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FULL DAY OLD & NEW DELHI SIGHTSEEING TOUR
Morning (8 AM – 10 AM)
8 – 9 Hours
The tour starts with pick up from your hotel anywhere in Delhi. Our driver will report at your hotel at agreed time and the tour will start from there. You will be driven in a private car exclusively just for you by experienced chauffer.
You will visit India Gate, formerly known as the All India War Memorial, is situated on the ceremonial axis of Rashtrapati Bhawan. The memorial was built to commemorate the death of a thousand soldiers who died during World War 1 and the Afghan War. Names of British and Indian soldiers can be found on the walls of India Gate. Under the arch, lies the black stone and immortal flame that burns throughout the day and night.
Then we drive past through the residential estate of President of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan. The entire estate covers the area of 134 hectares and comprises of 340 rooms including the official residence of the president, halls and offices. The famous Mughal gardens located at the back of Rashtrapati Bhawan adds to the charm of the mansion.
Our next stop is Qutub Minar, one of the tallest buildings in the country. It is also a world Heritage Site. This 73 meters high tower is made of red sandstone and marble. The tower is the finest example of Indo-Islamic architecture. It takes 365 steps in total to reach top of the tower. The Qutub complex houses Iron Pillar which is of great metallurgical interest. Many people believe that if one stands in front of pillar with his back towards the column and encircle it with his arms, all his wishes will come true.
Also visit Bahai Temple also known as Lotus Temple for its flowerlike shape. It is a house of worship completed in the year 1986 under the supervision of Persian architect Fariborz Sahba. Lotus temple is made of pristine marble blocks, cement, dolomite and sand and the entire ascetic value is coddled by the group of nine pools filled with crystal clear water. In accord with the mores of Baha'i religion, the temple is open to everyone from anywhere in the world who is looking for inner peace and wants to break the shackles of trepidation.
Later we will visit Humayun's Tomb. It was the first garden tomb of the Indian subcontinent. The tomb of Humayun was built by his widow, Biga Begum (Hajji Begum) in 1569-70, 14 years after his death, at a cost of 1.5 million rupees at that time. It inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal.
Now, you will visit Old Delhi and first stop is Red Fort. The massive red sandstone structure served as the residence to the Mughal Empire for 200 years. Shah Jahan shifted his capital to Delhi and constructed Red Fort in 1648. The imposing wall of Red Fort houses numerous palaces and halls within. This majestic building is used by the Prime Minister as a platform to address the people of the Republic on the eve of Independence Day.
Board on a rickshaw and explore the intricate alleys of Chandni Chowk. While unwinding through narrow pathways we shall halt at Jama Masjid. Jama Masjid is one of the important mosques of the country and was built by Shah Jahan in the year 1650. The mosque was built in six years with the hard work of 6000 workers.
We shall then visit Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatama Gandhi. It is the memorial to the Father of the Nation. The black cenotaph with one immortal flame burns at one end. This great man had changed the phase of the Indian subcontinent with his strong ideologies.
You will finally return to your hotel where your chauffeur will drop you after the tour.
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Swift Dzire 1900
Toyota Etios 2500
Nissan Sunny 2950
Toyota Crysta 3250
Honda Accord 4500
Mercedes E 350 7500
Jaguar XF 9500
Mercedes S 350 10500
Audi A-8 L 10500
Mercedes S 500 L 15000
Toyota Landcrusier Prado 8500
Land Rover Discovery Sports 9000
Range Rover Evoque 9500
Jaguar F Pace 10500
8 Seater Toyota Commuter 8500
9 Seater Tempo Traveller 4500
12 Seater Luxury Tempo Traveller 4950
Travel by private chauffer driven air-conditioned car / van
Hotel pickup and drop off (in Delhi)
Two bottles of mieral water / soft drinks per person in car
All parking and taxes
English or other foreign language speaking professional guides (can be organized at extra cost)
Entrance fee to monuments (can be organized at extra cost)
Red Fort is closed on Mondays
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This is what a frosting job looks like when your 9-month-old is waist-deep in the recycling bin shaking an empty-ish milk jug around and singing a victory song.
And this is what photos look like when the same tot follows up with a delightful bath in the dog's water dish.
And THIS is what a blog post looks like when your very own chocolate cupcake is on your lap trying to "play" your keyboard like his toy piano.
Happily, blurry photos conceal lopsided frosting swirls. And the semi-bald cupcakes are being served to mommy groups, so everyone will wordlessly understand. And you don't mind if I keep this short, right?
This is a loooong overdue recipe for a gorgeous, fluffy frosting to accompany my Moist Chocolate Cake.
I usually just whip something up to taste, but for the last several times, I've taken meticulous notes to produce a perfect recipe to share.
It's got a double hit of the good stuff – cocoa imparts a deep, dark flavour and melted chocolate layers in a rich, creaminess and a "bright" chocolate flavour.
Not overly sweet (although feel free to add more sugar to taste), nuanced with vanilla, and extraordinarily fluffy – thanks to whipping cream and an extended beating in the stand mixer.
This may be the best chocolate frosting ever. You may want to ditch the cake and just rub it all over your body. And hey, it's Valentine's day – enjoy!
The best chocolate frosting recipe - it's equal parts fluffy and creamy. Both cocoa and melted chocolate make a deeply chocolatey, but not-too-rich flavour.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave on 50% power in 30 second increments, stirring each time - stop when it's about 70% melted, and stir vigorously to melt the rest. In my microwave, it took a total of 2 1/2 minutes. (Alternatively, melt in a heat-proof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water - careful not to get a single drop of water in the bowl, or chocolate will seize). Allow chocolate to cool to room temperature.
Combine butter, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar and salt in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium speed until well combined, about a minute. Reduce speed to low and incorporate vanilla extract, whipping cream and cooled chocolate, then turn speed back up to medium and beat for about 2 minutes, until pale and very fluffy. Pipe (I used Wilton Large Open Star tip) or spread onto fully cooled cake or cupcakes.
Frosting may be made up to 48 hours in advance - refrigerate until needed, then bring back to room temperature and beat again for a minute or two before using. Frosted cake may be stored at room temperature for up to two days - if it'll take you longer to eat, god bless your willpower and store the cake in the fridge.
When you say whipping cream, does that mean you pour 1/4 cup from the carton (when it's still liquid) or do you it from a can or use cool whip?
I'm not the author of the recipe, but having done my share of baking, I am confident to say that the cream is not from a can or is it Cool Whip. These have sugar and other fillers. You want unwhipped cream from a carton, or as the recipe says, "whipping cream".
I am curious about the amount of icing sugar. This seems very little to cover a cake.


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China to scrap subsidies for electric vehicles
1 January 2022, 10:20 am ·1-min read
Sales of electric and hybrid cars have boomed in China, with increases of more than 100 percent year-on-year in recent months.
China will end subsidies for electric and hybrid cars at the end of the year, authorities have announced, saying the strength of sales in the sector meant state support was no longer needed.
In a statement published Friday, the Ministry of Finance said purchase subsidies would be reduced by 30 percent from the beginning of 2022 before being scrapped completely by the end of the year.
"Given the growth of the industry for vehicles with new energy, the sales trends and the smooth transition of manufacturers, the subsidies... will end on December 31," the ministry said.
"Vehicles registered after December 31, 2022 will not be subsidised."
The cars are set to represent 18 percent of all vehicle sales in 2022, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) estimated last week. In 2019, they accounted for only five percent.
Of the 27.5 million vehicles set to be sold this year, according to CAAM, five million will be electric and hybrids.
Overall growth in the world's largest market for vehicles will likely come in at 3.1 percent for 2021, according to CAAM -- the first year of sales growth since 2018.
China, the world's largest polluter, has set ambitious goals for the widespread adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles, and aims to have the majority of cars powered with clean energy by 2035.
Next Level Hobbies: The talent behind the tiny canvas
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The fashion world pays homage to Thierry Mugler
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Exotic Japanese fruits now available at Don Don Donki for a limited time only
A little birdie once told me, Fukushima Prefecture is one of Japan's leading producers of delicious fruits. And in that whole pretext of 'New Year, New Me' nonsense, I've taken it upon myself to have more fruits this year—especially ones that are unheard of. Enter, the exotic Oshu and Anpo-gaki: Japan's humongous coconut-weighing, pear, and […] The post Exotic Japanese fruits now available at Don Don Donki for a limited time only appeared first on SETHLUI.com.
The highly anticipated hotels opening in Asia this 2022
The constant lockdowns over the past two years have left us craving for a vacation more than ever. In case you've been missing the world, here are the new hotel openings in 2022 all around Asia. Several global hotel chains have made the gamble during the pandemic and cut the ribbon for their newest hotels. Whether it's the sea, the sand, the sun, or the mountains, we're certain at least one of these hotels will be able to satisfy your next trip longing. [Hero image credit: Regent Phu Quoc; Featu
Beauty alert: the reign of blonde hair is (finally) coming to an end
Platinum blonde, Californian blonde, ash blonde, glacial blonde... It's time to forget the thousand and one shades of blonde that have dominated trends in recent years, because the hair color that is defining the beginning of this year is none other than brown. Experts agree that brunettes are poised to have their moment in the coming months -- and in fact many stars have already traded their blonde shade for a deep brown.
Japanese experiment finds out whether monkeys can play crane games
The crane game machine had been modified so that the monkeys do not injure themselves while playing.
Kristen Stewart on Britney Spears's 2007 meltdown: "I can't believe I have not done the same thing"
Kristen Stewart opened up to Dax Shepard about how much the paparazzi affected her, and how she could relate to Britney Spears and Sean Penn going off on them.
How the Winter Olympics came to be one of the world's biggest sporting events
The history of the Winter Olympics is filled with stories of stupendous human achievements in sports played on blankets of snow or ice. Held every four years, it is a mega multi-sport carnival that brings together hundreds of athletes from around the world. The Winter Olympics is technically the winter equivalent of the Olympic Games, and is the reason the latter is often referred to as the Summer Olympics. History of the Winter Olympics A humble start Image credit: IMDb The London 1908 Olympics


So what is this outrage about RBS and EFG loans about?
Mounting outrage about RBS's apparent 'mis-selling' of the Governments 'Enterprise Finance Guarantee' (EFG) scheme has been further fueled by news that the bank was calling upon the Directors of borrowing companies to repay debts which had already been repaid by the Government under the terms of the Scheme.
I was once responsible for the central management of the 'Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme' (SFLGS) for NatWest. This was effectively the precursor of EFG, and we occasionally faced the same issues.
The Government has felt the need to come up with a scheme to encourage the banks to lend to small businesses. They conclude that there are many viable business propositions which the bank is declining because they cannot get security as an insurance policy if things go wrong. The EFG scheme (like the SFLGS) provided the bank with a form of insurance, which basically says to the bank that if they lose money on such a loan, they will repay 75% of the bank's loss – critically, once they have exhausted all attempts to get repaid from the borrower.
The reality here is that there are not many loans that truly fit into this category. Despite the bad press, if a proposition is 'viable' then there is a good chance that the bank will lend, despite weak security (less so now perhaps?). If a proposition is weak and could be 'propped up' by extra security, there is a good case for saying that the bank shouldn't be lending in the first place.
When the Scheme is announced, to great fanfare of course, political pressure is then applied to the bank, at the top, to use the scheme. Targets are set and with the EFG there were penalties applied if the bank didn't use their 'allocation'. So 'messages of encouragement' (i.e. pressure) is applied to the front line to be look for suitable propositions and sell the benefits of the scheme to borrowers.
Banks are not very good at cascading complicated messages from Head Office to the front line. A combination of pressure and misunderstanding leads the front-line bankers to understand the scheme as that the borrower is only liable for 25% of the debt. This isn't true; they are liable for 100% but if they cannot pay then the Government will cover 75% of the bank's losses. Of course, the borrowers love the sound of this scheme and the reality only comes out when things go wrong.
You will always get a few 'bad eggs' in an organization like a bank. Pressure to hit targets and put on lending can then lead to some 'mis-selling. That comes in the form of deliberately misleading applicants or (and this is a cunning wheeze) taking an existing borrowing (typically an overdraft) and switching it to the scheme. This of course improves the bank's risk position and the borrower won't object of course.
The outrage about the bank having already been paid by the Government, but then still recovering the funds from the borrower is actually not quite the issue. It takes time to recover funds from Directors of companies and it is quite feasible that they may get recovery after the Government has fulfilled its commitment to compensate the bank after a prescribed time. If funds are recovered from the borrower, the bank then just has to pay back the Government what it has received.
As ever the 'devil is in the detail' – and why is it that when the Government intervenes in any market to stimulate it, there are always unintended consequences?
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1 Masters, treat your bondservants[1] justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
1 Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
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1 Masters, give your slaves what is right and fair. Do it because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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Q: Triangle with a circle having an altitude as its diameter: proof of a property without using crossratios I´ve been thinking about this problem for 3 days:

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle, $D, E,$ and $F$ the feet of the altitudes of $A, B$ and $C$, respectively. Let;

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*$O$ be the midpoint of segment $AD$

*$c$ be the circle with center $O$ passing through $A$ and $D$

*$X$ and $Y$ the intersections of $c$ with $AB$ and $AC$, respectively

*$P$ the intersection of $XY$ with $AD$, and $Q$ the intersection of $AD$ and $EF$.
Prove that $P$ is the midpoint of the segment $QD$.

I have proved that $XY$ and $EF$ are parallel lines by using inscribed angles. Someone helped me solve this problem via cross ratios. The following is his solution;

It's easy to show that $BCXY$ is cyclic, then $EF\parallel XY$ so if
$XY,EF$ intersect $BC$ at $G$ and $S$ respectively and if $T$ is the reflection of $D$ in $G$ then;
$$GX\cdot GY=GB\cdot GC=GD^2$$
$$\implies (B,C;D,T)=-1.$$
Thus $S$ and $T$ coincide. Since $G$ is midpoint of $DS,$ we know that $P$ is the midpoint of $QD.$

I don´t understand how he applies cross ratio, and I would be grateful if someone could explain to me how he solves the problem or if someone could solve the problem without using projective geometry.
This is my visual proof that EF and XY are parallels

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See this link from AoPS blog (https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c1642h1016535_harmonic_divisions__a_powerful_amp_rarely_used_tool). Proof of Theorem $4$ uses a construction that can be used to prove that $P$ is the midpoint of $QD$. But instead of repeating that work, I will use theorem $4$ to show that points $T,C, D$ and $B$ are in harmonic range i.e. $~\displaystyle \frac{CT}{CD} = \frac{BT}{BD}$. Then use theorem $1$ to conclude that $S$ is the midpoint of $TD$.
As $CDHE$ is cyclic, $\angle HED = \angle HCD = 90^\circ - \angle B$ and hence $\angle CED = \angle B$. Also as $BCEF$ is cyclic, $\angle BEF = \angle BCF = 90^\circ - \angle B$ and $\angle CET = \angle B$
So $(i) ~EC$ bisects $ \angle DET $ and $(ii) ~\angle BEC = 90^\circ$. Those two statements mean that pencil $~E~ (TD; CB)$ forms a harmonic range as shown in Theorem $4$.
Now using $BCEF$ as cyclic, note that $\angle CFE = \angle CBE = 90^\circ - \angle C$.
So, $\angle AYX = \angle AFE = \angle C ~~(\text {given } EF \parallel XY$, which you have already shown).
That leads to $BCXY$ being cyclic. Hence,
$SC \cdot SB = SX \cdot SY = SD^2$
Using converse of theorem $1$, $S$ must be the midpoint of $TD$ and using $EF \parallel XY$, that proves $P$ is the midpoint of $QD$.

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FILE - This handout picture taken and released on January 8, 2020 by the Presidential Palace shows Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (C) during his visit to a military base in the Natuna islands, which border the South China Sea. Indonesia has deployed fighter jets and warships to patrol islands near the disputed South China Sea, the military said on January 8, escalating tensions with Beijing after a diplomatic spat over "trespassing" Chinese vessels.
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Commentary: Indonesia invokes Philippines' arbitral win in diplomatic bombshell against China
Romel Bagares (Vera Files) - June 2, 2020 - 9:11am
MANILA, Philippines — In its running territorial tiff with China over the Natuna islands, Indonesia had just lobbed a diplomatic bombshell.
It came in the form of a diplomatic letter lodged with the United Nations on May 26, invoking a landmark 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in a suit filed by the Philippines against China's nine-dash line map.
It is one that, without doubt, reverberates loud and clear in the State Banquet Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the seat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
China ignored ample warning
On New Year's Day this year, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Ministry had issued a statement against recent Chinese actions in the Natunas.
This first broadside of a press statement—barely audible to many Southeast Asian foreign policy observers—invoked the PCA's South China Sea arbitration ruling to criticize Chinese encroachments over the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) straddling the Natunas.
I had suggested in a January piece for Vera Files that the press statement—"may prove to be a diplomatic and legal game changer in the increasingly volatile South China Sea."
It was, I had written, "the very first time that a third party Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) member- state invoked the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling in the South China Sea case filed by the Philippines three years earlier against Chinese expansionist moves in the region."
Five months later, the press statement had become a formal diplomatic letter filed with UN Secretary General Antonio Gutteres.
Talk about consistency
"Indonesia reiterates that the Nine-Dash line map implying historic rights claim clearly lacks international legal basis and is tantamount to upset UNCLOS 1982," said Indonesia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in the letter delivered May 26.
"This view has also been affirmed by the Award of 12 July 2016 by the Tribunal that any historic rights that the People's Republic of China may have had to the living and non-living resources were superseded by the limits of the maritime zones provided for by UNCLOS 1982."
UNCLOS refers to the landmark UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, where Indonesia emerged as one of the parties that stood to gain much, with the acceptance by and large by treaty negotiators of its position on archipelagic states and their maritime entitlements.
The Chinese claim over nearly all of the South China Sea is known as the nine-dash line claim, because of nine dotted lines the Chinese government had imposed on a map of the region for the first time in 1947, to establish such claim.
Although the Chinese government had been notoriously obtuse in its explanations of the lines, when traced, they run 2,000 kilometers from the Chinese mainland to within a few hundred kilometers of the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Jakarta's May 26 diplomatic letter to the UN echoes the press statement the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 1 in the wake of a series of encroachments by Chinese coast guard vessels in the Natuna Sea, which lie nearly 1,100 kilometers south of the Spratlys in the South China Sea. The resource-rich Natuna Sea straddles an archipelago of 271 Indonesian islands.
But both the May 26 diplomatic note and the January 1 press statement closely follow the language of a July 8, 2010 note its permanent mission had sent to the UN in response to a Chinese "circular note" formally submitting the nine-dash line map to the world body in 2009.
This earlier diplomatic letter, addressed to then UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, shot down the claim point-blank, invoking China's own statements in the past accepting in full the maritime regimes embodied in the UNCLOS.
But it took the Philippines to clarify the nine-dash line map's status once and for all when it sued China before the PCA in 2013 over the status of maritime features that the former argued, are part of its EEZ.
The 2016 PCA ruling noted that in the language of the UNCLOS itself, the Chinese understanding and practice of historic rights as to the nine-dash line does not pertain to historic title to land or maritime areas, which would amount to a claim of full sovereignty, but only to "historic rights short of title."
Moreover, as the UNCLOS superseded any historic rights, or other sovereign rights or jurisdiction, in excess of the limits it imposes, the nine-dash line claim is inconsistent with China's own treaty obligations as a party to the UNCLOS.
Although the ruling is only binding on the parties, other states may also invoke the international law norms it embodies in similar maritime disputes.
Much earlier, I also wrote about the "domino effect" of the Hague ruling. This means that even if refused acceptance by China, the ruling also benefits neighboring states in the ASEAN with their own territorial disputes with China.
With a judgment embodying definitive rulings on what before were unclear problem areas as far as the features found in the South China Sea is concerned, the PCA's decisive demolition of the nine-dash line claim has that effect.
Indonesia, like the Philippines, is an archipelago, but much bigger, with 17,508 officially listed islands for a country of nearly 270 million.
The Chinese government claims the Natunas as "relevant waters" that had been visited by Chinese fishermen since time immemorial.
The Chinese reference to relevant waters is a roundabout way of asserting historic claim over waters–but one that had been decisively debunked by the arbitral ruling handed down by the UN-backed tribunal in 2016 in the suit filed by the Philippines against China over maritime features in the South China Sea.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said the notion of relevant waters is not found anywhere in the UNCLOS, bluntly rejecting any suggestion of bilateral talks with China to delimit what the latter says are overlapping maritime jurisdictions.
"Based on UNCLOS 1982, Indonesia does not have overlapping claims with the PRC [People's Republic of China] so that it is not relevant to have any dialogue on maritime boundary delimitation," the four-paragraph Indonesian statement this January said in part.
Subtle no longer
I noted that this point in Jakarta's January 1 press statement may be a subtle signal to Beijing that any further unwelcome acts in the Natunas may force Indonesia's hand to steer for a direction Beijing would not want to take itself; that is, yet another arbitration case where it will have little control of the outcome.
The press statement made it clear Indonesia brooks no such claims of maritime overlap.
Recognition by Jakarta of any such overlap with Chinese claims would have foreclosed any resort to the landmark treaty's compulsory dispute mechanisms successfully used by the Philippines to bring China to arbitration, over the latter's fierce objections.
Of course, the May 26 UN note is still primarily a diplomatic maneuver more than a legal one, but its legal implications are unmistakable.
China had vociferously attacked the arbitral ruling upholding the Philippine case as a mere scrap of paper.
But this second broadside from Indonesia–which happens to be the world's largest Muslim country–uses a louder and bigger gun to fire a diplomatic shot across China's bow.
For the world at large, its unmistakable message is that under international rules, it is the already demolished Chinese claim that is that scrap of paper.
Romel Regalado Bagares, an alumnus of the University College of Law and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, teaches public international law at the Lyceum Philippines University College of Law, and is treasurer of the Philippine Society of International Law.
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Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
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Workgroups: Adolescent Health Workgroup, Early and Middle Childhood Workgroup, Social Determinants of Health Workgroup
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends center-based early childhood education programs to improve educational outcomes that are linked to social outcomes and long-term health. These programs aim to improve the cognitive or social development of children age 3 or 4 years. Programs need to have an educational component that addresses at least 1 of the following:
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Patriots Humble Beginnings Trivia Quiz: The Answers
By Alec Shane Jun 5, 2012, 3:00pm EDT
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So I realized something as I posted the first in a series of New England Patriots Offseason Trivia Quizzes earlier today: who the hell wants to wait a day or two to get the answers to an online trivia quiz? If you're anything like me, years of bad television and worse internet has given you the attention span of a meth-addicted ferret and you aren't going to care in the slightest about the answers to a quiz that you took yesterday. So, I think it makes the most sense from here on out for me to post the trivia in the morning and the answers later on that afternoon.If you haven't taken a look at it yet, scroll down a few posts before you follow the jump.
Answers to the New England Patriots Humble Beginnings Trivia Quiz:
1. Who was the first ever owner of the New England Patriots?
Answer: C. Billy Sullivan, Jr. After a lot of networking and more than a few close calls, Billy bought the rights to the eighth and final franchise in the fledgling American Football League for $25,000.
2. In what year did the Patriots play their first ever game?
Answer: B. 1960. The Patriots first ever official game, a preseason one, came on July 30, 1960.
3. Who were the Patriots' first ever opponents (not including preseason)?
Answer: C. The Denver Broncos. The Pats would go on the lose to the Broncos 13-10 to kick off the first of many forgettable regular seasons.
4. Against which team did the Patriots record their first league win (including preseason)?
Answer: C. The Buffalo Bills. The Patriots beat the Bills in the preseason 28-7.
5. Who was the first Patriot to officially sign with the team?
Answer: D. Harvey White. White was the first ever Patriots quarterback, signing his contract in December of 1959. He played in 3 games for the Patriots and finished his only season in Boston with 3 completions on 7 attempts for 44 yards and no touchdowns. The first of many awful signings for the early Patriots.
6. How many games were in the Patriots first-ever season?
Answer: C. 14. The Boston Patriots finished their first season with a 5-9 record, which was good enough for last place in the AFL East.
7. During that first-ever season, which team handed the Patriots their worst loss?
Answer: C. The Dallas Texans. On December 11th, 1960, the Patriots got spanked by the Texans to the tune of 34-0 to drop them to 5-8.
8. All of the following venues were home to the Patriots prior to the opening of Foxboro Stadium. Which stadium served as their LAST home field before their permanent move to Foxboro?
Answer: A. Harvard Stadium. As Foxboro Staduim neared completion, the Patriots played their 1970 season at Harvard Stadium.
9. When did Foxboro stadium open?
Answer: B. 1971. Ironically, 1971 was also the last time any kind of renovation to that dump was made.
10. The Patriots have posted consecutive 10 win seasons since 2003. When was their first-ever 10 win season?
Answer: B. 1964. They went 9-4 in 1961 and 1962, but didn't break the 10 win barrier until '64, when they finished 10-3, good enough for 2nd place in the AFL East behind the 12-2 Buffalo Bills.
11. True or False: Pat Patriot was the team's first ever mascot and logo.
Answer: False. While Phil Bissel's Pat Patriot is the one most associated with the genesis of the team, the first official logo ever was actually a simple tri-corner hat. Check it out here.
12. True or False: to this day, the Patriots original AFL uniforms remain the most badass throwbacks in the NFL.
Answer: You know what the answer to this question is. The Pats still have the best throwback uniforms in the league, and that ain't never gonna change.
So, how'd you do?
Julian Edelman finally puts an end to the comeback rumors Don't expect the Patriots legend to return anytime soon.


I realized I hadn't yet shared Cora's bedtime routine with ya'll and I thought it would be a fun post to do. It's actually something we set into motion very early on. I work 50 hours a week and though maternity leave was amazing with Cora while she was a newborn, being able to have that much time together unfortunately wasn't how it would always be. Which was a huge part in my wanting to get her into a good routine at night, not to mention that it helps with sleeping through the night too. I get off work at 6pm, pick Cora up, and get home around 6:30 usually. At that point it's time to get her fed and then spend as much time together as a family playing before the bedtime routine starts around 7:30pm. As you can see, that doesn't give me much time with her during a work-week but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do, and this girls gotta work to help support our family. But at least having a routine will allow us to not miss any time together. So I was super excited when two of my favorite brands, JOHNSON'S® and Walgreens wanted me share this routine with ya'll.
First, let's start off with Walgreens. I LOVE WALGREENS. For one, they are open 24-hours so it doesn't matter what time I realize I need something, I'm covered. So if I have to run to Walgreens before work, after work, or in the middle of the night because I've realized I don't have my JOHNSON'S® COTTONTOUCH™ Newborn Wash & Shampoo, it doesn't matter. I trust shopping at Walgreens, which is also the reason I use JOHNSON'S® products, I trust the brand. They have been around for 100 years, changing and evolving to be relevant even now for us millennial moms. Every product is newly formulated and they've recently added some new products too which I'll share more later. JOHNSON'S® products are 100% gentle, and free of parabens and phthlatates which is exactly what I'm looking for as a mom. Plus they are the #1 choice for Hospitals, that's saying something I think. I only want the best for Cora, she's my everything & that's why I choose JOHNSON'S®.
Cora LOVED baths as a newborn. So starting as early as 3-4months old, Cora started having a bath every night. Like I mentioned above there were a few different reasons for this. One was to keep her clean-duh LOL, just kidding, but seriously she does need to be bathed and kept clean 😀 Two, I wanted to establish a good bedtime routine to help with sleep training. Last but definitely not least, I wanted to have this special bath & bed routine that was just for Cora & Mom. I'm away from her 10 hours a day, I need this special bonding time with her and she needs it with me.
We do this directly after her bath is over and I'm still in the learning stages on how to get your babies teeth actually brushed well haha. We have her first dentist appointment next month so I hope to learn some tips then. Until that though I let her "brush" them and then I quickly go in behind her and try to brush as much as she will let me, which is usually like 10-15 seconds.
This is the time on her changing table where I lather Cora up with the JOHNSON'S® COTTONTOUCH™ Newborn Lotion. Again, so soft and really important too since Cora's getting a bath every night it could easily dry her skin out but not with this. JOHNSON'S® COTTONTOUCH™ is specifically designed for superior care for newborn skin and yes Cora's not a newborn anymore but it doesn't matter, I still love it! Oh, and Cora's new favorite thing to do is rub the lotion on me while I'm applying it to her. She's gotta have me squirt some on her hand 😉 it's so cute!
During this time, I also get her diaper & pajamas on. Sometimes Cora will drink a little of her sippy milk while I'm doing all this and sometimes she just babbles and talks to me instead. It really just depends on how the days gone. But within 5-10 minutes we're all done & on to the final step.
Cora get's to pick out 2 books and we sit in the rocker together while I read them to her. After that, it's lights out and I rock her while she drinks her milk. Now the next step is totally up to you whether you lay them down drowsy but awake in their bed or completely asleep. I've done both and rocking her completely asleep ended up working for us best but I'd advise checking out sleep training routines for more insight on that. Cora has started sleeping through the night since she was about 10 months old. Now that she's over a year, it doesn't matter which way she goes down, she sleeps through the night. And honestly because I work so much, I enjoy the rocking her completely asleep. It allows us more time together, just us 2.
So that's it really, there's not much to it but it works great for us.Our nighttime routine is our special mommy & babe time. It's important to me to have brands that will care for us just like we care for one another.And I'm so glad JOHNSON'S® & Walgreens gave me the idea to share this with ya'll.
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Bible stories, for the young, tr. from the 30th Germ. ed
Аутор: Christian Gottlob Barth
the immediate attendants of Ahab, one who feared God in secret, named Obadiah, who gave refuge to a hundred of the Lord's prophets. He hid them in caves, and fed them with bread and water.
Then the prophet Elijah stood forth before the king, and said, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these three years, but according to my word." And famine came upon the land. The prophet hid himself by the brook Cherith, and there the ravens brought him bread and flesh every morning
and evening, and he drank of the brook. when the brook was dried up, the Lord said to him, "Arise, get thee to Zarephath, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee." When he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. The prophet asked her for a little water; and as she was going to fetch it, he called to her and said, "Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand." The poor woman re
THE PROPHET ELIJAH.
plied, "As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruise: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die." "Fear not," said Elijah to her; 'go, and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruise of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth."a And Elijah ate with the poor widow, and remained with her above a year. And the meal in the barrel was not consumed, neither did the oil fail in the cruise.
When the heavens had now been closed for three years and a half, the Lord said to Elijah, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth." Ahab saw him coming, and cried out to him, "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?" "I have not troubled Israel," said Elijah; "but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baal."
By the prophet's desire, the king called a general assembly of the people at Mount Carmel, at which especially the four hundred and fifty priests
of Baal were to appear. "How long halt ye be
tween two opinions?" said the prophet to the people. If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him." And the people answered him not a word. Then said Elijah unto the
a 1 Kings xvii. 1–14.
people, "I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under it: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under and call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord : and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God." And all the people answered and said, "It is well spoken."
The priests of Baal slew their bullock, and laid it upon the altar, and danced after their manner around the altar, and cried from morning even until noon, "O Baal, hear us!" But there was no voice, nor any that answered. Elijah derided them : 66 Cry aloud," he said; "for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Then they cried aloud with all their might, and they cut themselves with knives till the blood gushed out upon them. But there was no voice, nor any to answer.
When the time of the evening sacrifice, according to the custom of the temple, arrived, Elijah built an altar; around the altar he had a trench dug, and he caused water to be poured upon the wood and upon the burnt sacrifice, until the trench was full of water. Then Elijah prayed, and said, "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word." Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the sacrifice, and the
AHAZIAH AND HIS CAPTAINS.
wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces, and said, "The Lord, he is God! the Lord, he is God!" And Elijah said unto them, "Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they took them: and Elijah brought them to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. b
And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel; and he prayed to God for rain, seven times, and told his servant to go up and look towards the sea, to observe whether he could see any rain coming. And the servant went six times. The seventh time he came back, and said, "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand." And Elijah sent a message to Ahab: "Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not." And immediately afterwards the sky was black with clouds, and there came a great rain.c
AHAZIAH, the son of Ahab, was sick; and he sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of the Philistines, whether he should recover. And Elijah went, by the command of God, to meet the messengers, and said to them, "Is there no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die."
b 1 Kings xviii. 1-40.
1 Kings xviii. 42-46.
And the messengers turned back, and told the king what had been said to them. The king asked them what manner of man it was that had said these words. They told him it was a man wearing a hairy skin, and with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite."
And he sent a captain with fifty men to bring him prisoner. Elijah was standing on the top of a hill, and the captain said to him, "Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down." Elijah said, "If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty." And so it happened. And the king sent another captain, and the fire from heaven consumed also him and his fifty. Then there came a third; and he fell on his knees before Elijah, and said, "O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight." Then Elijah went down with him to the king, and said to him, "Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel, to inquire of his word, therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die." a So Ahaziah died, and left no son behind him.
48. ELISHA.
By the direction of God, Elijah called Elisha to be his successor. Elisha saw the prophet Elijah taken up to heaven in a whirlwind and in a chariot
a 2 Kings i. 2-16.


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Nizar ibne Maade ibne Adenã () é o suposto ancestral comum da maioria das tribos árabes setentrionais (os adenanitas). Como resultado, o termo Nizar, ou nizarida, tem sido usado como um nome vagamente definido para um grupo de tribos, geralmente contendo as tribos rebíadas e modaritas, mas ocasionalmente sendo estendido para incluir outras.

Ancestral mitológico

Quase nada é dito do próprio Nizar em fontes genealógicas árabes. Seu pai é Maade ibne Adenã, enquanto sua mãe, Muana binte Jala, é oriunda da tribo pré-árabe dos . Mais notáveis são seus quatro filhos e progenitores de grandes grupos tribais: Rebia, Modar, Anemar e Iade.

Rótulo tribal

O nome Nizar raramente é atestado no período pré-islâmico. Somente após a Batalha de Marje Raite, em 684, que cimentou a rivalidade entre as tribos árabes do "sul" e "norte", é que o termo Nizar (Banu Nizar ou nizaridas) aparece com frequência, sendo usado como marcador étnico e político, contrastando com as tribos do sul do Iêmem (iemenitas) ou catanitas (Banu Catã). O termo ibna Nizar (literalmente, os dois filhos de Nizar) foi aplicado aos dois grandes grupos tribais "do norte", dos rebíadas e modaritas, que antes eram considerados não relacionados. As tribos que reivindicavam descendência de Iade ou Anemar, que em algumas fontes eram tidos como filhos de Maade, raramente eram entendidas como parte dos nizaridas. O termo permaneceu vago e maleável, porém: foram feitas tentativas de reclassificar os cálbidas, de início de origem "sulista", como descendentes de Nizar, uma vez que estavam entre os mais importantes apoiadores da dinastia omíada "nizarida". Como escreve o linguista e historiador Giorgio Levi Della Vida, "é evidente que não podemos falar de Nizar como uma tribo que tinha uma existência histórica real nem, como é o caso de Maade, como um termo abrangente que indica um agrupamento eficaz juntos de várias tribos de diferentes origens. Nizar é simplesmente uma invenção fictícia, um rótulo destinado a servir a interesses políticos ".

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Wish granted! Disney developing Aladdin sequel
February 12, 2020, 8:37 PM ET
By James Comtois
Credit: Walt Disney Studios
Your wish is Disney's command. Following the massive success of 2019's live-action Aladdin, Disney is already at work developing a sequel — and they even have the screenwriters picked out.
Citing unnamed sources, Variety is reporting — with Deadline confirming — that a sequel to Aladdin is in "early development" after hearing a pitch from writers John Gatins (Power Rangers) and Andrea Berloff (The Legend of Conan), who are now attached to write the script. No word yet as to what Gatins and Berloff's story entails.
SYFY WIRE has reached out to a representative from Disney for confirmation.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the original live-action Aladdin, are set to produce through their production company Rideback. Ryan Halprin is executive producing. It's not currently known if Guy Ritchie will return to resume directorial duties (although The Hollywood Reporter says Ritchie's on board for Part 2, which conflicts with Variety's and Deadline's reports). And although the producers hope to bring back original stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud, and Naomi Scott, their plan as of now is to hold off on offering roles to actors until the script is ready.
When SYFY WIRE spoke with Lin in August about making a sequel, perhaps even a remake of the original direct-to-video animated film, Aladdin: The Return of Jafar, he said they were "in early stages" of "talking about another movie." He added that whatever the sequel would be, it wouldn't be "a straight remake of any movie that's been made before."
So, with a script in the works and a pitch decided upon, development has taken a giant leap forward.
Since the original film made $1 billion globally roughly a month after opening in theaters in May of last year, it's not surprising that Disney would be hot to make a follow-up. (Word has it that studios love making money.) Disney+ is also developing a spinoff film based around the character of Prince Anders, featuring Billy Magnussen.
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Summit League baseball: SDSU suffers crushing blow
Terry Vandrovec
tvandrovec@argusleader.com
This was not the repeat South Dakota State had in mind.
For the second year in a row, the Jackrabbits fell into loser-out play right off the bat at the Summit League baseball tournament, this time dropping a 4-3 decision to rival North Dakota State on Thursday night at Sioux Falls Stadium.
Things worked out well enough last spring. SDSU ripped off four wins in a row to claim its first NCAA Division I tournament berth. That team's pitching staff wasn't injury depleted and didn't struggle mightily with runners in scoring position.
Those shortcomings were brought to the forefront in a single Bison swing by senior Kyle Kleinendorst, who clubbed a two-run triple off the wall in right-center field in the eighth inning.
Just like that, SDSU (27-28) went from being in a position of power – hosts, defending champs and probable Round 1 winner – to the brink of elimination. The Jacks meet No. 3 Fort Wayne (19-35) at 11 a.m. today before NDSU (23-24) and Western Illinois (20-30) square off in the winner's bracket.
That doesn't leave much time to get over the loss, SDSU's first against the Bison in the Summit tourney. The Jacks had been 4-0, including a pair of shutouts in last year's title round.
"We'll be able to flush it," coach Dave Schrage said, "but if we can't hit with runners in scoring position we're going to go home early."
The theme ran throughout. SDSU stranded a runner on third in the first inning and on second in the ninth. Even the scores it posted were dicey. Tyler Shannon beat out a double play to drive in Sam Pack in the fifth and Zach Holt drove in Aaron Machbitz with a drag bunt in the sixth.
Nonetheless, the Jacks were winning. They cut down two runs at home plate over the first three innings and all-league pitcher Adam Bray had settled into a rhythm.
Then Kleinendorst blew up everything, driving a full-count offering to the 359-foot sign to score Jon Hechtner and Wes Satzinger.
Hechtner reached on an infield single – one of six in the game – and Satzinger on a walk, the only free pass issued by Bray in seven-plus innings. Kleinendorst eventually scored on a wild pitch by all-league closer J.D. Moore to make it 4-2.
In other words, the Bison built the decisive inning around a single hard-hit ball.
"I've been saying it all year – college baseball has changed," NDSU coach Tod Brown said. "It now comes down to pitching and defense and who gets that hit at the right time."
The clubs were virtually even on that account, as they've been most of the season. They split a four-game set in Fargo just last week.
SDSU got one run back in the ninth on back-to-back, two-out doubles, their only extra-base hits of the contest. Another would have extended the contest – and the Jacks had the right guy at the plate, the senior slugger Machbitz, who already had three hits on the night. Except he popped out harmlessly, slamming the head of his bat on the dirt on his way up the first base line.
"A bunt here, a base hit there – it's like the whole season has been pretty much," the Texan said. "One thing changes and we win."
Instead, NDSU took a step forward on the path to a potential first championship on the heels of consecutive second-place finishes. The Jacks will be forced to take the long road back.
"We've done it before, we can do it again," Machbitz said. "We have the pitching to get it done, just got to hit a little better."
WESTERN ILLINOIS 8,
FORT WAYNE 7 (10) – Designated hitter J.J. Reimer slapped an RBI single to left field with one out in the top of the 10th inning to lift the No. 2 Leathernecks. WIU (20-30) scored three times in the fifth, but the third-seeded Mastodons (19-35) plated two in the ninth to force extra innings in their first-ever tourney game. The teams combined for 27 hits in their ninth meeting of the season – WIU has won seven – with 10 players notching more than one.
NDSU 4, SDSU 3
The stat: SDSU led the Bison 2-1 entering the eighth inning.
Today's games
• Fort Wayne vs. SDSU (11 a.m.)
• Western Illinois vs. NDSU (3 p.m.)
• Fort Wayne/SDSU winner vs. Western Illinois/NDSU loser (7 p.m)
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This busy noodle bar specializes in tsukemen, a popular style of ramen in Tokyo, where a bowl of plain noodles is served next to a rich soup. Dip your noodles in the broth, slurp, and repeat until you're finished or ready for a noodle top up. This nondescript ramen shop, hidden in the basement of Tokyo station, is a local favourite so wait times can reach up to 40 minutes.
Try the bacon cheeseburger, complete with soft buns, perfectly seasoned grilled patty, cheddar cheese, bacon and crispy lettuce at this burger joint near Yoyogi station. Order your sandwich to go and picnic at nearby Yoyogi Park.
With an ever-present smile on his face, Chef Kenzo Sato puts together a traditional multi-course kaiseki dinner made from local ingredients. The cherrystone clam and wild mushroom soup is topped with savoury custard, while a piece of Bonito fish is lightly seared and then delicately garnished with ginger and chopped green onions.
There are seven seats and no menu (except for the sake list) at this restaurant in Roppongi. Let Chef Masa and his apprentices guide you through an extensive tasting-menu featuring over 40 sushi pieces, such as lightly-grilled golden eye sea bream nigiri and monk fish liver. Make sure to reserve your seats at least a month in advance.
This sushi restaurant offers an upscale dining experience without making an enormous dent in your budget. Try the bright red tuna sashimi and the raw prawn nigiri, served on a pillow of rice.
Fuglen stands out on the Tokyo coffee scene, thanks to its espresso and its decor, an eclectic mix of dark teak wood, mid-century furniture and vintage paraphernalia. It's the perfect spot for an afternoon pick-me-up and a quick bite after visiting the nearby Meiji Shrine, one of Tokyo's most popular attractions.
Japanese label Arts&Science's foray into the restaurant world is a canteen located "down the stairs" from their concept boutique in the Aoyama district. The open kitchen serves healthy Japanese dishes and salads on plates by Astier de (the glassware is by Japanese artist Kazumi Tsuji).
Presiding over a counter crafted from a 500-year-old slab of mizunara oak, Gen Yamamoto is one of Tokyo's most famous bartenders. The cocktail menu at this his eight-seat bar showcases national ingredients like Nagano quince, Miyazaki kumquat and Fukuoka strawberry.
The five-kilometre trail around the Imperial Palace is a favourite for runners from dawn to dusk. Soak in the views of Edo Castle before stopping at the Run Pit, near the Takebashi subway station, where change rooms and showers are available.
Hanami, literally meaning "flower viewing," refers to the period between March and April when people all over the nation stand in awe of Japan's pink cherry blossoms. For a magical hanami experience, rent a boat at Chidorigafuchi Moat and paddle through the sakura-covered waters surrounding the Imperial Palace.
Known for its elegant take on wardrobe essentials, quality craftsmanship and collaborations with big names like Adidas, this Japanese retailer has over 160 stores nationwide. United Arrows Women is a block away.
Spanning three buildings, the Daikanyama T-Site has the city's largest collection of books, manga and magazines. The award-winning modernist complex is worth a trip just to see its basket-weave façade. The Anjin Library & Lounge offers an on-site cocktail bar and a dining menu.
Muji's creative team scoured the world, amassing mainstay housewares that fit the Muji philosophy of well-crafted minimalism – think Chinese bamboo steamers, Indian tiffin lunch boxes and English teaspoons.
Make like a local in the Kawaii mecca and enjoy a sweet crêpe from Angels Heart on Takeshita Dori, the neighbourhood's main street. Then head to Kiddy Land, one of the city's largest toy stores, and check out the floors that are entirely dedicated to Hello Kitty and Snoopy.
Overlooking the verdant Hamarikyu Gardens and Tokyo Bay beyond, this five-star gem mixes refined modern art with the crisp details of spacious rooms – details like the five-inch sprig of ming fern (tachiboki) in a vase at each entryway. The hotel is located adjacent to the shopping hub of Ginza, but be sure to save a little energy at the end of the day for the spa and 25-metre swimming pool on the 29th floor.
One of the few remaining Ryokans in central Tokyo, Sadachiyo is a quiet haven in the bustling metropolis. Furnished with tatami mats and traditional futons and equipped with Wi-Fi, the rooms let you experience the comfort and novelty of an Edo-period inn while allowing you to remain connected. If you want to check out completely, head for the communal Japanese baths for a blissfully relaxing experience.
Tokyu Stay offers comfortable rooms with minimalist decor that come with free WI-FI, a flat-screen TV and a trouser press. For long-term stays, the hotel offers rooms equipped with a washer-dryer combo, a microwave and a small kitchenette. Located only a few blocks from Shinjuku station, this fuss-free hotel the ideal starting point to explore historical landmarks like Meiji Shrine.
Claska offers bright accommodations categorized under four themes that blend old and new: Modern, Tatami, Contemporary and Story. The hotel's rooftop terrace offers breathtaking views over the city and beyond Tokyo's Meguro neighbourhood.
Connected to Tokyo's central train station, the bellman of this 57-room property greets guests arriving by train and guides them through the hotel's side entrance. A family-friendly haven, the Four Seasons helps reduce the stress of travelling with children by providing complimentary baby and children's toiletries, child-size bathrobes and bedtime snacks and milk.
Take the Tokyo Monorail or a Keikyu train for the 35-minute ride from Haneda Airport to Tokyo Station. Taxi fare from the airport to central Tokyo costs between 5 000 ¥ and 11 000 ¥ and takes about 25 to 45 minutes, depending on your destination.
Tokyo is rail and pedestrian heaven; there really is no need to rent a car. Even if you're planning a one-day excursion as far as the mountain town of Nagano, the trains will get you there.
The subway can be intimidating at rush hour due to the amount of people. Otherwise, the train system is clean and always on time. Fares are calculated based on distance travelled on any given trip. Navigate most lines easily with The Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway Day Pass which costs about 1 000 ¥.
For late-night adventures, you can find a taxi just about anywhere, but they're not cheap – even a short ride can cost you 870 ¥. Remember: no tipping, and don't close the door on your way out of the car – it's automatic.
Jomon is what you'd expect of a classic izakaya – steamy and intimate. Since all the dishes are shareable, it's best to go with friends so you can try a bit of everything. I recommend the homemade sesame tofu and the deep-fried croquette, which is filled with a runny egg yolk.
Although it's located in a residential neighbourhood on the west side of Tokyo, when you're in this overgrown park, it's like you're not in the city anymore. A few old shrines and wooden seats dot the path that runs alongside the Yazawa-gawa river. I like to bring a bento box and eat my lunch here.
The owners of this hostel are really into surfing, so even though the interiors have a Japanese esthetic with dark wood and white walls, there are surfboards throughout. They wanted it to be a space for travellers and their friends to gather, which is why they host art exhibits almost every month. It's also a nice place to grab a midday beer or coffee.
This tea house serves classic Japanese desserts, like anmitsu, which is fruit on a bed of jelly served with sweet syrup. When you enter, you remove your shoes and shuffle on tatami mats to a low table. On a rainy afternoon, I like to sit by the windows that overlook the lush garden, when a hot matcha is paired with the sound of the rain.


Coffee painting is becoming more and more common, but Indonesian artist Ghidaq al-Nizar has taken a new approach by painting his coffee watercolors on leaves and by using coffee grounds in his compositions.
Al-Nizar calls his art #zerowastecoffee because he usually paints it with what's left of his morning coffee, making sure that none of it, not even the coffee grinds, goes to waste. He also creates latte foam art, which you can check out on his Instagram. Coffee lovers beware – his Instagram might make you thirsty!


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A Birmingham Miscellany:
Birmingham: It's Not Shit – The Book
Birmingham: It's Not Shit — Reason No. 2: Cliff Richard
We all know that Birmingham isn't shit. We've spent nearly 20 years telling people, showing the world, and often undermining our case. In our new book we lay out the ineffable reasons why we say 'Birmingham: it's not shit' and attempt to eff it.
Cliff Richard is not from Birmingham; reason for celebration enough some might think, but they are cynics and have no place in this discussion. A fleeting mention of Cliff Richards makes me think of Birmingham and smile, for Cliff is somehow part of Birmingham — almost is Birmingham on another plane of existence.
The parallels are huge. We, as a city, are Christmas – we shine and glitter in a gaudy way. Cliff is too – he's had four Xmas number ones to our one. We both love Eurovision – Cliff's two appearances to our one outranks us – we both love women's tennis and we both don't get much sex.
When things aren't going well for either of us, Cliff and Birmingham are drawn together against the elements. Celebrity indoor tennis tournaments give you something to do when the hits aren't exactly flowing like water, and Birmingham can hold them like no other, when the newly-built arena isn't being used fruitfully.
For me the symbiotic relationship between the city and the singer dates back to 1972. Cliff released a heavily religious single into a chart that was topped by Don 'the other one' McLean's American Pie and Nilsson's Without You.
"Jesus, won't you come back to earth?" the song implored, which was the same thing that people said to the council when they again announced that Brum was bidding for the Olympics. It's a very Brummie exclamation when you think about it: 'Jesus, are they digging up Corporation St again?', 'Jesus, what's Mike Whitby paid Capita to do now' or simply 'Jesus, have you seen that film where Cliff Bloody Richards drives a hovercraft under spaghetti junction?'
The 45 peaked at just 35 in the UK Singles Chart, Cliff's second lowest placing in 15 years of hit-making. It can't have been because the hit parade wasn't ready for religion, because also in the charts that week was future primary school assembly hymn favourite Morning Has Broken. For a man enthused by the power of Christ to save us all, this must have seemed like rejection. Because despite a phenomenal Hank Marvin guitar line, it flopped and it was a rejection: Cliff released Jesus and wept. But when there was only one set of footprints in the sand, Birmingham was ready to carry Cliff.
And we were ready to lift him, right to the top of Alpha Tower. Take Me High was Cliff's last film, he was to change from the young heartthrob and in 1973 redevelopment was all around the town too. Huge modernist blocks sitting side-by-side with the last bits of canal-dwelling culture.
Film Cliff wants everyone involved to join the band. He wants to hastily arrange a parade down Corporation St. He wants us all to meet at the ramp.
While Birmingham is on screen a fair bit these days, it wasn't then – and to have a film that acknowledged it was set in the city was special. This one literally sung loudly from the rooftops about it.
Slade in Flame starts in the Midlands – although not filmed here – but as soon as Flame (the band Slade are playing) get success they are off to London. Privilege, the third in this sort of trilogy of Brum-pop films of the 70s – a dark counterpoint to Take Me High staring Paul Jones as a pop star puppet of the regime in a Anglican-facist Britain – is filmed in the Town Hall and even St Andrews, but it isn't 'Brum'. Take Me High is filmed and set in a particular Brum bursting with the sort of confidence that only big new buildings replacing the slums and bomb sites can be.
This is the Birmingham that we want to tell ourselves we were – in our history no gap between the Lunar Society, Cliff's Brum, and then the modern gleaming shopping centre we became in the 21st century. Forward, the film cried.
It was also so forward-looking that the soundtrack contained a joke about artisan street food being 'the biggest load of bull you'll ever get' – something we failed to learn from. The ironists took hold and you can now of course buy a BrumBurger at any number of 'fairs' and 'dining experiences' in the city. In my head the BrumBurger has protected geographical status – to be a real BrumBurger it has to be fried within the sound of someone rattling on about the 11 route, otherwise it's just a generic metropolitan meat patty.
Despite all this, the film entered an almost Schrodiggian state of being forgotten and remembered at the same time. To start with it was really buried, talked about only wherever oddballs with an interest in local history met, but then like everything else it was remembered as something that is forgotten — the internet doesn't mean that there's no right to forget, but that everything is forgotten until it's the right time for a local newspaper website to run a nostalgia feature. Do you remember things? Yes, and when I remember Cliff I'm happy.
Cliff really was trying to save us, and never more so than when he wanted to give us hope in a new millennium — and this made Cliff stand out from his contemporaries. Did Adam Faith try to save Manchester? Did Billy Fury decide to devote his time to letting us know that it was in fact Bournemouth that was a wondrous place? Was Joe Brown always going on about London? Yes, but that wasn't the point. Cliff was rejuvenated by Birmingham and was ready to return the favour many times over.
By DJ Norton
An eternal flame, lit as a torch by the now Sir Cliff for world peace at the start of the millennium, sat on top of a huge metal globe in Centenary Square. The Flame of Hope was the idea of a group of churches across the city, but it was clear that no-one involved planning the flame had ever lived in a house where you had to think about whether you could afford to put the immersion on.
British Gas sent an estimated bill for £12,000 a year and when the meter was finally read the bill was red and the council turned it off.
"Obviously it was not for an eternity, we realised it had a lifespan but it was something other than just the excitement and dreams of one year," said Reverend Mark Fisher, from Birmingham Churches Together who had put it up. Hope – for the time being – of a better Birmingham seemed extinguished too. But Cliff, of course, wasn't going to take that lying down.
In December 2013 I woke to the clock radio featuring Cliff using Radio 4 programme Saturday Live's feature 'Inheritance tracks' – a mini two-pick Desert Island Disks where the notable choose records that mean a lot to them – to send a coded message. He selected what he called "one of the greatest pop-rock songs of all time": his own Wired for Sound. You know, the one where the video has him rollerskating round a concrete dream that could be the back of Central Library (it was in fact the centre of Milton Keynes).
By going against decorum and tradition, selecting his own record, Cliff was telling us to be more brash and self-confident. He was banging a drum and blowing his own trumpet both of which are difficult to do on roller skates.
Did we miss the nuance? Was the message more detailed? Should we have been more proud of being a 'concrete city' (as the song Working from Take Me High called us), or was it about ever moving forward? He liked tall speakers, he liked small speakers – should we have got ex-Blues striker Kevin Francis and Kenny Baker to do a joint speaking tour about their home town?
In the build up to the London Olympics, Cliff helped to carry the Olympic torch from Derby to Birmingham as part of the torch relay. This leads me to believe that Cliff wants to burn the city to the ground to cleanse us with fire. That, or he wants to stage the second biggest barbecue in Europe, give you a free burger and then talk to you a little bit about letting Jesus Christ into your life.
As the commonwealth's ultimate trendy vicar — trying a bit too hard but ultimately well meaning and cool in the way only those that plough their own furrow can be — doesn't Cliff Richard just remind you of Brum and why it's not shit?
Author: Jon Bounds
Jon was voted the '14th Most Influential Person in the West Midlands' in 2008. Subsequently he has not been placed. He's been a football referee, venetian blind maker, cellar man, and a losing Labour council candidate: "No, no chance. A complete no-hoper" said a spoilt ballot. Jon wrote and directed the first ever piece of drama performed on Twitter when he persuaded a cast including MPs and journalists to give over their timelines to perform Twitpanto. But all that is behind him. View all posts by Jon Bounds
Author Jon BoundsPosted on 12 October 2020 2 August 2022 Categories Birmingham: It's Not Shit - 50 Things To Delight About BrumTags BiNSBook, Cliff Richard, eternal flame, Take Me High
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Walk out of your new home and just a block away is the Nautical mile! Or sit on your covered porch. This four bedroom Colonial has a newer furnace and brand new central air. The basement and detached garage both have glass block windows. This home is in the South Lake school district. Licensed agent must be at all showings. Buyers and buyers agent to verify all information.
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Students from Rikuzentakata play Brass Band at CCF to say "Thank you"
I found them among Japanese basil planted on a planter in the balcony of my room on the 4th floor.
They are tiny. They are tinier than my finger.
They are really tiny. Tinier than the tip of my nail.
Do you find them near you?
If you know, please tell me at khirano/AT/gmail/DOT/com.
On October 25th Daito High School first-year students came to Ichinoseki by train.
They divided into several groups and visited their targeted professionals working in the city.
Readers saw Daito High School students in my blog about the Chisan Chisho Festa (CCF).
I left my school at 9:55, reached Ichinoseki Library at 10:00 and met 3 students waiting for me there.
They interviewed me about my profession, translator.
1. Have you ever been abroad on business?
2. Where do you usually work?
4. What kind of qualifications are necessary to be a translator?
5. Can you tell us your educational background?
6. What inspired you to be a translator?
7. How did you train your English skill?
8. What is the most enjoyable aspect about being a translator?
9. What is the most difficult aspect about being a translator?
10. While being a translator, what did you get?
After the interview we went up to Tsuriyama and had lunch.
We took pictures of downward view of Ichinoseki and Iwaigawa river.
We went through a Japanese garden and then up to the top of Turiyama.
From the top we saw Ichinoseki train station and a Shinkansen running through.
Please find my Japanese 5-7-5 syllable format with the same pictures.
October 9th at the Chisan Chiso Festa (CCF) held in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan, a brass band formed by Takata High School students and Ichnoseki Daiichi High School students played music to say "Thank you" for the support given from Japanese people and World people.
They played music for the victims of the tsunami.
They played music to say Thank you to the supporters.
They played music to encourage people in the devastated areas.
Your support will help job creation for their people in their areas.
Your support will help the student continue going to school and playing music for the people.
"Chisan Chisho" means "local production for local consumption" similar to "Slow Food."
On Oct. 8th and 9th Iwate Co-Op shop Ichinoseki "Colza" held Chisan Chisho Festa (CCF) "地産地消フェスタ" to support producers, shops and people from the coastal areas devastated by the tsunami, including Miyako, Otsuchi, Kamaishi, Rikuzentakata, Ofunato and Kesennuma.
Yagisawa shouten, a miso (soybean paste) and shouyu (soybean sauce) producer in Rikuzentakata, is now producing their miso and shouyu in Daito, Ichinoseki, Iwate.
"大東高校 : Daito High School" students helped sell Yagisawa's miso and shouyu at the CCF.
I bought a packed miso and a pet bottled shouyu.
Please support them and please support Jobs Creation in their areas.
Let us learn Lunar phase.
October 9th will be "十三夜: jusanya," waxing gibbous.
Can you see the moon above the tree of keyaki, zelkova?
I took this on October 7th.
And I took it again around 18:25.
It was sunny on October 7th in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan.
Sun rose around 5:47 in the east.
At the same time the sun rose in the west?
It was building's glasses reflecting the sun.
I like this Jobs' words.
I am now hungry and foolish about Jobs Creation in the areas devastated by tsunami.
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I would like the project to be supported by you.
Your donation will really help lives there.


A fatal crash in rural Charlotte County early Tuesday morning has completely shut down Bermont Road east of S.R. 31.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- A fatal crash in rural Charlotte County early Tuesday morning has completely shut down Bermont Road east of S.R. 31.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 4 a.m. on Bermont Road near Chiquita Drive.
Three semi trucks were involved, and a fatality is reported. Soda cans from one of the trucks were scattered all over the scene.
Troopers say Bermont Road will be completely closed for an extended period of time.
*Note: A previous version of this story indicated a bee truck was involved in this crash. That was a different crash on S.R. 31.


Yesterday was a good dose of winter! Lots of snow and the wind! Brr, the windchill factor this morning is -16 C. This means that my furnace will be running a bit more today. I have it sent for 18.5 on the weekend days and 16.5 every night after 10. During the week it clicks in @ 5:30 @ 17.5 and drops down to 15.5 during the day time, and goes up to 18 @ 4:30 ( just when I'm leaving work and DD is usually finishing up @ school). I'll post about the cost when my tanks gets filled again.
Last night @ work it was very quiet! I was very thankful as I ended up making 45 in tips! TG. Today I need to buy a gift bag and card( its my goddaughter's B-day party this afternoon).I'll spend 2.30 on those 2 items. I'll go to the grocery store and pick up chicken, ground beef, bacon ( for Xmas), sausage, cat food, frozen peas, vinegar and hamburger buns. That should do for the week.
I plan on getting floor washed today, things tidied up and haul junk out of the basement. I've got a bit of laundry to do ( 1 load left). I'd like sit down tonight and go over my budget for December and get that nailed down. I want to have the couch and chair cleaned ( pay cash), the dog to the vet for his last set of needles (cash) and book his appointment to be fixed (in early January).