most effective reorientation of this most important of agendas. This book should be compulsory reading for all those committed to tackling domestic abuse, sexual violence and the many gender-based forms of exploitation.
Professor Lynn Jamieson, University of Edinburgh and Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, UK
This timely collection revitalises knowledge and understanding of abuse and gender violence in personal life. Carefully chosen examples indicate possibilities of practical remedy. Essential reading for scholars, practitioners, policy makers and all who care.
Claire M. Renzetti, Ph.D., Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair, Center for Research on Violence Against Women, Professor of Sociology, University of Kentucky, USA
Lombard and McMillan have compiled a collection of cutting-edge, translational works by leading researchers of violence against women. Together, they provide a comprehensive analysis of gender-based violence that moves us beyond statistics to real-world applications. Students, faculty, practitioners, and most importantly, survivors of violent victimization will find value in each of these chapters.


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A Humbling Perspective
Posted: June 12, 2012 | Author: brucem | Filed under: Creative, Unusual, Amusing | Tags: biomass, climate, Deinococcus radiodurans, Extremophiles, micro organisms, nature, nuclear power plants, science |1 Comment
Extremophiles, or lovers of extreme conditions, is the name given to the life forms discovered in the most inhospitable places on earth. This piece, from Intelligent Life, portrays the wonderous and humbling world of micro organisms. My favorite, and thus the title of this entry, is Deinococcus radiodurans, which thrives in the cores of nuclear power plants by repairing its own DNA.
Writes Bryan Appleyard in Intelligent Life:
This is a biological category that was only discovered 40 years ago. Now we know that the Earth is teeming with these hyper-resilient microbes, organisms that can survive levels of heat, cold, pressure, radiation and salt or acid concentrations that previously would have been thought fatal to all living things. The study of these creatures is still in its infancy, but they have already broadened our conception of life on Earth and raised hopes of detecting life in space. The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, for example, is an ocean of ice, beneath which there could be inhabited lakes like Vostok. Extremophiles also offer a cornucopia of new medical compounds, primarily antibiotics, as well as almost indestructible enzymes that could transform chemistry at both the domestic and industrial scales.
Deep in Mexican caves, where the air is poisonously saturated with hydrogen sulphide, Diana Northup, a biology professor at the University of New Mexico, found the walls covered with slime which she calls "snot". There are even "snottites" hanging from the cave ceiling and "snot" balls—cities of bacteria. These creatures excrete concentrated sulphuric acid that eats away at the cave walls. In fact, it now looks as though the caves were largely built by the corrosive effect of bacterial excretions.
"Yes, we were pretty narrow in our thinking," she says. "That's what extremophiles have done for biology. They've opened our eyes…if you only think about life in terms of your condition, you can miss a lot of what's going on in the planet."
To get some idea of how revolutionary these findings are, we need to go back to the biological preconceptions of the 1950s and 1960s. Then it was thought that life was the supreme cosmic rarity, only possible within the narrowest of conditions. The microbiologist Claude ZoBell laid down the doctrine that life ended at a depth of 7.5 metres below the seabed, the immoveable line at which the biosphere was thought to encounter the geosphere. Beyond that point there was simply insufficient energy to sustain living processes.
In 1967, an article had appeared that formally established the existence of extremophiles. It was by an American microbiologist, Thomas Brock, and was published in the journal Science. In the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, Brock (then 40, now 85) had discovered a microbe which he christened Thermus aquaticus, a creature that could survive at temperatures as high as 80°C. At once, our sense of the life-sustaining zone on Earth expanded. "It was Brock who set the ball rolling," says Michael Danson. "What has happened since is that the temperature has been set higher and higher. The highest temperature record at which growth has been observed is 121°C."
Thermus aquaticus was also, serendipitously, the organism that established the enormous potential practical importance of these newly discovered life forms. The point about a thermophilic bacterium is that it needs some very tough enzymes, the catalysts of living processes. Our own enzymes break down very quickly at high temperatures, which is another reason that life outside what we consider a normal temperature range was thought impossible. An enzyme in Thermus aquaticus is now known as Taq DNA polymerase and it has become one of the most important enzymes in microbiology.
In the decades after Brock's discovery, an entire menagerie of extremophiles emerged. We now have acidophiles (acid lovers), halophiles (salt lovers), piezophiles (pressure lovers), xerophiles (dryness lovers) and many others. One category, the radioresistants, contains Deinococcus radiodurans, which the environmentalist James Lovelock says is his favourite creature and which has been listed as the toughest bacterium in the world in "Guinness World Records". It can survive 1,000 times the level of radiation that would kill a human and has been found to exist in the cores of nuclear-power stations. As such levels are not found on the Earth's surface, why it should have such a system is unknown. Deinococcus has a system for constantly repairing its own DNA which, if we understood it, could have extraordinary medical implications. Cancer, for example, starts as a DNA mutation in a single cell. If we could use this bug's repair system, then perhaps we could stop cancer before it takes hold.
Once biologists routinely said there were 10m distinct species on the planet; now nobody knows how many there are, but it is certainly a lot more than 10m. The rate of new discoveries suggests that we have barely scratched the surface of extremophile numbers. This proliferation has even led to an entirely new division of life on Earth. Before extremophiles there were thought to be two types of life—prokaryotes, mostly single-cell organisms that lack a cell nucleus—and eukaryotes, mostly multi-cell organisms, including us, that have complex structures inside the cell, including a nucleus. But it was soon found that many extremophiles, though they appeared to be prokaryotes, had such a different evolutionary history that they were an entirely new form of life. In 1977 Carl Woese, an American biologist and physicist, separated these out and christened them archaea, the third domain of life.
"That was one of the great landmarks," says Karl Stetter, "this was a very, very important finding. At the time, of course, nobody believed Woese."
Extremophile researchers have one thing in common: they are constantly being told that what they are seeking is impossible. This gives them a quixotic determination to seek anyway. What drives them, I think, is the realisation that, thanks to extremophiles, microbiology can once again be a science of discovery. In an age when people had begun to think there was nothing left to discover on Earth, they have become explorers in a new and exotic landscape.
Thanks to television, the best-known of the big extremophile breakthroughs is the black smoker. More formally known as hydrothermal vents, black smokers are deep-ocean chimney-like formations from which geothermally heated water pours. As the hot water meets the cold water of the sea, the dissolved minerals blacken the plume. These are, for extremophile scientists, sacred locations; some speculate that they may be where life on Earth began. By the old definitions of suitable environments, no more inhospitable location could be found, and yet the black smokers turn out to be crawling with life, from strange shrimps and crabs to the most bizarrely adapted extremophiles. One black-smoker bacterium is phototrophic—it depends on light—yet it lives 2,500 metres beneath the sea surface, where, to our eyes, there is no light at all. It survives, incredibly, on the glow from the smoker. There may well be black smokers deep beneath the ice on Europa, the Jovian moon.
John Parkes, head of the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff, is excited about the possibilities of immortality, in bacteria at least. We are used to the slightly sinister spectacle revealed by microscopy of bugs dividing —ie, reproducing—every few minutes. But the creatures Parkes has found deep in the ocean sediment divide very slowly indeed, perhaps only once in several thousand years or even, in some cases, once every hundred thousand years. Even more astounding are the bugs found in fluid inclusions. These are microscopic bubbles of liquid gas that are trapped within crystals. They form, for example, within salt crystals and, almost inevitably, extremophiles have been found in these bubbles. The point about fluid inclusions is that they are very long-lasting; some are known to be 50m years old. The creatures that inhabit them don't appear to divide at all.
"Why should they?" says Parkes. "There are no predators. There may be viruses but, if so, division is a very bad strategy as it will help the viruses to reproduce."
This means we may have discovered 50m-year-old life forms. Are they, therefore, immortal? "Aha!" says Parkes, an exclamation he often uses. It seems to mean "Maybe, but we don't yet know," with the further subtext "I hope so."
"On the surface of the Earth", Parkes goes on, "the best strategy is 'live fast, die young'. Down there the best strategy seems to be 'live slow, die old'."
But, for the moment, the most spectacular effect of extremophiles has been not on the human body but on the human imagination. This effect is humbling. Ever since the geological and biological insights of the 18th and 19th centuries, life on Earth had usually been seen as a poignantly fragile membrane spread across the surface of an unremarkable planet orbiting an average-sized star.
"On this crust", wrote the great and gloomy philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1818, "a mouldy film had produced living and knowing beings; this is empirical truth, the real, the world."
Extremophiles have revealed that the film is much thicker, more resilient and more ingenious than Schopenhauer could ever have imagined. Some estimates suggest that the biomass beneath the seabed is greater than that above. They have also encouraged a new confidence in the idea that we are not alone in the universe. The bandwidth of possible survivable environments—and, therefore, forms of life—has broadened enormously. There may only be bacteria out there but, after Deinococcus radiodurans and Thermus aquaticus, there would seem to be almost no limit to what these creatures can do.
Extremophiles have changed our view of ourselves. We are, ultimately, their offspring. Anaerobes, organisms that do not use oxygen, were the original forms of life on Earth before they were almost extinguished by the appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere. But they persist and flourish deep beneath the ocean floor. And it was the invasion of bacterial cells by other bacteria that created the more complex cells of the eukaryotes. Numerically, we remain only 10% human, the remaining 90% of our cells being the bacteria in our guts. We are born of infection.
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Iris Gregoriou says:
Absolutely fascinating!


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Community Dialogue: Following a capacity-building session to enable Mo H'ra villagers to better make use and benefit from their gong musical heritage, the group will engaege delegates from the provincial and communal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism (with the meeting facilitated by VICAS experts) to strengthen the support for heritage-related community activities.
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CNOOC Limited Announces Changes in Directors
HONG KONG, April 27, 2018 /CNW/ -- CNOOC Limited (the "Company", SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) today announced changes in directors of the Company. Mr. Wang Dongjin has been appointed as a Non-executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Wu Guangqi has resigned as a Non-executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company due to retirement. The aforementioned changes take effect from 27 April 2018.
Mr. Wu has served on the Company's Board of Directors for nearly 13 years, as an Executive Director and Non-executive Director successively. The Board of Directors would like to express their appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Wu Guangqi for his outstanding contributions to the Company during his term as a director.
Mr. Yang Hua, Chairman of the Company said, "On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend a warm welcome to Mr. Wang Dongjin on his appointment as Non-executive Director. Mr. Wang has significant experience in the oil and gas industry. The Board will work closely together to promote the Company's sustainable development and create greater value for our shareholders."
Wang Dongjin
Born in 1962, Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Drilling from Development Department of China University of Petroleum and a Doctor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering Management from China University of Petroleum-Beijing in 2012. From July 1995 to December 1997, he was appointed as Deputy Director-General of Jiangsu Petroleum Exploration Bureau. From December 1997 to October 2002, he was appointed as Vice President of China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation ("CNODC"). From December 2000 to October 2002, he also served as President of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and President of Aktobe Munai Gas Corp. From October 2002 to September 2008, he served as President of CNODC. From January 2004 to September 2008, he was appointed as Assistant President of China National Petroleum Corporation ("CNPC") and Vice Chairman of CNODC. From September 2008 to March 2018, he served as Vice President of CNPC. From May 2011 to May 2014, he was concurrently appointed as Director of PetroChina Company Limited ("PetroChina"). From July 2013 to March 2018, he was concurrently appointed as President of PetroChina. From May 2014 to March 2018, he served as Vice Chairman of PetroChina. In March 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Director of China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Mr. Wang was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 27 April 2018.
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Caesar /
Selections from the Gallic War
Edited by Christopher Francese
Text / Notes
Sources of Notes
Prof. Julia Gaisser of Bryn Mawr College kindly supplied her notes on 5.28-52.
Allen, J.H and W.F, and J.B Greenough. Caesar's Gallic War: Four Books. Boston: Ginn and heath, 1874. Books I-IV, with notes and English summaries of each book.
Allen, J. H. & W.F. and Judson, H.P. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1892. Books I-VII. Extensive introductory material, notes, military index and full lexicon.
Allen, J.H and W.F, and J.B Greenough, reedited by James B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge, and M. Grant Daniell. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Boston: Ginn & Company Publishers, 1900. Books I-VII, with extensive introduction, notes, many illustrations, word lists, and a full lexicon. with macrons.
Anthon, Charles. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War and the First Book of the Greek Paraphrase. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862. Book I-VII, with Greek paraphrase.
Dinter, Bernard. Gaius Julius Caesar. Commentarii cum A. Hirti Aliorumque Supplementis. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1876. Complete Latin edition of the Commentaries. No English notes. Latin Vita Caesaris included, as well as argumenta at the beginning of each book. Includes Hirtius and fragments of Caesar's other works, including poems and orations.
Finch, James B. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War: Book I. New York: Hinds & Noble, 1898. Book I only. A completely parsed edition. The completeness of Finch's notes makes the edition valuable to all Latin students. with macrons.
Harkness, Albert. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883. Books I-VII. Intermediate students will find notes in this edition helpful, though they appeal somewhat more to advanced students. Full lexicon included.
Harper, William Rainey and Tolman, Herbert Cushing. Gaius Julius Caesar. Four Books of Caesar's Gallic War. New York: American Book Company, 1908. Books I-IV. Notes helpful to both advanced and intermediate students. Full lexicon. Of particular use are lists addressing common Latin idiom and frequent Caesarean vocabulary.
Hodges, Archibald Livingston. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar: The Gallic War. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1909. WITH MACRONS. Books I-VII. Extensive notes, most helpful to more advanced Latin students. Extensive image collection, with particularly clear battle maps. List of related word-groups and lexicon included.
Holmes, T. Rice. Gaius Julius Caesar. Commentarii Rerum in Gallia Gestarum. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1914. Intermediate students will find Holmes' Preface and Introductory material most helpful, as well as the Geographical Index included at the end of the work. Holmes' notes on the text, however, are more suited to an advanced or academic audience.
Incerti auctoris, Caesar, Gallic War V with Vocabulary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, date unclear. (preview only)
Kelsey, Francis W. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Commentaries. New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1918. Books I-IV. Extensive introduction, many images. Appendices contain a review of Latin grammar, biographical information on Caesar, and a treatment of contemporary Roman art. with macrons.
Lowe, C.M. and J.T. Ewing, Caesar's Gallic War, with a Life of Caesar, Geography and People of Gaul, History of the Military Art in Caesar's Commentaries; Special Vocabularies on the Inductive Plan; Historical and Grammatical Notes, and General Reference Vocabulary, and an Index. Chicago: Albert, Scott & Co. 1895. Book I-VII with full vocabulary and notes beneath the text, similar to Walker. with macrons.
Spencer, J. A. Gaius Julius Caesar. Commentaries on the Gallic War. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1848. Books I-VII. Notes more useful to an advanced student, though intermediate Latin students will find them of some use. Full lexicon included, as well as indices of the geography of the Gallic war and this edition's notes.
Sihler, E. G. Gaius Julius Caesar. A Complete Lexicon of the Latinity of Caesar's Gallic War. Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., Publishers, 1948. Sihler's lexicon is of great use to any reader of Caesar. Contains full dictionary information for each word. Sihler also cites the appearance of each defined word according to book and section number. An invaluable resource.
Merryweather, J. H. and Tancock, C. C. Gaius Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico. London: Rivingtons, 1879. Book I-III. Intermediate Latin students will find the notes to each book helpful. Scant on maps and other images. No lexicon, though appendices contain reviews of Latin grammar.
Moberly, Charles E. Gaius Julius Caesar. The Gallic War. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1878. Books I-VIII. Notes included tend to appeal to a more advanced Latin-reading audience, but intermediate students will nonetheless be able to glean a worthwhile amount of guidance. Particularly useful for those interested in the editorial scholarship of Caesar's commentaries.
Peskett, A. G. Gaius Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico: Commentarius Sextus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1882. Book VI only. Notes more helpful to advanced Latin students. Appendix concerned mainly with editorial matters.
Stock, St. George. Gaius Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. Stock provides perhaps the most extensive contextual material of any edition used for this project. Books I-VII of de Bello Gallico are included and annotated. Notes are most useful to those interested in editorial problems associated with Caesar's work.
Towle, Harry F. and Jenks, Paul R. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Boston: D. C. Heath & co., 1909. This edition covers only Book IV of the Gallic War. Even still, notes and introductory material are on par with those of Allen & Greenough. Particularly clear and useful maps, full lexicon included, and appendix with grammatical and syntactical review.
Walker, Arthur Tappan. Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1907. Books I-VII, with extensive introduction, good, full notes and vocabulary under the main text (through 5.23). Appendices constitute a review of Latin grammar and syntax. Full lexicon included. with macrons.
Walpole, A.S. Gaius Julius Caesar. De Bello Gallico: Commentariorum I. London: MacMillan & Co., 1882. Book I only. Notes provided are extensive and will prove helpful to intermediate students. Full lexicon included.
Maps and Tools
Chinese version credits
An annotated bibliography of some scholarly books and articles on Caesar's style and writings, by Chris Francese.
Google Earth interactive map of all places and tribes mentioned in the selections, Antonio Salinas' tactical maps for the BG, various historical maps, audio and video, Harper and Tolman's list of Caesarian idioms, an introduction to Caesar, the Gallic War, and the Roman army by Arthur Tappan Walker, Sihler's Lexicon of the Latinity of Caesar's Gallic War, et alia.
List of older school editions used in the creation of the notes, with links to full scans on Google Books.


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