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Xiaomi Redmi 7 vs Redmi 8 Fighting
Welcome. Today I'll tell you about two devices from the Chinese manufacturer, Xiaomi. The models are the Redmi 7 and 8. And don't forget to check out the Links to stores where you can buy Xiaomi models at good prices in the description below the video. The Redmi 7 smartphone was released in the spring of 2019, and the main representative of the eighth generation saw the light in the fall. What is the difference between these models from each other, and do they managed to reanimate the
Both devices have a design that has become standard for smartphones released in 2019. The base models of Redmi of the seventh and eighth generations are rectangular and "frameless" with rounded corners. The case is made of glass and glossy plastic with sloping edges, which positively affects ergonomics. Almost the entire front side is occupied by a display protected by fifth generation tempered 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass. The lower edge of the display abuts against a narrow "chin", and on the upper there is a tear drop-shaped cutout under the front camera. Both the "chin" and neckline of Redmi 8 are slightly smaller than those of the "seven", but this is noticeable only with careful consideration.The more noticeable differences in the front of these models are the Redmi logo on the G8 on the bottom of the display and the notification LED.
The only moving elements of the case – the volume rocker and the power button -are located on the right side for both phones. The models have a standard 3.5 mm mini-jack for headphones. On the "seven" it is located above, and on the "eight" – below. Smartphones differ in the type of connector for charging. Redmi 7 has a microUSB 2.0 port, while Redmi 8 has a two-way USB Type-C.
The functions located on the back side of the devices are identical. Here, you can find a dual camera module and a single flash, as well as a perfectly round fingerprint scanner. But the arrangement of all these elements on them are fundamentally different. Redmi 7 has a vertical dual camera unit in the corner of the top of the rear panel. A flash is placed under it. The round of scanner is located in the center of the upper half of the panel. For the Redmi 8, all these elements are lined up in one vertical line, passing in the middle of the upper part of the back side. This line begins with a flash, under which there is a black block visually combining two lenses of the main camera and a round fingerprint scanner edged with stainless steel.
In terms of dimensions, these smartphones are radically different from the previous Redmi line-ups, which belonged to the category of compact devices. The dimensions of Redmi 7 are 158.73 millimeters in height, 75.58 millimeters in width and 8.47 millimeters in thickness. The gadget weighs exactly 180 grams. Dimensional parameters of Redmi 8 are slightly different. The height of the device is 156.5 millimeters, the width is 75.4 millimeters, and the thickness is 9.4 millimeters. The weight of the smartphone is 188 grams.
Both smartphones are available in three color options – black, blue and red. The smooth back panel that imitates the glass, and the "seven" and the "eight" have a stylish gradient design. The shiny glossy surface looks attractive, but in terms of practicality, it leaves much to be desired. The panel literally attracts dust, scratches and fingerprints. Therefore, to preserve the presentable appearance of smartphones, it is recommended to put them in a case.
Both models received an LCD display with an IPS matrix, an aspect ratio of 19 to 9 and a resolution of HD Plus 1520 by 720 pixels. Display on the Redmi 7 has a diagonal of 6.26 inches and a pixel density of 269 ppi. The G8's Dot Drop display is second only to its size – its diagonal is 6.22 inches and its pixel density is 270 ppi.
The resolution and pixel density of both screens are rather modest. When switching to these devices after gadgets with Full HD, you should prepare for the fact that the image will appear friable and grainy. However, after a couple of hours of use, most people's eyes will adapt, and the image is perceived completely normal, even if it is small text.
Color reproduction isn't bad. As for brightness, the image fades in the sun, but it remains readable. Color temperature can be adjusted manually in the settings. The display supports several basic modes, including day mode and reading mode. In addition, the G8 provides for the possibility of hiding a tear drop-shaped cut-out (both throughout the system and selectively, in separate applications). In the "seven" option to hide the cutout is missing.
Both smartphones operate on the basis of the Android 9.0 Pie operating system, dressed in the MIUI 10 proprietary interface. This functional shell provides the user with a whole range of additional features, including gesture control, adjusting the appearance of the system and an energy-saving mode.
Redmi 7 received a dual main camera. The main module is a 12-megapixel sensor from Omnivision with an f / 2.2 aperture. The second module acts as an add-on. This is a 2 megapixel depth sensor.
The main camera takes fairly high-quality landscape and portrait shots. In general, detail and color reproduction aren't bad. The camera will fully satisfy the needs of those users who plan to take pictures for a personal archive and social networks. With insufficient lighting, the quality of the pictures leaves much to be desired, but you can't call them bad. Just the sharpness decreases a little, a peculiar blurring of the frame appears. Autofocus works perfectly. But the camera has no stabilization. Of the interesting functions, it is worth noting the automatic color correction of photos and video shooting with a high frame rate, namely 120 or 720 frames per second.It should also be noted that the version of the "seven" with 2 gigabytes of RAM does not support the panoramic mode. In other versions, it's present.
Redmi 8 also received a dual main camera, consisting of a 12 megapixel Sony IMX486 main module with an f / 1.8 aperture and an additional 2 megapixel depth sensor. The camera shoots portraits and landscapes perfectly. Detailing and color reproduction are good. Of it's functions, it's worth noting the presence of night mode and phase autofocus. Theres no stabilization here, or in the Seven. Automation is extremely rarely mistaken with exposure and white balance. In low light, some pictures are blurry.
The front camera of Redmi 7 and 8 has a resolution of 8 megapixels and an aperture of f / 2.0. Both the main and front cameras of the Seven and Eight are equipped with artificial intelligence. There is a portrait mode and face recognition, HDR and Beautify 4.0.
Redmi 7 received a 14-nanometer Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 octa-core processor and Adreno 506 graphics accelerator. Performance is high, the interface works quickly, and there is no slowdown in the device. The combination of a good energy-efficient chipset with a fairly undemanding display of resources ensures a moderate battery consumption and reliable operation of the gadget even in heavy games. The frame rate is stably comfortable.
In terms of RAM, the "seven" is available in two versions – with 2 and 3 gigabytes. The 2 gigabyte version has 16 gigabytes of read-only memory. And models with 3 gigabytes of RAM according to the amount of internal memory are divided into two types – with 32 and 64 gigabytes. It should be noted right away that the price difference on the versions with 2 and 3 gigabytes of RAM isn't really significant, so buying a model with a scanty amount of RAM, which will be absorbed by the operating system and pre-installed applications with almost no residue, isn't very logical.
Redmi 8 is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 12-nanometer 8-core chipset and an Adreno 505 GPU. The installed chipset is a step back from those performance indicators that the Seven demonstrate. For fans, occasionally going through some kind of heavy mobile game will work, but this performance won't be enough for avid gamers. In demanding games from the gadget, its impossible to achieve stable operation and a smooth picture. If you evaluate the performance of ordinary everyday tasks, then there aren't any complaints. It quickly switches between programs without a hitch, launches applications fast, and smoothly scrolls pages.
In terms of memory, the G8 is available in two versions – 3 gigabytes of RAM plus 32 gigabytes of permanent or 4 gigabytes of RAM plus 64 gigabytes of constant.
For both smartphones, RAM refers to the LPDDR3 standard, and read-only memory to the eMMC 5.1 standard. The manufacturer took care of the possibility of expanding the memory of smartphones. Both gadgets are equipped with a triple slot that supports the simultaneous installation of two nano-SIM cards and one microSD memory card of up to 512 gigabytes.
Both smartphones support the necessary communication standards. In addition, theres support for Wi-Fi protocol 802.11 b / g / n. Gadgets use Bluetooth version 4.2. The NFC module is neither in the "seven" nor in the "eight".
Redmi 7 received a high-capacity non-removable 4000 mAh battery with energy-saving technology. One battery charge lasts for 2 days in moderate use. The gadget comes with a 10-watt charger. There is no support for fast charging.
Redmi 8 has a built-in 5000 mAh battery. The increased battery capacity provides an additional day of battery life on a single charge – it lasts for 3 days with moderate use. Also, according to the manufacturer, the battery lasts for 25 days in standby time. For comparison – this indicator in the "seven" is 18 days. Redmi 8 supports 18 watts Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging technology. But the delivery package doesn't include an 18-watt charger – it includes 10-watt charging, just like the "seven". Quick charge devices are sold separately.
I analyzed the reviews on the Internet, and here's what the owners of these smartphones are saying about them. First, the negatives.
No support for fast charging.
At low light, the camera is rather weak.
There is no USB Type-C connector.
Plastic case.
Performance is average, often dull.
Missing NFC.
Big bright screen.
The ability to simultaneously install a memory card and two SIM cards.
Good autonomy, you can play all day – it takes only a quarter of the charge.
The fingerprint scanner fires instantly.
5000 mAh battery.
Support fast charge.
A separate slot for a memory card – no need to sacrifice a SIM card.
The fingerprint scanner is smart.
Of course, the basic smartphones of the seventh and eighth generation of Redmi devices have radically updated this line and breathed life into it, without going beyond the budget segment. Compared to its predecessors, the Redmi 7 and 8 smartphones have increased in size, received displays with a larger diagonal and have much more productive processors. As for the differences between these models, the significant advantage of the "seven" is a more powerful chipset. Significant advantages of the G8 include a USB Type-C connector, a larger battery and support for fast charging.


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Reduced operation noise during the shooting standby or the motion picture recording.
Fixed a problem that camera fails to connect to the Picmate server.
Focus Stacking is now available.
New function which enables the user to enlarge focus area after shooting by combining multiple images shot with Post Focus function.
[Sequence] can now be selected for Focus Bracket recording.
[Flash Mode] can now be set to [Forced Flash Off] for built-in flash.
Go to the firmware update service notice page.


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In This Article Expand or collapse the "in this article" section Nasca Art
General Sources
Published Collections
Discovery of the Style
Classification and Chronology
Paracas Antecedents
Nasca Textiles
Feather Work
Pyro-engraved and Painted Gourds
Wood and Cane
Shell and Bone
Geoglyphs (The Nasca Lines)
Chimú Art and Architecture
Moche Art
Nasca Art
Donald A. Proulx
LAST REVIEWED: 15 January 2020
LAST MODIFIED: 25 October 2017
The Nasca culture emerged on the south coast of Peru during the Early Intermediate period, dating from about 100 BCE to 650 CE. Its heartland was in the Nazca Valley and the various tributaries comprising this drainage and in the Ica Valley to the north. Although the Nasca are best known for their colorful painted and modeled pottery and fine textiles, their artistic talents were also expressed on a wide variety of other media. Unlike the contemporary Moche on the north coast, the Nasca had a minimal knowledge of metallurgy. The only metal they worked was gold, which they fashioned into ornaments for use in sacred rituals. Other objects were made of shell, particularly of the genus Spondylus, or thorny oyster, that was imported from the warmer waters of coastal Ecuador. Gourds were used as containers and often were pyro-engraved with elaborate designs. The Nasca also had wooden artifacts, mostly utilitarian, but some of which were carved or decorated with various motifs. To complete the list of portable art, some artifacts of stone, bone, and cane are known. Nasca feather work, while illustrated in some books, appears to date mostly to later cultures and must be viewed with caution. Art is also expressed in the so-called "Nasca Lines" or geoglyphs, where giant representations of birds, animals, and other creatures were etched onto the floor of the desert, often covering several acres. More recently, Nasca petroglyphs, or rock art, have been recorded displaying the same motifs found on the pottery and geoglyphs. Each of these art forms is discussed separately. The motifs portrayed in Nasca art fall into two basic categories: sacred and profane, or, in other words, religious and naturalistic. Many Nasca ceramics and textiles, for example, are replete with images of supernatural creatures, often combinations of human (anthropomorphic) and animal/bird/fish forms representing the powerful spirits or forces of the sky, earth, and sea. Research has shown that Nasca shamans used hallucinogenic drugs in religious rituals to intercede with or transform into these nature spirits. Some of the figures in the art may represent these shamans in the process of transformation; others may simply represent the nature spirits themselves. Other motifs include naturalistic representations of the world in which they lived. Birds of many species, plants, animals, reptiles, and fish, as well as objects (e.g., weapons, nets, clothing, jewelry), are common representations. Geometric designs are found on many media, such as ceramics, textiles, and feather work. (Note: Modern scholars prefer to use the spelling "Nasca" for the culture and "Nazca" for geographic references such as the Nazca Valley. However, the two spellings are interchangeable depending on the author or the age of the reference.)
There are many books and articles on varying aspects of Nasca society and its accomplishments. Although some of these do not deal directly with Nasca art, they are included to provide a broader context for the study of Nasca art by presenting information on the sociopolitical organization, architecture, and lifestyle of this early civilization. Nasca was a stratified complex society that never reached the level of a preindustrial state. That is, politically it comprised regional chiefdoms, each with local leaders rather than a central government with a capital city and a single leader. However, the Nasca people shared a common culture centered on a religious cult that included a number of nature spirits, pilgrimages to religious centers, the use of hallucinogenic drugs by shamans to interact with the spirit world, and the taking and ritual burial of human trophy heads to ensure agricultural fertility. They also shared a common art style that, despite minor regional differences, was remarkably homogenous. The only comprehensive overview of the Nasca culture, covering all aspects of their society, is Silverman and Proulx 2002, but other sources, especially Schreiber and Lancho Rojas 2003, provide good summaries of their unique irrigation system or puquios, their settlement patterns (Silverman 2002), and the famous "Nasca Lines" or geoglyphs (Aveni 2000). The Nasca culture developed directly out of the Paracas culture of the Early Horizon (ca. 800–100 BCE), distinguished by only minor changes in the manner in which the pottery was decorated. In all other respects, Nasca culture was simply a continuation of Paracas. Many of the motifs on Nasca pottery, textiles, and other artifacts had their origins in the Paracas culture. The relationship between Paracas and Nasca is best described in Proulx 2008. The largest and best-studied Nasca site is Cahuachi; Silverman 1993 provides the best description in English, arguing that the site was an empty ceremonial center. Orefici 2012, written by the archaeologist who has worked continually at the site since the early 1980s, is also an excellent source and is more up to date and comprehensive than Helaine Silverman's works, but the text is in Spanish and is more difficult to access. Like Silverman, Orefici has found no evidence of permanent habitation at Cahuachi except for religious leaders who used the site for ceremonies and ritual activities. A new volume (Lasaponara, et al. 2016) containing twenty-six chapters on various aspects of the Nasca culture has recently been published, providing new insights and technical information not found in other sources. This article will attempt to provide the reader with an up-to-date selection of sources covering all aspects of ancient Nasca art. Silverman 1996 is a very useful reference that covers the art of all the ancient cultures of Peru. However, given that it was published in the mid-1990s, it does not include important more-recent research.
Aveni, Anthony F. Between the Lines: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000.
An overview of the Nasca Lines (geoglyphs), by one of the pioneers of archaeoastronomy. Includes descriptions of the variety of geoglyphs and how they were constructed, and a critical analysis of the theories of their function.
Lasaponara, Rosa, Nicola Masini, and Guiseppe Orefici, eds. The Ancient Nasca World: New Insights from Science and Archaeology. Berlin: Springer International, 2016.
An up-to-date compendium of the work accomplished by the Italian excavation team at the ceremonial site of Cahuachi headed by Guiseppe Orefic, and by a remote sensing team headed by Nicola Masini and Rosa Lasaponara providing new data on many aspects of the Nasca culture.
Orefici, Giuseppe. Cahuachi: Capital teocrática Nasca. 2 vols. Lima, Peru: Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Fondo Editorial, 2012.
Major site report by the archaeologist who has been excavating at Cahuachi since the early 1980s. Excellent, up-to-date illustrations, maps, and plans of the site and artifacts. Argues that Cahuachi was the religious capital of a theocratic society.
Proulx, Donald A. "Paracas and Nasca: Regional Cultures on the South Coast of Peru." In Handbook of South American Archaeology. Edited by Helaine Silverman and William H. Isbell, 563–585. New York: Springer, 2008.
A comparison of the Paracas and Nasca cultures, including when and how Nasca evolved out of Paracas.
Schreiber, Katharina, and Josue Lancho Rojas. Irrigation and Society in the Peruvian Desert: The Puquios of Nasca. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003.
Description and analysis of the underground aqueduct system (puquios) built by the Nasca, which is still used today.
Silverman, Helaine. Cahuachi in the Ancient Nasca World. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993.
The first major description of the large Nasca site of Cahuachi, on the basis of Silverman's excavations in the mid-1980s. She attempts to prove that Cahuachi was primarily a vacant ceremonial center occupied by a small permanent group of religious leaders but visited periodically by worshipers from the surrounding area, who made pilgrimages to the site for rituals.
Silverman, Helaine. Ancient Peruvian Art: An Annotated Bibliography. Reference Publication in Art History. New York: G. K. Hall, 1996.
A comprehensive annotated bibliography of ancient Peruvian art sources, covering all cultures. Published in 1996, its coverage ends with that date, but it remains the best source on the topic.
Silverman, Helaine. Ancient Nasca Settlement and Society. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002.
A regional analysis of Nasca settlement patterns over time, on the basis of the author's fieldwork along the Ingenio and Río Grande Rivers.
Silverman, Helaine, and Donald A. Proulx. The Nasca. Peoples of America. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002.
Provides the most comprehensive description of ancient Nasca society, including sociopolitical organization, religion, architecture, settlement patterns, art (especially ceramics and iconography), headhunting and warfare, and the famous geoglyphs.
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Whenever I drive myself home from work, once in a while, I'd find myself craving for pasta. As always, my dilemma is where to get good pesto pasta. There used to be a stall at the food court of our office building that sells this..it was pretty oily, not the best quality but I stayed loyal to it for almost a year. At home, this has been my constant request, it used to just be every Monday where Mommy would ask our helper to prepare pesto spaghetti for dinner. However, now we would ask for this almost twice a week or more.
Back when I still had Bo (the Basil), I was planning on making my own pesto sauce. Bo, after all, was very cooperative. He grew to be a very healthy and fragrant basil plant with lots of leaves. However, I became very busy and didn't had the time to source for the other ingredients needed to make my own pesto sauce. Thus, I've resorted to stocking up on bottles of pesto sauces as home. Still, I know nothing beats enjoying a plate of piping hot al dente pasta noodles with freshly made pesto sauce. How I dream of being able to have the luxury of enjoying this dish at any given time.
Fast forward to the present, I went to the Mercato Centrale early this month and chanced upon Pedeli Gourmet Kitchen. There I met Peter Sison, who introduced to me his sandwiches and pasta. I was immediately drawn towards his Pesto Pasta with Crabmeat (Php. 130). The serving was very generous and imagine I was able to finish it all up on my own. I love the texture of the chopped nuts and the wonderful aroma of the pesto. The noodles has just the right bite. After enjoying my pasta, I went back and asked Peter where he got his sauce and he said, they made it from scratch. I was impressed. The basil was not too overpowering and it wasn't oily at all. Indeed, this pesto spaghetti got my two thumbs up.
A couple of weeks after that, fellow bloggers and foodie club member, Abet invited us to lunch at a small resto-deli along Pioneer. Upon receiving his invite, I wondered where exactly in Pioneer is this resto-deli located as I haven't noticed any new restaurant opening in the past months. We were told that it's located in Cityland Pioneer and all the more I was curious where exactly can the restaurant be found. I even asked the help of my colleague who lives in the building to help me look for it but she couldn't find it as well.
On the day of our lunch date, I followed the instructions given and finally found Pedeli's Gourmet Kitchen at the lower ground level of the Cityland condominium. Admittedly, it's not that easy to locate but just ask the guard and he'll be able to give you instructions on how to get there.
The place is very small, imagine entering a Chef's private kitchen with just a limited sitting area. It's a good thing we were the only ones there and so we were able to have a good chat with both Peter and Eboy the amazing duo behind Pedeli Gourmet Kitchen.
The moment I entered, it was then I realized that I've met Peter before and I've tasted their pasta already. All the more, I was excited for lunch. While chatting, Peter and Eboy prepared our meal. They have a line-up of sandwiches from Supreme, Deluxe and Signature. The Deluxe line is the most basic with just a layer of sandwich filled with your choice of Bacon, Chicken, Hungarian, Meat or Tuna. You can choose if you want to get the Big or the Biggie size where it differs in the size of the bread.
We wanted something more and so we went for the Supreme which reminds me of my favorite Clubhouse Sandwich where you get a huge double-decker sandwich filled with the same choice of toppings as the Deluxe plus sliced boiled egg, cheese and ham. We got the Big Hungarian Supreme Sandwich (Php. 145). It was delicious! I love how crunchy the edges of the sausage was and everything just blended well -- the egg, cheese, ham, hungarian sausage, bread. It's a very big piece of sandwich that the four of us decided to share in order to try the other variants.
Jane's choice was the Crabsticks and Mangoes (Php. 110 / Php. 140) which is part of their Signature Sandwich Series. A very refreshing choice with sweet mangoes and kani. I wasn't able to try this but it's definitely on my list for my succeeding visits.
I'm so happy that there's finally a new place to visit whenever the craving for pesto pasta comes around. They are also open to delivery this is good news for everyone living and working around Mandaluyong, San Juan, Pasig, Ortigas and Makati!
Visit Pedeli Gourmet Kitchen at LG66 Cityland Pioneer, 128 Pioneer street, Brgy. Highway Hills, Mandaluyong City. For deliveries, call them at 570-9708.
yummm :) i love pesto too. are they still in mercato?


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s that are yellow, brown, and orange. Anthocyanin pigments produce red and purple colors, though they are not always present in the leaves. Rather, they are produced in the foliage in late summer, when sugars are trapped in the leaves after the process of abscission begins. Parts of the world that have showy displays of bright autumn colors are limited to locations where days become short and nights are cool. The Northeastern United States and southeastern Canada tend to produce particularly good autumn colors for this reason, with Europe producing generally poorer colors due to the humid maritime climate and lower overall species diversity. It is also a factor that the continental United States and southern Canada are at a lower latitude than northern Europe, so the sun during the fall months is higher and stronger. This combination of strong sun and cool temperatures leads to more intense fall colors. The Southern United States also has poor fall colors due to warm temperatures during the fall months and the Western United States as it has more evergreen and fewer deciduous plants, combined with the West Coast and its maritime climate. (''See also'': Autumn leaf color) Most of the Southern Hemisphere lacks deciduous plants due to its milder winters and smaller landmass, most of which is nearer the equator with only far southern South America and the south island of
producing distinct fall colors. The beginnings of leaf drop starts when an abscission layer is formed between the leaf petiole and the stem. This layer is formed in the spring during active new growth of the leaf; it consists of layers of cells that can separate from each other. The cells are sensitive to a plant hormone called auxin that is produced by the leaf and other parts of the plant. When auxin coming from the leaf is produced at a rate consistent with that from the body of the plant, the cells of the abscission layer remain connected; in autumn, or when under stress, the auxin flow from the leaf decreases or stops, triggering cellular elongation within the abscission layer. The elongation of these cells break the connection between the different cell layers, allowing the leaf to break away from the plant. It also forms a layer that seals the break, so the plant does not lose sap. Some trees, particularly oaks and beeches, exhibit a behavior known as " marcescence" whereby dead leaves are not shed in the fall and remain on the tree until being blown off by the weather. This is caused by incomplete development of the abscission layer. It is mainly seen in the seedling and sapling stage, although mature trees may have marcescence of leaves on the lower branches. A number of deciduous plants remove nitrogen and carbon from the foliage before they are shed and store them in the form of proteins in the vacuoles of
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cells in the roots and the inner bark. In the spring, these proteins are used as a nitrogen source during the growth of new leaves or flowers.
Plants with deciduous foliage have advantages and disadvantages compared to plants with evergreen foliage.
Since deciduous plants lose their leaves to conserve water or to better survive winter weather conditions, they must regrow new foliage during the next suitable growing season; this uses resources which evergreens do not need to expend.
Evergreens suffer greater water loss during the winter and they also can experience greater predation pressure, especially when small. Deciduous trees experience much less branch and trunk breakage from glaze ice storms when leafless, and plants can reduce water loss due to the reduction in availability of liquid water during cold winter days. Losing leaves in winter may reduce damage from insects; repairing leaves and keeping them functional may be more costly than just losing and regrowing them. Removing leaves also reduces cavitation which can damage xylem vessels in plants. This then allows deciduous plants to have xylem vessels with larger diameters and therefore a greater rate of transpiration (and hence CO2 uptake as this occurs when stomata are open) during the summer growth period.
Deciduous woody plants
The deciduous characteristic has developed repeatedly among woody plants. Trees include maple, many oaks and nothofagus, elm, beech, aspen, and birch, among others, as well as a number of coniferous genera, such as larch and '' Metasequoia''. Deciduous shrubs include honeysuckle, viburnum, and many others. Most temperate woody vines are also deciduous, including grapes, poison ivy, Virginia creeper, wisteria, etc. The characteristic is useful in plant identification; for instance in parts of Southern California and the American Southeast, deciduous and evergreen oak species may grow side by side. Periods of leaf fall often coincide with seasons: winter in the case of cool-climate plants or the dry-season in the case of tropical plants, however there are no deciduous species among tree-like monocotyledonous plants, e.g. palms, yuccas, and dracaenas. The hydrangea hirta is a deciduous woody shrub found in
Forests where a majority of the trees lose their foliage at the end of the typical growing season are called deciduous forests. These forests are found in many areas worldwide and have distinctive ecosystems, understory growth, and
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dynamics. Two distinctive types of deciduous forest are found growing around the world. Temperate deciduous forest biomes are plant communities distributed in North and South America, Asia, Southern slopes of the Himalayas, Europe and for cultivation purposes in Oceania. They have formed under climatic conditions which have great seasonable temperature variability with growth occurring during warm summers and leaf drop in autumn and dormancy during cold winters. These seasonally distinctive communities have diverse life forms that are impacted greatly by the seasonality of their climate, mainly temperature and precipitation rates. These varying and regionally different ecological conditions produce distinctive forest plant communities in different regions. Tropical and subtropical deciduous forest biomes have developed in response not to seasonal temperature variations but to seasonal rainfall patterns. During prolonged dry periods the foliage is dropped to conserve water and prevent death from drought. Leaf drop is not seasonally dependent as it is in temperate climates, and can occur any time of year and varies by region of the world. Even within a small local area there can be variations in the timing and duration of leaf drop; different sides of the same mountain and areas that have high water tables or areas along streams and rivers can produce a patchwork of leafy and leafless trees. File:Chacachacare dry forest 3.JPG, alt=Aerial view of tropical deciduous trees, Dry-season deciduous tropical forest File:Spring Forest Leaves in Texas Hill Country.jpg, alt=View of treetops with light spring growth scattered amid darker evergreens, Mixed tropical and subtropical deciduous forest in spring,
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By John Cusack
Calling Things What They Are: More From My Conversation with Naomi Klein
10/01/2007 03:08 am ET Updated May 25, 2011
I hope you've checked out the video of my conversation with Naomi
Klein. If you haven't, click here.
But after the camera crew stopped rolling, Naomi and I kept talking.
Here's a transcript of part of that conversation...
Cusack: One of my favorite quotes is from Arthur Miller, who said: "An
era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been
exhausted." And with The Shock Doctrine, you are basically trying to
shatter and obliterate the illusion of the neo-liberal or neo-con fundamentalist free market -- this official narrative wherein we not only are supposed to worship free markets that really aren't free, we must actually kill
to feed them.
What the book rightly asks is what many have felt for a very long time: shouldn't we make a moral choice that you either make defense policy or you profit from it? I think that kind of transparency would be very important to have in the public
sphere. Those people who go on CNN and are treated as impartial
statesmen when, in reality, the book -- which is triple footnoted and
sourced -- suggests otherwise. They did hold their former jobs...I guess by defintion they are statesmen....but if we are compelled to be honest we know they are other things as well... I'm speaking of people like George Shultz or Richard Perle.
Klein: Right. If we look at who the real intellectual engines of this
war are, we'd see a web of people who are not simply the statesmen
they appear to me but card-carrying members of the disaster capitalism
complex -- shareholders, board-members and directors of companies that
profit directly and enormously from war and other disasters --
Cusack: Who would these people be..?
Klein: Well, for instance, the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq
was a propaganda arm of the Bush administration, publicly making the
case for the invasion of Iraq. And it was founded by Bruce Jackson, a
vice president of Lockheed Martin who had been out of his job for just
three months. Jackson stacked the committee with old colleagues from
Lockheed -- Charles Kupperman, Lockheed Martin's vice president for
space and strategic missiles was on it, and so was Douglas Graham,
Lockheed's director of defense systems. And even though the committee
was formed at the explicit request of the White House to make the case
for war in the public mind, no one had to step down from Lockheed or
sell his shares. Which was certainly good for committee members, since
Lockheed's share price jumped 145 percent thanks to the war they
helped engineer -- from $41 in March 2003 to $102 in February 2007. The
Committee for the Liberation of Iraq was chaired by George Shultz, who
wrote op-eds and went on TV beating the drums, and was presented just
as this respected statesman. But Shultz hasn't been in office for
decades. And in the meantime, he'd been working for Bechtel -- at the
time he was calling for the invasion, he was still on its board, and
since Bechtel is a privately held company, we don't know anything
about his holdings. We do know that Bechtel was one of the biggest
winners of the reconstruction game in Iraq, landing $2.3-billion in
contracts.
Cusack: How about James Baker and the $1 billion kickback that the Carlyle
Group used him to try to get from the government of Kuwait, which you
wrote about in The Nation?
Klein: Right. I talk about the incredible power of the "formers."
One of the distinguishing features of the Bush administration has been
its reliance on outside advisers and freelance envoys to perform key
functions: James Baker, Paul Bremer, Henry Kissinger, George Shultz,
Richard Perle, Bruce Jackson, and so on. So you have Congress playing
a rubber-stamp role during the pivotal decision-making years, and
Supreme Court rulings treated as little more than gentle suggestions,
while these mostly volunteer advisers have wielded enormous influence,
especially when it comes to Iraq. Their power stems from the fact that
they used to perform key roles in government -- they are former
secretaries of state, former ambassadors and former undersecretaries
of defense. All have been out of government for years and, in the
meantime, have set up lucrative careers in the disaster capitalism
complex. And because they are freelance government contractors, they
aren't subject to the same conflict-of-interest rules as elected or
appointed politicians. The effect has been to eliminate the so-called
revolving door between government and industry and allow the disaster
industries to simply set up shop inside the government, using the
reputations of these supposedly illustrious ex-politicians as cover.
As you say, in the press, they maintain their credibility as statesmen
-- their current, far more relevant work in the corporate world is
almost never mentioned. You brought up Baker. He was Bush's debt envoy
to Iraq while he was still a partner in the Carlyle Group, which is a
major arms trader whose fortunes have exploded since the war. He was
also still a partner at Baker Botts, which represents some of the
largest oil companies in the world, as well as Halliburton. Kissinger
is another classic example of the power of the formers because he's
primarily been a businessman, not a statesman, now for some 25 years.
He met with Bush and Cheney regularly making Iraq policy -- according
to Bob Woodward, more than any other advisor. But who was he
representing in those meetings? Kissinger has repeatedly put his
business interests ahead of the public interest, most dramatically
when he resigned as chair of the 9/11 Commission rather than disclose
his list of corporate clients at Kissinger Associates.
Another example is Richard Perle. Richard Perle headed the Defense
Policy Board. Just two months after 9/11 he launched a venture capital
firm called Trireme Partners that exists to invest in the homeland
security and defense sectors. One of his first investors was Boeing
-- it sunk $20 million in Trireme. Meanwhile, Perle is using the
Defense Policy Board to make the case for war. And of course Boeing
was another one of the huge winners from the invasion of Iraq.
So I asked the question, "Why is it that we refer to Richard Perle
merely as an ideologue -- rather than, say, as an arms dealer with an
impressive vocabulary?"
Cusack: The question becomes one of intellectual honesty and basic morality. I wanted to talk about the players or the heirs of the Friedman legacy who are in the public sector today... The Grover Norquists and Bill Kristols of the world come to mind ...You also talk about the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the American Enterprise Institute as pursuing the goal of the elimination of the public sphere and the total liberation of corporations.
Klein: I refer to the people in those think tanks as "the people who are paid to think by the makers of tanks" because a huge amount of the funding for these think tanks is coming directly from the weapons and homeland security industry. They are funded by some of the wealthiest families and the wealthiest corporations in this country so the question of intellectual honesty really has to come up. They exist in a strange intellectual gray zone where they get money in order to think. And besides, I'm not sure thinking really belongs in tanks.
Cusack: So you're saying that the Shultzes and the Perles and the Kissingers and the Jim Bakers of the world are embedded in the homeland security/privatized war economy?
Klein: More than embedded. I mean, they are it.
Cusack: I was trying to --
[laughter ]
Klein: Why are you trying to be polite?
Cusack: I don't know. I don't know. That's part of the problem, too: being polite with this immorality and not having the courage to call something what it is...The refusal of the Congress to challenge Bush in a meaningful way is proof of the Democratic complicity in the new economy. To name only right wing people is to ignore the central thesis of intellectual honesty as the first step in a long corrective march... So we'll have to talk about what Democrats are in on this game and name them, too...we'll have to get into that later.
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The Uber- and Lyft-backed political action committee, Ridesharing Works for Austin, has spent at least $600,000 on television ads in Austin over the last three weeks.
Reader poll: Are you voting for or against Prop 1?
City manager Marc Ott named four finalists for the top job at Austin Energy Monday evening, including a current executive at the city-owned utility.
The American-Statesman's Ben Wear is covering a press conference at City Hall where Mayor Steve Adler is speaking on Proposition 1.
Temperatures are rising, glaciers are melting and droughts are worsening, but Council Member Don Zimmerman remains skeptical about man-made climate change — and the scientist the city has hired to help study it.
His remarks Thursday came after the City Council approved spending $116,000 on a study to evaluate how warming temperatures will impact the city's water supply.


(1st Verse)  If love was a stone I could toss it away.
Never think twice, I'd be OK.
If love was an arrow I could pull back my bow aim at the sky and let it go.
(Chorus)  But love is not a thing.  You don't take it off like a ring.
Just because you said goodbye, that don't mean love has died.
It's alive, and doin' well in my heart.
(2nd Verse)  If love was a book, I could just put it down.
Don't need a romance novel around.
Throw it out the window and watch time fly.
Just because you said goodbye.
Love is alive (And doin' well in my heart)  And doin' well in my heart.


:1: Excellent. I enjoyed reading that. Put it all into context in a lighthearted and amusing way.
Awesome. The last line sums it up for me, and makes a great ending to a great piece.
Sometimes, the truth hurts. Anyone offended by these doesn't understand their own Religion, or it's history. Or should we just brush all that under the carpet and pretend it never happened?
What happened? What are you talking about? There is no way religion has ever hurt anyone? We live in a perfect world, right?
Don't worry your sweet little female Brain about it Siggy. the Church is not for you to worry about. Leave that to the Men.
My pleasure. At least if you don't interfere and do what your Husband tells you, you won't get stoned to death. That's always a bonus, I find.
I am very lucky I have a husband, being a ginger and all.
LOL. From what I've seen of you on here, he's the lucky one.


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Q: C# programming stack and defining I've found some code on the internet. It's about stack. I put it in a class, but I don't know how to use it from the main class program.
Here is the code:
 public class MyStack<T>
{
    private T[] data { get; set; }
    private int SP { get; set; }
    private int Capacity { get; set; }
    public MyStack(int capacity)
    .......
     ....
     ...etc
 }

I tried this in the main class but it gives me an error:
 MyStack item = new MyStack();

Please help me. Thanks in advance...

A: Your class MyStack<T> makes use of generics. When you create an instance, you need to tell it what type of thing you're going to be putting in the stack, for example.
var stackOfIntegers = new MyStack<int>(50);

This will create a stack that can contain integers (which will presumably get stored in T[] data), with a capacity of 50.

A: You have used the generics so when you want to create the instance of such classes then you need to pass the type as well like this
 MyStack<string> objString = new MyStack<string>(capacity)


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Photo shows bighorn sheep's gravity-defying descent
By Brian Mastroianni
November 19, 2015 / 12:43 PM / CBS News
Who's walking vertically down the side of a rocky cliffside? No, it's not a stuntman from the latest "James Bond" or a gravity-defying performer from Cirque du Soleil.
Instead, it's a bighorn sheep making a steep descent down a mountain in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming.
A photo of the impressive feat made the rounds on social media after it was posted to Twitter by the U.S. Department of Interior on Wednesday.
Gravity is totally overrated for this bighorn sheep @NatlElkRefuge #Wyoming  #nature pic.twitter.com/kP7wkpgPFV
— US Dept of Interior (@Interior) November 18, 2015
While bighorn sheep are known for their agility in traversing steep terrain, some Twitter users didn't believe the photo was real.
@TrackScotty It isn't. Here's the series of photos capturing the moment pic.twitter.com/o7wGLlRjN9
"Photoshopped!!!!," wrote user @TrackScotty in response to the post.
The Interior Department tweeted back with a series of four images showing the sheep's journey down the cliffside - no special effects or fakery involved, they insisted.
First published on November 19, 2015 / 12:43 PM
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We all have a basic desire to feel love and cultivate relationships of all kinds, but above all, we hunger for a committed romantic relationship.
Feeling deeply in love with another person is an immediate, heart-opening experience. I believe Synchronicity is timed so perfectly that two people who are born at a certain time, from certain parents end up making choices that lead them together. Initially, you feel deeply in love, however, even in the best circumstances, over time you may find it difficult to sustain high energy levels in your relationship because you've got to live life; you've got to raise the children and survive economically in a challenging economic climate.
Consequently, at this time in history, we are experiencing a sense of being grounded in our experiences. Those who are seeking this higher connection with the greater intelligence within are being led to follow their destiny. The problem is, relationships are taking it on the chin. People are divorcing at the drop of a hat. You have relationships that are like ongoing wars. It's a mess.
One of the greatest secrets to long-term happiness in your relationship is feeling secure within yourself. As we have authentic spiritual experiences, we recognize an inner security that comes from a deep place inside. It feels like a never-ending flow of love and support. When you lose yourself in your relationship, you lose your inner connection to God's presence. I'm talking about losing the center of your being, the peaceful, loving essence that is the main measure of spirituality.
Your relationship is the joining of two hearts and two minds, but one of the stumbling blocks we face is we want to project this need for security onto another person. No other person can give us that much love, that much attention, that much anything, so we know that we have to put God first. It begins with a prayerful visualization, an affirmation that each of us can have a higher spiritual awareness and have our needs met by connecting with our truest self.
When you join the experience of spirituality with the experience of loving another person, your relationship will grow in a way unimaginable. Praying together, following your Intuitions, etc.. naturally changes your point of view from self-involved to giving. To achieve real fulfillment in your relationship, ask yourself, what is the best way to enrich your partner's experience? As this becomes the pattern, you notice how the loving, giving energy is returned back to you.
The answer is, ultimately if you have a loving relationship with your partner, you CAN bridge this gap. My best advice is to listen to your partner. Do this without an agenda and see how they return the courtesy. If the heart is there, it will help make up for the problem because everyone must come to their spiritual connection in their own time. Pray that your partner will break through and find personal evidence that there is something larger guiding us. We find people are often most influenced by watching how we live and seeing the joy and security we feel.


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Properties of & Uses for 8620 Grade Steel
••• Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Getty Images
Properties & Uses for the 4340 Grades of Steel
By Kaite Mitchell
The steel alloy of grade 8620 is also called nickel-chromium-molybdenum steel. It is a sturdy alloy, largely composed of carbon, with many uses in the manufacturing trades. Properly hardened and formed, it can be used to make hard-wearing machine parts.
8620 alloy steel is composed of (in descending order of percentage) iron, carbon, silicon, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, chromium, sulphur and phosphorus. These ingredient elements must be within certain weight percentages to create the 8620 alloy. It is recommended that the steel be hardened by carburization followed by an oil, as opposed to water, quench. It has a fairly average density for steel alloys at .28 lb. per square inch, although its tensile strength — the amount of weight that it can hold before breaking — is low, at 536.4 Mpa. The average tensile strength of steel alloys is 758 to 1882 Mpa. It should be forged at 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, and melts at 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit. It is not very efficient at transmitting heat, and does not deform easily under low heat.
When the 8620 alloy is properly carburized — heated to a set temperature and then exposed to an agent containing carbon, a process which adds an extra layer of carbon to the outside of the steel, thereby making it stronger — it is used to make such machine parts as gears, crankshafts, and gear rings. Carburized 8620 alloy is strong and durable, which is why it is preferred for these parts.
Steel of an 8620 alloy can be worked into shape through pounding, rolling or bending prior to carburizing, although after carburizing it is recommended only finish machining (such as polishing) be done to prevent weakening the outer layers of the steel. Extensive carving on the surface could remove the extra layers of carbon, leaving the worked part weak.
Some pieces made of the alloy are either too intricately shaped or large to be made out of one piece of steel. In these cases, arc welding may be used on 8620 alloy steel. It is recommended that the piece itself be heated before and after welding, in order to strengthen the seams.
Metal Suppliers Online: 8620 Alloy Steel Material Property Data Sheet
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We have another shot of snow arriving in the Colorado mountains and in Denver Saturday. Snow along the Front Range should arrive late Saturday night and continue into Christmas Eve morning.
The north central mountains are under a WINTER STORM WARNING for up to a foot of fresh powder.
However, it will come with strong wind making travel difficult through the day on Saturday. Other mountain areas will also see snow, but accumulations will be running in the 3"-6" range. Bottom line for holiday travel in or through the mountains on Saturday is to plan extra time.
An Avalanche Warning has been issued for the central mountains.
Denver will see snow developing during the afternoon on Saturday and ending late Saturday night. Accumulation looks to be light with up to an inch possible. There will be some slightly higher totals in a narrow band across northern Colorado from around Fort Collins to Greeley to Akron and Julesburg. Amounts in these areas closer to Wyoming could range from 1" to 3".
Christmas Day: There will be another round of light snow in the Colorado mountains on Christmas Day. A few inches of accumulation is possible. And, I'm adding in a slight chance of a few snow showers to drift off the mountains and across metro Denver. It's not a great chance. But, there are a few computer models indicating that possibility, so I'm adding it to the forecast. Keep your fingers crossed and we might actually be able to get snow to fall on Christmas!


The Blackberry 7510 is the iDEN version of RIM's recent line of devices that include built-in cellphones. RIM has made sure they don't miss any boats by producing iDEN, GSM, and CDMA versions of the same basic product. This review focuses solely upon the iDEN version, and like other reviews of PDA-like devices, it concerns itself primarily with the phone side of the device.
The first thing that one notices when using a Blackberry as a phone is the form factor. Most cellphones are tall and skinny, while the Blackberry is short and wide. This feels a bit odd at first, especially if you've used cellphones for many years. Despite the odd feeling however, I quickly adapted to the phone despite the limited exposure I got. Clearly you could grow accustomed to the feel within less than a week.
Compared to the GSM version of the Blackberry, the 7510 is a bit thicker to accommodate the speaker for Direct Connect and speakerphone operation. The larger size also accommodates a higher-capacity battery, which is a good thing since iDEN phones don't seem to squeeze as much out their batteries as GSM phones (and this goes for RIM as well).
If that speaker was of low quality I wouldn't have been particularly happy with the space it used up, but it's actually among the best speakerphones I've tried in ages. The speaker is larger than the one on my i730, and as such it has slightly higher maximum volume and slightly richer sound quality. Overall I was extremely impressed with the speakerphone.
The screen is one of the only color displays I've ever seen that works without the need of a backlight. When used in an area with a normal level of lighting (where reading books would be possible) the color and clarity of the display is exceptional. The display works equally well in direct sunlight. The only downside is that the backlight itself isn't very bright, and so the display is actually rather difficult to see in dark areas.
I wasn't particularly impressed with the keypad (as viewed from the perspective of a phone user). While the keyboard is great for non-phone functions, the numeric keys needed to dial numbers are not physically distinguished in any way from the other keys (there isn't even a little bump on the 5 key). This is perhaps the worst phone to try and use while you're driving. Using the keypad requires that you look at the phone when dialing. To its credit the 7510 assumes that pressing any of the standard phone-related keys while the unit is idling means that you want to make a call, and the unit goes instantly into phone-dialing mode.
The sound quality of the built-in earpiece is very good. I'd been expecting to be disappointed, based on some of the comments I'd read about the Blackberry, but I was instead very impressed. Overall the sound compares to my i730 in much same way as the speakerphones. It's slightly louder overall, and slightly richer. The sweet-spot for the earpiece is a little small compared to the i830, but not quite as small as on the i730. Outgoing sound quality is also very good. I'd been given plenty of opportunities to here how that microphone sounded when communicating with the owner of the 7510.
We took the Blackberry to Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener to test the RF capabilities. While Telus has a Mike repeater inside of that mall, thus providing excellent signals in most places, the repeaters don't serve the department stores. Because there are no Mike sites close to the mall, the signal gets rather weak when repeaters aren't nearby. We found areas inside of Wal-Mart where the signal dropped to as low as -104 dBm, which gave us an opportunity to test the ability of the 7510 to hold onto a call compared to my i730. Both phones performed almost equally, which means that the 7510 is just as capable as the i530, i830, and i730, all of which I've compared for RF capabilities.
Overall the Blackberry 7510 provides phone functionality that is second-to-none (the awkward keyboard notwithstanding). If you have a need for the non-phone functionality of a Blackberry, but at the same time you want an iDEN phone too, the 7510 is the best of both worlds. It doesn't force you to compromise by giving you a poor-quality phone, as is the case with many of the PDA-phone devices I've tested to date. If I actually had a need for the other features provided by the 7510, I wouldn't hesitate buying one myself.
NOTE: I'm aware of the high failure rate of the i730 which has caused many people to believe that the i730 is actually a poor performer. However, there are i730 models out there that work exceptionally well, mine included. I've reviewed the i530 and i830 previously, and I compared their RF performance to that of my i730. All of the phones came out about equal, and so if my i730 is a bad performer, then so is the i830, i530 and the Blackberry 7510. Clearly that it isn't the case.


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A BUDGET FOR AN AN ASPIRATION NATION
Saturday, 23 March, 2013
The Chancellor has announced his budget for An Aspiration Nation. Take a look at this very short video to how it his budget his a help for hard wrokers, for drivers, for homebuyers for employment business and those who enjoy a pint.
Tobias at St Peter's School
Tobias visited St Peter's School Bournemouth to meet the recently appointed Head Teacher, 6th Form Students and those studying politics.
Is the country going in the right direction?
Is the Country going in the right direction? Here are the facts.
Convincing WIn - Congratulations to Gill Seymour
Congratulations to Gill Seymour on a most convincing win in the Littledown and Iford Ward By-Election.
Gill Seymour to stand as Conservative candidate in Littledown and Iford Ward
Gill Seymour a resident of Littledown and Iford is to stand as the Conservative candidate in the by-election to take place in the Littledown and Iford on the 15th November caused by the resignation of Nick King who is standing in the elections for Dorset's new Police Commissioner.
Secretary of State for Defence to address Annual Dinner
The Defence Secretary the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP is to address the Bournemouth Conservative Annual Dinner jointly hosted by BECA and BWCA
Tobias unveils Pokesdown Village a new sign
Saturday, 18 August, 2012
Tobias unveils a new sign at Pokesdown Villiage to mark the history of a 'forgotten' part of Bournemouth.
Nick King, Dorset Conservatives' Candidate for Police Commissioner
Local businessman and Bournemouth Councillor, Nick King, has been selected by Dorset's Conservatives to be their candidate for the new role of County Police and Crime Commissioner.
Bournemouth Sky Ride 2012
Wednesday, 6 June, 2012
Bournemouth Council, in partnership with Sky and British Cycling has today announced details of the route for Sky Ride Bournemouth, taking place on Sunday 10 June.


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