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Q: The submitted form is not saved in sql - dJango I have searched some posts about this issue but still not find solution. After clicking the "submit", the page could redirect to another page. But the sql database doesn't show the submitted information.
Thanks in advance for your suggestion.
views.py
@csrf_exempt
def input(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = InputForm(request.POST or None, request.FILES or None)
        if form.is_valid():
            company = form.cleaned_data['company']
            region = form.cleaned_data['region']
            uom= form.cleaned_data['uom']
            start_date= form.cleaned_data['start_date']
            end_date= form.cleaned_data['end_date']
            add_input=Input.objects.create(company=company,region=region,uom=uom,start_date=start_date,end_date=end_date)
            add_input.save()
            return redirect('resut')
        else:
            print(form.errors)
    else:
        form = InputForm(initial={'company':'coco','uom':'M$'},instance=Input)
        return render_to_response('inputform.html',{'form': form})

models.py
class Input(models.Model):
    company=models.CharField(max_length=100)
    region=models.CharField(max_length=100)
    uom=models.CharField(max_length=100)
    start_date=models.DateField(auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False)
    end_date=models.DateField(auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False)

forms.py
class InputForm(forms.ModelForm):
    company=forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput, label="Company",error_messages={'required': 'Please enter your name'},required=True)
    regionlist = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=Dupont.objects.values('region').distinct())
    uom=forms.CharField(required=True)
    start_date=forms.DateField(widget=DateInput(),required=True)
    end_date = forms.DateField(widget=DateInput(),required=True)
    error_css_class='error'
    required_css_class = 'required'

    class Meta:
        model = Input
        fields = ('company', 'region','uom','start_date','end_date')
        widgets = {
            'start_date': forms.DateInput(attrs={'class':'datepicker'}),
            'end_date': forms.DateInput(attrs={'class':'datepicker'}),
        }

html snippet
<form action="{% url 'result' %}" method="post">{% csrf_token %}

Company:<input type="text" name="company" value="{{company}}"/>

             Select the Region:
            {{ form.regionlist }}
                {% for region in form.regionlist.choices %}
                     <option value="{{ val }}" {% ifequal data.val val %}selected {% endifequal %}></option>
                {% endfor %}

Unit of Measure:<input type="text" name="uom" value="{{uom}}"/>

        Start Month:
        <input name="start_date" id="startDate" class="date-picker"/>

        End Month:
        <input name="end_date" id="endDate" class="date-picker" />

<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

{% if form.errors %}
    {% for field in form %}
        {% for error in field.errors %}

                {{ error|escape }}

        {% endfor %}
    {% endfor %}
    {% for error in form.non_field_errors %}

            {{ error|escape }}

    {% endfor %}
{% endif %}

  </form>

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No, the action point to another view, instead of input view. I don't paste that view because the issue now is this form's data doesn't saved successfully.

Well then thats your problem, when you submit a form it goes to the specified action. If the snippet is the inputform.html as I suspect it is then you just need to delete the action from your form.
<form method="post">


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Written by Stephanie Toone
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Now, the partnership has produced three senior arts colonies – the Burbank Senior Artist Colony, built in 2005, the NoHo Senior Arts Colony, built in 2012 and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony, built in 2013. Earlier this year, Meta and Los Angeles' community development department opened the first family arts colony, San Pedro's Pacific Avenue Arts. The fifth arts colony, which will be opened to families, will be completed in Glendale next year.
The arts colonies have spurred arts engagement in the residents' living spaces and for those across the city interested in art classes and professional-scale plays.
For more information about the affordable arts colony projects, visit Meta Housing's website.
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The climate of the United States varies due to changes in latitude, and a range of geographic features, including mountains and deserts. Generally, on the mainland, the climate of the U.S. becomes warmer the further south one travels, and drier the further west, until one reaches the West Coast.

West of 100°W, much of the U.S. has a cold semi-arid climate in the interior upper western states (Idaho to the Dakotas), to warm to hot desert and semi-arid climates in the southwestern U.S. East of 100°W, the climate is humid continental in northern areas (locations roughly above 40°N, Northern Plains, Midwest, Great Lakes, New England), transitioning into a humid temperate climate from the Southern Plains and lower Midwest east to the Middle Atlantic states (Virginia to southern Connecticut).

A humid subtropical climate is found along and south of a mostly east–west line from the Virginia/Maryland capes (north of the greater Norfolk, Virginia area), westward to approximately northern Oklahoma, north of the greater Oklahoma City area. Along the Atlantic seaboard, the humid subtropical climate zone extends southward into central Florida. A Mediterranean climate prevails along most of the California coast, while southern Florida has a tropical climate, the warmest region on the US mainland. Hawaii and the U.S. territories also have tropical climates.

Higher-elevation areas of the Rocky Mountains, the Wasatch Range, Sierra Nevada, and Cascade Range are alpine. Coastal areas of Oregon and Washington have an oceanic climate. The state of Alaska, on the northwestern corner of the North American continent, is largely dominated by a subarctic climate, but with a subpolar oceanic climate in the southeast (Alaska Panhandle), southwestern peninsula and Aleutian Islands, and a polar climate in the north.

The primary drivers of weather in the contiguous United States are the seasonal change in the solar angle, the migration north–south of the subtropical highs, and the seasonal change in the position of the polar jet stream.

In the Northern Hemisphere summer, the subtropical high pressure systems move northward and closer to the United States mainland. In the Atlantic Ocean, the Bermuda High creates a south-southwest flow of tropical air masses over the southeastern, south-central and central United States – resulting in warm to hot temperatures, high humidity and frequent intense (but usually brief) showers and/or thunderstorms as the heat builds in the afternoon. In the Northern Hemisphere summer, high pressure in the Pacific Ocean builds toward the California coast, resulting in a northwesterly airflow, creating the cool, dry, and stable weather conditions prevalent along the West Coast in summer.

In the Northern Hemisphere winter, the subtropical highs retreat southward. The polar jet stream (and associated conflict zone between cold, dry air masses from Canada and warm, moist air masses from the Gulf of Mexico) drops further southward into the United States – bringing more frequent periods of stormy weather, with rain, ice and snow, and much more variable temperatures, with rapid temperature rises and falls not uncommon. Areas in the southern U.S. (Florida, the Gulf Coast, the Desert Southwest, and southern California) however, often have more stable weather, as the polar jet stream's impact does not usually reach that far south.

Weather systems, be they high-pressure systems (anticyclones), low-pressure systems (cyclones) or fronts (boundaries between air masses of differing temperature, humidity and most commonly, both) are faster-moving and more intense in the winter/colder months than in the summer/warmer months, when the belt of lows and storms generally moves into southern Canada.

The Gulf of Alaska is the origination area of many storms that enter the United States. Such "North Pacific lows" enter the U.S. through the Pacific Northwest, then move eastward across the northern Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, upper Midwest, Great Lakes and New England states.
Across the central states from late fall to spring, "Panhandle hook" storms move from the central Rockies into the Oklahoma/Texas panhandle areas, then northeast toward the Great Lakes. They generate unusually large temperature contrasts, and often bring copious Gulf moisture northward, resulting sometimes in cold conditions and possibly-heavy snow or ice north and west of the storm track, and warm conditions, heavy rains and potentially-severe thunderstorms south and east of the storm track – often simultaneously.

Across the northern states in winter usually from Montana eastward, "Alberta clipper" storms track east and bring light to moderate snowfalls from Montana and the Dakotas across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes states to New England, and often, windy and severe Arctic outbreaks behind them. When winter-season Canadian cold air masses drop unusually far southward, "Gulf lows" can develop in or near the Gulf of Mexico, then track eastward or northeastward across the Southern states, or nearby Gulf or South Atlantic waters. They sometimes bring rain, but can bring snow or ice across the South, mostly in interior or northern areas.

In the cold season (generally November to March), most precipitation occurs in conjunction with organized low-pressure systems and associated fronts. In the summer, storms are much more localized, with short-duration thunderstorms common in many areas east of 100°W and south of 40°N.

In the warm season, storm systems affecting a large area are less frequent, and weather conditions are more solar {sun} controlled, with the greatest chance for thunderstorm and severe weather activity during peak heating hours, mostly between 3 PM and 9 PM local time. From May to August especially, often-overnight mesoscale-convective-system (MCS) thunderstorm complexes, usually associated with frontal activity, can deliver significant to flooding rainfall amounts from the Dakotas/Nebraska eastward across Iowa/Minnesota to the Great Lakes states.

From late summer into fall (mostly August to October), tropical cyclones (hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions) sometimes approach or cross the Gulf and Atlantic states, bringing high winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges (often topped with battering waves) to Gulf and Atlantic lowlands and coastal areas.

Regional overview

Southwest
The Southwest has a hot desert climate, at lower elevations. Cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Yuma, and Palm Springs have average highs over 100 °F (38 °C) during the summer months and lows in the 70s or even 80s. In winter, daily temperatures in the southwest are cooler with highs in the 50s and 60s F, and lows in the 40s F.

In Phoenix, Las Vegas and similar Southwestern desert areas, on average June is the driest month, after Pacific-originating winter storms have concluded and before the Southwestern summer "monsoon" begins. The Southwest and the Great Basin are affected by said monsoon from the Gulf of California from July–September. This results in some increase in humidity and cloud cover, bringing higher nighttime low temperatures and localized thunderstorms to the region, which can result in flash flooding. Further eastward in the desert Southwest (Tucson, Arizona eastward toward El Paso, Texas), winter-season precipitation decreases, while the summer monsoon increasingly provides a summer precipitation maximum. For example, El Paso and Albuquerque, New Mexico have a pronounced July to September precipitation maximum. Still, drought has been frequent in the region, often lasting for periods of years or longer. Forest fires across the Western United States (especially the southwest) occur many years, and can be severe to extreme in especially hot, dry summer seasons.

Northern Arizona and New Mexico, central and northern Nevada and most of Utah (outside higher mountain areas) have a temperate semi-desert to desert climate, but with colder and snowier winters than in Phoenix and similar areas, and less-hot summers (as at Salt Lake City, Utah). Summer high temperatures often reach the 90s, but low temperatures drop into the low 60s and even 50s. As in other temperate desert climates, the dry air results in large differences (sometimes over 40 degrees) between daytime high and nighttime low temperatures. Precipitation, though scarce, often falls year-round, influenced both by summer thunderstorms brought by the Southwestern monsoon (primarily in southern areas), and by winter-season storms from the Pacific Ocean.

The coast of California has a Mediterranean climate. Daily high temperatures range from 70 to 80 °F (21 to 27 °C) in the summer to 50 to 65 °F (10 to 16 °C) in winter, with low temperatures from the 60 °F (16 °C)s in summer to the mid 40s F in winter. Like most Mediterranean climates, much of coastal California has a wet winter and dry summer. Early summers can often bring cool, overcast weather (fog and low stratus clouds) to coastal California. As such, the warmest summer weather is delayed until August, even September in many areas of the California coast; on average, September is the warmest month in San Francisco. Upwelling of cold Pacific waters also contributes to the frequent cool spring and early summer weather in coastal California. In California's inland river valleys (Bakersfield, Sacramento areas), the wet-winter, dry-summer pattern remains, but winters are cooler and more prone to occasional frost or freeze, while summers are much hotter, with blazing sunshine and daytime high temperatures not uncommonly in the 90s to over 100 °F (38 °C).

Gulf Coast/Lower Mississippi Valley/South Atlantic states
The Gulf and South Atlantic states have a humid subtropical climate with mostly mild winters and hot, humid summers. Most of the Florida peninsula including Tampa and Jacksonville, along with other coastal cities like Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington all have average summer highs from near 90 to the lower 90s F, and lows generally from 70 to 75 °F (21 to 24 °C); combined with moist tropical air, this creates the sultry summer weather conditions that prevail here.

In the interior South, in cities like Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville and Jackson, average summer highs and lows are similar to coastal areas, while some areas of interior eastern and central Texas (i.e. Dallas, Austin and San Antonio areas) have average daily highs in the mid to upper 90s F. In winter, average daily high temperatures range from the 40 °F (4 °C)s (upper South: northern Arkansas, Kentucky and Virginia), to the 60 °F (16 °C)s along the Gulf Coast and South Atlantic coast (Charleston southward), with 70 °F (21 °C)s in central Florida and far southern Texas. Average daily lows in winter range from 20 °F (−7 °C)s north to 40 °F (4 °C)s along the Gulf and far South Atlantic coasts, with 50 °F (10 °C)s in Florida and coastal south Texas, both regions bordering the tropical climate zone.

Much of the interior South (Tennessee, Kentucky and the northern Gulf states) has a winter or spring maximum in precipitation, with December, March or April typically the wettest month, and August to October the driest months – for example, at Birmingham, Huntsville, Tupelo and Memphis. From November to April, these areas commonly experience sharp conflicts between cold, dry air from Canada and warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. These air-mass clashes often bring heavy winter and spring precipitation to the Mid-South. Given the tropical air masses, summer-season thunderstorms can occur throughout the South, but they are heavier and more frequent along the Gulf Coast, South Atlantic coast (Norfolk, Virginia area southward), and in peninsular Florida. Along most of the Gulf coast (i.e. New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola areas), and in South Atlantic coastal and sandhills areas (i.e. Columbia, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Norfolk), July and August are usually the wettest months, and precipitation is fairly evenly distributed the rest of the year. Primarily from August to early October, the coastal Gulf and South Atlantic states are susceptible to being struck by tropical weather systems (tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes). Even in winter, most precipitation falls as rain. However, occasionally frozen precipitation (snow, sleet and/or freezing rain) can occur (more commonly in interior and northern areas) when southerly-tracking storms throw Gulf or Atlantic moisture over cold air at ground level.

Southern Florida has a tropical climate, with all months having a mean temperature of higher than 65 °F (18 °C), a wet season from May through October, and a dry season from November through April. In cities like Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Key West, Naples, and Palm Beach average daily highs range from the mid 70 °F (21 °C)s in winter to near 90 °F (32-33 °C) in summer. Average overnight lows range from the upper 50 °F (10 °C)s in winter to the mid and upper 70 °F (21 °C)s in summer. Southern Florida is the warmest region of the U.S. mainland in winter.

Southern Plains/Lower Midwest/Middle East Coast/Mid-Atlantic
The region from the southern Plains, to the lower Midwest, eastward to the central East Coast (the New York City/coastal Connecticut region southward to Virginia) has a humid temperate climate, transitional between the humid continental and humid subtropical climate zones, becoming semi-arid in the western plains. This region has cool to cold winters and hot, humid summers. Daytime highs range from  in summer to  in winter. Lows range from the s in summer to  in winter. Cities in this region include Louisville, Kentucky, Wichita, Kansas, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Missouri, Springfield, Illinois, Indianapolis, Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, New York City, New Haven, Connecticut, and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Precipitation is spread fairly evenly throughout the year, though as one travels from Indiana westward there is an increasingly prominent early-summer concentration, with a May maximum in northern Texas and Oklahoma, and a June maximum increasingly evident from (central/northern) Indiana westward to Kansas. As one travels from east to west across Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, average annual precipitation steadily decreases. Far western Texas (El Paso area) is desert, and average annual precipitation is less than  in westernmost Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle, where the climate qualifies as semi-arid.

In the lower Midwest (and southern Plains states, especially), temperatures can rise or drop rapidly; winds can be extreme; and clashing air masses, including hot, dry air of Mexican and/or Southwestern origin, warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and cold, dry air from Canada can spawn severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, particularly from April to June. The "dryline", separating hot, dry air of Mexican/Southwestern U.S. origin from warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, often causes severe, occasionally violent, thunderstorms to fire in central and eastern Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas; these sometimes contribute toward the hailstorms and tornado outbreaks that the Southern Plains are well known for. Reflecting these air-mass conflicts, central Oklahoma, including the Oklahoma City and Moore–Norman areas, has the highest frequency of tornadoes per unit land area on planet Earth, with May the highest-risk month for tornadoes throughout "Tornado Alley", from northern Texas north-northeastward toward western and central Iowa.

Northern Great Plains/North-Central/Great Lakes/New England
The northern half of the Great Plains (Nebraska northward), Midwest, Great Lakes, and New England states have a variety of humid continental climates, and the western plains have a semi-arid climate. Here there are four distinct seasons, with warm to hot summers, and cold and often-snowy winters. Average daily high temperatures range from 10 °F (−12 °C)s (in North Dakota, and central and northern Minnesota) to 30 °F (−1 °C)s in winter to 70 to 80 °F (21 to 27 °C)s in summer, while overnight lows range from below 0 °F (−18 °C) in winter (in North Dakota and much of Minnesota) to 50 to 60 °F (10 to 16 °C)s in summer. In the New England states, precipitation is evenly distributed around the year, with a slight late fall-early winter (November–December) maximum along the New England coast from Boston northward due to intense early-winter storms. In the Great Lakes states, cold Arctic air in winter crossing the relatively warmer lake waters can result in frequent and sometimes very heavy lake-effect snow, especially on the eastern and southern shores of the Great Lakes (for example, in western Michigan's Lower Peninsula and in the Buffalo, New York area). Cities in this area include Minneapolis, Omaha, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, Boston, Concord and Augusta. As one travels from east to west across Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota, average annual precipitation steadily decreases, and the westernmost counties of these states have a semi-arid climate, with about or just over 15 inches of precipitation per year, on average (see climate data for Williston, North Dakota, Rapid City, South Dakota and Scottsbluff, Nebraska).

In the upper Midwest and northern Plains states, temperatures may rise or fall rapidly, and winds (from warm-season thunderstorms or larger-scale low-pressure systems) can be strong to extreme. Here, air-mass conflicts primarily involve warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, clashing with cool to cold, dry air from Canada, with only occasional intrusions of hot, dry air from the southwest. The conflicts between Canadian and Gulf air commonly produce severe thunderstorms (including hailstorms, especially on the western Plains) and tornadoes, particularly in May and June. In the northern Plains and North Central states generally, June is the year's wettest month on average, owing to maximum shower and thunderstorm activity. Also, June is the highest-risk month for severe weather throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Illinois.

Pacific Northwest

The Pacific Northwest has an oceanic climate. The climate is wet and cool in autumn, winter, and spring, and stable and dry in the summer months, especially July and August. On average, the wettest month is typically November or December; the driest, July. In the summer months, average highs in cities like Seattle and Portland are from 70 to 75 °F (21 to 26 °C) with lows from 50 to 59 °F (10 to 15 °C), while in winter daily highs are from 40 to 45 °F (4 to 9 °C) and overnight lows from 30 to 38 °F (−1 to 4 °C).

In winter, the Pacific Northwest (especially coastal districts and other areas west, i.e. on the prevailing windward side, of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges), experiences a mostly overcast, wet and cool climate, but without severe cold like that found in the interior northern U.S. (i.e. Minnesota/North Dakota). At lower elevations, winter precipitation falls mostly as rain. However, snow does occur even at the lowest elevations, primarily when Pacific moisture interacts with cold air intruding into the Pacific Northwest from western Canada (i.e. Alberta and interior British Columbia).  Summers in the Pacific Northwest are generally cool, especially along the coastline. The Great Basin and Columbia Plateau (the Intermontane Plateaus) are arid or semiarid regions, with high summer temperatures in the 90s to occasionally over 100 at lower elevations (e.g. at Boise, Idaho), with annual precipitation averaging less than 15 inches (380 mm) as a result of the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. Both coastal and interior areas of Oregon and Washington, and southern Idaho, have a wet-winter, dry-summer precipitation pattern, but traveling eastward into Montana and Wyoming, this transitions progressively (for example, at Missoula, Montana) toward relatively drier winters and a May and eventually June precipitation maximum, the latter characteristic of the Northern Plains and much of the upper Midwest (i.e. both Dakotas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota).

Alaska

The climate in Juneau and the southeast panhandle is a mid-latitude oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The climate in the extreme north of Alaska is what would be expected for an area north of the Arctic Circle — it is an Arctic climate (Köppen ET) with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers. Akclimate.org says the following: "The altitude above sea level influences the climate of a given area [in Alaska]. Lower elevations in interior Alaska, such as the Yukon Flats and the Tanana Valley experience extreme cold in the winter as well as high summertime temperatures."

Hawaii

Hawaii has 11 different climate zones, influenced by altitude and topographical effect on wind and rainfall. These include tropical at sea level, arid, semi-arid, temperate, and alpine at the highest elevations. Snow sometimes occurs in high mountain areas.

Caribbean territories

Puerto Rico has different climatic zones, all tropical. The northeastern part of the territory is very wet, with a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). This supports rainforests like El Yunque. The southern part is drier, mostly a savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with small locations on the southern coast dry enough to have a hot-semi arid climate (Koppen BSh).

The U.S. Virgin Islands have a tropical savanna climate, with warm, dry winters, and rainy summers (Köppen Aw), typical of the Caribbean. The wet season is from May to October.

In 2015, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico are the areas of the U.S. most vulnerable to climate change.

Pacific territories

Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands both have a trade-wind tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The dry season is from January to May, and the wet season from July to November.

American Samoa is south of the equator, and therefore its wet/dry seasons are reversed. The wet season is from December–March, and the dry season is from April–September. Rainmaker Mountain on Tutuila traps trade-wind rainclouds, leading to very high rainfall and a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af).

Precipitation

Precipitation (whether by annual amount, annual distribution or characteristic[s]) varies significantly across the United States and its possessions. Late summer and fall extratropical cyclones bring a majority of the precipitation which falls across western, southern, and southeast Alaska annually. During the fall, winter, and spring, Pacific storm systems bring most of Hawaii and the western United States much of their precipitation. Most of Florida has a subtropical monsoon rainfall pattern (wet summer and dry winter).

In the central and upper eastern United States, precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, although summer rainfall increases as one moves southeastward. Lake-effect snows add to precipitation potential downwind of the Great Lakes, as well as Great Salt Lake and the Finger Lakes during the cold season. The average snow to liquid ratio across the contiguous United States is 13:1, meaning  of snow melts down to  of water. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation affects the precipitation distribution, by altering rainfall patterns across the West, Midwest, the Southeast, and throughout the tropics.

During the summer, the Southwest monsoon combined with Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico moisture moving around the subtropical ridge in the Atlantic Ocean bring the promise of afternoon and evening thunderstorms to the southern tier of the country as well as the Great Plains. Equatorward of the subtropical ridge, tropical cyclones enhance precipitation (mostly from August to October) across southern and eastern sections of the country, as well as Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Over the top of the ridge, the jet stream brings a summer precipitation maximum to the Great Lakes. Large thunderstorm areas known as mesoscale convective complexes move through the Plains, Midwest, and Great Lakes during the warm season, contributing up to 10% of the annual precipitation to the region.

Extremes

In northern Alaska, tundra and arctic conditions predominate, and the temperature has fallen as low as . On the other end of the spectrum, Death Valley, California once reached , officially the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

On average, the mountains of the western states receive the highest levels of snowfall on Earth. The greatest annual snowfall level is at Mount Rainier in Washington, at ; the record there was  in the winter of 1971–72. This record was broken by the Mt. Baker Ski Area in northwestern Washington which reported  of snowfall for the 1998–99 snowfall season. Other places with significant snowfall outside the Cascade Range are the Wasatch Range, near the Great Salt Lake and the Sierra Nevada, near Lake Tahoe.

Along the coastal mountain ranges in the Pacific Northwest, rainfall is greater than anywhere else in the continental U.S., with Quinault Ranger Station in Washington having an average of . Hawaii receives even more, with  measured annually, on average, at the Big Bog, in Maui. Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa is the rainiest harbor in the world (because of the 523 meter Rainmaker Mountain). The Sonoran Desert in the southwest is home to the driest locale in the US. Yuma, Arizona, has an average of  of precipitation each year.

Extreme highs

Extreme lows

Overall average(s)

Natural disasters and effects

Because of contrasting air masses, the Great Plains, the Midwest, and the southern United States have frequent severe thunderstorms and tornado outbreaks during both the spring and the summer. In central portions of the U.S., tornadoes are more common than anywhere else in the world. They usually can touch down during the spring and the summer. The strip of land from north Texas north to Nebraska and east into Southern Michigan is known as Tornado Alley, where many houses have tornado shelters and where many towns have tornado sirens. Stretching across Mississippi and Alabama, Dixie Alley has experienced both tornadoes and violent thunderstorms, with peak tornado season coming on as early as February and waning by May. Florida also reports many tornadoes, but these rarely are very strong. The southern US has a second tornado season during the autumn. Generally, the area at greatest risk for tornadoes migrates northward from February to June, peaking in the Gulf States in February and March, the Ohio Valley and lower Midwest in April, southern and central Plains and central Midwest in May, and Northern Plains and upper Midwest (Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) in June. Eastern and Gulf Coastal states suffer from frequent Hurricanes and tropical storms from late summer into autumn.

Both the Appalachian region and the Midwest experience the worst floods. Widespread severe flooding is rare. Some exceptions include the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the Great Flood of 1993, and widespread flooding and mudslides caused by the 1982–83 El Niño event in the western United States. Localized flooding can, however, occur anywhere. Mudslides from heavy rain can even cause problems in any mountainous areas, particularly in the Southwest. The narrow canyons of many mountain areas in the west and severe thunderstorm activity during the monsoon season in summer leads to sometimes devastating flash floods as well. On the other hand, Nor'easter snowstorms can bring activity to a halt in both the New England and Great Lakes regions.

In 2013, the US sustains $10 billion annually in damage from floods.

The Southwest has the worst droughts; one is thought to have lasted over 500 years and to have decimated the Anasazi people. Large stretches of desert shrub in the west can fuel the spreads of wildfires. Although severe drought is rare, it has occasionally caused some major problems, such as those during the Dust Bowl (1931–1942), which coincided with the Great Depression. Farmland failed throughout the Plains, entire regions were virtually depopulated, and dust storms ravaged the land. More recently, the western US experienced widespread drought from 1999 to 2004.

In terms of deaths from heat waves, 7,415 losses occurred between 1999 and 2010, a mean of 618 per year. A disproportionate number of men, a full 68% of deaths, versus women have been affected. The highest yearly total of heat-related deaths during that time frame was in 1999. The lowest was in 2004. In terms of deaths caused by cold waves, the same gender inequality exists; 66% of hypothermia-related deaths in 2002 were of males. From 1979 to 2002, 16,555 deaths occurred due to exposure to excessive cold temperatures, a mean of 689 per year.

Approximately 43 people die by lightning strike each year in the United States, and 90 percent of those struck will survive.  Americans have a one in 15,300 chance of being struck by lightning in their lifetime.

See also

 Weather media in the United States
 Climate change in the United States
 Geography of the United States
 List of snowiest places in the United States by state
 United States tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
 List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States
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Just got a new 4k monitor and I cannot get the DisplayPort connection to work between my AMD and my the monitor.
It says "no signal detected"
The documentation for the monitor says the minimum Graphics card for DP is "R7 or higher"
I'm running an R9 270 so this should work.
I'm not sure I follow you're saying I need to enable FreeSync in my AMD software to use the DP cable?
As far as I know the LG monitor I have does not support Freesync.
I thought DP was independent of a graphics card manufacturer's FPS syncing technology ?
My mistake,thinking you were trying freesync (not supported on the 270).
Is "no signal detected" the full/only error message, have you updated monitor software/firmware, running multi monitors ?
Many possible causes, from cable loose(not firmly connected/clicked in) to incorrect/incompatible windows/monitor settings, what resolution/frequency is card rated for on DP (asus for info on their card).
A basic is turn off all power to pc/monitor(at the wall), wait a minute or two, then connect dp cable.
Sorry, can't help further(don't have dp monitor).
Your monitor is freesync (2 vers. i checked are), so check option is disabled.
I was connecting via DP with the HDMI STILL connected . . schoolboy error. the system thought I was adding another screen so my DP screen was "coming in as screen 2 therefore "invisible". I simply disconnected the HDMI and all is good.
Shame the R9 270 doesn't support Freesync. . . hey AMD...how about fixing this? I only bought the 270 18 months ago!


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Effects of menopausal status on circulating calcitonin gene-related peptide and adipokines: implications for insulin resistance and cardiovascular risks.
To determine, first, the effects of menopausal status on circulating calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) levels and, second, the correlation between circulating CGRP levels and biomarkers for cardiovascular disease.
Cross-sectional study of healthy premenopausal and postmenopausal women volunteers and women admitted for elective benign abdominal surgery in a district general hospital. All women were non-smokers, had no history of endocrinological problems and were not receiving any hormone therapy. Fasting blood samples (premenopausal (n = 45): follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) < 20 IU/l, estradiol (mean +/- SEM) 440.33 +/- 51.82 pmol/l; postmenopausal women (n = 28): FSH > 20 IU/l, estradiol 93.79 +/- 17.40 pmol/l) were analyzed for CGRP, resistin, leptin, adiponectin, insulin and lipids using ELISA and immunoassays.
Mean circulating CGRP levels were higher in the postmenopausal women compared with premenopausal women (pre: 41.79 +/- 9.01 pg/ml, post: 138.14 +/- 45.75 pg/ml; p = 0.047). Among women who were experiencing hot flushes, the postmenopausal women had significantly higher CGRP levels than the premenopausal women (pre: 21.98 +/- 4.95 pg/ml, post: 171.08 +/- 61.80 pg/ml; p = 0.028). Serum CGRP levels positively correlated with serum insulin levels (r = 0.652, p = 0.016) and HOMA index (r = 0.54, p < 0.001).
These data show that circulating CGRP levels are influenced by menopausal status and suggest additional mechanisms through which increased risk of hyperinsulinemia and cardiovascular disease may arise in postmenopausal women.


Violeta Tarasoviene was bornon August 25, 1974 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Lithuanian dance-pop artist who released her third album, As Busiu Salia, in 2008.
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2020 was nothing like anyone imagined it would be due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it didn't stop life from continuing in Garden City.
This was the takeaway from Garden City Mayor Troy Unruh's State of the City Address at the October Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Wednesday.
Unruh said 2020 was not the year anyone expected and was full of uncertainty, but it did teach that "we are better together when we work together."
The city pulled together with the Finney County Commission and the Finney County Health Department and they were able to work together to keep everything running, allowing the city to complete projects and begin new ones, Unruh said.
Some of the things the city accomplished this year include:
• The completion of the city's first sales tax project, improvements to Lee Richardson Zoo with the new primate forest, flamingo habitat and expansion of the animal health facility.
• The 2020 census, in which preparation for it began in 2019.
• The purchase of a building to house the Municipal Court and Garden City Police Department evidence. The building will soon undergo a remodel to fit both departments.
• A pay study was conducted for the city to look at how well employees are being compensated at a level commensurate with their skills and longevity.
• Improvements to the Public Works Department, including a Wastewater Utility Improvement project.
• Improvements to Buffalo Dunes Golf Course, including converting several acres of irrigated blue grass turf to non-irrigated native turf, which will save a lot of money. All of the sod from the grass was reused at Valley View Cemetery and Lee Richardson Zoo.
• A farewell celebration was held for the Big Pool.
Unruh said the city also stepped up to the plate to help residents affected by COVID-19.
One way they did this was through a one-time credit to utility bills for Garden City Electric customers totaling over $711,000.
Additionally the city expended over $447,000 to small businesses via the Community Development Block Grant Revolving Loan Fund, Unruh said.
"Sixteen businesses received the CDBG funds from the city of Garden City," he said. "But this would not have happened without the partnership of the Finney County Economic Development Corporation helping the city administer the program."
In the coming year, the city will begin several projects, Unruh said. All are looking toward the future of the community.
Two are road projects, the Jennie Barker Road Project and the 8th Street Project.
The Jennie Barker project is a sales tax project that seeks to improve the safety and usability of the road and to accommodate future economic development and the 8th Street Project, which includes a streetscape improvements and replacement of the road.
Other projects include:
• Construction of a new Garden City Regional Airport Terminal.
• Garden Rapids at The Big Pool, a new aquatics facility that will include a 10-lane competition pool, lazy river, fly high slides, SlipStream Stand-Up slide, zero-depth entry pool, plus a large play structure.
• The new Emperical Foods Inc. ground beef facility. It will employ about 300 employees once complete.


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Ер Молдова () је национална авио-компанија Молдавије, са седиштем у Кишињеву, која обавља редовне летове до дестинација у Европи. Главна база авио-компаније се налази на аеродрому Кишињев.

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Национална авио-компанија Молдавије, Ер Молдова, је основана 12. јануара 1993. године, са авионима Аерофлота који су били базирани на Аеродрому Кишињев након распада СССР-а.

У 2001. години започела је набавка авиона производених у западним земљама. Први такав је био авион типа Ембрајаер 145, који је заменио руске авионе у флоти.

У 2003. години је промењена ливреја, а 13. јула 2004. године Ер Молдова је постала члан ИАТА.
15. децембра 2004. године је основан клуб лојалних путника - Air Moldova Club.

Ер Молдова је током 2007. године остварила раст у броју путника од 20%. Од 689.000 путника коју дошли у Молдавију авионом, 316.000 су летели са Ер Молдовом.

Од 1. јануара 2008. године, Ер Молдова је почела да послује по моделу нискотарифних авио-компанија. Први нискотарифни лет био је ка аеродрому Домодедово у Москви, а карте су се продавале по цени од 39 евра без такси у једном правцу. На такав начин Ер Молдова жели да привуче што више путника, који би користили јефтинији авио-превоз.

Власник авио-компаније је Влада Републике Молдавије и запошљава 598 радника.

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Earlier this year, 14 student chefs in first through fifth grades submitted recipes for consideration. The top six recipe submissions were selected as finalists. Our finalists were: Allison Diamond, Zack Ware-Huff, Reya Nair, Nicholas Rizzo, Cameron Black, and Maddie Klein.
On March 14th, each student was partnered with an adult chef from Sodexo, and students were challenged with the task of preparing, plating and presenting their Healthy Mexican Dish to a panel of guest judges which included Mrs. Barbara Adams, Mrs. Carol Dey and Mr. Danny Rodriguez. The judges scored each recipe based on originality, easy preparation, healthy attributes, kid friendly, taste and plate presentation. We extend our thanks to the following Sodexo staff members for working with our student chefs throughout the cookoff: Kim White, Shannon, Loschiavo, Lisa Elsinger, Catherine Muto, Michelle Riker, Meredith Hesselein and Zofia Samojedny.
Congratulations to Cameron Black, who was selected as the winner of the competition! Cameron will have the chance to compete at the National Finals. Thank you to all who were able to attend and support our students!


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Alaska Airlines Says It's Keeping This Ban After Lifting the Mask Mandate
Most passengers may now fly maskless, but some are still bound to COVID-era restrictions.
After two years of ongoing modifications to the travel industry wrought by the pandemic, the federal mandate requiring mask-wearing on airplanes is no more. The expiration of the mask mandate was set for an extension following its April 18 expiration date, but a federal judge in Florida struck down the White House's plan. This paved the way for multiple major domestic carriers to lift the requirement for passengers and crew—a major milestone marking a new phase of COVID as history is being written in real time.
Still, passengers shouldn't necessarily expect an immediate return to the precise pre-pandemic circumstances when it comes time to board their next flight. For instance, Alaska Airlines has already announced a key caveat as well as a slate of continuing restrictions that affect travelers. Read on to learn what they are and if they will affect your trip.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb
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With the authority to choose, major U.S. airlines lifted their mask mandates for domestic flights.
Days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had extended the mask mandate until May 3, the Florida judge's ruling instead made the choice to require masks up to the airlines. Right away, the biggest domestic carriers lifted the requirement for flights in the U.S. and passengers were able to fly maskless for the first time in two years. (The CDC still recommends mask mandates as the omicron subvariant known as BA.2, now dominant, is responsible for increased case numbers around the country.)
But some restrictions remain, and Alaska Airlines laid them out in a statement aimed at travelers.
Although Alaska Airlines will not require its passengers to wear masks in domestic airports or flights, it will still require passengers to keep wearing them on flights traveling both to and from Canada, which still has a federal mandate in place. It's also requiring its passengers to wear masks when traveling through the international airports it serves, which include locations in Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico.
"It has been a long 24 months with nearly constant change," Max Tidwell, vice president of safety and security at Alaska Airlines, noted in a statement aimed at its customers. "I could not be prouder of our frontline employees who have handled every pivot focusing on safety and the care we're known for. We're also thankful for our guests who remained considerate, patient and stood by us throughout every twist and turn."
But there is another key exception to the mask rules on Alaska, according to the statement.
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Even under the new policy, Alaska Airlines will still ban these passengers from flying.
The Alaska Airlines statement noted that guests who were banned because of not following its previous mask policy will not be granted access to fly now that the ban is lifted.
"Throughout the last two years, we have relied on reporting from agents and flight attendants to ban non-compliant guests from traveling while the federal mask policy remained in effect," the statement reads. "Based on our reports, we will have some guests whose behavior was particularly egregious who will remain banned, even after the mask policy is rescinded."
Alaska urged passengers to behave respectfully amid the transition.
Although masks are no longer required, Alaska's statement also encouraged its travelers to continue to make their own personal choices—and included an appeal for flyers to behave civilly in an emotionally charged transitional environment.
"Safety is always our highest priority, so while we love to see your smiling faces in the airport and on board, we respect your decision to keep using this added layer of protection," the statement reads. "Above all, we hope you'll treat each other with kindness and respect throughout the travel journey and beyond."
RELATED: Never Forget to Do This After Boarding, Flight Attendant Warns.
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Getting Married in Spain
For those wishing to hold their wedding in Spain there are several steps that the couple must adhere to. The spanish authorities enjoy asking for more and more paperwork and this can get very complicated and can be stressful even for the registered residents. The first step is to contact the local registry office, town hall or church where you are planning to marry.
Because of the often extensive paperwork many couples chose to take care of the legalities by civil marriage in their home country and then hold a celebration here in Spain for their friends and family, which to all present will appear as a normal wedding ceremony.
For couples who reside in Spain but have married in their home country the only legal requisite is an official translation of their marriage certificate for certain legal/town hall transactions.
Information and advice on getting married or entering into a civil partnership in Spain
For those planning on getting married in Spain, the first step is to contact the relevant authority (town hall / registry office / district court / religious authority) in the place where you are planning to get married. They will be able to inform you of the documents they will require from you. Please bear in mind that your local Consulate will not be able to give you this information; it must come from the relevant authority where you plan to get married.
Civil and religious (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim) marriages can be celebrated in Spain.
Please note that marriages celebrated abroad are not registered in General Register Offices in the United Kingdom, nor in British Consulates or Embassies. The law applicable in the United Kingdom usually recognises foreign marriages which fulfil the requirements of the country where the marriage took place, where both parties to the marriage had the capacity to marry and where each party consented to marry the other.
Civil marriages
Applications for civil marriages must be made to the Civil Registry (see the Spanish Ministry of Justice's website for contact details), District Court or Town Hall in the place where the marriage is to be celebrated. As it may take some time to receive an appointment with the town hall and/or registrar, and for paperwork to be processed, it is important that you make contact with them at the earliest possible opportunity. They will tell you what documentation they require.
Religious marriages
Requirements for religious marriages vary according to the denomination and area in which an applicant lives, and applicants will be asked for a variety of documents. Please consult the relevant authority for information on these. Religious marriages are recognised as legal under Spanish law, but to obtain an official marriage certificate, the marriage must subsequently be registered with the local civil authorities. Therefore, it is important to confirm that the officiator of the marriage is licensed to marry and to establish arrangements for civil registration. You should check whether the officiator will register the religious marriage on your behalf or whether they will provide you with the paperwork to do so yourselves.
Documents that may be required for a wedding in Spain:
Documents issued at the British Consulates in Spain: Certificate of Marital Status /Certificado de Estado Civil Certificate of No Impediment or CNI /Certificado de No Impedimento Consular Letter: Proof of previous or current address in the UK or elsewhere/Confirmación de domicilio para casarse en España Consular Registration Letter /Carta que confirma Inscripción Consular Consular Certificate of Home Office Registration/Naturalisation /Certificado consular que confirma que al obtener la nacionalidad británica no se obtiene una partida de nacimiento británico.
Please remember to check the requirements with your local Civil Registry as not all may be required
British Birth-Death-Marriage certificates recently issued, legalised & translated /Certificados de nacimiento-defunción-matrimonio actualizados, legalizados y traducidos) Copies of British Divorce decrees /Certificados de divorcio del Reino Unido. You should contact the UK court that issued the original decree. Find a UK court Home Office Registration/Naturalisation Certificate, legalised & translated /Certificado de registro/naturalización expedido por el "Home Office". Additional copies may be obtained from Home Office/UKBA Spanish Town Hall Registration Certificate /Certificado de Empadronamiento or "Padrón"
So can i get married in Spain?
Yes, if one of you is registered for at least 2 years as a Spanish resident. You need to weigh up the effort, cost (approx €800) and amount of paperwork that will need completing and numerous visits to the Spanish Town Hall, against the convenience of completing your legal paperwork in your country of residence and then celebrating your Wedding Blessing Ceremony here in Spain. Which is just like the actual day: with the wedding dress, exchange of rings, declaration of marriage etc. Your guests don't need to know that it is not a legal ceremony if you prefer.
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Three times a charm, and this year I'll be participating in The Giant Race for the third time. I would gladly run this route any day just to wind up running across home plate at AT&T Park, so to do it for a good cause is an additional bonus. Click the image below to help me and Project Open Hand provide meals for seniors and that terminally ill.


Dishwashers are a great convenience for most households, saving you hours every week of washing dishes by hand. Despite their convenience, they can be expensive to install. If you want to save on the labor costs, you can install one yourself. Before you can do that, though, you'll need to make sure that the existing plumbing is designed to support the added water-consuming appliance. If you don't already have a dishwasher in the house, you're going to need to add a three-way plumbing valve to the pipe so that you can connect the new dishwasher to the plumbing system.
There is an ongoing debate of whether or not to install shingles (or carry out roof repairs, in general) during the winter. The truth is that winter roof repairs are possible, but not as easy as shingle installation in warm weather. The freezing temperatures affect different aspects of the work. Tools Some roofing tools are affected by the low winter temperatures. Most of the affected instruments are those that use compressed air in their operations such as nail guns and compressors, or tools that use coolants or oil.
If you're looking to have a home custom-built from the ground up, then one of the first things you'll need to do is figure out how you're going to finance it. Essentially, there are two options when it comes to financing new home builders and construction project: Your Options There's the option of taking out one loan that encompasses both construction and a mortgage on the home. There's also the option of having the builder finance the construction and finding a separate lender to finance the mortgage.
Have you recently purchased or inherited an older home? Is the roof is in good condition, or does it need to be replaced? Having a roof inspection performed will give you a comprehensive analysis of the roof's condition. Here are some of the steps a roofing company will take while performing a professional inspection: Check your attic or crawlspace: Your roofing inspector will ask to see the attic or crawlspace above the home.


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To keep the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, the Board of Health and our residents informed of public health issues affecting our community, the Washtenaw County Health Department prepares briefs on current health issues. These briefs are designed to provide local background information on a specific topic, and describe what the health department is doing to address the issue. For questions or concerns related to any of these topics, please contact the Health Department at 734-544-6700.
February 2018 - Influenza and Hepatitis A Update (PDF)
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December 2017 - Board of Commissioners and Board of Health - Year in Review (PDF)
April & May 2017 - Pollution Prevention Regulation Program (P2) (PDF)
February 2017 - Healthy Eating Policies and Guidelines (PDF)
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The Wedding of the 10th Prince of Schwarzenberg and Princess Hilda of Luxembourg, the third daughter of Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg and Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (wearing the Luxembourg Empire Tiara), at Berg Castle in Luxembourg on this day in 1930, in the presence of Royal and Noble Families from around Europe, including her sister, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg and brother-in-law Prince Felix (who gave the bride away), and another sister, Crown Princess Antonia of Bavaria (wearing the Bavarian Crown Pearls). The couple had no children, and after losing their extensive Czech properties during the Second World War, they lived between Schwarzenberg family estates in Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Kenya. The Prince died in 1950, and the Princess in 1979.
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Safari Guru
Angama Mara Kenya
Angama Mara in Kenya is a remarkable owner-run luxury safari lodge inspired by the Swahili word for 'suspended in mid-air', and it is located high above the floor of Africa's Great Rift Valley. While the camp itself is situated on the border of the Mara Triangle, a notable wildlife area in itself, Angama Mara overlooks the Maasai Mara National Park, considered by many as the loveliest game reserve on the continent.
Angama Mara safari camp is a magnificent destination, offering everything one would expect from a luxury safari offering in this part of East Africa. The camp itself comprises two separate intimate safari camps of fifteen tented suites each. The facility has its own airfield only minutes from the camp and quick and easy access to the Maasai Mara National Park below. Tailor-made safari days and famously warm Kenyan hospitality are what this exception safari offering prides itself on.
The architecturally dramatic guest areas of Angama Mara were inspired by Nairobi's Muthaiga Club, which was built in 1917 and famously featured in the blockbuster movie Out of Africa. Similar to most early colonial design in Africa, the inside of the guest areas become the outside, and vice versa.
It's quite common at Angama Mara for all the action to be out on the deck, and during those dramatic yet brief afternoon thunderstorms, guests will be safely tucked behind the floor-to-ceiling glass doors watching this sought after African spectacle unfold.
At night, the softly-lit architecture of the Maasai brick walls and the cone-shaped buildings that float on a lily pond maintain guests' attention. The library, a lovely quiet and handsome brick-clad oval room, is perfect for offering private dining for guests seeking personal refuge. Complete with WiFi, and offering much personal space together with a thoughtfully chosen collection of books and films on Africa, the library also attracts much guest attention during the quiet times of the day.
The only common shared area between the two camps is The Pavilion, which sits in the heart of the lodge, separating the two individual camps. Easily reached by accessible footpaths, here guests will find the fitness room with Technogym equipment and stacking floor-to-ceiling glass doors overlooking the Maasai Mara National Park, an infinity swimming pool of 12m x 6m heated by solar power and enclosed on three sides for privacy, and both shaded and unshaded sun loungers. The Pavillion also includes the safari shop showcasing the very best of Kenyan craft, and leading off from it, a studio where Maasai ladies bead bespoke items.
Situated in a prime location in East Africa, Angama Mara is easily accessible from major international airports and combines perfectly with all of the safari highlights in the region. Angama Mara offers cloakroom facilities for those guests with a planned late checkout and a late-night flight departing from Nairobi.
Maasai Mara National Park (Mara Triangle)
2 Camps of 15 tented suites each, 11-metre wide, floor-to-ceiling glass front
Guest Room Facilities
Mini bar, safe, tablet with guest information, WiFi, charging Points, writing desk and Africology guest amenities
Pool, Gym, Library, Spa
Family Policy
Children of 6 years and older. Four sets of interconnecting tents, allowing children to move freely between their tent and their parents'.
Safari, Walking Safari, Hot air ballooning, Massage, Bush Barbeque, Night Drives, Out of Africa Experience
Babysitting Service, Credit Card, Laundry Service, Room Service
Guided safaris and walking safaris, meals and drinks (excluding French Champagne), laundry, WiFi, emergency medical evacuation insurance
Maasai Mara Park Fees (currently US$80 for non-residents per 24hr period), Hot air ballooning, massage, community visits and gratuities
Why Angama Mara Kenya?
Owner Run, Spectacular 180º views, Location


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Sportsday on Broadway
The "Sport" of Star Trek: Mission New York Finally Here!
Written By: Andy Esposito
It occurred, or rather, will occur, some 300 years in the future. But there it was. On the desk of the commander of a space station in such a remote corner of the universe that the name of the outpost was Deep Space Nine. The simple prop which still held much meaning was…a baseball!
Commander Benjamin Sisko was a baseball fan, futuristic proof the game will endure, but more importantly, it was just another one of the thousands of examples and references that made a little television show that began in its original convection a half-century ago so real for millions and millions of fans around this globe we call Earth. This unique connection will culminate this weekend in New York as thousands of fans celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its debut.
They called it…STAR TREK.
So today, boys and girls, we deviate slightly from the world of sports for a different kind of sport, the "sport" of Star Trek, an allegiance to a uniform of a different kind. We still "root for the laundry," but in this case those colorful costumes transported us to different worlds and visited different species, "where no man went before."
"Star Trek 50: Mission New York" will converge on the Javits Center in Manhattan this weekend with arguably the largest contingent of Trek acting alumni, its supporters and contributors, and perhaps, its fans. Thousands are expected to fill the Javits halls, and if you know where "Beam me Up" and "Live Long and Prosper" originated, well, then, you've got to be there.
Dozens of special guests will be in attendance including Macca, William Shatner, and most will be available for photo ops and autograph sessions, but don't forget to bring the wallet.
Autograph tickets range generally from $30-$40 per for most of the guests. Shatner signatures cost $80 per, and he will be available for a brief period on Sunday, Sept. 4 (11:00 AM-12:15 PM). Photo ops with the stars carry an additional fee. And check this out -there will be no selfie pics with the guests at their signing tables. It slows down the line.
Guests include: Shatner, Walter Koenig, Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, Levar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Michael Dorn, Nana Visitor, Bruce Greenwood, Gates Mcfadden, Denise Crosby, Terry Farrell, Roxann Dawson, John de Lancie, Peter Weller, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Picardo, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, Robert Duncan McNeill, Robin Curtis, Ethan Phillips, Armin Shimerman, John Billingsley, producer Brannon Braga, the son and daughter of Leonard Nimoy, and Gene Roddenberry's son, Rod Roddenberry.
It was Gene Roddenberry's vision in the early '60s, after transitioning from a Los Angeles policeman into a television producer – first dabbling with a show called, "The Lieutenant," to create a "Wagon Train" to the stars. Star Trek intended to become a five-year mission where each week, the starship went to uncharted expansions of the universe and encountered guest starts as alien species with problems not unlike our own on Earth.
Roddenberry masked dealing with Earth-like controversies by placing them on other planets – war, race relations, poverty, overpopulation, hunger, greed, actually all elements of our human condition were exposed and examined. It set precedents, such as the first televised interracial kiss, and along the way, both by accident and by design, Star Trek invented the future.
Fifty years ago, it was fun and perhaps miraculous to see someone communicate with a hand-held device over many, many miles. Today, we all carry cell phones that do the same thing. Fifty years ago, we were impressed that characters on the show could walk through doors without touching them. Today, doors in almost every store and building do the same thing. Fifty years ago, a hospital stay placed you in a barren room with maybe an IV in your arm. Star Trek thought it would be interesting and colorful to have a bank of blinking lights above each sick bay bed that told the doctor what was wrong with the patient. Today, every hospital bed has monitors that do the same thing.
Young fans watched such "inventions" on television, even dozens of others, then grew up to invent them. And each will tell you that Star Trek inspired them.
Star Trek 50: Mission New York will include more than just actor meet and greets. The US Postal Service is celebrating Star Trek's 50th Anniversary by unveiling a new set of four forever stamps at the convention. Hallmark will make available special ornaments exclusive to the convention. Toy manufacturers will bring in their newest Star Trek inspirations. And the exhibitors room will feature dozens and dozens of vendors selling just about everything ever associated with the series and its various incarnations.
There will also be an auction of some of Leonard Nimoy's personal effects, including signed scripts, photos, record albums, and his love of photography will be reflected by making available many of the vintage cameras he collected.
Of course, Trekkies, or Trekkers, as its fans are known (full disclosure: I consider myself a Trekkie, the original fan nickname) know that previously referenced Deep Space Nine was the fourth of the five televised series.
Star Trek debuted almost exactly fifty years ago, Sept. 8, 1966, on NBC, just another TV show looking to sell advertising. It was nearly canceled after its first and second year, saved by the strongest fan support ever generated on behalf of a TV show, and eventually was doomed to a poor time slot in its third season, and subsequently canceled.
But that was just the beginning of the story. The sets may have been struck, the actors went on to other things, but then syndication placed Star Trek in your living room on a nightly basis, and the reruns became more popular than when they were originally broadcast.
Fans continued to try and revive the series, NBC, and each of the only primary networks at the time, CBS and ABC, were not interested.
But interest never waned. New York is the perfect location for this 50th Anniversary celebration, because New York City was the site of the first Star Trek Convention in 1972 (additional disclosure: I went to that one, too!).
After the original series (known to fans as TOS), a new series debuted in 1987, Star Trek: The Next Generation; with a new crew in a new Star Ship Enterprise and in a future even further than when TOS supposedly occurred. Its popularity led to Star Trek: Voyager, which explored a different quadrant of the universe, and Deep Space Nine, which anchored around a space station.
The next venture was Star Trek: Enterprise, which was a sequel that really was a prequel to the original series. And now we're only weeks away from a new Star Trek series that CBS is being all hush-hush about, which will debut on its network, and then be available on their streaming service.
So Happy Anniversary, Star Trek. Beam me aboard.
MORE: For tickets, autograph schedules, and additional info on Star Trek 50: Mission new York, click on: www.reedpop.com, or www.startrekmissions.com.
Andy Esposito


His mother tucks him in.
The light tickles his chin a little.
Illness is here with its puzzling song.
when he, too, was cute.
but what now to say?
Meantime the moon is always travelling.
Stones live on its surface.
You throw them and they take an hour to land.
Give me your hand. Hold me.
It goes around the planet.


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I guess that's what he was saying. As the gentleman already said, the bike just doesn't comply with the new regulations.
I don't think it's impossible and I'm sure you'll be able to get one at a push, i.e. Built this year and registered in 2017. But essentially you already have a sort after machine.
We need some of that good ol fashion VW emissions defeat software loaded into the Euro 4 bikes. Problem solved.
Last year coming of this bike anyway as 2018 will bring a V4 like I have been saying was coming for the last 6 years. but Ducati CEO's kept lying saying they were not working on aV4.
They will be able to sell the EURO-3 1299 panigale until it's replaced by a new model. 959 is already EURO-4 because it was a new model! 959 was released 1 year after 1299. If the 1299 would have been released end 2015 instead of end 2014, it would have had the fugly 959 exhaust as well!


Ha! I wonder if you ladies can hear my voice. I've been told I sound really "spunky."
I'm sorry Clinkenwar, but I think you need to take a much needed vacation..... !
I guess I need one too, because I totally understand what Clinkenwar is saying.
Like in prose and poetry, I think anything written (esp. internet posts!) has a tone of voice.
Actually, you're right! For me, only when I'm engulfed in what I'm reading I can imagine hearing the accents :weird: ...I apologize Clinkenwar...no vacation for you!
Do you find that when you read someones post and they tell you where they're from..you start to hear their voice in your head with an accent? ... I may not be explaining that well but for example when I read posts from swedie..I totally "hear" the post with a swedish accent...please tell me I'm not the only one!!
I often wonder what everyone sounds like while reading their posts :shame: I don't think I have an accent, though sometimes I'll say cetain words in Spanish while speaking English to someone.
I haven't really thought about it that way, but I'm sure I will now. Very interest thread.
Nope. I think in different languages depending on people I know though.
I've been told I have a Jersey Accent, but don't believe it. Although, sometimes my Rs sound like As. Like drawa instead of drawer. lol I think most of the people on the East Coast kinda do that though.


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If you show up on a Saturday night, and sit on the patio, you will probably see Uncle Ernie and I at El Mirador.
http://elmiradorsatx.com/ Chris always waits on us. But, no matter who waits on you, the service is excellent. We have never had a bad meal or bad service or even mediocre food or service. Last week, my good friends, Kurt and Marlina, were visiting from Santa Rosa, CA. It was Kurt's birthday. He told, Lisa, the manager, that the Fish Tacos were the best he'd ever had. This place feels like family. If you become a regular, like we are, they visit with you. IF the weather is bearable, be sure to sit on the veranda. It's magical.
My choices from the menu: Steak ala Diana, Numero Dos, or my absolute favorite, The Empanada. If they are making them that night, ask for Spinach Enchiladas. They are not listed on the menu, but they are fabulous. Tell them I sent you!
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We do need, not more, but a deeper relationship with what we have. Not knowledge, or not just knowledge, but understanding. That's what writers give us.
The logistics of slush piles demand ruthlessness, and stories that don't intrigue the reader early on won't get a second chance later. So, you've got your hook. It's dramatic, it's ingenious, and it's free of typos. Your first two pages have been polished to near oblivion. Now what?
Few reference books are as fun to roam around in as thesauri. They demonstrate the marvelous connections possible with language.


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ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman among International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's 11 inductees 2022
Even though Jews are slightly overrepresented at the Olympics, the stereotype that Jews are not athletic continues to exist.
By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
Published: JANUARY 7, 2023 13:40
Updated: JANUARY 7, 2023 13:41
Former ESPN anchor Chris Berman speaks during the Pro Football HOF Centennial Class of 2020 enshrinement ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, Aug. 7, 2021.
(photo credit: MSA/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Renowned broadcaster Chris Berman and a German Jew who once said hockey "saved me and my family from the Holocaust" are among the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame's annual class of inductees.
The 2023 class, shared exclusively with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, includes athletes and sports figures from across sports and around the world — from water polo to fencing, and from the United States to Hungary.
Jed Margolis, president of the hall of fame, told JTA that the 11 inductees were selected from a list of 150 nominees submitted through an open process throughout the past year. A confidential election committee of around 20 athletes, past award winners and sports experts voted on a smaller list of approximately 30 finalists.
"I'm first of all impressed with how there's no shortage of qualified people — world record holders, people who've been at the highest level of their sport and voted into their particular sport hall of fame," Margolis said. "You would think that we may run out of people, but we're getting great nominations all the time."
Margolis added that honoring Jewish athletes can help push back against stereotypes that Jews may not be athletic — most infamously depicted in the 1980 film "Airplane!"
Head coach David Blatt of Olympiacos gives tactics to his players during Turkish Airlines Euroleague week 27 basketball match between Olympiacos and Bayern Munich Athens, Greece March 19, 2019. (credit: Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
"If you take a look at the numbers of who we represent worldwide, what are we, about 0.02% of the world population, and we've won about 0.03% of the Olympic medals. So we're boxing above our weight, so to speak," Margolis said.
The 2023 class brings the hall's total to 448 members since its inauguration in 1981. Shoe designer and Maccabiah athlete and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman is also being honored, as are the recently retired editors of the Jewish Sports Review magazine.
The Hall, which is housed at the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport in Netanya, Israel, will recognize this year's honorees at its next induction ceremony in July 2025. Inductees are announced annually, but the ceremony itself is held every four years, when the Maccabiah Games take place.
For now, here's what you need to know about this year's honorees.
Rudi Ball, ice hockey
A member of the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, Ball (1911-1975) was one of two Jewish athletes to represent Germany at the 1936 Winter Olympics, held in Germany six months before the Berlin summer games that drew the world's attention to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.
During Ball's playing career, which spanned from 1928 to 1952, the right winger won eight German championships and a bronze medal in the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
When the German Olympic Committee threatened to remove Ball from the team because he was Jewish, his teammates threatened to boycott the Games. According to The Guardian, Ball may have struck a deal with the Nazi regime, agreeing to play for Germany if his parents were allowed out of the country. He later said, "I am the one who owes hockey. It saved me and my family from the Holocaust."
Chris Berman, broadcaster
Award-winning broadcaster Chris Berman has been an anchor for ESPN's flagship program "SportsCenter" since 1979, a month after it launched. Berman, 67, has primarily been the face of the network's football coverage, but he has also anchored the U.S. Open golf tournament and the NHL Stanley Cup Finals and has done play-by-play for Major League Baseball games as well.
Nicknamed "Boomer," Berman was raised in a Jewish family in Irvington, New York. He is a six-time recipient of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's National Sportscaster of the Year award, an inductee of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame and has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
David Blatt, basketball
David Blatt is a decorated former basketball player, coach and executive whose career has included playing at Princeton University; professional basketball leagues in Israel, Italy, Russia, Turkey and Greece; and a stint as head coach of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.
Blatt, 63, who was born in Boston and grew up attending a Reform synagogue, moved to Israel in 1981, where he served in the military and played professionally for more than a decade before turning to coaching.
Blatt won championships and coaching accolades throughout his career, and has also played in the Maccabiah Games and coached in the Olympics. He led the Cavaliers to the 2015 NBA Finals in his first season as coach, and received a ring for the team's championship the following year, despite being fired halfway through the season.
Deena Kastor, track & field
A Boston-area native, Deena Kastor is an eight-time national champion in cross country who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics and holds U.S. records for the 10-mile, 15-kilometer and 8-kilometer women's road races. She previously held the U.S. record for women's marathon and half marathon.
Kastor, 49, is a member of the National, New York and Southern California Jewish Sports Halls of Fame, and has also earned various honors from USA Track & Field.
The Hungarian fencer Ilona Elek-Schacherer wins in foil fencing during the Olympic Games, Aug. 1936. (credit: Austrian Archives/Imagno/Getty Images)
Ilona Elek-Schacherer, fencing
Born in Budapest to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, Ilona Elek-Schacherer (1907-1988) would go on to become perhaps the greatest woman fencer of all time.
Elek-Schacherer competed in three Olympics for Hungary between 1936 and 1952, winning two gold medals and one silver medal. She also won 10 gold medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals in World Championships spanning 1934 to 1956. (It is unclear how she spent the war years.)
She won more international fencing titles than any other woman.
John Frank, football
John Frank is a two-time Super Bowl champion tight end with the San Francisco 49ers who has enjoyed a successful second career as an otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat doctor) with a focus on hair restoration surgery.
Frank, 60, also played football at Ohio State University, where he set a school record for receptions by a tight end and was twice honored as an Academic All-American. He was the team's most valuable player his senior year.
Frank also co-founded the Israeli bobsled team and is a member of the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Western Pennsylvania Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Merrill Moses of the United States gives instructions in a match between the United States and Russia in Kazan, Russia, July 27, 2015. (credit: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Merrill Moses, water polo
Merrill Moses is a three-time Olympic water polo goalkeeper who earned a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the 1997 NCAA water polo championship with Pepperdine University.
Moses, 45, also played for the U.S. team in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and won gold medals at three Pan American Games in 2007, 2011 and 2015. He was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2021 and is also a member of the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Moran Samuel, rowing
Moran Samuel is an Israeli world champion paralympic rower and basketball player. After suffering a spinal stroke in 2006, Samuel became paralyzed in her lower body.
Samuel, 40, played for Israel in the 2013 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Frankfurt. As a rower, she represented Israel at the Paralympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020. She won bronze and silver medals, respectively, in the latter two tournaments. Samuel also won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.
In 2012, Samuel won a race in single scull competition at a rowing tournament in Italy, but the event organizers were unable to play the Israeli national anthem — so she sang it herself.
Mordechai Spiegler, soccer
Considered among the best Israeli soccer players ever, Mordechai Spiegler's crowning achievement was helping Israel qualify for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, the last time the country did so. He scored Israel's only World Cup goal in history.
Spiegler, 78, was captain of the Israeli Olympic team that reached the quarterfinals at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and his 32 national team goals were a record until 2021. Spiegler also coached for many years in Israel. He is a member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame.
Outside of Israel, Spiegler played for the vaunted Paris Saint-Germain club and for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League, where he was teammates with the Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, who died last month.
Dwight Stones, track & field
Los Angeles native Dwight Stones is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist in high jump, including at the 1972 Munich Olympics, which was marred by the terrorist attack that killed 11 members of the Israeli delegation.
Stones, 69, won 19 national championships in his 16-year career, and still holds multiple world records. In 1984, he became the first athlete to both compete and be an announcer at the same Olympics. He has since served as a television analyst, including at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Stones is a Maccabiah Games alum and is a member of the U.S. Track Hall of Fame, the California Sports Hall of Fame and the Orange County Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Ariel Ze'evi, judo
Ariel Ze'evi is a retired Israeli judo champion.
Nicknamed "Arik," the 45-year-old Bnei Brak native won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics as well as four European championships and a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships.
He also competed in the 1997 Maccabiah Games, two International Judo Federation Grand Slams (including a 2011 win) and two IJF Grand Prix.
Other honorees
The IJSHOF is also honoring shoe designer Stuart Weitzman with its lifetime achievement award and longtime co-editors of the Jewish Sports Review Ephraim Moxson and Shel Wallman with an award of excellence.
Weitzman is a Maccabiah pingpong medalist who has supported Maccabi USA with millions of dollars of support.
Moxson and Wallman recently concluded a 25-year run producing the Jewish Sports Review, a bimonthly magazine identifying Jewish athletes from college through professional sports.
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