How do you price your home to sell quickly and for the highest price possible?
After selling real estate for over 35 years, Brian & Myles have heard several pricing strategies from sellers. Here are a few of the ways that sellers have determined their price and our feedback on these "strategies".
Sellers commonly want to price their home based on the motivation of "that's what I want". When a real estate market is extremely hot (such as in 2007),we did see multiple offers on homes that exceeded the list price. However, in a balanced or more moderate market, this just simply does not work. Many times, sellers do not have an idea of what the current market value is for their property. We also see a "value distortion" take place when someone wants to sell a property that they have inherited or renovated to suit their lifestyle, but really would not add as much value as the costs they incurred. A good illustration of this might be a seller installs bright pink carpet throughout their home, or if a seller has a huge pool with hot tub and then customizes the bottom of the pool with their initials. It is fair to say that these renovations cost the seller, but that it may be difficult to recoup their investment as a result. It is important for a seller to get a current market analysis done by Brian & Myles that will include all properties currently listed for sale and recently sold properties similar to the seller's to determine a value.
Another common misconception is for a seller to state, "well my neighbor has his listed for x and mine is better, so I want y". Just because your neighbor has his listed does not mean he will get it as he may be in the 5% of homes that do not sell. The key is to look at the sold houses in your neighborhood first, and then look at comparable homes selling in other neighborhoods. If nothing is selling in your neighborhood, people may be getting better deals elsewhere. Even if you use this information above, you still have to make sure you are comparing your home with correct comparables.
Sellers seldom seem to compare apples to apples. It means that if a three bedroom house sold for a certain amount, the seller thinks he should get the same amount for his two bedroom house. The Buyer Profile released in June 2010 clearly show shown that three bedroom, two bath houses are more in demand than any other type of house. It is important to put yourself in the buyer's shoe. Would you pay $10,000 less for a house, when for a slight increase in payment, you can have the three bedroom house and more space? In most cases, a two bedroom house will need to be priced a lot lower than a three bedroom.
It is very hard for sellers to view their home objectively. Because of this, home staging has become popular for sellers to allow their home to be "staged" to appeal to a larger buying audience. Often times, sellers do not feel that a crammed closet, leftover pizza on the counter, or missing trim is all that important. However, for buyers, any perceived imperfection may result in them discounting the home simply because they feel that the home has not been maintained. It is so important for sellers to really go through each room in their home, and ensure that doors open, any marks on the walls are repaired, etc. Even after a buyer makes an offer on a home, they usually have a home inspection done which can result in defects being found that the seller may not even be aware of. Sometimes sellers will get defensive about these inspections reports and refuse to do the repairs. In this market, you will lose the buyer because there are so many other motivated home sellers willing to do the work.


Swathi's big leap in Kollywood!
The wide reach of television actors in south is well known.
Swathi, better known as colours Swathi, has a place in every Telugu household thanks to the popular primetime phone-in programme she hosted. She is childlike, cute and intelligent and has an image of the girl-next-door.
After being in the limelight as the heroine of that blockbuster and trendsetter Subramaniapuram, Swathi has completed the first schedule of her second Tamil film with director Selvaraghavan in Ladakh.
Says Swathi: "I want to give my best to movies. Whatever I do, I'll give my 100 percent. Vikram, my co-star in the film is a bundle of energy and sometimes I wonder how he can be so charged and trust me, he transfers all the positive energy to people around him".
She also reminiscences about her 40 days Ladakh schedule which she says, was a great experience. The cold weather, crystal clear lakes, snow capped mountains and the terrain were awesome. Adds Swathi: "While I was watching Aamir's 3 Idiots, I was screaming in the theatre when I saw the same locations where we have shot our film".
Swathi also goes ahead to shower praises on her director Selvaraghavan who is a hard task master. But she chuckles: "But he is a sweetheart and he pushes me to do my best".


Paying membership fees keeps Costco customers coming back.
Costco is raising its membership fees by nearly 10% on June 1.
The warehouse chain's fees will increase by $5, to $60, for its basic membership and by $10, to $120, for its executive membership, the company said Thursday.
The fee increases will impact roughly 35 million Costco members.
Costco last raised its membership fees in November 2011.
The increases shouldn't have a major impact on sales and membership renewals, which are at a rate above 90% in the US and Canada, according to UBS analyst Michael Lasser. In fact, an increase should support a boost in shares, he said.
"Traffic growth was solid across the company in December and January (up an average of 4% in the US and 3% worldwide)," Lasser wrote in a recent research note. "This suggests members continue to be intrigued by the company's value proposition, and leads us to believe that renewals likely at least remained steady at 90.3% in the US and Canada and 87.5% worldwide."
UBS estimates that Costco's income from membership fees rose 6.7% in the second quarter of the year to $643.5 million compared with the same period last year. The firm is also estimating that same-store sales grew 3.7% during the period.


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Read this: Simon Reynolds' 'Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture'
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The best book on the rise of electronic dance music turns 25 next year.
The introduction to Simon Reynolds' essential book Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture, contains a confession from the great L.A.-based culture writer. Growing up in the post-punk 1980s, he wasn't a club kid, he writes:
[M]y take on dance music was fundamentally rockist, in so far as I had never really engaged with the music's original milieu – clubs. This was perhaps forgivable, given that 80s "style culture" dominated London clubland. Its posing and door policies, go-go imports, and vintage funk obscurities were anathema to my vision of a resurrected psychedelia, a Dionysian cult of oblivion.
Then, he continues, he had an epiphany.
Little did I realize that just around the corner loomed a psychedelic dance culture, that the instruments and timespace coordinates of the neo psychedelic resurgence would not be wah-wah petals and Detroit 1969, but Roland 303 bass machines and Detroit/Chicago 1987.
Within a few breathtakingly well written paragraphs, Reynolds captures the epiphany of falling in love with dance culture, a sensation that many who came of age in the 1980s and '90s similarly experienced when passing the threshold into their first warehouse parties and raves.
It was some revelation to experience this music in its proper context – as a component in a system. It was an entirely different and unrock way of using music: the anthemic track rather than the album, the total flow of the DJs mix, the alternative media of pirate radio and specialist record stores, music as a synergistic partner with drugs, and the whole magic/tragic cycle of living for the weekend and paying for it with the midweek comedown.
Across the next 19 chapters, Reynolds – who grew up in London and earned his earliest writing gigs at British music weekly Melody Maker before expanding internationally through work in the New York Times, The Wire, Village Voice and the Los Angeles Times – digs into the seeds that planted dance culture and explores the many subgenre offshoots that sprouted in London, Detroit, Chicago, Ibitha and elsewhere across the years.
The chapter subtitles offer a sense of the book's breadth:
Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and the New York Garage, 1980-'90. Sampling and the Soundscape. Acid House and UK Rave, 1987-'89. Spiral Tribe and the Crusty-Raver Movement. Rave as Counterculture and Spiritual Revolution. Jungle Takes Over London, 1993-94.. American Rave's Descent Into the Dark Side, 1993-97, among many others.
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With each flip of the page comes fascinating facts and ephemera from the era. Here he is on acid house in 1988:
"The acid house revelers often compared the feeling in the summer of '88 to punk rock," writes Reynolds of England's so-called Summer of Love era of the late '80s, describing "the same explosion of suppressed energies, the same overnight Year Zero transformation of tastes and values. All that was missing was the mass media's discovery of the new subculture and the inevitable moral panic over what the kids of today were up to."
Of the mid-1990s rise of IDM, a.k.a. intelligent dance music, through labels such as Warp and Reflex, Reynolds says this:
For all its rhetoric of progression, intelligent techno involved a full scale retreat from the most radically post human and hedonistically functional aspects of rave music toward more traditional ideas about creativity, namely the Artur theory of the solitary genius who humanizes technology rather than Subordinating himself to the drug – tech interface. There was even a resurgence of rock notions like the concept album and live musicianship, with bands like underworld and orbital developing new forms of onstage improvisation based on the live mixing of pre-recorded, sequenced parts.
His writing on drum & bass, breakbeats and jungle goes deep, connecting Africa and academia, serialism and synth rhythms.
This rhythm-as-melody aesthetic recalls west African music. It also parallels the preoccupations of avant classical composers like John Cage and Steve Reich, who drew inspiration from the treasure trove of chiming timbers generated by Indonesian gamelan percussion orchestras. Jungle fulfills the prophecy in Cage's "Goal: New Music, New Dance" of a future form of electronic percussion music made by and for dancers. "What we can't do ourselves will be done by machines and electrical instruments which we will invent," Wrote Cage, seemingly predicting the sampler and sequencer.
An essential addition to every music lover's library, "Generation Ecstasy" remains the best book about the birth and rise of electronic dance music.
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North Shropshire by-election: Ex lads' mag editor's on the offensive against political correctness
By Mark AndrewsNorth ShropshireNorth Shropshire by-election 2021Published: Nov 27, 2021
You can't accuse Martin Daubney of being a shrinking violet. When editor of lads' mag Loaded, he famously organised a 'Straight Pride' march because he said heterosexuality was becoming unfashionable. As MEP for the West Midlands, he joined his Brexit Party colleagues in turning his back while the "EU anthem" was being played.
Martin Daubney, candidate for the Reclaim Party in the North Shropshire by-election, photographed here at The Fox Inn pub in Oswestry
And now he's back in the region, as brash as ever, fighting the North Shropshire by-election for the Reclaim Party.
And while you are unlikely to hear the new Conservative candidate talking up Owen Paterson, the scandal-hit former Tory MP whose resignation caused the by-election, Mr Daubney has no such reservations.
"While we greatly appreciate and respect the work of Owen Paterson, we became very disappointed by the direction of the Conservative Party as a whole," he says.
Does he think the former cabinet minister was hard done by, in being pressured to resign from the seat he held for 24 years after being censured for his paid lobbying activities?
"A lot of rubbish has come from Labour about this, how can they be critical of this when Keir Starmer was up to his eyes in second jobs?" he says.
"It's a system which people always wiggle about with, as long as they are allowed to take second jobs. Owen, I think, went a bit far, but he is greatly admired in North Shropshire for his principled stance."
He reckons Paterson loyalists – and the type of people who may have read Loaded magazine in its heyday – are just the type of people who may vote for him in North Shropshire. He also claims a number of Tory councillors in the area have already pledged their support.
But while many people will have heard of Martin Daubney, his party may be less familiar. The Reclaim Party is the new political movement launched by the television actor Laurence Fox when he stood in this year's London mayoral election, pledging to "fight against extreme political correctness" and "end the Met's obsession with diversity and inclusivity". In August the embryonic party announced Mr Daubney would be its deputy leader.
At the moment the party is not open to mass membership, which Mr Daubney says is down to red tape surrounding the opening of a bank account.
"We are going to move towards that further down the line - at the moment we are a small, nimble party," he says.
The son of a Nottingham coal miner, Mr Daubney spent the first 40 years of his life as a staunch supporter of the Labour Party.
"I grew up in a house where we read the Daily Mirror that was covered in coal, that's how working class we were," says Mr Daubney, who is 51.
"There are two things you inherit, the football team and the politics. The difference is you are allowed to change the politics."
He says it was the leadership of Ed Miliband that convinced him that Labour was no longer the party of the working class, and after that he voted for the Liberal Democrats and even the Women's Equality Party.
"I voted for them because they were local candidates," he says.
"I voted Liberal Democrat in the local elections, where they were campaigning for free parking. The Women's Equality Party was campaigning for full paternity leave rights for fathers, something I have been campaigning on for years."
Mr Daubney, whose Westminster seat at Brussels included North Shropshire, says he thought his political career was over when Britain left the European Union.
"The Conservatives were elected on the slogan of Get Brexit Done, but we didn't get Brexit done," he says.
"We have machinations going on over fishing, we had the terrible scenes in the Channel this week, I have been pulled back into this game.
"We have a Conservative government in name only, but it's not pursuing Conservative policies," he says.
"We've had Corbynomics, with the highest taxes since World War II, inflation eating away at people's savings, dementia tax Mk2, and that's before we get started on all the green taxes.
"Nobody voted for any of this. We don't have a Conservative government."
He says the biggest priority at the moment is the migrant crisis, and called for referenda on both Britain's membership of the European Convention on Human Rights, and its commitment to net-zero carbon emissions.
He says he is good friends with many of the 'red wall' Tory MPs who were elected at the last General Election.
"They are really good lads, good working-class people. The problem is the leadership, Boris Johnson has lost the plot on the green issues."
He also wants the Government to take advantage of Britain's independence from the EU by cutting VAT on fuel.
"Tony Blair famously once said referenda were 'too much democracy'," he says.
"I don't understand that. How can you have too much democracy? It's like saying we have too much oxygen. You have got to let the people decide."
He also wants legislation that would prevent social media sites from censoring comments that do not fall foul of the law.
"We are seeing the politicisation of law and order, with the police on gay pride marches and painting their nails, and this fixation with transphobia," he says.
"The police are not patrolling the streets, they are policing the tweets. Try to get a police officer round if you have been burgled, but they will be right on to it if you've made a transphobic tweet."
Mr Daubney says the right to offend is fundamental to living in a democracy, and it should not be the role for the law to enforce its opinions on others.
"Loaded magazine was set up to offend the precise people that are offended by everything now," he says.
"If you go to the pub or the working man's club, you can always find people being offensive, that is the nature of human interaction. You have to be allowed to be offensive.
"If you are led by a tiny minority of people who are offended by everything, therefore nothing should be allowed, we have lost our lives.
"Remember Charlie Hebdo? We were all 'Je suis Charlie' then. People have to be allowed to be offensive."
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Senior news writer for the Shropshire Star specialising in in-depth features and commentary, investigative reporting and political matters.


On my last week in Temple, Texas, I finally found time to check out a pizza place I had heard so much about! My friend Amanda had been going there since she was younger and wanted to share her favorite spot with me. I met her and her adorable sons on a Monday night and we had to wait quite a while to be seated.
When we got to a table, we ordered up three 10-inch pizzas: 1. Cheese, 2. Jalapeno & Pepperoni, 3. Onion & Pepperoni. Amanda asked for hers to be as thin-crust as possible, so I followed suit. The pizzas came out and I immediately noticed the golden cooked cheese on top of the plain pizza. The ends were crispy. The flavor was good. I thought there may have been too much cheese and too little sauce on mine, but it didn't deter me from chowing down.
The ambiance is family-oriented and they have an arcade room as well as a backroom trick-entrance to the bar. Fun for the family and good food! For a restaurant to be that packed on a Monday night means they have something special in Waco, Texas. I had a great time!


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How Does a Remodeling Loan Work? By Dale Devries 1. FHA Streamline–K Loan * With the mortgage market constantly changing to meet the current needs of borrowers, this is a relatively new product.
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BEIJING (AP) — Users of WhatsApp in China and security researchers have reported widespread service disruptions amid fears that the popular messaging service may be at least partially blocked by authorities in the world's most populous country.
WhatsApp users in China reported Tuesday on other social media platforms that the app was partly inaccessible unless virtual private network software was used to circumvent China's censorship apparatus, known colloquially as The Great Firewall.
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook and offers end-to-end encryption, has a relatively small but loyal following among users seeking a greater degree of privacy from government snooping than afforded by popular domestic app WeChat, which is ubiquitous but closely monitored and filtered.
Questions over WhatsApp's status come at a politically fraught time in China. The government is in the midst of preparing for a sensitive party congress while Chinese censors this week revved up a sprawling effort to scrub all mention of Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died Thursday in government custody.
A report this week by the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab detailed how Chinese censors were able to intercept, in real time, images commemorating Liu in private one-on-one chats on WeChat, a feat that hinted at the government's image recognition capabilities.
It appeared that pictures were also the focus of the move to censor WhatsApp. Late Tuesday, users in China could send texts over WhatsApp without the use of VPNs, but not images.
Nadim Kobeissi, a cryptography researcher based in Paris who has been investigating the WhatsApp disruption, said he believed The Great Firewall was only blocking access to WhatsApp servers that route media between users, while leaving servers that handle text messages untouched. He said voice messages also appeared to be blocked.
But there was no evidence to suggest that Chinese authorities were decrypting WhatsApp messages, Kobeissi added.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said he had no information on the issue when asked by reporters on Tuesday.
Signal, another encrypted messaging service, appeared to also have patchy service with significant delays.
China has long blocked Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, with officials arguing that foreign social media services operating beyond their control pose a threat to national security. But authorities in China, as with other governments, are paying increasing attention to encrypted messaging apps.
After Beijing waged its largest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists in 2015, the People's Daily newspaper, the ruling Communist Party's official mouthpiece, singled out Telegram as the platform where lawyers the coordinated their activities. And in closely orchestrated and televised trials, the arrested lawyers read scripted confessions explaining how they used the apps to communicate freely with collaborators overseas.
Telegram has since been blocked, with many Chinese dissidents switching in recent months to WhatsApp.


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Which are the best online shopping sites in India, where you can buy the best products and grab the best deals at the same time? Ever since Flipkart hit the spotlight with its innovative online business format, there has been no looking back for online shopping websites in the country. The base of online shoppers is ever increasing, with customers being on the lookout for the best quality shopping websites for most of their shopping needs. According to Comscore, every 3 in 5 internet users now shops online.
With every new online shopping website springing up by the day, it just keeps getting tougher for consumers to stay updated about each one of them. Even though some sites have specific markets and consumer segments they cater to, consumers are looking out for the best products in every segment and the best consumer service in the industry.
Online shopping comes with its own set of unique challenges. Quality products, good response rate and customer support, shipping and return policies, and doing business by way of ethical standards all play an important role in making a shopping website better than its competitors. Online traffic is also a major indicator of where most customers are heading, and while Flipkart has been a leader in India for the longest time in this regard, Amazon's entry has been somewhat of a game changer in this aspect. Reports indicate that Amazon has now taken over Flipkart as the largest online store in India. However, other aspects contributing to greater customer satisfaction also need to be considered in deciding which is the best online shopping website.
E-commerce is growing faster in India than anywhere else in the world. Stats show that the Indian market is expected to grow at a five-year CAGR of 31.2%, to a whopping $64 billion in 2021. Currently, China has the largest market for e-commerce, closely followed by the U.S. Check out the Top 10 Online Shopping Sites in the US, to see who the biggest players are in the U.S market.
For the purpose of this article, we have focused on the websites that are selling brand new products, so that the list stays most insightful to consumers. Insider Monkey's comprehensive list was compiled by considering the traffic of all Indian online shopping sites as per Alexa, their popularity on social media platforms as per the number of likes on official pages, and also their customer service levels, determined by the rate of customer satisfaction and solving of customer disputes as per Consumercomplaints.in.
Here's the list of the best online shopping sites in India, where you can shop carefree and get the best products online.


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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Beyoncé is one of the world's most scrutinized pop stars, and now that study is moving to academia.
Kevin Allred, a doctoral student who is teaching the class, tells the university's online news site that he is using Beyoncé's career as a way to explore American race, gender and sexual politics.
The class supplements an analysis of Beyoncé's videos and lyrics with readings from Black feminists. Allred says he's seeking to help students think more critically about media consumption.
Rutgers also has a class examining the theology of Bruce Springsteen's lyrics.
Georgetown University has a class called "The Sociology of Hip-Hop: The Urban Theodicy of Jay-Z," focusing on Beyoncé's rapper husband.
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This incredibly easy, no-prep Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs will have dinner on the table in no time. Your family will love the homemade taste and you'll love the no-fuss and speed of making it in the Instant Pot. You'll need frozen meatballs and your favorite pasta sauce to make this simple comfort meal. Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs, it's what's for dinner!
Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs is really one of the easiest recipes on the blog. You know I love easy and this recipe takes the cake! I always have the ingredients on hand and my family absolutely devours it.
I love making pasta in the Instant Pot, if only for the fact that I don't have to drain it, and that means one less dish to clean! I've come up with several Instant Pot pasta recipes and they quickly become family favorites. My Instant Pot Taco Pasta and my Instant Pot Cheeseburger Mac are both must tries!
You seriously only need 4 ingredients and you can have them on hand all the time! Frozen meatballs, spaghetti, your favorite pasta sauce, and chicken broth, that's it. I like to make a big batch for my large family. This recipe will feed my family of 7 and we usually have just a little left over.
This is an easy recipe for those super busy weeknights we all have. If you have time and want to make your own meatballs, though, I recommend making them ahead of time and freezing them.
I've been asked why I use chicken broth and not water or beef broth. Since I use store bought broth, the chicken broth is much more flavorful than beef broth, and of course more flavorful than water. If you make your own beef broth, then you can use that instead.
Save this Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs for later.
In order for your Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs to be a success, you have to layer your ingredients. Don't want to end up with the dreaded burn message.
You will place your frozen meatballs at the bottom. Next, you need to break your spaghetti in half and layer it on top of the meatballs. Next, you'll pour your chicken broth in the pot. Finally, you will layer the pasta sauce on top. Don't mix anything, just layer.
You'll need a 4-cup liquid measuring cup for the chicken broth and a spoon or spatula for mixing the ingredients together after they have cooked. I always use my favorite silicone spoon for this.
I made this Spaghetti and Meatball recipe using my 8-quart Instant Pot. This recipe should also work perfectly in the 6-quart.
This set of dinnerware is what we use day-to-day. We use them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
I know you and your family will love this Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe! I'd love to hear in the comments when you try it. You can also check out my Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce, if you'd rather use ground beef instead of meatballs.
Get dinner on the table in no time with this incredibly easy, no-prep Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs recipe. Enjoy homemade taste with the speed and ease of Instant Pot cooking.
First layer the meatballs on the bottom of the pot, then break the spaghetti pasta in half and spread them in a layer over the meatballs.
Next, pour the chicken broth into the pot and then layer the jar of pasta sauce evenly over the top of the pasta. Do not mix the ingredients.
Close the pot and set the pressure release valve to 'Sealing'.
Set the Instant Pot to cook on 'Manual' or 'High Pressure' for 8 minutes. Once the cooking time has completed, allow for a 2-minute natural pressure release.
Once the 2-minute NPR has completed, carefully release the remaining pressure from the pot.
Open the pot and using a spoon or spatula, thoroughly mix the spaghetti and meatballs together breaking apart any pasta that may have stuck together during cooking.
Hi, I just made this, and our only complaint was the meatballs I had bought. So I plan to bake my own meatballs and freeze them so I can make this recipe when I only have energy to dump stuff in the pot. The hardest part about this recipe is NOT stirring!
Hi Kathy! You can definitely use your own meatballs next time. We really like the Homestyle meatballs from HEB which makes it easier for me to make this. But of course, if you can make your own it will be even better! Thanks for stopping by!


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New Zealand's ageing housing stock means that retrofits and renovations are a growth area. Renovations require a sound understanding of the existing property combined with knowledge of the latest products, techniques and requirements.
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The Camelot Castle Hotel in Tintagel is offering you the chance to book a three-night stay – including bed and breakfast – for just £99 per person. What are you waiting for?
Whisk your loved ones away for a magical winter break at a Cornish hotel which offers its guests a real touch of class in a unique coastal location - not to mention some of the most delicious food anywhere in the country.
The Camelot Castle Hotel is a charming, dog-friendly hotel in Tintagel which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and Tintagel Castle, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur.
In February 1999, a hundred years after the hotel's construction, John Mappin (of the Mappin & Webb diamond, jewellery and silver dynasty and Crown Jewellers) acquired Camelot Castle and the adjoining lands and estates as a private residence for his family.
More than 18 years later, while it is still a family home for John and his wife, Irina, hundreds of people have had the opportunity to stay at the impressive hotel, and several more rooms have been made available for guests.
Its prime location on the North Cornwall coast makes it perfect to explore the county's breath-taking countryside, beautiful beaches, quaint fishing villages, and popular tourist attractions – including the world-famous Eden Project. And the experienced team takes pride in being able to accommodate your four-legged friends, so that no member of the family is left out. In fact, dogs are not only welcome, but are treated like royalty!
There are many types of room to choose from – ocean views, castle views, singles, twins, doubles, family, deluxe and special four-poster rooms – all of which offer a truly unique experience.
As well as a superb varied selection of food all year round, the hotel also produces a number of special menus. It is currently serving its 'Western / Russian Fusion Menu' - and one of the dishes, Borscht, is already building up quite a reputation on the local scene. The vibrant beetroot soup is extremely popular in several Eastern European countries and, thanks to Irina's Restaurant, you can now add the Duchy to that long list!
Lunches and snacks are available in The Golden Age Bar and The Explorers Tea Room & Coffee House – both situated within the hotel – and, weather permitting, you can even eat and drink alfresco on the terrace.
You'll find the Camelot Castle Hotel at Tintagel, Cornwall, PL34 0DQ. For further details please call 01840 770202, email enquiries@camelotcastle.com or click here to visit the website .
* The B&B offer only applies between October 30, 2017 and March 22, 2018, with the exception of Christmas and the New Year's Eve period, Valentine's Day and February half-term. Single supplement of £10 per person per night. Children under six years will receive a 50 per cent discount.


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Balenciaga is Suing Nicolas Ghesquiere!
Um, what?!
Balenciaga is suing former creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere for a "breach of duty of confidentiality." We're guessing the French fashion house read the designer's interview with System magazine back in April. You know, the one where Ghesquiere talked about his decision to leave after 15 years.
How did he put it? Oh, yes, "I began to feel as though I was being sucked dry, like they wanted to steal my identity while trying to homogenize things," he told System. He also said the company "lacked direction" and left him feeling "too alone."
Now French magazine Challenges is reporting that bit of candid disclosure above could come with a price. "Balenciaga—which is owned by Kering, formerly known as PPR—is filing charges against the designer for breach of duty in confidentiality," according to Vogue UK. Uh oh.
Ghesquiere may or may not be in the running to take over for Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton if the latter's contract isn't renewed. Ghesquiere hasn't said anything one way or another about his next move in the fashion industry but he might want to come up with something fast!
Sadly, this isn't the first time a brand has sued a former designer. J.Crew sued a former designer for "breaching its duty of confidentiality, unfair competition, and misappropriation." Though, Chris Burch, Tory Burch's ex-husband wasn't a designer at the company, the two former business partners were locked in a heated lawsuit until recently. At the other end of the spectrum, John Galliano sued former employer Dior for wrongful dismissal.
… This will definitely get interesting.
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Opinion: Driverless cars are the future, but Ga. law could delay it
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By Eric J. Tanenblatt
Those of us who called Atlanta home in 1990 — when the world's great cities openly mocked our bid to host the Centennial Olympic Games as a threadbare offering from a ramshackle town — recognize a similar stirring across our city today.
Then as now, something transformative is underway, and the pace of it is almost staggering.
But for all the promise of tomorrow, all the landscape-altering developments and the renewed investments in technology, there still remains transcendent, unresolved threats to Atlanta's future, like the constellation of red lights that illuminate its roadways each and every evening.
Atlanta can blot out the sun with high rise dwellings, but what if no one can — or would want to — fill them?
Between 2010 and 2015, Atlanta's millennial population saw only negligible growth, according to data from the Urban Land Institute, while cities like San Antonio, San Diego, Miami, Baltimore, and Houston notched double digit growth.
Why? In a word: transportation. If we don't address now in earnest the structural hurdles — namely, our infamously terrible traffic grid — that are depressing Millennial interest in the city, our new glimmering skyline will be nothing more than an empty husk of steel and glass.
To our advantage in this challenge, though, the global transportation paradigm, like our city, is on the precipice of possible radical change, and in that change may be the answer to our unique traffic woes.
Roboticists have predicted that children born this year will never manually control a vehicle, while other forecasts have predicted that 95 percent of U.S. passenger miles will be traveled in fleets of autonomous, electric vehicles by the year 2030. In that same year, a separate estimate predicts that more than 10 million autonomous vehicles will be cruising American roads.
These autonomous vehicles will be as radically different from the first internal combustion engines as those models were from horse-drawn carriages: not only will they lack conventional controls to manipulate speed and direction, but so too will they lack conventional petro-fueled engines.
General Motors, the world's largest auto manufacturer, will introduce two new electric models within the next 18 months, and pledged this fall to sell more than 20 unique all-electric models (a varied line-up of battery-powered and hydrogen fuel-cell-powered) by 2023. For perspective, GM today generates the majority of its revenue from the sale of large gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and trucks.
Elsewhere in the country and the world, responsible legislative bodies are taking proactive measures to shape public policy in a manner that would expedite and nurture this important paradigm shift to autonomous electric transportation.
In California, state lawmakers recently introduced an unprecedented state tax rebate program to incentivize the purchase of electric cars. The United Kingdom just passed a law that will make it illegal to sell internal combustion engines after the year 2040.
Not long ago, Georgia motorists owned the second-greatest share of electric vehicles in the nation, thanks to a well-devised state income tax credit. By 2014, more than 16,000 electric vehicles were cruising Georgia roads, up from the mere 1,700 two years earlier.
The tax credit was working. But this encouraging trend was dramatically reversed when, in 2015, the General Assembly deep-sixed the credit. The move, which not only eliminated the tax credit but created a fee on electric vehicles, precipitated a 90 percent drop in new sales and leases.
Lawmakers have to approach metro Atlanta's transportation challenge holistically. Reinstating the electric vehicle tax credit would be a good start in making our city in the forest a city of the future.
Eric J. Tanenblatt is chair of public policy for law firm Dentons.
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Rest peacefully, Gabby Gabs…the infamous wonder dog. Keep watch over all of us from above. My ride or die baby girl, there never would have been enough time with you. I am so heartbroken, but I WILL see you again at the rainbow bridge. We LOVE you.


Bodegas Leza García will be present in the next International Food & Drinks Exhibition: Alimentaria 2016, which will take place in Barcelona from 25 to 28 of April.
There, under the support of the Familiar Wineries Association of Rioja, we will show all of our range of wines. We will be at the booth E583.
The opening hours will be: from 10:00 to 19:00 from Monaday to Wednesday and on Thursday from 10:00 a 18:00. We hope that you will visit us, we will be pleased to assist you.


A selecton of festive cottages come decorated for Christmas with a wreath on the door, decorated Christmas tree and other finishing touches to help you get into the seasonal spirit. Just click on the search button to view.
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Per Uber, we've also got the 14th healthiest-eating students in the U.S.
Oct. 16, 2017, 11:00 a.m.
Philly college students use UberEATS to order a lot of cheesesteaks. No big surprise there, but the actual quantity is remarkable: So many Pat's King of Steaks cheesesteaks are delivered to Penn, Temple and Drexel that, per data released by Uber last week, the signature sandwich is the No. 5 most-ordered item by college students — in the entire country.
Philadelphia college kids don't go too, too crazy with munchies, according to this data, which ranks the city's combined campuses as 14th "healthiest" in the nation.
The student body here does kick it late-night, though. Philly is No. 5 in the country when it comes to how often UberEATS makes wee-hour deliveries to universities. We trail Los Angeles, D.C., Chicago and NYC in that regard, but do more after-hours chowing down than Miami or Dallas, for example.
Uber is loving how fully its food delivery service has been embraced by students. In August the company announced it was expanding to 31 more campuses, bringing its service to a total of 85 major colleges in the U.S.


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Trumping the Internet: Investigating the Possibility of an Internet Shutdown
Whether or not you support Donald Trump, it's a fairly […]
Whether or not you support Donald Trump, it's a fairly universal truth that just about anything that comes out of his mouth is going to be provocative. True to form, during the last debate Trump stated that he thought the United States could combat ISIS by shutting down parts of the Internet, which begs the question of whether a complete Internet shutdown or one of targeted parts is actually possible.
For the Internet to work, there are two main components: the hardware and the protocols. The hardware creates connections, and the protocols are the languages the hardware uses to communicate. Some cables, which provide the connections essential to the network, go over land. However, the vast majority are submarine. These underwater cables are responsible for 99% of communication across oceans. As demonstrated in Egypt in 2013 when three divers cut one cable and Internet service dropped 60%, these cables are not to be trifled with. Theoretically, cutting all of them would largely eliminate the Internet traffic to and from a certain country. However, severing the cables has a high electrocution risk, making these events rare. It's more likely for a shark to use them as dental floss.
Another way to shut off Internet that applies within a region might be to contact individual Internet service providers. Asking them nicely to shut down their routers is easier said than done, but sometimes works when the asker has enough guns.
If physical means fail, the Border Gateway Protocol routes (BGP), which basically allows routers to communicate so that one knows to send data to another, can be configured so that significant traffic is redirected to places it wasn't intended to go. For example, in 2008 Pakistan Telecom attempted to block YouTube in Pakistan. Something akin to a typo in the implemented BGP caused most YouTube traffic to be redirected to the Website-That-Was-Not-YouTube regardless of location, and this sort of thing has been done with malicious intent since then.
Evidently, it is not impossible to impair the Internet, nor is it impossible to restrict the shutdown to one area, but Egypt was down for a day and YouTube was down for two hours. It might be possible temporarily, but we can all rest easy in the knowledge that it will be next to impossible for any entity to kill the Internet. Unless you live in North Korea, but that's a special case.
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Adding Cordillera culture into Baguio's cullinary industry
by Harley F. Palangchao
IBALOY-INSPIRED MERIENDA -- Homegrown House of Yogurt Restaurant, owned by Christian couple Danny and Eunice Wong, offers Ibaloy-inspired merienda such as the "dokto" (sweet potato) that comes in various mouth-watering servings in a newly opened establishment along Marcos Highway. -- Harley F. Palangchao
Restaurants and food stalls are now in every nook and cranny of the central business district and outlying spots in Baguio, offering an array of dishes and food delights to satisfy the taste of both local and foreign visitors.
The flourishing of food establishments in the city despite the economic crisis proves the country's rich gastronomical culture and the Filipinos' love for a diversity of dishes, such as the Cordillera-inspired culinary delights likely to be in the bucket list of visitors.
To further boost the city's growing reputation as a culinary center north of Manila, leaders in the culinary and tourism industry have organized the Hotel and Restaurant Tourism (HRT) Week, the biggest annual event that aims to raise the bar for culinary and tourism excellence in the country.
Now on its 14th year, the HRT Week events presented by esteemed personalities in the culinary and tourism industry have put Baguio on the map of gastronomy by casting world-class Filipino talents and local dishes on the national and international stage.
To date, the annual HRT Week is the only culinary show of its kind, never been staged before by other groups in the country.
HRAB was also behind some of the highlights in culinary events such as the preparation of the longest raisin bread and longest longganisa; the serving of more than 15,000 cupcakes and the largest pizza; the Pasta Festival; Fried Rice Festival: Rice and Shine; and the Largest Wedding Cake.
Proof that food-oriented establishments are flourishing in Baguio is the volume of permits issued by City Hall's Permits and Licensing Division reflecting a steady rise in recent years.
During a five-year period from 2014 to the second quarter of 2018, there has been an average increase of 500 to 1,000 business permits issued annually. Of the total, the number of restaurants has increased from 296 in 2014 to 337 in 2015 and to 364 in 2017.
In the first six months of this year, the Permits and Licensing Division has already renewed or issued new permits to 274 restaurants.
Included here are some of the favorite spots where families and friends gather for good food and good talk, mostly homegrown businesses that started small and just grew from sheer delight of returning customers.
From charity to social enterprise
Some of Baguio's pride in the food industry are the yummy ube and strawberry jams, peanut brittle, lengua de gato, and alfajor cookies of Mountain Maid Training Center, more popularly known as "Good Shepherd" located at Barangay Gilbratar.
It was first established as a charity institution in 1952 to serve orphans of war, children at risk, and troubled teenagers. It was divine inspiration that Sr. Mary Carmel Medalla and her students started making strawberry jam in small volumes as part of the home economics and culinary training of the girls under the care of the center.
The idea of producing jams opened the possibility of earning decent money from whatever food was made instead of relying heavily on donations from supporters and charity to sustain the survival, education, and training of youngsters at the center.
Business was not the primary reason of the center in producing jams and other food products but rather, it was to develop the dignity and instill the value of work among the students by becoming self-supporting.
Today, the center has reaped many awards from government and private sectors for trailblazing the production of quality jams, aside from improving the center, the services and benefits it extends to student-workers, who are covered by PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG. The Social Security System has also awarded the center as a top employer for North Luzon Division – medium category.
From street fast food to House of Yogurt
What was once a simple fast food store at Km. 4 in La Trinidad, Benguet back in the 1980s is now a successful food establishment that has expanded from the valley to the center of the Summer Capital.
Spouses Danny and Eunice Wong, proprietors of Calajo Restaurant, shared that the fusion of Cordillera dishes, Filipino, and foreign-influenced cuisines is what customers from outside the Cordillera crave for when they visit Baguio or other places in the highlands.
After the successful opening of its restaurant at Km. 6, La Trinidad in 2012, Calajo Restaurant opened its first branch in Baguio in 2016 at the site of the former Mandarin Restaurant along Session, to cater to the growing number of customers lining up for their Cordilleran-inspired cuisines, especially the "tinuno" (grilled pork), a consistent best seller for three decades now since they first opened their small food stall in La Trinidad.
With business showing good prospects, the Wong couple expanded the business by opening the home-inspired House of Yogurt (HOY) Lovers along Marcos Highway, some three kilometers away from the central business district, this time offering recipes that are uniquely Benguet.
Noting the Filipinos' love for French fries especially among children, Calajo has added locally produced sweet potato called "dokto" among Ibaloys of Benguet, in its menu.
"Instead of offering fries simmered in oil, we now offer sweet potatoes prepared in different recipes, which attract the curiosity of our customers who find it delicious," said Eunice Wong.
She added that the famous Cordilleran delicacy called pinikpikan has also evolved over the years, and is now offered as sizzling pinikpikan with etag (salted pork).
To help small and medium scale entrepreneurs in various parts of the Cordillera sell their homemade products, HOY has dedicated a wide space on the first floor of the two-story restaurant for SMEs to sell their jam varieties, the famous vacuum-packed etag of Sagada, Mountain Province, woodcarvings of Ifugao folks, and other small products from small-scale entrepreneurs.
"Cordillera products are of high quality and they are sold easily especially if the products are well-presented through quality packaging," Wong said.
Farmer's Daughter: An Ibaloy-inspired homegrown resto
Not to be outdone in Baguio's rich culinary industry is homegrown Farmer's Daughter, the restaurant with the longest list of Cordilleran dishes in its menu.
Housed in a modernized Ibaloy hut along Long-long-Tam-awan Road, Farmer's Daughter offers the all-time Cordilleran fave dish pinikpikan, a soup-based chicken dish prepared with salted or smoked pork. They also serve the pinuneg or the Cordilleran-inspired sausage made out of pig's blood.
The homegrown resto also offers kinuday, the Benguet version of smoked pork or chicken, which is tastier when mixed with onions and bell pepper.
GOOD SHEPHERD PRODUCTS -- Visit to Baguio will not be complete without a side trip to the Mountain Maid Training Center for its "Good Shepherd" products which is widely patronized by people from all walks of life. -- Harley F. Palangchao
Good Taste Restaurant: Chinese-inspired food with a Baguio blend
Travel to Baguio would not likewise be complete without dropping by at Good Taste, the biggest 24/7 restaurant along Otek Street that can accommodate close to 400 persons at any given time.
The atmosphere at Good Taste is always lively as people from all walks of life patiently wait for their turn to get a table for a sumptuous, affordable, and fresh meal at a budget-friendly price.
The restaurant started along Rajah Matanda Street near the Dangwa Terminal before it opened its huge branch near the heart of Baguio at Otek Street. Today, it is a top choice for many occasions such as birthdays, victory parties, wedding receptions, and similar events that can feed a huge group at an affordable price. So far, no other restaurant in other urban areas north of Manila offers the same generous servings at such affordable prices.
With the vibrancy of the food industry in the Summer Capital, there is no doubt that Baguio is not only a creative city for crafts but also a potential candidate for a creative city on gastronomy.
Serving local, turning global
According to Chinese author Cheng Xiaomin in his article "City of Gastronomy" of Unesco Creative Cities Network: From International Criteria to Local Practice, the "City of Gastronomy" is the typical creative city type which is combined most closely with the local features. The regional food culture all over the world is rich and colorful based on the differences in geography, climate, history and cultural traditions and the gourmet become more and more important elements to highlight the characteristics of cities in the food globalization with the more and more frequent and wide activities of tourism and trade."
The author added that when dealing with gastronomy as a creative and aesthetic activity, gastronomical culture is derived from people's day-to-day dietary habits and rituals. It can also be viewed as a creative product of aesthetics.
There's truth to this statement, as HRAB President Anthony de Leon once said on the occasion of the HRT Week, that the annual event manifests that the culinary and tourism industry in Baguio and the rest of the Cordillera region have already leveled up and are prepared to face the challenges of the fastest growing industries in the country today.
As de Leon once said, those in the food, accommodation, and tourism industry are always being challenged to continuously raise their standards, change the norm, and leave their comfort zones, innovate ways to enhance the tourist and guest experience, while making tourism development sustainable and inclusive, albeit globally competitive.
Baguio's food industry has been taking such challenge seriously throughout the decades with enterprising individuals and establishments making the industry more vibrant by integrating the rich Cordillera culture and way of life into food preparations lovingly served on their tables.
CHEFS WARS -- The annual staging of the Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Week organized by the Hotel Restaurant Association of Baguio is putting this city in the world map of culinary with experts and students from all over the country converging in Baguio to showcase their talents in various activities such as the food showdown. -- Harley F. Palangchao
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La Orden de los Agustinos Descalzos,  oficialmente en latín Ordo Augustiniensium Discalceatorum, también conocida como Orden de los Agustinos Descalzos de Italia, es una orden religiosa católica masculina de derecho pontificio, que tiene sus raíces en la reforma hecha por el religioso italiano Ambrogio Staibano en Nápoles, que consiguió la autonomía de la Orden de San Agustín, el 16 de noviembre de 1593 y su independica total el 21 de abril de 1931. A los religiosos de esta orden se les conoce como agustinos descalzos y posponen a sus nombres las siglas O.A.D.

Historia
Un grupo de eremitas de Centuripe, Italia, que tuvieron su origen en 1517 en Filippo Dulcetti, en 1568 fueron obligados a unirse a una orden religiosa ya existente. Estos decidieron ser parte de la Orden de San Agustín, lo  cual se hizo efectivo en 1579. Sin embargo, un grupo de estos eremitas que habían fundado un convento en Nápoles, a la cabeza de Ambrogio Staibano, decidieron separarse de la unión y formar un propio instituto, para llevar a cabo una vida más austera según los conceptos de la Reforma que por ese tiempo se estaba llevando a cabo en casi todas las órdenes religiosas antiguas. Por medio del decreto Cum Ordinis nostri emesso, emanado por el prior general de la Orden de los agustinos, el 16 de noviembre de 1593, fue aprobada la Congregación de los Agustinos Descalzos del Reino de Nápoles, confirmada después, por el papa Clemente VIII, mediante la bula Decet Romanum Pontificem del 5 de noviembre de 1595.

La primera expansión se dio inmediatamente después de la separación de la Orden de los agustinos, llegando a tener tres conventos en Nápoles, dos en Roma y uno en Génova: Cornetto, Rieti, Somma Vesuviana y Monte Miletto.

En 1593, todos los conventos fueron abandonados, menos el de Génova (San Nicolás de Tolentino). Gracias a la unión de la Congregación de los Reformados de Nuestra Señora del Socorro, ratificada por el papa Gregorio XV, mediante el breve Pastoralis officii del 12 de febrero de 1621, la orden se recuperó de la crisis y vivió un momento de expansión por los territorios de Sicilia y Nápoles. A partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XVII alcanzaron gran apogeo por toda Italia, de tal modo que para 1650, la orden contaba con 51 conventos y unos 945 frailes.

Desde sus orígenes la Orden Descalza de San Agustín, aunque sí gozaba de una autonomía especial y podía nombrar un propio vicario para el gobierno de los conventos descalzos, continuaba bajo el gobierno inmediato del prior general de la Orden de San Agustín. Fue el 21 de abril de 1931 cuando al vicario general de los descalzos se le reconoció el título de prior general y de ese modo, la independencia total de la Orden.

Organización
La Orden de los Agustinos Descalzos es un instituto centralizado, cuyo gobierno general lo ejerce el prior general. La orden a nivel internacional está distribuida por provincias, cada una de las cuales es gobernada por el prior provincial. Cada casa a su vez es gobernada por un prior conventual. En 2015 la orden contaba con unos 33 conventos repartidos en Brasil, Filipinas e Italia.

Los agustinos descalzos se dedican a la vida contemplativa, aunque ejercen actividades pastorales, por medio de la animación parroquial, juvenil y educativa. Finalmente, los religiosos del instituto desarrollan otras actividades según las necesidades de la Iglesia y de la sociedad. En 2015 eran unos 220 religiosos, de los cuales 139 eran sacerdotes.

Personajes

Santo de San Domenico (1555-1728), venerable, religioso italiano, declarado venerable por el papa Juan Pablo II en 1989.
Carlos Jacinto de Santa María (1658-1721), venerable, religioso italiano, fundador del Santuario della Madonnetta de Trappani, Italia. Fue declarado venerable por el papa Pío II en 1912.
Alipio de San José (1617-1645), venerable, religioso italiano, martirizado por los musulmanes en Trípoli por su fe cristiana.
Ambrogio Staibano, religioso italiano, considerado el fundador de la Orden.
Abrahán de Santa Clara (1644-1709), religioso austriaco, famoso por sus dotes de predicador y escritor, al punto de ser elegido predicador de la corte imperial de Viena en 1669.

Referencias

Bibliografía

Marcella Campanelli, Gli agostiniani scalzi, La città del sole, Napoli 2001. ISBN 88-8292-138-7.
Guerrino Pelliccia e Giancarlo Rocca (curr.), Dizionario degli Istituti di Perfezione (DIP), 10 voll., Edizioni paoline, Milano 1974-2003.

Enlaces externos
Página web oficial de la Orden de los Agustinos Descalzos.

Órdenes religiosas católicas
Organizaciones católicas fundadas en Italia
Organizaciones fundadas en 1593
Sociedades e institutos aprobados por Pío XI


MOUNTAIN PLANET is an association founded by all long-time guides and outdoor enthusiasts to promote the knowledge and the respect of the Alps and more. Alpine guides, hiking guides, tourist guides want to offer their highest quality experiences. The quality of guide is the single most important factor that creates a truly fantastic experience on any outdoor adventure. The goal is to continue to reach more and more people through our hikes and to introduce them to what for us is an essential part of a life well-lived: connection with the natural world. From short day hikes to long treks – the Alps offers hiking trips for every interest and ability level!
Naturalistic walking along mountain paths is an easy way to get to know the mountains, to live an unforgettable experiences reaching breathtaking landscapes and an excellent way to learn more about the mountain environment. The Enviromental and Hiking guides who not only guarantee safety and offer an organised itinerary, also help excursionists to learn more about the mountains, a total immersion in the nature, full of sensations and emotions.
Hiking is an activity that everyone can do in that it is possible to find special itineraries suitable also for beginners. Hiking is about walking to appreciate the nature, the arts, the history and be in harmony with the mountain world; The Alpine, environmental and hiking Guides organise hikes of various difficulties, offering the chance to get to know the "personality" of each group and leaving behind "clock time" in favour of "mountain time.
Hiking with is an unforgettable experience with our friends: the donkeys that will help us carrying baggage but will also enable us to live an amazing adventure. This animal, so fundamental in the past for the people of the valley living as shepherds, is today rediscovered for its behavioural characteristics that help to establish a simple and immediate harmony with people, in particular with children. His docile and patient attitude and the slow pace of movement transmit tranquillity, peace and balance. Walking with donkeys in the woods is a real plunge into the serenity; you'll feel in harmony with nature. It is a return to the origins in the absence of stress, a tribute to the slow tempo compared to speed, to the well-being and to the ability to share emotions with others simply and spontaneously.
Join us this winter and enjoy fabulous snowshoeing hiking during the day and also during the night in Valsesia, Val d'Ossola and Valle d'Aosta.
Snowshoeing offers the best way to get to experience the mountain in Winter. You don't need any prior experience to snowshoe in the Alps, just some warm clothes and a sense of adventure!
Snowshoeing hiking is simply winter walking made easier! Walking on snowshoes is a form of recreation and it is the perfect way to explore mountains and valleys.
Discover the magical Winter wonderland in Valsesia, Val d'Ossola e Valle d'Aosta – numerous trails with breathtaking views await you!


By now, the connection between smoking and lung cancer has been established and proven. That said, many smokers may not realize that they are also increasing their risk of other forms of cancer. Here's why it is important to quit smoking immediately and visit a cancer specialist: Throat Cancer Is Associated With Smoking Smokers may not realize that their habit is increasing their risk of cancer in the throat and on the mouth.
The biggest concern that quite a few individuals have when they are considering eye surgery is how difficult it will be to recover from the surgery. However, recovering from eye surgery is not all that difficult as long as you follow your doctor's orders and consider utilizing the tips listed below. Always Keep Eye Drops On Hand One of the most important things that you can do when attempting to recover from surgery is to always keep eyedrops on hand, both the eye drops provided by your doctor to help disinfect your eye and help it heal but also a doctor approved over-the-counter eye drop.
Why Should Your Business Hire a 24-Hour Case Managers?
When you're running a small company that can sometimes put workers at risk of injury, it's important to have the proper insurance in place. However, it's also smart to ensure that you use nurse case management services. These case managers can provide you and your employees with a number of benefits, including those below. They Handle Paperwork The first thing that a nursing case manager will do is to assist any injured employee with completing the appropriate paperwork.


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Afrilobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987
 Afrilobus australis Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — Южная Африка
 Afrilobus capensis Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — Южная Африка
 Afrilobus jocquei Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — Малави

Anopsolobus
Anopsolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Anopsolobus subterraneus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Ascuta
Ascuta Forster, 1956
 Ascuta australis Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta cantuaria Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta inopinata Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta leith Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta media Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta musca Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta ornata Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta parornata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta taupo Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta tongariro Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Ascuta univa Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Australobus
Australobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Australobus torbay Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Западная Австралия

Azanialobus
Azanialobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987
 Azanialobus lawrencei Griswold & Platnick, 1987 — Южная Африка

Basibulbus
Basibulbus Ott et al., 2013
 Basibulbus concepcion Ott et al., 2013 — Чили
 Basibulbus granizo Ott et al., 2013 — Чили
 Basibulbus malleco Ott et al., 2013 — Чили

Bealeyia
Bealeyia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Bealeyia unicolor Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Calculus
Calculus Purcell, 1910
 Calculus bicolor Purcell, 1910 — Южная Африка

Chileolobus
Chileolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Chileolobus eden Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили

Cornifalx
Cornifalx Hickman, 1979
 Cornifalx insignis Hickman, 1979 — Тасмания

Dugdalea
Dugdalea Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Dugdalea oculata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Duripelta
Duripelta Forster, 1956
 Duripelta alta Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta australis Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta borealis Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta hunua Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta koomaa Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta mawhero Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta minuta Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta monowai Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta otara Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta pallida (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta paringa Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta peha Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta scuta Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta totara Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Duripelta watti Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Falklandia
Falklandia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Falklandia rumbolli (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974) — Фолклендские острова

Hickmanolobus
Hickmanolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Hickmanolobus ibisca Baehr & Smith, 2008 — Квинсленд, Новый Южный Уэльс
 Hickmanolobus jojo Baehr & Smith, 2008 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Hickmanolobus linnaei Baehr & Smith, 2008 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Hickmanolobus mollipes (Hickman, 1932) — Тасмания
 Hickmanolobus nimorakiotakisi Baehr, Raven & Hebron, 2011 — Квинсленд

Losdolobus
Losdolobus Platnick & Brescovit, 1994
 Losdolobus opytapora Brescovit, Bertoncello & Ott, 2004 — Бразилия
 Losdolobus parana Platnick & Brescovit, 1994 — Бразилия
 Losdolobus xaruanus Lise & Almeida, 2006 — Бразилия
 Losdolobus ybypora Brescovit, Ott & Lise, 2004 — Бразилия

Mallecolobus
Mallecolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Mallecolobus malacus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Mallecolobus maullin Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Mallecolobus pedrus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Mallecolobus sanus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили

Maoriata
Maoriata Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Maoriata magna (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Maoriata montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Maoriata vulgaris Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Orongia
Orongia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Orongia medialis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Orongia motueka Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Orongia whangamoa Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Orsolobus
Orsolobus Simon, 1893
 Orsolobus chelifer Tullgren, 1902 — Чили
 Orsolobus chilensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus mapocho Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus montt Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus plenus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus pucara Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили, Аргентина
 Orsolobus pucatrihue Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus schlingeri Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Orsolobus singularis (Nicolet, 1849) — Чили

Osornolobus
Osornolobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Osornolobus anticura Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus antillanca Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus canan Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus cautin Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus cekalovici Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus chaiten Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus chapo Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus chiloe Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus concepcion Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus correntoso Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus magallanes Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus malalcahuello Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus nahuelbuta Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus newtoni Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus penai Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus thayerae Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили
 Osornolobus trancas Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чили

Paralobus
Paralobus Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Paralobus salmoni (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия

Pounamuella
Pounamuella Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Pounamuella australis (Forster, 1964) — Окленд
 Pounamuella complexa (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella hauroko Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella hollowayae (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella kuscheli Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella ramsayi (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Pounamuella vulgaris (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия

Subantarctia
Subantarctia Forster, 1955
 Subantarctia centralis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia dugdalei Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia fiordensis Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia florae Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia muka Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia penara Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia stewartensis Forster, 1956 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia trina Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Subantarctia turbotti Forster, 1955 — Окленд

Tangata
Tangata Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Tangata alpina (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata furcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata horningi Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata kohuka Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata murihiku Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata nigra Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata orepukiensis (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata otago Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata parafurcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata plena (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata pouaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata stewartensis (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata sylvester Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata tautuku Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Tangata waipoua Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Tasmanoonops
Tasmanoonops Hickman, 1930
 Tasmanoonops alipes Hickman, 1930 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops australis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Западная Австралия
 Tasmanoonops buang Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Виктория
 Tasmanoonops buffalo Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Виктория
 Tasmanoonops complexus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops daviesae Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops dorrigo Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops drimus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Виктория
 Tasmanoonops elongatus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops fulvus Hickman, 1979 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops grayi Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops hickmani Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops hunti Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops inornatus Hickman, 1979 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops insulanus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops magnus Hickman, 1979 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops mainae Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Западная Австралия
 Tasmanoonops minutus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Виктория
 Tasmanoonops mysticus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops oranus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Виктория
 Tasmanoonops otimus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops pallidus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops parinus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops parvus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops pinus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops ripus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новый Южный Уэльс
 Tasmanoonops rogerkitchingi Baehr, Raven & Hebron, 2011 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops septentrionalis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд
 Tasmanoonops trispinus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Тасмания
 Tasmanoonops unicus Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Квинсленд

Tautukua
Tautukua Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Tautukua isolata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Turretia
Turretia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Turretia dugdalei Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Waiporia
Waiporia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Waiporia algida (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia chathamensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Чатем
 Waiporia egmont Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia extensa (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia hawea Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia hornabrooki (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia mensa (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia modica (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia owaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia ruahine Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia tuata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waiporia wiltoni Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Waipoua
Waipoua Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Waipoua gressitti (Forster, 1964) — Кэмпбелл
 Waipoua hila Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua insula Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua montana Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua otiana Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua ponanga Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua toronui Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Waipoua totara (Forster, 1956) — Новая Зеландия

Wiltonia
Wiltonia Forster & Platnick, 1985
 Wiltonia elongata Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia eylesi Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia fiordensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia graminicola Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia lima Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia nelsonensis Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia pecki Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia porina Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия
 Wiltonia rotoiti Forster & Platnick, 1985 — Новая Зеландия

Примечания
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Challenge 24 Ten Coping Skills.
1. Learn to Accept Reality.
• 'Reality' is what we take to be TRUE.
• What we take to be TRUE is what we BELIEVE.
• What we BELIEVE is based upon our PERCEPTIONS.
• What we PERCEIVE depends upon what we LOOK FOR.
• What we LOOK FOR depends upon what WE THINK.
• What WE THINK depends upon what we OBSERVE.
• What we OBSERVE is what we take to be The TRUTH.
• What we take to be TRUE is our REALITY.
The trouble is that all too often we cling to things we hold to be TRUE that simply are NOT. If you will examine the statement above you will find it is circular in its reasoning. This is actually how the mind thinks things through a lot of the time. Our thoughts circle and circle until we come to what we believe to be TRUE. The trouble with this natural process is that it often produces a FALSE 'Truth'. When we find the Real truth we can take actions that will produce fruitful results.
2. Learn From Past Mistakes.
Henry Ford said, "There are no failures. There are simply successful attempts that prove what doesn't work". Thomas Edison tried thousands of different materials until he developed the first successful light bulb.
We can't always know what the outcome of a particular action will produce. Albert Einstein said "nothing happens until something moves" We must try to act based upon the truth as best we understand it. If we are unsure about the truth of a matter, it is best to wait until the truth becomes clear enough for us to make a decision upon the facts on hand. This is not to say that the decision we make will be entirely correct but should be as close as we can manage with the facts we have. You see Thomas Edison also designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory as well.
My feelings are My feelings, I can't blame them on anyone or anything else. 'I statements' are a reminder that I alone am responsible for doing the work to change my negative feelings and encourage my positive feelings to take their place. I have feelings; my feelings are not Ours or Thiers; although sometimes they may be similar or along the same lines.
Actually worry is an ineffective waste of time and energy. Worry will wear you down, make you tired, hard to get along with and unsure of even the most obvious truth. It is a good idea to shun worry like the plague! Find some other problem to work on, one that has a solution, one that you can do something about. Don't spin your wheels trying to solve things that are beyond your control.
5. It Is Better To Face Facts Than Live A Lie.
The Truth may hurt but it will hurt a lot less than a lie when it is discovered. The truth often brings us stinging reminders of how things really are. Lies just set us up for painful disasters we could avoid if we learn and live by the truth. "When you know the truth, then the truth will give you freedom." Free From What? The lies, the belittling and contempt of ourselves, along with the self deception that can lead us into relationships and situations that damage us not only mentally but sometimes physically. The old saying 'the truth hurts' is true but the truth does not kill. Lies can and will kill our spirit, our souls and ultimately our bodies. To live a lie is to waste a life. Shakespeare said 'to thine own self be true' there are fewer adages better to live by then that.
Learn the difference between a fact and an inference. You might think that because your friend didn't call you today that this must mean they are mad at you. The actual fact maybe that being human they just forgot or they were beset with their own troubles. When you draw conclusions, ask "what are the facts?" Then when you know the facts you can then decide, as you are now facing reality. Remember everything is not about you!
7. Challenge Your Illogical Thinking.
Choosing to Question Negative Conclusions is always a good thing to do.
Jumping to conclusions is a type of negative thinking that is known as cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortions are habitual and faulty ways of thinking that are common among people who struggle with depression and/or anxiety. Remember: we are what we think we are. When a person jumps to conclusions, they are drawing negative ending with little or no evidence to back up their assumptions.
Jumping to conclusions can occur in two ways: Thought Guessing and Precognitive Thinking. If a person is 'thought guessing' they are assuming that others are negatively appraising them or have bad intentions against them. When a person is 'precognitive thinking', they are predicting a negative outcome or deciding that circumstances will turn out for the worst before the situation has even occurred. Let's look at a couple of examples showing how a person may be jumping to conclusions and ways in which such a negative thinking pattern can be reframed.
Why should I bother entering the competition because I could never win anything?
This is precognitive thinking because you are predicting a negative outcome. If you really think about it you more than likely have been in many situations when you came out on top. This is winning! When you find yourself doing this you should try to change your negative thinking into a more positive style like this for example.
If I were to enter the competition there could be a chance I'd win even if it is slim.
What's the good of me tying; everyone always says I'll never amount to nothing.
This is thought guessing; for a start you do not know everybody and even if you did, there are still people out there who like you for the way you are whether you believe this or not. Even if you have been told this numerous times it does not mean that you should take it on board. So again you should try to change your negative thinking into a more positive style like this for example.
Ah flop it, I'll give it a go what have I got to lose.
When you find yourself thought guessing and precognitive thinking, remind yourself that you are jumping to conclusions. Also, you are predicting that only the worse will happen. Balance this thought out by thinking about what would be the best outcome of any given situation. The likely outcome will be somewhere in between these two extremes.
8. Allow Yourself To Succeed Your Way.
It's OK to be emotional, to take your time and to respect yourself. You can always take as long as you need to think anything through. Anytime someone tries to pressure you to decide 'right now' before it's too late. They usually know that with reflection or too much scrutinizing you will see the lie behind their proposition. Don't let other people's emotions push you into anything. You have both the right and the ability to Make Your Own Decisions. When making important decisions it is usually best to get another opinion or two from people you trust but in the end it is always your choice. Don't let people stand over your choice.
9. Don't Put Yourself Down.
Avoid listening to the 'Negative' messages which will hold you back. They seem to spring out of nowhere but in reality they come into our mind from listening to self defeating voices. If the voices are from outside influence, avoid those people or ignore them. If the voices come from inside, YOU and YOU ALONE have control over your thoughts. Instead of having the approach that 'I'll never make it'; look towards the positive outlook 'I'll try'.
Often someone with a different perspective can show us things we couldn't see otherwise. "As iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend" A wise man asks the opinion of others. You don't have to take their advice, (especially if it's negative) but hearing the thoughts of others will clarify your own thoughts.
• Learn From The Past.
• Choose The Painful Truth.
• Do I Have The Facts?
How Well Are These Coping Skills Working For You?


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CONTINUOUS Network 2021 Programme Announcement
The CONTINUOUS Network is delighted to announce its upcoming programme for Autumn 2021.
CONTINUOUS is an ambitious partnership between BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Siobhan Davies Studios, working alongside four galleries and two dance organisations around the UK. The partnership aims to foster dialogue and learning between artists and organisations, advancing the presentation of, and development of audiences for experimental independent contemporary dance within visual arts contexts. Reflecting on our learning from the first year of the project we released a statement in 2020 regarding our refocused aims and actions, click here to read that statement.
The CONTINUOUS Network comprises of: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead), Siobhan Davies Studios (London), Bluecoat (Liverpool), Dance4 (Nottingham), Nottingham Contemporary (Nottingham), The Tetley (Leeds), Tramway (Glasgow), Turner Contemporary (Margate) and Yorkshire Dance (Leeds).
Touring in Autumn 2021
Freestylers' Everybody With Me, Always
↑ Image: Roland Carline
Freestylers are an ever-expanding team of artists. We are person-centred and disability-led.
We couldn't work together in the studio this year and we wanted to see each other in real life, so we started going on walks together. The work is a journey. We are going on tour for the first time. We are meeting new people, finding out what we need and how we can help each other. Making more and more connections.
In the performance we will be sharing some films and live performances with you. As well as some activities in a relaxed environment. You can stand up, make noise, move around and join us if you feel like it. You can have a break when you need, or just relax and watch the show.
Janine Harrington & coworkers' Satelliser: a dance for the gallery
↑ Image: Conor Creaney
Satelliser is a French transitive verb which means to put into orbit. Satelliser: a dance for the gallery is an ongoing performance work realised by an intergenerational group of coworking dance artists. Coworkers cycle through layered labours of moving, speaking, listening and resting over the course of a day, as they hold buoyant space for conversation to emerge.
The work is being redeveloped through an online discursive rehearsal process across 5 time zones through multiple states and stages of lockdown. As we have each navigated scales of upheaval, dislocation, political turmoil and changing personal circumstances, the processes of being together through conversation have both amplified and challenged what we imagined this work might be and do.
Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome's LET THE BODY
↑ Image: Anne Tetzlaff. Performer: Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome.
Positioning dance as a form of transformational expression LET THE BODY dives into the fibres, sinews and flesh of our bodies tempting out a devotional, mind loosening, re-pleasuring of our physical bodies sharing space and live electronic music. Parker's score is entirely composed from recordings of the performers in rehearsal processed into percussive sequences. Using elements of bio-charcoal, soil, scent and smoke inside repetitive pulsing beats and bass frequencies, we are calling to re ground - re earth ourselves and those present, sifting out what no longer is needed and scattering intentions for this moment into the future.
LET THE BODY is a place for the mess and articulation of bodies, raving inside and in our chairs. A sit down inner rave. Let the music move our interior spaces, pivoting/ orienting towards others, creating connection despite the distance.
Featuring performances from Muñoz-Newsome, Serefine1369/Jamila Johnson Small and Nissa Nishikawa with music score by Shelley Parker and lighting by Charlie Hope, LET THE BODY asks what sensations, perceptions, thoughts and chemical/hormonal/cellular changes occur through submitting to dance, deep listening and sound.
Zinzi Minott's Black on Black: 24R
↑ Image: Kofi Paintsil
Black on Black: 24R is a 24-hour-long performance that explores Minott's engagement with dance, queerness, blackness and the body as archive. The work interrogates dance as a form of labour and the limits of the body through the exhausting processes of repetition and duration.
Over the span of 24 hours, Minott repeats a solo created from movement phrases donated to her by an extended network of black dancers and artists: "if you could imagine a physical archive of dance", asked Minott, "what nugget or phrase would you donate?"
Minott will perform her solo amidst a 12-screen audio-visual installation consisting of archival footage and other accompanying material from Minott's personal image collection with a newly commissioned score composed by Gaika.
Robbie Synge & Julie Cleves' To Earth
↑ Image: Scott Green
To Earth considers physical acts of co-operation and a close companionship. With simple ambitions, Julie and Robbie devise novel solutions to share otherwise inaccessible time and space together. Their actions are quiet and personal, bold and adventurous. Performing their shared history through movement, talking, and film this work creates a space to explore, reflect and exchange.
Julie is a London-based performance and dance artist. Julie initially studied BA (Hons) Fine Art and MA Art and Design in Leeds. Increasing her physical practice and training, Julie has worked with a number of dance and theatre companies nationally and internationally including Graeae, Mark Brew, Scottish Dance Theatre and SPINN (Sweden).
Robbie's practice investigates physical/mechanical potentials of bodies and other physical features. His projects allow social and political themes to arise through circumstance and relationship, often through long-term working relationships with professional or non-professional people.
About the CONTINUOUS x Unlimited Commission
In 2020 the CONTINUOUS Network teamed up with Unlimited to support the creation of a new disabled-led dance work.
A successful two-stage selection process was undertaken by a panel of commissioning partners (BALTIC, Bluecoat, SDD, Tramway, Unlimited) and independent disabled artists, who generously committed their skills and experience to the process. Thanks to those artists: Aby Watson, Chanje Kunda, Laura Lulika and Priya Mistry.
The quality of applicants for this commission opportunity was exceptional and we wish to thank every artist and collective who applied for taking the time to propose their ideas, particularly the four shortlisted applicants who we worked with to develop detailed proposals. It was important to the process that these shortlisted artists were paid for their time to develop these proposals.
Jo Verrent, Senior Producer, at Unlimited:
This new Unlimited commission - and its network of support organisations - is vital as we move forward and reimagine the cultural landscape. It speaks to how we profile and prioritise both as audiences and artists, to where both the dance and the visual arts sector place privilege. That sounds heavier than it's meant to - this work by Freestylers is about joy. The joy of authentic connection, the joy of movement, the joy of communities. Unlimited is proud to be a part of this - the commissioning network, the work itself and most of all, the joy! At this time, we all need more joy in our lives.


Allahyar Legend Markhor Animated Movie Teaser Update: It's refreshing to see Pakistani cinema making waves and competing with their counterparts around the world by exploring new ventures in film making.
The teaser trailer of Pakistan's animated movie, "Allahyar & The Legend of Markhor" was released and Allahyar Legend Markhor Animated Movie Teaser looks impressive, to say the least.
Video Credit: Click HereNot much is known about the release date of the movie as yet but we do have a feeling that children along with their parents are going to thoroughly enjoy this one… or at least that's what the Allahyar Legend Markhor Animated Movie Teaser makes us want to believe!
Opening with an uplifting instrumental and a bird flying across jungles and mountains, the Allahyar Legend Markhor Animated Movie Teaser ends with the introduction to a boy (seemingly Allahyar) and his animal friends.
The picture quality of the movie looks promising and the Allahyar Legend Markhor Animated Movie Teaser has all the elements of a good teaser trailer. So yes, we can't wait for the trailer now!
Speaking to the media earlier, Uzair said that 'Allahyar & The Legend of Markhor' is an epic tale of friendship about a boy who can converse with animals. The story celebrates mother nature and has a powerful narrative that will emphasise upon the often neglected relationship of human beings with the mother nature.


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