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Distrito Nacional
The Distrito Nacional (D.N.) is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic
enclosing the capital Santo Domingo
. It is not within any of the provinces
Provinces of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is divided into thirty–one provincias , while the national capital, Santo Domingo, is contained within its own Distrito Nacional ....
, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province. Published statistics and maps generally show the former, larger, Distrito Nacional. The Distrito Nacional has no rural or undeveloped areas.
Poligono Central
The Poligono Central is the central area of Santo Domingo
. Upscale neighborhoods of Naco, Piantini, and Paraiso are located within this central poligon. Most of the financial activity in Santo Domingo is also located in the poligon.
The Distrito Nacional houses the central government's executive branch Presidential Office (Palacio Nacional), the national congressional building (Congreso Nacional) and the top judicial court building (Suprema Corte de Justicia). It also houses all the nationwide public office's main buildings, called Ministerios (formerly Secretarías de Estado).
Ciudad Colonial
For the main article, please select Ciudad Colonial.
The Ciudad Colonial (lit. "Colonial City") is the very first settlement made by Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
and the Spanish explorers in the New World
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
. It has several historic landmarks and is declared as World Heritage Site
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
by the UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
There are various nightlife activities available inside the Distrito Nacional. Upscale nightclubs, casinos
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
, hotels, restaurants with international bars are widely available. Discothèque DJs and live performances caters both local sounds (merengue
Merengue music
Merengue is a type of music and dance from the Dominican Republic. It is popular in the Dominican Republic and all over Latin America. Its name is Spanish, taken from the name of the meringue, a dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar...
, salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
or bachata) and dance music (house
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
, techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
, reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
, drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
, etc.) Most nightclubs alternate between the two main genres; some other clubs stick almost exclusively to either one. Several chain restaurants are available serving dinner up to midnight. Most restaurants within hotels don't close at all, and the majority of casinos serve complimentary snacks all night. Most restaurants are specialized on the following cuisines: Local, Italian, French, Steakhouse, Mexican, Spanish, Seafood, Chinese and Japanese). There are several movie cinemas that play movies in english (with subtitles) and are on par with worldwide premiers. Jazz music outlets, live theater, live concerts and sports events are available throghtout the whole week.
Distrito Nacional has several urban parks, the largest one, Parque Mirador Sur, overlooking the Caribbean Sea from a high cliff from the Avenida Mirador Sur (also called Avenida de la Salud - Health Avenue). It has several miles of open road designed for picnic
In contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,...
, jogging
Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running.-Definition:...
and cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
. Roller skating
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...
and even Kendo
, meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, or kenjutsu.Kendo is a physically and mentally challenging activity that combines strong martial arts values with sport-like physical elements.-Practitioners:Practitioners...
are regularly practiced in areas of the park.
Other places worth mentioning are:
Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte - which houses several national museums and is host of the International Book Fair. It houses the Teatro Nacional
Teatro Nacional (Santo Domingo)
The Teatro Nacional is part of the Plaza de la Cultura complex, located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The theatre is the center piece of the complex and is surrounded by several museums and cultural institutions...
. The Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional may refer to:* National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the re-establishment in 2004 of an orchestra founded in 1952* National Symphony Orchestra , founded 1941* National Symphony Orchestra , founded 1938...
holds concerts under the direction of Maestro
Maestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and opera. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms...
José Antonio Molina.
Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte is a multi-venued athletic complex in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic...
- Olimpic facility in the center of the city. Out of several facilities, is worth mentioning the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez is a multi-purpose stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, built in 1974 for the XII Central American & Caribbean Games.It is used mostly for football and track and field and as a music venue....
Estadio Quisqueya
Estadio Quisqueya is a baseball stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is often used as a multi-use stadium. The Quisqueya holds about 16,500 people after its renovation. The Dominican League Of Baseball Authority is in charge of its management...
- baseball stadium, home of two national teams: Tigres del Licey
Tigres del Licey is a professional baseball team founded in 1907 based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is one of the two franchises of the Capital city of the country, the oldest and one of the most successful teams in the Dominican league, having won 22 Dominican titles and 10 Caribbean...
and Leones del Escogido
Leones del Escogido are a professional baseball team in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Established in , Leones are the third most successful teams from the Dominican Winter League, behind Tigres del Licey and Aguilas Cibaeñas, having won 13 national championships and 3 Caribbean Series.Leones...
. The former is the winningest team of the Caribbean Series.
There are several shopping malls that represent international brands of clothing, electronic goods, gifts and the like. Banks, barber shops, internet cafés, travel agencies, dental offices and supermarkets can all be found under a single roof.
There are plenty of public (government funded) and private schools that offer teaching in both Spanish and English. Among the public universities is worth mentioning the first university of the Americas, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo is the public university system in the Dominican Republic with its main campus in Santo Domingo and regional centers across the Republic...
, is located near the center-south of the city. The first private university, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra —or Mother and Teacher Pontifical Catholic University is the first private, Roman Catholic, coeducational, university located in the Dominican Republic. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degrees through...
, has a campus nearby.
Metro de Santo Domingo
The Distrito Nacional boasts the first and only underground public transportation system in the country
. The first line connects the Distrito Nacional with Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte
Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....
Other means of public transportation include: taxi services, public bus routes, urban transportation by bus, local airports and rent cars. International flights are handled by the near Las Américas International Airport
Las Américas International Airport
-Cargo airlines:-Accidents and incidents:*On February 15, 1970, a Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 flying to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, crashed, killing all 102 persons on board ....
. It can be reach from the city center through some 20 miles of recently-expanded expressway and new suspension bridge (Puente Presidente Juan Bosch).
Tourists can rent a car provided he or she is of legal age (18 years old) and can provide a valid driver's license, for up to three months. International Driving Permit
An International Driving Permit allows an individual to drive a private motor vehicle in another nation when accompanied by a valid license from their home country. The document is slightly larger than a standard passport and is essentially a multiple language translation of one's own existing...
have the same allotted time limitations.
Is important to note that there are restrictions concerning manual transmission (rarely applied) and passenger capacity limits (driving, for example, a minibus with a capacity of over 8 passengers plus luggage requires a license for such type of vehicle).
The nation's driving alcohol limit is zero (any measured level of alcohol above 0.01% while driving a motor vehicle carries a fine and possible vehicle impound a/o arrest). Also, talking on a cell phone (without the aid of a speakerphone a/o hands-free microphone) or driving not wearing the seatbelt (front seat passengers) carries a steep fine. Fines are payable only in cash and exclusively in the Autoridad Metropolitana de Santo Domingo (AMET) building in downtown, business hours only.
Driving is on the right side of the road and the city's speed limit is 100 Km/h (60 MPH). Pleasy try to keep your distance from public buses, specially when driving on the right lane, as they tend to pull over without much warning.
The Distrito Nacional is represented in the Senate
Senate of the Dominican Republic
The Senate is the upper house of the Dominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The lower house is the Chamber of Deputies....
and the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of theDominican Republic's bicameral National Congress. The upper house is the Senate.It currently comprises 183 deputies who are elected for four-year terms...
on the same scale as a Province (a single Senator (Senador), plus one Deputy (Diputado) per 50,000 inhabitants). Its local government is the same as the provincial municipios, without the equivalent of a provincial tier of government.
Sectores (neighborhoods)
The Distrito Nacional is subdivided in incorporated areas (neighbourhoods) called sectores which could be considered as small urban towns
- People :* Anthony Towns , computer programmer* Charles B. Towns American an expert on alcoholism and drug addiction* Colin Towns , English composer...
. All sectores are serviced directly by the municipal mayor's office
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
(síndico municipal).
Some sectores prefixes:
Ciudad (city
) - applies to the original older parts of town, some dating back to colonial times;
Ensanche
Ensanche means "widening" in Spanish. It is used to name the development areas of Spanish cities around the end of the 19th century, when the demographic explosion and the Industrial Revolution prompted the tearing down of the old city wall and the construction of neighborhoods under grid plans.The...
(lit. "widening") - usually, but not always, applied to the more "modern" parts of the city.
A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
- the urban outskirts of both the old city of Santo Domingo and the current (smaller) Distrito Nacional.
24 de Abril is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
30 de Mayo is a sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Altos de Arroyo Hondo
Altos de Arroyo Hondo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Arroyo Manzano
Arroyo Manzano is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Atala, Distrito Nacional
Atala is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Bella Vista, Distrito Nacional
Bella Vista is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Buenos Aires (Independencia)
Buenos Aires or Independencia is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.It is characterized by its peaceful environment, as a contrast to the tumoltuous and hectic pace found at its entrance. It is mostly a residential area, with few business...
Cacique, Distrito Nacional
Cacique is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Centro de Los Heroes
Centro de Los Heroes is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Cerros de Arroyo Hondo
Cerros de Arroyo Hondo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo)
Ciudad Colonial is the first settlement made by Christopher Columbus and the Spanish explorers in the New World. It has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Colloquially known as "Zona Colonial" , Ciudad Colonial is part of the original Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the origin...
Ciudad Nueva
Ciudad Nueva is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Ciudad Universitaria, Distrito Nacional
Ciudad Universitaria is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. There are eighteen universities in Ciudad Universitaria in the city of Santo Domingo, the highest number of any city in the Dominican Republic...
Cristo Rey may refer to:* Cristo Rey Network, a Network of high schools based on a Corporate Work Study Program* Cristo Rey , a statue atop Mount Cristo Rey, in New Mexico...
Domingo Sabio
Domingo Sabio is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
El Millón
El Millón is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Ensanche Capotillo
Ensanche Capotillo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Ensanche Espaillat
Ensanche Espaillat is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Ensanche La Fé
Ensanche La Fé is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Ensanche Luperón
Ensanche Luperón is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.-External links:*...
Ensanche Naco
Ensanche Naco is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Ensanche Simón Bolívar
Ensanche Simón Bolívar is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Gazcue
Gazcue is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic, one of the oldest of the city....
General Antonio Duvergé
General Antonio Duvergé is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Gualey
Gualey is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources : Across the bridge from Los Minas, has been very dangerous in the last 20 years. Gualey has been a happy place to live, if you really want to know what's to have fun and to live the real...
Honduras del Norte
Honduras del Norte is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Honduras del Oeste
Honduras del Oeste is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Jardín Botanico
Jardín Botanico is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic. Jardin Botanico attracts most visitors with its lush gardens, estimated to be over 4500 square miles .- Sources :*...
Jardín Zoologico
Jardín Zoologico is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Jardínes del Sur
Jardínes del Sur is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Julieta Morales
Julieta Morales is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
La Agustina
La Agustina is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
La Esperilla
La Esperilla is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
La Hondonada
La Hondonada is a sector in the city of Santo Domingo of the Distrito Nacional in the Dominican Republic....
La Isabela
La Isabela, Distrito Nacional
La Isabela is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
La Julia
La Julia is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
La Zurza
La Zurza is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.Is also a school in Santiago de los Caballeros, named "Colegio La Zurza"....
Los Cacicazgos
Los Cacicazgos is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Los Jardínes
Los Jardínes is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Los Peralejos
Los Peralejos is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Los Prados
Los Prados is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo. This is in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Los Restauradores
Los Restauradores is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Los Ríos, Distrito Nacional
Los Ríos is a sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
María Auxiliadora
María Auxiliadora is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Mejoramiento Social
Mejoramiento Social is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Mirador Norte
Mirador Norte is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Mirador Sur
Mirador Sur is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Miraflores, Distrito Nacional
Miraflores is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Miramar, Distrito Nacional
Miramar is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Nuestra Señora de la Paz
Nuestra Señora de la Paz is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Nuevo Arroyo Hondo
Nuevo Arroyo Hondo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Palma Real
Palma Real is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Paraíso, Distrito Nacional
Paraíso is a sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Paseo de los Indíos
Paseo de los Indíos is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :*...
Piantini
Piantini is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Puerto Isabela
Puerto Isabela is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Punta Caucedo
Punta Caucedo is a small cape located in the south coast of the Dominican Republic, 15 miles east from Santo Domingo. Las Américas International Airport is located at Punta Caucedo. It is also Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Quisqueya
Quisqueya, Distrito Nacional
Quisqueya is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Renacimiento is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
San Carlos, Distrito Nacional
San Carlos is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
San Diego, Distrito Nacional
San Diego is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
San Geronimo
The alleged finding of human remains, designated San Geronimo, in 1853 afforded striking confirmation of an incident recorded by a Spanish Benedictine named Diego de Haëdo, who published a topography of Algeria in 1612...
San Juan Bosco is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Tropical Metaldom
Tropical Metaldom is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Viejo Arroyo Hondo
Viejo Arroyo Hondo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Villa Consuelo
Villa Consuelo is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Villa Francisca
Villa Francisca is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Villa Juana
Villa Juana is a Sector in the city of Santo Domingo in the Distrito Nacional of the Dominican Republic....
Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF
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Plastic Surgery in Dominican Republic


Three days after Pruitt's comments, the chair of the California Air Resources Board issued her own warning shot against possible EPA intervention.
"I think there would be a war with many states lining up with California," said CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols, speaking at a Palo Alto conference sponsored by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Nichols and other state officials note that the EPA, under the Obama administration, granted California a 2013 waiver to implement its own, tougher tailpipe standards. Never before has an EPA administrator attempted to revoke a waiver previously granted to the state.
The U.S. auto industry has long opposed conflicting state and federal standards for tailpipe emissions and fuel economy. Auto manufacturers say such conflicts force them to design and make different versions of the same vehicle, driving up prices.
When the Obama administration was in office, it struck a grand bargain with California and automakers to raise the average fuel economy of new cars and light trucks to more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025, as a way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The deal, however, included a "midterm review" in 2018 to determine if the final requirements were feasible.
Before leaving office, the Obama administration kept the final requirements in place, over protests of the auto industry. In August, Pruitt and the Transportation Department officially announced they were reviewing and possibly rewriting those standards, which would affect the 2022-2025 model years.
The Trump administration's plans will be known soon. The EPA plans to decide on future tailpipe emission standards by April 1, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will reveal its new federal fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks by March 30.
Even if Trump revises the Obama-era rules, California and other states could still implement its tougher restrictions, a prospect that concerns many automakers.
In December, several federal officials met with the California Air Resources Board in Sacramento to discuss a possible national standard. The meeting, first reported by Reuters, included William Wehrum, who leads the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration deputy chief Heidi King, and Mike Catanzaro, a senior White House aide.
Asked about the status of talks, an EPA spokesman directed McClatchy to Wehrum's recent comments to reporters, saying he had held "productive discussions" with CARB. Wehrum added he "had no interest whatsoever in withdrawing California's ability to regulate," a comment that provoked some laughs back in California.
When Wehrum served in the EPA during the George W. Bush administration, he was a key figure in rejecting California's original request for a waiver to reduce greenhouse gases from automobiles. California sued over that decision, which was ultimately reversed when Obama came to office.
The potential for California to strike a deal with the Trump administration concerns some environmentalists, but they doubt it will happen. "I'm not sure that there is any room for compromise on California's part," said Irene Gutierrez, a San Francisco-based lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, a leading environmental group. CARB officials did not respond to an inquiry.
Gutierrez said California has spent years documenting how its standards are feasible and crucial to the state's goals of reducing greenhouse gases. California law requires it to cut carbon dioxide emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
A big part of that program is transitioning to electric and other zero-emission vehicles. At his recent State of the State speech, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled plans to have 5 million zero-emission vehicles in California by 2030, up from a planned 1.5 million in 2025.
California showed further defiance toward the Trump EPA on Thursday. The California Air Resource Board voted to retain two Obama-era rules on greenhouse gas emissions from medium-and-heavy duty trucks, after the EPA claimed it lacked the authority to enact the rules.
If EPA's Pruitt sought to revoke California's tailpipe emissions waiver, he would likely unravel the peace treaty struck under Obama, which halted years of litigation involving California, the auto industry and other players. EPA would have to go through a rulemaking process to revoke the waiver, which could take years, and then prevail in expected litigation.
As Oklahoma Attorney General, Pruitt filed numerous lawsuits against EPA, often claiming the agency was stomping on state sovereignty.
That makes his current position somewhat ironic, said Gutierrez. "He was all about states rights when he was attorney general," she said.


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Mission San Luis Obispo History
30 April 2016 (last updated)
Founded: 1 September 1772 by Saint Junípero Serra
Named for: Saint Luis, Bishop of Toulouse
Number in Series: 5th
Indian Name: Tishlini
December 1769: On the return leg of their expedition to find Monterey, the Portolá expedition was in need of food. At a marshy valley they encountered an area of much torn-up soil. They quickly learned this was due to grizzly bears in the region digging for young tule roots. When a bear appeared the men, with great difficulty, managed to kill it. During the feast that followed they named the place La Cañada de los Osos (Valley of the Bears).
1772: Missions Carmel and San Antonio were near starvation. A hunting party was sent to the Valley of the Bears. They brought back a reported 9,000 pounds of salted and jerked bear meat plus seeds from the friendly Salinan Indians encountered in the valley. The Indians have a thanksgiving song to the bears. You can hear it as performed by tribal members at a concert at the San Luis Obispo Mission on 13 February 2004. (Bear Song – WMA file, 70.3Kb, 25 seconds – If the sound doesn't play directly, right click the link and save to your local disk to play from the file.)
While the hunters were away Saint Serra learned about two ships in San Diego and was determined to convince the captains to sail to Monterey with supplies. To that end he decided to travel to San Diego in person and planned to establish the fifth mission near the Valley of the Bears along the way.
1 September 1772: Saint Serra's expedition arrived at the Valley of the Bears. He selected a low hill near a stream as the Mission site and said the first Mass there. Wanting to get to San Diego and the ships with supplies his party left the next day. Padre José Cavaller, five soldiers, and two Indian neophytes were left to start building the Mission.
Original Mission buildings were the typical adobe with thatched roofs. Curious local Indians came to the Mission site. They were generally friendly and shared food with the missionary party. Neophytes were baptized and the mission colony grew.
11 November 1774: The first white child baptized in Alta California was baptized at the San Luis Obispo Mission on this day of his birth. The honor goes to Juan José Garcia.
1775: Around this time work began on the Santa Margarita de Cortona Asistencia.
November 1776: Not all local Indians were friendly to the missions. To the south, some of the Indians were determined to drive the missionaries out of the area. On this night some of these Indians fired upon the Mission buildings with flaming arrows and set the padre's quarters afire. Everything except the granary and church was burned. Two leaders of the raid were caught and sent to Monterey. This did not stop the attacks however.
1782: The King of Spain levied an assessment against the California missions. San Luis Obispo's fair share was $107 which was paid. This assessment can be seen as the start of the end as it showed that Spain was already in financial trouble.
1790: The missionaries, still under periodic attack from flaming arrows and remembering the tiled roofs of Spain, started to experiment with making roofing tiles to protect the structures against the arrows. The first tiles were made from clay worked by animal hoofs in a pit. Squares of the clay the right thickness were pressed over curved wooden forms, trimmed, dried in the sun, and then baked in a kiln. These first tiles were about 22 inches long with the width tapering from 12 to 20 inches. They were the first made in California.
The tiles did the job against the flaming arrows and, more importantly perhaps, served much better to protect the adobe walls against crumbling due to the weather. Very quickly, all of the California missions adopted the tiles as part of their construction. Indeed, throughout California today you still see such tiles of this design on many roofs.
Church construction using the new tiles was begun.
1792: Construction of the belfry began. It was completed in 1793 along with the church itself.
1794: The padre's quarters (present-day museum) were finished.
1798: Padre Luis Antonio Martínez arrived at the Mission. He stayed for 34 years and was the primary architect of the Mission prosperity. It was noted for its wines, olive oil, fruits, and vegetables.
Padre Martínez did not always get along with the civil authorities. He was apparently not a very "political" person who, instead, told things like he saw them. The novel Ramona even has a story about Padre Martínez which says that one day an important Mexican General and his bride were visiting. To entertain them, Padre Martínez arranged a parade of all the poultry at the Mission–enough to last an hour.
1819: The entire Mission quadrangle was completed.
1820: Four mission bells made in Lima, Peru arrived (they were cast in 1818). The bells were commissioned by Padre Martinez and cast by Manuel Vargas, a noted bell-maker of the time. The largest bell, the Angelus (or Gloria in some accounts) weighed 1,800 pounds and is the present center bell at the Mission. Two small bells in the original shipment cracked in transit and were recast into a single bell in San Francisco. This bell was named Sorrow while the remaining smaller original bell was named Joy. Side note: The job of a mission bell ringer was a serious job. Indians given the job were often trained for up to two years. The bells, much like the bugle in the military, were used as a communication mechanism. Bell patterns, some complicated, woke people in the morning, called them to Mass, announced the afternoon siesta, etc. A whole vocabulary of patterns. The most famous bell-ringer was Gregorio Silverio who was taught to ring the bells at age 13 by Florentino Naja, the Mission's first Indian bell-ringer who, himself, was taught by the padres when just 11 years old (Naja stopped ringing the bells at age 92!). Silverio kept the job until he died in 1954. The task was taken up by Judge Paul Jackson until the mid-1970s and he was followed by Johnny Noggle who rang the bells until his death in 2000. The present bell-ringer is Greg Dillman and he has trainees.
1830: Padre Martínez finally stepped on one too many toes and was arrested and deported. But, even then he had the last laugh on the civil authorities. Predicting the results of secularization he allowed the Mission properties to fall into some disrepair toward the end of his tenure. This would reduce their plunder value.
1834: Mexico's Secularization Laws were ratified in 1834. Mission San Luis Obispo was secularized in 1835. As anticipated by Padre Martínez the Indians did not profit; the politicians and cronies did; but, not by much…
1845: The Indians had driven off all livestock and the Mission buildings had deteriorated such that when finally sold the property once valued at $70,000 was purchased for the sum of $510.
1846: The church became involved in a "skirmish" during the Mexican-American War. Frémont was given information that the Mission was occupied by a band of Mexican insurrectionionists and surrounded it. The insurrectionionists turned out to be a group of women and children.
1846: In a second action regarding the church, Frémont is said to have used it as the location for a treason trial. While the accused was convicted, his conviction was later reversed.
1859: The Mission ruins were returned to the Catholic Church.
1868: The second of two earthquakes damaged the belfry and vestibule. Some structure alterations were made to relieve stress.
1880: The front part of the church was removed and the church largely rebuilt into the form of a New England church. A steeple was added and the face of the church boarded over with white siding.
1893: A chapel on the right of the church Nave was added. It's built of concrete and brick.
1920: A fire destroys the roof of the church. A new tile-covered roof replaced the original.
1921: Pastor, Fr. P.M. O'Flynn instructed the parish bellringer, Gregorio Silverio, to either ring the Angelus bell pattern three times a day (6-Noon-6) or not to ring the pattern at all. Mr. Silverio could not meet that schedule and so stopped ringing the Angelus pattern. As far as is documented, the next time the Angelus pattern (nine rings in groups of three) was rung at the Mission was in 2004.
1933: Father John Harnett took over administration of the church. It was during his administration (1933-1939) that the majority of the renovation that returned the Mission to a form closer to its original took place.
1934: Restoration of the Mission began. The siding was removed and steeple taken down. The original narthex was constructed of unreinforced red bricks with a skim coat of cement. A large air space was left to give the appearance of a thick adobe to make the whole look original. The wooden floor was retained. [Revised 4/30/16 to reflect a first-person report given to me.]
1949: Another restoration took place under the guidance of Msgr. Patrick Daly and Sir Harry Downie. It was at this time that, among other things, the wooden floor was replaced with the concrete floor that you see today.
Because the city of San Luis Obispo has grown up around the Mission only a square block of the original structure is still available.
California Missions by Sunset Editors. (September 1979) Sunset Pub Co
Mission Info Page previously at http://www.californiamissions.com/cahistory/sanluis.html
Mission Info Page previously at http://www.bgmm.com/missions/sanluiso.htm
Mission Info Page at http://www.tsoft.net/~cmi/Obispo.rpt.html
Mission Web site previously at http://www.thegrid.net/slomission/Main.html
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record San Luis Obispo Mission Data Sheet at the Library of Congress
Displays at the Mission and museum at the Mission.
Hamilton, Tracy Idell. "For whom the bells toll." New Times, Vol 16 #8, 4-11 Oct 2001, pp 10,12.
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award from United Way Workplace Campaign Manager Brian Amero.
The United Way of Greater Waterbury recently honored employees of the Southbury Training School (STS) as a Top 25 United Way Contributor in the state for the 2010-2011 campaign years. The staff raised over $19,000 in donations through the State Employees Campaign for Charitable Giving, making them one of the leading United Way contributors in Connecticut.
STS Administrative Assistant Ms. Karen Spiegel who ran the campaign for STS accepted the award from United Way Workplace Campaign Manager Brian Amero.
The United Way of Connecticut is a professional association that helps to meet the needs of Connecticut residents by providing information, education and connection to services. For more information, please visit the United Way of Connecticut website at www.ctunitedway.org.


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Mayor Bowser Announces DC Businesses Can Now Apply for SBA Disaster Assistance Loans
DC Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) Can Now Apply for Federal Relief Funds
NOTICE: The Public Health Emergency is in effect through April 24; school and government reopen on April 27.
(Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has accepted the District of Columbia's declaration for assistance in the form of economic injury disaster loans following the advent of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and DC businesses can start applying now. While the SBA directly administers this loan program, the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD), led by Director Kristi Whitfield, will liaise with the SBA on behalf of the District of Columbia.
"While we continue our response to COVID-19, my Administration is launching our recovery effort, and one such step is relief options for small businesses," said Mayor Bowser. "I encourage DC businesses to begin the federal Small Business Administration loan application process."
The SBA's Office of Disaster Assistance will provide targeted, low-interest loans to Washington, DC small businesses that have been severely impacted by COVID-19. The SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides working capital loans of up to $2 million that can provide vital economic support to help qualified small businesses and private nonprofit organizations overcome the temporary loss of revenue as a result of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. These loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that cannot be paid because of the disaster's impact. Terms are determined on a case-by-case basis, based upon each borrower's ability to repay.
DC businesses can start the process by clicking here and then "Apply for Assistance." You can prepare to apply by reviewing the "Three Step Process" of SBA Disaster Loans to understand what to expect in the application process. Disaster loan applicants can call the SBA Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center at 1-800-659-2955 (7 am -9 pm every day) or email [email protected] for help in completing their online application. SBA staff and its Resource Partner network, consisting of Small Business Development Centers, SCORE Chapters, Women's Business Centers, and Veterans Business Outreach Centers will continue to support small businesses with accessing federal resources and navigating their preparedness plans. Local assistance can be found at www.sba.gov/local-assistance. DC businesses can also download the 2020 Small Business Resource Guide for the Washington Metropolitan Area as a resource.
In the coming days, the Bowser Administration will announce details about the Public Health Emergency Small Business Grant Program. This effort will be housed in the Business Development Unit within the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.
For more information on the District's response and recovery, visit coronavirus.dc.gov/recovery.
Announcement in Multiple Languages:
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It's time for October's comic reviews, before the big Free Comic Book Day Halloween Comicfest on the 31st. This month, we have Metal Men, Doctor Doom and Vampirella / Red Sonja. We also have a preview of Wellington and Dying is Easy. Let's get right to it!
Metal Men (DC Comics): Metal Men started as a comic back in the early 1960's about a group of robots who had the abilities and properties of different metals. Scientist Dr. William "Will" Magnus is experimenting again with what it means to be sentient, which leads to some interesting discussion of AI. This 12 issue maxi-series has ties to Dark Knights: Metal, as the focus of the story expands on the mysterious appearance of Challenger Mountain through the Dark Multiverse.
I don't find it necessary to read back issues of Metal Men, but it would be an interesting read for the historical ideas about AI and what is possible. There is enough reference to the origins that I feel is enough back story for the average comics enthusiast.
The shine of the metal robots is excellent, and the colors of the comic are cool on the robots, and warmer with the humans. When a scene with emotional weight to it happens, the colors get warmer for both the robots and their human counterparts. This comic communicates through the art very well.
Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics): I feel like some more back story might be good to read before reading this, to get a better picture of how Doctor Doom has been portrayed in the past. This is a very human look into his journey as a villain, but also as a benevolent ruler of his people. The script also reminds us of his humanity, as we see glimpses of his past life concurrently with the crisis at hand. Antlion is a company that has come up with a solution to global warming which is potentially risky, but seems to be working as expected. Doctor Doom predicts the ultimate failure of what everyone else is touting as a revelation in environmental repair.
The art is quite nice, as the level of architectural detail in his castle is impressive. Doom's cape swirls oh so dramatically, and his design makes sure that you get a peek into Doom's very human eyes. The lighting is dramatic in the proper locations, and overall is a very well illustrated story.
Vampirella / Red Sonja (Dynamite Entertainment): Written by Eisner winner Jordie Bellaire (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Redlands) and drawn by Drew Moss (Star Wars), this story is set in 1969, which is a change of pace for both of these characters. This also means a change in wardrobe for Red Sonja and Vampirella.
Vampirella has spent the past year on Earth as a reporter, integrating with humans in Brooklyn. She comes through Russia, hunting down a myth and looking for answers. She runs into Red Sonja in the middle of a snowstorm, and brings her to an occultist to figure out more about her.
Red Sonja has been sent through time and space by a mysterious stone, so it's most of an explanation for why she's here. Hilariously, Vampirella looks out for her, as she's found a new and sarcastic friend with which to discover the truth about the myth. This is really engaging, and I wasn't expecting it to be. I came into this book with a barest knowledge of the back stories of both Vampirella and Red Sonja. I don't feel like I need to do any other reading for this book.
The art is excellent, and it tends to lean towards a more red, blue and brown color scheme. All of the characters are quite expressive and the whole book is visually appealing.
Wellington (IDW Publishing): From the creator of the hit podcast "Lore" Aaron Mahnke comes this 5-issue mini-series about the Duke of Wellington, a decorated war hero and monster hunter. Set in 1848, this comic begins with "the Iron Duke" entertaining a lowly reporter, with regards to his travels and accomplishments.
The script feels about as proper as one might expect from a gentleman of that time period, without getting too grandiose and wordy. Though the Duke could be pompous based on his daring adventures, he is an effective and sober storyteller.
The art style is very detailed and textured, as the shadows and clouds swirl around or lurk in the corners of the panels. The house changes with the lighting, from foreboding and haunting to comfortable and intimate. I'm interested in reading more, so that tells me that this "ashcan" (aka free preview) copy of the comic worked to get me hooked.
Release Date: December 11, 2019.
Dying is Easy (IDW Publishing): Writer Joe Hill (Locke & Key) and artist Martin Simmonds (Punks Not Dead) have come together to create a book about an ex-cop turned stand-up comedian. Who may or may not get involved with a murder plot. "S**t-Talk" Homes' routine is pretty funny and grim, with the necessary black out bars.
The art is expressive for a guy doing stand-up, and looks like a watercolor treatment for the lighting. The colors are in the blue and purple tones which look good for the comedy club's dank interior.
By the end of the preview, we hadn't gotten too far into the murder plot, so I'd like to see more of that come into play.
What a big month!
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The JCP Executive Committee meets once a month to discuss topics of relevance to the Java platform and its community. Being a group of 25 members distributed around the world the preferred option for these meetings is the remote one, however the EC comes together 3 times a year to meet face-to-face, the first of these meetings just happened a few days ago at IBM's campus in Hursley, UK.
Those interested in MVC 1.0 should know that the JSR has posted its first Public Draft Review, you can read more about it here. As an additional treat we got to wander around the museum in Hursley House. The museum is filled with lots of hardware and memorabilia developed by IBM through the years, such as the Winchester drive, a name that became synonym for hard drives at the time and yes, it was named as such because it was developed at that particular campus (Hursley is a stone throw away from Winchester). There were AIX workstations, AS/400, hard drives of all sizes (physical and storage), chips, ATMs, clocks, and more. That was a fun experience as I've got to geek out with others while we reminisced on the hardware we worked with at earlier stages of our careers and even earlier.
Later on Wednesday we had a chance to mingle with members of the London Java Community at an event titled "Java 9 and beyond: Meet the Java Community Process Executive Committee". It was another great experience as we broke into smaller groups after an introduction, 2 to 3 EC members per group, rotating among groups every 20 minutes or so. Surprisingly many attendees were not aware of the new release cycle that Oracle has put forward for OpenJDK, nor that Java 9 and Java 10 (coming out next month) are not considered as long time support releases. And that's precisely why we where there, to share news and information, to gather feedback from the community, to help and to learn.
All in all it was a great week, very much looking forward to the next opportunity. If any JUG would like to host such a meeting in the future do get in touch with the JCP EC at @jcp_org, we're here to make sure Java continues to move forward, we do so with everyone's involvement.


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Scientific computing and HPC developers will probably be familiar with Intel's C/C++ compiler suite, which can be used to compile your C, C++ and Fortran code instead of the free GCC compilers and can often result in significant performance improvements without changing a single line. Further improvements can be made by swapping out (generally fantastic) open source C maths libraries such as ATLAS or BLAS for equivalent functionality in Intels MKL (Math Kernal Language). Again - this is usually simply a matter of compiling your existing code against Intel's library and can result in very impressive speed gains for very little work.
What has this to do with Python? Most of Python's most famous data science and scientific computing libraries are written in C/C++, with a simple wrapper allowing them to be called easily from python. If you've ever wondered why Numpy, SciPy, scikit-learn and pandas are so much faster than trying to write the same code yourself in native Python, it's because all of the work in a function like np.multiply() is actually carried out in C "under the hood".
Previously, if you had a licence for Intel's compiler suite you could compile these python libraries yourself and take advantage of Intel's speed boost in your python applications, but this required both familiarly with C code compilation, as well as an expensive licence. However Intel have now made available a free pre-compiled Python distribution with all the major packages (numpy, scipy, pandas etc.) based on the popular Anaconda distribution. According to kdnuggets Intel have also re-written some common functions entirely for further optimization - in particular it looks like numpy and scipy's FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) functions have been enhanced significantly. Depending on your workload, using this distribution could boost the execution speed of these libraries by 10-50% without the need for any code change.
If you're interested in optimizing Python code that you wrote yourself and isn't available in any existing (C-implemented) library check out Cython as a way of implementing the most performance sensitive parts of your code in C. Unlike using the Intel distribution linked above, converting part of your code to use Cython can take some development work, however even when using the free GCC compilers you'll see a significant increase in speed over native python code.
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Pip unable to download packages running in a Ubuntu docker image on kubernetes
I recently ran into a problem where pip was unable to download packages while running in a docker image on a kubernetes pod. The issue seemed to be that it could not find the actual repo to download from - likely due to some kind of networking issue within either docker or kubernetes. The solution turned out to be to create a file at /etc/docker/daemon.json and enter google's DNS servers as follows:
{ "dns": ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.4.4"] }
I was working from a Ubuntu base image, so I created the file as above before installing and starting docker. Keep in mind that as docker images usually don't contain systemmd, it's not all that easy to restart docker once you have installed it, so creating the configuration first is pretty useful. You can find more information on this at https://development.robinwinslow.uk/2016/06/23/fix-docker-networking-dns/
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I can't think of a single other filmmaker in recent memory that has had as much of an unlikely career transition and meteoric rise in the industry as Jordan Peele.
He went from writing and appearing in TV sketch comedy as part of the two-man group Key and Peele with Keegan Michael Key and literally overnight became a member of the directorial elite with his first feature film behind the camera in 2017's GET OUT, a horror thriller and scathing piece of social commentary that netted Peele an Oscar win for Best Screenplay as well as a slew of other nominations, including Best Picture. GET OUT was one of the most talked about and seen genre films of the last ten years, and marked a highly respected big screen director debut for Peele, and after nabbing Academy Award gold for his efforts many have been wondering since if he could create a sophomore effort with as much creative punch.
Is Jordan Peele a one-hit filmmaker wonder?
The short answer (and after seeing his latest): Not at all.
Perhaps more so than the audience and critical darling in GET OUT, US is much more focused on being a straight up horror film with a tad less emphasis on social commentary, which is initially somewhat disappointing. Still, Peele has crafted one humdinger of an infectious premise with his latest fright-fest that has echoes of some of the more classic and memorable episodes of THE TWILIGHT ZONE (which, incidentally, Peele is quarterbacking a reboot of). That's not to say, though, that US doesn't have any thematic ambition at all with its frankly out-there premise. With GET OUT Peele crafted a darkly funny, yet thoroughly disturbing dissection of race relations in America, whereas with US he's dabbling into ideas of American identity, duality, and the negative effects of marginalizing those we see as different and/or unworthy. Peele's second film doesn't quite feel as fluidly polished as his rookie effort, but with US he nevertheless demonstrates what a natural directing talent he is at delivering intriguing setups and intoxicating viewers into every nightmarish turn his story then takes.
Delving too specifically into plot particulars will prove to be challenging here, seeing as relaying too much would lead to wanton spoilers. All you basically need to know about the central narrative arc is this: After an undeniably chilling to the bone prologue set in 1986 that features an extremely traumatizing event for the main character when she was a child while at a creepy amusement part attraction in Santa Cruz, US flashes forward to the present day when the same person, Adelaide (an intensely strong Lupita Nyong'o) is about to embark on a much needed vacation with her loyal and loving husband Gabe (BLACK PANTHER's Winston Duke) and their two children, Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and Jason (Evan Alex) at their summer home (located near, yup, that aforementioned amusement park). One night their home is invaded by a freakish family unit of four, and once they reveal themselves Adelaide, Gabe, and the kids discover to their absolute shock that these invaders are...exact duplicates of them that are about to make their lives very, very intolerable for the next 90 minutes or so of the running time.
Again, that's all I'm going to say about the specific story trajectory of US, other than to say that Adelaide and her family will go through a living hell trying to fend off the attacks of the vile and mostly monosyllabic doppelgangers, all of whom act like unthinking, bloodthirsty, and zombified monsters. Compellingly, only one of the evil family members is able to speak, Adelaide's sadistic twin, but she mostly enunciates through what is perceived to be a throat injury. One thing that Peele does with exceedingly empowered proficiency is to impart his film with great personalities and giving them all colorful dialogue exchanges that helps the frightening elements of the film go down that much more easily (so many other horror thrillers engage in witless and dime-a-dozen obligatory dialogue that just relays expositional particulars, so it's always refreshing to witness Peele transcend such genre contrivances). Also, he shows what an absolute master he is at concocting individual sequences of nail biting Hitchcockian suspense that fosters such an aura of escalating dread and anxiety of things to come for the audience. The home invasion in particular is as tightly edited and exemplarily paced as anything I've seen lately, and you gain a great sense of Peele reveling at joyously manipulating viewers in moments like this; when the director is in his wheelhouse in sequences like this he's a pretty unstoppable force and shows why he's the real deal.
Peele has also assembled another grade-A cast, the four principles that comprise the family having the tricky task of making each family unit (one good, one evil) seem distinctively different from one another. I liked how Duke is afforded opportunities to let his comic timing and skills as a performer to shine through the inherent darkness of this material, and seeing this dweeby father trying to makes sense of the madness that surrounds him and his clan provides some of US's best source of sustained laughs. The film utterly belongs to Nyong'o and her fiery and deeply committed dual performance that has to, on one hand, show Adelaide as a deeply traumatized, yet ferociously determined and protective material figure that will stop at nothing to ensure the survival of her husband and children. She also has great fun portraying this woman's psychopathic twin, whose raspy voiced inflections and lust for all things mayhem and murder makes her so devilishly and unpredictably scary throughout the film. A great actress would be lucky to pull of one sensational performance in a film, but Nyong'o gives two here.
Despite all of the greatness that Peele and his consummate acting ensemble bring to the proceedings here, there's simply no shaking the fact that US does have its share of nagging issues that holds it back from achieving true masterful status. The film is like a beguiling and layered onion that requires attentive viewers to constantly peel and dig towards its center for multiple interpreted meanings, which is a trait I generally love. I'm a man that appreciates films that are hard to decipher enigmas and thematic Rubik's Cubes that places trust in viewers to solve after seeing it. The main problem with US is that Peele's fantastically successful opening few acts gives way to a disappointing final 20-30 minutes, during which time he lays all of his storytelling cards on the table and leaves very little unexplained. There's a moment in the climax when hero and villain confront one another and the latter goes out of her way to provide an unnecessarily thorough explanation of the extraordinary events that have been transpiring in the film. A hypnotic freak-out experience like US would have greatly benefited from a less is more approach as it wrapped itself up towards a conclusion; there's very little haunting ambiguity going on here when we grow to learn how everything happened.
And at the risk of going into mild spoilers, US culminates with a late breaking plot twist that, upon modest scrutiny, doesn't seem to logically hold up very well. That, and it felt like a tacked on and redundant cheat, if you ask me. Now, not all plot twists need to make pitch perfect sense, mind you, but the one Peele drums up here never feels completely earned or justified. Added to that is the notion that the director also seems to be adhering to - as he did to disappointing effect in the climax of GET OUT - the very overused and dry horror thriller troupes that he's obviously trying very hard to subvert and transcend (i.e. - characters making stupid decisions about leaving safe areas to explore dangerous ones, and often on their own). But, seriously, it's very hard for me to dismiss US: It's a solid companion piece and inspired spiritual sequel to GET OUT, and as an inventive, assured and well oiled exercise in genre filmmaking, Peele has most certainly defied any sophomore jinxes. Despite some creative hiccups on his part, Peele certainly has earned his early silver screen career reputation for being an alluring provocateur with each new film.
To me, this guy's just getting warmed up.


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Camil Inmaculada Domínguez Martinez (ur. 7 grudnia 1991 w Santo Domingo) – dominikańska siatkarka, reprezentantka kraju, grająca na pozycji rozgrywającej. Od sezonu 2017/2018 występuje w drużynie Caribeñas Volleyball Club.

Sukcesy klubowe
Mistrzostwo Dominikany:
  2018
  2019

Sukcesy reprezentacyjne
Mistrzostwa Świata Juniorek:
  2009
Mistrzostwa Świata U-23:
  2013
Igrzyska Panamerykańskie:
  2019
  2015
Mistrzostwa Ameryki Północnej, Środkowej i Karaibów:
  2019
  2015
Puchar Panamerykański:
  2016
  2017, 2018, 2019

Linki zewnętrzne
 profil volleyball.world
 profil women.volleybox.net

Przypisy

Dominikańskie siatkarki
Urodzeni w 1991
Ludzie urodzeni w Santo Domingo

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Dutch asset manager Kempen is pleased to announce that nine of its funds are now registered on the French Quantalys platform.
The sub-funds are part of the Luxembourg-domiciled SICAV and are managed by KCM. A comprehensive list of the funds is available both for retail and institutional investors.
With assets under management in excess of €45.9bn (as at 30.06.2016), KCM is a main player in the Dutch institutional market with a long tradition of bottom-up company research. In Europe it ranks half way in the IPE Top 400. It is headquartered in Amsterdam with a second investment management office in Edinburgh. It also has a London presence for its fiduciary management business. In recent years KCM has been able to gain increased recognition across Europe despite difficult market conditions. The clear focus on a handful of core investment strategies is seen as the main driver.
Vuk Srdanovic, Head of International Business Development for France, commented: "France is a key market for Kempen Capital Management where we have already experienced strong interest from institutional investors. We are confident that the registration of these nine funds on Quantalys will further increase KCM's visibility among institutional and retail investors in this country".


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Human, African Green, Baboon, Capuchin Monkey, Chimpanzee, Cynomolgus, Pigtailed Macaque, Rhesus, Swine (Pig, Porcine)
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Deputy, 3 Others Shot: Texas Rangers are investigating four shootings in north Liberty County. One of those victims died. We began reporting yesterday around 8:30 a.m. that a Liberty County sheriff's deputy and three others had been shot by a man identified as Pavol Vido. The deputy was wounded when confronting the suspect in a separate shooting at B Dependable Plumbing on S.H. 321 near Cleveland. Deputy Richard Whitten spotted Vido driving a vehicle and followed him to the Big Thicket Veterinarian Clinic on S.H. 321. There, he confronted the suspect who shot the deputy in the neck. Deputy Whitten, who has been with the department for four years, was taken by Life Flight air ambulance to Memorial Hermann Hospital. At last report, he is said to be in stable condition. We are told three people were shot at B Dependable Plumbing, including the woman who died. At last report, Texas Rangers had not released those victims' names. Pavol Vido also died yesterday, presumably of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was cornered at a property near the locations of the other shootings.
Homeowner Assistance Center: The Texas General Land Office has opened a Homeowner Assistance Mobile Intake Center in north Liberty County to serve homeowners who are still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Harvey. It will be open Mondays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Plum Grove Volunteer Fire Department on FM 1010. You can learn more about the program and review the Homeowner Assistance Program Checklist online at recovery.texas.gov.
Free Fishing Day: We are told that Texas is one of the best places in the nation for fishing, and this Saturday you can wet a line anywhere in the state free. As part of National Fishing Day and Boating Week, this Saturday residents and visitors alike will be able to fish or crab anywhere in Texas without a fishing license. Texas Game Warden Jake Noxson reminds those taking advantage of Saturday's statewide free fishing day that all state regulations still apply. In a related note, hunters and anglers can take the Outdoor Annual that contains those regulations into the field via a free app available on iPhone and Android devices.
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2012 Free Agency
Deadlines and Commitments - LXXI
By Net Income Jul 4, 2012, 11:12am EDT
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We assume everyone is breathing again? Good. Because we are only four days into free agency with only six players committed to the Nets next season: Deron Williams, Marshon Brooks, Joe Johnson, Gerald Wallace, Reggie Evans and Mirza Teletovic (although you can probably add Tyshawn Taylor, too). Expect movement in the next few days on Brook Lopez and either Kris Humphries or Ersan Ilyasova. Gerald Green? Back-up center? Back-up point guard?
Three of the seven Nets mentioned above will return to competitive basketball in the next few days. Williams flies to Las Vegas for the Team USA tryouts which begin this weekend while Brooks and Taylor will be part of the Nets entry in the Orlando Summer League, starting 11 a.m. Monday. So is the #54 pick, Toko Shengelia, who just wants a tryout. Tim Bontemps will cover for the Post and we will update the site.
July 6 - July 11 - Team USA will train daily at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Deron Williams will only go through light workouts and strength and conditioning until July 11. Team USA officials have said D-Will expects to sign his deal as soon as he can on July 11. Since Las Vegas is three hours behind and first signings can take place at midnight Eastern time, he could sign at 9 p.m. Pacific time, over dinner!
July 8 - Final Team USA roster must be set.
July 9 - July 16 - Orlando Summer League. MarShon Brooks and two of the three players drafted on June 28 will be on hand: Tyshawn Taylor and Toko Shengelia. Also three former lottery picks, Adam Morrison, Julian Wright and Al Thornton, are committed, as are Armor center Jeff Foote, D-League Rookie of the Year Edwin Ubiles and a couple of local products, Shawn Dunston of Fordham and Ashton Gibbs of Pitt (and Seton Hall Prep).
July 11 - Teams can begin signing free agents at 12:01 am. Also, at 12:01 a.m., Joe Johnson and Reggie Evans become Nets since their trades will become official.
July 11 - 18 - Teams can waive players under the amnesty clause of the new CBA. Only players signed before July 1, 2011 are eligible but a team can only amnesty one player over the course of the CBA. Seven teams, including the Nets, have waived players under the clause. After a player is waived, teams that are under the cap can bid on the player. That will not include the Nets. The highest bid gets the contract. Among players who could be waived: Elton Brand by the 76ers. If there are no bidders, amnestied players become unrestricted free agents.
July 12 - Team USA plays Dominican Republic (Al Horford and Francisco Garcia) in Las Vegas, then breaks camp. July 13 is a travel day.
July 14 - 16 - Team USA training, moves to Washington, D.C., concluding with an exhibition vs. Brazil (Tiago Splitter, Anderson Varejao). Top free agents an Acela ride away.
July 17- 19 - Team USA moves to Europe where it will stay through August 12. First stop is in Manchester, England, Team USA has an exhibition game July 19 against Team Great Britain (Luol Deng, Ben Gordon) at the Manchester Arena.
July 22 - 24 - Team USA celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Dream Team with exhibition games in Barcelona, site of the 1992 Olympics, against Argentina (Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola, Andres Nocioni) on July 22 and Spain (Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Jose Calderon) on July 24.
July 26 - September 11 - Croatia's National Team is not in the Olympics, but it will play 15 games this summer, startgin July 26 vs. the Swiss National Team. Still no word on Bojan Bogdanovic's buyout. One set of games that could be of interest to Nets fans: the Ex-Yugo Tournament starting August 5 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Croatia will play Bosnia: Bogdanovic vs. Mirza Teletovic. Will they play in the cup or be preparing for their season in Brooklyn?
July 27 – August 12 - 2012 Summer Olympics in London. First mens' basketball game is against France at. 9:30 a.m. ET (2:30 p.m. local) on July 29. Deron Williams will be the only Net playing at the Olympics, Bojan Bogdanovic's Croatian team doesn't have an invite. Nor does Mirza Teletovic's Bosnia squad.
Early August - NBA schedule is released. Nets fans will learn who the team will play in its inaugural game at Barclays Center. Will it be the Knicks?
August 15 - September 9 - FIBA European Championship Qualifying Round. Bosnia (Teletovic) faces off against Georgia (Toko Shengelia) on August 21 and September 5. Again, will they be in Ljubljana or East Rutherford?
September 5 - Expected completion date for Barclays Center. Expect a couple of shakeout events in early September. Moved back from August 27.
September 13 -16 - Basketball Without Borders, Russia. Expect some Nets' representation at this first BWB event in Russia.
September (TBD) - Nets new uniform design to be unveiled, just before training camp. Also, like the Nets team identity, expect the design to be leaked.
September 28 - Opening Night, Barclays Center. Jay-Z will open the arena with a concert.
October 1 - Nets training camp opens this week at PNY Center in East Rutherford.
October 2 - First sporting event at Barclays, a preseason NHL game between the Islanders and Devils.
October 17 - Arena construction documents list this date as first preseason game at the arena. It will likely be earlier.
October 31 - Opening Night for the Brooklyn Nets, according to those same documents. Arena officials note that this is simply a target date, not set in stone.
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RBS completed £14.5bn of new gross mortgage lending in the first half of 2017 – broadly in-line with its return of £14.7bn during the same period last year.
The bank reported this had given it 12% of the UK mortgage lending market during the six months to June, an apparent stabilising of its new position as the UK's third biggest lender.
However, RBS noted that the price war within the market had cut its mortgage profit margin.
RBS said its net interest margin for UK personal and business banking "declined by 10 basis points to 2.97% driven by lower mortgage margins and reduced current account hedge yield".
It noted that mortgage growth had driven an increase in its net loans and advances by £1.8bn across its personal and business banking and commercial and private banking divisions to £277.7bn.
RBS added that 19,000 borrowers had renewed their mortgage online in the last six months and the investment in a paperless process has cut the time to issue a firm offer in half to around 10 days.
"H1 2017 lending growth has been achieved while remaining within our risk appetite," the bank said.
"Personal mortgage lending represented 49% of net loans and advances, compared with 47% as at 31 December 2016, while personal unsecured and commercial real estate were flat over the first half at 4% and 8% respectively.
"Overall loan-to-value across our mortgage portfolio was stable at 58%," it added.
Overall the bank announced an operating profit of £939m for the first half of 2017 compared to a loss of £2bn during the same period last year.
It allocated £369m in legal costs, largely due to mis-selling of US mortgages and announced it was planning to make its EU base in Amsterdam in preparation for Brexit.
RBS CEO Ross McEwan said: "Our progress in the first half of the year means that today we can spend less time talking about the bank we were and more about the bank we are becoming.
"We have continued, at pace, to build a simpler, safer and even more customer-focused bank that has now delivered two consecutive quarters of bottom line profit – totalling £939 million.
"We're doing what we said we would at our full year results in February – growing income, reducing cost and improving returns for shareholders, while also starting to deliver a better service for customers.
"We see the first six months of this year as proof of the investment case for this bank: our path to sustainable profitability is becoming clearer and closer and we have resolved some of the most significant issues this bank faced," he added.


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"Clearly, if you take the two best players out of any team they will struggle. But losing Smith and Warner is an easy excuse to hide behind. India were beaten 4-1 in English conditions last summer, although the matches were closer than the final score suggests, but would have beaten Australia 3-1 had it not rained in Sydney for the last two days."


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Lang Team Grand Prix MTB – największa w Polsce impreza MTB organizowana przez Czesława Langa i Lang Team (także organizatorzy Tour de Pologne), rozgrywana w klasie C1 lub C2 XC Cross Country. Wyższą kategorię mają tylko Puchary Świata. W 2011 roku cykl nosił nazwę Plus Grand Prix MTB, a w 2010 Vacansoleil Grand Prix MTB. W 2009 roku nie znaleziono sponsora tytularnego i cykl nosił nazwę Lang Team Grand Prix MTB. W 2008 roku impreza odbywała się pod nazwą Bank BPH Grand Prix MTB. Od 2001-2007 cykl był rozgrywany pod szyldem Škoda Auto Grand Prix MTB. W latach 1996–2000 impreza nosiła nazwę Żywiec Grand Prix MTB.

Ten międzynarodowy cykl wyścigów składa się z kilku jednodniowych edycji (do 2004 r. z 5., w latach 2005-2006 z 7., w 2007 r. z 5, w latach 2008-2010 z 4. i w roku 2011 z 3.) odbywających się w różnych częściach Polski w różnym odstępie czasowym. Celem serii wyścigów jest wyłonienie najlepszych zawodników i zawodniczek w poszczególnych kategoriach wiekowych oraz umożliwienie im zdobycia punktów do klasyfikacji UCI oraz PZKol. W wyścigu obowiązuje kilka klasyfikacji (kategorii wiekowych): Elita (powyżej 23 lat), Młodzieżowiec (19-23 lat), Junior (17-18 lat), Junior młodszy (15-16 lat), Młodzik (13-14 lat).

Zwycięzcy Cyklu Grand Prix MTB

Miejscowości, które gościły GP MTB
 1996 – Zakopane, Warszawa, Sławno k. Opoczna, Gdańsk, Żywiec
 1997 – Kwidzyn, Sławno, Baligród, Bełchatów, Książ k. Wałbrzycha
 1998 – Polanica-Zdrój, Tomaszów Lubelski, Baligród, Krynica-Zdrój, Książ
 1999 – Polanica-Zdrój, Tomaszów Lubelski, Lesko, Bytów, Książ
 2000 – Polanica-Zdrój, Bytów, Tomaszów Lubelski, Lesko, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2001 – Polanica-Zdrój, Głuchołazy, Czarnków, Lesko, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2002 – Polanica-Zdrój, Głuchołazy, Czarnków, Świeradów-Zdrój, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2003 – Polanica-Zdrój, Głuchołazy, Czarnków, Świeradów-Zdrój, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2004 – Głuchołazy, Czarnków, Polanica-Zdrój, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2005 – Głuchołazy, Czarnków, Polanica-Zdrój, Mrągowo, Gdynia, Bukowina Tatrzańska, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2006 – Chodzież, Głuchołazy, Książ k. Wałbrzycha, Sławno k. Opoczna, Czarnków, Polanica-Zdrój, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2007 – Chodzież, Szczawno Zdrój, Warszawa, Nałęczów, Białystok
 2008 – Szczawno-Zdrój, Bielawa, Nałęczów, Jelenia Góra
 2009 – Szczawno-Zdrój, Bielawa, Nałęczów, Gdańsk
 2010 – Bielawa, Nałęczów, Olsztyn, Białystok, Szczawno-Zdrój
 2011 – Nałęczów, Jelenia Góra

Linki zewnętrzne

 Strona wyścigu
 Strona LangTeam

Cykliczne zawody kolarskie
Kolarstwo w Polsce