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Douglas Matus, Leaf Group
Livorno achieved great wealth in the Renaissance as a Medici port city. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images )
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Livorno, a bustling port town and the second largest city in Tuscany, lures visitors from around Italy for its unparalleled seafood. Travelers also find plenty of appeal outside of the restaurants, and crowds tend to be smaller than in Rome, Florence or Venice. A charming city organized around a system of canals, Livorno presents an authentic urban character, an attractive waterfront and a fine collection of historical and cultural sites.
Livorno by Foot
Livorno's Piccola Venezia, or Little Venice, offers a compelling shabby-chic vibe with its narrow alleyways, colorful apartments and sidewalk bars. This neighborhood, crisscrossed with canals and reclaimed from the sea in the 17th century, also contains Piazza di Domenicani. The Medici-era plaza contains the Teatrofficina Refugio, which hosts cultural events, while Terraza Mascagni, on the waterfront, is Livorno's most frequented area. This picturesque terrace promenade follows the coastline and leads to the public baths at Bagni Pancaldi. Livorno's largest park, Villa Fabbricotti, occupies the grounds of a former estate. At the center of the popular outdoor area lies a neo-Classical 18th century villa mansion.
A Bounty of Museums
Livorno has an assortment of museums that appeals to lovers of history and culture. Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, a regional natural history museum, features a 66-foot-long whale skeleton. Livorno Aquarium, the largest aquarium in Tuscany, houses 2,000 animals, including a green sea turtle. The Yeshiva Marini Jewish Museum displays works salvaged from the city's original Jewish museum, the oldest in Italy until its destruction in World War II. Casa Modigliani, the artist's birthplace and childhood home, commemorates his life and work. The Museo Fattori, Livorno's art museum, contains artwork from Modigliani and 19th century Italian Impressionists.
Parks, Forts and History
Two forts serve as must-see landmarks for visitors to Livorno. Fortezza Nuova in Little Venice, constructed in the 16th century for the Medicis, now houses a park within its sturdy walls. Fortezza Vecchia, on the waterfront, once defended the Medici port and remains open for daytime visitors. The neo-Classical Mercator Centrale, constructed in the 19th century, survived World War II and continues to offer fresh seafood and other goods. Livorno's most recognizable landmark, a Bandini sculpture known as I Quattro Mori, rests at the terminus of Livorno's premier shopping street, Via Grande. The city's Old English Cemetery, located in Via Verdi and the oldest Protestant cemetery in Italy, dates from the mid-17th century.
Sacred Architecture
As a port city with a diverse population, Livorno has traditionally hosted a wide variety of churches. This heritage resulted in the construction of many houses of worship that serve as architectural showpieces and repositories of sacred art. The original Cathedral of Livorno dates from 1606, and visitors can now explore a faithful reconstruction. The 19th century Dutch Church presents an interesting example of neo-Gothic architecture. The neo-Classical Church of Saint George, finished in 1844, serves Livorno's Romanian population. The Church of San Ferdinando, consecrated in 1717, welcomed French settlers and contains original marbles from Giovanni Baratta.
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Douglas Matus is the travel writer for "West Fort Worth Lifestyle" magazine, and spent four years as the Director of Humanities for a college-prep school in Austin. Since 2005, he has published articles on education, travel and culture in such publications as "Nexus," "People's World" and "USA Today." Matus received an Education Pioneers fellowship in 2010 and an MFA from CalArts in 2011.
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Tommy and Elissa had enjoyed a wonderful dinner…and now it was time for desert.
Scene setting : Tommy's apartment – Gantz series.
Co-written with VunG.
Razorbackwriter; At this moment, there was simply no one alive more beautiful to Tommy than Elissa. The way she smiled at him and sweet movements to scoot close as she could to him to embrace him gently. Tommy moved his hand away from her face so that he could strum her thigh, which was now draped over Tommy's own legs. She was making herself comfortable, that was for sure, and after the meal – who could blame her?
Even though Elissa couldn't speak audibly, it was like she didn't need to. Tommy could just stare at her all night long, if he had the chance. Enraptured by her….all of her. He eased back into the couch further, not even bothering to reach for a remote, or try to avert her attention any other way. The music was perfect in the background, and she was right about the ambiance. Just holding her was enough. Oh, he could whip her up and carry her off to the bedroom in caveman style, and then make hard and passionate love to her for hours, but when it came down to it, the way he felt about Elissa was so much deeper than just pleasing the body. In his heart…his mind, he wanted to savor the closeness. Like it was forming an unbreakable bond between them. Tommy wanted to be loving…slow with his touch. Actually explore her in a way that could have him memorize her body just from his fingertips.
Tommy kept smiling at her, as he reached up again and started to toy with her hair, winding it around his fingers just to feel the softness. He dipped his head so that he could run his nose through her hair again, like he had that night in her apartment. She would be able to feel the heat of his breath as he breathed out of his nose. Tommy closed his eyes and just let his hands wander freely across her. She was soft…warm. With Elissa, Tommy was truly home.
VunG: It was so rare that Elissa felt so thoroughly understood by someone, when she felt like her disability was nonexistent. With Tommy she felt as if she were back to normal, like she was how she'd been all those years ago. Every smallest beat of the music seemed to add to this gentle mood, the soft light, the soft touch of his hands, it was all that she could have ever wanted from this moment. They were content, they were happy, and they were together.
She could keep going with a frantic pace forever, or so she felt, but she wasn't that base. There was a time when she enjoyed the slower moments of life, almost preferred them at some point… and now that she had one of those happening now she didn't want to let go. As Tommy's hands slowly traced across her, her own would begin to feel his, her eyes closing as she tried to learn every curve of her beloved's body, just savoring him in every way she could. As he began toying with her hair, she felt a girlish smile appear on her face and she leaned into him a little to allow him better access, and eventually she wrapped her arms around him and just embraced him, letting out a deep, content sigh. This was what she needed… with Tommy she felt safe… she felt valued… she felt like she could just be herself, not just as she was now, but as she used to be.
Razorbackwriter; God, she had the most beautiful smile. Tommy had been lucky enough to see it, when he moved his head back slightly, and was just watching her when his fingers toyed with her hair. What was even better, only he was privy to it. Those lips…boy did they need kissing. With her moving her arms around him so that she could embrace him, Tommy chose that moment to kiss her softly. And it wasn't just one kiss either. He kissed her feather light, then tugged at her bottom lip after hearing that contented sigh. Did she have any idea just what she did to him? Her fingers had awoken his skin with her playful strumming. Lightly dancing across his body as she did the same thing he did. Explore.
Tommy pulled her up and then made it so that she was straddling him upon the sofa. He wanted nothing more than to gaze up into her eyes. To feel her hair flow down against his cheeks, to make a veil from which no one else could see.
He started to unzip her dress from behind, the zip sliding down ever slowly exposing her back – till he reached for the straps and pulled them back down to fall from her shoulders. Tommy's eyes darkened when he saw her exposed skin, radiant and so warm to touch. Closing his eyes, he leaned forward and placed a kiss just shy of where her bandaging was from the gunshot. His lips barely touching, yet his tongue wormed out from between his lips to lick the naked skin.
Tommy's eyes flickered up to stare at hers. All the love he felt for her was now rising to the fore. There was no escaping the truth….he was crazy about her. Did she have any idea the other two women that were still fighting to have him, and yet here he was – with the woman he adored straddled across his lap.
VunG: Oh, how Tommy's eyes seemed to light up… the smile on his lips was a joy of course, but the one in his eyes was something entirely in a league in its own. As he brought his lips up to hers, Elissa was fully expecting to be kissed fully, but what she received instead was the most tender, soft, ethereal kiss she'd ever experienced, and ironically this was far more powerful to her. With her lips touching his ever so gently, she couldn't help but close her eyes, embracing the moment, trying to move in tune with his, keeping their lips just barely in contact. She would gladly adjust as he brought her to straddle him, her hair falling just as they both desired to brush his cheeks and guard them against peering eyes.
As she felt and heard the dress beginning to come unzipped, she would gladly help him, still moving with what grace she could, shrugging off the fabric and letting it fall into his lap, leaving her upper body entirely bare to him. Everywhere his fingers traced she felt a wonderful electricity lance through her… oh she could not describe just what he was doing to her. This man had, in seemingly no time at all, wormed his way into her heart and, now, Tommy was all she wanted. As his lips touched that still somewhat tender area she let out a deep, wonderful sigh, eyes fluttering at the feeling; it may have been tender, but that served just as well for passion here. She found herself raising her chin softly, offering him whatever part of her he desired.
And as their eyes met, she knew without the slightest shadow of a doubt that this was deep for Tommy… this was something that he felt from the bottom of his heart… and now she realized that she felt it too. Slowly her hands would begin to peel back his shirt, in no hurry to rush this moment, but as she was enraptured by his lips' and tongue's touch, she could only think of that to do. Her breathing wasn't quite heavy, but it was clear form the look on her face that she was completely in this moment.
Razorbackwriter: At the drop of the dress that now pooled around her slim waist, Tommy was able to take in the joy of seeing her naked upper torso. Bare shoulders that he was already moving across slowly, with his wayward tongue and soft lips. He wanted to savor every part of her – travel the course of her body with his mouth, fingers and his tongue. The music in the background seemed to fade away as the beating of his heart and the wondrous sound of her quickening breaths were the symphony that he wished to hear. At the rise of her chin, Tommy let out a heady growl, and arched upward so he might now suckle at her neck. Teasing and nipping at it, while his free hand moved around to the small of her back – drawing her into him more. Almost like he was trying to support her so she didn't fall back. The flicker of her hair touching his cheek sent a thrill through him, and his fingers started to dig into her back. Flinching and feeling the softness of her skin, while his lips were busy working along the nape of her neck.
Elissa had already pulled off his shirt, which was now discarded on the floor, and they were now both bare chested. Skin touching skin. Tommy was taking it all slowly. Unlike the first night that they spent together. This was how it should have been. True love making. Letting the petting and kissing linger so that it brought them up to a dizzying height, that when they did free fall into orgasmic bliss, it would be of the kind that had been written by the great romantic authors.
Tommy drew his head back….a fine line of saliva falling from his bottom lip as he stared up at her in wonderment. She was even more beautiful in the glow of the candlelight. It was almost as though she wasn't even real. A dream that he could touch and feel. She was a goddess of his waking dreams, a siren that did not need a voice to call him into her. Tommy brought both arms around her in a sudden movement as he rested his cheek to her chest, cradling her to him as though he never wanted to let her go. He panted for a moment, before he felt the hardness of her nipples, only turning his head so he could envelope one into his mouth. A groan unlike any she would have heard before escaped him, as he started to nip and suck at it – his hands firmly holding her back.
VunG: Elissa let out a deep, heady sigh as Tommy's lips went on their journey up to her neck, the sensation of his touch drowning out all other thoughts or ideas from her mind. Her hands simply held onto his shoulders, keeping herself balanced and drawing her to him as his hands did the same. It was probably wise that he was holding her, because as it was she felt like leaning back a bit, letting herself get lost in the feel of his grip, his fingers' touch more pleasant than anything else in the world. This was how love-making was supposed to go, not just quick sex and finish it, but to slowly savor it, let the music of the body dictate action, to slowly build yourself up into a booming crescendo. And as her fingers caressed at his shoulders and he at her body, their skin so tight and his body illuminated so wonderfully in the candle light… ah she could ask for nothing better.
She let out a slightly startled, but amused gasp as his grip shifted, but happily allowed it, pausing to kiss the top of his head while her hands reached down his back a bit. And then, he began to kiss at her breast, and while she had no idea why it was, it absolutely drove her wild inside. She tilted her head back and let out a deep whisper of, "Hhyesss…" her breathing deepened by the feeling. In desperation to feel more of that, she groped at her other hand, holding herself as tight as she could into him, wanting him to keep going, to take her however he felt, to just let themselves be absorbed into each other.
Razorbackwriter: The sound that Elissa made drove Tommy to want to explore his beauty all the more. His hands cradled her back while he continued to suck at her right breast with a fervor that would make her feel truly a woman. All she could see would be the top of his head and hear the sound of his lips smacking and sucking her skin into his eager mouth. He wasn't going hard, but there was an intensity to his actions. He moaned deeply, his fingers digging in and out of her back – flexing, almost like he was kneading her skin. He only pulled away enough that his eyes trailed to the other one, and with the nipple fully erect and hard, he needed to experience that one as well. Tommy groaned her name before taking her into his mouth again, all the while he was growing beneath her. Wriggling in his seat as he became uncomfortable in his denim jeans. They were restricting him now, since his eagerness meant that he was now swelling.
The music continued to play the soundtrack to their ministrations, with Tommy losing himself to his bewitching lover. His tongue flicked and he started to nip at her taut nipples. Tracing his tongue slowly around the swollen areola. Tommy bit down and then drew his head back so he was stretching her breast out to only let go and watch it spring back. His cheeks were now flushed, and hungrily he started to lick away at her breast, enticing her to beg for more – or order him to take her to the next level.
VunG: Ah, Tommy's mouth felt like a work of art right now… the work it did to her, the sounds that came from it, it all was maddening. As he worked his magic on her, her own fingers squeezed at his back, unable to come up with something other than be consumed in this wonderful moment. She would sigh and occasionally let out a soft moan-like sound at his work, especially when she felt herself pushed from below by something that was quite obviously male and hard. With his attention shifted, she groped her free breast and would continue to make assorted sounds of pleasure, almost wanting to tear his pants off, but too enraptured by his treatment to bother. Eventually he would go and pull on her nipple, and she would make a sound almost like she was being pulled taught like a bow before "firing" when he released. It was kind of strange how her breast reacted to that, and while it was a touch painful, it was still intriguingly enticing.
As he continued to work away, she let out another sigh, using one hand to push her onto her breast again, wanting to keep this going, to just keep building this tension. In the meantime though, she slowly began to undo his pants, to get that little soldier free for both of them. When they were ready to continue, she wanted as little delay as possible.
Razorbackwriter: Completely lost in the moment of tasting his beautiful Elissa, Tommy didn't realize that she was now delving lower with her hand to unfasten his belt buckle and start to slowly undo his pants. Such nimble fingers working on a sole objective to release his hardness from the confines of his weathered jeans. it gave way easily enough, with his thickened member now pushing hard against the soft cotton of his briefs. Tommy let out a groan as he felt the belt and pants give way, and he stopped the licking to stare up at her in wonder. She'd already been pushing her own breast in to massage it, while he had been teasing her other breast so hungrily. Now both were covered in the glaze of his saliva.
"Up." Nick said but one word, that he hoped she'd understand so that he could wiggle out of his jeans and kick them off onto the floor at his feet. He wanted to go further than just foreplay. Dinner was now a distant memory, and he was now very excited, wanting to feel her again from the inside.
Once she knelt upward of him so he had freedom to move, he would ease back down beneath her, only with his bare skin touching the leather of the couch. He was fully erect and on display for her – an eager smile upon his lips.
"Down you come." Nick reached for her hips, so that he could help position her over him in just the right place. His own hips moving up off the couch, so she could feel him waiting for her….aching.
VunG: Elissa didn't mind the fact that her breasts were covered in his saliva, in fact the coolness it provided was strangely pleasant, and again the work done to get them that way was more than worth it. Once she got his pants undone, she would gladly feel it around a bit, squeezing him slightly and running her fingers across the tip, even if it was just through the cotton. It wouldn't last long though, and soon her beloved Tommy would decided that he wanted to continue with this, do it proper and pleasure both of them properly. Fine by her. She obediently lifted up for him when asked, hands on his shoulders for balance while got his pants off and moved her dress away (forgot if it was still there, but not anymore). She wouldn't even need his statement to come down, she would gladly look down at his wondrously pleasing member once all was off and would reach down with her right hand to grasp it lightly under the tip, her thumb rubbing him slightly as she thought to line everything up.
Once he told her what to do though, she would slowly bring herself down onto him and, as she felt contact she let out a deep sigh of pleasure and looked up towards the ceiling as she slowly pushed herself on. She bit her lip as she sheathed him fully, cherishing the wonderful feeling of having him inside her. When she'd pushed as far as she could go, she looked back down at him, a longing look in her eye as she leaned in to him, touching her lips to his while her fingers squeezed onto his shoulders, bringing her other hand back up in the meantime. She was ready for whatever he wanted to throw at her, and right now she felt like having a deep, slowly, passionate night with him. Assuming he had no qualms, she kiss him fully with a soft sensual hum and slowly lift herself up (mostly with her legs), then when the music told her to brought herself back down, bathing in the simple bliss of this flawless moment.
Razorbackwriter: The music was slow…sensual. The perfect accompaniment to their love making. In fact, it set the tone, and timing to which his lover could now move. With her straddling him in all her glory – her body shining and glistening, Elissa was like a goddess. One that Tommy wanted to worship with all he had within him. Although he had given her the orders on how to move so that he could free himself from his jeans and jocks, now she was in a position of power. Tommy eased back even further into the leather lounge, staring up at Elissa's face. Nothing beat watching the changing expressions as she lowered herself down upon him. The drop of her bottom lip, before drawing it in enough to chew. God he wanted to bite that lip now. But he soon got swept away as she enveloped him. Squeezing the shaft with her inner ribbed folds of flesh. It was hot…wet, and down right wonderful.
Feeling her dig her nails into his bare shoulders, Tommy released an animal like grunt. Elissa came down and took him all the way in. So far he was practically in her womb. The right corner of his lip curved upward slightly and when she had left a trace of a kiss upon his lips, he breathed "Fuck me slow…make every bounce count."
His large hands reached around so that he could hold those glorious mounds in his grip. He wanted to feel her every quake and shiver as she used him for her own ends. He wanted to see her reach her climax – to see her truly blossom as a woman upon him. To go slow would only give them more sexual satisfaction. Elissa was Tommy's sexual siren…the woman with no voice who used her body to sing to the heavens.
Tommy hardened all the more inside her. Rock hard and twitching.
VunG: Elissa wasn't even trying to be in power; as far as she was concerned Tommy was her king. The way the light cast on him, this wonderful setting he'd created, how kindly he'd treated her, his warm embrace, she knew that she was falling for him. She had been slower than him to realize it, but now that the thought was registering she was on a nosedive… and she was perfectly fine with that. She wanted to do everything she could for him in this moment, to share the pleasure as fully as possible while they made deep, passionate love in this wonderful night. His words were redundant to her plans, but reassuring that they were on the same wavelength.
As his hands gripped her backside and she felt him encouraging her forward, she would gladly lift herself up and bring herself down onto him, beginning a slow, gentle pace. She wasn't really bouncing, she had control the whole way through and was making sure to run the full length of the shaft every time. Her lips very quickly came to embrace his and she would begin her trademark wispy moans into his mouth, her every action full of passion, but slow and intimate. She had every intention of slow burning this and praising Tommy's body with her every motion–to embrace this love without the timidness she'd shown earlier. The feel of his stone hard member sliding ever so pleasantly through her folds was incredible, but what truly made this was the intimate nature here… and she was going to milk it for all it was worth, only speeding up at a very gradual pace.
Razorbackwriter: Their slow moving shadows were now cast against the wall behind them. The music a sweet symphony to their coupling, as Elissa took to the task of making love to Tommy just as he had asked. Tommy closed his eyes as he let himself give in to the moment. That delicious feeling of her enveloping him till she could take no more was sheer heaven. Not just that, but matched with her deep kisses that were coupled with those gentle moans, he felt that he was making love to an angel of heaven. This was heaven on earth, right in his own lounge room. The pace was perfect. Not too fast that she would smack her skin to his, but just enough to get a good rhythm building between them. His hands started to slide from the hold he had upon her ass cheeks, to that of her back. Strumming it delicately with his coarse fingers as though she was an instrument of love. The embodiment of passion. Watching her rise and fall, as he opened his eyes brought about another wolfish grin that he could hardly suppress.
Tommy groaned loudly, but then he suddenly wanted a change in tact. Huskily he whispered, "I'm hungry for you." Sure, he was enjoying her upon him, but this sudden urge to delve into her sweet flesh was rising faster than he could contain. Lifting her off him, he laid her down on the couch, with one leg hanging off the side and the other bent upon the soft of the leather. He crawled up onto all fours, and took the higher leg, draping it over his shoulder. He was now licking his lips as he stared at her most intimate place. The wetness of her lips, and the redness of skin was almost crying out to him to be savored. "God, you're so wet."
Without a moment's hesitation he buried his face deep into her nether regions. lapping slowly at her dew covered folds. Tasting the goodness, as his tongue wound up and flicked deep inside her warmth. When he looked up at her, he would replace his tongue with two fingers, to pump in and out slowly, his lips and nose already wet from her ministrations. "Like that?" He ran his tongue across his top row of teeth, before going back under for more of her.
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How to Get the Renewal Code for Norton
By Alexis Lawrence
Though most computer applications work for an indefinite amount of time after the initial installation, anti-virus and other security software, like those created by Norton, must be regularly updated. When it comes time to update your Norton security software, you can either upgrade to a new version of the software or you can choose to renew your computer's current version of Norton at a lower cost. To renew Norton products, you must have a renewal code provided by the company.
Find the email that you received from Norton when you originally ordered your Norton security product from the Norton website. Open the email message. According to the Norton website, the renewal code for your Norton security software is listed in the email.
Go to the Symantec website if you did not originally order your security product through the website, or if you cannot find the email sent by Norton. Click "Store" to view all of Symantec's Norton products, and then click "Upgrades & Renewals."
Choose your Norton product from the drop-down menu under "Renew Your Subscription." Select the version of the product you have installed on your computer from the "Select Your Version" menu that appears. Then, click the "Go" button to view the renewal options.
Click the "Renew" button to select the renewal option for your Norton product. You are automatically directed to your shopping cart. Click the "Continue" button to add your billing and payment information, and then click "Continue" again.
Get the renewal code from the Norton website when the code appears on the screen. The code also comes in an email message from Norton.
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How medical devices are currently regulated
All medical devices are subject to EU legislation, which requires a manufacturer to place a CE mark on their product to attest compliance to applicable standards.
Medical devices are regulated under Directive 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices (AIMDD), Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices (MDD) and Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDD). These directives are transposed into UK law as the Medical Devices Regulations 2002.
Manufacturers of low-risk devices (Class I medical devices) can self-declare conformity to the legislation before affixing the CE mark. Higher-risk devices (such as Class IIa, IIb and III medical devices and in vitro diagnostic devices (IVDs) in List A and List B of Annex II of the IVDD) must be certified by an independent conformity assessment body - Notified Body (NB).
NB's are monitored by their national authority, following a process of designation which involves joint audits by two other national authorities and the European Commission.
BREXIT – if 'no deal'
If there's no deal, the UK's current participation in the European regulatory network for medical devices would end. The MHRA (as competent authority) would take on the responsibilities for the UK market.
Conformity of products
For a time-limited period, the UK will continue to allow devices to be placed on the UK market that are in conformity with the applicable EU Directive. Relevant labeling requirements will continue to apply including the requirement for products to carry a CE mark and devices which currently require conformity assessment by a NB must have a valid CE certificate.
Further detail on the future BREXIT process for bringing a medical device onto the UK market is not clear.
If there's no deal, UK-based NB's will no longer be recognized by the EU after 29 March 2019! The medical devices certified by UK-based NB's will no longer be in conformity with the applicable EU Directive. As such these products will not be able to be placed on the EU market!
MHRA (UK competent authority) will continue recognize the validity of certificates of UK-based NB's issued prior to 29 March 2019. This will allow products covered by certificates issued by UK-based notified bodies to continue to be placed on the UK market after 29 March 2019.
Clinical investigations
The UK will continue to recognize existing clinical investigation approvals – both for regulatory and ethics approvals – and there will be no need to re-apply. UK clinical investigation applications will continue to be authorized by the MHRA and ethics committees as they are presently.
Market surveillance of devices
Currently, post-market safety data is shared across all members of the European regulatory network for devices (EU, EEA, Turkey and Switzerland), and any disagreement over the marketing of a device can be escalated through regulator forums such as the Medical Devices Coordination Group, and potentially through the European Commission and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
If there's no deal, the UK (MHRA) would continue to perform market surveillance of medical devices on the UK market and be able to take a decision over the marketing of a device in the UK, regardless of the position of the European regulatory network, or any decision of the CJEU.
New EU regulations (MDR/IVDR)
Through the no deal statutory instrument, which will amend the Medical Devices Regulations-UK per 30 March 2019, which will mirror all the key elements contained in Regulations 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR) and 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDR) and which will be brought into force in line with the transitional timetable being followed by the EU for the full application of those two Regulations.
Registration of medical devices on the UK market
After 29 March 2019, all medical devices, active implantable medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDs) and custom-made devices will need to be registered with the MHRA (UK) prior to being placed on the UK market.
Given this is an extension of existing registration requirements, there will be a grace period to allow time for compliance with the new registration process as set out below:
Class III medical devices, Class IIb implantable medical devices, Active implantable medical devices, IVD List A
Class IIb non-implantable medical devices, Class IIa medical devices, IVD List B, Self-test IVDs
Class I medical devices, Self-certified IVDs, Class A IVDs
Registration for custom-made devices will be in line with the risk class of the device.
The registration requirements will be as follows:
initially the MHRA will require most products to be registered at the level of Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) code meaning that groups of similar products can come under a single registration. The exception is class III devices, which must have individual product information registered
once the MDR and IVDR fully apply (from May 2020 and May 2022 respectively), the UK will then mirror the new requirements within the legislation, which will mean individual registration of all products.
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Commentators agree that this is the most poignant of all the verses on the Divine human connection. The whole verse is based on the singular first person pronoun, which is repeated seven (7) times. It is a confirmation of the close relationship between man and His creator, and an assurance that he will be listened to when he calls upon Him.
That such a verse should be included among the ayats discussing the importance of Ramadan Kareem, and some of its rules (see 2:183-187), are an indication of the important role of Du'a in the month of Ramadan Kareem. Abstaining from fulfillment of physical desires stimulates an increase in spirituality, and creates an inclination for prayers and worship. Believers feel close to Allah (SWT), and Allah (SWT) reminds them that He too is close, and will answer their prayers. The nights of Ramadan Kareem are spent in prayers and supplications. Even those believers, who normally do not have much time for prayers, try to do so during this month. This is because of the emphasis on the sanctity of the month, the promise of multiplied rewards, as well as the assurance of a favorable response.
Says the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): ". . . do supplicate with your hands raised . . . as these are the best of times, during which the Almighty looks at His servants with mercy, answers if they supplicate, responds if they call, grants if they ask, and accepts if they plead . . ."
(Prophet's sermon welcoming the month of Ramadan Al-Mubarak).
"A man gets the same reward by reading in this month one verse of the Glorious Qur'an as others do by reading the whole of the Glorious Qur'an in other months."
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find peace" Sura 13 verse 28.
Peace of mind that passes understanding can only be attained by sincere and continuous remembrance of Allah.
"We take our colour from Allah and who is better than Allah at colouring. We are His worshippers" Sura 2 verse 138.


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Enterprise Search Software: What It Is And How To Use It
Enterprise Search Software is the future of the online experience, but what is it? Yext has the answers.
Help Site Search
The amount of content available on the internet today can be a little overwhelming, and according to studies, it's doubling in size every year.
That's a lot of data for users to sift through.
The solution that we've developed and progressed over the years is the search bar, where we can essentially ask a search engine that has access to most things on the internet to search and bring back results that closely match our request.
This is a pretty successful system, and with developments in artificial intelligence, it keeps getting refined.
But there are still tiers of quality when it comes to these search bars, and with society getting used to the plethora of information out there and using high-quality search engines, that's what they expect when they end up on your webpage.
The organization and availability of content on a page can be a make-or-break quality to users, so it's incredibly important that you have an optimized system for them to use to navigate your site and get the answers they're looking for easily and quickly.
That's where Enterprise Search Software steps in.
What Is Enterprise Search Software
Enterprise Search Software is provided by a company that absorbs all of the content on your existing webpage and organizes it into a systematic index.
It then creates an intuitive search bar that functions by utilizing one or more layered algorithms to return results to your customers' queries.
For example, Yext Answers uses a multi-algorithm system to identify not only keywords, but entire phrases. Our search engine is then able to respond intuitively to your user instead of just returning them vaguely related search results based on each individual keyword in their search.
The end result? Direct answers to your questions, instead of links that may or may not be relevant or helpful.
Essentially it's a way for your business to take advantage of the same technology Google uses to organize your companies online content, creating a reliable and easy-to-use search tool for your users.
Enterprise Search Software, or ESS companies like Yext, work with each unique business to build their perfect system.
It starts with the ESS company providing an API, or an Application Programming Interface, to the client company.
The client company then uploads all of its online content to the API stored on the ESS company's cloud and hardware servers.
The data is then compiled, tagged, and organized into an index that the ESS engine can access. The search engine is developed specifically for each business to recognize their content.
While the actual operation of the search engine depends on the ESS provider, at Yext, we're obsessed with developing the future of reliable and responsive search bars.
Yext Answers has cutting-edge Natural Language Processing technology and a multi-layered algorithm system because we understand that search doesn't just search anymore: It's a system that genuinely understands language.
Why Use Enterprise Search Software?
There are a lot of reasons every business with online content should use Enterprise Search Software.
The benefits to your company and your users are immensely valuable, and we genuinely believe that an intelligent search function is essential to a successful online experience these days.
Information Overload
Like we mentioned before, the internet is massive. Users are constantly bombarded with new information and websites with new UI designs.
So it's important to have something on your page that's familiar and trustworthy to them, like a search bar.
But not just any search bar, because you certainly could implement something less than desirable.
You need a tool that organizes all of your content into a streamlined and highly accessible system because with all of the data floating around out there users don't have time to waste sifting through your content.
They expect an easy way to find exactly what they're looking for; otherwise, they may very well go find someone else who has that level of organization.
Your Customers Know What They Want
Almost half of all customers that visit your webpage already know what they're looking for, and they expect your site to be able to show them that specific product without any effort.
So even if your webpage is gorgeous in its design, a customer is not going to want to fumble around it trying to find what they're there for.
Enterprise search software optimizes this experience for your customer and gets them direct access to what they came for.
However, don't assume that this means you can't offer other products because they're in a hurry, because ESS helps you do that as well.
Because of the machine learning elements of our Yext Answers search system, we can help you identify and present products to your customers that are immediately relevant to their experience.
By taking information from all users, analyzing what each one views, and makes purchases on, ESS can make educated suggestions to your users on the same page as the specific product that they came for.
This is incredibly useful because it doesn't feel like a pushy salesperson following them around, but rather a friendly face that's familiar with their interests making a genuine suggestion.
Search Analysis
Having direct insight into what your customers search for and how they phrase their searches is incredibly valuable to your marketing and development team.
With ESS on your side, you gain visibility of exactly what your customers want, which products are the most popular, and where your users are searching from.
Yext Answers indexes all of your visitor's search terms and queries. You can view these insights to determine what your site does well, and where it may be failing your customers.
What Makes Yext So Good
Here at Yext, we're focused on two things: Our client's success and the future.
And to us, these concepts go hand in hand. Because of our dedication to constantly evolving our technology, we can offer our clients the best products, and it's because we're obsessed with client success, we're always striving for better technology.
Yext Answers uses a multi-tiered algorithm system in order to understand your users' searches and respond with exactly what they're looking for. By investing in and building a custom Knowledge Graph for your business, you can have all your information in one place from which a search platform can pull.
Imagine having a personalized version of Google on your webpage that users can use to access your content. That's the power an enterprise search software brings to the table.
What Kind Of Business Benefits From Enterprise Search Software?
Any company that has a website with content available would benefit from enterprise search software, particularly when you work with a provider like Yext.
The amount of accessibility that a search engine right on your page can bring to your clients is going to make a huge difference in their online experience, and it's never been more important to make sure that your customers enjoy their time on your site.
By 2019, online trends proved that customers would much rather find what they're looking for on their own instead of reaching out and asking. Two years later, customers now prefer their shopping experience to be their individual journey.
Not to mention the number of delays and headaches that users associate with customer service these days- Even if you have a top-tier customer service team your clients are still going to prefer to avoid contacting them.
Creating a reliable search function that your clients can use to access all of the data on your site is going to make their experience much more satisfying, which is exactly what you want to focus on.
But if your customers trust your website to be able to conveniently show them exactly what they're looking for without any hoops, your website is going to stand out to them in a positive light.
Enterprise search software has the potential to add a lot of value to your company and your clients.
They can supply a heightened experience for your users and a streamlined way for your company to interact with them and personalize their time on your page.
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At Yext, our passion is to optimize your business because we're obsessed with your success. Customer relations, marketing data, and customer insights are only the beginning when it comes to what an enterprise search software like Yext Answers can bring to your website.
That's why we put so much effort into developing cutting-edge technology because with the internet moving so fast, you don't want to get left behind.
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Not a gay organization
Corporate America is currently the gay communty's biggest supporter. Time and again companies have stepped up and supported equality even when under threat from a "million" moms or "families" who are enraged at the idea. This wasn't always true, but nowadays the bigger the Big Business, the more they seem to want to sponsor events or contribute to campaigns or even lobby legislators on our behalf.
And while some in our community are not going to ever change their perspective about the role of business in society, most of us will happily accept their support. If Microsoft wants to work for marriage equality in Washington, that's a good thing. If Apple and Levi's give to fight Prop 8, we'll use our iPhone to buy some jeans. If Macy's tweeks the nose of the "marriage protectors", we'll chuckle while registering in their marriage register. And if a handful of Republican Wall Street types put enough money and pressure on the Republican controlled NY Senate that they pass a marriage bill, even dedicated liberal Democrats will swallow hard and smile while throwing rice.
Most of us.
But there are those who claim to be gay groups that put gay issues secondary to their radical political agenda. GOProud is a good example. They've never met an extremist homophobic Republican or an outrageous Republican position that they couldn't endorse. Often with logic that would make a pretzel dizzy. And nothing is more important to GOProud than hatin' on The Left; hate is their primary purpose and driving motivation.
And there's also this:
As constituents and LGBTQ supporters, we demand that HRC stand with us, to stand against the exploitation of the less fortunate, and stand for those suffering at the hands of corporate criminals. We urge HRC to make decisions that support their mission statement of "equality and fairness for all." WE DEMAND THAT HRC rescind their Workplace for Equality Innovation Award and revoke Mr. Balnkfein's title as "national spokesperson for same-sex marriage."
Lloyd Blankfein's crime, that which disqualifies him from working for marriage equality in the minds of GetEqual, is being CEO of Goldman Sachs. Because, when it comes right down to it, GetEqual has a lot in common with GOProud. In choosing between advancing equality or hatin' on the Wall Street fat cats, there's no question.
And if advancing gay rights is but a secondary purpose – as is the case with GOPride and GetEqual – then you aren't a gay organization.
UPDATE: I was insufficiently clear above. The group protesting HRC is GetEqual. I only included GOProud generally, as a balance, not because the object to Balnkfein. As far as I know, GOProud has never organized their political allies to picket any gay organization.
Tags: GetEqual, GOProud
Of course, this is a false dichotomy (and, once again, you make a false equivalency between left and right). If universities make hiring decisions for professors by taking into account not only academic record but also things like criminal record this does not mean they have made academics "secondary" or that they are not truly an academic institution. Likewise, one can support the role of businesses in advancing LGBTQ equality and even support recognition of efforts by businesses and business leaders while also advocating that special awards and accolades be extended to individuals and corporations that reflect broader ideals of equality (or, at an even lower bar, aren't under suspicion of having engaged in criminal behavior). Not putting blinders on regarding other issues doesn't automatically make gay rights advocacy a secondary issue. What a ridiculous claim.
If HRC is going to team up with Blankfein and Goldman and give them positive PR, then it had better get big money in return. At the end of the day, that is what Blankfein brings to the table.
I am not aware that they have gotten much out of him. He is not disclosed as a donor to the 4 GOP senators who supported marriage equality, even though our other Wall St. allies did contribute to those senators. He has not pledged any money for ME, WA, MD, MN or NC. And as Rolling Stone pointed out, Goldman Sachs is only a "bronze" level supporter of HRC, well below platinum. HRC should ask for $200K from Blankfein for each of the 5 states in which there is a marriage battle this year, for a total of $1 million. This wouldn't be symbolic; we really need the money.
I'm not sure associating with men who shamelessly exploit the American populace at large is going to make for good PR for the gay community.
But, it is the obligation of any big tent activist organization to be agnostic politically speaking.
Lindoro Almaviva
As a gay man, who was unemployed for 2 years in the middle of this depression, I see why there is hate for the fat cats in Wall street. When it all comes to it, we are all screwed, straight and gay alike because of the sins of many in the upper tears of the corporate industry; and the uncaring, selfish and destroying attitude of some of those still in wall street.
Much as I dislike GoProud and believe that they are not a gay organization, speaking against them for this, when there is so much else that could be picked is in my opinion petty.
For many years, HRC has been nothing but a part of the establishment that they so like to make us believe they are fighting. They have turned themselves into pot for high ranking gays-in waiting for Democratic organizations and administrations. Through this administration, they have demonstrated that they are more than willing to give a pass and allow unpopular segments of the LGBT community to become expandable pawns in the fight.
All of a sudden, the T in LGBT could not be dropped fast enough, when it became clear that it was unpopular to demand equality for our T brothers and sisters only because they seemed unsightly to those in power.
In a long list of donors and truly deserving people, why the fat cats in wall street, why now? Seems highly suspicious that right when they are at the bottom of their popularity, and for good reasons, HRC runs like a good servant and gives them an award. Why? Why not Microsoft, JC Penney, Apple, Starbucks or many other corporations that do the same and did not get us in this economic mess that we are all going through?
The fat cats at wall street have done very little to curtail the behavior that got us in this mess (at least their part in it); and just because they took of their bailout money and spent it on HRC as a PR ploy to get in someone's good graces it should not mean that all of a sudden those in the gay community who are still suffering from the repercussions of this mess are all of a sudden better off.
Jim Hlavac
As a long time Goldwater-loving, Ronald Reagan-liking, Libertarian, (hey, grow up with 4 immigrant grandparents in a Czech bilingual house with relatives in Prague, wind up with anti-big government politics,) who wades into Republican, Conservative, Tea Party Websites first on the basis of economics, second on foreign policy, last on gay stuff (we are really not that important in the greater scheme of things,) I can safely say that I have never ever seen a member of GOProud make a comment or have an article published that puts forth the gay point of view on any site that I would expect them to be there along with me when gay stuff is brought up. I am the lone gay voice at American Spectator, National Review, and many other places, places that would curl gay men's hair, or straighten it, as the case may be.
Alas, at this point in Republican Party history I can only compare Rick & Newt & even Mitt to Klement Gottwald and Gustav Husak who so screwed over my family over there as presidents of Czechoslovakia that I'm not sure whether I have the FBI file on me for being the "gay activist" or the guy who wrote in Czech for decades to those left behind; not to mention smuggling in books, Levis, music and other Western goodies.
But GOProud? What do they do? Other than raise funds to support their cushy lives. "Blazeny divni." Crazy sissies, in Czech. But also, as my grandfathers said: "zatra zeni kram a kral" — Goddamned church and king.
This is of course a ridiculous false equivalency. Can you point to single example of Get Equal supporting an politician who is anti-gay rights and even anti-gay period, as GOProud does on a regular basis? Get Equal is actually an equivalent to the Log Cabin Republicans, both of whom place value on other political issues besides gay rights ones. I'm certain the Log Cabin Republicans wouldn't accept assistance from the Socialist Party. This is the left wing equivalent.
Priya Lynn
Lindoro, thanks for standing up for us "T"'s. It's a relief after the bashing some BTB readers have given us.
GOProud coming out against the 1%? Isn't that anti-Republican?
Timothy (TRiG)
You really dislike intersectionality, don't you? It's about the kyriarchy. We're all in this together.
TRiG.
I find this ridiculous. GetEqual has not dedicated any substantial resources toward working for economic justice; merely opposing the CEO's of Goldman Sachs spokesperson gig, a company whose name really is toxic across much of the country (for good reason, IMO) hardly means they're no longer a gay organization. GOProud, on the other hand, consistently supports politicians with anti-gay views, and seems to oppose the centrist and leftist gay rights orgs as often as they oppose anti-gay policy.
I've come to accept, however, that a lot of people have a sincere belief that both sides of the political spectrum are equally at fault in most if not all ways, and look only for evidence to confirm that belief rather than accepting the evidence for the fact that sometimes one side doesn't match the other in a particular way at all. In this case, there is no left-wing equivalent to GOProud.
Jay Jonson
GetEqual has been an altogether responsible organization that has moved gay rights forward. They have also pushed HRC and exposed it as having been coopted by the Democratic Party and big business. There is simply no equivalence between them and the odious GoProud. Really absurd to say the two organizations in the same breath. I contribute to both HRC and GetEqual. I'd like to see them work together, but I am always happy when GetEqual pushes HRC to do the right thing.
MattNYC
(Disclosure: I donate to GetEqual and boycott HRC)
I agree with GetEqual. I would not stand in the same room with Lloyd Blankfein. He belongs in a cell with Bernie Madoff. If Bernie Madoff wanted to endorse HRC's agenda, I am sure they'd happily arrange a cocktail party in the prison visitor's hall. They'd sell their mothers for a $10,000 donation.
The Task Force is doing a good job of linking issues. HRC continues with its tunnel vision. I can only pray that the new ED will change their attitude.
"And while some in our community are not going to ever change their perspective about the role of business in society, most of us will happily accept their support."
You need to be really careful about deigning to speak for "most of us," Timothy. Have you conducted any polls? Were you appointed our official spokesman?
"And if advancing gay rights is but a secondary purpose – as is the case with GOPride and GetEqual – then you aren't a gay organization."
Same with kicking people and organizations out of the True Gay Organization club.
Believe it or not, many LGBT people are perfectly capable of truly, sincerely supporting LGBT equality while also supporting other important issues.
Unfortunately, you seem to demand support for the issues you care about, but continually trivialize non-gay related social justice issues that allies and others in the LGBT community care about.
Donny D.
I have to agree with the others who see false equivalence in your comparison of GOProud all the time and GetEqual's opposition to HRC for using Goldman Sach CEO Lloyd Blankfein as a spokesperson. Goldman Sachs played a significant role in the financial disaster that we're trying to live through now. He and Bill Gates are NOT the same.
Plus it seems you're trying to smear LGBTs and their allies who oppose HRC's alliance with Blankfein as being knee jerk anti-business. And just as you've recently made the case that GOProud isn't _really_ a gay organization, you're now trying to suggest that gay activists who think economic perceptions matter aren't _really_ gay activists.
This blog post of yours seems a little tone deaf on economic issues, because there are a lot of people who are REALLY pissed at Goldman Sachs and the rest of the financial sector right now — and have good reason to be, including a great many people who are struggling just to get by.
One thing HRC and maybe you also don't get is that LGB people are seen by a large portion of straight people as white and affluent. They don't think of us at the same time they think of people trying to keep their homes or get enough food to eat. Black, Latino, and Native American people are thought of that way, but not us. And some gay people are VERY happy that we generally aren't thought of that way, but those gay people are, in my opinion, shallow and self-absorbed. Because the perception of us as uniformly affluent splits us off from the large proportion of straight Americans who struggle with getting by. And it's all too helpful to the anti-gay crowd when they want to pit us against ethnic minorities who have even bigger problems with poverty than do Americans in general.
Those of us in and allied to the LGBT community know that the HRC doesn't represent us all, but when I've seen straight writers write about it, they've operate under the assumption that the HRC does speak for all LGBTs. We really don't need HRC's grandstanding with a financial industry malefactor to tar us with the image of being cynically and uncaringly affluent, or of being craven, fawning suckups to the wealthy and powerful.
Lindoro, thanks for standing up for us "T"'s. It's a relief after the bashing some BTB readers have given us.
Thank you sweetheart. I have had amny a conversation with a "T" brother or sister and their presence in my life has been nothing but uplifting.
I also was disgusted with HRC for dropping transgender people from their ENDA advocacy. It makes me wonder if they're another of those organizations that's T and B because it would be politically impossible for them to be an LG organization only — like the Log Cabin Republicans explicitly are.
I also was disgusted with HRC for dropping transgender people from their ENDA advocacy.
This and their willingness to give the administration a pass when they looked they were backing out on the DADT promise (I will always remember the whole "Thy got it covered" comment without explanation, after a very short meeting) are the main reasons why i do not support them anymore and look at them with suspicion.
For a long time, all I have seen is high ranking gays jumping from HRC to high ranking administration jobs (case in point, the outgoing ED taking a job with the Obama administration). This has led me to believe (as I already said) they have just become a holding pot for gays-in-waiting and not an advocacy agency.
GetEqual questions the suitability of some to advocate for gay rights.
GOProud fully endorses anti-gay advocates.
That's the difference.


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Visiting not only highlights like Pokhara and Chitwan, this trip gives a taste of the variety of places and things to do that Nepal has to offer. You explore the rich cultural heritage of Kathmandu and the Valley where you see a fascinating mix of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Staying a night with a family in Panauti and then another night in a monastery, you get to see different aspects of the best of Nepal. You visit Tansen, a lovely old town where few tourists go. No trip would be complete without a visit to Pokhara where you can relax and admire the Annapurnas as they appear to shimmer over the beautiful Phewa Lake. Finally, you spend a couple of nights in Chitwan in a Tharu village. Here you go on a jungle safari and if you are lucky, you might even see a tiger.
Staying at a homestay can be the highlight of your trip. You can live like a local, sharing with families their way of life. The homestays are family homes, so whilst they offer a good standard of comfort, they may not be quite as luxurious as a hotel.
Meals provided at homestays are prepared by the family and generally there will not be a choice as this is what the family will be eating too. However, guests with any special dietary requirements should make this clear beforehand. For example, anyone how cannot tolerate wheat flour would not want to be served chapattis or momos, so should warn their hosts on arrival.
Water served at the homestays is filtered and all hosts and hostesses have been trained in the hygienic preparation of food. In many places, guests may be offered local chyang or raksi, a beer made from rice or grain, or a spirit distilled from the same.
In most of the places where there are homestays, you can be taken by your host family to see the local sights, or to participate in local activities, depending on where you are staying.
In many homestays, the level of English may be quite basic. Generally, younger people will know more English from school, but their parents do not always speak so much English. That said, many of the homestay hosts and hostesses are learning English and will welcome the chance to practice and interact with you.
It is best to bring Nepali rupees and try to bring as much small change as you can, as in the villages cashing larger 1000Rs notes is always more difficult. You should exchange enough money into Nepalese rupees to last the entire time of your trip as outside Kathmandu and Pokhara, there are very few ATMs and no money changers. Although Indian rupees may be accepted in many places, nowhere will accept foreign currency as it is very difficult for local people to then change into Nepali rupees.
Mobile phone reception can be very patchy. Although NCELL, the local mobile company has quite good coverage, sometimes the signal can be very weak. Many homestays offer wifi, which also can be quite variable in speed.
Tipping is a personal and voluntary matter and is not included in the trip price. If you wish to reward the efforts of those who have worked to make your trip the best they can, we suggest the following: USD 4 per day for groups of 8+, USD 5 per day for smaller groups.
Travel insurance is not included in the trip price. It is essential that you take out comprehensive travel insurance prior to your trek. Your travel insurance must provide cover against personal accident, medical expenses, emergency evacuation and repatriation (including helicopter evacuation) and personal liability. We also recommend that it cover cancellation, curtailment and loss of luggage and personal effects.
There are no specific health requirements for entry into Nepal. You should consult your doctor for up-to-date information regarding vaccinations, and medications for any reasonably foreseeable illnesses whilst traveling in Nepal. Please be aware that you will be in remote areas and away from medical facilities for some time during this trip. We strongly recommend that you carry a personal First Aid kit as well as sufficient quantities of any personal medical requirements (including a spare pair of glasses).
The climate in Nepal varies a lot depending on altitude and time of year. During the summer (June-August) rainy season, it usually rains a few hours most days, towards the end of the day, only occasionally raining all day and for a few days at a time. It is useful to have an umbrella and rain cape. The rest of the year is generally dry, with the temperatures dropping in the winter. As there are limited heating facilities, be sure to bring warm clothes if you are coming during the months of November to February. In the spring and autumn, the weather can be warm, even hot if you are staying in the Terai, the plains in the south of Nepal.
The day is spent visiting some of the major World Heritage Sites of Kathmandu.
One of the most fascinating and important World Heritage Sites in Nepal, Bhaktapur is made up of three large squares filled with historic shrines and temples, Newar architecture and fine art. Famous for its clay pots and exquisite wood carvings, Bhaktapur is also legendary for its colourful festivals and its delicious and unique cuisine. Bhaktapur retains its medieval feel and the local people are still engaged in farming and traditional crafts like pottery, metalwork, art and woodwork which have supported the city since it was established in the 12th century. This is a 'must see' place to explore! You will be shown the magnificent Golden Gate in Durbar Square (square of the palaces), the Palace of 55 Windows, the Nyata Pola Temple, Newar houses and pottery square. Although the town was damaged in the 2015 earthquake, there has been a lot of work to repair the old buildings.
After having sightseeing of Bhaktapur city we will drive to Panauti. After being introduced to your Homestay host, you visit the old town centre. Panauti is an old traditional Newari village where you can see a large number of Hindu and Buddhist religious monuments and temples. Originally a small state given by King Bhupatindra Malla as a dowry to his sister, it is still largely unchanged over the passage of time. You visit Indreswor temple and Durbar square in the town centre. Situated at the confluence of the two rivers Rosi and Punyamati, it has been regarded as an important religious site since very early times. You have time to explore the narrow streets and medieval ghats with your homestay hosts.
The next morning you are driven to Neydo Monastery in Pharping, about 22 kilometres from Kathmandu, a world apart in its little corner of the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley. Here you spend the night at Neydo Tashi Choeling Monastery Guest House. A Tibetan monastery, there are up to 140 monks living in the monastery from Nepal and India. The present Karma Charmé is the seventh reincarnate lama of in the unique Neydo Kagyu tradition, which also follows the Nyingma lineage Tibetan Buddhism. The monastery has Nepal's biggest statue of the Amitabha Buddha flanked by statues of Avalokitesvara (Buddha of Compassion) and Vajrapani (protector and holder of the Buddha's sacred teachings).
You stay in the monastery's adjoining guest house. Originally built to accommodate monastic visitors, it was under-used and it was decided to open it so that guests could stay. Now profits from the guest house contribute to the day-to-day expenses of the monastery. The rooms are all very comfortable with ensuite bathrooms, a kettle to make tea and coffee, and a private balcony. There are other wider balconies where you can also relax, admiring some of the stunning views across the Valley. Excellent meals are provided in the dining room.
The monks are very happy for you to join them for their early morning and evening ceremonies in the main hall. Watched over by a towering image of the Amitabha Buddha, many people chose this peaceful setting for personal retreats, meditation, and courses that are given on Tibetan literature, Buddhist philosophy and ethics.
Rising early for the morning prayer ceremony with the monks, after breakfast you are driven to Kurintar, about 100km from Kathmandu on the banks of the Trisuli River.
Your lodge sits on a ridge in the middle of forested hills that slope down to the sandy beaches of the Trisuli River. Here you can find the tiny settlements of various tribal groups like Chepang, Dorai, Magar, and some Brahman and Chhetri people who eke out their subsistence from foraging in the forests, trapping the odd small animal or wildfowl, and cultivating wheat, rice, maize and vegetables. Typically animist, these people are the last of the hunter-gatherers who live in Nepal.
After breakfast at your hotel, you are driven to Pokhara, about 3 hours away from where you will have the rest of the day at leisure.
There are lots of things to see and do in Pokhara. There are a few museums, the most notable being the International Mountain Museum (IMM). In addition, there is an ethnographical museum, Pokhara Regional Museum and Annapurna Natural History Museum with collections of flora and fauna, and butterflies. There is also the Gurkha Museum featuring the history of the Gurkha soldiers. Gurkha soldiers are still recruited here in Pokhara. You might like to go boating or take the opportunity to try out paragliding. For the fearless, you might want to have a go at Nepal's second bungee jumping site: Water Touch Bungee Jumping. Or if you are interested in Tibetan culture, you can take a tour of the Tibetan settlements with a Tibetan guide.
In the morning you are taken on a half-day sightseeing tour of Pokhara visiting Davis Falls, Bindebasisni Temple, the Seti gorge and also a visit to one of the Tibetan settlement camps.
You go boating on the lake and hike up to the World Peace Pagoda which commands a view over the lake to Sarangkot and the mountains. The pagoda was built in 1996 and is 35m high. Its 37 steps take you to its second tier where there are four Buddha faces that look out in the cardinal directions. A standing Buddha in bronze faces south, while a Sri Lankan Buddha meditates looking to the west, a Thai Buddha faces north and a Japanese Buddha looks eastwards.
Driving along the dramatic Siddhartha Highway, you pass landslide-scarred valleys as you climb and descend to the deep, steamy gorge floor of the mighty Kali Gandaki River.
This "off-the-beaten-track" ancient hill town of Tansen is a fascinating place to look around. Explore its cobbled bazaar and admire its beautiful old Newari houses. In a historic area, Palpa was the seat of the Sen kingdom that ruled over this region from the 16th century for almost 300 years. In the evening you hike up the Srinagar Hill to the view tower for a beautiful panoramic view of Palpa and its surroundings. On a clear day you can see the peaks of Kanjiroba far to the west, Dhaulagiri, Machhapuchhare/Fishtail and the Annapurnas, Manaslu and Gauri Shankar. It is an easy hike of about a kilometre up from the bazaar.
You are driven to Barauli Jungle Lodge in Chitwan where you spend the next couple of nights. Voted as number 1 by TripAdvisor in 2017, this stylish and luxurious jungle lodge hotel offers the best of Nepali hospitality. Located close to the Rapti River in Meghauli, you see the wildlife in and around Chitwan National Park during the two days of your stay here.
Chitwan National Park was the first national park in Nepal and was set up 1973. It was made a World Heritage Site in 1984. With an area of over 932 km2 and an altitude of between 100 m to 815 m in the Churia Hills, it is home to 68 species of mammals. You may see the "king of the jungle," the Bengal tiger as this is reported as being one of the best tiger habitats in the world. More commonly sighted are the one-horned rhinoceros, sambar deer, red muntjac, hog deer, rhesus monkeys, Hanuman langurs and wild elephant.
You have the day free. You can visit Swayambunath Temple, otherwise nicknamed the 'Money Temple'. On a hill overlooking the city, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in the country. Not for the faint-hearted, there are 350 steps to the top, though you can cheat and take the back route, though less steep it doesn't offer such good views. Lose yourself in Asaan, the area between Thamel and Kathmandu's Durbar Square which is a warren of narrow streets where Nepalis come to shop for everything from the kitchen sink to saris and vegetables. Why not visit the elusive Kumari in Durbar Square, or go shopping in Thamel where you can find all sorts of souvenir shops selling handicrafts, local organic tea and coffee and other mementoes.


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I agree. The President's job is to keep the country as informed as possible in time of war. Talking to the people of the country is one of his jobs. Whether or not he uses the correct and fancy words - he needs to talk. This has always bothered me about Mr. Bush. It seems as if he is of the opinion - I've already said this, I shouldn't have to repeat myself. He's very wrong in that regard.
If I recall correctly there were both sarin and mustard agents.
Question: Do you still have a copy of that report I e-mailed you and the pics about the exposure to a single half-century old mustard artillery round that I sent you waaaaaay back in the day?
Yes, Kalroy, it was both sarin and mustard agents. The only talk I heard was "Yeah, but they were old, some being pre-Gulf War I." It still doesn't matter; Saddam said he got rid of everything, and obviously he didn't. I also think Bush should address the issue. Anytime there's a revelation such as this, it gets swept under the carpet, and then half of the US doesn't learn the truth.
This is just more of the wanting to have it both ways that the anti-Bush crowd seems to be so fond of.
It should be quite plain that there's a movement in this country that would find fault with this administration if they figured out a way to run automobiles on water, found a cure for cancer, and developed better head protection for NHL players. While I do agree that Bush needs to communicate more effectively than he does at times on a number of different issues, I can understand the hesitancy to throw raw meat to his detractors.
I find it interesting that Gore's movie backed by questionable scientific research gets "rave" reviews and attention while Mr. Bush's claims go mostly unnoticed. Guess that's just the way things are going to be until we get some balance out there...or until the media chooses to go back to reporting news in stead of spinning it.
I'm with MajorDad on this one.


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Nothing really new here, but it is worth pointing out. From The Lookout at Yahoo News:
The president of Chick-fil-A, the fast food chain with more than 1,600 restaurants and $4 billion in revenue, has come out against same-sex marriage.
"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Dan Cathy, the company's president and chief operating officer, said in a recent radio interview. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."
The person claiming to know the mind of God calling others arrogant. Well, God never intended cows to write signs and plot grand conspiracies against chickens. Who's shaking his fist at God now, Mr. Cathy?
"We know that it might not be popular with everyone," he added, "but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."
On this point, we are in complete agreement. They are perfectly free to share their values and operate on biblical principles. (Matthew 10:34-35; Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn `a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a cow against a chicken.) They are free to speak out on whatever issues they find important. And they are free to give millions of dollars to hate groups.
According to Queerty.com, the WinShape Foundation—Chick-fil-A's charitable arm—donated more than $1.1 million between 2003 and 2008 to anti-LGBT groups, doubling that amount to $2 million in 2009.
To be honest, I have a certain respect for Chick-fil-A for unapologetically making their beliefs known. I would rather be aware up front about these things so I can make an informed decision on where to spend what little money I have. Personally, I'd starve before I'd buy something from Chick-fil-A. Apparently, I'm not alone:
Earlier this year, students at Northeastern University protested a proposal to put a Chick-fil-A on its Boston campus because of the company's history of supporting anti-gay organizations. The school abandoned its plan.
Here's to making your voice heard.
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Grung_e_Gene says:
The company also has a nasty pechant for suing Americans for "supposed" copyright infringment. Vermont artist Bo Muller-Moore from using the phrase "Eat More Kale" because according to their bevy of Corporate criminal lawyers it violates their phrase "Eat Mor Chikin".
If Corproations are people, then Chick-fil-A is an ignorant, authoritarian, homophobic, self-righteous, chicken-shit bully with a cow udder fetish…
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