The very first man-made object to leave the Earth spent 90 days in orbit and started the era of space exploration.
Boris Chertok, a scientist behind the Soviet space programme, says it was rocket building that the Kremlin was most interested in. And while Sergey Korolev, a key figure in the Soviet space programme, and others, were also working on a Sputnik prototype, the Soviet military demanded hydrogen bomb carriers to restore the strategic balance.
"We got a directive from the top to stop playing with our toys. We were in the middle of the Cold War and the American nuclear arsenal was five-six times larger then ours, and we were surrounded by their missile bases. We received an order to develop an intercontinental missile to carry a nuclear warhead," the space scientist says.
The Sputnik was supposed to have been launched in 1958, but the Soviet secret services reported the U.S. was planning to launch its own satellite. Moscow decided the Soviets had to be the first.
Sputnik-1 took two-and-a-half months to be engineered and another month to be put together.
Yury Selaev was among the four mechanics selected to put the Sputnik-1 together. He remembers working under a pressing deadline and in absolute secrecy.
"We worked non-stop, around the clock, I could not even tell my family what I was working on, everyone understood: the Americans were at our heels," he recalls.
Sputnik made an astonishing debut on the world's front pages, but small print is all it got in the Soviet press. Only three days later, Pravda newspaper reported on the international attention the Soviet satellite had received. Soviet scientists were caught off guard.
"Only three or four days after the launch, we realised that what we had done was to split human civilization into two periods: before the Sputnik – and after," Boris Chertok says.
Sputnik-1 opened the age of peaceful space exploration, but it was intended to send a different signal to the West.
"Certainly, the American reaction was great surprise. They could not imagine that the Soviet people, whom they did not know, could accomplish so much," said Louis Friedman, Director of the U.S. Planetary Society.
"The Russian space programme survived through the hardships of the 1990s, Russia managed to maintain its status as one of the major and most important partners in the International Space Station programme. After the Columbia tragedy in 2003 it managed to become the sole provider of launch services to the ISS – these are certainly things to be proud of!" said Yury Karash, independent space expert in an interview to RT.
And Sergey Krikalyov, a cosmonaut and a record holder for time spent in space, says space exploration could help improve the quality of life on Earth.
"We went from launching the first sputnik to numerous manned space flights. We are working on projects that will help us not only get energy from space and transfer it to earth, but use it right there, in space. This might help us get rid of waste and reduce the negative results of our activities. Hopefully, this will make our planet cleaner and a better and more beautiful place to live," he explained.


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Wizkid & Drake's "One Dance" 7th Hip-Hop Song Of The Decade
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Wizkid and Drake's "One Dance" has been named the 7th Hip-Hop/RnB Song of the decade.
The song was released in 2017 as the lead single from Wizkid's third studio album, Sounds from the Other Side becoming Wizkid's first charting single as a lead artist, and the best-performing African record of the year.
Two years later, the song is still making waves across the globe and now it has made its way to be one of the top hip hop songs of the decade.
The list was compiled by Billboard and Wizkid was the only African on the list.
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Walking the streets of Panipat Refinery
(Article By Sri SriRaghavendra Rao, Marketing Div. published in Indian Oil News)
Panipat is a very ancient fortified town. It still looks ancient as it once was. Walking through its narrow, crowded, filthy lanes, hemmed in by a rabbit warren of shops and antique houses, one gets a strong feeling of stepping on the cobble stones of history. Legend has it that Arjuna of 'Mahabharta' fame founded it.
Looking at this scruffy little town surrounded by fields (not very far from where stands IndianOil's 7th Refinery) one can hardly believe it was here that the fate of India was decided as many as three times in fiercely contested battles. Crowns rolled in the bloodsoaked dust here, while empires were made and unmade amidst the clamour of hoof beats, boom of cannon and the ominous clash of steel.
Lying 80 KMs north of Delhi on the Grand Trunk Road build by Sher Shah (d.1545); Panipat in the State of Haryana, otherwise famous for cotton milling, wool, glass and manufacture of electrical appliances, can today boast of IndianOil's Panipat Refinery. Located 20 KMs from the town of Panipat amidst lush emerald fields, India's most modern refinery was built at a cost of Rs. 3868.00 Crore and has an installed capacity of six million metric tonnes per annum.
Panipat Refinery receives crude oil through the Viramgam Chaksu- Panipat section of the Salaya – Mathura pipeline. Having gone on stream recently, our refinery will produce petrol, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, naphtha, bitumen, sulphur and two lakh tonnes of cooking gas. The refinery fulfills the long felt need to meet the petroleum demands of not only Haryana, but also the entire north-west of India, including the Punjab and the States of Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal, Chandigarh, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh.
Having gone so far to see our refinery, we also decided to pay our homage at the dargah (tomb) of the famous, Sufi Saint, Abu Ali Qalandar (1209-1324), as also visit the site of the famous battles about which we had read so much in our history books in school.
To reach the dargah of the saint, one had to perforce make it on foot as the lanes and alleys of old Panipat are so narrow that they were probably meant for people on horseback. Passing through an arched gateway, the dargah stands in a square courtyard bordered by living quarters, offices and rooms for pilgrims.
Khwaja Abu Ali Qalandar was born in 1209 during the reign of Delhi's first Muslim ruler. Qutbuddin Aibak. For 40 long years the saint lived in Panipat. Those days, it is said, the river Yamuna flowed close by the town. Story has it that Abu Ali directed the river to move back seven paces, but in her hurry to obey the saint, she moved back 7 miles (11 kms).
Abu Ali also lived in Delhi for a while in a hut near the Qutub Minar. Among his devotees were not only the common folk, but also the powerful sultans of Delhi like Ghiyasuddin Balban (d.1287), Jalaluddin Khilji (d.1296) and the famous Sultan Allauddin Khilji (d.1316).
Abu Ali Qalandar belonged to the Qalandariyya sect of Sufis. He is said to have been the disciple of Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki who had settled in Delhi around 1221. Kaki's ardent devotee was Aibak in whose honour he named the Qutub Minar. Abu Ali died in 1324 at the age of 115 near Karnal. His mortal remains were brought to Panipat and buried here. During Abu Ali's long life, Delhi had seen through the reign of 17 sultans. When he died, Ghiasuddin Tughlak's rule was four years old.
Coming out of the town, we drove towards the outskirts and stopped in a narrow lane. Close by stood a bricked terrace with steps leading to the top. The structure looked more like a water tank than a monument. While children scampered around the open ground, small groups of adults were busy playing cards.
We ascended the steps and there in the middle of the open terrace stood a tomb – the simple grave of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi killed in the first battle of Panipat against Babar on April 20, 1526. An engraved marble plaque in Persian said whose mousoleum it was. Sadly not even a flower adorned the tomb of this once powerful Sultan. The scant respect shown to the dead was further heightened when we saw a little boy playfully jump on the tomb and merrily perch himself on the grave stone!
On that fateful day in April 1526, Ibrahim Lodi had marched from Delhi to Panipat with a massive army of 1,00,000 men and 1,000 war elephants against Babar who had come to conquer India. The latter had an army of only 24,000. The first battle of Panipat lasted only half a day. In Babar's own words; "At noon the enemy was overcome and vanquished …. Five or six thousand people were killed in one place near Ibrahim (Lodi) … Khalifas' borther-in-law discovered Sultan Ibrahim's body amidst many corpses and brought in his head."
The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on November 5, 1556 between Hemu and Akbar. Hemchandra or Hemu, a Dhusar Bhargava from Rewari who began life as a salt-merchant in his town rose to become the Prime Minister under the Afghan Sultan Ibrahim Shah. During the anarchy that prevailed during the latter part of the Afghan rule, Hemu assumed imperial powers, crowned himself emperor and assumed the title of Vikramaditya.
His glory, however, was short lived in fact less than two months. The Mughal advance towards Delhi brought Hemu to Panipat with an Army of 30,000 Rajput and crack Afghan cavalry backed by 500 war elephants. In the fiercely contested engagements, Hemu, a veteran of 24 battles gave a tough fight to the Mughals and was almost on the point of Victory, when a stray arrow pierced his eye and he fell unconsciousness. Seeing their leader slumped in his howdah and fearing the worst, Hemu's army fled in panic. Hemu was captured alive, brought before Akbar (who was then only 14 years old) and was beheaded by Bairam Khan. The second battle of Panipat heralded the golden age of Mughal Rule under Emperor Akbar.
The site of the third Battle of Panipat where the Marathas fought Ahmad Shah Abdali is located a little to the south of Panipat town. Coming onto the highway, we veered to the left. After passing through rows of shops and houses, the road now cut through open green fields and small farm houses. Soon we entered the gates of a well developed garden with shady trees, flowers and a pond with ducks. In one corner of this garden, the government of Haryana has erected a war memorial, marking the site of the most disastrous battle bought at Panipat where Maratha power was extinguished. The memorial marks the spot from where the Maratha general Sadashiv Bhau watched the battle.
It was the dawn of January 14, 1761. In the wintry chill the plain of Panipat lay veiled in a curtain of mist. A long line of fluttering banners marking the cavalry divisions formed the Maratha vanguard. Sadashiv Bhau had 55,000 horsemen, 15,000 foot soldiers and 200 cannon. The Maratha artillery was under the command of the brilliant Ibrahim Khan Gardi, trained by the Fresh General, M de Bussy.
Facing the Marathas were the Afghan hordes of Ahamd Shah Abdali mounded on sturdy horses from Khorasan and transOxiana, 42,000 of them in all. His 38,000 foot soldiers were clad in padded leather and quilted jackets to protect themselves from sword and spear thrusts. Above all, Abdali had a formidable artillery of 2,000 camels mounded with swivel guns.
The battle began at ten O'clock. The air thudded and shook as the Maratha guns under Ibrahim Khan Gardi spat tongues of orange flame and belched wreaths of black smoke. Under artillery cover, the Maratha infantry advanced and crashed into the Afghan ranks. The engagement was fierce and bloody. A large number of Marathas fell dead or wounded.
When he saw his infantry retreat, Sadashiv Bhau ordered his cavalary to charge. With yellow ochre banners streaming in the wind, the massive wave of Maratha cavalry thundered across the field in a storm of dust.
The cavalry smashed into the Afghan lines and raked through a body of 10,000 horses. The Maratha onslaught was savage and desperate. Soon there was panic among the Afghans and the line began to break up. Some even began to take to their heels, "Where are you running to, "exhorted the Afghan Chief. "Our homeland is far away and you may never reach it."
Just when defeat seemed to stare into Ahmad Shah's face, a stray shot hit Vishwas Rao, the son of Peshwa Baji Rao, and he fell dead from his horse. When a disheartening cry arose that the Peshwa's son had been killed, Maratha spirit sank.
When the 17 years old Vishwas Rao's body was brought to Sadashiv Bhau on the back of an elephant, his rage knew no bounds. Mounting his horse, Sadashiv Bhau rushed into the thick of battle, only to be mercilessly cut down by Afghan horsemen. The Bhau's death was enough to make the marathas lose heart. Soon they were completely routed.
Little knowing the fate of his magnificent army, the Peshwa Balaji Rao was crossing the Narmada with reinforcements when a tired ''harkara' arrived with a cryptic message "Two pearls have been dissolved, 27 gold coins have been lost and of the silver and copper the total cannot be cast up".
The Peshwa never recovered from the shock of the total debacle at Panipat. He returned to Pune and died a broken man in a temple on Paravati Hill. As for the Marathas they never recovered from the loss at Panipat. The battle changed the course of India's history. In fact the British could never have had a strong foothold in India as long as the Marathas were powerful.
In the gathering dusk, even as the sun was setting over the swaying fields of wheat at Panipat, we could well imagine what the battlefield must have looked like on the evening of January 14, 1761. A bitter wind would have swept the expanse moaning lamentably like a dirge to the fallen dead. The plain of Panipat will always remain like a page of history stained with blood and haunt the memory for centuries on end.
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Relocate Agile Wallabies in Trinity Beach!
The Agile Wallaby Project has been fighting for a relocation permit from State Government for over a year now. The innocent wallabies at Trinity Beach, Cairns, have had their habitat taken away from them by encroaching development. They're now forced to live in residential back-yards, sporting precincts and limited space next to the highway.
THIS CANNOT GO ON! WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH". In only 6 months, we've lost 301 wallabies from the Northern Beaches population. THIS IS AN UNNATURAL MORTALITY RATE. Most have died from being too close to roads (hit by cars). The Agile Project's volunteers have attended each and every one of these deaths and it's honestly the most heartbreaking scene. Everyone in our community has to witness the horror and yet, State Government (Department of Environment and Science) still aren't taking action!
The Agile Project have offered a viable solution that will cost them nothing. Relocation. Our project has even been approved by the International Humane Society! This relocation would not only save our beautiful wallabies BUT ALSO has the potential to save hundreds of other macropods (including Kangaroos) around Australia. It would set an important precedent for wildlife management and pave the way to a more sustainable environment.
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GARY MOORE - Live From London Album To Be Released In January; "Oh, Pretty Woman" Visualizer Streaming
November 26, 2019, 2 months ago
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Mascot Label Group has announced the January 31 release of Gary Moore - Live From London.
Some shows are so momentous, they pass into rock 'n' roll folklore. When Gary Moore stepped onto the stage of London's Islington Academy on December 2, 2009, it was a true one-off, showcasing one of blues-rock's biggest names in an intimate club setting. Nobody in the sell-out crowd that night suspected the great Irish bluesman was close to the end. But when Moore passed away fourteen months later, aged just 58, the show took on added poignancy, cherished as one of his last stands, kept alive in the memories of those who attended.
Now, a decade later, the release of Live From London on Mascot/Provogue resurrects the much-missed Irishman, bringing his blazing talents back into the spotlight.
It was a never-to-be-repeated night, spoken of in a reverential whisper amongst blues-rock aficionados. But now, with Live From London, you can be there too, thanks to a live album so immersive that listeners can practically feel the crush of the crowd and the heat from the valve amps.
Due for release on CD box set, colored 2LP and digital, you can pre-order the album here, and listen to "Oh, Pretty Woman" from the upcoming release, below.
"Oh, Pretty Woman"
"Bad For You Baby"
"Down The Line"
"Since I Met You Baby"
"Have You Heard"
"All Your Love"
"Mojo Boogie"
"I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"
"Too Tired" / "Gary's Blues 1"
"Still Got The Blues"
"Walking By Myself"
"The Blues Is Alright"
"Parisienne Walkways"
"Oh, Pretty Woman":
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"Her stare is Icey Cold and Chilling...but it is only due to her broken heart"
Oh that's too sad... bit like my Ice Queen, she has a broken heart. We need to get out and cheer these ladies up. I think some cupcakes might just do the trick!
Great work Kim - cool and icy and ornate and lovely!
I really like this - the colors especially. Funny that you did a broken heart and I am working on a Sorrowful Mother with swords in her heart.
Pretty, but sad interpretation! The face is the heart is fabulous!
I love the face- gorgeous work, but have to agree; such a sad story....my girl looks kind of sad too.
This is a gorgeous piece of art. I'm always inspired when I visit. I know I'm late getting here, but I've been offline most of the week with a house guest who didn't realize how hot it was going to be where I live. It's sad that people are having trouble smiling. I try to smile when I'm in public, but I see so many who don't.
Lost power just as I was leaving my comment, so sorry if this is a duplicate!
I really like the colors and icy look to the face!
She's intense and beautiful, sorry she's so sad- winter can do that!
(The comment authorization word to type was "undra"- just need a "T" to complete the icy theme.
Perfect "icy" stare. Love this. Glad I found your blog. Thx for stopping by mine.


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The promissing concert season starts
As I wrote months ago, Summer is musically a desert and I don´t believe in seasonal culture. January was indeed a Sahara, but in February´s second fortnight a couple of oases alleviated the overwhelming sand. The Usina del Arte programmed a few classical concerts along with other activities, and the open-air Plaza del Vaticano (alongside the Colón) showed DVDs (mostly foreign) of concerts, opera and ballet in a big screen. The Colón Resident (Estable) Orchestra gave a light pop concert very late in February at the Amphitheatre of the Parque Centenario.
Come March, and things began to come to life. I have already referred to the Beethoven symphonies by the B.A.Phil. The National Symphony (Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, OSN) started their usual pre-season concerts at the Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio), whose big entrance hall is too resonant but serviceable. They began with a session conducted by Javier Logioia Orbe with an interesting programme. But before I go on, some paragraphs on the current situation of the OSN.
The OSN has a great dilemma this year. If all goes well, on May 25 "The Whale" ("La Ballena") will be inaugurated. That´s the nickname for the new Concert Hall that will be a part of the wholesale transformation of the Correo Argentino´s old building into a multiuse Cultural Center. But will it be a symbolic inauguration and after a precarious first concert months will pass before the real thing? That has been so often the case with announcements of this kind that we Argentines have become distrustful on such matters (and on many others).
And here´s the dilemma: during the last decade "home" for the OSN has been the Auditorio de Belgrano. What would I do in this situation? Frankly, I would hire the Auditorio for at least three months, just to be sure that I won´t be left without a concert hall. On the other hand, the Orchestra had hopes that they would be able to have at the new Cultural Center a permanent place for their rehearsals, but it seems that they will be confined (as they have for decades) to the eleventh floor of the Annex of the teatro Cervantes, barely acceptable. Time will tell.
Anyway, this first concert on March 13 showed the OSN in good form, under the skilled hands of Logioia. It began with a beautiful and difficult score, Dvorák´s Violin Concerto, much less played than the one for cello. The soloist was one of the second violins of the orchestra, Martín Fava, who, as often happens in our better orchestras, is quite capable of doing proficient solo work. He showed himself in command of the considerable technical difficulties and gave a satisfactory musical reading, correctly accompanied by his colleagues.
I disliked a ten-minute world première by the Rosarino composer Marcelo Ajubita, whose title, "A noisy rocket" (in English in the original) proved an exact description. Written for string quartet, string orchestra and percussion including bells, it´s an example of the trendy sound-based scores to the almost total exclusion of other parameters. I suppose that the UNTREF Quartet played well but for me these experiments are sterile.
I have loved the Elgar Enigma Variations since their Argentine première by Malcom Sargent back in 1958, and I was pleasantly surprised by the carefully considered reading by Logioia and an orchestra on its toes, giving the right sense to each contrasting variation.
One of the better ideas of former Colón Director García Caffi has been the series of Sunday morning free concerts called "Intérpretes argentinos", twice a month. I skipped the initial one, for I have heard the Camerata Bariloche many times playing Vivaldi´s hit "The Four Seasons", but I was attracted by the Twentieth-century programme combining violin, clarinet and piano. The players are all Colón artists: Eduardo Ludueña is a member of the B.A. Phil; Carlos Céspedes is first desk of the Orquesta Estable; and Guillermo Salgado is a répétiteur of the opera staff.
Both the clarinet player and the pianist are first-rate, with Ludueña technically good and tasteful but lacking in enough volume and presence. It was a very pleasant survey of interesting composers in rarely heard pieces: Milhaud´s charming Suite for the three instruments; Poulenc´s bittersweet Sonata for clarinet and piano; Hindemith´s severe Sonata for violin and piano Op.11 N º 1; and Khachaturian´s folksy Trio for the above combination. The encore was a fragment from Stravinsky´s "L´histoire du soldat". A pity so many applaud between movements; and small kids shouldn´t be at the Colón.
A particularly instructive night was offered at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo within a cycle called "Museos en vivo", for it gave music lovers a chance to hear a true fortepiano, a Viennese instrument from around 1830. In fact, a late period for this type of early piano, which was at its best during Mozart´s time. By 1830, the pianoforte (our current piano) was fully in use, with its much bigger sound and strength. Under the hands of Carlos Gubert (an Argentine who lives in Italy) it was an extremely agreeable experience. Abetted by the excellent Gabriel Pérsico (wooden flute) and the very musical cellist María Jesús Olóndriz, they offered a typical programme of music dated 1788 to 1810: Haydn´s Trio Hob.XV Nº 15, Hummel´s Sonata for flute and piano Op.50 and Pleyel´s Sonata for trio Op.16 Nº2. Almost untrodden ground here.
Wynton Marsalis´ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra:...
Pre-season feast: the Beethoven symphonies at the ...
An unusual Romantic Rossini at the Met
A tired Neoclassic Ballet Trilogy
The Repertoire System in Germany: Frankfurt Opera
Munich, unforgettable town of art and music
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How profound is that? We are joining the rhapsody of eternal worship when we worship Him! Even if it's for a few minutes. I have never thought about it that way before. Now I can't stop thinking about it. What a complete thrill it all is! It has certainly impacted my heart!


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Hazel Grove Railway Station
We don't currently have an active Friends group at this station. If you are interested in getting involved please use the web form on the contact page to get in touch.
The station has; a park and ride facility, two platforms, linked by a footbridge and lifts please note that currently the lifts are only accessible when the ticket office is open. The partnership is actively campaigning to improve this level of service.
Hazel Grove has a number of Geocaches surrounding the Station. An example circular route has been created that you may choose to follow to explore the nearby Geocaches, while enjoying the outdoors. Click the subtitle of this section to view the route on Google Maps.
This circular Route is 3 miles long and takes 1 Hour to complete; with the opportunity to find 4 Geocaches along the route. (Time taken to find the Geocaches not included)
Below is the listed route that is shown on Google maps with the names and co-ordinates of the Geocaches. Click on Geocaches below to be re-directed to more information on each one (You must have an account to view content)
SideTracked Hazel grove– N 53° 22.628 W 002° 07.226
Newby Road Perimeter #1– N 53° 22.596 W 002° 07.719
It's a secret– N 53° 22.688 W 002° 06.693
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In the great river there are large and small fish.
It is only a male elephant that can save another one from a pit.
It is easier to transport a termite hill than have authority in a village.
Know the price of a Kwanga while dad and mom are still alive.
Leave alone a dance you are unable to perform.
Like ants, eat little and carry the rest back to your home.
Major problems have solution with the old men.
No one knows if a bird in flight has an egg in its stomach.
Nobody kills an ignorant person who begs for wisdom.
handle that the woman shows them.
to the breaking of the twigs in the brush.
One should not beg with a basket.
One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn't feel the cold.
Only a mother can understand the suffering of a son.
People know each other better on a journey.
Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
Pride only goes the length one can spit.
Roots do not know what a leaf has in mind.
Suffering is prior to attaining success or perfection.
Tall stories destroy the family relationship.
The predator lands on an unknown tree.
The chief's son has to collect firewood when destiny destroys him.
not walk and the hands work.
The heart is a locket that does not open easily.
in flight, but on the ground.
The bird has no nest, but a branch to rest on.
the snake says: I climb a tree without arms.
The eyes of the wise person see through you.
The heart of an adult is like that of an elephant.
The rain falls on only one roof.
The sun shines during the day, not at night.
The person who sees the in-laws to be bad is not the engaged woman.
The tears of the orphan run inside.
The toad that wanted to avoid the rain fell in the water.
The path leads towards loved ones not thorns.
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Bisons new logo leaves something to be desired
November 20, 2012 November 21, 2012 Chris Ostrander
In case you haven't heard, old is new in Western New York. All new construction bids must be accurate to the Canal-era, historic preservation is the hip thing to do and sports teams are reverting to their past with uniform designs.
The new Bisons logo courtesy of Chris Creamer.
The Bisons joined the Bills and Sabres on the retro train with today's logo unveiling. The new logo is a new take on the original batting Bison logo which has recently stepped in as the team's alternate logo. As the picture shows, the new logo is the same batting Bison but with softer details and more of a royal blue than the navy from the throwbacks. I am, however, a fan of the wordmark. It isn't close to being superior to the classic script of the throwback, but it is bold and an improvement over the last wordmark.
The understated baseball stitching is a nice touch and compliments the logo quite well. However, Buster looks almost devoid of any sort of detail aside from his snout and eyes. The throwback logo – which this is obviously based on – gives far more detail in every portion of Buster. That alone makes this logo inferior to the original. The lack of general detail looks weak and somewhat cheap. While the direction was clearly spot on, the execution wasn't.
However, the new logo is still a win. This blows the Mets-themed logo out of the water. That design was a poor attempt at combining the Mets design scheme with a Buffalo twist. What resulted was a strange fire-breathing buffalo with a bad wordmark. Simply because the previous color and logo set-up were so faulty, this logo is a vast improvement. It just leaves far too much on the drawing board.
To me, the logo looks far too amateurish when you take into consideration what could have been. Drawing on the tradition of the franchise was a brilliant move, it was just poorly executed.
Personally, I liked the idea of incorporating the Bisons history of red white and blue along with the Blue Jays recent return to their design roots. By combining the Jays iconic blue jay head into a buffalo design, the Bisons could have had the best of both worlds. Not only would the throwback colors be fully incorporated, but the design would have solid roots with the parent club.
When the logo change was first announced, I drew up this very rough sketch of what I was thinking. Luckily the WNY Watercooler ran a very similar, full-color logo about a month later. Perhaps I'll dust off my photoshop skills and take a run at my idea and see what I can add to the conversation. UPDATE: Here's a pretty rudimentary mock-up of what I was thinking. Obviously this is a below-average effort on my part, but it gets the point across. Any actual photoshop experts could certainly give a far better effort than I. This was just to be food for thought.
A concept for what the new Bisons logo could have looked like.
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3 thoughts on "Bisons new logo leaves something to be desired"
milokowalski01 November 23, 2012 / 8:13 pm
You're spot-on. I do like the thinking of the red, white and blue scheme, considering we had season tickets in the 90's. That said, it falls short and feels very amateurish. Before this mark was unveiled, I put together a proposal for the Bisons that attempted to do the same thing you suggest here, incorporating elements of the Bisons' brand and the Toronto brand together. Sadly, (for me, at least) the front office didn't latch on. http://forzamilo.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/re-branding-the-bisons/
Chris Ostrander November 25, 2012 / 7:32 pm
Phenomenal work. Truly impressive stuff. Wonderful update of the classic logo. Far more attractive that the one they came up with.
milokowalski01 November 27, 2012 / 12:36 am
Thanks! I tried to sell the team on it but I sense they were already in the middle of the process with the company they found to do the work.
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Q: Scrape data with cheerio and nodejs I used cheerio module to scrape list of products from a website. But have problem, website using "Infinite Scrolling" to load data (data load more when scroll down). So, cheerio can't get all products.
Can someone suggest me a solutions for this problem ? Thanks you.

A: You can check out what sort of queries the page performs when you scroll. Then just hit those queries yourself and get the data.
Alternatively you can try to use something like node-phantom-simple, trigger scroll via Phantom and scrape.
I would go with the first option myself.

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Functional Gastrointestinal Illness
Stephanie M. Moleski
, MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Last full review/revision Apr 2021| Content last modified Apr 2021
Often, no objectively measurable structural or physiologic abnormality for gastrointestinal complaints is found, even after extensive evaluation. Such patients are said to have functional illness, which accounts for 30 to 50% of referrals to gastroenterologists.
Functional illness may manifest with upper and/or lower gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. (See also Irritable Bowel Syndrome and see the American College of Gastroenterology's monograph on management of irritable bowel syndrome.)
Functional GI disorders are disorders of the gut-brain interaction. Some evidence suggests that such patients have visceral hypersensitivity, a disturbance of nociception in which they experience discomfort caused by sensations (eg, luminal distention, peristalsis) that other people do not find distressing. Functional disorders are classified by symptoms related to a combination of not only visceral hypersensitivity but also motility disturbance, altered microbiota, mucosal and immune function, and central nervous system processing (1).
In some patients, psychologic conditions such as anxiety (with or without aerophagia), conversion disorder, somatic symptom disorder, or illness anxiety disorder (previously called hypochondriasis) are associated with GI symptoms. Psychologic theories hold that some functional symptoms may satisfy certain psychologic needs. For example, some patients with chronic illness derive secondary benefits from being sick. For such patients, successful treatment of symptoms may lead to development of other symptoms.
Many referring physicians and GI specialists find functional GI complaints difficult to understand and treat, and uncertainty may lead to frustration and judgmental attitudes. An effective physician–patient interaction reduces health care–seeking behavior by the patient. Physicians should acknowledge the patient's symptoms and provide empathy. Physicians should avoid ordering repeated studies or multiple drug trials for insistent patients with inexplicable complaints because this may promote symptom anxiety and health care–seeking behavior (2). When symptoms are not suggestive of serious illness, the physician should wait rather than embark on another diagnostic or therapeutic plan. In time, new information may direct evaluation and management. Functional complaints are sometimes present in patients with physiologic disease (eg, peptic ulcer, esophagitis); such symptoms may not remit even when a physiologic illness is addressed. In some patients, testing (eg, CT) may identify incidental abnormalities that are unrelated to the symptoms.
(See also Evaluation of the Gastrointestinal Patient.)
1. Drossman DA: Functional gastrointestinal disorders: History, pathophysiology, clinical features, and Rome IV. Gastroenterology 150:1262–1279, 2016. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.032
2. Drossman DA: 2012 David Sun Lecture: Helping your patient by helping yourself: How to improve the patient-physician relationship by optimizing communication skills. Am J Gastroenterol 108:521–528, 2013. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2013.56
The following is an English-language resource that may be useful. Please note that THE MANUAL is not responsible for the content of this resource.
American College of Gastroenterology: Monograph on management of irritable bowel syndrome
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If you decide that you want your business to be owned and operated by several individuals, you many want to consider setting up this kind of business structure.
Partnerships come in two different types: general and limited partnerships.
General partnerships manage the company and assume the responsibility for the partnership's obligations and debts. Limited partnerships have both limited and general partners. The limited partners serve as investors only, while the general partners own and operate the business and assume the liability for the partnership. The limited partners have no control whatsoever over the actual company, and therefore are not subject to the same liabilities as the other partners, the general partners.
A limited partnership is generally not the best choice for new businesses, mainly because of the required documents, filing, and administrative complexities. If you have more than two partners who wish to be more active in the business, a general partnership is the right choice, and much easier to form.
A major upside to partnerships is the tax benefits. A partnership does not have to pay taxes on its income but "passes through" any profits or losses to the individual partners.
When it comes to filing taxes, each partner will file a Schedule K-1 form which indicates his/her share of partnership income, as well as deductions and tax credits. In addition to this, every partner is required to report profits from the partnership on his/her personal tax return. And even though the partnership pays no income tax, it must compute its income and report it on Form 1065, which is a separate informational return. A major concern is personal liability if you choose to use a general partnership as your business structure. As with sole proprietorships, general partners are personally responsible for the obligations and debts of the partnership.
For more information regarding the tax side of a partnerships, visit the IRS website.
When starting a business with a partner, you still need to protect yourself. You can do this with a written partnership agreement, which can help guide you when and if questions arise. It may be difficult to talk about problems, but getting them taken care of at the earliest opportunity is when they should be handled.
What is the investment of each partner? Is one partner investing cash while the other invests energy? Is there any equipment that the partners own that will be used in the business, and does that deserve any type of consideration as part of start-up investments?
What are the partners responsible for and what are their duties? Make sure to be specific about the day-to-day duties and roles of each partner.
How long will a partner get a share of the profits if he/she should become disabled? And what would you do if a partner dies; what happens to their shares? Handle this issue with insurance for each partner.
What do you do if a partner wants to withdraw? In this instance, you would set up a buyout agreement. But, you may want to work out these terms before this type of situation even arises.
How will you restrict partnership-interest transfers?
Can a partner pledge his or her interest as collateral for a loan?
How will any conflicts be resolved?
A good drawn partnership agreement can help to resolve any future problems and keep you protected for what lies ahead.


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Speaking With Strangers
The Lyric Note
The Importance of Being Aisling
Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght with Paul Howard
hosted by Róisín Ingle
Date: Saturday March 30th
Venue: Pavilion Theatre
Cost: €15 €12
Meet Complete Aislings Sarah Breen and Emer McLysaght whose entirely authentic voices elicit a proper snort on every page in the sequel to their best-selling Oh My God What a Complete Aisling. It's the abundance of wry observations that highlight how full of notions we have all become (how a burrito is little more than a rice sandwich, and so on), that has made OMGWACA a word-of-mouth hit. But in amongst the one-liners and the zingers, the book has more heart than meets the eye. Ireland's social and economic identity thrums in the background, a character all of its own. Join the Aislings together with Ross O Carroll Kelly creator Paul Howard as they discuss the 'notions' we all have with Róisín Ingle in the hotseat refereeing the discussion.
With more than ten years' experience in broadcasting and journalism, Co. Kildare native Emer McLysaght wasn't sure if she'd ever get around to writing that book. However, 2018 finds her with bestselling novel Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling under her belt, co-authored with long-time friend and collaborator Sarah Breen. Emer lives in Dublin and has somehow ended up with three cats.
Born and raised in the village of Borris, Co. Carlow, Sarah Breen started her career in journalism at KISS magazine. Since then her writing has appeared in many Irish print publications, as well as online. She and Emer co-wrote Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling mainly in her children's playroom, and never dreamed it would be an Irish Times No. 1 bestseller. Sarah lives in Dublin 7 with her husband and two daughters, and dreams of the day Oasis will reunite.
Emer and Sarah are working with Element Pictures to bring their first novel to the silver screen, and have already started plotting about what might happen in book number three.
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The perun (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Перун, older spelling: Перунъ) was the currency that was planned for introduction in Montenegro by Petar II Petrović Njegoš in 1851. However, he died the same year, and Montenegro later used the Austro-Hungarian krone until the 1906 introduction of the perper by Nicholas I of Montenegro. It was named after Perun, whom Njegoš considered to be the supreme god of Slavic mythology. If introduced, one Perun would have had equal value to two thalers.

See also

 Montenegrin perper

References
 Central Bank of Montenegro: Money in Montenegro in the Past and Nowadays

19th century in Montenegro
Proposed currencies
Currencies of Montenegro

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The Name Manager makes it easy to work with all the defined names and table names in a workbook from one location. You can display the value and reference of a name, specify the scope—either worksheet or workbook level—of a name, find names with errors, and view or edit name descriptions. In addition, you can add, change, or delete names, and sort and filter the names list. You can also use table column header names in formulas instead of cell references.
Click the Name Manager button.
You cannot use the Name Manager dialog box while you're editing a cell. The Name Manager doesn't display names defined in VBA or hidden names.
Resize columns. Double-click the right side of the column header to automatically size the column to fit the largest value in that column.
Sort names. Click the column header to sort the list of names in ascending or descending order.
Filter names. Click the Filter button, and then select the filter command you want. See table for filter option details.
What happens when you zoom in on a name range? When you zoom the view of the worksheet to 39 percent or less, Excel adds a blue border around the labels you have created. The blue border does not print.
Click the Names Manager button.
Click the name you want to change.
Type a new name for the reference in the Name box.
Change the reference. Enter a range or use the Collapse button to select one.
In the Refers to area, make any changes you want to the cell, formula, or constant represented by the name.
To cancel unwanted changes, click the Cancel button or press Esc, or to save changes, click the Commit button or press Enter.
You can delete a name range. Click the Formulas tab, click the Name Manager button, select the names you want to delete, click Delete or press Delete, click OK to confirm, and then click Close.
What happens when you change a label reference? If you change the name of a reference label, Excel automatically makes the change to every formula in which the name is used.
You can label names that are relative. When you use a label name in a formula or function, Excel sees it as a relative reference. You can copy the formula to other cells, or use AutoFill to copy it and the reference changes.


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From Mystery Motor to Main Street
Corvette's first big-block traces its lineage back to a NASCAR racing engine
Story by Richard Prince
Photos by the author
All the way back in 1965, anyone with about $4,500 to spare could buy an L78-optioned Corvette and, with it, rule the streets. The formula was simple: a Mark IV big-block Chevrolet engine displacing 396 cubic inches and delivering 425 horsepower in a car that weighed about 3,200 pounds. This engine was a direct descendant of the fabled 427 Mark IIS "Mystery Motor" that scorched a path to NASCAR victory circles in 1963 in the hands of Johnny Rutherford, Junior Johnson, Rex White and others. Like the small-block Chevrolet introduced in 1955, it set the racing world on fire and upended the auto industry with an unbeatable combination of high power and torque, low mass, excellent reliability and low manufacturing cost.
The Corvette's 396 big-block lineage can be traced back to Chevrolet's first large-displacement V-8. Called the W-series or Mark I engine, it was introduced in 1958 with a displacement of 348 cubic inches, and later enlarged to 409 cubes. The W engines were commercially successful, most notably in Impala Super Sports, as immortalized by the Beach Boys in their 1962 hit song "409." They were also quite successful in competition, beginning with Junior Johnson's 1960 Daytona 500 victory in a 348-powered '59 Chevy.
Though they were winners on and off the track, the W-series powerplants did have some weaknesses and limitations that ultimately led to their demise. They were relatively heavy, tended to run somewhat hot and couldn't be enlarged beyond about seven liters (roughly 427 cubic inches) without extensive changes. Moreover, their exterior dimensions made it impractical to install them into Corvettes or the small and intermediate cars coming down the pipeline, such as Chevy IIs and Camaros. But perhaps most concerning of all, the Chevrolet engineering team eventually hit a wall regarding the W engine's power output because of design limitations. The combustion chamber was partially in the block, and the top of the block was not square to the centerline of the bore or the top of the piston. This convoluted arrangement restricted important considerations, such as combustion characteristics, valve size and placement, and bore diameter.
The way around these inherent shortcomings was a new, clean-sheet design. In mid-1962, shortly after Bunkie Knudsen moved from Pontiac to take the helm as general manager of Chevrolet, he gave Chevy chief engineer Harry Barr the go-ahead to design a replacement for the 409 race engine. The team working under Barr, led by brilliant engineer Dick Keinath, went to work in July 1962 to design an all-new engine, which would be called the Mark II.
Aside from a common bore spacing of 4.84-inches, the Mark II engine shared nothing with its predecessor. The new cylinder case was completely square, with the block's deck surface at 90 degrees to the crank centerline, and the pistons square to the deck surface. The cylinder heads were completely new as well, with integral combustion chambers and canted valves, which gave rise to the nickname "porcupine" heads. The machining for the valves, as well as all of the related components, was particularly challenging in the era before computer-aided design and tools, but the new head's superior airflow characteristics were well worth the investment of time and expertise.
The Mark IIS ("S" because it was a 427-ci stroked version of the 409 cid Mark II) made its debut at Daytona in 1963. Unknown to most people, however, the engine's maiden appearance was not in the Chevy stock cars contesting the Daytona 500. Instead, their very first race was in Daytona's American Challenge Cup, a 250-mile event that included GT cars. Two of Mickey Thompson's Z06 Corvettes entered in that race had been retrofitted with Mark IIS 427 engines by Smokey Yunick. They were the fastest cars in the field, with Junior Johnson driving one to first and Rex White driving the other to second in the event's qualifying race. But poor handling and issues resulting from heavy rain relegated them to Third and 13th in the final standings.
Six days after the American Challenge Cup, Mark IIS–powered Impalas swept the Daytona 500 qualifying races. Johnson won the first 100-mile qualifier in a Ray Fox–entered car at a record-setting average speed of 164.083 mph, while Johnny Rutherford won the second qualifier with an average speed of 162.969 mph. The Mark IIS Impalas were the fastest cars in the Daytona 500, with three of the four leading at some point, but all suffered mechanical problems and bad luck that put them well back at the end.
Owing to GM's publicly stated policy of not racing, which dated back to the Automobile Manufacturers Association ban of 1957, Chevrolet bent over backwards to hide its involvement with the Corvettes and Impalas competing at Daytona. This led the press to dub the engine powering these cars the "Mystery Motor." Though the moniker survives to this day, the new engine didn't remain a mystery for long. The cars were so far ahead of their competition (the Impalas were running a full 10 mph faster around Daytona) that everyone wanted to know what was lurking under their hoods, and in short order the existence of an all-new engine was revealed. That, in turn, led to an edict from GM's top management stating that anyone caught participating in this covert race-engine program would be fired immediately. And just like that, the Mystery Motor was history.
The cessation of Mark IIS production did not, however, mean the end of the big-block engine at Chevrolet, which had planned to put a street version of the mill into passenger cars and trucks from the very beginning. In fact, the termination of the race program allowed Keinath and some of the other engineers responsible for the Mark IIS to devote all of their attention to designing and developing a new, production-ready rendition of the engine.
They began experimenting with a different bore center to allow for a greater bore-to-stroke ratio, creating what logically came to be known as the Mark III. This powerplant proved infeasible for a number of reasons, so they went back to the proven 4.84-inch spacing, and the resulting engine, called the Mark IV, ultimately became the production version. It differed from the Mark IIS in a lot of important ways, including its revised intake and exhaust manifolds, additional and repositioned bolt holes, slightly different valve angles, higher tin content in the block and cylinder-head material, relocated head ports, and smaller-bore/longer-stroke configuration delivering the same 427 cubes.
Interestingly, Keinath and his colleagues would have preferred to stick with the Mark IIS engine's 4.3125-inch bore and 3.650-inch stroke, but the Tonawanda engine foundry insisted on a smaller bore to allow more leeway for "core shift," an anomaly in the casting process that causes the cylinder walls to be thicker in some areas and thinner in others. That led to the Mark IV having a bore of 4.250 inches, which in turn demanded a stroke of 3.750 inches to arrive at 427 ci.
The engineers' bore-vs.-stroke wishes proved moot for 1965 because the Mark IV was introduced at a displacement of 396 rather than 427 cubes. This was because of GM's self-inflicted prohibition against selling intermediate-or-smaller cars equipped with engines larger than 400 ci. To slip below that number, Chevy used a 4.094-inch bore and a 3.76-inch stroke, and for Corvette the engine was stuffed full of high-performance parts. These included 11.0:1-compression, impact-extruded aluminum pistons; a forged crankshaft and connecting rods; four-bolt main bearing caps; an aggressive solid-lifter camshaft; a high-rise aluminum intake manifold; square-port cylinder heads and a 750-cfm Holley four-barrel carburetor. All of this goodness added up to 425 hp at 6,400 rpm and 415 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm.
Our feature car is one of 2,157 '65 Corvettes that left the St. Louis factory with the new big-block. At a cost of $292.70, the L78 option was $245.30 less than the next-most powerful engine, a 375-horsepower fuel-injected 327, making it something of a performance bargain. In addition to the monster engine, L78 Corvettes got a larger front anti-sway bar; a 9/16-inch rear sway bar; stiffer front springs; a larger, copper-core radiator; a larger cooling fan; stronger steel half-shafts using bolt-secured caps and a different hood with a vented "power dome."
After the person who ordered our stunning Nassau Blue roadster refused to complete the transaction (reportedly because of difficulties obtaining or paying for insurance), it sat in G. Maxton Chevrolet's showroom in Angola, Indiana, though not for long. Jim Griem, who happened to live a few miles from the dealer, was driving by one day in his six-month-old '64 GTO when the Corvette caught his eye. A deal that included trading in the almost-new GTO was struck, and Griem took the big-block Corvette home on July 5, 1965. He loved the car and used it for everything, including towing a matching Nassau Blue boat to and from his local lake. When he and his fiancée Barbara tied the knot in November of '65, they drove off in the car, complete with a giant "Just Married" sign on the rear deck and tin cans dragging behind. When they bought a second car, Mrs. Griem drove the Corvette more often than not and grew very attached to it.
The Griems reluctantly sold the still-like-new Corvette to a man in Indianapolis in 1977 in order to buy a station wagon for their growing family. To this day, Mrs. Griem still remembers crying as the new owner drove away. The changed hands again before going to fourth owner Lee Roy Neitzel in Kansas in 1982. Neitzel replaced the original wheels and hubcaps with reproduction knock-offs, and enjoyed driving and showing the car for several years. He was involved with the NCRS and earned a Top Flight award with the car at an NCRS Rocky Mountain Chapter event before selling it to a Corvette dealer on the West Coast.
The fifth owner of the car, Lenny Werner, is from Connecticut but happened to be in California on a business trip when he made a detour to the dealership and saw it in the showroom. After having it shipped back east, he drove the Corvette about 200 miles before starting some restoration work. The only things that needed attention were the brakes and radiator, both of which leaked slightly, but he decided to go well beyond that. He got as far as partially disassembling the car, getting a lot of the original fasteners re-plated, gathering a significant array of N.O.S. parts and doing a few other things before putting the project aside. For more than 20 years, the car remained in virtually the same state—up on jack stands, partially disassembled, with all of its parts meticulously organized and labeled.
Current owner Rob O'Neill already had a 396 Corvette and wasn't looking for another one, especially not a convertible. He also had a 427/450-hp '66 [historical note: this early output figure for the L72 was later reduced to 425], and his search for some needed parts to complete that car is what led him to our feature car. "I needed two wiper grilles for a very early '66 that I'd recently purchased, [so I] responded to an Internet auction site listing for grilles," O'Neill explains. "While speaking with the seller, I asked what else he had for sale, and he rattled off some parts and then mentioned that he was gathering some pictures of a 1965 396 he was thinking of selling."
When O'Neill visited Werner to pick up the grilles, he was shown recent photos of the 396 roadster and was shocked by what he saw. "He told me the car had been in his barn for over 20 years and was completely apart. I kind of assumed he was a farmer and there were cows sleeping next to it. But the barn was more like a shrine, or a museum that you could sit in, have a beverage and imagine how cool the Corvette would be if it was completed."
O'Neill stayed in touch with Werner, and a few months later, when he happened to be back in Connecticut, he stopped by to see the car in person. "When I arrived we headed down to the barn," he recalls. "There sat the roadster with the original 396 next to it [and] all the parts he removed, carefully rebuilt, painted and plated. [They were] labeled and wrapped, in containers, awaiting the day he would start putting it back together.
"He started to unwrap some of the parts, and I told him to stop and put the parts back in the containers because I had seen enough," O'Neill continues. "Four hours later we were heading back to Long Island with the car. I just could not believe it, considering it all started with my needing wiper grilles."
O'Neill wasted no time in getting to work on his new acquisition. He finished disassembling it and sent the chassis and suspension parts to Action Powder Coating in Farmingdale, New York. The engine, meanwhile, went to Glen Briglio at B&B Machine in Oceanside. The original carpet, door panels and dash pads were cleaned up, and Al Knoch Interiors recovered the seats. Roque Pimentel expertly restored all of the car's stainless trim, and A&B Interiors in Baldwin installed a correct new soft top.
Along the way, O'Neill traced the ownership history of the car and was delighted to discover that the fourth owner, Lee Roy Neitzel, still had the original wheels and hubcaps that he took off in 1982. so those parts went back on the car. With help from his wife and three daughters, O'Neill reassembled the Corvette himself and completed it only four hours before it was scheduled to leave for the Bloomington Corvette event in Indiana. Although this was the first time O'Neill had entered a Corvette in a show, his efforts paid off with a coveted Bloomington Gold Certification.
Even more gratifying than earning the award, O'Neill had an opportunity to visit with the car's original owners, Jim and Barbara Griem, while he was in Indiana. "I was able to find [them] beforehand because their name and address are on the original Protect-O-Plate that's still with the car," he says. "When we were a half-mile away, I unloaded the Corvette and drove it up their driveway. They were in tears!
"I took Jim for a ride and…we talked about the good old days for over three hours. For me, it was a privilege to meet such beautiful people, and as happens so often, it was a Corvette that brought us together. This is yet another reason why I love the Corvette hobby so much, and why this particular car is so special to us."
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Set in the hill top village of Montauroux, this traditional French villa offers a secluded haven away from it all without being out in the sticks. Montauroux offers a range of traditional French restaurants and cafes, as well as fantastic local butchers and patisseries. It is also 10 minutes drive from idyllic Lac Cassian. Being 45 minutes drive from Nice Airport and Cannes, it is not only ideally located but situated in a picturesque location with stunning mountain walks close by. Dine al fresco on one of the sunny garden tiers amidst a grove of 30 mature olive trees, part of a 300 year old olive grove, as the sweet aroma of lavender wafts around you.
In the evenings, turn on the lights that drape over the trees and talk until the early hours drinking the local wine in the evening warmth. The beautiful garden landscaped into a graduated levels creates a rustic setting for sunbathing around a large 12m x 7m totally private and exclusive oval pool, great for the kids or doing some lengths of the pool for exercise. There are 2 off road car parking spaces. The house is set on a 2500 m² plot, with 3 double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a 4th dining room/playroom and fully equipped kitchen, is ideal for both families and groups of friends or couples abroad. It is a rare property in the area where most properties for rent are modern and therefore naturally lack the same character as a traditional villa where part of the house is in fact a 200 year old shepherds cabin with 2 foot thick walls and floor boards that separate the bedroom from the downstairs area where the sheep would sleep at night.
Outside you will find plenty of space to play for the kids, a table tennis table, boules area and badminton court where you will find a chill out area to sit. On the next tier you'll find an orchard with apple trees, a walnut tree, fig tree and a peach tree amongst two younger olive trees.
For those of you with dogs, they are very welcome. The property is completely fenced in and there is no danger of them escaping. A walk through the forest is on the door step. My own dog loves it here.
For eating out, you'll will find a great patisserie on the square for fresh pain au chocolat to go with your cafe creme at one of two cafes. For lunchtime and evening you'll find 3 restaurants in the village serving excellent food at a good price.
You will note the beauty of the house as you look through the photos and that is exactly how you will find it in reality.
Hi there, my name it Tom Moriarty and I'm a musician, writer and voice over artist. I live here with my dog Watson. The house is a true sanctuary away from it all. I have written many songs here that are now on albums that I've released globally. Equally the local surroundings are beautiful and inspiring. Each day I visit the nearby rivers, the forest or the lake. For adventures a little further away I chose this location because it's 40 minutes to the beach and 50 minutes to the nearest ski station, Greoulieres. You'll have a great time here.
- The property is on the edge of the village for it to be quiet and tranquil however it is still just a few minutes drive to the village square - Montauroux is perfectly positioned between the mountains and the sea. Cannes is 45 minutes away as is the nearest ski resort in Greoulieres. - It is very private. The house is "hidden" from the road and the pool is not overlooked. - It is very dog friendly and secure. The whole property is surrounded by a 4 ft 7" fence which will prevent even the most eager dog or (young child in fact) from trying to make an escape. Equally there is no problem bringing your dog into the house. - It is a large pool great for the kids but big enough for doing lengths. - It has a beautiful garden set in a tiered olive grove - It is very competitively priced given the space, the location, number of rooms, size of garden and pool. You will not find something this beautiful or traditional for this price.
This house is truly a traditional villa which you will find very hard to find elsewhere. It is full of character and charm and a beautiful place to stay. It is set in an olive grove with 28 trees under which you can lounge in the summer. The pool is set in an orchard with cherry, plum and quince trees that provide shade for your sun loungers. It is a large pool, ample enough for swimming lengths in the morning and great for the kids. The whole property is securely fenced so there is no worrying about children or pets making a run for it! The dining area is on one of the Olive tiers and is perfect for long evenings enjoying a relaxing dinner and conversation with friends and family. Opposite the property is the entrance to a wood where you can easily walk the dog or wander with the family for a short walk. Of course the forests of the Var are not far away and Lac St Cassien is a few minutes drive away. If you like the beach then it's a 30 minute drive to Cannes and the Esterel coast where you'll find the secluded "secret" beaches off the coast road.
Dining in this part of the world at that time of year is almost always outside however if it is does rain then you can eat in the dining room which is the lower part of the old Bergerie.
The house is set in an old olive grove with 9 tiers, so it's perfect for various play areas. There are many olive trees and also cherry, peach, quince, plum and apple trees. It is fully fenced.
Greoulieres is a superb little resort and about an hour away, perfect for a day ski or a weekend.
There are local courts in Montauroux.
It is a totally private pool that belongs only to the property. It is a large pool and not overlooked so perfect for you and your family.
Absolutely stunning place. Totally unspoilt and relaxing.
We had the most lovely holiday. The house ticked all the boxes for me and my family. Small but charmingly decorated, set in an olive grove but not too far from the village. The children spent hours in the pool, the cicadas chirped and the sun shone. The kitchen was well stocked but we bbq-ed every night. It was close enough to coast, so we explored Grasse and went to aqua-splash in Antibres.
Delighted you had a lovely time. It was a pleasure to host you and you are very welcome to return anytime!
Hi there Detlef, thank you very much for your review and I am glad you had a great time at the house and that you found it to be romantic. As far as "Mücken" are concerned well in this part of the world mosquitoes are to be expected... I hope they did not distract you too much from enjoying the pool, the beautiful surroundings and the beautiful weather.
Just North of Lac Cassien, Montauroux is ideal to explore the narrow streets of the medieval Old Town or just to relax in local restaurants and cafes. Visit the ancient 17th Century church (which sometimes has evening concerts) or the town hall, or go on an idyllic mountain walk. This town offers all of the joys of the Cote d'Azure, but in an untouched, traditional French setting. It is a charming town without being too out of touch; far enough away to relax, but not too far to be bored. There is plenty to see and do in Montauroux itself, or hire a car and drive to nice or Cannes in 25 minutes. However, Montauroux has everything you need with exquisite local cuisine in the restaurants and cafes, as well as succulent meat in the local boucherie, or delectable cakes from the patisseries. UK newspapers are available in the shops daily. Complete with rustic local people and boule tournaments, Montauroux is the dream French holiday destination.
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Adam Schiff Totally Screws John Bolton Over
This is what traitors like John Bolton get for turning on President Trump!
In a surprising move, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) blasted former National Security Advisor John Bolton and questioned his "patriotism" for writing a book to make money off of President Trump's name rather than testifying during President Trump's impeachment trial.
According to Breitbart, Schiff claimed that Bolton knowingly withheld "critical information" from the Democrats during Trump's impeachment trial to later write a book and make millions of dollars.
"Bolton made it clear that if we subpoenaed him that he would sue us and tie us up in court," Schiff said. "Now, this was even after his deputies were willing to testify. They had the courage of their convictions, but Bolton's argument was essentially no, that it would potentially impede on the president, that it would violate, potentially, his constitutional duty. Apparently, those concerns gave way to a $2 million book offer. The fact that he wasn't willing to testify in the House and was willing to tie us up in court for a long time but willing to tell this story to a book, to make money for a book tells you a lot about John Bolton's character."
Schiff, being the snake is, then showed support of Bolton's book likely because it paints Trump in a negative light. "I think we have to take the book seriously because the allegations in it are so consistent with other evidence," he said. "So, yes, I think we do need to because the portrait it paints of the president is one that we know to be all too true — somebody who puts his own personal interests above the national interest. And that will be a continuing danger to the country over the next several months until the election. So we have to take it seriously. You could certainly question, and I think should question, John Bolton's patriotism in withholding the information during an impeachment proceeding, but that doesn't necessarily detract from the seriousness of what he alleges against the president."
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We called it "the end," and in truth it was. It was where the paved road, aptly calledDune Road, ended. You reached the inlet and you could seeFire Islandon the other side. We'd walk there from our house which was about three miles away. It was not an easy walk then. Much of it was in the sand and we would limp along leaving our large and small footprints behind us. We were determined to get to the end. Often, we would want to give up but the sight of the water and the rocks kept us going. We would make this walk once or twice a summer. The children would keep asking when we were going to the end and we'd finally give in and go knowing what we were in for.
Later that week, I read in the New York Times that monarch butterflies migrate toMexicoat the end of the summer. They all fly to the tip of WesthamptonBeach(without benefit of a navigation system) and take off from there. What we saw were the butterflies at their last resting place in theUnited States. We had coincidentally chosen the best day for our walk. It is possible that they parted soon after we had seen them.


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TLC: Jon & Kate announcing major decision
NEW YORK TLC isn't commenting on what the news will be from these parents of 8-year-old twins and 5-year-old sextuplets. But viewers who have witnessed the Gosselins' marriage coming unraveled are clearly welcome to draw their own conclusions leading up to Monday's episode. And to show up in droves to see it. The show is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EDT.
In a promotional video posted by TLC hyping the special one-hour edition, Kate Gosselin says, "Recently, we've made some life-changing decisions ... ones that we hope will bring each of us some peace."
Peace seems to have been in short supply for the Gosselins of late. Splashed across Web sites and magazine covers in recent weeks are accounts of infidelity by both spouses -- Jon with a 23-year-old schoolteacher and Kate with her bodyguard -- accusations both of them deny.
Meanwhile, their on-screen relationship has been arms-length at best.
"Very swiftly we turned into two different people," Kate said on the fifth-season premiere last month, which attracted nearly 10 million viewers. Subsequent episodes have had less than half that viewership.
She described how she has grown apart from her husband of 10 years, saying, "it's just hard."
Adding to the strain, Pennsylvania's Labor Department has opened an investigation into whether the show's production is complying with state child labor laws. TLC has said it "fully complies" with state laws and regulations.
Originally envisioned as a series chronicling the challenges of raising a supersize family, "Jon & Kate" has become more of a show that raised the question: Can this marriage be saved?
Now TLC is teasing viewers into wondering if the answer could be "no."
Then, after Monday, the question for "Jon & Kate" could be: How can the network's most popular series be saved?
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Yoga has many benefits that include increased flexibility, stress reduction, more energy and yes, even weight loss. People are often surprised to learn that yoga can help them shed those extra pounds. Western culture does a good job of presenting yoga as a gentle relaxing practice but somewhere along the way the weight loss benefits seem to have been overlooked.
Is every type of yoga suited for weight loss?
That is kind of a yes and no answer. To save you time, let's take a look at the best types of yoga for weight loss and why they work so well.
Vinyasa yoga gives a robust workout due to the constant movement from pose to pose. Not only does it mean more calories being burned, but it also gets your heart rate up, giving you the cardio that your body needs.
Additionally, Vinyasa yoga gives equal attention to all of the body's muscle groups. This means that in addition to losing weight, you will also tone your body and build lean muscles.
Bikram yoga is different than Vinyasa yoga in the sense that it doesn't require rapid movement. Don't let that fool you though. You will work up quite a sweat with this workout.
During a session of Bikram yoga 26 poses are done sequentially over the course of a ninety-minute workout session. (AKA as Hot Yoga) The temperature is set to 105 degrees making for a very heated room. A word to the wise – drink plenty of water beforehand. Individuals with certain medical conditions should not partake in this form of yoga so make sure you talk to your doctor in advance.
Ashtanga yoga is one of the more challenging types of yoga. It is definitely not for the faint of heart. Students are required to follow a stringent, disciplined routine that works every part of the body.
Strength building, in addition to weight loss, are two of the many benefits that regular practitioners of Ashtanga yoga can expect to achieve quickly. Poses can be more difficult so beginners are advised to have an understanding of the basics of yoga.
Finally, a word of caution is in order. With any new fitness routine, it is imperative that you speak with your physician as well as start out with a beginner's level yoga class. Proper instruction and explanation of the yoga essentials including poses, alignment, and mistakes are important to avoid unwanted injuries.


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